Month: February 2022

The Keys of Enoch

I was asked if I had ever read he Keys of Enoch and what I may have thought of it.

I have the first edition of The Keys of Enoch, published back in 1977 and read it way back in that time period.

This is a more convincing work than similar past works such as Oahspe and the Urantia Book. The reason is that Hurtak is a very intelligent man, very well educated in science, esoteric works and the Kabbalah. He also has a vocabulary that would put William F. Buckley to shame.

When I read this, I needed a large dictionary on hand to be able to decipher its meaning.

The book claims to be a revelation from the Biblical prophet Enoch as well as several other characters such as Metatron. It claims to give out 64 Keys that will aid scientists in transforming the earth.

I found the book interesting and one of the most difficult to discern because of the intelligent mind who created it.

One of my basic criteria for truth for a work that claims to be a work of light is this. Are there any new principles revealed or is there an expansion of teaching on principles already revealed?

Even though this was an engaging book I had to answer no on this. The book gives a lot of facts and data that may or may not be correct, but principles I could find none, excepting passing references to some already in circulation.

He gives 64 Keys yet I couldn’t find an actual key in any of the keys.

I’ll quote a couple of them:

Key: We live in a many and one universe.

Key:  Our universe was created out of the Light Synthesis of the next universe, the Pleiades, the cradle and the throne of our consciousness.

Key: The key name given to enter into the presence of the Throne of Light Pyramid of the next Universe is Metatron.

Key: The anti-universe is composed of star field energies revealed on the Black Cube in Mecca which shows the function and destruction of three-dimensional universes.

These are just four of the 64 keys. They all sound intriguing, but after years of contemplation I found that I could not make much sense of them neither do any of the believers in this book seem to make much sense.

Furthermore, here is a quote from the book that hurts the claim that the book is from God.

“The Keys themselves were given on January 2/3, 1973, to prepare mankind for the activation of events that are to come to pass in the next thirty years of “earth time.” Enoch said this will be seen as the Brotherhood returning to earth to repair and resurrect humanity. Within this time frame, the preparing of the office of the Christ and the Keys of Enoch are to precede Yahweh’s Kingdom – giving sufficient knowledge for activity in the new worlds as we proceed on in His Name…

“I was told that I was given the Keys in sixty-four different areas of science, which would be theoretically accepted by scientists in each of the sixty-four areas of spiritual-scientific synthesis, before the coming of the Brotherhood of Light.”

According to this statement by January 2003 (after thirty years) “activation events” are to occur we will see the Brotherhood returning to repair and resurrect humanity.

Then we are told that before the coming of the Brotherhood (before 2003) that scientists would accept the 64 Keys.

So far none of this has happened. A failed specific prophecy is always a sign that a book is not a work of infallible revelation.

Even so, I found it quite interesting and some of the ideas quite stimulating. It is a lot more provocative than a lot of the purported works of revelation out there.

“But to understand the method whereby that storehouse is kept replenished and to comprehend the means whereby the bounteous supply of the All Father is brought in contact with the children’s need is better still. One of those maxims I can here give anent supply and demand. It is only as a skilful use is made of the supply for the needs of the worker and the work (I choose these words each one with deliberation) that that supply continues to pour in. The secret is: use, demand, take. Only as the door is unlocked by the law of demand is another and higher door unlocked permitting supply. The law of gravitation holds the secret. Think this out.” DK – Letters on Occult Meditation, Pages 204-205

Oct 14, 2004

Nothingness 101

The Question: How about this? Is the mind a great benefit or an obstacle to be removed – or perhaps a little of both? Do we need to release ourselves of our attachments? How do we do this?

The first step in answering this question is to distinguish between the mind and brain.

The brain is a great computer with a tremendous hard drive capable of holding many gigs of data.

Do we want to remove the brain so we have no memory or ability to function on the physical plane? Not unless you want to leave the physical plane. Since everyone posting here is on the physical plane we can assume they want to stay attached to their brains so they can remember the English language and type posts back and forth.

While the brain is like a great computer, the mind itself is much more. The mind is likened to the person who uses the computer program to accomplish certain ends. The mind does not have facts and data, but uses facts and data from the brain as needed.

The majority of humanity is already mindless, but not brainless. These people use their computer brains and function according to the line of least resistance or in the direction their various types of programming take them.

Those who tell us to become mindless are therefore preaching to the choir for over half of humanity is already mindless.

When the mind awakens things change. They are no longer limited to the program, but they can use the power of reason and logic to remove limitation.

Once we attain the ability to use logic and reason beyond the ability of our computer brains do we want to discard it and become mindless again?

Consider this. If all who can use mind ceased using mind all progress of humanity would cease and after a generation or two we would revert to violence and lawlessness.

In answer to the question as to whether we want to dispense with or lay aside either brain or mind, the answer of every honest person who wants to remain alive on the physical plane would be no. It’s silly to think of such a thing.

On the other hand, there is an advantage and disadvantage to all things. There is a time and place to use or not use all creations.

We do not want to throw away mind and brain, but we do want to use or not use them wisely.

Here is a quote from my previous writings:

Most people believe that the more knowledge we accumulate and have running around in our head, the more intelligent we will become, but is this true?

Many people who are considered geniuses are noted for being “absent” minded. Einstein emptied his mind of all knowledge to the extent that when he went on walks he would often forget where he was and have difficulty in finding his way home.

Often the greatest inspiration will come when the mind is a complete blank.

Therefore, is it possible that the guy who memorizes a whole encyclopedia may actually have a disadvantage over another who has just made a general study of it?

If I were to tell you that God does not know anything, would that mean anything to you or just sound like nonsense? (End quote)

A principle is revealed here. That is, we can often receive our greatest inspiration, not by eliminating the mind, but by setting it aside temporarily while in contemplation. It is then that a mental vacuum is produced which draws forth inspiration and wisdom that is later used in connection with mind and brain.

It is a mistake to believe the mind has to be permanently set aside, for while existing on the physical plane, mind and brain are essential to civilized living. However, the disciple does need to learn to not clutter up his brain too much and to be able to use his power of attention to place it on the brain and mind or to temporarily take it off to receive higher principles.

What about this we hear concerning the attachments of the mind?

Actually, the mind does not get attached so no detachment is necessary. Instead, it is the desire nature associated with the emotional body which becomes detached. It is with the assistance of the mind that the desire nature is freed from attachment, making the mind a solution for freedom from attachment rather than the problem.

So is there any problem we can trace to the mind that hinders liberation?

Yes. It is illusion. Illusion is created by a wrong foundation belief that is used with logic and reason to come to conclusions which will be erroneous. We must thus discover these wrong beliefs and replace them with truth instead of error.

Many say that the way to God/home/pure Spirit is to follow your heart or to go through the heart.

Is this all there is to it? Does the mind play or not play a role? How about the four planes of formless worlds higher than heart or mind?

Let us move on to examining the third point of the Nothingness Philosophy.

“Ironically, even though we are supposed to let go of everything to do with the mind we are not supposed to let go also of the feelings of the heart – even though the feelings of the heart are a part of duality. I’ve never seen them give any reasoning behind this. They say we are to follow our hearts which will lead us to the Nothingness Point. Some use the word “‘surrender.’“

Question: We often hear that the mind is dualistic, but how about the heart and the feelings associated with it?

Is dualism necessary for these to even exist?

How is the principle of surrender supposed to work? To what are we supposed to surrender?

Most of the group seemed to realize that if the mind is dualistic the heart would be also. The fact that the heart center is dualistic is even borne out by the name of its attributes which is Love-Wisdom. Half of the twelve petals are associated with love energy and half with wisdom. What few realize is that it takes a combination of dualistic love and wisdom to attain a full realization of spiritual love.

As further evidence of even more dualism in the heart is, there are two heart centers. The one we all know about is near the physical heart between the shoulder blades. The second is the heart center in the head. This gives additional credibility to the scripture which tells us that “as a man thinketh within the heart…”

If thought is dualistic then thinking in the heart would also be dualistic making the heart dualistic.

In addition to this the heart is on Ray Two. Two is the number of dualism.

Logic also bears out the dualism of the heart. Now I know some do not want us to use logic and want us to go straight to some non dual energy, but I see this as the lazy man’s way to enlightenment for without logic you can be convinced that the green cheese on the moon is the Key to the Path of return.

The heart is the seat of the feelings of love. Love is an attractive force. To have an attractive force there must be something to be attracted to as well as that which is drawn to attraction. This is a duality – two things involved in the attraction.

Love is a feeling. For a feeling to be real there must be the one doing the feeling and a thing that is felt. Again we have a duality.

Love and feeling cannot exist unless a duality exists.

The last part of the question reads: How is the principle of surrender supposed to work. To what are we supposed to surrender?

Some think we are supposed to surrender to anything that appears supernatural and others think we should not surrender to everything. The truth is in the middle.

One thing we should surrender to is the spiritual guidance that comes to us through the soul. In fact this is necessary if a disciple is to achieve consistent soul contact. If he does achieve contact and disregards the message then his sensitivity decreases. If he surrenders to the message then the link with the soul will increase. Each communication that is effectively heard and responded to increases soul infusion.

The question may arise, what if I get something from my soul that goes contrary to my thinking? Should I not think it through first and make sure it makes sense?

Actually, a good portion of the guidance I get from my soul does not make sense to my concrete mind and goes against that which I would decide using logic and reason.

If the disciple only gets guidance that goes along with his thinking then he is probably getting guidance from his emotional self rather than his soul.

Does this mean that we are to toss the mind and logic out the window when soul contact is achieved?

No. The soul expects us to do all we can on our own and only assists us when we have done all we can do first. Often will be the case that we use our minds, our logic and reason and will come to correct conclusions. If we are going the right direction there is little need for the soul to give us that which we already see.

But there will come times that we are following the highest we know, using all the faculties available and are still in error. When this happens, and the disciple is open, the soul will communicate truth or direction to us that may run completely contrary to anything we have before considered.

When this happens should we set thinking aside? No, of course not. The first thing I do when I receive such a communication is to attempt to understand it with my mind, reason and logic.

Does this help?

Often, yes. If you can make sense of a communication from the soul, it makes it much easier to follow or incorporate that which is received. Sometimes I find the communication does make sense and sometimes it does not.

What if it does not make sense? Should we surrender?

Yes. If you are sure it came through the soul and not the astral body.

Why?

To answer let me give a correspondence. Suppose you had to go through a difficult maze. You find that through the use of your logic and reason you can make some progress, but it is slow. Then you meet a trusted old friend. He says that he has the maze memorized and can lead you through it. You follow and the friend seems to lead you without error, but then he begins to steer you to a turn that seems wrong to you. It seems like you took it before and it leads to a dead end. You question.

Your friend says, “It may seem wrong, but consider this. I have always led you correctly and never lied to you. I promise you that this is the right turn to take.”

At this point your current reasoning overrides the reasoning of the past. Your current reasoning tells you that your friend does know the path and he does tell the truth. Even though the turn seems illogical, in a strange way, it is logical to surrender to his higher vision.

Thus it is with the soul. The soul sees the path ahead and understands the language of principles which reveal truth. That which truly comes through the soul is to be trusted even if it goes against standard reasoning and belief systems.

The first couple times I received direction through the soul I did not fully embrace it because it did not make sense to me. It was not long before I found out I was wrong. Finally, I learned to follow when I receive and so far all that I have received has been proven out in my life to be 100% correct.

So what if the soul tells you to do something that is harmful?

Answer: It will not. It only leads you on the path of progress and harmlessness. However, I will add this caveat. Several things I received seemed like they could end up being harmful to me personally, but thank God I followed, for just the opposite occurred. Everything turned out to be a powerful benefit that is now invaluable.

“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.” William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

Oct 17, 2004

Examining Nothingness

Since we’ve been hit a lot lately with the Nothingness Philosophy, I thought I would make a few more comments on it in addition to the tens of thousands of words I have already written on it. Perhaps this will be useful to some of the new people who wonder why members seem to be a little impatient in dealing with them.

Someone asked a while back what the Nothingness Philosophy is. Here it is in a nutshell.

There is a point between the dualities, between (or beyond) the high and low point of the wavelength, between light and dark, black and white, hot and cold which is neither up or down, left or right. This point is beyond time and space, has no form, but the source of all things. This point is where the true God is.

This is the point to which we must return if we desire eternal bliss. This is ironical since bliss itself can only exist as one side of a duality. Even so, this point beyond time and space, this point of nothingness, sometimes called the great void, is where believers want to go.

The question is – how do we get there?

Their teachings on this are fairly vague. The main reason for this is they say that the experience of the Nothingness Point cannot be put in words because it is beyond words. Even so, it is very desirable to be as nothingness for it is blissful beyond description.

Roughly, here is how we get to the blissful point.

(1) The world of duality is pure illusion and is basically our own deceptive creation which takes our attention away from the Nothingness Point. What we therefore need to do is let go of all creation in the world of duality. This allows us to return to nothingness.

(2) We must let go of our minds which deceive us with the illusions we see in front of us. We must empty our minds of all knowledge, past beliefs, attachments etc. and be as if we know nothing.

(3) Ironically, even though we are supposed to let go of everything to do with the mind we are not supposed to let go also of the feelings of the heart – even though the feelings of the heart are a part of duality. I’ve never seen them give any reasoning behind this. They say we are to follow our hearts which will lead us to the Nothingness Point. Some use the word “surrender.”

(4) Even though they tell us we reach the Nothingness Point by letting go, the advocates don’t seem to want us to let go of them. They seem to think that their assistance is somehow essential.

(5) Love is essential to reach the Point, but if you have not reached the Point then you do not understand love. It must be explained to you by someone who has reached the Point. Then after love is explained to you, you must admit that his definition of love is correct. Once you do this you are well on your way to the Point.

(6) You should have no interest in what others call the “real world” and let everything go. I’m not sure how the nothingness people do this since most have jobs, families etc.

(7) Meditate and put your attention on the point between dualities.

Now the recent people who have come on the group teaching this philosophy have added a new doctrine not had by most of the nothingness people. This has a Christian slant added to what is normally an Eastern philosophy.

(8) This added element is called “grace” and is very similar to the orthodox Christian teaching on the subject. By grace we are saved, but instead of being saved to live with Jesus in heaven you are saved to go to the Nothingness Point.

They are not clear how grace works but from my observation it appears to go like this.

It is by grace that you came across the teacher who has achieved the Point. Accept what he says and by God’s grace you will also achieve the point.

It seems that grace and “luck” is quite similar to these advocates.

(9) Even though we are supposed to let go of all attachments it appears there is one exception. Because eternal salvation is at stake it is of extreme importance that this doctrine be presented so people have a full understanding of the choice that lies before them. Therefore, one clear attachment seems to be OK. This is the attachment to converting the great unwashed which they attempt to do with great persistence and zeal.

Is there any truth to the Nothingness Philosophy?

Just as there is truth in every religion and teaching there is some truth to this teaching. As in all things the seeker must use the light of his own soul in seeking it out.

Question: Do you see any truth in the Nothingness philosophy? What do you think it is?

One of the problems with examining this philosophy so far is that it has never been on topic. Even so it has been perhaps discussed here more than any other item. This is because we have had so many people with differing degrees of this thinking come to the group and seek to change the topic to this doctrine.

So, even though I have written a lot on this subject, it has been mostly in response to others coming on the list insisting in a response to their views.

This is the first time I have made the subject on topic. We could probably spend a year on this topic since it always generates a lot of reaction and conflict, but instead we’ll try to make a concise covering of the subject so we do not lose the interest of our members.

Each time this philosophy has been brought up in the past it has created a lot of conflict which persists for a time ending in demands from the members to cease talking about it and move on to something new. Around this point in time the Nothingness Philosophy advocate accuses the group of being closed minded, lacking love and missing a great opportunity for bliss and quits.

What he doesn’t realize is that it is not his philosophy that aggravates people as much as his approach.

As a whole (realizing all are different) the Nothingness Philosophy advocate starts off by projecting some superior assumptions. Through his seeking he has had a spiritual experience he feels cannot be put in words and begins a debate assuming he has had this great experience that none of the rest of us have achieved. He makes no effort to ask those with whom he is having conflict what experiences they have had, but just assumes his are much superior and he needs to teach us the unteachable and unknowable.

He also assumes he understands real spiritual love and any understanding we have of it is of a lower order.

He advocates that we discover the heart seemingly assuming we have no heart.

He will often tell us we do not understand the oneness of God and all life the way he does.

He accuses us of being attached to the mind and mental constructs while presenting himself as being free from attachment. This he automatically does without doing even the least bit of checking into the point of evolution of detachment of various members.

He will often teach points of doctrine with which many here are very familiar. Even so, he assumes we know nothing and must be force fed first grade material when most are way beyond the first grade.

The point I am making here is that when the Nothingness Philosophy advocate comes on so strong and with such an insulting attitude it wouldn’t matter what his philosophy was. Members so attacked will be in no mood to find points of agreement, but will disagree instead.

I realize that there are some newer members here who follow this philosophy and haven’t posted enough to warrant the typecasting, but it has never ceased to amaze me how each of these Nothingness Philosophy advocates, even though they may proceed with a gentle start, soon will create a storm by projecting such superiority and attempting to force the group in a different direction than they desire.

Perhaps by my presenting the problem in advance this will cause these people to consider their approach and attempt to come across more in a spirit of love and harmony. Hopefully we can discuss in a spirit of reason.

That said, let us go through the various points of what we call (for want of a better term) The Nothingness Philosophy.

I call it such because its central philosophy is built around the idea that we live in the illusion of duality from which we must escape. That which is beyond duality and the origin of all things is that point between extremes which is neither up or down. It is that part of the wavelength where the crossover is made and beyond time and space. It is that reality which would remain if all form were to be stilled, all motion were to cease.

This point is sometimes called nothingness, the great void.

It’s one thing to talk in theory about this, it would be quite another to actually return to this nothingness space. But we know that such advocates have not returned.

Why?

Because they are still here with us in the world of dualities and using their dualistic minds to try to change our minds.

This is not to say that there is no truth in the idea of an originating point. I have taught this myself in the beginning of my book, The Molecular Relationship. Scientists also teach about such a point and call it a singularity from which the universe began with a big bang.

Here is my thinking on the matter. Life as a whole does not return to the singularity until the end of the universe wherein we shall rest in a great pralaya until another universe comes into existence. Even here we do not rest in nothingness, but that which is hidden, or esoteric.

So where do these people go who say they have discovered the bliss of the formless God or the great void and have made the return?

Most of them have discovered a higher astral feeling which is quite joyous but far from the absolute or the ultimate. They think they have moved beyond the astral when they have only moved to a higher level of the astral. Keep in mind that there are seven levels in the astral realm and the highest seems like heaven compared to the coarser vibrations of the lower.

We’ll skip the mind because these people see this as an obstacle and go to the Buddhic plane. This is called the first formless world though it is called so, relatively speaking, because form is not used as a vehicle there as it is here. This plane has a higher level of spiritual peace, but few have a polarized consciousness on this plane.

What would one have to do to reach the originating formlessness?

He would have to leave this world behind completely and ascend beyond where even Christ has gone past all the planes of the astral, mental and the four higher planes and then move on past the Planetary and Solar Logi through the cosmic astral, cosmic mental etc.

The fact that the Nothingness Philosophy people are still here in the physical tells us they have not found the ultimate reality. They may have found something wonderful, but far from the ultimate.

Now let us move on to the second point which is this: (2) We must let go of our minds which deceive us with the illusions we see in front of is. We must empty our minds of all knowledge, past beliefs, attachments etc. and be as if we know nothing.

How about this? Is the mind a great benefit or an obstacle to be removed – or perhaps a little of both? Do we need to release ourselves of our attachments? How do we do this? We’ll discuss this next.

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”  H. Jackson Browne Jr.

Oct 16, 2004

The Fruit of the Tree

The Question: There is one more part to the tree that we have not yet explored which is the fruit which either contains new seeds or is the seed itself.

In this analogy we are discussing what is the meaning behind the fruit of the tree?

Do you suppose the Divine plane is the highest attainment? What could be higher?

To answer this final correspondence, we must remember that the fruit and the seed are very similar for the fruit contains the seed.

And what did we say the original seed was?

The original seed was the Monad, a point of life and light sprouting from the fabric of the Divine Plane.

So what would be represented by the multitude of seeds produced by the tree?

These also represent monads. The seeker becomes the sought and is as a Son of God, at one with his Father in Heaven, his Divine Self, his Monad. He then seeks to multiply himself and nourishes many other monads on their descent into matter. As these monads extend themselves and expand their consciousness through their vehicles the fruit of experience is produced. This fruit represents the love of God and is shared with the originating seed with great joy.

Is there anything higher than the Divine Plane, seventh, (counting from the physical upwards)?

Yes. All seven planes that we have discussed together compose a higher plane, called by DK the Cosmic Physical.

This is a profound truth. Consider this. The physical, astral, mental and all the other planes up to the divine all together produce a physical existence in a higher reality. In this cosmic plane we again have a repeat of the seven planes here, but on a much higher turn of the spiral. In addition to the Cosmic Physical we have the Cosmic Astral on up to the seventh, the Cosmic Divine.

The Logos of our earth is attempting to master consciousness on the Cosmic Astral. He is about half way through this endeavor. The Solar Logos is attempting to master the Cosmic Mental Plane.

Are there planes higher than the Cosmic? Is there a super cosmic? Even the highest adept knows nothing about such a high existence and can only guess about it. We can only assume there is or will be such higher planes as the reflections of God Become and evolve.

The knowledge to take from this teaching is this. When the seeker says he has found the ultimate feeling, bliss, or God Presence, they know not that they are only at the beginning of their journey. No mater how high the consciousness, bliss or joy the seeker adjusts to it and eventually becomes ready for more. When he is ready, the more will come, worlds without end.

Question: Why is it that in the New Jerusalem meditation that the seeker can partake of the twelve fruits when desired, but the highest fruit must be offered to him by a master or the Christ?

There is Hierarchy in all things divine. Where there is a third degree initiate, there will be a fifth. Where there is a fifth there will be a sixth. Where there is one who has passed all initiations in the human scheme there will be, in relation to him, a Logos who is higher still.

Those who are higher in evolution have more wisdom, mastery and knowledge of the various spheres and vibration and have a spiritual obligation to assist those of lesser achievement.

One of the forms of assistance is to protect them from themselves as they move from one vibratory rate to another.

If the average seeker were told that there are seven vibratory steps ahead that he can take on the way to liberation, he would most likely proceed with eagerness not realizing that if he did take the next two steps without adjustment, he would incur a vibratory rate he could not withstand – that could either destroy his etheric web or drive him insane.

There are certain safe steps into the presence that we are allowed to take on our own represented by the twelve fruits, but there are other steps where we must be judged by a Master who knows when we are ready to eat of the higher fruit.

A correspondence on the earthly level is the taking of medicine. There are nonprescription drugs that are deemed safe to be left to our own discretion. But then there are stronger drugs that take a highly trained doctor to determine if you can safely partake.

There are spiritual fruits which we can partake which take much preparation before they can be safely eaten.

Perhaps some of you have been prepared for the higher fruit by your inner teacher without your being aware of what was transpiring. Have you ever felt, out of the blue, an increase in your vibratory rate? That is, you felt some type of spiritual power generating in you and you knew not what it was about?

Chances are you were being exposed to a higher vibratory rate to prepare you, over a period of time, to partake of a greater fruit than you before imagined was available.

When the disciple is ready, the Master will appear, and offer him the fruit of the Spirit and the two will eat together with joy.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. Robertson Davies

Oct 13, 2004

The Higher Planes and Truth

The Question: The next level of truth is the intuitional or Buddhic plane. This is the bridge between the higher and lower worlds.

What part of the tree is this and what is the nature of the truth to be discovered here?

To understand what part of the tree is represented by the Buddhic plane we must ask ourselves what this plane accomplishes in relation to ourselves.

The answer is that it delivers the spiritual concepts and energies from the higher planes to the lower.

The three visible parts of the tree are the leaves, the branches and the trunk representing the three worlds of form which are the physical/etheric, the emotional/astral and the mental. Just as the other parts of the tree are invisible to the outward eye even so do the higher planes seem formless beyond our vision.

That formless part of the tree which gives life is the fluid within it that delivers nutrients and life to the whole. The sap of the tree corresponds also to the blood of our body and of this the scripture says “The blood is the life.” Deut 12:23

More literally the blood of the human and the fluid in a tree is the delivery system for life. The fluid in a tree also represents the delivery system of divine ideas and principles.

The fluid also represents the soul which is the great bridge between spirit and matter. The fluid is universally present throughout the whole tree and corresponds to the Oneness Principle at work.

So what is the nature of truth discovered on this plane? From this Buddhic plane is revealed principles. In a flash, in an instant, the disciple can perceive a principle and all its meaning which is worth more than a thousand facts.

So, what is the next plane up? The next plane is called the Atmic.

All form originates on this plane and is reflected to the mind, which is in turn reflected in physical reality. Think about a consciousness that originates ideas, which later appear as new form in physical reality. How would you describe such a consciousness? Intuition brings down these ideas, but atmic consciousness originates them.

Atmic consciousness is governed by spiritual will whereas Buddhic consciousness is governed by love/wisdom which lovingly feeds the body.

Question: What part of the tree is represented by the atmic plane and why?

What is the nature of truth to be discovered there?

The atmic plane is indeed represented by the root system of a tree. The correspondence is interesting.

Even though, from our point of view, the Atmic Plane is formless, it is the plane where form originates. It is sometimes called the archetypal plane where the blueprint for all form originates. It is the plane of divine ideas.

From the Atmic Plane originates the divine idea and from thence it passes down through the trunk of the mental to the branches of the emotional to the leaves of the physical.

There is a misconception of this plane; that all forms and divine ideas exist and just have to be seen and brought down to earth. While it is true that the ideas behind all form exist there, nothing much happens with that potential until a conscious entity raises his consciousness up to this plane.

What happens then?

What happens then is the seeker begins to consciously create on this plane and activates divine ideas with his divine consciousness. An activated idea there is much different than a latent idea. A latent idea may have been sleeping there for an eternity, but now a creator God has seen the idea and called it into life in the worlds of form. After it has been called into life it seeks form to express itself and that expression becomes a reality on the mental, emotional and physical planes. Nothing now can prevent its manifestation – the only choice is in the varieties of form in which it can manifest.

Notice that the root of a tree corresponds to the visible tree. The root has a main trunk, then branches and then the tiny filaments which correspond to the leaves.

Here we have a graphic example of the Law of Correspondences which states “as above so below.” But notice that the upper part of the tree is similar to the root underground, but far from being and exact replica.

This is an important ingredient in this law. That which is above corresponds to that which is below, but with differences. A solar system is like an atom, but different. The creation of God is always doing new things and does not exactly repeat itself as it proceeds to higher levels.

The root system is therefore the base from which the visible form springs.

The Atmic Plane is the root system from which true ideas come that manifest as form and eventually reach the physical plane.

The truths which manifests in this plane are true ideas.

Many things which we call ideas in our reality are not true ideas. Often as a person says he has an idea when it is just a recollection of something already in his brain or just a merging of a couple of facts. A true idea from the Atmic Plane brings a flashing forth of the intuition when it is presented to one capable of soul contact. When it is presented to one polarized on the mental plane it will make sense and be stimulating. Those polarized on the astral plane will feel strongly about it one way or another.

Now let us stretch your minds and imaginations. The next plane up is the plane of the Monad, the sixth counting from the bottom up, the second counting from the top down. The monad is the originating point of our individual selves, the point of contact for our personal “Father in Heaven.”

The monad is the pure spirit energy or an originating point of life or consciousness. The soul is your higher self, but the higher self of the soul is the monad. So, when you’ve achieved soul contact, the next contact to achieve is the consciousness of the monad.

The monad is like the first or originating ray energy, even though monads are found on the first three creative rays.

Below this we have the soul (or solar angel) representative of the love-wisdom Ray or Ray Two.

Finally, we have the personality. This is representative of the Third Ray of Active Intelligence.

All together we have a reflection of the Trinity of God in the Spirit (monad), soul and personality (or matter).

Question: What part of the tree, or part in relation to the tree, represents the Monad, and what is the manner of truth to be found on this plane?

It may seem that we have covered all the parts of the tree, but not quite.

The monad from which an entity springs is represented by the original seed from whence the tree sprang. Just as the seed has all the potential of its mother tree and is a reflection of all its qualities, even so, is the monad a reflection of God – making us sons of God when we become one with our Father in Heaven, the Monad.

The Monad is a grand point in the sea of the divine, the waters of space, a singularity which explodes into a mini Big Bang which creates our own personal universe and consciousness – ever expanding – as does the physical universe.

What is the manner of truth to be had as we become one with our source?

Concerning the Monad DK states that “the spiritual condition and purpose of the Monad whose goal is not expansion of consciousness, but of that which such expansions of consciousness will reveal-a very different matter…” Discipleship In the New Age Vol 2, Pg 271

As we expand our consciousness and eventually become one with God this expansion reveals something. What is it?

Many things actually, but one thing of supreme importance. It reveals the truth about the will and the purpose of God.

But do not many of us already know many things that God wills?

What we are talking about when we speak of monadic truth has little to do with some type of instruction, what to do with our lives or what work needs to be done to be in alignment with the divine will. Instead, it is an understanding of will, power and purpose itself. Here the seeker finally is able to differentiate between true divine will and all other wills that are not divine. Truth comes to his consciousness as to the nature of divine will giving him knowledge of how to align with it and to weld it to stimulate growth in the lower planes.

The divine will can be written about, but not understood until it is touched.

On this plane is also a personal portal into the past where access can be obtained to the history of past solar systems and knowledge that was obtained there where we experienced different states of being.

There is one more plane and this is higher than the monad. It is called the Divine, the plane of the Logos, sometimes called Adi, the atomic plane, is also called the “sea of fire” or “electric fire” and it is the root of the akasha, the first cosmic ether.

This Divine plane is that which holds within its bosom, all the other planes and is the source of life for all planes and succors them to sprout and grow.

What, in relation to the tree, is the plane of the Divine? Stretch your minds and contemplate what is the manner of truth to be discovered there.

It is difficult for the highest initiate to comprehend this plane. It is called the “plane of the Logos” because one has to be a Planetary Logos or higher to obtain mastery in this plane and function freely upon it.

Even so, by using the Law of Correspondences we can gather a few pieces of knowledge about it to prepare us for things to come.

A while back a reader asked: “How does such a question get one any closer to God? Isn’t that the purpose of this life?”

The question basically boils down to this. What good does it do to us to obtain knowledge and Mastery? We must realize that this is what must be done to move our consciousness up the planes. We must obtain knowledge and then use that knowledge to master the new energies we encounter.

Getting closer to God is of course, desirable, but we must start where we are and progress toward the Presence. We start at the leaves and come closer to God as we move to the branches. Then we get closer still until we get to the trunk. We share in the life of God when we link with the life-giving fluid and understand creation when we delve into the root system and eventually discover all originated from a monad seed which still exists through the DNA of the tree itself.

The answer to the question is that this knowledge that is being imparted can assist the seeker in raising his consciousness and understanding and becoming closer to his source – God.

So what is it that represents the Divine plane that feeds the seed and that which grows from it?

A reader has the answer. She says, “Earth succors and provides nourishment.”

This is more profound than is realized and helps us to understand how God is one, yet many.

There is one earth and one surface of the earth, yet there are billions of seeds that are planted in its surface. Each seed grows into a separate plant entity, yet is still a part of the One Life which is Mother Earth.

It is interesting to now correspond ourselves in our progression to a tree and we see that we have discovered the true tree of life. The discovery of this tree starts in the physical plane. Here we learn data and true facts and use them to master this plane. Then we move on to the emotional where we obtain knowledge of feelings which eventually lead to right human relations. Next, we progress to the mental plane where we obtain truth through reason and logic. Finally, we progress through the higher planes until we arrive at our point of origin, the seed, and the monad.

Through the portal of the Monad we arrive at the Divine Plane which is represented by the earth which gives birth to innumerable Monad seeds.

If the Divine plane in relation to a tree on the physical plane is represented by the one earth, what represents the divine plane in relation to a human being?

It is space.

Yes, space. Look up at the sky at night and you see the one space representing unified life. Just like there is one earth for all trees there is one space for all human and self-conscious lives.

The stars which are points in the sky correspond to monads. Not only do stars have monads which are points, or seeds growing out of space, but so are we humans. The source of our creation, the monad, is a point growing out of the all-encompassing space of the Divine Plane.

Thinking on this principle will shed much light.

What is the manner of knowledge to be obtained on the Divine Plane?

Answer: It is something greater than a knowledge of being one with God, but a knowledge and comprehension of the unity of all life – not just on a theoretical basis, but from a point of knowing.

The pilgrim also understands the principle that creates a Logos of a system as well as his purpose and motivation in serving a planet or a solar system.

There is one more part to the tree that we have not yet explored which is the fruit which either contains new seeds or is the seed itself.

In this analogy we are discussing what is the meaning behind the fruit of the tree?

Do you suppose the Divine plane is the highest attainment? What could be higher?

“It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.” Dr. Howard Murphy

Oct 6, 2004

True Direction

The Question: If physical facts are the leaves and astral/feelings are the branches then it follows that the mind is the trunk.

What and where are the truths on the plane of the mind? Name a truth to be discovered on this plane? How is a truth from this plane used in physical life?

Reader Comment: The plane of the mind would be dealing with…..reasoning ability?

So this would be in the calculating reasoning part of one’s self? Using the logic through the mind with all the understanding known to make conclusions about what is truth.

JJ: I agree with all this except for one word – “calculating.” The calculating part of our being is most closely related to the physical brain and hence the physical plane. However, your words, “logic,” “reasoning” and “understanding,” transcend the physical plane and are related to mind.

Truths on the plane of the mind are derived from something more than pouring facts into the memory, standard education, and calculation.

Another reader says: Emotional and physical facts see the present only, but mental truths look to the long-term effects.

JJ: You are on the right track here. A truth from the plane of the mind is a true conclusion derived from reasoning, logic and higher understanding. One could say it is wholeness thinking.

An average detective may use his calculating brain to reach certain conclusions about a crime or criminal. A superior detective will go further and use additional logic and reasoning to come closer to the truth.

An accurate profiler is one who is likely to use mind.

A successful businessman is likely to use mind. He has to gather all the data together and then use logic and reasoning to formulate his choice of products, marketing approach and cost estimates.

Mind can even be used in love and romance. The mental person will use logic and reasoning to determine the qualities of a mate necessary to ensure happiness and when a prospect is discovered he will use his best mental resources to impress and attract the one desired.

When the mental person falls in love, he will not necessarily follow the line of least resistance and go with the flow, but will again use logic and reasoning to determine if this would be a good mate for an entire lifetime. If reasoning says no then he will withdraw and look elsewhere even though the emotions may disagree.

In politics we have two candidates running for office. Most people hear a few sound bites and make their choice from them. Others delve more deeply, but make their choice from the feeling nature. Which candidate feels best or makes me feel good?

The mental person will examine all facts at his disposal and then use logic and reasoning more than feeling as to which candidate will do the best job.

Three scientists are examining data received from the Opportunity Rover on Mars. They receive some interesting data that could indicate life once existed there.

The first scientist deals with the facts only and gives a matter-of-fact conclusion based only upon the obvious.

The second is polarized in emotion and feels there was once life on Mars. This colors his interpretation and uses the facts to support his preconceived notion.

The third uses mind and through logic and reasoning comes up with a conclusion that startles the first two scientists. But even though such conclusion is unorthodox they cannot refute it because the reasoning is sound.

Now several questions are likely to arise here. First, one may point out that so-called true facts may lead to wrong conclusions. Therefore, facts do not represent truth.

Not so. That is like saying that if you have put together 80 pieces of a 100 piece puzzle and reach a wrong conclusion as to what full picture looks like you do not have true pieces to the puzzle. Of course you have the true pieces and you can tell because they fit where they should fit. You just do not have all the pieces.

Individual facts are true, but they do not reveal the whole picture.

Then one may say that I am using emotion in my examples as a method of discovering truth. Not so. In the examples emotion leads away from truth. The truth to be discovered in emotion is not in the direction emotion leads us, but in discovering the nature and purpose of emotion itself.

Finally, one may object and say that the conclusion reached by the mind in the above example is not infallible and could be in error. Maybe the guy uses all the logic and reasoning possible in selecting a mate and his marriage still winds up in divorce. How can we say that logic and reasoning lead to truth?

We can say this because the truth revealed through logic and reasoning is not mere data, but something much more profound.

What is that?

True direction.

By using the logic and reasoning of the mind and incorporating data and the feeling nature the seeker can find his true direction – the one that will serve him best to obtain the desired result.

This will not result in immediate perfection, but a sensing of the true direction will cause him to change course. When we are in a car we may know the true direction to our destination, but we still have to alter the course with the steering wheel hundreds of times before we arrive. Even so, through logic and reasoning we determine a true course and by making corrections as we go we finally reach the destination.

The next level of truth is the intuitional or Buddhic plane. This is the connection between the higher and lower worlds.

What part of the tree is this and what is the nature of the truth to be discovered here?

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”  Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)

Oct 6, 2004