.::TVQ-1: Can we know Jill Bachman?

.::Jill: Jill Bachman lives in Chico, California USA. Chico is a small scenic town in the northern valley between the Sierra-Cascade and the Coastal mountain ranges.  Jill loves to tell everyone she is "39 and holding," but since a few of her kids are going to surpass her, it makes one wonder!  lol

Jill's nationality is Caucasian, born to parents with Scottish, English and Irish heritage.   She was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and moved to California at the age of 3.  To this day, her heart is very much attached to the East coast and all of its historical charm, but she much prefers the west coast winters. 

Jill spent a total of 3 years attending Chico State University as a business major, but gave up the degree aspiration in favor of marriage and starting her family.  She definitely utilized those three years in managing a family, owned engineering and architectural business, where you might say she earned her PhD hands on!

.::TVQ-2: Are you a woman on a mission and if so, what is it and have you succeeded yet in your mission?

.::Jill: I am definitely a woman on a mission.  I always have been since I was a child and I think I asked to enter this world as a peace maker.   I never really gave my mission much thought until approximately 12 years ago when I took a class on writing mission statements.  I was a blank sheet of paper at first, and then suddenly (it was as though someone was writing through me), I wrote the words:  "Unite the Hearts of the World through Wisdom and Knowledge" Gee! That sounded pretty simple and it was pretty short!  All I could think of were the words, "Let's go!"

But, then the mind started asking questions.  Now what? 

At the time I wrote this mission statement, I had just been introduced to network marketing.  Wow!  I immediately discovered this was a way I could help people, and I fell in love with the concept.  During this time, we moved to a high mountain lake.  Living right on the lake, it became my first dream to create what I called "Lakeside Vision Workshops."  It's a long story, but between the deep winter snow and my husband’s sudden health challenges, we moved back to the valley (vision unfulfilled), but only temporarily.  

From there, the vision went multi dimensional, stemming from many things just magically appearing.  The vision is now to create an educational center at Mt. Shasta.  Does that name sound familiar?  Yes, that is the "Mountain of Love."   And, the name of the educational center is "Treasured Acres" which stems from a company I have helped develop whose business platform is based completely on "the spirit of giving."  I believe this is the way of life in the new world of CHANGE that we are all co-creating.

.::TVQ-3: What is the one thing you most yearn to have or achieve in life but without success?  

.::Jill: I think the only thing I could say is "taking time for myself."  I am my own worst enemy in that respect as I am driven to always be busy in one way or another in helping people.  I am literally bored and frustrated when I am not busy.  Hmmm......  Even Roger McDivitt picked up on that in Cheryl's Spirit of Giving forum.  Clever lad.... thanks Roger!

So, I include a picture of myself in all of my vision work just sitting still, reading a book, pondering or taking nature walks.

.::TVQ-4: What are the most exciting, as well as the most traumatic moments of your life? 

.::Jill:  I remember the most traumatic time in my life being when my parents got divorced.   As for my most exciting, it was my wedding day and when each of my three children was born and watching them grow up.  I am very simplistic and very family oriented.  It does not take much to please me.

.::TVQ-5: How do you find out your true friends?

.::Jill: Wow!  That is a loaded question and I would say this.  Before the age of 30, it is a challenge because many people are more focused on image than on the heart.  Through experience, the best advice I could offer is to measure true friendship by loving deeds that are not associated with money.

.::TVQ-6: What is your understanding of Spiritualism, Mysticism and Religion?   Do you think we really need them?

.::Jill: I have no preferences as to whether people refer to spiritualism, mysticism or religion by way of their relation to God.  I have always thought that the Golden Rule itself could be everyone's universal religion.  LOVE is the only ingredient necessary to becoming a Godly person.  I also personally believe that each of us should respect that everyone has their own truths, and to take the word "judgement" completely out of our vocabulary and our actions.

Spiritualism is the most wonderful way to connect with the earth and to all of nature for a totally balanced life.  There is much that Westerners can learn from the East and from the Native Americans about spirituality and mysticism, and it is growing more and more as time goes by.

.::TVQ-7: By far, the most popular thread in your ALP community forum is "A journey to The Mountain of Love" with a lot of followers in the community. What is its cardinal message and is it based on religion?

.::Jill: The cardinal message of the Mountain of Love is spirituality through education.  Hopefully all people will come to realize soon that the earth and the cosmic cycles of the "great shift" are upon us as predicted by the Mayan calendar.  Earth is predicted to align again (as it does every 26,000+ years) with Galactic center on or about December 21, 2012.   In order to do this, earth herself must shift into the 5th dimension, and all of her planetary inhabitants (you and me) must do the same.  We are all ascending together to a glorious new frontier.

Much information has been withheld from the general populace on this subject, and I feel from the bottom of my heart that the world needs to know this information now.  This is the purpose of our "grand old mountain."   Unite the hearts of the world through wisdom and knowledge.  I believe that very soon our medias will be compelled to share this information worldwide. 

.::TVQ-8: Share with us your belief that "Attitude is Everything"?

.::Jill: I firmly believe that our thoughts create our reality and that a positive attitude is the greatest gift we can give ourselves and others.  Just wake up in the morning and say, "this is going to be an Attitude is Everything Day," and there you have it!  It just FEELS good!

.::TVQ-9: As a successful internet entrepreneur and self-motivator who owns some online business websites, what would you suggest to a disenchanted jobless friend, as the key to getting out of the present global recession?

.::Jill: I would firmly suggest that becoming a "new professional" (network marketer) is the way of the future!  Just find the right coaches like Jim Rohn (whose web site is free to all) to formulate the VISION, plug in and read to your hearts content.  Develop the CEO mentality from reading and studying others’ successes, and then choose a product or service that speaks to your heart.  If you work in an area for which you have passion, you will achieve success.  But, the reverse is also true.  As the saying goes, "follow your heart and the money will come."

I would also say that whatever you choose, realize that, it does require work and commitment.  If you see promises that you don't have to do anything but collect a check.... beware and don't believe it! 

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