Saturday, March 26, 2022
4:45 a.m. Setting switches. Yesterday at some point after our session I set them for maximum receptivity and presence, and just sat, staying in the moment. It reminded me that the moment itself is magical, when we do not shallow it out by our daydreams and fantasies and stray thoughts and – in particular – lack of presence in the living moment. I must remember to do this regularly; it is an equivalent to meditation as I understand it.
Very well, gentlemen, let’s proceed. Yesterday, as so often, I got the sense that we were so close; that if I could just hang on, if we could just continue, the things that we had just connected would connect further, and it would all come clear. But, as usual, the tide receded. Where is King Knute when you need him to regulate the tide for you?
Although you are forced to proceed without the satisfying “Aha!” that makes sense of everything once and for all, there is a more enduring progress being made, in that little by little you are seeing the dawning of day. Little bits of understanding, separately grasped, then lived, then added to, provide a firmer foundation than a fireworks display that dazzles, and then perhaps leaves the darkness seeming all the darker in its absence.
Well, I know that. You see me showing up day by day, don’t you?
We do, and we appreciate it, as you appreciate our being here when you do call.
By implication, are you saying that the answer to the question in Shakespeare is that when anybody calls spirits from the vasty deep, someone will come?
[“I can call spirits from the vasty deep.”
“Why, so can I, or so can any man. But will they come when you do call them?”]
No one will be inclined to call who is unable to receive a response. That is, if in your nature you can’t deal with it, it won’t occur to you to try. If it does occur to you, that is a good indicator that it is within the range of possibilities for you. Only, you may not succeed right away; you may not know how to call, or you may not recognize an answer when it comes, or you may have to wait patiently (or impatiently) until the time allows the spirits to respond or allows you to hear the response. But yes, if you knock, the door will open.
We keep coming back to Jesus’ words [“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you”] in a context that makes them not only relevant but almost obvious, when prior contexts left them seeming only theoretical or even fanciful, and usually enigmatic.
His life was not about being fanciful or theoretical. He came to show the way to life more abundantly, as he plainly stated, and more than once. Really, that is all that any prophet tries to do. The Buddha said he wasn’t a god or a this or a that, he was awake.
And, subject to various limitations, any and all of us can awaken, or can at least struggle to throw off sleep.
Of course. That isn’t the only goal one’s life may aim at, but it is one, anyway.
Implying that sleep has its part in life too.
Can it be otherwise? You think the whole human race is malfunctioning?
Well, it does look that way sometimes. And what else are we discussing when we discuss why evil is endemic in the world?
You see?
Well – vaguely. It is sort of in the corner of my mind as I wrote that.
To discuss the question of evil while holding the assumption that humans are malfunctioning is to beg the question. It is to assume the answer. It is to say, “Evil exists because humans are malfunctioning.” But what if evil exists and humans are not malfunctioning?
It seems to me that that was my question originally. If we were malfunctioning as a species, it wouldn’t be a puzzle that monsters of cruelty would emerge and manifest from time to time. Indeed, they would be the norm.
But you see, your conscious assumptions and your unconscious assumptions are at variance with one another. One might as well say, they are at war with one another. Naturally this clouds your thinking, because as the balance shifts with any new thought or emotion, the weights move from one side of the scales to the other.
Thus, one part of your mind has accepted that good and evil are not as they seem; that matter and spirit are both mind-stuff; that the present moment is the only reality from a given point of view, and connects along invisible threads to other lives; that
Lost it, dammit.
No matter. The point is, reality is deeper than appearances, and a part of your mind knows it. But other parts of your mind were shaped by other influences, and believe – and perceive – otherwise. When beliefs and perceptions clash, confusion results. This confusion can be made productive (in that it allows the prepared mind to see things new) or it can be mere confusion. Instruction and inspiration and intent will make the difference.
I had thought that we would be continuing our discussion of the roots of cruelty. We digressed into questions of perception.
What makes you see it as digression? Giving you the ability to perceive more clearly as you desire is one of the major gifts we bring. It would not be particularly helpful to give you a description of reality on a “take it or leave it” basis. No matter how good the description, it is going to be second-hand to you; it is going to be mere rumor, mere hearsay, until you live it. Much better to ground it in “digressions” about how to live so as to be able to live it. That is, you need to invest in order to profit. Until you live what we are outlining, it is mere daydreaming for you. Yes, it is true that later on something may click that hadn’t – “the penny may drop,” as you say – and what you heard previously may suddenly change your life. But it is always better to be awake now, rather than only in some theoretical future.
All right, I hear all that.
We do not imply that you – anyone reading this – are not living it; we merely remind you that one man’s digression is another man’s gist.
Now, to show that we haven’t abandoned substance for process, let’s say this about evil and malfunctioning. Next time – after you take a break, perhaps – we can go into it deeper, but for now we will say this.
Consider humans as step-down transformers. The vast impersonal forces, running through your lives, become in effect vast personal forces. They manifest through you, because what else is there to manifest than you?
That isn’t clear. I mean, I understand the words, but what do they tie to?
Reality is greater than 3D reality. The larger beings in non-3D are greater than the human 3D beings that express them in this format. Conflicts of forces express one way in non-3D, another way in 3D, by the nature of things.
You may take it as a general rule that unity devolves not into duality but into trinity. That is, a unit will be seen to consist really of a positive and a negative force, but these two will necessarily be joined and related by a third, reconciling, force. Thus your world of duality that proceeds from the process of manifesting in a slowed-down environment that allows greater discernment. No world of duality could exist without reconciliation of forces, or call it interrelation among forces.
I read something of this in John Anthony West’s book Serpent in the Sky, but it seemed so abstract, I had a hard time relating it to real life. I believed him, but I couldn’t feel what I believed.
In all these things, first a seed is planted, then it germinates unseen, then it manifests. The time-lapse may be short or long, perceptible or not, but that’s the process. (It is one more reason why it is a waste of energy to allow yourself to become impatient.)
Call this session “Tides and fireworks,” perhaps. Next time we will deal with you as step-down transformers of energies. We will, that is, unless the moment presents other more alluring opportunities.
Very well. Maybe “Incremental comprehension,” instead.
It is always your choice.
Till next time, then, and thanks as always.