Ross Heaven - The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja: Mastering the Four Gates to Freedom

Praise for The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja

Ross Heaven is the Joseph Campbell of our times. He brings street cool to spirituality.

J. L. SHREEVE
AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST FOR THE INDEPENDENT,
THE GUARDIAN, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND MAXIM MAGAZINE

Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell meet the Ninja warrior traditions! This is spirituality with attitudea wide-ranging, sharp psychological analysis of what it really takes to create happiness and freedom for ourselves. This book tells the truth, and because its honest, it will help you find your path to power.

TANIA AHSAN
EDITOR OF PREDICTION MAGAZINE

Ross Heaven is a spiritual warrior. If you apply the lessons of this book to your life you will find the freedom and happiness you seek.

HOWARD G. CHARING
DIRECTOR OF THE EAGLES WING CENTRE
FOR CONTEMPORARY SHAMANISM

Reading this book you can discover the qualities of a true warrior, truthfully presented.

DAVE COURTNEY, OBE
AUTHOR OF STOP THE RIDE, I WANT TO GET OFF

I just want to thank you for all your help in getting me to a point where I can accept my true self. I feel so different and see differently. This is where it begins for me!

JENNY RAYNER
PUBLISHER OF SPIRITUAL LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE

You have been drawn to this book because life has chosen this moment to reveal something of itself to you. This is an extraordinary book. All that is required of you is your commitment and willingness to become all that you are. You are right on time to read what you are about to read.

DR. MARK ATKINSON
AUTHOR AND COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH EXPERT FOR
GMTV (GOOD MORNING TELEVISION) AND NOW MAGAZINE

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

MARCUS TERENTIUS VARRO

Believe... theres a change for you and me.

DAMIEN RICE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THANKS

This book is for my children: my daughters Amelia and Jodie and my son Ocean (because Once you know your story, you can choose your truth). It is also for Arran (for the same reason). And a big hug to Teertha and baby Jaiden.

Thank you to...

Damien Rice and Bernadettefor support, permissions, and a night out in Brixton.

Sensei Gary Arthurfor training.

Ram Chatlani, legal genius and spiritual Masterfor services to truth and justice.

Simon Buxtonfor your never-less-than-valuable insights into what friendship, integrity, and spirit-driven really mean.

And Saffron, true Hininfor insights into geis and laughs along the Way. May Gods love be with you, always (or at least till the end of verse one)!

CONTENTS

DISCLAIMER

The meditations, exercises, and personal experiences of the author, his students, and clients included in this book are for interest purposes only.

The exercises presented have been tested in many workshops, client healings, and other real-life applications. No harm has ever come to any participant as a result. It is important, however, to act sensibly and responsibly when undertaking any introspective or spiritually challenging work. Your attention is especially drawn to the authors experiences with the elementsfirewalking, breathing under water, the leap of faith, and the burial of the warriorand you are advised not to attempt these yourself without expert supervision from someone familiar with and able to teach you these techniques.

Any application of the approaches in this book remains at the readers own risk and the authors and publishers disclaim any liability arising directly or indirectly from their use.

THE FOUR GATES TO FREEDOM

D o you really want to be free and happyor are you addicted to your sorrow? A lot of people are addicted and they either dont know it or dont know what to do about it. Herein lies the problem: programmed by society to believe that happiness, love, and freedom can only be acquired through power, possessions, and people, men and women have lost the one thing that really matters: themselves. Many, sadly, will never learn the truth of who they are, of who it is that lives, beyond the labels given them by the world.

You are not one of these people.

You have been drawn to this book because life has chosen this moment to reveal something of itself to you through the writings of Ross Heaven, its author. You are right on time to read what you are about to read.

The incongruence and tension that results from living a life according to who we think we are, and not the truth of who we really are, is at the heart of our pain and unhappiness. This suffering, which we could also call ignorance of truth, is what you and I, knowingly or unknowingly, desire to be free of. Beyond this ignorance lies the truth, the thing we most need and desire to be reunited with.

This truthintelligence, consciousness, soul, or spiritis the goodness, the life, the love, the happiness and peace that we were and wish to be once more.

And there is lifes great paradox. Billions of men and women are searching for the truth outside of themselves and not within. As a person with amnesia might walk out of his house in an attempt to find his house, so we walk out of our truth looking for our truth. This continues until the day of awakening, the day that we start to see the world as it is and not as we think it is. This marks the first sign of our impending freedom.

So... are you courageous? Are you willing to let go of the past and face the shadows? Are you ready to descend deepbeyond the mindinto the stillness, the Void from which you arose? A yes or even a maybe is sufficient. You are ready to be free and to meet your guide, Ross Heaven. He will escort you through the Four Gates to Freedom.

Ross has drawn upon his considerable personal experience to create an extraordinary book, one which, I believe, details many of the necessary insights and practical tools that, when lived with our total and conscious participation, will enable us to start living our lives as we choose to live them. All that is required is our commitment and willingness to become all that we are.

I wish you every success.

DR. MARK ATKINSON,
MBBS, BSC (HONS), FRIPHH, FCMA, BETD, SAC DIP

Dr. Mark Atkinson is the founder of the Whole Body Healing Clinic in London and a pioneer in the fields of holistic medicine, healing, and personal transformation. He is an author and the complementary health expert for Now magazine and Good Morning Television in the United Kingdom.