Announcing the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles
of Grateful Mutual Support

• The Inception of the HeartCircles
  
• Gifts and Services the HeartCircles Will Receive
  
• The Four HeartCircles
  
• How to Join a HeartCircle
  

The Inception of the HeartCircles

A letter from Mary Walker:

Dear Friend,

Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder's work has changed my life—and the lives of many—in demonstrable ways. Everyday I (we) reap the benefits of what they so boldly bring into the world. And I am Grateful.

About a year ago while I was on residential retreat at their home, I came into a deep realization of how their work—their transmission—could and would transform the planet. I started to look more deeply for a way to be a part of this transformation. My Heart burning continued as I searched for a way to both communicate my gratitude for this work and combine my own individual energy with it.

I then remembered the principle of tithing, or giving a percentage of income back to a work, church or organization that is in right alignment with an individual's passion and values. I had been communicating my gratitude, the transformations in my own life and relationships, and my devotion to Saniel and Linda on a regular basis, but I was not adding any action to my words. Frankly, even after I knew I wanted to contribute financially - I put it off for months. I was worried. Where would the money come from? Or what if I committed to something and didn't follow through? I finally decided to "put my money where my heart is" and turn my words into action. I began sending them financial support on a regular basis. I gave them as much as I thought I could afford...and a bit more..just beyond comfortable. I also set it up to be paid directly from my account to theirs regularly, circumventing a weekly decision, just in case "something more important" came up.

Now, one year later, I happily continue sending Saniel and Linda financial support each month. I would have never guessed how much it would benefit ME! First, I feel honored to serve them (devotion in action), and I feel as though I have a part in their vision. Next, I have experienced surprising financial returns. In fact, to date, through unexpected opportunities in my career, I have made an extra $13,000.00 with much more on the horizon.

Through this experience, it occurred to me: what would happen if everyone affected by what Saniel and Linda give would join me in giving just a little back? Saniel and Linda could put all their energy into the work they were called to do. My vision, my passion, my goal is that they never have to be concerned for their own sustenance or for how they will finance the tasks that need to be done.

I approached Saniel and Linda with my vision for them, and we have considered for some time how to put it forth into the world. Thus, with the input and help of others deeply committed to the work, the Saniel and Linda Heart Circles of Grateful Mutual Support were born.

I invite you to consider joining me in my vision to "put your money where your heart is!" See what it does for you, and them, and maybe a lot of other people too.

Sincerely,
Mary Walker


A letter from Saniel:

December 3, 2006
Petaluma, CA

Dear Friend,

Over the years, as Linda and I have offered our services to many people, one of the most frequent statements that comes back to us goes something like this:

"I'm so grateful to you guys. You have made such a difference in my life. I don't know how I can thank you enough or possibly pay you back."

That sincere sentiment has always, itself, been a gift back to us. Yet we've often wondered what we could offer people to help them act on the feeling. We knew that if there were a way to do something with that feeling of gratitude, they would feel even more gratified, and so would we. But we didn't want it to be a one-way street back to us. We wanted to find ways to enhance our gifts and services to such people, continuing to circulate mutual gratefulness and mutual support.

Then last December, our dear friend Mary Walker of Richmond, Virginia, began discussing this with us on a Residential Retreat at our home. Soon thereafter she began sending us money as she has described to you in her beautiful cover letter to this one. Over this year we've continued to chew on these questions. Joining us in the inquiry have been Greg Aurand of San Diego, CA, and Lorraine Hamilton of Houston, Texas.

Recently Mary and her "soul-sister" Lisa Lindberg of St. Paul, Minnesota, both came to our home for another Residential Retreat. Linda and I had already presented them an early draft of this letter and announcement. As a result, we are all now delighted to introduce the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support™*.

We decided to announce this new offering today, the 14th anniversary of my Second Birth awakening. In less than half a year after this, in late April, I'll turn 57. Contemplating our life-work, Linda and I want to create new ways to interact with people we serve. A key one is these HeartCircles, which build upon mutual gratefulness to continually generate concrete forms of mutual delight, love, and practical benefits for you and us personally, and also our Heart-mission.

The Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support are a momentous addition to our work, which you can become part of any time IF YOU ARE SO MOVED. We invite you to read this some time soon and consider how you feel and whether you'd like to participate. We welcome you to communicate your thoughts and suggestions to our new HeartCircles Coordinator, Mary Walker, at newmaridee@yahoo.com.

This is really exciting for us, and as we embark on this new adventure, we cherish you and each and every other person who enjoys a Heart-connection with us. You sustain us too. Thank you!

Love and blessings,

Saniel&Linda





Here's a recent letter from our good friend and now a Mentor in the Waking Down in Mutuality work, Steve Boggs of Fairfield, Iowa. It confirms how deep and precious the Heart-bond is that often gets established between people we work with and us:

Dearest Saniel and Linda,

I have never thought of myself as especially subtle, intuitive or perceptually gifted, yet there is a hidden but undeniable connection between your hearts and mine. It is as if an underground pipeline has been built that delivers the most tender emotional sensitivity imaginable. If I keep the valve on my end open, the fluid flows. It is not only a balm but also a lifeline I can call on in times of need and have done so. I feel some reluctance to write about so deep and cherished a bond. I am so grateful for the turn my life has taken in recent years and look forward to the rest of the story.

In deep love,
Steve

You may have noticed that for some time we have been emphasizing: Our work is about the Heart, with a capital "H." Sometimes we even spell it with all capital letters: HEART. The divinely human Core-essence and Totality of Being, finite and infinite, limited and limitless, personal and unconditional.

Not long ago I (Saniel) was talking with a former Waking Down in Mutuality teacher who has expressed interest in finding ways to resume more active association with our work. We both agreed that there is something about the profound Heart-enlivenment and connection we all share that is its very center for everyone who's been touched deeply by it. I keep hearing this from people, no matter how actively involved they are in events, active relationships with teachers, and so on. It's what makes our special ways of being together—transmission, greenlighting, holding—possible and real in ways we don't find elsewhere in our explorations.

Linda and I have a big Heart-mission that we feel pushing forward in and through us every minute of every day. Here's what we are all about, hopefully over the next 25 years of our lives, if we're blessed to have that long to properly devote to it:

"Helping millions worldwide realize the HEART and manifest divinely human genius, destiny, and culture through awakened service."

We understand clearly that having even a fraction of that kind of impact in our lifetimes will dramatically change a lot in the outward intimacy that we enjoy with current and past participants in the work. But so be it. We will never allow the "Heart-pipeline" to be lost in an impersonal, corporate culture. And we call upon and depend on everyone involved to fiercely protect and ensure the human-scale intimacy and personal connectedness for yourselves and your close companions that the Heart of the work thrives on and moves through.

Yet it's obvious that for the divinely human principles and values of our Heart-process to become anything like that widespread in our lifetimes, a quantum transformation of our outreach needs to take place, and soon. We, Linda and I, need a different basis for our livelihood to emerge, so we can attend properly to the potential breakthroughs we are working on intensively. And, speaking personally, I also need to ensure the creation of my legacy. Even with our best efforts and that of many other people, we may not be able to have anything like the kind of impact in the world that we hope and intend to have. There are factors we can't control that may make that impossible. But my own teachings and principles, and Linda's, and ours together, are something we feel absolutely obligated to create, publish, and have available for humankind from now on, in many media.

Over the next ten years, such legacy-creation is a key priority. This project too begs for appropriate attention and resources. But it also is not something we can either fund or devote ourselves to appropriately on the basis of the way we've been working and earning our livelihood up till now, concentrated in private counseling, retreats, workshops, and extended programs mostly with people we already know.

That's why, with the help of team members such as Mary Walker, Lisa Lindberg, and Greg Aurand, we've come up with a whole new framework that will ultimately—we hope soon—become a major new basis for how we do what we do.

The center and foundation of that new framework will, we hope, be the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support. As you will see, we did not want to make the determination of which Circle you participate in a matter of how much money you can and would like to offer, though the terms of participation in all but one of the Circles do include minimum financial amounts. But you can join any Circle with in-kind forms of support of our mission and us as well. You'll need to indicate which Circle you want to be part of, and with respect to both your financial and/or in-kind contributions, we'll want to confirm with you that the quality of mutual support that we will enjoy together will be appropriate for that particular HeartCircle.

There are several important points to add here:

1. Participation in a HeartCircle of Grateful Mutual Support with us is entirely optional. No one is obligated to be part of this new membership program with us, and if you don't feel so moved, we won't take offense, and whatever our present relationship is with you it can continue or grow and change in positive ways too.

2. We honor your gratitude and respect whatever your own motivations are to participate in a HeartCircle. For some, like Mary Walker, it will be very important to feel you are NOT giving with the idea of GETTING something in return—even though we will be giving back to you because we love giving too. For others, the idea of a reciprocal exchange that only enhances an already established "pipeline" of mutual connection and gratefulness will feel just right. Either approach is fine.

3. We are not asking anyone to formally "tithe," and any money you contribute will not be tax-deductible. What amount of money you find yourself moved to put forward in this way is entirely your own concern. Keep in mind that the recipient company, Extraordinary Empowerments, is not a "tax-exempt charity" but a regular corporation that is entirely owned by us, Saniel and Linda.

4. What you are truly supporting is our Heart-mission, to help millions worldwide realize the HEART and manifest divinely human genius, destiny, and culture through awakened service. Yes, certainly, you will help us take care of ourselves in very personal ways, and make our lives more full of ease and delight. But you probably know how concentrated we are in our destiny-calling. This is a way for you to be a part of that great adventure, for as long as you are so moved, and to focus your own regular contributions, whether financial, in-kind services, or both.

5. We strongly encourage everyone to offer grateful gifts, even regularly, to other Waking Down in Mutuality teachers you find yourself moved to honor in that way. This is not just about us, Saniel and Linda. We hope this innovation will also help stimulate an increasingly rich culture of expressed mutual gratefulness and mutual support, throughout the Waking Down in Mutuality community network.

Gifts and Services HeartCircles Will Receive

That having been said, let us now describe briefly the two primary forms of gifts and services that members of the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support will receive from us:

HeartSpeak

HeartSpeak™* is a new monthly audio subscription program that we're also offering to anyone who is interested, entirely independent of the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support. The initial offering is several downloadable audio recordings for just $10 a month. Over time we'll also add optional video as well. (For more information, link to the HeartSpeak webpage.) Members of each of the HeartCircles will automatically receive basic HeartSpeak memberships as long as you continue to participate. And, if you become a HeartSpeak subscriber before joining one of the HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support, of course your monthly subscription fee will be folded in with the amount of financial support you choose to offer as a HeartCircle member.

HeartManifest

HeartManifest™* is another service we're offering anew, in this case a transformed version of a blessing, empowerment, and manifestation-coaching process we used to call "Matter Magic." The basis for this service is the simple recognition that our Heart-transmission is not restricted to quickening spiritual awakenings and other psycho-spiritual shifts, but can and does affect every aspect of life. Part of what distinguishes HeartManifest from many other spiritually oriented manifestation programs is the specific wisdom we bring to it and teach. Another part is that those who participate will be working with facilitators who aren't just connecting to a "higher Power" but are living as and from Source, and learning more and more to do that themselves. This will become increasingly clear especially as you learn and use Linda's newly revealed practice of "Active Conscious Dreaming™," which is an amazingly potent, Heart-generated practice of manifestation through visualization, on one's own and with others. And, finally, through the natural dynamics the HeartCircles will foster, co-participants will also be able if you wish to support one another's healing and creative life-expressions of all kinds. We'll bring out much more information about HeartManifest soon.

Now we'll briefly indicate what the different HeartCircles are and what participants in each both give and receive as a general guideline. These descriptions will give you something to work with as you consider how and whether you might want to be part of this program.

The Four HeartCircles

There are four different Circles in the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support:

1. The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of Friends
2. The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of Sustainers
3. The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of LifeChangers
4. The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of WorldChangers

Here are brief descriptions of each one.

The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of Friends

What you receive:
Basic monthly offerings of HeartSpeak and the opportunity to send us a monthly HeartManifest Statement of Intention. 10% discounts on workshops, retreats, extended programs, and trainings.

What you give:
A prudent, friendly amount in a financial gesture of support to us and our mission, either monthly, quarterly, or once each year. Minimum monthly amount for a solely financial contribution: $27. And/or, some kind of in-kind support, help, connections, influence, service, to be determined by written agreement with us through Mary Walker so the details are clear. In other words, for example, you might offer a certain amount per month financially and as well provide a simple service each month that you spend some time doing.

The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of Sustainers

What you receive from us:
Premium monthly offerings of HeartSpeak (which include at least one video as well as the basic audios) and the Friend's opportunity for support from us in HeartManifest plus an additional free monthly HeartManifest teleseminar for Sustainers and others in the more committed HeartCircles. 20% discount on workshops, retreats, extended programs, and trainings. And the opportunity to participate at an appropriate fee in a special annual one-day event for Sustainers and members of the more committed HeartCircles only.

What you give to us:
A prudent amount of regular financial support (monthly, quarterly, or annually) to us and our mission that is a noticeable "stretch" for you, which you gratefully want to offer to contribute to our regular sustenance. Minimum monthly amount for a solely financial contribution: $97. And/or, in-kind support, help, connections, influence, or service that is a real commitment for you, that you work out agreements with us about in a way that allows you and us to quantify and measure that sustaining help, acknowledge it, and be all that much more grateful to one another for it, accordingly. So, again, you might work out a plan with us to send a certain dollar amount per month and offer specific kinds and amounts of service as well.

The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of LifeChangers

What you receive from us:
The same HeartSpeak and HeartManifest offerings that members of the Sustainers' HeartCircle get, and a free monthly half-hour private consultation with one or the other of us on the subject of your choice. Plus the opportunity to participate in an annual two-day retreat with us, at an appropriate fee, that's open to LifeChangers and WorldChangers only. And, much more substantial discounts on workshops, retreats, extended programs, and trainings.

What you give to us:
As with the Sustainers' HeartCircle, a prudent amount of regular financial support (monthly, quarterly, or annually) to us and our mission that is a noticeable "stretch" for you, which you gratefully want to offer to contribute to our regular sustenance, but for LifeChangers the minimum monthly amount for a solely financial form of contribution is substantially greater: $297. And/or, in-kind support, help, connections, influence, or service as described for the Sustainers' HeartCircle, but which can really significantly change our lives and our mission, both because that's how you feel you want to participate with us and because what you bring to the HeartCircle really has the power to do just that. As with the other circles, a combination of financial offering and service or other-in kind support will work very well. HeartCircles Coordinator Mary Walker will help us work out plans on all these details.

The Saniel&Linda HeartCircle of WorldChangers

What you receive from us:
We will work this out with you directly and personally, and also in concert with what we are giving to other members of this HeartCircle. It will include much more personal involvement from us in expressions of gifts similar to those received by members of the other HeartCircles. And, no doubt, some creative new forms of interaction and mutual support and Heart-intimacy as well. We will be very motivated to communicate our appreciation for your contributions and will want to integrate you with our work and our team as closely as you would like to be.

What you give to us:
Financial and/or in-kind forms of support on a dramatically larger scale than that of the LifeChangers' HeartCircle. If you are interested in and capable of such participation, we'll work out the details directly with you on a personal basis, again with our Coordinator Mary Walker's help.


This, then, is an initial presentation of the Saniel&Linda HeartCircles of Grateful Mutual Support. We intend for this way of interacting with one another to be as fully delightful, enjoyable, easeful, and Grace-full as possible. Please remember that the gateway into these Circles and the pathway at every step is right here in our hearts. If the mutual gratefulness is there in your heart and is pressing forward to be expressed and circulated and enhanced, then that is the right reason to want to be part of this with us, and we will welcome your participation. We also want to assure you that we will never put any pressure on anyone to join any of these Circles, stay in one, increase your commitment and participation to a more intensive level, or anything of the sort. To us your participation in this is much like those checks we've been getting from Mary Walker—fundamentally, a sheer gift. We will make sure that the gifts we commit to giving back to you are things we thoroughly enjoy and can provide entirely in our shared Heart-spirit of Grateful Mutual Support.

How to Join a HeartCircle

Please correspond with HeartCircles Coordinator Mary Walker at newmaridee@yahoo.com to express your interest in joining a HeartCircle, or to express your questions, comments, and suggestions. You can also copy us at info@sanielandlinda.com.

Let's find out what this can become, for each one of us and all who participate.

With gratitude for your time and Heart-full consideration.
And many blessings,

Saniel Bonder & Linda Groves-Bonder
Extraordinary Empowerments