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@steven-ross
Dr. Steven A. Ross, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO of the World Research Foundation, which he established in 1984 with LaVerne Boeckmann to gather complementary and holistic health information on more than 300 diseases and illnesses. For nearly 40 years he has researched and lectured worldwide, delivering over 200 lectures and appearing on more than 150 radio and 15 television programs. The WRF operates a library in Sedona, Arizona, housing over 30,000 volumes on diverse health therapies and philosophical subjects.

Be Yourself
People have lost the ability to trust themselves and the guidance that comes through them because they feel others aren't going to accept it. So yes, trust is very important. I also feel that we have multiple purposes. One of my purposes was being a mother. One of my purposes is being a wife. I'm caretaker of the library, so we have many purposes. I do feel, though, that we have a divine purpose as well, an ultimate purpose that we grow into. Like you said, we just take it little by little, and we will ultimately find our purpose as we grow and our awareness and consciousness expand. We'll find it when we get rid of all the blockages and things that keep us from it.

Use Your Gifts
As I was massaging in resort spas, I would hear voices from spirits for the person on the table. In the beginning, I knew it wasn't me, so I would have this little banter in my head, going, I can't tell the person that. Then I decided, no, who am I not to tell the person what this spirit is bringing in. When I started to do that, I realized that the people who were receiving the information were so grateful. So that started me with the unfolding of what I do today. In this living, I did discover that we've had past lives where we had the library before, so that was kind of interesting to me.

Focus On Something Bigger Than Yourself
Right before a lecture, I had a dream. I was walking along the ocean with all the seekers of the world, all walking together, and in the distance I saw a figure, a woman dressed in blue holding a microphone. As we got closer, she was covered up in a smoke or a fog. To my right, to her left, were horseshoe stands with all the people who have written self-help books and have courses, six-level courses, and seminars. A big wind blew off the ocean, and I heard the following: all one needs for greater enlightenment is a beautiful heart, an open mind, and a humble spirit, and you will reach enlightenment. That dream led me to even further opening up, where I have since developed the philosophy of a beautiful heart, an open mind, and a humble spirit. My very wise Deborah said, well, that's the lifestyle, but people are going to ask how you do it. You do it with love, in love, and through love.

Be Courageous
What's the secret? Maybe the producers of this should go to Nike because I'm going to say, just do it. Why at 23 did I call and virtually embarrass myself with another man saying, hey, do you like me, is there a problem? You just do it.

Follow The Synchronicities
Then came phone numbers, just a phone number, and with that phone number I would call and someone would answer, we're waiting for you, we have something we want you to caretake. That has been my journey. Of course, the premier dream, I was in a library, a line of people, and at the front is a podium with this man with white hair looking down. I come and I go, yes, and the man says, we now would like you to study Paracelsus, whatever name. Then I would go out and seek all the information on what I was given. A lot of people ask, do you live in the library, do you just stay in there and read, and I have to say no, I don't. But what does happen is, when I'm ready, the books jump out at me, and then there's a purpose and a timing for me to gather the information.

Books
The biggest project for me is to preserve the writings of the great women and men of history and understand who inspired them, and then who inspired the one who inspired them. What starts as one shelf in a bookcase can grow to 56 bookcases because inspiration can come from many different areas. I designate or separate wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge is an accumulation of facts, wisdom is a higher standard, it's more absolute truths. I find myself looking at both of those while I'm in the library, and then I'm lost. I'm lost. So that's my challenge. Caretaking the library is a privilege and an honor, and it's an amazing place to have actually in my home, our home.

Heal Yourself
I discovered my purpose to be a facilitator of individuals, to help them, empower them, to release wounds or conditions, anything that keeps them blocked from reaching their fullest potential and purpose. I do that by helping them identify and acknowledge these issues, and then through various tools I help them release it. I've learned through experience, through working with people and my own life, that when we hang on to emotions long enough, they will manifest on the physical level and create a disease. Then they focus on how to get rid of that disease. Normally, they're looking outside, typically outside of themselves, and I help them look inside themselves to clear that. Then they're able to really look within, start trusting their inner selves, and release what no longer serves, healing themselves, to create a space for them to reach their purpose and potential. I just have had such gratitude for helping people release what no longer serves them and actually seeing them melt in front of my eyes when it's released, and that they can move forward now and be unrestricted in what was holding them back.

Channeling & Divination
The road that led me to that realization of being a facilitator was that I started out as a massage therapist. As I was massaging in resort spas, I would hear voices from spirits for the person on the table. In the beginning, I knew it wasn't me, so I would have this little banter in my head, going, I can't tell the person that. Then I decided, no, who am I not to tell the person what this spirit is bringing in. To give them a message, and when I started to do that, I realized that the people who were receiving the information were so grateful. I mean, some of them broke down crying, they were so happy to hear from the person that had passed on and gave them a message. So that started me with the unfolding of what I do today.

Self-Reflection
I called him, his name was Bob, and I said, Bob, is there anything bothering you about me? He said, what? I asked a second time, is there anything bothering you about me? He said, no. Something possessed me, and I asked the third time. He said, what are you sick, what's your problem? I said, I want to be a better person. He said, there is something that's bothered me. He said, do you remember what you did to our teammate Harold? When Harold would come in and make a mistake, you didn't say anything, but you kind of glared at him. After the tournament Harold and I would go out for pizza and he would throw up because he couldn't win your approval. I thought you were a real hog. After he hung up and told me, I cried. After that, I had five and six dreams a night for the next three months on every phase of my personality, likes, dislikes, just a review from Spirit, dream after dream.

Dreams
I've discovered my purpose over the last several years by guidance coming actually from the spiritual world and in my dreams. I often had dreams that were very, very specific, including being in a library, strangely enough, as you see in the background. As a result of that dream, I found a passion for gathering information. For me, it was very, very easy compared to most people I've met over time who were searching. I believe it happened because I just listened. Even though it was a dream, I just followed that dream. I was guided by a spirit that all my future guidance would come in my dreams. I was 23 years old. I was very excited, so excited to have a dream that I went one week without sleeping because I kept thinking, I'm going to go to sleep, I'm going to have a dream. After one week of being completely exhausted, I had the following dream. I heard a voice, a voice I recognized, an athletic friend from three years previously, say, what kind of animal is Steve? A picture book of animals opened, and a finger pointed to a particular animal. He said, do you remember what you did to our teammate Harold? Everybody looked up to you because you were an All American player, and when Harold would come in and make a mistake, you didn't say anything, but you kind of glared at him. After the tournament Harold and I would go out for pizza and he would throw up because he couldn't win your approval. I thought you were a real hog. After he hung up and told me, I cried. After that, I had five and six dreams a night for the next three months on every phase of my personality, likes, dislikes, just a review from Spirit, dream after dream. Then came phone numbers, just a phone number, and with that phone number I would call and someone would answer, we're waiting for you, we have something we want you to caretake. That has been my journey. I believe very strongly now. People say my dreams are silly, I can't remember them. Well, I didn't either. My dreams were silly, but I put a legal pad next to my bed, and whatever came through I was saying to Spirit, to my higher self, I am interested in your guidance.