Great Questions Group @ MarkDeMatteo.com

Hey GQG Friends!

This summer, essentially marks the 5th year anniversary of the original formation of this unique “Educational Forum” known as the Great Questions Group.

It’s hard to believe it has been that long already, for in some ways it seems like only a short time ago when I began this endeavor.

But with this in mind, I thought I would take a moment to share a brief review & update with you all.

These past 5 years have certainly been a remarkable, rewarding and yet in some ways, challenging period of time in my life.

And while I perhaps will always wish I might have been able to accomplish even more, considering this remains primarily an investment of my own time, effort, and resources, I am still more than pleased with the reasonably significant progress made during this initial, formative period of this project.

To begin with, the scope of the forum’s influence continues to expand both here within the US and also beyond it, as I continue to reach out to new people in a variety of ways.

Of late, this has included the Great Questions Introductory Lectures that I have had the opportunity to conduct in the local college and university arena–three more of which I have done even recently.

As many of you know, these sessions are now allowing me to share an overview of this Forum with groups of students at a time, and provide them with the opportunity to connect with it if they so desire.

Additionally, there is also the possibility of expanding these types of lectures into other arenas as well.

Besides this, I also keep getting reports from people that are already a part of our Group, who are continuing to share the audios with other people they know.

Furthermore, virtually all the feedback I have been receiving from the folks that are following the messages I am producing, is that this information is some of the most interesting, significant, and compelling they have ever heard on this topic.

Although I certainly appreciate this input and it continues to encourage me, I have to admit that it doesn’t come as a complete surprise.

For not only did I feel the same way as I was initially accumulating all this extraordinary information for myself personally, I also received a similar response as I began sharing it informally in my network marketing and life-coaching circles.

Hence, as many of you already know,  this early feedback was one of the primary factors motivating me to launch this forum in the first place…and it helps inspire me to continue to this day.

Moreover, these first 5 years have also served to further confirm and illuminate something I already had a pretty strong conviction of…the fact that this is a subject with a vital significance,  and a universal scope.

Folks, these Four Great Questions apply equally to essentially every living human being on earth.

And they are of unparalleled  importance, as they hold the keys to our finding the ultimate  purpose of this life and a true and lasting happiness.

Thus, providing more people everywhere with an accurate picture of this reality, based on valid answers to those questions, is probably one of the greatest services to our fellow man.

And sharing the objective evidence, as I have during this initial period, which indeed points to the existence of a vast Mind as the Adequate Cause behind our Cosmos, sheds a significant, preliminary light on those answers.

Yet this is just the beginning—the tip of the iceberg, so to speak–as there is much, much more!

For on the whole, this information is so extraordinary, and its implications so profound and compelling that it can, no doubt, have a positive, transformational effect, not only on each of us individually–as it certainly has me–but also on our families and friends, our communities, and ultimately, even perhaps on our overall society as well!

Furthermore, as an interesting verification of this potential impact,  I have also been encountering a significant degree of resistance during this period, which has no doubt been attempting to hinder my effort to continue to grow this Forum.

Much of this resistance has been internal, but there have also been a few surprising external challenges that I have come up against and in combination, they have caused some unanticipated interruptions and delays in my intended progress–especially of late.

However, opposition like this is not unfamiliar to me, as I have encountered it previously, any time I have been engaged in any undertaking that was attempting to have a positive impact on people.

And I have observed in every case, that the greater the potential influence, the greater the resultant opposition.

As such, I have come to understand that it is something which is quite predictable and that the degree of resistance encountered is also an intriguing and quite accurate barometer of the real measure of an endeavor’s true and lasting potential benefit.

And since this is certainly the most formidable version I have yet encountered, and it has actually intensified as the Forum has continued to grow in spite of it, this too, has served as another unusual, but fascinating confirmation of the value of this work.

Moreover, the good news is, as I have learned to deal with opposition like this in the past, and overcome it, I am continuing to learn to do so on an even higher level here in the present.

So the student, who is now a teacher, still remains, and always will remain, a student!

And I am still committed and actually rededicated to continuing the work of this project–of sharing more of the information I have acquired on my Great Questions Journey with more and more folks who are interested in this topic.

In fact, after these first 5 years, I feel like I am still just getting started and also,  like I am sort of doing a reset and restart…and I am even more excited about the next 5 years!

Hey Great Questions Group Friends!

Happy “Leap Day” to you all…trust your lives are “leaping” forward…and upward to greater heights of knowledge, awareness and understanding of the key aspects of this life!

Sending out a quick update to make you all aware of several items of note:

First, I have rewritten  the “Brief Overview” in the “About The Great Questions Group” section of the site, and temporarily removed the longer version, as I am rewriting it as well.

I will keep you informed as to when I republish it, as both of these “overviews” can serve as helpful tools to anyone who would like to provide others with more detail regarding the purpose of this educational forum.

Furthermore, a version of the long overview will probably serve as the introduction to my first book!

Next, I have also added a new “Bio” section to the site where I share a little more info on yours truly. 🙂

Additionally, I have written a piece entitled “Something Interesting I Have Learned About Money” which I have posted in the “Support” section that you might enjoy checking out.

Also, our “Group” continues to grow!  I recently completed yet another Introductory Lecture at a local college which was very well received and I continue to personally connect with new people who are interested in becoming a part of this forum, virtually everywhere I go!

Looking forward to continuing to “leap ahead” to an exciting 2016!

Best,

Mark D 🙂

Hi GQG Friends!

Recently, I have had the opportunity to conduct my 6th Great Questions Introductory Lecture to different groups of students at 2 local universities here in the Northern Virginia area.

I was invited by a close friend who is an IT Professor at both schools and is keenly aware of my studies and the information I am sharing through this forum.

Like many today, he is also concerned with his student’s education at their core level, too!

Each of the lectures have been very well received and, I have been told, stimulated the students thinking in areas and ways that they probably hadn’t been before.

At the conclusion of each session, the students were offered the opportunity to connect with the Group if they so desired, in order to gain access to the info already shared and that which will be in the future.

Following one lecture to a postgraduate class, a woman told me that she and her 20 year old son had just been discussing the very same topic that morning and that she was pleased and grateful that someone who had obviously acquired a significant amount of knowledge on this subject would be willing to take the time and effort to share what they had learned with others.

Additionally, it now appears that there may perhaps be opportunities in the future to offer similar Introductory Lectures to entire schools.

And this could also easily expand to other arena’s beyond just the academic…so it will be interesting and exciting to see what continues to develop!

Finally, as an FYI, all of these sessions have been provided free of charge to the students and schools.

This is yet one more area of service offered without cost by the GQG outreach, to enlighten, encourage and strengthen a large and growing number of folks, which is all underwritten by me personally & by my non-profit, Mark of Matthew, Inc. 

Wishing you all (and yours) a very happy and safe Christmas Holiday Season!

–Mark D  🙂