The
need to rethink is created by the
desperate emergency that befalls our
planet.
We
have a few years of life as we know it
remaining, after which we will experience
the full consequences of our destructive
actions. For too long now, we have totally
ignored the warning signs, and every one
of us has decided that it is someone
else's problem. The buck stops here, with
you, and me - as individuals. In fact,
everything we have ever known will soon
stop here.
It is quite alarming the number of people
who are completely ignoring the fact that
this planet has been dying for the last
fifty or more years, with the rate of
death increasing each year at a
continuously accelerating pace? The
seasons are changing, with record highs
and lows every year. The human body and
human mind are closing down and preparing
for a lengthy hibernation.
People are staring at television and
computer screens, hypnotised by flashing
stock exchange figures, whilst outside the
flood waters are rising, the air is
becoming unbreathable, governments are
murdering innocent women and children, and
every natural law points to the fact that
the majority of the population has lost
its balance of mind.
How can people be so unconcerned? How can
they be planning for their retirement
thirty and forty years hence, when they
are unlikely to live that long? How can
they occupy most of their time performing
trivial duties in order to increase their
bank account, and then occupy their
"spare" time either sleeping, or
conducting some pointless activity that
reduces the bank account? What a perverse
way of living, with no benefit accrued at
the time of death.
Therefore, for those who need a rapid way
of getting out of this hole, we believe
that Quickstep can provide some of the
answers that help to maintain a steady
progress towards our goal of
enlightenment.
2 - Time-line
Before our birth, unknowingly, and with
the help of our guides, we determined the
next lesson which we needed to learn, in
order to progress along our path of
evolution. With help, we scanned the
probability vortices to identify a mother
who was likely to provide the necessary
circumstances for that lesson.
This is the purpose for our incarnation,
although during the nine months preceding
that eventful day, we forget what we have
been born to learn. Nevertheless, our
guides will still steer us towards
suitable opportunities, if we will but let
them. Inevitably, our lesson is to do with
learning how to love and be loved.
It appears that a certain amount of
discomfort is necessary before, after or
during the opening of any opportunity.
Some people find drugs, illegal or
prescribed, help to ward off the
discomfort, without realising that they
are warding off their opportunity for
evolution. Here we see how it is possible
that the short-sightedness of Western
medicine, and vaccination in particular,
can stunt the evolution of man.
The knowledge of suitable herbal medicines
for use during opportunity openings is not
available to most Western medicine
practitioners. Here's what one writer has
to say: - "Our way of looking at things
has been guided and created by the way
those around us look at things. We are the
products of our environment.
Whilst we may not agree with the views of
others, having once heard them, then their
views affect our final decisions in one
way or another. This melding of views is
how the species of man has been able to
cooperate and hence survive".
If, however, those around us had all
been accustomed to an alternative way of
thinking, then we ourselves would also be
accustomed to an alternative way of
thinking. As our desire is to accelerate
our own personal evolution in order to try
to catch up with nature, which has already
moved on, then we can help ourselves by
adopting a completely new way of thinking.
This new way is possible because our
programming is to think of time as linear,
yet time is man made. We are attuned to
the opinion that time moves, and that
every hour follows the previous hour. We
are not attuned to the fact that time is
stationary, and that we ourselves are
moving along the time line. If we can move
to a different part of the time line, then
we can experience a different life, using
this same body. The whole objective of our
early development is to try to remember
"Why am I here?".
That is because we choose to be here, no
matter what our circumstances. If we are
having a rough time of it, it is because
we are not listening to our spirit guides.
How often do we hear them say "The highest
thing you could do here is "x", and then
we proceed to do "y". If we always did the
highest thing available to us, then we
would constantly be stretching ourselves
and experiencing a higher level of life.
Moreover, the higher we get, then the
higher we get. We must not taint our
progress with the fact that almost all of
those around us are still in the middle of
sweet dreams and aware of very little. We
are not all in the same place on the time
line, although we do cross one another's
interweaving paths regularly.
It is best for us to leave behind items
and relationships, which belong to a point
on the time line behind us. We are unable
to take material possessions and personal
relationships with us to another part of
the time-line, and therefore hanging on to
them causes us to remain where we are. We
are not on the same time line as our
parents, or brothers and sisters, or wife
or children, or friends, or anybody. Our
time-line is unique, created by our own
spiritual vibrations, some of which were
programmed before incarnation and some of
which have been picked up during this
lifetime.
We are trying to balance these two sets of
vibrations, to produce a New Harmony of a
higher order, and hence to know that we
have evolved one more step. The resulting
vibration will again be unique, with no
guidelines available. We must learn how to
read our own feelings and reactions, so
that we can adjust our auto-response
system.
We must learn to listen to our heart
3 - Sentimentality
< We spend much
time and effort keeping,
maintaining, or grieving over
sentimental items.
Sentiment is defined as:
1 susceptibility to tender, delicate
or romantic emotion
2 exaggerated, overindulged or
mawkish feeling or emotion
3 a thought, opinion, or attitude.
Here we are talking about something
over which we have control. We can
decide whether to be sentimental or
not. When we are clearing out the
old mental store cupboard, in the
past we have cleaned carefully and
sentimentally replace items that
have not seen the light of day in
years.
This mental state is detrimental to
a rapidly active mind. We are trying
to leave behind human traits which
are of no benefit to us.
Sentimentality consumes energy while
creating zero benefit to anyone, and
more often than not generates morbid
memories as opposed to the hoped for
joy.
We are best to dispose of it - all
of it. Unless there is a high chance
that we will use an item in the next
few days, then it is of no use to
us. We should sell it, give it away,
or otherwise dispose of it.
Old clothes, folders of photographs,
ancient trophies, childhood toys,
ornaments, books, pictures, even out
of date telephone directories and
all manner of things are stored in
all manner of places. Just think how
much energy this total weight of
sentiment absorbs, and holds back
the human race.
Once we get into Quickstep To
Enlightenment, we no longer wish to
carry any unnecessary weight. We
wish to be able to travel quickly,
with a light load. We soon grasp
that by disposing of all of this
unhelpful matter, and mind stuff, we
are making room for something far
more useful and beneficial. We see
that not only do we suffer from the
excess weight of sentimentality, but
also that we fail to benefit from
the more positive energy which would
replace it.
In short, sentimentality is a
tool used by us in order to keep
ourselves feeling secure within our
own illusion. As such, it is a
deterrent from breaking out of the
illusion, and we remain convinced
that it is real.
The world is now changing so quickly
that the links from the past to the
present are becoming more tenuous.
Trying to hang on to links that
snapped long ago is a good way to
stay in the hole. Let us let go of
the past, and try to stay with the
present. It is far more exciting,
far less morbid, and free.
4 - The Body is a Battery
The human body is a wonderful thing. It
is a self-charging, self-regulating, and
self-repairing battery. However, we are
not just our body. If we examine the "I"
in ourselves, we will find that there is
more "I" than there is body, and therefore
conclude that the "I" could be in control
of the body.
We can improve the performance of the body
by causing the "I" to increase the
positive charge in the body. By removing
items that create a negative charge, such
as toxic diet, impure air, excess noise,
excess physical disturbance, and intake of
impure matter, we make room for the
increase in positive charge. Then we can
increase the elements that generate
positive charge, such as pure food and
water, clean air, peaceful atmosphere,
sunshine, exercise, sleep and love.
By removing negative elements, and
increasing positive elements, then we find
that the positive charge increases to the
point where we achieve unbelievable levels
of vitality. We are able to do more of the
many things that we truly enjoy, and which
are truly of benefit to ourselves, to
others, and to the planet that hosts us.
If we allow the positive charge to drain
away by indulging in negative habits, then
eventually there is insufficient positive
charge, and the body ceases to function
properly, or at all. It is easy to witness
citizens who have a low positive charge,
as they are lacking in energy, short
tempered and intolerant. This is not a
basis on which to build foundations of a
long and satisfying life, and is
indicative of a society that is
regressing.
There is some time remaining, but very
little. The rapid increase of the total
negative charge is causing the positive
charge of the planet to deplete, and soon,
if we make no change, the planet will be
unable to support human life. There is no
future for human life as we know it today,
with most people locked inside their own
illusion.
The environment is degrading, the
financial status of the controlling
currency has been propped up for so long
that it is now laughable, the medical
industry is filling us full of
mind-numbing drugs, our food contains less
nutrition every year, our media feeds us
more lies, and everything points to an
imminent collapse of society. We must be
fit and ready.
5 Daily practices
If we have carefully followed the
suggestions the increasing positive charge
will be already making us feel better, and
we will become interested in more ways of
generating further increases. The best way
is to commence some daily spiritual
practice.
We rarely feel like doing this every
day when we first start, but by trying a
few different ideas we can usually find an
approach that suits use. Gradually we can
develop a habit, and soon find that most
days we are able to conduct our practice.
Most spiritual teachers recommend a form
of meditation.
There are many forms, and incorporating at
least one brief meditation into our daily
practice is definitely of positive
benefit. A simple one called the
twenty-four second meditation involves
picturing numbers made up of dots, as
shown on large digital displays, such as
above an escalator or lift. We commence by
picturing the digits 2 and 4. When we can
clearly visualise each dot which makes
each of the two digits two and four, then
we move to 23, and 22. The concentration
on the dots helps to eliminate other
thoughts from the mind, and with a little
practice over a few days, we are able to
move from 24 down through all the digits
to 0. If another thought enters our mind
during this process, then we must start
again. This is why it takes a few days
before we are able to succeed Once we can
succeed then we are achieving an alpha
state of mind, which is relaxed, and free
of the linear thought process. This is the
state of mind required for deep
meditation, which we discuss later.
Other daily practices include hatha yoga,
tai chi, prana yama (breath control), and
a host of related activities.
6 To strengthen our resolve
Sometimes we feel as though we could
achieve more. On examination, we will
usually find that we are still placing
higher emphasis on things other than our
survival and evolutionary growth.
As soon as we place priority on survival
and evolution, we begin to see the
results. Whatever we decided to do some
time ago begins to manifest itself within
us, as if given grace by some magic power.
We have thought about it long enough, with
our resolve growing a little each time we
think about it, until we reach the point
where we have sufficient energy to action
our desires. We notice that our negative
activity reduces, and in some cases is
eliminated, and that we feel good about
that. We realise that while we do not yet
always conduct our daily affairs to
include all of our desired practices,
nevertheless we begin to conduct our
desired practices several times per week.
With just a little patience, these
practices will become second nature. Once
we have our minds and bodies gradually
cleaning themselves out, then we are
gradually lightening our load. In gentle
waves our performance improves until one
day, we feel ready for the next step. Our
resolve to continue on the Track
strengthens, and there appears to be
little point in returning to our previous
ways.
In fact, our resolve strengthens itself so
much, that not only do we make some effort
to avoid situations with negative
vibrations, but we even begin to dislike
some of the things that we previously
thought we loved. It becomes easier to say
'no' where we used to say 'yes', and
easier to say 'yes' where we used to say
'no'. The whole process of change becomes
less painful and we actually look forward
to the continuing adventure. We improve
our diet, our exercise and our spiritual
practices, and soon begin to feel the
benefit. Our energy levels rise and we
begin to feel that we can take on greater
challenges.
We find ourselves less inclined to want to
keep down with the Jones's, and more
inclined to be creative on our own
account. We find that we can take the
time, and have the energy to become more
deeply involved with the things that we
truly love. We begin to better our
previous performances on a regular basis
and realise that our potential is so much
higher than we ever believed that we are
able to conceive of greater challenges.
Our confidence increases, and we find that
we become more adaptable, more patient,
and more tolerant. The first seeds of
unconditional love are beginning to
sprout.
Our capability to forgive increases and
our need to prove ourselves as a winner
decreases. We begin to feel the urge to
help others, and gradually our own ego
begins to recede.
We learn more about ourselves, and more
about the reasons why we act in certain
ways, and as we become more mindful, our
own behaviour improves, as if of its own
accord.
We become more precise in steering our
ship, and less needful of steering the
ships of others. We feel guilty less
often, and begin to remove one of the
major causes of depression - guilt.
We begin to remove some of our fears,
though others may still persist. We begin
to discover much of the curtain of
illusion which has been created by the
business world. As we begin to receive
glimpses through the curtain we become
encouraged, and have to guard against more
guilt feelings as we discover more about
ourselves.
The past has gone, and we realise that our
memory and our history books never were
very precise. As the fog begins to lift,
every aspect of the planet begins to
manifest its clarity. We are able to
understand more of what is happening here
and now, and this enables us to feel
compassion towards our fellow citizens, to
experience deeper levels of unconditional
love and to experience less fear.
During the inevitable times of depression,
when our resolve is weak, we will find
that our spiritual practice becomes a
significant aid. Slowly we learn to be
able to control our depressions, and life
begins to roll along less painfully.
7 - Beginning to analyse the
mind.
We will already be detecting
improvements in the condition of our body,
and we will already be conducting our
practices regularly.
Now we are going to start work on the
mind. Until now, we have had very little
understanding of our own mind, which has
caused us embarrassment on many occasions.
We are going to begin by analysing our own
mind. We are going to determine why we
think in certain ways. When we think, for
example, "I would like an ice cream", then
we can analyse where the thought came
from. Often we can trace it to a recently
experienced advertisement or someone else
eating an ice cream, but often it goes far
deeper. Such as "I have always liked
ice-cream, and it is a long time since I
had one, and there is no reason not to
have one today". This is not an exercise
in denial - if we want an ice cream, then
we have one, but while eating it, we work
out for sure why it is that we wanted it.
This example is over-simplistic. However,
it helps to demonstrate a method by which
we can take control of our thought
patterns, simply by watching our thoughts.
By being conscious and readily aware of
what we are doing and thinking at any one
time, we can learn to examine the ways in
which we think.
8 - Exiting the illusory world
We cannot exit the illusory world until
we have become more familiar with the
truth. There are just as many false things
as there are true things, and it is not a
simple task to distinguish between the
two. However, we can start by examining
the two extremes - the complete falsehood,
and the absolute truth. The best example
of absolute truth is what we see, feel,
hear, smell and taste, right here and now.
We have no need to make judgement of good
or bad, as we can accept things just as
they are - true. The best example of a
complete lie is a soap opera on
television. We know that this is not real
life. We know that this is just people
performing as directed in order to try to
produce make-believe.
Between these two extremes, there
are many other pieces of information,
which reach us daily - are they true or
false? If we experience something
ourselves, then we are able to say that
for us the experience is true.
If someone else tells us that they
experienced it, then we can believe that
it might be true for them. As far as we
are concerned, we do not yet know, as we
have not yet experienced the topic or
event in question for ourselves.
Therefore, we will not include this
information in our repertoire of absolute
truth. By constantly discerning each piece
of information as we receive it, then we
improve our ability to reject untruths.
This helps us to rid our mind of much
irrelevant trivia. Gradually as we
progress, we will find new truths that
begin to change our opinions. We find that
we begin to dissociate with those who are
unable to speak the truth.
We avoid gossip and rumour, as our
experience tells us that these are at best
distorted, and often false. Eventually we
discern that the only truth for us is what
lies within our own experience. We become
less affected by happenings around us, as
we begin to control our inner self, and
avoid the ups and downs experienced by
many others. With practice at avoiding
mistruth, we eventually achieve the status
of having more truth than untruth inside
us, and we are now ready to seek an exit
from the illusion.
We now understand how we had allowed our
circumstances to manipulate our thought.
As our thought grows more pure, then we
begin to discover different sensations
within our body. Our likes and dislikes
change, which also accelerates our
progress. Soon we discover that those
around us are basing their choices on
foundations of falsehood, and we can now
see how easy it is for people to follow
the same circular route, without ever
breaking out.
We become able to adopt more than one
viewpoint on a subject based on the level
of truth that we apply to that subject. We
can look at a subject in the same familiar
way, concurring with those around us, or
we can look at it in the light of truth,
even though this opinion differs from that
of our neighbours.
As we improve, we find that we have more
time available to help others, if they
indicate that they need help. We become
disinterested in the toys that formerly
occupied our lives, and become more
interested in spiritual advancement. Once
we have climbed out of the illusion
created by the belief that money brings
happiness, then we are able to tackle the
other illusions that keep us feeling
separate from the rest of the planet. Our
feelings become more at one with nature,
and we use Nature's Law as our guideline
for decision making.
Our diet changes, our exercise regime
expands, and the quality of our thoughts
improves. We begin to notice the first
sensations of unconditional love, and our
spirits rise as we register considerable
progress. We can see the light at the end
of the tunnel, and we are encouraged to
proceed towards it, taking pleasure in
leaving things behind us as we lighten our
load, and make forward progress more
comfortable.
When we can clearly see the illusory world
from the outside, then we know that we
have safely exited, and will never have a
desire to return. In fact, we are unable
to return and live as before, because our
knowledge is now too great. We are able to
make visits in order to help others, but
we will never wish to immerse ourselves as
before.
9 - Introspection
Introspection - the examination of ones
own thoughts. Once we are able to
understand the ways in which we think,
then we are in a position to control our
thoughts. One of the aspects of the mind
most difficult to understand is the
capability to switch rapidly from one
subject to another with no apparent
linkage. Thoughts just spring to mind
constantly, some new ones, and sometimes,
the same old thought just coming around
again.
Before we are able to institute any sort
of control, then we must determine what we
are going to apply our mind to, but, more
importantly, to what we are not going to
apply our mind. We purify our mind by
removing the impurities.
Therefore, an intensive period with
limited excuses for mind wandering is a
good way to learn to watch ones own mind.
Once the technique has been learned, we
can practice constantly, with new
revelations happening at regular
intervals. Watching ones own reactions to
the statements and actions of others is a
way of learning about ones-self, whilst
demonstrating patience and tolerance.
Whenever we recognise anger arising, then
we know that we have catalyst for a
lesson. Initially, we may need aids to
memory and concentration, so that we can
help ourselves by acting immediately when
we register any anger.
Firstly, we can write a few words about
what has made us angry. Then work out why
we are angry - applying the mantra that we
create our own destiny - i.e. how have we
made ourselves angry. We soon become aware
that we have made ourselves angry as a
result of our own reaction to the words or
actions of others. If we feed our anger,
it grows, but if we are able to smile at
the menagerie of creatures which has
created the angry thought, then it
dissipates.
Different categories of spiritual
advancement, or attainment of people, are
noticeable by:
The use of alcohol or other drugs
The ability to walk correctly
Non-interruptive listening
The smile Dress and presentation
Speech Mannerisms
Sexual Relationships
Honesty
Preciseness
Fineness (thermostat)
Eyes
As society sinks faster into the debris of
its own technology, we can take a look at
what is happening of a more permanent
nature. The minds and souls of people who
live and work in cities are so restricted
that there is insufficient time to create
the required changes, even if they started
on Quickstep today. The only ones with a
chance are those at least a part of the
way down the path, or those who are able
to generate regular quiet periods.
By sitting quietly, we are less likely to
offend. In the last fifty years, the human
population of Planet Earth has more than
doubled, whilst in the same period, the
levels of morality have halved. The
western ideas on sexuality, and right
livelihood, and alcohol, are dragging the
planet deeper into the mire. One thinks of
the Quakers and the bigoted thinking that
they had to tolerate. There are many
aspects considered by some to be right
behaviour, of which we are not aware.
Therefore we do not conform to the highest
levels of right behaviour, always leaving
room for improvement in our behaviour.
Being polite, courteous, quiet, sober,
kind and clean go a long way towards right
behaviour.
10 How do we get out of the hole?/h2>
The best way to get out of anything is
to become aware of what it is that we are
in. It could be termed a quandary. How can
it be that most people we know are going
flat out to make money, when we feel that
there must be a more satisfying way of
spending a lifetime?
The massive vibration of energy created by
the corporate machine has taken over the
minds of most people. The majority of
thoughts and decisions which take place in
the minds of the average human being in
the twenty-first century are almost all
based on information received from a
profit making organisation. We apply
little or no consideration to the
long-term effects that these profit-making
actions have on the human being and the
planet.
Therefore, we now provide an insight into
a way out of the hole that could take
effect immediately. If we all stopped
spending money except on essentials, the
planets natural environment would right
itself within a couple of years or so, and
we would preserve the species.
There would be severe shocks all the way
down the profit line, but there would also
be tremendous benefits. On a personal
level, we would be removing stress.
Instead of having to decide to buy A or B,
we simplify life by deciding to buy
nothing. One thing less to worry about and
a little more money saved - life is
improving already. We have to get rid of
the idea that we can purchase our
happiness, and this change of attitude
alone will start the acceleration on the
Quickstep route.
Now, we have made the decision to make
some space in our lives, and we have the
time, energy and finances to proceed along
the track. Once we get used to the idea of
essentials only, we will amaze ourselves
by how little we can get by on, and how
much simpler life becomes. We confirm that
spiritual development is more important
than the development of the bank account.
We can utilise our time to think about
things which we have ignored, like
learning to breathe properly, and to chew
our food properly, bodily and mental
hygiene, exercise and relaxation. We begin
to learn the important things in our new
life, and as we begin to adjust, we gain
more energy, and our power of thought
increases.
Here are a few Quickstep clues of what we
are aiming for.
Do not knock it until you have tried it
they say.
- Vegetarianism
- Reincarnation
- No alcohol
- Daily spiritual practice
- Daily exercise
- Daily search for the truth
- Daily reverence.
This sounds like a tall and maybe
unnecessary order of things. The problem
is that we do not have much time
remaining, as the planet is being
destroyed daily, and we have proven
repeatedly that the above clues are of
great assistance in development.
Both the planet and ourselves need all of
the benefit we can get, and by spending at
least a little time each day doing
beneficial activities, we will be
progressing. Gradually, systematically, we
will adopt a lifestyle which does not
revolve around the death of other life
forms, and which strengthens ourselves for
the journey ahead.
So already, just in a matter of a few
minutes, we have discovered something that
we are able to do which starts building
the ladder that helps both the planet and
ourselves out of the hole. Just learn to
say no to that little luxury or comfort
item which you were about to buy!
11 - Extra-sensitive
Once our awareness has blossomed, and
we are receiving a variety of inputs, then
we will find that some of these new inputs
hit particularly tender areas, and result
in our intense feelings of guilt or
disappointment. We must not allow
ourselves to make mountains out of
molehills. New sights of reality cause
much of this guilt, and we are unable to
understand why we had been unaware of them
before.
This is in itself a mind-opening
realisation. The realisation that we
generate our own guilt out of nothing, as
a result of new awareness. Whenever this
guilt builds up to interfere with our
normal meditations, then we take a few
deep breaths, and blow them onto the
"over-sensitive-due-to-rebirth" situation.
12 Beginning to meditate
Having accepted the fact that our
self-image is merely an outer shell
generated by the bumps, knocks, pleasures
and joys which have befallen us, then we
are able to smile at our own reactions to
certain instances, as we watch the
menagerie of wild animals in our mind
performing their tricks.
The more we watch, the more we are able to
anticipate, and the easier it becomes to
control or disregard them. Once we are
able to recognise our own menagerie there
are fewer surprises, and we are more able
to stay calm. Remaining calm sounds a
boring thing to do after all of the
excitement that we have experienced in
life so far, when our most blissful
moments would not be described as calm!
However, this is the most noticeable
change, where we become less interested in
excitement of the body, and more
interested in enabling our mind to
penetrate deeply inside in order to
provide a better understanding of
ourselves. We experience bliss in the mind
as we meditate. We discover a little more
about ourselves each day, as we spend just
a few minutes being completely calm.
The important thing, like sleep, is to put
our body into a position that allows our
mind to meditate if it so wishes. The mind
cannot meditate deeply while it has to
take care of our mobile or excited body,
so first we calm the body with hatha yoga
or prana yama or Tai Chi. A clean body is
essential to avoid those troublesome
itches that arise when we first begin to
meditate - however it is pleasant to note
that these go away after just a few
sessions. For me the most difficult thing
was finding a way of sitting on the floor,
as I had never done this.
I started by training my body to accept
the thunderbolt position, and in doing
this, I learned much about pain and the
exercise of consciousness in order to
remove it. The thunderbolt position is
kneeling, sat on our heels. We can all do
this for a few seconds, and overcoming the
pain caused by extended periods teaches
one how to overcome all pain. Two
different people can translate the same
sensation as, for example, a tickle or an
itch, where one considers a tickle as
pleasant, and the other considers an itch
as unpleasant.
Soon the itches and the aches
recede, and we have taught the body to be
quiet for a while. Now we have only the
mind to distract us. In order to prevent
the mind doing its usual monkey tricks,
and making us sad or happy as it meanders
through a myriad of pasts and futures,
then we need to concentrate on something.
Some call this training in concentration.
For others who already have the ability to
concentrate, then a target is useful, so
we concentrate on the effect of our
inhalation and exhalation on our nostrils.
Much concentration is required to detect
the subtle sensation, and this eliminates
outside and inside interference. With
practice and honing, we become able to
achieve lengthy periods of total
concentration, and the mind crystallises
with this ability.
One has to have achieved a certain
evolutionary level in order to be able to
concentrate deeply. Does the ability to
concentrate determine a person's
evolutionary status? I believe that the
answer is yes, and I believe that this is
how we can measure the fact that society
is devolving. All indications are that the
population is losing its ability to
concentrate.
13 Reincarnation
Most authorities on the subject appear
to agree that we are reborn many times.
One wonders why any doubt remains when one
examines the volume of literature on the
subject. The opinions within the common
consciousness include: - Do not know
Non-believer
Possibly
Probably
Certainty
Ability to see the big picture
Those who have never lost consciousness
between one rebirth and the next
(e.g.Tibetan lamas). The money-planet
revolves around a fundamental level of
fear.
The third paradigm that has just ended was
about fear and money, and the new fourth
paradigm is about love. Unconditional love
is not possible in the presence of fear.
Once all fear is overcome and understood
to be purely a product of a crippled mind,
then we can see how it is possible to love
people outside the family in the same way
that we love people inside the family. How
can we love all men and women in the same
way that we love our spouse - even ugly
men, or dogs and pigs and chickens and
mosquitoes and trees and bees and
everything in the one creation?
In the space/time before we reincarnate
as a human being, we decide which lessons
we need to learn. Our DNA is programmed
with the vibrations necessary to attract
these lessons.
Our reason for incarnation is to evolve
the soul, and all else is merely
ego-amusement. Nothing happens by chance.
All movement of energy, or vibration, is a
result of a catalyst, or cause, and our
DNA programming acts as a catalyst towards
events in our lives.
Circumstances occur which provide us with
the opportunity to learn the next lesson
in spiritual advancement, and this lesson
will keep arising until we learn it. It is
up to us whether we learn quickly or
slowly from our lessons.
14 The need to demonstrate
mastery
The need to demonstrate mastery is
innate. We have to demonstrate our mastery
over animals, over the countryside, and
over other human beings. When we grow out
of that, we decide that we would like to
be master of ourselves, and are able to
advance. Of course, some characters never
grow out of the stage of having a need to
master others, and they continue to grow
with an ever-expanding need to control the
planet. The human being has a need to
discover its boundaries, and this
discovery phase is what teenage rebellion
is all about. Teenage rebellion, gently
elbowing its ways into society, causes
society to evolve.
Therefore, we see the conditioning of our
teenagers as the forerunner of the
conditioning of society. If absent masters
condition our teenagers to be subservient,
then it becomes easy for just a few people
to condition the whole of society. Just
tiny changes in mental conditioning can
retard, or even reverse evolution. The
problem of allowing oneself to go within,
is that there are resistance factors in
the subconscious that are quite aware of
the approaching dangers.
We all have this thing called an ego,
being a mental construct of our own that
decides how we behave and do not behave.
We are all capable of adjusting certain
parts of our mental construct as and when
needed, and therefore, adjusting the way
in which we behave.
It is but one small step to view the
larger picture, and see that this mental
construct is like a cloud that floats
around us, and is not a part of us at all.
We are able to see that we can leave this
dirty yellow shroud behind. By letting it
trail on the ground as we walk, and by
relaxing and opening our arms and our
heart, we allow gravity to create the glue
which sticks the shroud to the ground. We
turn around after a few paces, and stare
at what we have left behind, like a scab
off some dirty wound. Then we realise that
what remains are tender sore spot that
needs careful attention as we birth
ourselves into a new uplifted environment.
Some see this shroud as a beast crawling
into their canoe, and some see it as
rubbish left behind them, dependent on
which path they have walked. However, once
we have met our beast or left behind our
outer skin, we realise that we are all
walking the same path and that we ease our
progress if we share our adventures. We do
not all have to meet everybody's beast,
and walk through everybody's rubbish.
There are no beasts, or rubbish ahead of
us. We have reached the land of truth,
where only real things exist, and the
people are not afraid of unreal things.
Being afraid of real things is not a real
fear, but merely a prompt to observe more
carefully.
15 Daily Catalyst>
Each day, we become more adept at
processing catalyst, and therefore, each
day, we experience more catalyst. We begin
to struggle to find sufficient meditation
time in which to process our daily
catalyst.
Soon we see that much of the catalyst is
purely confirmation of earlier work, but
improved and more magnificent. In the next
stage, we then learn to extend our
new-found knowledge in all directions in
order to manifest the total change created
by new learnings. By doing this each day,
we broaden the scope of our
considerations, and along with the
increased speed given by the clear out of
muck from the mind, we are able to command
a much broader view of all-that-there-is.
16 Coloured by the actions
When we have mislaid something, our
mind conditioning kicks in, and determines
how long it will take us to find the lost
object. Sometimes we never find it. As we
improve, objects are lost less often, as
we become more mindful, and more
organised. When objects are lost, they
become more serious, because we begin to
notice that we have been mindless, which
is more important than the mislaid object.
Suddenly we realise that we really are
responsible in all ways for everything
that happens to us. I had read those words
a hundred times, and could never
understand how it worked, and therefore
never truly believed it. Slowly, I think I
worked it out.
Placing ourselves in our mind's eye as if
we were a body is what creates the
problem. Whenever we picture ourselves
doing anything, we see a body. However, we
have already learned that we are more than
just a body. Now, instead of a body, I
picture myself as a rainbow-coloured
bubble that can stretch, mould, bend, and
twist. This bubble, me, has
electro-magnetic properties, which change
from time to time and mood to mood.
Everything else that has materialised on
this planet is also a rainbow coloured
Electro-magnetic bubble, but the more
gross objects like rocks and earth reflect
only a small section of the spectrum. All
human beings have many slightly varying
colours, and can be seen to be all the
same (a bubble), yet all different, like a
snowflake. Imagine yourself, your bubble,
you, as it slides along the main street,
being attracted to this, and disgusted by
that, and moulding to fit between other
bubbles travelling in different
directions.
The vision is not a difficult one, and
with just a little practice, we can
superimpose this type of vision over the
physical things that we see around us. We
are able to see the effects of one energy
on another, and to see how the arrival and
leaving of a person affects the remaining
group. We are also able to see how the
reactions of one person are "coloured" by
the actions or words of another.
Experiencing these bubbles enables us to
see the shade of bubble that indicates the
mood and intention of the person
travelling inside the bubble.We begin to
gain the ability to read the aura of
others.
17 Biased
We are now aware that we make our own
problems. Even where no problem exists,
then we still try to imagine problems,
using the intellect in combination with
the imagination to try to draw the most
fearful scenario. The reason why we see
things as problems is that the media and
the presentation of daily information is
designed to make us afraid. We begin to
see problems everywhere, and rarely see
any good in anything.
We know that whatever is under
consideration is neither good nor bad; it
just is, but it is very difficult for us
to feel what we know - or to know what we
feel. As soon as we experience something
new, we are either pleased by it or
displeased, before we have time to make a
conscious judgement.
What we show of our emotion is under
conscious control, but the initial
attraction or repulsion is outside of our
physical or mental control.
We base our mental process on comparing
one thing with another. When we see
something for the first time, we will draw
to mind the nearest similar thing that we
have previously experienced. We make a
comparison of bigger or better or smellier
or another judgement of the attribute of
the object in question. If the base line
to which we are comparing has been shifted
to the left or right, away from centre,
then our decisions and thought processes
will also be biased to the left or right.
If we associate with a group of people on
a regular basis, then we will begin to
share the views of the group. This pulls
us either left or right.
The process under way is to push the norm
further away from the centre, such that
the majority of the population considers
the true norm as an extreme.
Vaccination is not normal, or natural.
Pesticide is not normal or natural.
Governments are not normal or natural.
Nation-States are not normal or natural.
Yet, most of us now consider them normal
and natural. What is natural? One who
practices right speech, speaks the truth
and is steadfast in truthfulness,
trustworthy, dependable, straightforward
with others. He reconciles the quarrelling
and encourages the united. He delights in
harmony, seeks after harmony, rejoices in
harmony, and creates harmony by his words.
His speech is gentle, pleasing to the ear,
kindly, heart-warming, courteous,
agreeable, and enjoyable to many. He
speaks at the proper time, according to
the facts, according to what is helpful,
according to Dhamma and the Code of
Conduct. His words are worth remembering,
timely, well-reasoned, well-chosen, and
constructive. (Extract taken from The Art
of Living).
18 What are you doing?
"What are you doing?"
"I am entertaining myself"
"So entertainment is important then?"
"I guess so".
"So, if entertaining is important, why
be selfish about it?"
"What do you mean?"
"You said that you are entertaining
yourself".
"Is it a now a crime to entertain
myself?"
Almost. As a personality scales the
evolutionary heights of many lifetimes,
some places along the path have viewing
points. From each of these points, one is
able to look backwards at the heights
already scaled, and one is able to look
forwards to the peaks towering ahead.
There comes a point very early on the path
where we realise that there is no going
back. Things will never be the same again.
The back door is closed. Changes have
taken, and are taking, place everywhere
except in our memory. This is why the
memory can be such a dangerous tool;
because we remember things how they used
to be, which is not of much benefit to a
newly evolved situation.
At school, we learn how things used to be
as if they are still the same scores of
years later. One benefit in going to
school is to discover the conditioning of
others. By discovering the conditioning of
others, we are able to discover our own
conditioning. This is the aim of
meditation - to help us to examine our own
mind, to discover our own
pre-conditioning, and to remove it.
At first, we feel that the preconditioned
mind is "we" - as if it is a part of our
inner selves. Later we find that our inner
selves are far subtler than the coarseness
of the conditioning of the material world.
We find that many of our habits and
personal traits are because we have
avoided something, as opposed to making
reasoned or sensed choices. Before
realising this, we cling to these traits
as if we were clinging to our arm, not
realising that these very habits and
traits are preventing our evolutionary
progress.
19 Living here and now
Once we have begun to live in the
here-and-now, we are able to see how the
conditioning of others causes their
judgement to take them in certain
directions. Then one can see how one's own
judgement has driven one's life in the
past. It becomes an easy step to learn how
our own judgement has been operating, and
once we can see this, we can set about
modifying our judgement to a more
desirable arrangement.
In other words, by modifying what we
presently consider as instinctive
reactions, we are able to evolve
ourselves. The first thing to do is to
learn about our most instinctive action
and reaction - that of breathing.
Playing with the breath. This exercise is
one that we can use every day for the rest
of our lives, even if just for a few
seconds. All we need is to be in a
situation that allows relaxation,
preferably seated, with a straight spine.
1 - Make three very deep long breaths,
pausing briefly between the in and the out
breath, in order to open the chest and
heart area.
2 - Consciously allow the body to relax
until it feels comfortable, but hold the
spine straight. Sitting in a chair is OK
if this is the most comfortable position -
we are not doing athletics! If we have a
weak spine, then we support ourselves
against a tree or pillar.
3 - Concentrate totally on breathing as
gently, and as little, and as smoothly as
possible, with as little effort as
possible. 4 - As we feel the waves
of relaxation, we go with them, letting
every atom of the body relax, using energy
only for breathing, and maintaining a
straight spine.
5 - Stay there and learn about ourselves!
6 - Decide before starting how many
"Stops" we are going to sit for. When we
feel that we have had enough, and are
about to finish the meditation, we do not
finish. We continue, and count this as one
"Stop". We now go through a severe test.
Can we sit through the pain? The answer is
yes, and we manage to do that for the
predetermined number of "stops". We do not
actually get up and walk about until we
have reached our predetermined number of
stops. This helps us to stay there for
inordinately longer than usual, and brings
us immense satisfaction with our progress.
This one works wonders for me.
By sitting for
about ten minutes several times per
day, we will discover that our lives
take a miraculous turn for the
better, as more and more reality
replaces the illusory life which we
presently lead. The Law of Cause and
Effect takes on different
proportions as we begin to
understand the true effect of all of
our thoughts, words and deeds.
By taking the time
to process catalyst as it is
presented, we perfect the process,
and are able to process catalyst
more rapidly. This is what allows us
to see deeper into Cause and Effect
and to be more able to control our
own thoughts words and deeds.By
interfering less in processes beyond
our understanding, we are able to
observe the processes as intended by
The Creator in more detail.
We can see the
effect of man, the effect of
animals, and the effect of nature.We
find that there are less "bummers”
and more experiences of joy - we
discover that it is possible to
learn from pleasurable experiences,
as well as the less pleasurable
ones.We find it far easier to let
things go, as we are dis-attached
from anything impermanent.We welcome
new situations, new people, and new
things, and we leave ourselves open
to new vibrations.We find new
experiences in everything that is
happening around us and we find that
we need more time alone in peace to
process the catalyst of the day.
Therefore, what we
are doing much of the time is
meditating, in order to learn about
ourselves, so that we may be of more
service to others.
20 Final Words
By sitting for about ten minutes
several times per day, we will discover
that our lives take a miraculous turn for
the better, as more and more reality
replaces the illusory life which we
presently lead.
The Law of Cause and Effect takes on
different proportions as we begin to
understand the true effect of all of our
thoughts, words and deeds.
By taking the time to process catalyst as
it is presented, we perfect the process,
and are able to process catalyst more
rapidly. This is what allows us to see
deeper into Cause and Effect and to be
more able to control our own thoughts
words and deeds.
By interfering less in processes beyond
our understanding, we are able to observe
the processes as they follow their natural
course.
We can see the effect of man, the effect
of animals, and the effect of nature. We
find that there are less "bummers" and
more experiences of joy - we discover that
it is possible to learn from pleasurable
experiences, as well as the less
pleasurable ones.
We find it far easier to let things go, as
we are dis-attached from anything
impermanent. We welcome new situations,
new people, and new things, and we leave
ourselves open to new vibrations.
We find new experiences in everything that
is happening around us and we find that we
need more time alone in peace to process
the catalyst of the day.
Therefore, what we are doing much of the
time is meditating, in order to learn
about ourselves, so that we may be of more
service to others.
