The Philosophy of Life: The Way to the Union of Power and Receptivity
It has been said:
Who but the “intellectual fool” would argue that the purpose of Life is not to achieve Contentment and Happiness?
But how does a person eradicate the Destructive Impulses of Human Nature to reveal Contentment upon the surface of his Consciousness?
And upon what scientific criteria is True Happiness founded?
Is there a Path which anyone can follow to, one day, finally discover themselves at this journey’s most sought-after destination?
If there is a Path to Contentment and Happiness, how is it few seem to know the way?
And of those select few who have claimed to know “The Way”, why is it they have been silenced by Death before they could set down a definite and practical Philosophy of Life, which would enable literally any man or woman with sufficient persistence to follow it through to completion?
If you’ve been following my material over the years you may already be aware of what I would consider to be “The Philosophy of Life”, the Process of which can be set down in three simple, short sentences:
- Exemplify Masculine Power by learning to bring the Instinctive Nature under the direct control of the Will
- Learn to identify a woman who has learned to exemplify Feminine Receptivity
- Establish a relationship by allowing Nature to unite your Power with her Receptivity
It is my hunch that to achieve the first is to welcome the remaining, like clockwork.
Thus, this is but one of the most basic Personal Responsibilities of Man, under the Commission of Nature!
1) Masculine Power
Masculine Power is the result which manifests itself within the presence of the man who has seen himself through to gaining the deliberate ability to control his Instinctive Nature at Will, thus achieving the condition known as Poise.
Only once he has made this — perhaps the grandest of all achievements, will he have truly prepared himself, under the immutable Law’s of Nature, to be known as — not merely “seen as” — worthy in the Soul of a woman who has achieved Feminine Receptivity.
For there is within every woman the capacity to know when she is in the presence of a man who has attained Masculine Power, whether she can explain how she knows this Fact or not — just as there is in every man the capacity to know when he is in the presence of a woman who has attained Feminine Receptivity, again, whether he can put it into words or not.
Therefore, there are no “tricks” or “techniques” that can fool a woman who has achieved the state of Feminine Receptivity.
The only path is found in and through the result of Masculine Power.
2) Feminine Receptivity
Since it is within Woman’s capacity and Nature to seek Masculine Power in Man, it is a known Fact to the man who has made the attainment that he has many options available to him, without active effort on his part:
She will want him the very first moment she looks into his eyes for it is a Process of the Soul, under Nature’s Operation.
Thus, the great danger that comes to him is if he should choose to establish a definite relationship with a woman whose Moral development he knows — and know, he will — does not correspond with his degree of Morality.
To the ratio to which there is a gap between their Moralities is the exact degree to which the woman will be Happy and the man will be dissatisfied; therefore, he will know it where she may not.
However, the woman who has attained Feminine Receptivity will know with absolute certainly that she is satisfactory to the Soul craving of the man with Masculine Power, and therein lies…
3) True Happiness: The Union of Power and Receptivity
True Happiness is founded upon the perfect Love Relationship, wherein a man backed by Masculine Power forms a union with a woman backed by Feminine Receptivity.
The scientific result of the Union of Power and Receptivity results in True Happiness, just as soil and water will result in the seed growing.
Outside of this definition, a man may know sensual pleasure.
He may know contentment, for a period, and under an illusion of his own making.
But he will never know True Happiness within his Soul!
Therefore, how can a man find Happiness and satisfy his Soul if he won’t first do the work required upon him by Nature, especially if he is to expect Her to reward him, under the Law of Compensation, by attracting to him, under the Law of Polarity, a woman worthy of him through the perfect correspondence existing between their mutual Moral Developments?
And furthermore, how is he to be known as worthy to the woman who could complete him if his Morality was not yet developed to the degree to which it would harmonize with hers?
Assuredly:
The attainment of Masculine Power is the first step in the Pursuit of Happiness!
What the 20 Missing Years Means to the Charlatan
It is a known Fact — assuming the Bible is accurate — that Jesus disappeared from our common recorded histories between the ages of something like 12 and 32…
He leaves the pages as a boy and returns as a Master.
Yet how many of those who consider themselves “Christians” take this into consideration?
Why do they not only question what occurred during that period but what it means to them if it is, indeed, true that they consider the Master to be an exemplar of The Law?
How can anyone who is with Wisdom fail to see the conundrum?
If it took Jesus within the bounce of twenty some years to achieve Self-Mastery and open his spiritual senses of his own Volition, and who was foreseen by “Wise Men” before his birth to evolve into a Master of extraordinary insight and potential, why is it that some expect it a likely possibility that any one of us can take on a self-proclaimed title within seconds and suddenly become Transfigured?
Assuredly, I say to you:
Those who claim that genuine Self Growth — or what many today often refer to as “Enlightenment” or “Salvation”, as if it were a destination in a competition for a gold medal — is or can be immediately attained is, without doubt, a liar and a charlatan!
Mark it well… and keep your distance if you value your Soul.
For who else could make such outrageous claims if they considered that:
- There were those with the “gift” of Second Sight who foresaw Jesus’ latent potentialities and capacities,
- Upon the Facts, it can be assumed it took him roughly 20 years to realize them (at least to a degree that he was truly prepared to give his Message) under, assumably, daily Instruction,
- He had available to him, in physical association, the personal and direct aid of the Greatest Masters of his time, and
- Back of his advisors was over 10,000 years of accumulated knowledge discovered and tested by the greatest minds working in the background of Humanity throughout the Ages
Thus, who but an utter fool and fraud would or could suggest the possibility that Self-Mastery can be the result of the instantaneous?
Let it be known:
If he asks for your money in exchange for “The Way”, he has inadvertently exposed himself as a charlatan and faker.
The Structure of Knowledge in Relation to the Pursuit of Happiness
What good does it do a man to know anything that has no practical use in his daily life?
I ask:
How does it benefit a man to ponder the loftiest of ideas or entertain the noblest of concepts — if it does not improve upon his present conditions or set a foundation that he may do so?
Furthermore, what motive can there possibly be in the pursuit of so-called “great” but useless or impractical knowledge, except to indulge himself in his “Intellectual Vanity”, consequently condemning himself to a life of ignorance and loneliness?
For assuredly:
Is it not true that the aim of Life is to find Happiness?
Who but an “intellectual fool” would argue otherwise?
And to those who have come to know that Happiness cannot be found through the attempt to appear great in the eyes of others, is it not a waste to entertain any form of knowledge with the sole intent of appearing learned amongst one’s associates?
Thus, the structure of practical knowledge on the Road to Happiness seems to be three-fold:
- The Facts
- The Truth
- The Principles
Those who would seek Happiness would do themselves a great service to consider these facets and their inseparable relation to one another in their Pursuit of Happiness.
Like the links that make up a chain:
Happiness is the direct result of the combined practice of specific Constructive Principles.
Principles are derived from the Truth.
The Truth is derived from the Facts.
And the Facts are derived by Nature’s Laws and the Infinite Intelligence back of them.
Therefore, is it not fitting to start with the Facts and follow the links in the chain sequentially?
For without applying his rationality along this sequence, what becomes in the mind of him who diverges from this path but ignorance, superstition and fear?
SCIENCE: The Search of the Facts
What is Science but the search, discovery, categorization and presentation of the Facts, based upon Nature’s immutable Laws and Operations?
And if Nature’s Laws are immutable, consistent and uncompromising in their operations and results, do the Facts not remain the same despite changes in the time and cultures?
Who would refute that the Law of Gravity would not function tomorrow as it does today?
Thus, he who would disregard the Facts or deny their immutability sets his path down the Road of Ignorance. But he who seeks to educate himself upon the Facts sets his path down the Road of Happiness.
PHILOSOPHY: The Search of the Truth
What is Philosophy other than the search and revelation of the Truth, discovered through the relation of the Facts to one another and to ourselves?
Is not philosophy the mathematics of science?
For is it not true that two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen will always produce water, which helps sustain Life?
Who would argue that it would produce coal and cause famine?
Thus, to him who denies the Truth when the Facts are before him trudges the path forever down the Road of Superstition. But he who seeks the Truth by observing how the Facts relate to one another and himself continues his journey down the Road of Happiness.
ETHICS: The Application of the Principles
And what is Ethics back of Religion but the application and conformation to a set of Principles, which are founded upon the Truth, founded upon the Facts, founded upon the immutable Laws of Nature, orchestrated by the Great Intelligence?
If the Facts are valid in the eyes of Nature and the rationality observing how the Facts relate is clear and the Truth thus revealed, is not the knowledge thereby gained practical and can therefore be formulated into applicable Principles?
Who would disagree that the practice of drinking water will not help in sustaining one’s life?
Thus, he that would ignore and avoid what is known and the results if not conformed to condemns himself to the Destination of Fear. But he that conforms himself to the Principles founded on the Truth, founded on the Facts of Nature and taking Time into consideration is destined for Happiness.
The Ethical Purpose and Scientific Result of Compassion
I’ve been known by many of the general public and on many occasions to be a man of an irritable and ill-tempered disposition.
My weaknesses, faults and struggles have been up to this time the commissions of intolerance, intemperance and impatience.
When I recognized these habits as a part of my character and finally came to accept their reality after many long battles in the war against the “Pursuit of Goodness” concerning them and the ignorance and self-denial that goes along with it, the dilemma became strikingly clear:
I knew what I did.
I knew I no longer wanted to do what I did.
Yet I continued to do what I knew I did but didn’t want to do, despite the greatest amount of effort on my part!
Maybe you’ve encounted or recognized this Great Problem in your own life, perhaps along different lines according to your own weaknesses or faults.
Thus, upon this Great Problem, I ask:
Is any man to be condemned for his errors when his honest intention is to the contrary?
Perhaps Animal Nature and Soul Nature would argue different sides.
Whenever I hear or read some discourse on “unconditional love” or “compassion” and “forgiveness” I often find myself left with a bad taste in my mouth.
Perhaps on these occasions I’ve gotten the impression that the true motive back of the messages was the desire for “goodness”, producing the inevitable spiritual-babble and metaphysical theory with no practical value, and therefore wasn’t an accurate representation of the “The Brotherhood of Man”.
Instead, it was an expression of Vanity and Selfishness.
The reason true compassion, which seems to me to be the foundation of “The Brotherhood of Man”, is Constructive and is not an act of Vanity and Selfishness as it devolves to on the path of the “Pursuit of Goodness” advocated by many “False Prophets”, comes with the definite understanding which can be demonstrated upon the Laws of Human Nature:
- Specific intentions manifest themselves in definite behaviors, movements and mannerisms, which our instinct receives and reads with great accuracy, regardless of the “intelligence” of the individual picking them up.
- Definite behaviors trigger specific instinctive responses in others where Self-Mastery has not been attained. These responses are as automatic and as irresistible as the impulses and passions that overtake the cat whenever it spots a mouse or bird.
- We formulate the beliefs about ourselves and expectations about how we will be treated by others according to how others receive us, where their responses are dictated to them through their instinctive channels, before Self-Mastery has been attained.
- Once those beliefs and expectations formed on the instincts of others in response to our current habits become fixed, they become a part of our character.
- These habits of character guarantee we will experience the same responses from everyone because we elicit them, though sometimes to varying degrees — with the exception of the Masters.
- We form our entire view of the World, Life and Universal Intelligence upon the basis of our own character.
That said, what happens when we continually get the same responses from others?
How often do we stop and truly pay attention to our own behavior, without trying to justify it on the basis that it’s ingrained and therefore a part of us?
Do we investigate whether there is a connection between how others’ respond to us (through their instinctive channel) and our behavior, which is but a reflex of our character?
Furthermore, when we continually receive the same behaviors from others, how often do we stop to consider that our own responses may be instinctive rather than conscious and deliberate?
Do we evaluate whether we’re responding to them of our own decisive Will or we’re reacting on unconscious habit, bound up in repeated acts of instinct?
A man once said:
“No one could be satisfied to go on every day getting no result unless he saw the way.”
What does it take for a man to wake-up to this reality?
Perhaps that’s the real ethical function of compassion and the reason why it’s at the foundation of “The Brotherhood of Man”.
I observed a few things in this regard:
Those who come into its radius are woken-up to the Fact that they are not an automation but have a capacity for choice.
Those who receive an expression of true compassion immediately recognize the Truth that the way others respond to their Destructive habits is not personal nor a reflection of worth but a similar submission and surrender to their own Destructive Impulses in response.
Thus, if a Great Master lets himself respond instinctively to the Destructive Impulses exhibited by others, not only would he not be a Great Master, it’s as if he would be giving them permission to continue damaging and destroying themselves.
Perhaps this brings new meaning to the Master’s last words: “Forgive them… for they know not what they do.”
Perhaps he recognized it was an assault not on him, but rather on themselves.
Maybe he knew that the Destructive Impulses one projects toward others do infinitely more harm to the one who admits them into the Temple of his Mind than the one who becomes the target of them.
After all, what can somone possibly take from a man who has more or less nothing personal to lose aside from the opportunity to share his Message — and everything to gain… from the transition known as Death?
“What Would Jesus Do?”
I ask those who would think for themselves:
Would Jesus believe that if he didn’t do the “right” things he would be condemned to and subjected to the “Fires of Hell”, overseen by “The Devil” holding a pitchfork?
Would Jesus pray to God, begging for help while he sat idly by, expecting he had no role to play in the process?
Would Jesus believe that a man who had already passed onto the other side of Life could save him from a “spook story”?
Would Jesus condemn and shun others if their beliefs about Nature, God and the Universe didn’t match his own?
Would Jesus not only waste his time and energies but also turn others into antagonists by evangelizing his Message to those who either do not want to hear and believe what he had to say or didn’t ask him to share his knowledge?
Would Jesus partake in “revivals” and subject himself to “speaking in tongues” and various other forms of mediumistic spiritual control that go with it?
Would Jesus gossip about the problems of his friends, family and neighbors with his associates and call it a “prayer chain”?
Would Jesus turn a Master into an all-knowing “God”, no matter how evolved he was?
Would Jesus subscribe to and practice what others now teach in his name?
What would Jesus do?
The Fallacy of the Pursuit of “Goodness”
When referred to as “Good Teacher”, the Master replied:
“Why do you call me good? Nobody is good but one — God.”
Thus, I ask:
If no one but Nature and Universal Intelligence back it is good and even one of the Greatest Masters rejected the title of “good”, who among us should feel entitled to make the pursuit of “goodness” a noble aspiration?
Would it not be nothing but the grossest form of arrogance to do so?
And if not that, what becomes of the Soul who stakes his life on the pursuit of “goodness”?
Can it be denied by anyone with sufficient experience of the workings of the world that each and every one of us is susceptible to the destructive tendencies in Human Nature?
Yet is it not exactly those who, in the pursuit of “goodness”, refuse to accept this fact?
If a man catches a case of gangrene on his leg and if left unattended, what becomes of it?
If he chooses to ignore it, what becomes of him?
The answers are obvious.
Yet why is it that few of us seem to recognize that the very same Laws operating upon the physical side of Life are also in operation within the spiritual and psychical realms?
Why would a man much more readily accept that he contracted gangrene with little hesitation, yet ignore, deny and conceal his anger?
Why is it that that which passes away and resolves itself back into the elements within under a century seems of much greater importance than eternity?
Is it all in the pursuit of “goodness”?
If so, then is not the pursuit of “goodness” ignorance, denial and rejection of our baser natures?
And if we conceal our baser natures, do we ever see them for what they are and do we ever see ourselves for who we are?
Yet is it not true that refusing to see ourselves as we truly are strips us of our opportunities for genuine Soul Growth?
After all, is it possible to change something we do not know?
Thus:
Is it not better to be “bad” and be aware of it than it is to try to be “good”?
And is it not much better to be “wrong” and know when and how we go wrong than it is to try to get it “right”, thus blinding ourselves to our faults?
Surely, what is unknown cannot be mastered.
And how can a man master himself if he knows not himself?
Vanity: The Secret Motive of Materialism and Spiritualism
How would you respond if I stated that there is but little — if no difference between both materialism and spiritualism?
What if I were to claim they were nothing more and nothing less than two sides of the same coin, just as human life on earth is equally physical as it is spiritual?
Most of us know the signs of physical materialism but how many of us as easily recognize the signs of “spiritual materialism” — or what is often referred to as spiritualism?
When you meet someone who puts on a big “show”, how do you respond?
What’s your first impression of someone who seems to have done well for himself, socially and financially?
If you’re like the majority it may be one of admiration.
And perhaps rightly so.
After all, he’s “been there and done that” and who doesn’t admire someone who had the courage to create the life he envisioned?
However, what if, through your association with him you slowly realize that he has a strong tendency to talk himself up: he brags about himself, his abilities and his possessions on a consistent basis.
How does your opinion of such a man change?
If you’ve ever encountered such a situation you probably know very well that you may initially tend to admire and look up to him and maybe even feel honored for the opportunity to spend time with him and learn from him, but…
As the relationship progresses you probably also know that you start to realize that he cares for nothing and no one other than himself, which is perhaps one of the most repulsive traits any human can exemplify.
What was once admiration turns to resentment.
Where there was much revering, there is now only despising.
The reason is simple:
His secret motive for interacting with you was to boost his ego.
His association with you was motivated by his vanity and perhaps he inadvertently placed you in the role of his “follower” as a secret means to satisfy his selfish desire for public applause and admiration.
If you’ve had a certain amount of life experience you’ve probably already encountered this dynamic in your own experience and know it to be true.
But how many of us have encountered the same dynamic in regard to the “spiritual” side of Life?
In regard to spiritual matters there are those of precisely the same character:
Instead of bragging about his cool car or big muscles, he brags about his “spiritual development”.
Instead of bragging about how he increased his income or how much he lifted in the gym, he brags about the “progress” he made in his spiritual practices.
Instead of discussing his “great” aspirations to be a multi-millionaire, he discloses his equally “great” aspirations to be “enlightened”.
But this “spiritual development” is truly nothing of the sort.
In fact, it is just the opposite.
He may not realize it but to those who have some understanding of the process of Soul Growth he betrays himself through his obnoxious vanity.
Truly, the difference between materialism and spiritualism is simply one of perspective:
The spiritually ambitious are as truly vain as the physically ambitious.
The spiritualist is no different than the miser; the expressions simply favor or are partial to one aspect of the “two sides of of our nature”.
What Operators Secretly Don’t Want Their Mediums To Know
Imagine a man who had lived his entire life in a primitive society with no knowledge of or experience with the technology of which most of us take for granted today…
How do you think he would respond to being introduced to the common cell phone?
Here’s a man who, up to this point and in his own direct experience, only knows that he can communicate with others face to face.
Would it not be likely that he would consider such a device “magical” for the simple reason that it defied everything he would have believed to be possible in this world?
Furthermore, based upon his amazement, might it not also be likely that he may very well attribute some reverence or even a “God-like” status to the one speaking to him on the other end of the line because he wouldn’t understand the scientific means through which he received the signal and thus heard the voice?
If you would conduct an experiment along these lines and under these conditions, I have little doubt this would be the result.
You, of course, know that a cell phone is not a magical phenomenon.
Though you may not know the exact process, you probably are aware enough to know that it functions according to the scientific facts of Nature and is an invention that simply conforms to Her Laws to produce the given result.
Furthermore, you know better than to naively revere just anyone who may be speaking on the other end of the line as “divine”.
But what about our primitive man?
Would he?
What if you knew that the man on the other end of the line was a drunkard and a vicious criminal?
You, of course, would know better than to trust anything he said, even if he said his intentions were of the noblest of aspirations.
You would know that, if he told you to bring him all the gold you had found in exchange for a divine blessing from him, he may just be saying that in an attempt to get you under his power so he can work you to his best selfish advantage.
But would our primitive man, blinded by the phenomenon of a voice “coming from thin air” and speaking directly to him?
Might he not give all the gold he had accumulated from a lifetime of wondering through streams of his native land?
Even if you told him that the voice was not a “supreme being” as may very well have been his initial reaction, would he believe you?
Or would he be more inclined to his superstition based upon his own impressions and assumptions?
Perhaps it would depend on how much he trusted you in relation to his initial amazement.
So what’s the point?
This illustration depicts quite accurately the process of mediumship:
Those who are not familiar with the process may not only very well see it as somewhat “magical” but they may also revere the operator back of the medium as an insightful “divine being” solely because he exists on the spiritual plane.
After all, why do mediums often seem to generate followings that increase in size?
However, the facts may be so appalling to some that they would resent the truth or anyone who spoke it, which is this:
Like the primitive man amazed at the seemingly miraculous operations of a cell phone, something that defied all his previous conceptions, those who fall for spiritualism see things like communication with the spiritual world as “magical”.
But it is no more magical than the cell phone.
It may only appear magical due to ignorance of the Nature’s Process back of it.
And like the primitive man who may revere the voice on the other end of the cell phone with authority as a “supreme being” despite that he may be a vicious drunkard, those who fall for the trap of spiritualism often admire and look up to the spiritual operator on the other end without questioning his character or true motives, which may be just as base if not more revolting than the drunkard’s.
Furthermore, it may shock those who consider spiritualism to be a path of evolvement to know that the operators back of mediumship, existing in the spiritual plane, are generally speaking some the most devolved beings therein.
It may further surprise some to know that the operators back of mediumship, though they often present themselves as “self growth advisors” actually have a hidden agenda they conceal from those who subject themselves to them as mediums.
Shortly, I will show you something you may consider interesting to take note of.
But first, here’s the truth about most spiritual beings who make themselves known to us here upon the physical plane, especially in regard to mediumship:
There is a magnetism that is partial to our physical body and there is a magnetism that is partial to our spiritual body.
It is a known scientific fact that when we die our spiritual body separates from our physical body.
The magnetism was the connecting link.
After this transition, depending on the evolution of the individual, it is the magnetism (which is in direct relation to his Soul Growth) that determines his “spiritual status” on the spiritual plane.
Those who are of very low Soul development due to their selfish desires and other destructive tendencies retain a great deal of the physical magnetism after they die, which “binds” them through a strong attraction to the physical plane — whereas those of a higher development shed their physical magnetism when they depart from their physical body at or shortly after death, which allows them to ascend to the higher spiritual planes.
Like an addiction, this lingering physical magnetism in those of low Soul development causes them to crave the physical experience they no longer have access to because they’ve departed from their physical bodies.
And like an addict who is deprived of his drug, he goes into “withdrawal”.
So what does he do?
Where does his desperation lead him?
How does he go about getting his “fix”?
By developing a relationship and attaching himself to an individual on the physical plane so that he can satisfy his physical cravings, motivated by his selfish desires.
But who in their right mind would sacrifice themselves just so someone else could satisfy their own selfish desires, and, in the process, suck the life out of them?
For that’s the TRUE purpose back of most — if not all mediumship!
Isn’t it almost strange that mediums and their operators who “go public” always seem to be “good”?
Why are they always bent on “helping” others?
Why do they teach “self-help”?
Are there any spiritual controls and mediums who are out to harm people?
Why do we rarely hear of them?
Perhaps this would be counter-productive to the spiritual control’s true purpose:
Maybe he claims to be serving humanity to win over a medium’s confidence.
After all, if a spiritual control said: “Let me take control of you so that I can satisfy my base desire and gross lust!” who would subject and submit themselves?
No one!
It may be wise to consider that spiritual individuals who pursue mediumship are those of a very low Morality.
The honest truth is that they envy us who still live upon the physical plane and will resort to any amount of trickery to suck the life out of anyone, like a leech, who they can convince to subject themselves to them as a medium.
The bait is phony altruism.
It seems to be the only persuasion that works, for who doesn’t want to help others?
Now, here’s a video I want you to watch very closely. In it, you’ll see a spiritual control possessing a medium here on the physical plane.
Pay specific attention to how long it takes:
Is the medium attempting to resist or fight the influence?
Pay specific attention to one of the first things the spiritual control says at about 2:20:
Doesn’t he sound and behave a little irritated, as if he was angry because the medium was attempting to resist his influence?
Notice also that he lies about the process involved by making it sound as if it’s an “evolved” process when it’s actually quite the opposite. Notice also how he “talks himself up” as being “superior” than we here on the physical plane in order to win the crowd.
Mark it well:
This is spiritual devolution, not evolution!