Gaia: Living Metaphysics

Re: November 10

http://fastdarter.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:27 GMT

Daily Word — Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Inner Peace
I am grateful for life. I am at peace.

Life is the energy of God flowing through me, invigorating my body and illuminating my mind. Life is the confident, creative, resilient spirit that expresses through me in all that I am and all that I do.

I give thanks for the aliveness in me. I am grateful for wholeness, for my body's ability to work and rest, and for the Christ Spirit active within me. I appreciate my mind and my mind's ability to think and create.

In any challenging situation, I turn my attention to God, my source of inner peace and serenity. Attuned to God's loving presence, I am shown the way of clarity, insight and right action. Relying on my inner source of life to meet my every need, I am richly blessed and at peace.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts ... and be thankful.--Colossians 3:15

Re: November 10

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:33:35 GMT

Science of Mind textbook
pgs 315-316, 315.4-316.2

We must conceive of the Spirit, God, as governing, controlling and directing man's activity. God is not a failure. Therefore, we must resolutely turn away from every experience which has been negative, from every experience which has been a failure, and from every experience which denies God. The mental and spiritual practitioner should deal with his field alone. He is not opposed to the medical practitioner, he does not say, "I cannot treat this man if he takes a pill." Unless the practitioner can prove that the man does not need to take a pill, the patient had better take it if it will benefit him. There is nothing weird about the application of Truth. We should not be superstitious in using the Law of Mind. But the mental practitioner should remain in his own field, which is always the field of thought.

If one is working for a person who has "high blood pressure" or "low blood pressure", after a few treatments he might have his patient go back to his physician for a physical check-up. "But", one may ask, "can I have spiritual treatment if I do this?" This is a superstitious reaction and all superstition is ignorance. If the mental and spiritual practitioner can restore normal blood pressure for his patient, a doctor who can weigh and measure it, can quickly ascertain if the work has been done. When this is understood, the closest co-operation will be brought about between physician and metaphysician. It is inevitable that the day shall come when they will understand each other. They are working in two separate fields, which at the same time have a fundamental unity in one primal principle. But the mental and spiritual practitioner works in the field of Mind alone.

Unlike the physician who must diagnose the disease and work with it, the metaphysician turns entirely away from the disease in his thought. Diseases - whether they be mumps, measles, poverty or unhappiness - all are wrong adjustments to life; this is what disease is. Lack of ease. The mental and spiritual practitioner must turn completely from the condition, as it is, and MUST CONTEMPLATE IT AS IT OUGHT TO BE . . . never as it appears to be.

Re: November 10

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:29 GMT

On the theme of Kindness, I find this Islamic verse with English translation.

Surah 107: Al-Ma'un
(The Small Kindness)

I love the sound of languages not my own and the lyrical sound
of the words in the sung chant.
I appreciate the curving, artistic form of the writing.

A part of me recoils, at the skyline in New York City along with the words "Those who do good deeds only to be seen of men,".

Yet, I must let the ugliness in my belly, that such a combination brings up, be washed in the Love of the Divine and the knowledge that we are ALL children of our Mother Earth and must find the middle way or it will destroy us all.

Peace & Blessings -
Deb

Re: November 10

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:08:45 GMT

Today's Kabbalah is one that feels so very good to me. It feels like a warm presence of sanity and like such very good advice in general. If all people were so, there would be only Peace and Harmony among us.

Deb

Re: November 10

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:06:56 GMT

Kabbalah 365 - Daily Fruit from the Tree of Life
by Gershon Winkler

Day 314

The challenge of the human is to create in every organ, in every limb, a sacred space for God to fill. Before lifting one's hand against another, or to comfort another, one ought to take a moment to create such a space in the hand, inviting God to fill the limb and thereby the action that the limb or organ is about to perform. The hand raised to strike would then raise in your consciousness the question, would God want you to strike the other with the Divine Presence? The hand stretched forth to comfort someone would then be empowered yet further with the added quality of Divine Comfort. Therefore, invite God to be sovereign over - and to whom you would answer regarding - the actions of all of your organs and limbs so that no part of you is absent of the Divine Presence.

- Tikunei Zohar, folio 132a

Re: November 10

http://joy-within.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT

Floating on a stream of unconditional thankfulness, I am the great creator. I wisely choose and release my words and actions into the universe, and the law returns them to me as fulfillment.

These affirmations are excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guides. The Daily Guide is a wonderful way to start the day! Click here to subscribe.

Re: November 9

http://joy-within.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:49:42 GMT

Floating on a stream of unconditional thankfulness, I feel wholeness in my heart. I think wholeness in my thoughts. I act with wholeness in mind—here, now, and always!

These affirmations are excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guides. The Daily Guide is a wonderful way to start the day! Click here to subscribe.

Re: November 8

http://joy-within.gaia.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:40 GMT

Floating on a stream of unconditional thankfulness, I am divinely wired for safety. I respect my feelings and use them as a heavenly compass to navigate relationships and steer in beneficial directions.

These affirmations are excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guides. The Daily Guide is a wonderful way to start the day! Click here to subscribe.

Re: November 9

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:27:52 GMT

Science of Mind textbook
pgs 314-315, 315.1-315.3

We would like to be happier, have greater physical health. We would like to have more of what it takes to be happy, whether it be millions or marbles. These things are nothing of themselves. It is only when we think of them as entities, within themselves, that we fall down and worship them; and then that which we should possess, possesses and obsesses us. Every great spiritual genius has taught us to this effect: If you have possessions which possess you, it is better for you to lose them that you may understand their temporary, fleeting form. No great spiritual teacher has denied the advisability of using possessions. Emerson says to cast them upon every wind of heaven, do not hold them. "Beware of holding too much good in your hand."

We would like to help ourselves and each other through using the Law of Mind. This we may do by treatment. What is a treatment? It is something the mind becomes aware of. Someone might ask, "Is it something the Spirit of God does to us?" Yes, the Spirit of God is everything, but the mind must accept, and since the mind cannot accept what it rejects, then the mind must unqualifiedly accept. This is where the trouble comes in. We all have the spiritual power to raise the dead, but we do not believe we have. Our mind does not unqualifiedly accept this. Therefore, that which we are, through disbelief, projects the form of have-not rather than the form of HAVE, but even in taking the form of have-not, it demonstrates that is has what it BELIEVES.

We enter the Absolute in such degree as we withdraw from the relative. The Bible tells us not to count our enemies. It is not easy, is it, to turn from a disease and KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DISEASE, when we know very well that it is an experience of the moment. This is not easy, but the one who can do just this, can heal. The All-Creative Wisdom does not think one thing is difficult and another easy. With God all things are possible. We must know this and this Power of God must be hooked up with our thought, with what we are doing. Energy unconnected does nothing, it is only when it is used, properly directed, that it accomplishes things.

Re: November 9

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:49:16 GMT

Kabbalah 365 - Daily Fruit from the Tree of Life
by Gershon Winkler

Day 313

Greater are the deeds of the righteous than the Creation of Heaven and Earth (Babylonian Talmud, Ketuvot 5a). What did the sages mean by this? For the creation of Heaven and Earth was the act of creating something out of nothing, whereas the deeds of the righteous create nothing out of something. All the actions of the righteous, even seemingly ordinary actions such as eating, transform the corporeal - the Some-Thing - into the realm of the Divine - the No-Thing.

- Eighteenth-century Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezeritch
in Likuttei Amarim 2b

Re: November 9

http://fastdarter.gaia.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:08:24 GMT

Daily Word — Monday, November 9, 2009
Let Go, Let God
My spirit soars as I let go and trust God.

As I step out in faith to do something new and daring, I may feel like a skydiver moments before a jump. When I make the conscious choice to let go of my comfortable surroundings, I may experience a moment of fear. But like the skydiver, my fear is quickly replaced with exhilaration and excitement as I soar through the experience with complete trust. I let go of my fear. God is with me and all is well!

Letting go of fear is liberating. As I let go and trust God, I open the way for God's perfect expression within me and in all the circumstances of my life. I don't worry about the outcome, for I know that all is well. I know that God is in charge and that I am being divinely guided and blessed.

Trust in the Lord forever.--Isaiah 26:4

Cloudy with a Chance of Thunderstorms

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:25:26 GMT

I have started to write the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Thunderstorms, which it did come to me that I should write, after attending the Chicago - Celebrate Your Life conference.

I am allowing the NaNoWriMo event (National Novel Writing Month) which Centria (a member of this group) made me aware of, and am experiencing it almost solely through the Diving Deeper group (here at Gaia) to push content through me (50,000 words, by the end of the month, is the goal). So, far I am on track with my daily goals, at almost 13,500 words.

Most of it has been dredging up bits and pieces of my real life. However, yesterday, I allowed myself the luxury of letting some spiritual content channel through, from my Higher Self (certainly, that was how it "felt" anyway). Of course, any book I would write would have a spiritual tone and aspect to it.

So, rough as it is, and probably not in the structure it may ultimately take upon itself, I share it with you here as being uniquely and genuinely "of my own self". I hope you enjoy.
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Anger

Anger is resistance to what is, to reality. Anger is the frustrated child in me that wants something and feels it is being withheld from them. By growing “up”, I can integrate to an intentional and conscious surrender to life. The anger will subside because I’m not fighting with what my life is anymore. One can see that something is not as beneficial as it could be and take steps to change that situation, to shift that situation, so that it can more closely resembles what the ideal vision is, without being angry about it. Anger is victimhood. It is saying I am not in control, either of myself or of what is happening around me. Of course, I’m not in “control” of what is happening around me. It is ridiculous to believe that I could be. It is a big world, I am a tiny bit of individualization in that world. The world has so many other individualizations, waves and currents and winds blowing through it, on the macro scale; that I am neither meant to control it nor do I initiate any of that aspect of my experience at being “alive”. My only role in that macro aspect is my response to it and I am always free to respond to it in a way of my choosing. I “should” be in control of myself. The reality is, sometimes I am not.

The Witness

If I do not feel that I am “choosing” the way in which I am responding to the situation, then I truly am out of control. I am out of control regarding my responses, the only aspect of my being that I can control. When this awareness first begins to come through, to emerge within my conscious thought, it may be that all I am really skilled enough to do, is to observe what is happening. For we are all skilled at that, it is how we go from infancy, to childhood to maturity. At this stage of awareness, it is possible to become aware that there is a witness or observer within each of us that is not our physical body, is not our judging mind, is not our experiences of living a life. It is capable of simply looking around, watching life unfold in the moment, being in the NOW, moving through the time / space of this Earthly life that we each are allotted, without doing anything more about it, than to see it happen, to feel the sun and wind and notice the colors and the emotional outbursts of others around us, even to notice how our own individual self behaves in the heat of an emotion.

This is not a skilled activity, though it is useful as an activity. One can notice, is the mind playing the same old song over and over again ? – either literally or figuratively. One can notice fixations. One can be in appreciation or awe. One can be aware of the emotional body as separate from the mental reasoning. The mind is the thinking aspect. Some of this is trained and programmed and hardly “thinking” at all. It is societal and cultural and of its “time” period. Religion goes into this definition of mind as well.

The Intuitive Mind

There is a deeper mind. It is intuitive, it is where insight and inspiration emerge from. It is not trained but it has access to all of the knowledge of any human that has ever lived. Any event that has ever occurred, any “higher” learning or education that has been developed within a human consciousness, is stored in this accessible “place” for all time and always. Some, when they connect to this faculty, believe they have found God or some Ascended Master or evolved Being but no, this is still an aspect of the functioning of the mind, in the individualized self. Yet, it is very, very helpful in the productive and fruitful living of any individual life.

What is it that observes? What is it that watches without judgment? What is it that knows where the trajectory we are on now is headed? Is there only one trajectory? Are we in one world or many? Can we shift from one layer to another without the outer aspects of our life appearing to change?, without our own self appearing to change?, except perhaps in temperament. These are the kinds of questions that one who is on the spiritual path begins to ask of their own inner self. In a sense, it is a “why am I here?” question. But “why am I here?” almost connotes that we should not be, or that we would be happier elsewhere, and that would be to miss the whole point of reality.
Warning

So, once again, I attempt turn back to “the story” and allow it to come forth. There will be time enough for the analyzing. Actually, I think that was where I was attempting to go, as I was describing the functions of the mind. Intuition can be a tricky aspect. If one is wanting to “make it happen”, is trying to force it or push it through, one could find themselves in deep do-do. I have been, and others who I have been witness to in their own struggles with such, have found that in trying to “arrive” by force, we misinterpret much. There is no hurry. In fact, hurry can make one “accept” the craziest notions and act upon them.

So, if your intuition is telling you – I must do this NOW – take a deep breath and resist. No, the world is not going to end, you are not going to fail to advert some disaster, no one is going to be harmed or killed if you don’t act. You are quite simply not THAT important. Don’t be dejected. You are important. You are important to existence but your “actions” in this life should be light and easy. They should be as non-threatening and non-serious as though you had been chosen to play a role. Sometimes your conscious mind will not feel in tune with the role that is being asked of you to play. Perhaps, you don’t really feel you will do a good job of playing that role but that you are the one chosen to do so, and you must play the part. How will you know if that is so? It will be obviously, the next logical step available to you to take.

So, you play it with all the best you have to give. It is THAT important. It is important that you show up fully, heart-fully even (if you can), and reluctantly, if you must. Reluctantly, is perfectly okay. You can play the role of a reluctant participant, a victim whose hand is forced in a direction not of their choosing, and be fully aware of that aspect. And here I am circling around the subject again. Well, some things are hard to put into conscious, thinking mind, terms.

Protection

Here is an important protection, if you desire to allow intuition to take a greater role in your life, from the bible - Philippians 4:8. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” (Source - New International Version c 1984) This applies. My granny repeated that verse to me verbally, when I was trying so hard to follow my intuitive guide and having huge difficulty in interpreting the messages that come through.

There can be signs and messages in every item and word and aspect of your life. THESE ARE MEANT FOR YOU ALONE. That is why another person will think you are crazy; if you tell him a bird just gave you a personal message. And there are so many more “messages”, that we can pick up a signal from, in modern times, than were available to the more simple humans living in our ancestor's period. The very air is filled with all manner of “content”, from all manner of sources – radio, tv, satellite, etc as well as from all the electrical impulses of thought that pass through any human brain which is physically active.

By taking the advice of Philippians, you can save yourself much trouble and grief. If your “messages”, from wherever you believe they are coming, tell you to kill someone or do some obviously crazy action, because something terrible will happen that only you can prevent, therefore you MUST do this – then, be highly suspicious and do not act upon it immediately. The truth IS, that if the Divine really NEEDS you to do anything and at this point in my own life, I’ve come to doubt that kind of urgency – always; but if the Divine really needs you to do something, you will not be able to prevent it from happening. So, you have the luxury of taking your time about getting a round to - It.

The importance of this advice is that the human mind, being poorly programmed as it is by violence and other human risks and vulnerabilities – by our stories (real or imagined), by our media (real life or fiction) and by our actions and the interpretations of those actions – is in a period of great danger. Yet, by the simple conscious insistence, that these qualities – truth (which can be subjective “x is mad at me” or objective “the sun came up this morning”), nobility (morals, ethics, courage, generosity, dignified), right action (instinctively “right” as in not hurting another person unless in self-defense), purity (absence of inappropriate qualities, being of the core essence, not diluted or mixed with eternal influences), lovely (eliciting a feeling of love or inspiration upon the beholding of) or admirable (worthy of general approval by others) are represented in the thought or action contemplated; is a very good guideline to judge - whether the “insight” is worth paying attention to or the “request” to take a particular action is worth considering.

If you feel you should or must do something, and it violates such ideals and concepts, better to let it go and ripen. If it is important, it will return modified. It is always possible also to negotiate such. Consider what it is that is bothering you about it and “negotiate” that aspect out of consideration. Free choice is REAL. You are not coerced by anyone to do anything. You ALWAYS have a choice. If your life is in jeopardy, you have the choice to submit or fight, whatever your instincts guide you is the best path for survival, if you wish to continue living. One can also forfeit their life for a “larger” cause. Such is also a choice. One can be tired of living and decide it is of no use to continue on. That is another choice. There are only choices, and the paths those choices take us upon, the outcomes of which are the trajectory of that choice.
Trust

The still small voice, once you are able to be aware that it is there, with such love of you that “It” would never ask anything harmful or awful of you, will give you much confidence and a genuine sense of security in living out the journey that your life is taking you upon. We each have many such journeys but the nature of our physical lives is such; that we can only be certain of this one in which our awareness is currently focused. We can have “experiences”, “dreams” and “intuitions” about other such journeys, which are remembered within our core essence, that the complete Self of our soul has taken. But they are in theory only, to the conscious mind which lives this life. They are also inconsequential except, that the lessons, we may have possibly gained in such experiences, when they can be recalled; may speed up or ease the learning curves we encounter, in the life of which we are conscious now, in the physicality of that.

Re: November 8

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:51:31 GMT

Kabbalah 365 - Daily Fruit from the Tree of Life
by Gershon Winkler

Day 312

Rabbi Abba Arey'kha (second century) was summoned to a region that was experiencing a drought. He instructed the people to fast, but no rain fell. Then a man stepped forward to lead the people in prayer, and recited: "God restores the wind!" And the wind began to blow. He then exclaimed: "God sends down the rain!" And the rain began to fall. Curious about the stranger's supernal powers, Abba Arey'kha asked him: "What is your work?" He replied: "I am a teacher of young children, and I teach the children of the poor in the same manner as I teach the children of the rich. And if anyone is unable to pay for their lessons, I will accept no form of payment from them".

- Babylonian Talmud, Ta'anit 23a

Re: November 8

http://fastdarter.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:35:31 GMT

Daily Word — Sunday, November 8, 2009
Healing
I am open and receptive to the divine healing power within me.

I am filled with the breath of Spirit. The unlimited healing power of God revitalizes me in mind and body. If I find myself feeling a bit run down or harried by the tasks before me, I stop for a moment and become conscious of my breathing. I take a break and breathe in the breath of Spirit.

I become aware of the cleansing, renewing, healing power of God. I let go of outer distractions and slow down, just for a moment, and rest quietly. I breathe in the energizing power of God and breathe out any worries or distractions. As I do, I feel peaceful and calm. I know that with every breath I take, I am filled with divine healing power and revitalized in mind, body and spirit.

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.--Job 33:4

Re: November 7

http://joy-within.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:57 GMT

"Floating on a stream of unconditional thankfulness, I move in rhythm with the many diverse sounds of living. On key with these thriving, vibrant tunes, I am the quintessential conductor, and I make oh-so-lovely music."

This affirmation was excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guide. The Daily Guide is a wonderful way to start the day! Click here to subscribe.

Universal Subjectivity or Cause & Effect

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:16:15 GMT

I posted this in the Teachings of the Masters room at One Light Many Windows in response to a special topic during October 2009 on prayer. This is really what I consider to be the core of Holmes' metaphysics and one of the best sections I have read in the textbook - The Science of Mind - A Philosophy, A Faith, A Way of Life, textbook by Ernest Holmes' (explaining his philosophy). This is from Ch 21 “Some Phases of the Subjective Life”, pgs 347-356.

The Subjective Mind

Ernest Holmes taught that we have a dual aspect of mentality but that it was not two minds. We have an objective and a subjective state of consciousness. The objective mind is that part of the mentality which functions consciously. It is the part of us which is self-knowing and without it we would not be self-conscious entities. Our conscious mind is the place where we consciously live and are aware that we are living. To him, this is Spirit.

Our subjective mind is our mental emanation in Universal Subjectivity. It is our individual use of mental law. We certainly do not wish to deviate from that which psychology teaches about the mind of man in its conscious, subconscious, or subjective states. We merely wish to add this: the reason we have a subjective mind is that Subjectivity existed in the Universe prior to our use of it; and where we use It, It forms around us a subjective personification of ourselves, which is a result of the action and the reaction of our thought.

The subjective mind is the seat of memory and contains a remembrance of everything that has ever happened to the outer man. It also contains the family and race characteristics. It retains these memories, in a certain sense, as mental pictures. The subjective mind might be compared to a picture gallery, upon whose walls are hung the pictures of all the people whom the individual has ever known, and all the incidents which he has ever experienced.

Race-Suggestion

Race-suggestion is a very real thing, and each individual carries around with him (and has written into his mentality) many impressions which he never consciously thought of or experienced. When we realize that the individual's subjectivity is his use of the One Subjective Mind, we shall see that a subjective unity is maintained between all people, and that individual mentalities who are in sympathetic vibration with each other, more or less mingle and receive suggestions from each other. This is the meaning of mental influence, which is indeed a very real thing.

Just as each person, place or thing has a subjective atmosphere or remembrance, so each town, city or nation has its individual atmosphere. Some towns are bustling with life and action while others seem dead. Some are filled with a spirit of culture, while others are filled with a spirit of commerce. This is the result of the mentalities of those who live in such places. Just as a city has its atmosphere, so does an entire nation. The combined thought of those who inhabit a nation creates a national consciousness which we speak of as the psychology of that people.

Subjective Mind, being Universal, the history of the race is written in the mental atmosphere of the globe on which we live. That is, everything which has ever happened on this planet has left its imprint on the walls of time; and could we walk down their corridors and read the writings, we should be reading the race history. This should seem simple when we realize that the vibrations of the human voice can be preserved on the receptive phonograph disc, or the sound film, and reproduced at will. If we were to impress on of these discs, or a strip of the sound film, and lay it away for years (properly protecting it) it would still reproduce these vibrations. It is not difficult, then, to understand how the walls of time may be hung with the pictures of human events, and how one who sees these pictures may read race history. There is a tendency, on the part of all of us, to reproduce the accumulated subjective experiences of the human race.

Subjective Mind and Inspiration

Since the individual subjective mind is the storehouse of memory, it retains all that the eye has seen, the ear heard, or the mentality conceived. Since it contains much that the outer man never consciously knew, and is the receptacle of much of the race knowledge through unconscious communication, it must (and does) have a knowledge that far surpasses the objective faculties.

Realizing that the subjective draws to itself everything that it is in sympathy with, we see that anyone who is sympathetically inclined toward the race, or vibrates to the race-thought, might pick up the entire race-emotion and experience and - if he were able to bring it to the surface - could consciously depict it. Many of the world's orators, actors and writers have been able to do this, which explains why some of them have been so erratic, for they have been more or less controlled by the emotions which they have contacted.

Anyone contacting the subjective side of the race-mentality, with the ability to bring it to the surface, will have at his disposal an emotional knowledge that many lifetimes of hard study could not accumulate. But IF ONE HAD TO SURRENDER HIS INDIVIDUALITY IN THE PROCESS, HE WOULD BETTER REMAIN IGNORANT.

There is, of course, a much deeper seat of knowledge than the subjective mind, which is the Spirit; direct contact with the Spirit is Illumination.

Mental Atmospheres

Each person has a mental atmosphere which is the result of all that he has thought, said and done, and consciously or unconsciously perceived. The mental atmosphere is very real, and is that subtle influence which constitutes the power of personal attraction, for personal attraction has but little to do with looks. It goes much deeper and is almost entirely subjective. This will explain our likes and dislikes for those with whom we come in daily contact. We meet some only to turn away without a word, while others we are at once drawn toward, and without any apparent reason. This is the result of their mental atmosphere or thought vibration. No matter what the lips may be saying, the inner thought outspeaks them, and the unspoken word often carries more than the spoken.

Tuning in on Thought

Thought-transference, or telepathy, is such a commonly known fact that it is not our purpose to do other than discuss it briefly. However, there are some facts which might be overlooked unless we give them careful attention. The main fact to emphasize is that mental telepathy would not be possible, unless there were a medium through which it could operate. This medium is Universal Mind, and it is through this medium, or avenue, that all thought-transference, or mental telepathy, takes place.

Telepathy is the act of reading subjective thought, or of receiving conscious thought from another without audible words being spoken. But there must be a mental tuning in, so to speak, just as there must be in radio. We are surrounded by all sorts of vibrations and if we wish to catch any of them distinctly, we must tune in. Even then, there is a great deal of interference and we do not always get the messages clearly. We often get the wrong one, and sometimes many of the vibrations come together and seem to be nothing but a lot of noises, without any particular reason for being. It is only when the instrument is properly adjusted to some individual vibration that a clear message may be received.

This is true of mental telepathy, which is the transmission of thought; the receiver must tune in. It does not follow, however, that the sender knows that this is taking place, any more than a radio speaker knows how many are tuned in to hear his address. In other words, one might pick up thoughts just as he picks up radio messages. Some have the ability to tune in on thought and read it more or less accurately. These people we call psychics, but all people are really psychic, since all have a soul or subjective mind. What we really mean is that a psychic, or medium, is one who has the ability to objectify that which is subjective - to bring to the surface of conscious thought that which lies below the threshold of the outer mind. The medium reads the book of remembrance and it is marvelous how far-reaching this book may be. Whatever may have happened at any time on this plane remains within its subjective atmosphere as a memory picture of the experiences of those who have lived here. These pictures, or vibrations, may be clearly discerned by those who can read them.

Since the Universal Subjectivity is a Unity it follows that all of these pictures exist at any and every point within It. Consequently, we may contact at the point of our own subjective mind (which is a point in Universal Subjective Mind) every incident which has ever transpired on this planet. We might even see a picture which was enacted two thousand years ago in some Roman area, for the atmosphere contains such pictures.

Each person in his objective state is a distinct and individualized center in Universal Mind, but in his subjective state (in his stream of consciousness, or at his rate of vibration) each is Universal, because of the Indivisibility of Mind. Wherever and whenever any individual contacts another upon the side of life, if he is a psychic (if he objectifies subjectivity) he may see a thought form of that person, but it does not necessarily follow that he would really be seeing the person.

We need not be astonished when a psychic gives us the complete history of our family, even to reciting the things that engaged the attention of our ancestors while they were on earth. The psychic is merely reading from the subjective remembrance.

Streams of Consciousness

Each being an individual entity in Mind is known by the name he bears, and by the vibration which he emanates; for while we are all in One Mind or Spirit, each has a separate and individualized personality.

According to the Unity of Mind, thought is everywhere present, and so long as it persists it will remain present. What is known in one place, may be known in all places. Time, space and obstructions are unknown to Mind and thought. It follows, that anyone tuning into our thought, will enter into our stream of consciousness, no matter where we are and no matter where he may be. If we still persist after the body shall have suffered physical death (and we are convinced that we shall) this law must still hold good, for past and present are one and the same in Mind. Time is only the measure of an experience, and space, of itself, is not apart from, but is in, Mind.

A psychic can enter the stream of thought of anyone whose vibration he can mentally contact, be that person in the flesh or out of it; and since we are all psychic - all having a soul element - we are all doubtless communicating with each other to the degree that we sympathetically vibrate toward each other. We do not all have the ability to objectify psychic impressions, and ordinarily they never come to the surface. However, they are there just the same. This is why we often feel uneasy in the presence of certain people, or when we mentally contact some condition and are aware of a disturbed inner feeling, without any apparent reason.

There are many normal psychics who can, while in a perfectly objective state, read people's thoughts and perform many other wonderful feats of the mind. This is normal and no harm can come from it. It is, indeed, one of Nature's ways of working and is most interesting. Any psychic power which can be used while in a normal state of mind is harmless and helpful; by this we mean one that can be used while one is in a conscious state.

The Spirit of Prophecy

We have explained how it is that the psychic vision can look into the past and see what has transpired - by reason of the fact that it is dealing with a field in which there is no past, no present and no future, but merely a continuation of being. Because this is so, any incident which has transpired in the past is an active thing in the present, unless the vibration is neutralized, when it no longer has existence anywhere.

Just as it is true, apparently, that the incidents of the past continually rehearse themselves in the same manner that a picture hanging on the wall for the next ten thousand years (if nothing happens to it) will look just as it does now, so anyone contacting a previous incident, clairvoyantly, will see it as though it as though it were now transpiring … not past. This is the way in which clairvoyant vision operates. The continuation of the past, through the present, into the future, is a movement of causation passing from cause to effect; and because the movement is first set in motion in a field of Mind which is purely subjective, both cause and effect will exist at any point during the sequence of this movement. The clairvoyant vision, then, contacting it at any point - even before the final outcome - will see the final outcome.

There is nothing fatalistic about this. A thing can appear to be fatalistic without necessarily being so. This we should understand, because the human mind in its ignorance has created great psychic laws for itself. Therefore, if one has been told anything in the way of a prophecy which is negative, it should be directly refuted, because that negation exists in the realm of subjective causation … not spiritual causation.

To repeat this in a clearer way, perhaps: Subjective Mind can deduce only; It has no power of initiative or self-choice, and is compelled by Its very nature to retain all the suggestions which It receives. The best illustration of this is in the creative soil, in which the gardener plants his seed. The soil does not argue nor deny, but goes to work on the seed and begins to create a plant which will represent the type of manifestation inherent, as idea, in the seed; from a cucumber seed, we get cucumbers, and from a cabbage seed, we get cabbages. Always the law maintains the individuality of the seed as it creates the plant; never does it contradict the right of the seed to be what it really is. Involved within the seed is the idea of the plant, as are also those lesser ideas which are to act as a medium between the seed and the plant. Involved within the seed are both cause and effect, but the seed must first be placed within the creative soil if we wish to see the plant. In the creative soil (or in the seed) the full and perfect idea of the plant must exist as a completed thing, else it could never be brought into manifestation. The idea of the full-grown plant must exist somewhere in the seed and soil, if it is ever going to materialize.

This teaches us a lesson in subjectivity. Thoughts going into the subjective are like seeds; they act through the creative medium of Mind and must have, within themselves, the full power to develop and to express; but how could they express unless they were already known to Mind? THEY COULD NOT, so Mind must view the thought as already completed in the thing; and Mind must also contain the avenue through which the idea is to be expressed. EVERY THOUGHT SETS THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS DESIRE IN MOTION IN MIND, AND MIND SEES THE THING AS ALREADY DONE !

Mental tendencies set in motion cast their shadows before, and a psychic often sees the complete manifestation of an idea before it has had time to materialize in the objective world. This is what constitutes the average spirit of prophecy, for prophecy is the reading of subjective tendencies and seeing them as already accomplished facts. The subjective mind can deduce only, but its power of logic and sequence appears to be perfect.

For illustration, suppose there is a window one mile distant; I am throwing a ball at this window and the ball is halfway to it, going at the rate of one mile a minute. Now you come into the picture, see the ball, measure the distance, compute the speed with which the ball is passing through the air and say: “The ball is halfway to the window, it is traveling at the rate of one mile a minute and in just one half a minute the window is going to be broken by the ball passing through it”. Let us suppose that you are the only one who sees the ball, for the rest are looking at the window, and in half a minute it is broken. How did you prophesy that the window would be broken? By drawing a logical conclusion from an already established premise.

A similar thing takes place when a psychic exercises the spirit of prophecy, because he is getting his own subjective contact with the condition and simply interpreting what comes to him; but this is the logical, deductive, conclusive power of his subjective thought - seeing a thing completed, by first seeing a tendency set in motion and computing the time it will take to complete it. There are but few, however, who possess any reliable spirit of prophecy.

Note - Attached below is a clip about the Akashic Records, from the organization which preserves Edgar Cayce's work - the Association for Research and Enlightenment and it parallels and mirrors Ernest Holmes writing here.

Re: Verse 72 - Jonathan Star

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:57 GMT

From Tao Te Ching - The Definitive Edition by Jonathan Star

When the people do not fear worldly power
          a greater power will arrive

Don't limit the view of yourself
Don't despise the conditions of your birth
Don't resist the natural course of your life
          In this way you will never weary of this world

The Sage knows himself, but not as himself
          he loves himself, but not as himself
          he honors himself, but not as himself
Thus, he discards the view of his own self
          and chooses the view of the universe

Re: November 7

http://yhd52754.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:17:35 GMT

Kabbalah 365 - Daily Fruit from the Tree of Life
by Gershon Winkler

Day 311

This is the prayer song of the snake: "Infinite Being supports all those who are fallen, and straightens those who are bent"
(Psalms 145:14)

- Midrash Perek Shirah 6:2

Re: November 7

http://fastdarter.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:06:20 GMT

Daily Word — Saturday, November 7, 2009
Seek and Find
I seek God and find true peace and prosperity.

There are times in my life when I am perfectly comfortable just where I am and others when I am seeking something more. If I am seeking, I need to ask myself what it is I hope to find. Is it greater peace and strength? Is it a change in my career or lifestyle? Do I seek a new skill, a greater challenge or an outlet for my creativity?

My seeking may be prompted by the gentle urging of Spirit to be the best that I can be. I trust Spirit now as I turn within in prayer. By seeking God first, I open myself to abundant blessings. I trust God, knowing I will find the resources, strength and confidence to be all I am meant to be. In God, I experience a life of greater joy, wisdom and prosperity.

From there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.--Deuteronomy 4:29

Re: November 6

http://joy-within.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:23:36 GMT

"Floating on a stream of unconditional thankfulness, I claim my distinct gifts and unique preferences. I shine with the spiritual light of the Infinite, all the while loving myself, my purpose, and my being!"

This affirmation was excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guide. The Daily Guide is a wonderful way to start the day! Click here to subscribe.