Attention, Perception and Understanding
Perception is a key word. You mention that you doubt that this is the word because animals have great perception. I would submit that perception is not the right word here in relation to the animal kingdom.
Their main lesson is to learn to pay attention. Notice that your dog is always paying attention. He has learned at least a half dozen signs as to when food may be available. Your opening the refrigerator door, for instance. 24 hours a day he is paying attention to the possibility of that sound — if he is a normal house dog. His receiving abilities are open at all times to that sound and also the sight of the door opening, but the normal dog (yours may be the exception) does not perceive how the door was open. He receives information on you pulling the handle and opening the door, but he does not fully perceive it. Your dog, however perceives the process of opening a door. Evidently you are preparing him to enter the human kingdom.
The animal kingdom receives light, but does not perceive it. The human kingdom receives light and eventually learns to perceive it.
The third principle is called “Communion.” The lower lives receive from the God within, but do not perceive God. It is the destiny of humans to receive and perceive. The key to communion is perception.
A hint lies in this scripture: “Be still and know that I AM God.” This could be worded “Be still and perceive that I AM God.”
There is a trinity of words here. Receive-Perceive-Understand. Animals receive, humans perceive — Gods understand.
The first three keys are really one key. If we have correct perception then we can make a correct judgment. With correct judgment then we can make a wise decision. When we consummate a wise decision we then have understanding and are a candidate for the kingdom of the Gods.
Now the question of the day is this. What are the obstacles to correct perception? Keep in mind that if our perception is wrong then our judgment will be bad and our decisions will lead us on wasteful paths.
A reader asks: “Help me see the difference between perceiving and understanding.”
First it is important to understand that there are three levels of perception.
The first we could call animal perception, which I did not even classify as such in the article I posted. Instead, I called it animal reception.
We could also call this computer perception. This is comparable to entering a piece of data in a computer program and then the program responds in a predetermined way.
Similarly, you offer a dog food, you know how he will respond.
The next two levels are perception. On level two the entity perceives, and consciously registers the thing perceived. The response then is not predetermined as if by a computer program, but is determined by consciousness. Because consciousness is not 100% predictable you never know exactly how the perceiver will respond.
On level three the entity perceives, consciously, registers the thing perceived and goes one more step. That additional step includes some understanding of the thing perceived as it fits into a bigger picture.
Example: There is a loud crash caused by a car accident.
The dog takes it in through his physical perception and is frightened and backs off.
The person on level two takes it in and consciously thinks about the damage and what he can do to help.
The person on level three responds as does the level two but analyses to increase understanding. He asks himself questions such as:
“What caused the accident?”
“How fast was the guy going?”
“What was the guy thinking just before it happened?”
Understanding comes when the person perceives, asks all the pertinent questions about the thing perceived and then comes up with the most logical answers.
Understanding also has three levels and this is the first.
The Solar Plexus
Only the solar plexus is governed by ray six or the number six and corresponds to the note of “F.”
Solar plexus or desire energy that is not governed by the higher energies distorts perception and turns everything upside down. Good seems evil and evil seems good. The animal receives but does not perceive and thus the bearer of 666 is called “The Beast” or an animal. The number 6 in relation to the Beast is control by reception with no perception. Emotion, but no mind. Obedience, but no free will. The three sixes stand for an astral control over the will of man in the three worlds — the physical, emotional and the mind. The Mark of the Beast on the forehead signifies control over thought. The right hand signifies labor. Thus, the Mark of the Beast on the right hand signifies control over a person’s work. The word Beast itself signifies control by emotion. He who has the Mark of the Beast is expected to think and believe according to what he is told by some authority (Mark on the forehead) and is expected to do his job in the workplace as he is told without asking questions and no perception. (the mark on the right hand).
The Beast is not just some Hitler, but a system of government that reaches and influences every man woman and child on the earth. But there is a way to escape:
“And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred and forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.” (Rev 14:1)
What does it mean to have the Father’s name written in your forehead and how is this accomplished?
“About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.” — Gloria Pitzer, in Reader’s Digest, 1979
March 12, 2009
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