Robill's Post

2004-7-9 05:47:00

Robill,
Your post here was quite profound, but profound posts are a funny thing. Often they will receive less comment than something light or even frivolous.

Of course, I will not reveal the key word until it is written in the book, but you have done a great job of revealing some insights into the principle.

It is interesting to consider that in the higher worlds there are not changes as there are here. If an idea is projected it merely exists according to original intent and is impossible to misunderstand. Here in the lower worlds there is indeed a kaleidoscope of change and to recall a certain moment is difficult indeed. JJ

Robill writes:
I am still catching up now (13 day left behind of the current discussion), nevertheless I'd like to contribute some thoughts about the third key. I don't know if anyone already mentioned it. I think the principle could be around the keyword 'CHANGE'.

Firstly, the foundation is the principle JJ already taught that (I rephrase it somewhat in different slant) creation exists because of the BECOMING decision. BECOMING implies MOTION, MOTION implies CHANGES. Everything changes. So in the context of communication: sender, medium and receiver change altogether. The problem is then how to impress an idea from the sender into something that is constantly changing. If the surface of the lake is disturbed (means, is changing) then it cannot reflect the sky accurately, there will be a corruption. The art of meditation is like DK continuously said: "holding the mind steady in the light". Note the word: steady, that can be associated a static condition (not changing). I conclude CHANGE is the cause of corruption.

My second thought is around the idea of TIME as a function of how fast a state of consciousness changes. We perceive TIME because we perceive CHANGES. Remember the scenes in films that someone stopped the time? Everything stop moving, right? That means there was no changes at all. If you are busy time is like flying away rapidly, because your consciousness is fixed on something. One second is nothing for us, but what is one second to cells in our body? Maybe for them is like an eternity, because they change rapidly. The same is true for God maybe, His clock maybe based on changes that he is aware of such as seasons, etc. I conclude that time is directly proportional to how fast a state of consciousness changes.

Back to the context. How can we perceive something that is 'eternal' (relative to our perception in the physical plane) through something that is ephemeral (constantly changing)? Could it be the word concentration/attention itself? Through attention-concentration- meditation TIME will gradually cease to exists we can then perceive the idea accurately. just some thoughts, robill

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. Neil Gaiman, Sandman