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THE HERD

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:30:00 +0000

THE HERD

I would like to address the subject, "Why do we refuse to do things that are necessary to maintain a long and happy life?" This is a most difficult question to answer. In most cases the answer will differ from person to person. The answer also depends upon the person it is directed to. If we are asked to give our opinion of what we think the answer might be regarding two people living identical lives, our answer would be greatly influenced by the fact of how we felt toward the people involved. We would have one answer for the person we cared for and another for the person we didn't care for. In most cases we would put out a very negative response in a positive manner. Humanity on a whole has a storehouse full of labels that we can use to justify just about anything we do, say or think. In the event we run out of labels, we can invent or better yet create at will, new labels that will fit our needs at any given time. You and I need to junk all our labels and accept full responsibility for our every action in word, thought and deed. You may be thinking there is no way we can exist in this world today without reasons for doing some of the things we do. Oh, how we fool ourselves with this label. I would guess that this is the most misused statement we humans use. We think we are able to get away with so much by using this one label and trying to use it to our advantage. Let me give you an example: "If I don't play by the rules of the world (race psyche) I would soon be chewed up and spit out by those seeking to take my job, wife, husband and so on."

Is it wrong to play by the rules of the so called world? No, as long as you don't believe in them. The reason being is as soon as you believe in them you become one with them, then you become another body in the large herd of humanity.

If you have ever spent time on a farm and watched a herd of cattle roaming about, you can readily see how they push, shove and position themselves to stay on their feet, more so when the dinner bell rings and they all run in a mass to get to the food. One should also observe what they are walking through to get to their destination which in most cases consist of food, water and shelter. They struggle to eat and drink to fatten themselves up, only to be taken to the meat plant to be butchered and become food for those on the so called higher food chain. How sad that we, who are spiritual in nature are becoming more and more like the cattle and like them push, shove and position ourselves to become strong only to ready ourselves for those who would use us as food.

When will humanity wake up and realize what and who they are? When will they stop allowing others to feed upon them? Some may say, "l don't think I could survive if I did not follow the herd." I can't disagree with some of you, however have you ever asked yourself "What is it you're trying to survive from"? Can you give it a name? Can you predict when your survival time runs out? Do you really know? Could it be this day, this hour, this minute or maybe this very moment?: How important would all your things be to you? We give a great deal of time to protecting our things but if you could predict your survival time, now, how high on your priority list would all your things be? Once again I say there is nothing wrong in wanting and having your things, but these things can totally destroy the soul if they are in any way put before your spiritual survival.

I have been told on several occasions that I talk about subjects that put fear into people and I should get off the doomsday kick. I don't see it that way. I can only see souls who should become as Gods, but they are doing everything possible to avoid their birthright. I have no intention of trying to stop people from getting their experience, I only try in my simple way to make them aware of the possibility of a great loss. We all need to do some deep introspection so we can find where our true values lie, and if you are satisfied with where you are, then so be it. It simply means you decided to take a detour that did not exist until you created it for your own benefit or better yet, for one of your bodies. It just slowed up your growth from becoming a full spiritual being. Consider this next statement carefully: YOU WILL GET OFF THE WHEEL IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO OR NOT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. This statement is not intended to be a threat or frighten anyone. It is your choice and has always been your choice. That freedom of choice will never change. Are you telling me I need to change who, and what I am to get off this wheel of life and death? No, what I am suggesting is that you change your thinking to include your true self, your spiritual self If you can incorporate into your everyday thought process the fact that everything you do, say and think is coming from the Divinity within you, the outcome will take care of itself. Repeat everyday: "OF MYSELF I DO NOTHING, THE FATHER IN ME, HE DOETH THE WORK."

Many times I am asked, "Why is this work so difficult?" It seems the harder I try the more difficult it becomes. I keep giving the same answer. It is so difficult because we are trying to do what is impossible for us to do. You need only to acknowledge that there is a higher Divine creative force that takes over once we release our lives to it. IT can make all things possible. Some say I do accept this Divinity within and still find it impossible to achieve my goals both physical and spiritual. I can only say that the reason is that we accept the Divinity within on a intellectual level and we need to accept IT on a soul level.

How will I know if I'm living on the soul level? You will know when you become as a small child and like a child know that things are just that way. No explanation is ever necessary to a small child, to them everything just is. The box that the gift comes in is just as important and at times more important than the gift itself. Do you understand? A child places no value on things. I remember when one of my grandchildren was six years of age, he received five dollars in a card. I offered him four quarters for his one five dollar bill. He thought that was great and was more than willing to make the trade. How lovingly simple was this beautiful small child. But when I explained that he could get twenty quarters for that one five dollar bill, I took a small part of his innocence away from him. The master knew what he was talking about when He said, SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME FOR SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN", also "UNLESS YOU BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN YOU SHALL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."

The problem we adults are having trying to grow spiritually is the fact we can't deal with the simple things. Why do you think this is so? I feel it's because of the intellect that we spend so much time developing Why is this so? I believe the main reason is that we identify very strongly with the things that seem so real to us. They are so real because we can see, feel, touch, smell and hear them, therefore they are so real. Such foolishness, when the soul leaves the body, try as you may you will not be able to experience those five senses. If you are strongly attached to those senses now, then when you're out of the body you may spend hundreds of years trying to make contact with just one of those sensations, and that's OK if that's were you're at because you will be just where your supposed to be. No big deal. However, if you could taste what is beyond those five senses you would get rid of all those obstacles that prohibit you from going back and forth between the visible and invisible. We need only break away from the herd and find our own way to at-one-ment. Some of us are so uncertain of what direction we should take, that we close our eyes to all things and allow ourselves to remain in the middle of the herd and let the herd push and shove us in the direction they are going, believing that by going with the masses we will arrive at the place we should be.

Look at your friends, your fellow workers and yes, at your family. Is it not obvious that the masses are in one big rush to follow the one ahead, shoving, kicking, biting and whatever else it takes to keep their place in the midst of the herd? All the time thinking it must be the right thing to do for the simple reason that we look and see ninety-nine percent of humanity going in the same direction. There will be a time when you will be so entrapped by the many, that you will find it impossible to break away. They will trample you into the ground and there will not be enough of you left to survive with the few who did manage to get out from among them. Could it be that the Master knew what He was talking about when he gave his followers the order "COME OUT FROM AMONG AND BE YE THEREFORE SEPARATE." Could it be that he was thinking about the herd, otherwise called the masses of humanity? Do we need a wall of bricks to fall on us before we understand that to attain Spirituality, we must dare to be different from the herd? At whatever cost to our three bodies that have led us for so long? We have a choice, and choose we must. Being at the front, side or rear of the herd is the same as being caught in the center with no escape. We need to break away from the herd before they get into the gate, where they think their food may be. Once they're inside the gate, there is no turning around and freeing themselves. You will just have to wait for the next herd to come along and start your fight to break away once more. Humanity is now in the most critical stage of their growth. We will be given all the help we ASK FOR, AND GIVEN THE STRENGTH TO BREAK AWAY. The choice is yours and yours alone. Make up your mind as to what direction you want to go and do not turn back. Don't worry, you will not turn into a pillar of salt as did Lot's wife, neither will you turn into an angel. You will become food for those on a higher scale if you are not able to break away from the herd.

Now then your next question would be a logical one. Who, or what, are those on the next higher scale? The answer to this question may disturb some of you, so it would be better if you made an attempt to answer this question yourself. I can only give you a hint as to the answer. "WHAT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSETH HIS SOUL"???

Now, One last thought, you should be aware of, the fact that we are trying to break away from two different herds. The first herd being what we call the race psyche or the masses of humanity. The second being the herd that dwells within us, the many I's of men and women. Think very carefully now, "What herd should we break from first, the herd of humanity or the herd of our own many I's?" I know that some of you may be thinking, just when you are close to understanding about the herd you are thrown a curve and now find that ever thing seems more complicated. You have been dealing with these so called problems for many incarnations and are now ready to face them head on, the winner TAKES ALL. I trust there be no confusion in this lesson that will cause you to throw up your arms and surrender to the enemy, which is your own inability to refuse to enter the gate with the rest of the herd. A great master said "DON'T MISS THE BOAT, AS YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT BOAT WILL ARRIVE NOR DO YOU KNOW IF ANOTHER BOAT WILL BE ARRIVING."1 I would like to add to this statement, "Don't enter into the gate with the herd, as there may not be a gate leading out."

1 Master BEINSA DOUNO (worked in Bulgaria for fifty years.)

Why Am I Here?

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:39:00 +0000

Why Am I Here?

To answer the question: "WHY AM I HERE?" will take a great deal of understanding of the lesson " Who Am I?" It will be necessary for you to give a lot of thought as to your present life and also your life style. Try to make sense of why you have chosen to live this life the way you have, and where you are now. Are you living for yourself? Are you living to please others or another person? Or are you floundering around looking for a reason for living? When was the last time you asked yourself these questions? And what was your answer? If any. Could one of your answers have been to learn and serve? Was it your answer or did another person or maybe a book give you the answers. Did the answers come from deep inside of you? If we accept the answer to learn and serve, then that takes us to the next logical question: Learn What? Serve Who?

Please don't get the idea that you can be given the answer to this question in one or two lessons. The fact is, that this lesson can only give you a hint as to why we are here. To begin learning we must first master the process of learning. Then we move on to become a master in the art of serving. I don't want to give you methods that will only leave you more confused. So I will try to keep it as simple as possible, as I am a very simple man, and do my best when I teach at my level. Now that we understand where I am coming from, let us continue. Let me start the question of learning with a question. When we attempt to learn, what is the first thing we must do? What is the first step we must take? Is it not to search within to find what it is we want to learn? Then, when we find what it is we want to learn, we go to step 2.

What is the easiest and fastest method we can use? Jump in and don't worry how you are going to handle the experience you will be facing. In fact, don't give any thought as to what lies ahead. The reason being, that once you set up a situation in your thinking, that becomes your creation and you will need to deal with your own creation, like it or not, you will deal with it! Go into your experience knowing you will be faced with something, but also know that your divinity within has set it up and IT will have to deal with it, if it wants to grow. Deal with it, IT will, in a most positive way. Keep your mind and your mouth shut tight. Be still and listen to the still small voice that will guide and direct you through the whole experience. IT will always work for the betterment of your soul, not for the happy ending that you want for your PHYSICAL, MENTAL and EMOTIONAL bodies. CAN YOU ACCEPT THAT? As you were told in a previous lesson, the rules are simple, but the implementation of those rules can at times seem insurmountable, or so we think. For us there is no working it out, not possible. For IT, all things are possible. For in IT we live, move and have our being.

Let me suggest that the first lesson we attempt to learn will be the most difficult of all. That is to learn about one's self and that means ALL about ourselves. You may find that trying to learn about yourself will become the most difficult thing you have ever undertaken. But once you know your self, there is very little if anything You need to learn. All the great mystery schools taught the axiom MAN KNOW THYSELF AND YOU WILL KNOW GOD.

CAN I MAKE IT ANY CLEARER FOR YOU? My wish is that you understand just a little better as to why you are here. One last thought: you can't be in another place, but here in this earth plane, for that is all that exists. THE HERE AND NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE, IS THAT CLEAR?

QUICK RECAP

Go within to find what it is you want to learn.
Go within and seek the fastest and easiest way to learn.
Jump into your experience without thought as to the out come.
Keep your own creations out of the picture,
as that is what you will need to deal with on your own.
REMEMBER THE AXIOM
MAN KNOW THYSELF, AND YOU WILL KNOW GOD.
The above axiom was written between the pillars of all the great mystery schools.

Who Am I?

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Who Am I?

This question has been asked from the time humans were able to think. The answer has come in many forms, ranging from " I am nobody", to " I am a God". Each answer to one's own question of " Who Am I?" was, and still is, and always will be, correct. As one gets more and more experience, the answers to that same question will continue to change according to one's experience. If this statement is correct, then it stands to reason that one who avoids an experience will be in a state of stagnation and therefore will wither and die. While the person who can embrace all experiences, no matter how difficult, will continually change their minds as to who they are.

How can this be a truth if who you are changes with each experience? First let us examine what happens when we go through an experience. Let us walk through a make- believe situation. I am seventeen years old and still attending school. I meet and fall in love with a girl who is fifteen years of age and attending the same school. Now, my heart is telling me that I must spend the rest of my life with this wonderful loving girl. The girl has the same feeling toward me along with the same desires as me. We drop out of school, run off and get married. After the honeymoon I know I must find a job in order to support my wife and of course, myself. However, I can not find work due to the lack of jobs. The jobs that are available call for a person who has a good education. My wife is also trying to find a job, but lo and behold, we find that she is with child. I feel there is no need to continue this story as the outcome is very obvious. They go to live with one of their parents, or they find themselves so distressed that a divorce occurs and they go their separate ways to start over. If they are both able to realize the mistakes that were made, the essence of their experience is embedded in their souls and they both have grown.
Upon looking back at their so-called mistakes, they are able to look at themselves as somewhat wiser, and will apply their prior experience to the next relationship they are confronted with. Or, they may not have learned anything from their experience and find that they are in the same situation as the first, thereby lowering their self esteem and feeling they are not worthy of happiness. In either case they have become whatever they absorbed in the soul as a result of that one experience of getting married which also gave them a multitude of other experiences. In fact, it may have set up the end result of this incarnation. Though they both chose the experience before incarnating.

They did not choose the choices made until they presented themselves. Do you understand the difference between choosing your life in an incarnation and making a choice in any given experience in that carnation? For those who may question the above statement, the answer is FREE WILL. You will always choose the experience before you come into another incarnation and you will also know the results of your so-called good or bad decision. When in a PHYSICAL, MENTAL, and, EMOTIONAL body you have the choice of two paths to take. Given the fact that you will always know the path that will be right for you, you can still choose the so-called wrong path due to your free will. The reason a wrong choice may be made, is that most of humanity is under the control of the PHYSICAL, MENTAL, and EMOTIONAL bodies. These bodies did not exist while in our true body, our SPIRITUAL BODY. Why then do we not remember what we experienced while in our spiritual body? The fact is that we DO remember, but we choose not to hear or see. Our main fault is that we refuse to listen. There is never a time, nor an experience we go through, that the inner voice does not try to direct you through the lessons you learned while in the spiritual body.

We identify so strongly with our PHYSICAL, MENTAL, and, EMOTIONAL bodies, we think that is what we are and make our decisions based upon what one or all of these bodies tell us. We must come to the true understanding that what we see in the mirror and what our coconut tells us, are a NO-THING. We are spiritual beings and nothing else. We are creators that came out of the creator of creators. Why must this be so difficult for us to understand? We need only to look around us to see the chaos going on in the world. It is all happening because humanity is being ruled by their PHYSICAL, MENTAL, and, EMOTIONAL bodies. I want this, I want that, I feel this, I feel that, I like this, I like that.

There is nothing wrong with wanting, feeling, and liking. It prevents us from growing only when these THINGS control the way we live and we live by our actions and deeds. If you will give thought as to what it is you are trying to accomplish, you will find that the end result is to satisfy one of the senses. We need only to realize that the five senses or the PHYSICAL, MENTAL, and, EMOTIONAL bodies, were created by us to further our spiritual growth, NOT FOR SELF INDULGENCE. How difficult it is not to identify with these three bodies. We are so dependent upon them that we find no need to give them any thought. We allow them to run havoc in our lives and we call them life. How sad for most of humanity the three bodies are one with them and they are one with the bodies.

On a conscious and unconscious level we are constantly striving to satisfy all three of our mundane bodies and give little or no thought to the real spiritual being we are. Ask yourselves: "Why is this true?"

I am sure we can come up with a thousand answers, such as being taught this as a child, the education system, the Church, the thinking of the masses. These are but excuses, labels we use to justify our actions. The truth of the matter is that we do not want to give up these three bodies because we feel they please us so much. Even though all suffering is caused by our holding on to them and all of our so- called pleasures last only for a brief time, we are always off looking for another pleasure to satisfy our senses. You may be thinking " That's not so. I would let go if only I knew how. It is so hard living on this earth plane without them". Sorry to say, it is impossible to really live on this earth plane as long as we hold on to them.

The secret of living a spiritual life while enjoying this earth life to the fullest, is very simple. We need only to listen to the inner voice and follow the its dictates while we live in the world of the senses. When we understand the true meaning of this statement, we will find total happiness with no suffering or want. Your inner voice knows your needs and will fulfill all your desires when you master the above statement. How can this be? The answer is very simple, but herein lies the difficulty. When we follow the inner voice without questions we will find all of our needs and wants changed. We find ourselves with all new priorities. Our suffering will be replaced with happiness, sickness with health and all hate will be replaced with unconditional love. We will not be able to judge anyone or anything. This can not be accomplished by anything we do. In fact, there is nothing for us to do but follow our inner voice and IT will take care of everything.
The largest obstacle standing in our way is our little selves. We think if we do this or do that, we will become a better person. You can not do anything of yourself, so stop trying. We can only do what the divinity within leads us to do. We do not have control over the experiences we will have while on this earth plane. You only control the outcome of the experience in the here and now. This is true on the spiritual level, the mundane and all other levels you care to discover.
At this point some of you may be thinking: " Do I really have a choice as to what goes on in my life?" The answer is a deafening YES. You always have the choice of going left or right, up or down, in or out; do you get the point.??? Don't sell your free will short or take it for granted. It is the mold of which your destiny is made. Think about it.

Another question that arises: " What if I use my free will to better myself and another person gets hurt because of my decision?" We are then dealing with two factors here. 1. Was my intention to hurt another? If not, don't worry about it. It becomes the other person's problem or experience. 2. If you intentionally hurt another for your own betterment, it becomes a karmic debt. Again....do not worry about it, as you have already committed the act and you cannot change the act, so know that you need to deal with the karma. This should be done in the here and now and not some other lifetime . Asking for a sincere forgiveness from the one that was hurt will rid you of that karma, as long as you are truly sorry for your act. Then if the person that was wronged refuses to forgive you, at that point it becomes their karma. Be very careful that you do not abuse this law as you can accumulate much karma that may take many lifetimes to erase. The rules are so very simple, but implementing these rules can be very difficult. The reason it is so hard to implement this rule is because we hold so tightly to those three bodies we are using for such a short time that we may get our experiences. These bodies are very necessary to us, in order to function on this earth plane. Without them we would be a NO-THING.

I trust you understand the meaning of a NO-THING. Let me give you a few examples : 1. A no-thing could be an elemental thought form that is seeking a soul. 2. A being that has lost its soul. 3. A new soul with no experience (looking for a soul it can take over that is stronger or has more experience). This can happen under the following conditions: A. Lack of effort. B. No desire to learn. C. Total disbelief in a supreme power, or whatever you choose to call it. D. Become totally passive where we have no control over our being, usually brought on by drugs or alcohol. Subject to elemental walk-ins. How can this all loving God allow this to happen? IT does not allow it, IT just uses its own essence to bring about a new or stronger soul so it can grow and express itself. You see it is impossible to do away with the essence of the creator; therefore nothing is ever lost, only changed. No different than replacing a burned out electric light bulb with one of a higher wattage. It is the SAME energy behind the bulb that gives it the power to operate. I guess you may call this total detachment. This is accomplished when we are able to separate from the P/M/E bodies. I trust this is clear to you, as I cannot put it in simpler terms.

You may thinking: " I am trying the best I know how to reach this point that you are talking about, but it's almost impossible and so difficult to achieve." The only answer I can give you is to stop trying to reach this point of total detachment by your own effort, as it cannot be reached, no matter how much effort you put forth. Only with ITS help can you accomplish total detachment, so just LET GO and LET GOD. Put in simpler terms: If you need to think about what the inner voice is saying and you ponder what is going on inside yourself, then you have slammed the door shut by misusing your free will. I hope this is clear to you as so much is at stake. More so in this day of the coming of the old age. The song "THE WAY WE WERE" seems so appropriate here.

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:05:00 +0000

Introspection and Self-Observation

MAN

Positive philosophy studies man in general, otherwise said, the abstract man; esoteric philosophy devotes itself to the study of the concrete man: the investigator himself is the object of his studies. Starting from the ascertainment that man is unknown, his aim is to make man known to himself, such as he is and such as he could, under certain conditions, become.

In principle, the final objective of the positive science is the same, but the concentration of the efforts is diametrically opposed. Starting from the center positive science radiates in all directions, and with specialization marches towards the periphery every point of which would constitute to the limits a separate discipline. Starting from the multiplicity and the truth observed on the periphery, accessible to our senses, esoteric science directs itself towards the center. It tends to a more and more general synthesis.

The method of esoteric science is the same as that of the positive science: Observation, critical analysis of the observed data, rigid deduction from established facts. However, this similarity of method permits a difference of application due to the intimate character (nature) of a great part of esoteric work's character which does not always allow to expose the result of the experiences lived and to discuss publicly their validity. For this reason, here is the method applied with the same objective rigidity but in the reverse sense.

In the civilization of the occident the interior life of' the individual, with all its richness, is relegated to the last place of existence. Man is so much caught up in the wheel of the mechanized life that he has no more time to stop, nor the power of attention necessary to turn his mental look towards himself. Man spends his days absorbed in circumstances. The immense machine which carries him away turns without stopping and forbids him to stop, under the penalty of being crushed. Today, like yesterday, and tomorrow like today, he exhausts himself in this unrestrained race, hurled in a direction which, in sum, leads him nowhere. Life passes almost unperceived, as quickly as a ray of light, then, always forgetful of himself, man falls engulfed.

When one who lives under this constant pressure of contemporary life is asked to turn his mental look towards himself, he generally answers that he has no time to devote himself to such an exercise. If' we insist and he complies, in most case he says that he sees nothing. Fog, darkness. In rarer cases, the observer reports that he discerns something which he could not define, because that is changing always. This last observation is correct. In fact, everything changes in us every moment. An external shock, agreeable or disagreeable, happy or unhappy for our inner content takes on a new aspect.

We then appreciate the value of introspection as a method of practical work to know one's own self and to enter within one's own self. As little by little we progress, we always find out better the real situation in which we are found. In sum, the interior content of man is analogous to a vase filled with iron filings in a mixed condition by mechanical action.

If we pursue without taking sides this interior observation, this introspection, we soon ascertain, not without surprise, that our I, of which we are habitually so proud, is not always equal to itself That it changes. Then, the impression becomes precise; we begin to find out that in fact, it is not a unique man that lives in us, but many, each of whom has his proper likings, tastes, his proper aspirations and pursues his proper ends. Suddenly we discover in our own selves a whole world full of life and complexities which even until yesterday we ignored almost entirely. Pursuing the experience we distinguish soon in this life in perpetual movement three currents: That, let us say, of the vegetable, of the instincts; that of the animal life, of the sentiments; finally, that of the life properly human, characterized by thought and speech. (or the characteristic of which is thought and speech.)

It is as if there were three men within us. But the whole is entangled in an unprecedented manner (unheard of manner). We then appreciate the value of introspection as a method of practical work to know ones own self and to enter within ones own self. As little by little we progress, we always find out better the real situation in which we are found. In sum, the interior content of man is analogous to a vase filled with iron filings in a mixed condition by mechanical action. In such a way that every shock undergone by this vase provokes a displacement of the particles of filings. It is thus that the real life flees from the human being on account of the constant change of the interior life.

However, as we will see later on, this dangerous and insensate situation can be modified in a favorable manner. But that demands work, conscious and continued efforts. Introspection pursued untiringly has as a consequence the interior sensibilization. In its turn this sensibilization intensifies the amplitude and the frequency of the movements at the time of displacement of the particles of the filings. Thus the shocks which were unperceived previously will provoke henceforth live reactions. These movements by their continuous amplification will be able to bring about between the particles of the filings a friction of such an intensity that it will be possible to feel the interior fire kindled within ones self.

But it must not be only a simple flame. And it is also not enough that the fire be smoldering under the cinders. A live fire, ardent, once kindled, must be carefully kept up by the will to refine and to cultivate the sensibility. If it is so, our state can change: The heat of the flame will be able to provoke in us the uniting (soldering).

(See Mark IX, 49; 1 Corinthians III 11-13; Peter I, 7; IV, 12.)

Henceforth the interior content will not anymore form a heap of particles of filings; it will form a block. The shocks sustained by man will not be able to provoke in man, as previously, an interior change. Having come to this point he will have acquired firmness and he will remain himself in the midst of storms to which life might expose him Such is the perspective opened to him who studies esoteric science. But to attain the state just described one must rid himself from the very beginning of all illusions concerning himself, no matter how dear it might be: Sufferings and supplementary efforts will be necessary afterwards in order to get rid of them..

VERY IMPORTANT

So long as man has not attained this unity, his life constitutes in fact, an artificial existence since he himself changes every moment, and as these changes take place under the effect of external shocks which he almost never can foresee it is equally impossible to him to appreciate beforehand his proper internal changes. Thus he lives at the mercy of events, preoccupied by a constant patching up. In fact, he advances towards the unknown at the mercy of chance (accident). This state of things, called by tradition The Law of Accident, or Law of Chance, is the principal law under the dominion of which man, such as he is, lives his illusory existence.

Esoteric science shows the possibilities and the means to liberate oneself from this law. It helps to begin a new life, sensible, to become logical with oneself, and finally, to become master of oneself.

But to engage ones self usefully on this way, it is necessary before anything to see clearly ones actual condition. A picture that is found in most ancient sources allows one to represent and to guard in ones spirit this condition: It is the horses and the carriage (the team).
This picture represented by a team, the structure of man. The physical body is figured by the carriage; the horses represent the sensations, sentiments and passions; the driver is the sum total of all the intellectual faculties, reason included. The person sitting in the carriage is the master.

In his normal state, the whole system is in perfect condition of functioning: The driver holds firmly the reins in his hands and conducts the equipment following the road the master showed him. But in the immense majority of cases things do not go this way. First, the master is absent. The equipment must go search for him to hold itself at his disposal. Everything is in a bad state: The axles are not greased and they grind; the wheels are badly fixed; the helm plays dangerously; the horses, though of a noble race, are dirty and badly fed; the harness is used up and the reins are not solid. The driver sleeps. His hands have slipped on his knees and they hardly hold the reins which at any moment can escape him.

The team advances in spite of all, but in a manner which does not foretell anything happy. In fact, leaving the road, he engages himself on a slope so that the carriage now pushes the horses, which do not succeed in holding it. Plunged in a deep sleep, the driver oscillates on his seat and runs the risk of falling. A sorry end evidently awaits such a team. This picture offers a very much exaggerated analogy with the condition of the greater part of men and merits to he taken as an object of meditation.

Salvation may possibly present itself. Another driver, this one well awake, may pass from the same road and perceive the team in its unfortunate condition. If he is not too much in a hurry, maybe he will stop to go to the help of the equipment on the road. He will offer fodder and money. Perhaps he will give advice for the care of the horses, the address of a public house (hotel) and of a coachmaker, and he will indicate the road he must follow. Then it will be up to the helped driver to profit from the help and the advice received. It will be incumbent, afterwards upon him, to place all things in order and, his eyes opened, to follow the road he had abandoned. He must mostly fight against sleep, because if he falls asleep again, if the equipment leaves the road and runs the same danger (or risk), he cannot hope that luck will smile again (once more), that another driver will pass at that moment at that place and come again to his help.

MARK 9:49

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

I CORIN. 3:11-13

For no other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,or stubble;
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

PETER 1:7 & PETER 4:12, 13

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

INTROSPECTION

Introspection is the method of practical work in knowing one's own self and of entering within oneself. As we progress, we find out how much better the real situation is in which we are found. In total, the interior content of man is analog to a vase filled with iron fillings. The iron fillings are in a mixed condition, moved by mechanical action in such a way that every shock undergone by this vase provokes a displacement of the particles of filings. Thus, it is that the real life flees from the human being on account of the constant change of the interior life. This dangerous and insensate situation can be modified in a favorable manner. This demands work focused on conscious and continued efforts. Introspection pursued untiringly, has as a consequence, interior sensibilzation. In its turn, this sensibilization intensifies the amplitude and the frequency of movements at the time of displacement of the particles of the filings. Thus, the shocks which were previously unperceived, will now provoke live reactions. These movements, by their continuous amplification, will be able to cause a reaction between the particles of the filings. This is a friction of such intensity that it will be possible to feel the interior fire"kindled" within oneself.

It must not only be a simple flame...and, it is not enough that the fire be kept smoldering under the cinders. A live fire, ardent and once kindled, must be carefully kept up by the will to refine and cultivate the sensibility. If it is so, our state can change. The heat of the flame will be able to provoke in us the uniting (soldering).

Henceforth, the interior content will not form a heap of particles of filings anymore. Instead, it will form a block. The shocks sustained by man will no longer be able of provoking in man an interior change. Having come to this point, he will have acquired firmness and he will remain himself in the midst of storms to which life might expose him.

Esoteric Science shows the possibilities and the means to liberate oneself from the General Law. It helps to begin a new life, where one becomes logical and sensible with oneself, and eventually, becomes master of oneself.

Emotions

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Thoughts are living things, light flashes, light impulses on the brain. These light impulses are made up of a very rare and fine matter that has weight and can be detected by a very sensitive instrument. At Duke University they had a person touch an instrument and think a certain thought and the instrument began to register. So you can measure the power of your thoughts. With this knowledge we begin to understand that thoughts are THINGS, LIVING THINGS. They are made of a material form though much more rare in nature and construction than our material body.

These thought forms remain in or near the action field of the person who entertains these thoughts. They unite with forms of the same kind. If all of us could hold the same thought, that thought would increase in strength. I would call these thoughts beings. NOW PAY ATTENTION!!! They are like small clouds all around us. Being that thoughts are living things, living in a cloud form, they need to be fed. We need to understand that thoughts are living entities of a definite order and class. They depend on the light power of the brain in which they originated. These beings with there force will intrigue, if allowed, even compel their creator to maintain them with the same thought power out of which they were created. I will try to describe to you the way in which this compulsion is carried out by the offspring of your thoughts.

If you have a certain idea and keep thinking about this idea, you create what we call an elemental. These elementals are all around you. If these thoughts are fortified by the accumulation of other thoughts, this particular thought becomes a living thing, then turns on you and causes you to do what you are thinking. Are we not creators of our destiny, or not??? NOW PAY ATTENTION!!! When a human being sur comes to this very natural compulsion, and this is done almost hourly, then from these mental clouds circulating within the field we can see forms arise. The most expressive outer characteristic of which are the eyes. And according to the measure the form is being mentally fed. Once the elementals are formed, if constantly being fed by one or more, it's eyes emanate a powerful paralyzing influence ever increasing in force. The human being, hypnotized by its own mental offspring, the person in question is driven to action and a series of actions and thereby is driven into slavery by its own elemental. "Know ye not that ye are creators?" Many times people have said I don't know what made me do or say it. It was your own thought creation, either conscientiously or sub conscientiously. You created an elemental by your thinking, you fed it, it became a living thing and started to influence you. "YOUR OWN CREATION." In this way, all of us in the course of ages & ages have become slaves of our own delusions, of our prejudices, preconceived ideas, dogmas, vices and superstitions which have taken shape in our field of restoration through the working of our own thoughts and which we have kept up, which we fed until they finally began to dominate us. The cloud that I spoke of earlier, starts on the right side of the body at the level of the solar plexus, ascends to the top of the head, then descends the left side of the body and disappears at the solar plexus.

How often have we heard someone say, "I would like to change myself, but I can't do it."? The life conduct that we often regret and which we quite often, powerlessly resist, the attitude of life which often embitters our life, because we grow disgusted with ourselves and because we are in danger of losing our self-respect, is a result of the compulsion that is emanating from our wrong thinking habits, due to our own mental process. Does it pay to think good thoughts?

Mankind is ill, fatally ill. Mankind is a victim of its own creative passions and there is no earthly man to whom this statement does not apply. The fact that second to second man abuses the creative facility of his brain, (does not think right) causes him or her to feel helpless and at the mercy of the events in their life.

How many times have people said "I don't do the things I want, but I do the things I hate."?

WAKE UP-NOW

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:51:00 +0000

TEN POINTS TO FREEDOM

The sun is rising, the coffee is perking and the birds are saying in song, that it is time to get up and smell the coffee. In other words, get up off your duff and start doing the work that is necessary for today, the NOW. How many times have you heard the same phrase over and over, ten, twenty, a hundred, a thousand? How many times have you give the same answer? "I know and I am trying to do what is necessary to get my life in balance." Then arrives the big word, are you ready for this; BUT and we know what follows that word, don't we? I know how tire you must be, being told the same thing year after year.

However it has been proven that humanity can only learn by getting experience. Most of us go through the same experience several times before we learn. It seems that repetition is the fastest way of learning. Could there be another way of getting our lives in balance without the need of repeating the same experience over and over? It just seems natural that if we look at our experiences and decide that we will not repeat or entertain those experiences in thought (1). We could save a lot of time. Why then don't we follow those few simple rules and get our lives together? Why can't we get balanced and stay balanced? The answer is very obvious to me. I need to lift my seat enough so my brain can get out and up where it belongs so I may better understand where my priorities lie. We fool ourselves into believing that we are on the path doing or trying to do the things needed to reach a full balanced life.

Oh how we lie to ourselves and to others. We would like very much for humanity to think we are working hard to become balanced, while all the time we are playing a game with ourselves, pretending that we really want to become a spiritual and balanced person. If we are truly working to become balanced, there would be no need to have an outward expression of any kind of ritual. Please don't misunderstand me, we need to have our quiet time our meditations eat proper food and drink sufficient water. We don't need to fool ourselves into thinking that because we attend a class that teaches the inner teachings and attend different workshops that we wil find the tranquility that surpasses all understanding. No, these things in themselves will never bring us face to face with our own true spiritual being. We need to apply all the above after we have learned how to live the life of a pure soul and we can only learn this by living that life, and what should we consider living the life to mean?

1. Love yourself.

2. Love others.

3. Judge not yourself.

4. Judge no one.

5. Remove all thoughts of good and evil from your being.

6. Come to the realization of what and who you are, then live accordingly.

7. Treat others as you would like others to treat you,even though they hurt you.

8. Lift others, not by doing, rather by showing.

9. Realize that life is beautiful, but it is for the sole pupose of learning first; then enjoying.

10. Hold fast to your belief no matter how difficulst. As the herd will always test you and try to bring you back into the fold.

THESE ARE THE TEN POINTS TO FREEDOM

Are you kidding? No, we are not kidding. You have a choice and your time is limited as to what you want to do. Let us first impress upon your consciousness that what ever you decide to do will be the right decision for you. The important thing is that you follow the dictates of your inner voice, only it and nothing or no one else. I trust that is clear to you.

How can I live in this world and be happy if I follow the above ten points to freedomto the letter? I will have no time for the fun things I want to do. Our answer is, there is no way you can be happy and live in this world without following the ten points. You will never know happiness until you find yourselves. Humanity has been selfish for so long that the heard is under the impression that their way is the only way to happiness. How sad that they know themselves not.

The herd has little to no idea as to what freedom of the soul will accomplish for them. It is up to us to show them the way, not by words but by deeds. "By their works you shall know them" Not by the amount of money or all the THINGS they have accumulated. Now is the time to wake up from your deep sleep. When you do wake up you wil find that your feeling will be that of a person that has realized they have awaken from a dream. The dream seemed so real that it leaves you wondering what is real and what was a dream. Then you will look around you and see the herd running too and fro, not knowing in what direction they are going. You will then remember your deep sleep and the dream you thought was so real. For the first time in this life you WILL experience freedom and oh how beautiful it is. At first it will be very difficult to contain yourself. You will want to stay in that place of perfect peace forever. The peace that surpasses all understanding. You will soon learn how to move in and out of that state of consciousness, realizing that you still have experiences to get, and humanity to serve.

Now the path can get steeper than it was before. We could relax and get in a place where we are self-complacent. Then, when you are not looking the Herd surrounds you and you must once again fight to break free. WATCH AND PRAY LEST YOU FALL, WHEN YOU THINK YOU STAND. We were told by a great teacher two thousand years ago that "It would be easier for a camel to pass though the eye of a needle than for man or woman to enter the kingdom of heaven." No, no one promised you a rose garden. Be sure of one fact that remains unchanged, and that is the fact we always have help. We need only to ask and it will be given to us.

If you were to take a long trip to a far off land and this land was not known to you, what would be the first thing you would do? Would it not be to chart a course? Then does it not make sense to find out about the people, food, water and any other information you could get to make your trip more pleasurable? Once you have the information then you proceed to plan the items you would need for the trip. I'm convinced you would not drive in any direction, hoping you will find the road that will get you to your destination. That would be pure foolishness on your part. You have a map, so why not follow those directions and save yourself a lot of gas (vital energy). Yet is this not what the masses are doing? Everyone is running around like crazy trying to find the road to peace and happiness. They have no map nor do the have any knowledge of what to expect if they do accidentally stumble on a place of tranquility. They will not have the means nor the tools to be able to survive. So they fall back into their comfort zone and tell themselves they will try later. No problem, that's as it should be for them at this time.

What about the souls who have all the toos, all the knowledge needed to find and survive in their creation of what spirituality means to them? What will become of them if they belong on this higher plane, but refuse to follow the road map? Will they be confronted with larger problems? No, not necessarily so. They may be removed from any future problems and no one will ever notice.

You should ponder the above paragraph with extreme care.

(1.) The reasons for all our troubles, disappointments and so called negative situations are because of the fact that; that is where we exist.

Thoughts of things to come

noreply@blogger.com (altered press) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:53:00 +0000

i'm not a teacher, leader, or spiritual mentor. the thoughts, feelings, and other things i write about are things i've come to know and believe over the years. any of the lessons that i post are usually going to be lessons i've collected along the way...not necessarily even written by me, and often times are from unknown authors. i will tell you the same thing i was told when i heard these lessons/teachings. i don't expect you to believe anything that i write or post. i prefer that you treat it like a buffet. if you see something you like, take it. take as much as you like. and if you don't see anything you like, take nothing.

we are all already spiritual, the trick is remembering you are.