The CS group incorporates all of the prerequisites of collective intelligence groups. The overall goal of CS groups is to attain a deeper awareness amongst all of the participants of the Infinite Presence and Power that resides within all of us and then to re-identify with that. In order to feel our Divinity and re-identify with it however, requires that we be willing to give up our ego identity. When we transcend the ego, our blocks begin to dissolve. The whole point of the group is that this transformation occurs much more quickly and definitively within this group format than it does individually. In fact, unlike other support groups, participation in CS groups is never meant to be long term. Individuals are to achieve the recognition of the Infinite Presence and Power within them and then go about living this Truth. With the blocks dissolved, those who have "graduated" from the group no longer find any need for continuing in it. It's sort of like having learned how to ride a bicycle. Once you've learned, you've got it. I also see it as having gotten over the wall to the other side. Once you've gotten over, you are sort of freed from the muck. You are manifesting with greater ease because the blocks of resistance have been released. Meanwhile, should graduates ever need an energy upgrade as a result of some new challenges or blocks that have emerged, they always know the group is there.

Prerequisites for CS Group Participation

To begin, each of the participants must be "awake" and have a desire and an intention to dissolve their blocks and experience their Divinity. More specifically this means that they:

* Want to change / heal

* Are consciously seeking and have made a commitment to allowing answers from within rather than exclusively from the conventional wisdom of the world

* Have a basic understanding and acceptance of generally recognized "metaphysical / Spiritual " Principles and are able to appreciate and receive without objection, confrontation or debate other participants perceptions, insights and expressions of these Principles

* Are willing to give up the fixations of the ego such as prejudice, certainty about "the way it is", drama, resistance, attack, defense mechanisms, etc. This is not to say that candidates have necessarily already succeeded in giving them up; it does mean they have an awareness that they may be carrying some of these things and realize that they need to be released and are willing to release them.

* Are willing to accept that they are responsible for their experiences by way of their convictions and self-assessment and are not victims of fate.

* Are willing to give up blame and forgive other's transgressions

* Have an awareness of specific illusions of limitation and a commitment to experiencing a dissolution of the blocks. The most common areas of blockage involve health and physical body matters, abundance / scarcity issues, love / relationship issues, success / failure in career issues, and difficulties in recognizing talents and abilities and applying them to one's life work and purpose.

* Must be willing to speak authentically and allow each of the other participants to do so as well.

* Finally, and perhaps most critically, participants must make a commitment to frequency of attendance (three times per week). Upon first hearing this, it may sound demanding, but for those who finally want to "get over", the potential payoff is immeasurable -- far beyond the demands. And the fact is that very soon, participants are so eagerly anticipating the next meeting, that frequency is no longer even an issue. This is attributed to the elation and self-power that participants feel, as well as the depth of bonding that occurs between participants.

What Happens In a CS Group Session

To get a general feel for a CS meeting, it is best to take a look at one that has been ongoing where all of the participants have already been working with each other in this format. It is understood that each of the participants has already stated the areas that they are trying to heal.

The group has a facilitator, whose role and purpose is not as an authority figure but simply to guide the flow of the meeting and assure that it stays on course.

Before any discussion begins, there is a period where some music may be played -- something uplifting and rhythmic -- or some other form of sensory input that serves as an aid to turning the thinking mind activity down and to set the stage for an opening to the emergence of collective consciousness.

The facilitator then opens the meeting with an affirmation statement of the Infinite Powers and Wisdom that resides within each of us, and a calling upon that power to emerge in this group today. The affirmative prayer also states an acknowledgment of the limitations that the group participants are experiencing in their lives but that they are simply appearances and illusion - not Truth. It affirms that the each member is not their experience, that rather each is a channel through which God expresses and that we are here to become more open, free-flowing channels. As channels, each of us provides a target for Infinite Mind to express, and the target that we present is that of our desires. The affirmation states the intention of the group on this day that each attain a higher awareness that only God exists and that each of us is an individualized expression of God. And that with this awareness, each member experiences a healing in their particular areas of dis-ease.

After the intention setting affirmation, there is a go-around in which each participant shares experiences that went on in their lives since the previous meeting. Since the meetings serve as a means of an energy upgrade, members are advised to maintain conscious awareness and be on the look out for matches to their renewed vibrational output between meetings. Most of us aren't used to recognizing how the Universe is always providing us feedback by matching our energy output through the form of the events of our daily experience. So participants are advised to be anticipating and recognizing evidence of matches to their energy. They will begin to see the flow of good experiences increasing as they maintain a higher energy state. But it is also valuable to recognize matches to our "negative" or lower vibrational output. The point is to recognize the matching, regardless. With awareness, we will be keen to change our energy when we realize we have gone into reaction and are not happy with the experience that the focus in lower energy is bringing us.