A Wise Approach
A reader was reading some apocryphal scriptures and came across some strange doctrines and wanted my opinion.
The important thing here is how we approach the various teachings that are thrown our way. It matters not whether the teachings claim to be from Jesus, DK, an angel, God or some guy in a back alley, the approach must be the same. The seeker must run them by his soul and incorporate that which registers as true, reject that which registers as false and put on the shelf that which does not register one way or another.
It is much easier for many to be objective when analyzing the teachings of a friend, a seminar given by an unknown or a book from the library. But when one comes across something that claims to be the words of Jesus or a revelation from God the pull of authority can be disturbing if the doctrine is strange or repulsive.
From the time that man first learned to write he has produced false teachings and stories and presented them as being from God. These false scriptures outweigh the mostly true ones in number and can create a lot of confusion for seekers trying to harmonize the false with the true.
Some teachers in the East demand that students only learn from themselves, not because they think they have a corner on the truth but because each teacher has his own slant as he seeks to convey truth. If a student has two or more teachers that are given equal weight in his mind, he may wind up going half-crazy trying to see all presentations as true. If one teacher seems to contradict the other the student may get discouraged and quit seeking altogether.
Some of the Gnostic gospels and writings may be as true as many of the scriptures but the key is to not give them any authority unless something taught registers with your soul. When such registration occurs then is the time to recognize authority. And even here you may not be seeing the whole picture so the seeker must always keep an open mind for a greater vision to arrive.
Lucid Dreaming
Reader Comment: I know that DK talks about continuity of consciousness and how when mastered it will change the whole process of death and take the mystery out of it and change the way we die etc. He says to start practicing to maintain consciousness during sleep.
JJ: Yes, DK was talking about continuity of consciousness on the mental plane, not the astral where dreams occur. At sleep our mental self leaves the body and the astral remains. Dreams are produced by the emotional body – this explains why they usually make no sense and you have little power of decision within them.
With Lucid dreaming one forces some consciousness from the mental plane to enter the astral, but this may sacrifice something you were attempting to do on the mental plane.
When the mental self returns on awakening we usually remember nothing it did, but only a few astral dreams. The only way to attain continuity of consciousness is to assiduously apply exercises like DK recommends. If something important is realized on the mental plane during sleep you will attempt to send yourself a message through the dream state so some dreams do have messages. If it is important you will have a serious feeling about the importance of a dream.
Global Warming
Question: What is your view about global warming within the near future?
JJ: I have always said I believe what the data reveals until better data comes along and have stated a number of times that the earth has warmed about one degree in the last 100 years according to land-based measurements. Most global warming skeptics agree with this.
However, I have always been against the global warming alarmists who think this is the end of the world. I think the warming we have had so far has been a good thing. One degree warmer is much better than one degree colder.
I also think most of the warming and cooling is related to natural cycles with human activity contributing some, but not as much as the alarmists say.
I’ve also said that CO2 is a fertilizer and a certain amount of increase will make for a greener healthier planet.
The one thing that should cause some alarm is the decrease of oxygen in our atmosphere, but you do not hear much about that.
I’ve also stated somewhere that we are more likely to be entering a cooling cycle than a warmer one within the next few decades.
Our language is funny – a fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing. – J. Gustav White
June 5, 2011
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