Personal Responsibility and Our Destructive Natures
» Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 02:28am |
Ask the "good men of this world" what Personal Responsibility is, and how do most answer?
"Work hard to provide for and support your family."
There is no arguing this isn't perhaps one of the greater responsibilities in Life — assuming it's not used as a means of control for the selfish gain of feeling superior or as a compensation for loneliness.
But the "Wise Men", who take into consideration both sides of Life and therefore have a global perspective of how one side relates to the other, especially in relation to the Soul, view Personal Responsibility much differently — and in its truest sense.
They say:
"Know and work toward mastering your Destructive Nature, to the best of your abilities. This is your First Obligation under Nature's Design. For it is only in doing so that it is truly possible to fulfill her Second Obligation. Furthermore, in so doing, it will be found that the "responsibilities of this world" become easier in relation to how well you've fulfilled Nature's First Obligation."
Therefore, the foundation of true Personal Responsibility is the Desire and Will to master our Destructive Natures by identifying which of the Destructive Impulses we, personally, are most susceptible to and then putting in the effort to control them.
It will likely be found — at least it's been my experience — that in order to work toward this aim it often means being "irresponsible" as far as the "men of this world" are concerned.
The reason is simple:
Worldly men's definition of Personal Responsibility seems to make no allowance for mistakes (and perhaps rightly so in some cases) BUT it is the one necessary ingredient in taking on the task of mastering our Destructive Natures; therefore, Man's Responsibility tends to make fulfilling Nature's Responsibility (designed by Nature's Great Creator) much more difficult, if not next to impossible.
I say this not to condone the indulgence of our envy, self-righteousness, greed, anger, revenge, lust and the entire gauntlet of the Impulses of the Destructive Nature, but for the purpose of learning to master and control them.
It seems Self-Control must be preceded by their conscious expression for the purpose of personally coming to identify them.
And if we suppress the Destructive Impulses as not to make mistakes and to be "right", we strip ourselves of that opportunity.
It will be found that:
Every Destructive Impulse we give expression to translates itself into a physical (and likely a corresponding spiritual) equivalent. It is that physical manifestation that instinctively elicits or draws out a corresponding and predictable destructive response in others — through the Law of Transmission — if they have not yet mastered the corresponding Destructive Impulse in their own Moral Characters.
Thus:
FIRST, when we are ignorant to our Destructive Natures, and more specifically the dominant Destructive Impulses we give expression to regularly — because we're so accustomed to them — we no longer have the ability to see how others react to what we do.
And it is upon this basis that we start perceiving the ways others instinctively react to our negative habits to be "just the way people are" — when in reality, it could be "just how they are AROUND US", responding to OUR Destructive Impulses under the jurisdiction of their own Destructive Natures.
For who has not seen someone they thought they knew well in a different environment and away from the people they regularly associate with, only to notice that that person almost seemed to be a completely different person?
I wager we've all had an experience along these lines.
It will be found the reason is based on the fact that they either started responding or stopped responding through the dominant Impulses of their Destructive Nature.
SECOND, when we become aware of the dominant Destructive Impulses of our natures, we start recognizing how they cause others, through their own Instinctive Channel and under the Law of Transmission, to respond to us.
It will be found that the way others respond to our Destructive Impulses, which is in relation to the particulars of their own Moral Character, will be equally negative if our Destructive Impulses harmonize with those of their Destructive Natures.
To illustrate this:
My struggles have been mainly with Anger.
Most of us know it manifests itself physically through an abrupt harshness to the vocal tone, a stiff neck, tight chest, and a "steely" gaze.
It may be obvious to most that we tend to instinctively respond to these expressions by "clamping up", coughing, etc.
However, there was a time when I didn't see this in myself nor the response it elicited from others for the simple reason that it was constant in my life and so it registered as "normal"; therefore, I didn't and couldn't recognize it.
And since who's going to directly point this out to me, it took some time, through a close association with perhaps the one woman I've ever truly loved, before I came to realize it consciously.
Then came the continuous work.
In like manner, the sum total of the Destructive Impulses that make up the Destructive Nature, it will be found that we all have certain ones that are dominant in our Characters and upon our Individualities, while others may not be a problem — but which may be to others.
It will also likely be found that, unless you already have a great deal of Self-Awareness, you may not yet see your own Destructive Impulses in operation... nor how practically everyone you interact with is instinctively and perhaps negatively, though "silently", responding to them.
In fact, some may not even be consciously aware of it either.
FINALLY, it is upon this "problem" that our "earthly responsibilities" become easier the better we become at mastering our Destructive Natures. It can be founded on the conditions we begin establishing as a result of making this Great Achievement:
We know that the business of Life revolves around communicating with and serving others, and by mastering the Destructive Impulses of our Nature, we accomplish two things that begin working in our favor because of it:
- We stop triggering the harmonizing instinctive responses in others; thus, we don't repel them
- And we also stop instinctively responding to the Destructive Impulses others express in our presence; thus, they don't repel us.
It's been my experience that, in many odd moments when I have my Destructive Nature under complete Self-Control, those who I may have gotten on horribly with before no longer respond instinctively to my Anger for the simple reason that it's no longer present and therefore can't trigger their instinct.
While, at the same time, I no longer respond irritably to any of the Destructive Impulses they may give expression to during the interaction.
Essentially what this means is that there is absolutely no friction (with the exception of envy) because the interactions play out without the Dangerous Dynamic coming into full swing as the "recipient-response" is diffused.
Furthermore, I've witnessed this in those rare individuals who exemplify it consistently, evident through their Poise.
And most importantly, the potential for this capacity lies inside all of us.
In fact, it is my confident suspicion that this process (of not triggering others Destructive Natures and not responding to their Destructive Impulses) is the exact scientific foundation upon which every Great Masters' message was formulated.
For upon exploring their messages it will be found that they were all essentially saying the same thing, with the small variations being a result of their individual personalities.
If we would have had the opportunity to come into direct association with any of them, I have no doubt we would have discovered that what they were actually teaching was a set of practical applications that if applied would allow us to control each and every Destructive Impulse the Human Soul is err to.
It further may be worth noting it's been my observation that what psychologists label "mental disorders" are simply conditions that are naturally brought about, by Cause and Effect, through the submission to and then the deep suppression of some toxic mixture of the Destructive Impulses...
Which can be "unravelled", given that the individual has the Desire, the Will, the Way, and the Essential Attitude.
I reckon this is the scientific reason why the Master said: "Even the least among you is capable of all that I have done, and even greater things."
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Think and Grow Rich -- FREE Audio Book Download
» Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 04:24pm |
For those of you who find reading a "chore", here's something I recently discovered that you might find helpful:
It's an audio version of Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich"... and it's free to all.
Not only that, it is the unabridged, original classic version.
One of my favorite films is the epic "Braveheart".
I find it interesting to observe that the character of William Wallace uses the exact philosophy Mr. Hill reveals in "Think and Grow Rich".
So to those of you who want to live your life on your own terms and truly get what you desire — and also learn how to protect yourself against the envious who will try to stop you from getting what they don't have the balls to pursue for themselves:
Download it, burn it onto CD, put it in your car's CD player and listen to it bit by bit whenever you're driving — or take a break from music and put it on your ipod...
Click Here To Download "Think and Grow Rich" -- Free Audio Program
P.S. Don't listen to ignorant people who tell you you're crazy when you start applying his prinicples. Remember, if you do what everyone else does, you have no choice but to get what everyone else has — when you behave differently, some will call you "crazy" in order to justify their own failures in life or in an attempt to stop you. It's not about you. It's about them and their envy.
P.P.S. Apply the principles in "secret" until it is no longer possible to your success. Remember, the coward-minded would rather sabotage you and your efforts then use that same time to build up their own life the way they want it.
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Here and Hereafter
» Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 04:48am |
To the best of my knowledge, the relation of Life, Death, and the "Afterlife" can be likened to attending a party:
Life is the party, sleeping at the end of the night is Death, and the morning after is the Afterlife.
We know that it is our conduct at the party which determines the state we'll find ourselves in the next day and thus our ability to carry on with what needs to be done then.
We know that what we decide to do at the party has much less to do with so-called "good" and "bad" as it has to do with the nature of the operations and processes of our bodies:
If we drink ourselves into a drunken stupor at the party, we know that we will very likely, according to Nature's Laws and Design, be quite hung-over the next morning.
We know it will take time and perhaps effort on our part before we are restored to our "normal" condition, ready to get on with the day... maybe only be noon.
If we drink to mild intoxication and stay up late, we may find ourselves somewhat exhausted or drowsy the next day, which puts a small kink in the beginning of our day.
And if we drink moderately or remain sober at the party, we can arise the next day well rested and fully ready to take on the day at "full capacity" with no complications in relation to having attended the party.
So it can be said of Life, Death, and the Afterlife:
It is known that the Moral Character we have attained when we leave this side of Life, under natural law, determines what state we find ourselves in on the Other Side.
Is it "bad" to drink ourselves drunk?
There is room for debate, I have no doubt, but as far as the purpose of this analogy goes, the effects we bring upon ourselves are simply undesirable, unwelcomed, and cause us "pain and suffering" until we can restore the body's natural state and vitality slowly as the day progresses.
We can speed it up by drinking more water, along with taking other measures.
So it is with how we handle our Destructive Nature's this side of Life:
To the degree to which we allow our fear, anger, revenge, greed, lust and the remainder of the instinctive impulses of our nature to make us their servants this side of Life is the degree to which we penalize ourselves, under Nature, on the Other Side, forcing us to put in the effort and make up the balance then, allowing time to do the rest.
Truly, "Heaven" and "Hell" is of our own making in the exact sense that the morning after the party is of our own making in direct relation to how we conducted ourselves at the party.
They are figurative.
There is no paradise with golden streets, and there is no pit filled with flames.
It seems some Teachers have simply used these images of "Heaven" and "Hell" as pictures to represent and give us an idea of how our conduct here and now affects the state of our Souls hereafter.
The Masters' teachings were not directed at being a "good" person in order to be "rewarded" after Death.
Their instructions were presented so that we may know the Facts, and therefore have the Knowledge to better direct our lives this side of Life in a way that is to our own best benefit.
When we understand Nature demands a balance be paid in full, we are less likely to incur a debt this side of Life.
But if or when we are ignorant?
For if we did not know that drinking ourselves into drunkenness would incur a debt of nutrients and thus debilitate us temporarily the next morning, we may have reconsidered our decision.
No Master ever demanded another live their Life according to His message, founded on The Law, for doing so is perhaps the greatest act of immorality.
Each and every Master simply presented the Facts few of us know this side of Life, that we may weigh the pros and cons and then decide for ourselves — which is why "evangelism", it will be found, under Nature on the Other Side, issues perhaps some of the greater penalties upon the Soul of those who partake in it on this side.
There is a very simple reason for it.
Furthermore, it will be found that, like having a huge hangover after a party does not (generally) create any permanent damage that can't be overcome with time, so it will be found with those aspects of our Destructive Natures we don't master this side of Life.
We are the "captains of our Souls".
The only "judge" is the profits or penalities Nature must, by The Law, issue in relation to our choices — in the same way we know that "every action has an equal and opposite reaction", and in the same way an excess of alcohol in our systems will penalize us.
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Fear of Ill-Health, Begone!
» Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 07:43am |
When was the last time you woke-up in the morning, worried that you might get murdered that day?
If you're in the majority of our civilized population, I'm willing to bet that it's probably never happened.
Or how about this:
How many mornings per week do you wake-up and immediately begin worrying that you will die in a car accident that day?
Again, I'm willing to bet that, unless you've recently had an accident and the experience is still affecting you, you don't ever worry about it when you wake-up, no less whenever you get into a car.
And finally, if there's a "deadly virus on the loose" that has consumed the media, like the H1N1 in Canada right now, how often do you wake-up and think about getting it?
I'm willing to bet there are quite a few people who do.
The point is this:
I just took a look at all the stats for my location, and guess what?
First, being that I live in the area that has the highest murder rate in Canada, there were about 44 murders in 2008.
Fatal car crashes?
This year, up to the month of July, 60 — so perhaps that's about 120 a year.
H1N1?
From what I found, apparently only 1!
So why is it such a big deal?
Is there, according to the stats, a legitimate reason?
And just why is it that we can fear something that we have much, much less of a chance of dying from in comparison to what we face on a "regular" daily basis, yet don't fear?
For, upon the facts, it shouldn't make logical sense, should it?
After all, logically, according to the stats, since we have a bigger chance of being murdered and a much bigger chance of being killed in a car accident than of contracting this virus, why is it that dying in a car crash or getting murdered generally doesn't terrify us — and the possibility doesn't even cross our minds (unless perhaps we find ourselves in a situation where it may become relevant) but when a so-called "epidemic" takes hold of the culture, we let it paralyze us?
I mean, it would be logical if one in two people were dying from it... but less than 1 in 100,000?
And compared to 44 in 100,000 — or 120 in 100,000, of which we're essentially exposed to and at risk of almost everyday?
But then again, when was fear ever rational?
It's been my experience that the fear of ill-health is no different.
Years ago, I thought that I'd caught something for no other reason than that I didn't wear protection on one occasion.
I started studying all the STD's, looking for symptoms that would, apparently, confirm I had something!
I spent endless days worrying about it and discussed it with a friend, who logically suggested I get it checked.
But the interesting thing was that, even after I got checked out by the doctor and he insisted all my tests came back negative, I was still convinced that I had something — and that he was wrong.
Why?
I had no idea at the time but this illogical behavior is a natural and predictable side-effect of the fear of ill-health having burrowed itself into my subconscious mind.
We know that the major sign we can look for to identify whether or not we've let the fear of ill-health take hold of our minds is to notice if or how often we look for and expect to find symptoms.
That we think we're "doomed".
We know that hypochondria is the strongest indicator that the fear of ill-health has made a home for itself inside our minds, perhaps unknown to us.
And upon this fact, is it not better to forget all symptoms.
Is it not better to be that 1 in 100,000 to die and yet to have lived the remainder of life free of fear and worry than it is to have spent endless time worrying about and discussing it, yet end up alive only to have let the fear dig itself deeper into the subconscious — where it goes unnoticed yet controls us from the unknown recesses of the mind, even after "the scare" has long since passed?
Fear of ill-health, begone!
For when it's taken hold of the subconscious mind, it will be noted that we lose the awareness to notice or recognize when we start using our hypochondria to get others' pity and attention by telling them about our symptoms.
And for what?
Only to annoy them and penalize ourselves by confirming the fear.
Fear of ill-health, begone!
For when we let the fear of ill-health infect us, we start trying all sorts of crazy "remedies", "fad diets", and "exercise programs" or popping pills in anticipation of things we create only by worrying about them.
It is well known by doctors that something like 80% (don't quote me on that, but it's high) of patients who make appointments suffer from nothing more than hypochondria.
Therefore, fear of ill-health, begone!
"Every man dies, not every man truly lives," said William Wallace in Braveheart.
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The Dangerous Dynamic
» Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 07:05am |
There is one trend in Human Nature that comes about due to the mutual submission to our Destructive Natures.
It is this Dangerous Dynamic which would appear to be responsible for most — if not all animosity and disharmony, both in interpersonal relationships as well as in national or public relations between communities or countries.
It can be demonstrated thus:
Someone, usually through the fear-based channel of their Destructive Nature, crosses another's boundary yet does not recognize what he has done or refuses to acknowledge it.
The person on the receiving end responds to having their boundary crossed from their own Destructive Nature, usually through its anger-based channel.
Now both parties are operating from their Destructive Natures rather than thinking rationally.
If we know this, it is probably not too difficult for us to think back in our memories and easily recognize the Dangerous Dynamic in operation many times over in our lives.
And upon doing so, we will notice the end result is this:
The person who initiated this Dangerous Dynamic was either too proud or ignorant to notice how what he did triggered the other person's Instinctive Response — often either due to a lack of understanding of Human Nature, lack of Self-Awareness, or Pride — therefore, he blames that person for their reaction to his own Destructive Behavior instead of recognizing he has been in error.
In fact, he often takes it further and looks at the other as being "the problem".
That person who has been trespassed against adds to his initial instinctive anger an additional rage from the recognition of the other person's ignorance of his actions or his unwillingness and even indignant refusal to acknowledge it.
And, in this, the real issue is never resolved.
Each play their role, yet both consider the fault to be fully on the other end.
For on one hand, the instigator doesn't see or refuses to see the reality of his trespassing. And on the other, the recipient often ends up holding a grudge because of it, and perhaps further takes up vengence.
It will likely be observed that we have all been on both sides of this Dangerous Dynamic at one point or another.
Furthermore, it has been my observation in a great deal of sex relationships that it is generally us men who often cross women's boundaries without knowing it, and when they respond instinctively to our behavior, we blame them for it and condemn them for being "the problem".
Of course, it does go the other way too. But it seems more times than not, us men, in our stronger innate tendency toward Arrogance and Self-Righteousness, initiate it.
It has also been my observation that the Dangerous Dynamic is very often the very root of misery or failure in relationships and marriages, which, if it was understood by both parties and each took responsibility for acknowledging what part in the dynamic they played, the real issues could be resolved, leading to harmony (assuming the couple's Individualities are fitted to one another in the first place).
Upon the nature of the Dangerous Dynamic, this would seem to be the practical reason why the Master said: "Do good to those who hate you."
The reason is simple:
It short-circuits the Dangerous Dynamic through the deliberate control of our Instinctive Response in relation to others destructive behavior.
And by control, I'm not talking about suppressing the response or pretending it doesn't bother us, as we're often taught to be the definition or operation of Self-Control.
In fact, I would argue that it is often better to submit to the instinctive response by expressing it and letting it out (as long as no great harm comes of it) rather than ignore it.
Furthermore, by refusing to admit the Instinctive Response, which is destructive, it does not have a negative affect on us, and thus, we are not penalized for it.
I've found, in regard to the Dangerous Dynamic on the "receiving end", that:
1) Suppression sacrifices personal power, but maintains what may still be considered a form or surface level of "trust" at the expense of harboring a hidden grudge, which, often, also goes ignored.
2) Expression maintains personal power, but destroys the trust of others and often generates animosity from them, causing them to go on the defensive and refuse to admit their trangressions by instead justifying it or retaliating.
3) And control maintains personal power, and actually strengthens the trust of others — what might be said to be the working or practical application of Compassion.
If you look back at my earlier work which it might be found was simply "disguised" as dating advice, you'll see these responses correspond directly with the Nice Guy, the Jerk, and the Cool Guy "archetypes".
It should be apparent that the differences between them are based solely on the manner of response to Destructive Behavior" from others: suppression, expression, or control.
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Feminine Sex Attraction in the Pursuit of True Love
» Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 02:43pm |
It seems that all women instinctively know the basis of True Love, whether they have come to recognize it consciously or not.
And since it is the greatest aspiration in Life, they respond to it, being the Great Soul Craving.
This would seem to be the very reason why a movie franchise like "Twilight" has made such a massive global impact (as there are few "movements" that create huge followings unless they coincede with Natural Law).
The reason is simple:
Though it may be considered juvenile and silly by vain intellectuals and movie critics alike, underneath any "cheeziness", it exemplies quite precisely the true Nature of the Feminine Sex Attraction in relation to the Pursuit of True Love — perhaps better than any other movie has done to date.
Therefore, women are drawn to it because it's what their Soul Nature seeks but has perhaps not yet found in Life.
We know that though us men are attracted to the opposite sex first and foremost because of their physical beauty, women are attracted first and foremost not to our appearance but our Characters.
That is, the refinement of our Moral Characters — of which the effects, we know is physically evident to the naked eye through the innate recognition of Poise women seem intuitively keen on instantly recognizing.
Upon this Truth, an interesting revelation will be made:
We know that the act of living a Moral Life is the persistent, consistuous action toward mastering our Instinctive Natures, which involves the education of Human Nature, the Desire to make the pursuit, and the Will to act upon that desire.
And since, upon the facts of Nature, True Love between a man and a woman isn't possible where the man is yet a slave to his Instinctive Nature, women are compelled to seek men who have either mastered themselves — or are deliberately working at overcoming and mastering their Destructive Natures.
It seems that all other men who have no desire for Self-Mastery merely serve as "distractions" or a means of getting the experience a woman can later use to make better distinctions in identifying a Moral Man in her further Pursuit of Love.
Though it is true, many women do settle for security in this Life.
However, I suspect that pursuit is resumed many-fold on the Other Side, when "survival" can no longer serve as a major obstacle.
It is upon these grounds that Romance could be said to be — not the common myth of a man fawning over women and "worshipping" them with attention but the day-to-day experience a woman has in relation to a man's ups and downs, and trials and successes in travelling down the path toward Self-Mastery .
True Romance may be said to be that experience, with the exception being that the man's sole motive is the desire to make himself worthy of woman's Love.
It will likely be found that worthiness of woman's Love is based upon the facts of Nature and not the "good" and "bad" of what we can probably best call "dogmatic romance" — for True Love is not possible under Natural Law, in the same way that fire can't burn under water, when a man is yet at the mercy of his Destructive Nature.
Thus, there is nothing more Romantic to a woman than a man who wants to master his Destructive Nature so that he is no longer a danger to her (we're not necessarily talking "physical safety" here, but rather the destructive effects that lack of Poise elicit instinctively).
We see this process in "Twilight", perhaps more clearly than any other movie.
Edward's "vampire nature" could serve as an analogy for the Instinctive Nature of Man, and we see him earnestly trying to control it because he knows it is the barrier to Love.
It is during these struggles and battles with his Destructive Nature in relation to Bella that the drama takes place — what seems to be the definition of True Romance.
And if we take a closer look, we see a few things:
He's fully aware of his Destructive Nature and its implications, and he accepts its reality as not neccessarily either good nor bad.
He doesn't want to be dominated by it. He doesn't want to be an "animal" just because it's in his nature to be so.
And he struggles to conquor and master it through the lessons of trial, folly, and failure.
It will be found that it is this very understanding and Essential Attitude, when adopted by a man, which is the root cause that naturally triggers Sex Attraction in women — for as far as the Soul is concerned, it seems the purpose of the Sex Emotion is the motivator in the Pursuit of Love.
And since a man working toward the personal achievement of Masculine Power is the most basic responsibility of a man who desires True Love, Nature seems to have "written it into" women's Sex Nature as a trigger for the Sex Emotion, so she instinctively knows when a man is capable of or has the potential to "support" Love.
This cannot be faked, reverse-engineered, or calculated for selfish gain or in order to receive Nature's benefit, for that very motive would contradict the essential nature of the process.
The reason is this:
That exact desire is motivated by our Destructive Nature; therefore, to attempt it actually reveals or demonstrates a lack of desire to conquor it, in the same way that trying to pass off a piece of dough that has not been baked for a loaf of bread will not deceive anyone who knows what bread is.
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The Origins of "Christian" Dogma and Superstitions
» Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 05:03pm |
All religion seems to have but one foundation upon which its doctrine is based:
The Great Transition known as Death, that "undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns".
And being that Death is the "great unknown" and perhaps the cornerstone of all fear for it may be observed that it is the singular fear back of most — if not all the remaining fears.
For why do we fear poverty?
Is it not so that living in poverty makes death a greater possibility? For to lose access to shelter and food places death at our doorstep.
Why do we fear ill-health or old age?
Is it not true that it foreshadows death and "brings it within our sight"? To contract a deadly virus or to age within death's jurisdiction forces us to fully confront the end of mortality, as we know it.
Why do we fear loneliness?
Is it not because, through the superstitions of isolation in the Hereafter, we will be abandoned and live out an eternity, chained to brimstone, without company?
Therefore, religion's purpose which, it seems, is common knowledge among the devoutly religious as well as the heathen alike is, in part, to serve as a provider of Hope to mankind that Death is not the end of the securities we know this side of Life.
Yet if the declarations of the religious concerning the Hereafter are formulated on superstitions, due to ignorance of the facts of Nature?
Then what?
Is it not inevitable we will attract all the fears like a pack of wolves?
For the progression into darkness is this:
Ignorance of the facts of the Nature of Death produces superstition; superstition produces fear; and fear paralyzes the Soul.
So where do we turn?
There are many people who believe they know what happens after Death, but only a very select few who actually know.
For what is the difference between knowledge and belief?
Isn't knowledge founded on the proven facts of Nature under the condition of direct personal experience, while belief can be independent of the facts and void of direct personal experience, and furthermore it can be prone to any variety of prejudices and superstitions adopted from others who knew not — even greatly removed from the facts and formulated on nothing more than the vainest, most arrogant intellectualism?
But we who want Hope without doubt, let it be known that there is a method whereby anyone this side of Life can prove to himself what happens after Death.
Amongst many throughout the ages, Jesus made this demonstration for himself, thus earning the title of "Master", and was commissioned — by those whom he refused to name in the midst of his enemies — to give his knowledge to the masses that "they may do all that he had done, and even greater things".
Let it further be known that the fundamental beliefs of what now bares the name of the Master no longer consider the facts upon which His original message was formulated.
Instead, we are left with several fundamental superstitions which, instead of serving to give us the Hope we crave and show us the way of constructive spiritual unfoldment, only serves to cater to our fear of dying — in essence, preventing that growth.
It would appear that the keystone of this great superstition is the so-called "Trinity", where "God" is divided into the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
If we know the facts, it is not only not difficult to see how these delusions were formed into beliefs but it also allows us to open ourselves to hearing the True Message of the Master, with the superstitions no longer making of themselves barriers to seeing The Light.
The Father
The Master often spoke of and prayed to the "Father" or the "Heavenly Father".
But did he ever say the intelligence or being he was referring to and addressing was "God" or "The Creator"?
It is known by those who instructed the Master Jesus during his "absence from modern man's history books" that the "Father" here referred to was not "God" nor an "aspect of God", but one, who I suspect upon the facts of Nature, must have, at one time or another, been a human and also walked this Earth just as we do.
If we take a look at the term "Heavenly Father" by looking at each word separately, we can draw the Truth from it:
It seems that when the Master Jesus or any of the other Masters spoke of "Heaven" or "The Heavens" they were simply referring to the Spiritual Realm we all enter into after the Great Transition when our spiritual body separates from our physical body.
"The Heavens" consist of every other spiritual plane of life, excluding the physical realm we are all familiar with here and now.
Furthermore, it is known that at the highest plane of life sits a "monarch" who governs all the planes of life below it right down to the physical, in the way we see a leader govern a country by delegating the work that needs to be done to those in different provinces or states, or the best analogy most of us can better relate to — a "Father" who governs the household.
This would seem to be the reason the Master spent hours asking to be relieved of the duty the Great Leader had set for him during that period before the Romans seized him.
In this, it is very likely the reason the Master Jesus was often referred to as a "king" or a "prince"; he was just that under the great "spiritual order", governed by "our Father who art in the Heavens".
And it is highly likely that referring to the Great Leader of the Universe as "The Father" was simply the best way for the Roman culture, in their intellectual infancy, to understand it during the days the Message was given by our most recognized martyred Master today.
The Son
We know that the Master often referred to Himself as the "Son of God".
This is a fact — if the Bible is true to what He actually said.
Yet if we should believe Him in stating this, should we not also believe His other statements?
For it is also true that He said we are all "Sons of God".
This, too, is a fact — according to the gospels.
Thus, if the Master was a "Son of God" and He said every man is a "Son of God" (and I have no doubt he would have also said "Daughters of God" or "Children of God" had he not lived during a patriarchy), why would that make Him any more "divine" or different in his essential make-up than you or I...
Or anyone else, for that matter?
It is known that the only difference between us who have not mastered ourselves and a Master is that the Master has achieved a level of Morality high enough for Nature to evolve their spiritual and psychical powers which lie dormant in all the "Sons of God".
The Holy Spirit
The myth of the "Holy Spirit" seems to have several different origins, most of which are drawn from actual facts of Nature. However, these facts have been misinterpreted, misunderstood, or altered to the benefit of other powers.
It would appear the main one is this:
I have had occasion to be present at several religious revival meetings and have witnessed people "speak in tongues".
If you are in any way familiar with these meetings, those present generally attribute this phenomenon to being overtaken by the "Holy Spirit".
The fact that they have been overtaken by a spirit is true. But they are greatly deceived as to the identity of that spirit.
It is known that an individual upon the spiritual side of Life (who was once a physical being like you and me before death) can take possession of another on the physical side of Life, should that person make himself susceptible to let the spiritual person take full command of his faculties and powers.
Revival meetings are arranged in such a way that the natural conditions necessary for this act of Possession to occur are put in place, perhaps in a similar way that the ice has to first be melted before it can be poured into a bottle.
It might be worth noting that it is not uncommon for one who has been possessed during these meetings to enter into a great depression for days afterward, and no longer feel what they perceived and concluded to be "the presence of God".
The reason is simple:
In order for the spirit to take possession, he has to draw off a lot of the subject's magnetic and chemical energies; therefore, after the spirit has released his control over the subject, he is left in a depleted state.
It further may be worth noting that it is during these moments, where Nature's protection has been broken-down, that the person's Soul is vulnerable to the possession of "vicious spirits".
What's interesting is that this act is what religious advocates, when reading the Bible, refer to as "demonic possession" — that subjective act all the Masters have condemned as the most dangerous to the state of a man's Soul for the end result is often insanity for the remainder of physical life.
Thus:
To those of us who seek the Truth for the benefit of our Souls, both Here and Hereafter, that we may one day see The Light, banish these superstitions from the mind, forever!
They are untrue when held to the lens of Nature and will evoke nothing but suffering in every aspect: on this side of Life, in and through Death, and on the other side of Life.
For assuredly:
It is impossible to live without fear in this Life while superstitions exist in the mind.
It is known that if superstitions exist in the mind at the time of Death, under Nature's Law, they evoke a painful transition into the Other Side.
And It is also known that as long as superstitions exist in the mind after Death, the longer it takes to accept, and thus adapt to the new conditions of Life on the Other Side.
| Published by Jay Julio under Spirituality and Soul Growth |
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Pity and Envy in Relation to Personal Transformation
» Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 11:33pm |
If you didn't have one, imagine that you had a childhood friend who you remember as having had "difficulties" and who seemed to struggle in many ways that were "normal" to most.
He always seemed to be lacking in various areas and maybe you can recall pitying him or looking at him as somewhat of a "casualty".
And moved by your Destructive Nature, perhaps you even secretly looked down on him and viewed him as inferior to you — or perhaps you even found yourself "using" him to excuse your own short-comings and failures:
"Oh well. Things could be worse. I could be in his shoes."
But now what if as the two of you grew-up, you slowly started going your own ways and every time you saw him in the future, you noticed small changes.
And after some time passed, you started observing that he had made up for his major short-comings and everything else you secretly "had on him" and gloated over for him lacking in.
Not only that, you also started noticing that he started excelling you in all the ways you used to pride yourself on having "on him" — and in even greater ways than you.
How would you respond to that realization?
For certainly, the reality is undeniable. He has changed. He has risen above his short-comings and developed himself, even further than you.
Who you once thought was "below you" is now obviously "above you".
To anyone who has not yet mastered their Destructive Nature, he would be envied and deeply despised from the bottom of their Souls.
Perhaps being faced with this situation and having little choice but to admit something like this to ourselves can be an insult to our egos — but that is not the reason for the illustration.
In fact, it is just the opposite:
Have you ever considered that there may be people in your life who've known you for a long time, who view you in a very similar way as our "struggling" friend?
As something of a "casualty".
Maybe they've secretly looked down on you to get a feeling of their own so-called superiority for themselves.
Or maybe they've used your short-comings and failures to justify and excuse their own failures by comparing and realizing that theirs "aren't so bad" by comparison.
And with this in mind, to you who want a Greater Life (where there is money enough to fulfill all your needs and desires without worry and the rampart sex urge has been refined by True Love), based on the observation of our own Destructive Natures and recognizing that we all share this dark side (unless we should achieve Self-Mastery), what affect will YOU have on those people when you start realizing your Dream — or your Ideal Lifestyle?
Is it not likely they will respond to you just as we would have responded to the realization that there was much, much more to our friend than we believed?
After all, who would not envy him who we thought would never amount to anything if he gains everything we secretly crave for ourselves?
Should you live through it, you will no doubt find it so.
For this has been observed upon the facts:
When someone can no longer deny that the way they've viewed someone else has been in gross error — and especially if their opinion wasn't very high in the first place — it is almost always inevitable that their pity of the past will transform into the ugliest form of envy in the present.
In fact, if you make a close evaluation of pity and envy, you will find that they are one and the same thing — the only difference being the form taken:
One is passive, the other active.
Thus, to you who want the Greater Life, one of the inevitable prices that must and will paid is to be despised and envied to an equal measure of the pity you have received.
Therefore, the greater the pity you endure today, the greater the envy you will have to face tomorrow.
The Master Jesus, who is labeled "God" by the superstitious and a lunatic by the ignorant may not know what he meant when he said:
"No prophet is welcome in his hometown."
For being based on Human Nature, which never changes no matter in what age, his revelation rings true equally today.
We know that a "prophet" is someone who can "foretell" the future.
But how many of us know that prophecy is more a matter of mathematics than it is so-called "magic" or "talent" or "a gift"?
How many of us know that the prophetic ability seems to have its foundation in a man mastering his Destructive Nature, and in achieving Self-Mastery his awareness expands, wherein he can make full use of his Reason and Intuition, and calculate events that have not yet arrived in time?
Which is the key point:
It seems that what He meant was that those who have watched us grow from childhood into adults think they know us, along with our limitations.
They have seen us in immaturity and at our worst, giving expression to our destructive tendencies.
And because they think they're right about us, perhaps based on observations made before any form of transmutation has taken place within us — like Moses who was a murderer before He later evolved into a Master — it is difficult for them to see the truth about the present for the simple reason that:
We tend to perceive others according to what our opinion of them was during the time that we got to "know them" rather than on the basis of their present, true character.
And perhaps more importantly, we tend to view others in relation to who's been known to hold the frame in the relationship.
On this very basis, it might be worth noting THIS particular natural tendency concerning our Destructive Natures:
Those who give others pity believe they're holding the frame. When the pity turns to envy, it is with the realization that they were never holding it.
They only believed they were.
Thus, upon these grounds, you who want the Greater Life, mark it well when and from whom you receive pity...
For I assure you, you can prophesy as easily as you can that 1 + 1 = 2 it is exactly these people who will be the ones who will envy and despire you most from the bottom of their Souls should you better master yourself, opening yourself to the benefits Nature endows the man who does!
There is, however, one variable which is found under the condition that a person who issued pity overcame their inferiority complex between the time of their commission and the time that you overcame your faults and weaknesses.
Aside from this variable, it will be found there are no other exceptions.
| Published by Jay Julio under Beliefs and Attitude |
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