Early Keys Posts (#72-74)

2009-1-6 05:00:00

Compiler's Note: These posts were made by JJ Dewey to an AOL (America Online) Forum during the period of April to November 1994.

Post Number Seventy-Two

No, I am not a politician. I am a small businessman attempting to get bigger. I believe our government is way too big and the less government the better. Once again a conclusion drawn about me is wrong and once again I ask, "Where do you get such an idea?"

You mention my "oft repeated use of the word governed." I have kept a record of all my writings on line from the beginning and I thought -- "at last, a specific criticism." But again you seem to be another attacker without cause. In about 100 pages of postings my computer does not find the word "governed" used even once. The word "governing" was used once, "governors" once, and "govern" twice. In a volume of writings equaling a small book that is by no means excessive. In the few cases the variations of "govern" were used they were not used in the current political sense. Twice it was used describing the organization of the atoms, once the organization of the white brotherhood and once to NASA [National Aeronautics & Space Administration].

It is possible that I have not answered all questions because my time is very limited. You would probably be surprised at the sacrifice I make to free up the time I make for the on-line services.

Nevertheless, I cannot think of even one issue I have dodged. Again I ask. Where do you get such an idea?

If you call exposing the truth sarcasm then I guess I am guilty. But I challenge you to compare my choice of words with those who have strongly disagreed with me. Many have used name-calling type words, which I have not used back. I have merely answered questions and posted my thoughts. I have not resorted to name-calling and I am prepared to defend any statement I have made. So why, my brother, do you accuse me of being sarcastic while leaving those who are much more sarcastic alone? Why do you not go after them also? Also I might note that your posting is much more sarcastic than anything I have written. Is this the pot calling the kettle black here or what?

You do not want to hear a reply to your posting yet you call me a dodger! Who is dodging here? Not me.

Now I will quote your last statement:

"Sir....get on with it! If you have something to say, say it. Don't allow your saddened feelings to overwhelm your ability to disseminate your valuable teachings. After all, by your own words, you have a duty to share. So, we shall see."

I am doing what I came here to do. I am seeking those who wish to learn the keys of knowledge. Those who E-mail me a desire to learn them are communicated with on a one to one basis. I have spent so much of my free time answering questions and clarifying misunderstandings in the forums that I have been limited in my time to post other teachings. I have publicly posted hints on the first two keys and am fulfilling what I said at the beginning what I would do. You have not responded to them so I would suppose that you are not interested. So why do you complain?

I do not post my writings to prove anything. I am seeking those who are spiritually sensitive enough to make soul contact and travel higher together into the realms of spiritual knowledge, love and service.

I would like to make a general request to those who disagree with me. It would be helpful to avoid the following:

Avoid name calling.
Avoid nebulous accusations with no explanation like: "Your words have no love..." "Your words are sterile." "You are on an ego trip." If you feel this way fine, but instead of throwing out a general accusation that means nothing to anyone, tell me why you feel that way or what I have done or said that seems to indicate that I am that demon you see.
Avoid sarcasm. I will not seem sarcastic to you if you are not obviously sarcastic to me first.
Avoid limiting judgments on each other.
Avoid trying to change me to the image you want me to become. All of us including myself are the controllers of our own destinies. I will always allow you to be what you decide to be. Please allow me the same privilege.

It would also be helpful if we do the following:

Approach each other with real sincerity and a spirit of love and helpfulness.
Remember the importance of kindness and harmlessness.
Attempt to make this forum a center of teaching and learning by all who wish to participate.
Operate on the assumption that we are all friends and are sincere even if we disagree. It is often easier to use the word "love" than it is to extend the hand of friendship.

Post Number Seventy-Three

Thank you for coming on board. The answer is simple yet deep and not published in any book that I know of. There is a revelation behind a full understanding of each of the keys. If you do not get the answer we are looking for it does not mean that your answer is wrong. You may discover a number of truths along the path to the revelation.

It is true that the real you is formless and timeless as you say. There are three aspects or qualities that this real part of you possesses that is linked with you, the dweller [as in an "inhabitant"], on this planet earth. There is one particular aspect or quality that governs and guides you to become who you are as a separate and distinct entity apart from every other being in the universe. It is not your body for you are not your body. It is not emotions because you are not that either. Emotions are a vehicle the real you uses. It is not thinking or your mind. Your mind is also a vehicle just as your car is. What main quality or ability do you have that uses your bodies, but is not your bodies?

Take a wild guess if you have to.

Post Number Seventy-Four

I appreciate your sincere reply. I don't mind some bantering and challenges but I also appreciate sincerity and a desire to share when it shows itself.

You state the following:

"My request is to learn, and to know; perhaps you can be of service in that regard."

Perhaps the strongest desire in the hearts of the highly evolved among humanity is to either "learn and to know" or to teach what one has learned and knows. Either the giving or receiving brings joy. As I said earlier I enjoy both. To one who knows there is also a sense of duty that goes beyond service to the self that prompts him to learn and to teach, especially if the knowledge is inspired.

I will try to be of service to you in this regard my friend. The first step in understanding what I am attempting to do is to go back to my first posting in this folder and read it. Then send me your thoughts and ideas on the first key. If you are not sure what to send then guess and send that by E-mail or ask questions. If you think your thoughts would be good for general interest then post them publicly.

The idea is that you keep contemplating and presenting and I keep giving more hints until you arrive at the meaning of the key. If your first or second guess is not the correct key it doesn't mean that you have failed. No one so far has got it the first or second time. You may reach some enlightenment for yourself and stimulate others along the path to the key. This is part of the benefit of this method of teaching which is used by the Brotherhood of Light.

Here is the benefit of the hint or revelation method compared to the presentation method. If I were to just present a key, the student would generally think: "That is a nice piece of knowledge" but not appreciate the significance and the power of it. In all likelihood he would even forget about it in a short while.

On the other hand, when the key is realized through hints, the meaning comes from the soul of the person -- from within to without rather than from without to within. When this happens, the significance will stay with the person forever, unless he turns against the light he has acquired.

Many fairly intelligent people resist learning by this method because it does take a certain degree of humility; but remember the truth in the statement that "one must become as a child to enter the kingdom of heaven." We could call it the kingdom of soul contact.

There are five great barriers to spiritual contact:

Pride and fear from the ego.
Underestimating or overestimating your place on the Path. Usually the problem is overestimating. How many people have you met who say they are on their last life? 999 out of a 1000 are wrong and consequently delay their learning necessary to progress because they think they do not need it.
Separateness.
Being captured by an authority other than their own soul. This can be anything from a religious leader, the Bible, a channeled entity or even a wise teacher. One must test all with the spirit within.
The deception that a thought form or high emotional vibration is the spirit within. Few have discovered the true spirit within them and all believe that the highest that they have felt is the highest there is. Just ask a follower of David Koresh or a Moonie or a radical [Christian] "born-againer." They will all say they have felt the Spirit of God, but God did not tell them truth as the readers of this forum understand it. Why not? Because the energy they contacted was indeed a true energy, but a deceptive one that is not the revelator and confirmer of light and truth. It may give them guidance as they are willing to take it, and it may be helpful in the long run, but it does not give them truth.

True spiritual contact reveals a point of truth which is eternal and unchanging and will always be true in this universe.