Author: Joseph Dewey

The Fall of a Sparrow

In answer to this statement:

“The main point of God’s attention in this universe (we are talking about the physical universe) is humankind.”

To this a reader objects saying that all creation has God’s attention.

Perhaps it would be helpful to expand on my comment. Notice that I said that mankind is the “main” point of God’s attention in this physical universe. Gods does have some attention several measures above and below man, but the main focus is humanity as it exists in it variations throughout the universe.

Let me enhance this through the Law of Correspondences again. When we see light we see the colors of the rainbow which are seven colors and combinations thereof. Now in addition to these seven colors there are many more vibrations of light that we cannot see. On the higher frequency side we have the ultraviolet lights and in the lower frequency we have the infra red. Now even though these are invisible to us as we use our normal focus of attention, the higher and lower spectrums are still there doing their job and are accessible to our eyes with special instruments.

Now since we are reflections of God what does this correspondingly tell us about the attention of God?

It tells us that He has access to all kingdoms, but his attention or vision is focused on seven kingdoms corresponding to the seven colors.

These seven kingdoms are (1) the mineral, (2) the plant, (3) the animal, (4) the human, (5) the Masters or Hierarchy, (7) Shamballa and a mysterious sixth kingdom of intermediaries. This sixth kingdom corresponds to indigo in the spectrum and just as it is difficult to detect in the rainbow even so this kingdom does not have an isolated location.

It is composed of three groups:

(1) Disciples and initiates incarnated in the human kingdom as transmitters of energy and wisdom from the higher kingdoms.

(2) Nirmanakayas who are sixth and seventh degree initiates and are channels of energy and intelligence between the Masters and Shamballa. This is a higher correspondent of the disciple in mortal flesh.

(3) The third group are very high entities called the “Knowers of Purpose.” And are transmitters of intelligence from extra planetary non physical intelligence. These beings are eighth and ninth degree initiates.

These three groups compose the agna center of the earth, its third eye or the sixth kingdom.

Thus we have the attention of God focused on the seven kingdoms on the earth. The lower three are progressing toward human form and consciousness and the higher three are passing away from it, yet still connected to it. The human kingdom is thus at the midway point between the higher and lower kingdoms.

The attention of God therefore circulates through human form and consciousness down through the lower three and up through the higher three in physical and etheric matter.

God’s attention on the lower three is to bring them into molecular harmony so they advance toward the human and His attention on the higher is to unite human and those who have passed through human into the Molecular Relationship.

As far as physical reality goes then His prime attention is on the midway point between spirit and matter, which is soul which is represented by the human kingdom. However his consciousness circulates through the lower and upper three kingdoms. God is omnipresent because all lives are an extension of his consciousness, even the sparrow, and this is why He is aware even of the fall of a tiny bird.

The reason God has His consciousness in the seven kingdoms with man as a point of focus at the midway point is because all of these kingdoms are progressing toward relative perfection. Without the attention of God conscious entities would be blocked in their progression and could never reach this divine status.

Now the atomic and subatomic world has reached this relative perfection. As we mentioned the proton is such a perfect particle that it has a life span of trillions of years. In eternities past the attention of God worked through the atomic world until this relative perfection was reached with the greatest creation from that endeavor being the living cell. The cell itself is relatively perfect, but is capable of alteration from higher intelligence from the seven kingdoms. Cells seem to have some imperfection as John pointed out, yet this imperfection within the cells will disappear and they will resume their relative perfection when the human kingdom has obtained a new measure of progress.

In other words, cellular life is relatively perfect, but this perfection is distorted by evolving human consciousness.

Because life on the cellular level and below has obtained this relative perfection, this allows them to function with the precision of a computer program. We all know that when a computer program is perfected (or shall we say relatively perfect) that it then performs all of its complicated functions at the touch of a keystroke. The programmer no longer has to put attention on the programming or telling the software what to do. The program does not need instructions from a higher source for all the instructions are built into it. Most programs even have a help command that allows the greater life (computer operator) to learn all that is necessary to execute the built in intelligence.

Thus on the cellular level on down where we see relative perfection; there is no need for the attention of God for all is on automatic pilot. However, human and its associated kingdoms in this reality need a lot of help and thus God will keep his attention focused in our direction until the desired order and perfection is accomplished.

What will happen then?

When we reach a point where any additional attention of God brings us little or no improvement and our program cannot be replaced with any higher version (speaking symbolically) then the attention of God will shift to higher kingdoms and through the principle of the Molecular Relationship and identification our attention will shift in alignment with that of God. Until that day comes we (the human kingdom as a whole) will have a full understanding of what it means to be one with God.

 

The Imagination of God

The question:

“What is the difference in saying that God and Its creations are unlimited rather than infinite?

“It is written that we are created in the “image” or that we are reflections of God. Does unlimited make more sense than infinite in relation to God working in us?”

Samu makes a great comment on this:

“Unlimited says that there is no limit to the quality of God’s creations, but the quantity can still be finite. Unlimited suggests room for growth, while infinite seems to be saying that all of space has been used already.”

Infinite or infinity is a strange word when you think of it. My dictionary defines it this way:

“The state or quality of endlessness in space or amount.”

It is sometimes used with similar meaning to limitlessness or the concept of being unlimited, but it often implies the added feature of a number of parts that would be impossible to number or count. Infinity is a number so large that it embraces all there is and such a number can never become greater because it embraces everything. Infinite is especially seen in this light in referring to God or His attributes. Infinity in this aspect is seen as so large that no number could be added to it. Thus infinity + one is still infinity because the infinite already has to include the one.

Now many believe that within a ball, for instance, that there is an infinite number of particles, that we could go smaller and smaller and never find the smallest unit. So the question is this. If one ball contains an infinite number of particles and there is no number larger than infinity then what would we call the number of particles in two balls – or even four or eight balls?

Mathematically the answer is still infinity, but it boggles the mind to consider that eight times infinity is still the same number. Obviously there is illusion here.

Now I am going to present an idea that goes against standard thinking, especially in relation to God and creation and that is this. Infinity is only a theoretical number and does not exist in reality. If there were really such a number then any type of expansion or increase would be an impossibility because you cannot even add the number one to infinity.

Instead, the creations, multiplications and divisions of God only give the appearance of the infinite because we never seem to be able to find the end to them. Yet if we use the law of correspondences we discover that every known body has a specific number of particles. There is a specific number of Suns in the galaxy, there is a specific number of people on this planet, there is a specific number of atoms in any human body and so on. On the other hand, an infinite number of units in any body has never been proven. The only hint that there could be an infinite number of something is that there are some bodies that contain an unknown number of units. The universe, for example, contains an unknown number of worlds, but does this mean that such a number is infinite?

Not necessarily. Because we do not know the number of worlds in the universe and have not been able to count them we assume on faith that the number is infinite, but we assume wrongly.

There is an interesting reason the universe and the creations of God is mistakenly seen as infinite and that is because the mind of God is unlimited. To understand the limitlessness of the mind of God we must look at our own minds since we are reflections of Him/Her/It. The foundation of all creation with our own minds is the imagination and correspondingly this would also apply to God.

Let us now see how unlimited your imagination is. Pretend for a moment that you are the One God and can create through your imagination. Imagine an infinitesimally tiny particle called an atom. Now imagine the atom multiplying trillions of times creating a living cell. Now imagine the cells doing the same thing multiplying into a vast number and organizing into a human body. Now visualize humans multiplying into the billions. Now visualize these billions of humans living on this large globe we call earth. Now visualize numerous planets circling around a sun so large that it could contain a million earths. Now imagine a billion such solar systems, no a hundred billion – let’s increase that to four hundred billion systems forming one galaxy called the Milky Way. Now visualize a thousand billion such galaxies forming a larger body called a universe. Now imagine that there are other universes out there and that billions of such universes form a greater universe.

Now here is my point. You are unlimited in what you can imagine BUT the time will come when you will take a rest from imagining and at that point when you take that rest there will be a specific number of units in that creation that you have dreamed.

Even though the mind of God and our own minds are unlimited all of our creations will have a certain number and will never reach to infinity.

Question: Why would it be that even though there is a number to all things that you or I could never find the end of the real creations of God, even in our imagination?

Imagine

Your essence is like DOS and this existed as an idea in the mind of God before time was created. Your growth since time began for you is like moving from pure DOS to windows 95 then on to 98 and finally attempting to create a program that is relatively perfect. In this relatively perfect state you would not crash and all commands would flow and function without glitches. If any problem seems to be developing on the horizon you have the power to self correct before any disaster occurs.

Because your essence is an idea in the mind of God, or, in other words, you are part of that which God has imagined, then it would be impossible for you to out imagine God. That which has been imagined cannot out imagine that which imagined him. The computer program cannot write another program of a higher order than the programmer who imagined and created it.

So let’s put it this way. Can you imagine another solar system like this with an earth-like planet?

God has already imagined such a thing and created it.

Can you imagine a world out there in the galaxy peopled with beings of light living in perfect love and peace?

God has already imagined this and it already exists.

Can you imagine another world full of darkness far beyond that of the earth populated by beings we would deem as demons?

God has already imagined and created it.

Can you imagine other dimensions out there?

God has already imagined and created them.

Can you imagine a universe beyond this one?

God has already imagined and created it.

No matter what you imagine you cannot out imagine God. Therefore to us God is infinite, but in the higher reality He/She/It is merely unlimited and Its creations are beyond our capacity too even imagine even though they are all numbered and known to God.

Now as reflections of God our mission is to imitate Him and extend His work through first imagining a thing and then creating and perfecting it.

Now we have basically used this Law of Correspondences in just one line of thought over the past few weeks and in doing so have apparently solved some of the mysteries of the universe that have eluded scientists and religious thinkers for thousands of years. The direction and knowledge we have gained thereby just shows the power of this Law and why even the highest Masters still use it in their own discovery.

We could probably spend the next ten years in just discovering truth using this law. In fact we may to a degree for from hereon out we will be making mention of this Law as we move ahead in this course. Wherever truth will appear as we move along the path we will see that right next to soul contact, the Law of Correspondences will be there as a verification for the mind.

Now we have basically concluded that this Law can be of great help in the discovery of the truth, but how about the reverse? Can it also help us in the discovery of error? When we have power to discover error we are then aided through the process of elimination as mentioned earlier.

Let us pick a popular belief and see how it lines up with the Law of Correspondences. The Second Coming of Christ is a good one.

Many believe that in the end times (which is supposed to be about now) the world will become very wicked.

To protect the righteous God will rapture them into heaven completely off the earth.

Christ will come back in his wrath. He will appear in the sky visible to every person on earth having great armies of angels and send down fire to consume all who have not confessed a particular scripted belief in God and Christ. Afterwards the raptured earthlings will float down to the earth and Christ will turn it into a paradise that these righteous born againers will inherit for eternity

Now let us apply the Law of Correspondences to this belief. Does it fit? Why not?

March 2, 2000

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Overtones and More

A reader criticized me for focusing on the Law of Correspondences saying we need to focus on spirit rather than this world of illusion.

What is thought to be perceived by the spiritual eye is often even more deluding. Just visit a dozen or so New Age or religious sites and read their spiritual communications. Some tell us that spaceships will be landing in the next year or so. Others say that the earth is passing into the 16th dimension. Still others say that DK is speaking to them even though he said he would not give more teachings until 2025. Then we have Benjamin Crème claiming that the Christ is now on the earth somewhere in Europe, but only speaks through him. Most of these deluded presentations tell us to pay no attention to what our own eyes and reason tells us.

The fact is that those who do take that which they can reasonably perceive to be true and then apply the Law of Correspondences to what is known are establishing a much more accurate path of discovery of truth than those who disregard the physical reality and rely only on their version of spirit or non physical reality. We hear the phrase “trust me” a lot from these potential Jim Joneses.

Those who are beginning the search for truth cannot just jump into pure spiritual knowing but must proceed in increments “line upon line, precept upon precept” as Isaiah so adequately stated.

The greatest deluders are the forces of maya, glamour and illusion. As these are mastered the use of reason in connection with the Law of Correspondences applied to physical can reveal much. Then discovery in connection with Spirit and intuition naturally follows. The reason for this is that the physical is a reflection of the spiritual, so even though we may not be aware of all things spiritual much light can be thrown on the higher vibration by corresponding it to the lower.

He says we need to look to the macrocosm for our source. Scientifically speaking the word macrocosm is usually used to refer to worlds higher than that occupied by man such an entire solar system, galaxy or universe. The higher physical macrocosm certainly is not a blueprint for the creation of mankind. The human being, for instance, does not look much like a galaxy.

If by macrocosm you refer to the higher spiritual worlds you may have a point. All creations that appear in physical reality are created first in the spiritual worlds and follows the involutionary path to physical reality.

Then he tells us that without man there would be no human cells but single celled life lived on the earth long before humans showed up and about 90% of their DNA corresponds to that which is in human cells today. From the time that the first one-celled lives appeared to the most advanced which is human there has only been a fine tuning process going on. The one-celled lives evolved on the physical plane until they became multi-celled creatures and so on up the line until we get to human. Soul energy worked upon the earth through cell organization long before the self-aware human manifested in physical form.

I think that everyone in the group understands that spirit and soul must always be considered in relation to humanity and all lives and forms in this reality. I will add this however, that the rational mind is often overlooked as one of the doorways to the world of intuition and Spirit. One cannot develop the full powers of the intuition in this reality unless he first masters the powers of the mind and its power to reason and see logic correspondences.

The introduction in each one of the Alice A. Bailey books tells us that the mind is the plane “whereon the masters may be found.” One of the titles the inhabitants of the Kingdom of God go by is “Masters of Wisdom.” Wisdom is gained by reflection and making the full use of the mind as a two-way mirror between the worlds by the use of the Law of Correspondences.

There is one point that all successful lives have in common. They use their highest reasoning based on what they do know and understand, and not by what they do not understand. If a person believes in a higher world and higher knowledge but does not have the foundation or capacity to verify the higher things to himself, then he must make decisions by the highest that he does know in reasonable surety. If he does not he is likely to find himself following some guru to meet the Master Zor who will shuttle him off to the Mother Ship.

A clarification that seems to have a need of presentation is a better definition of the Law of Correspondences. It appears that some believe that to have a correspondence means that the higher must contain all the elements and attributes of the lower, but not the other way around.

This idea is not taught by any of the masters or inspired works I am aware of.

Let me give a definition here that seems to harmonize (correspond) with the ancient wisdom.

The Law of Correspondences:

As one proceeds from the lower to the higher, or the higher to the lower, there will be similarities between the various levels. Of particular note are levels that correspond to a higher or lower octave. By projecting possible correspondences in connection with reason and intuition one can discern probable realities in the unseen areas either in the higher or lower levels.. Because of the Snowflake Principle (discussed earlier) no two levels are exactly the same, but similarities will always give clues to higher knowledge.

The atom corresponds to the lower octave of the human. The animal is only one note below man on the scale and thus the correspondences between man and the animal are not so pronounced as those between man and the atom. If man is middle C then the higher animals are the note B just below C. B dies not correspond to Middle C nearly as much as lower C.

Thus according to this law we can discover more about the next steps in the evolution of humanity by exploring the atoms and their relationship with each other than we ever can by the study of animals.

Another reason that the Law of Correspondences is of little use in relating the animals to humans is that neither of us are close to the end of our evolution whereas in the atomic world relative perfection has been reached. A proton for example has a projected life span of a trillion years, or perhaps forever according to some scientists.. An extremely high degree of perfection has to be reached to remain in an unchangeable state for that period of time. The life of an atom is not so long, but many of them are expected to live billions of years without change and when they do change they do not die, but fuse and change form. That’s pretty close to relative perfection also.

Now an animal may live ten years and the human 75 indicating that our perfection is not yet even close to the atomic world, especially when we correspond time for one second here would be like millions of years there.

On the other hand, the higher octave of man would be an entire solar system, but with a large time difference. A heartbeat of the planet earth is like about 25,000 years, but the heartbeat of a solar system may be millions of human years. Thus from its time reference the life of a solar system would correspond to the life of a human.

In a previous post I put out a challenge as follows:

“Someone said that the Law of Correspondences applies from the higher to the lower, but not from the lower to the higher. I submit that this idea is founded on illusion and an illustration in proven reality cannot be produced.”

To this John replies:

“Let’s use a familiar instrument like a piano. Let’s say that we walk up to that piano and strike the key which produces the note, middle C. What may not be readily known to many is that the note “middle C”, when it is sounded, does not only produce the pure tone, “middle C”, but also an entire series of tones above it which are called “overtones”. This is a measurable and quantifiable fact in proven reality. And within this series of overtones, what will also be produced will be the “higher C” that JJ mentions. Yet, if we were to walk up to that same piano and strike the key which produces that “higher C”, it too would produce a series of “overtones” above it, but it would NOT produce the lower note, “middle C”. So that although the one note, “middle C”, can be said to contain the resonance of the “higher C”, that same “higher C” would NOT contain the resonance of the lower “middle C”. Similarly, when we consider that God is the basis, or “bass note”, of all creation, when we “know God”, or “hear the bass note”, we can in fact with some training, “hear the resonance of God in the ‘overtones’ of ALL creation”. But to say that we can “know God”, or “hear the bass note”, by groupening to one or more of those “overtones” within the creation, even if it is a pure octave, or a perfect reflection of that same bass note in another octave (humans for instance), THIS in fact would be an illusion, or at best, an inaccurate use of the law of correspondence.”

JJ: What you have just written beautifully illustrates the Law of Correspondences in both directions. One of the overtones in Middle C is the Higher Octave of C which vibrates at twice the rate of middle C. Interestingly, the main vibration of Higher C corresponds to the overtone of the Middle C.

Thus by using the Law of Correspondences we can examine Middle C and discover the C overtone of the lower C as well as the actual vibration of the lower C which will be at half the rate of Middle C. With the knowledge you have just stated we can go up or down and discover in advance what we are to find in vibration by the use of this law.

Now Rick just added some more interesting corresponding knowledge that maybe neither of us knew. That is it has been discovered that there are something like lower overtones in the higher notes. This would make the correspondences in music and sound even more precise than expected. In fact the foundation of the Law of Correspondences lies in the science of sound.

A reader said that during a meditation she saw images and afterwards read about the New Jerusalem meditation which contained them but wondered why her vision was not clearer.

The New Jerusalem has the seeds of its existence in the formless worlds where it is an idea in the mind of God and from thence is reflected into the mental plane and then down to the astral realm. I would guess that the reason it appeared fuzzy is that your attention was hovering between two planes.

Remember when Jesus told the disciples that he would prepare a place for them in the mansions of his father? Not only can a Master prepare a place in the New Jerusalem, but we can also assist in preparing our own place. Because the New Jerusalem meditation is formulated to help us be conscious creators of our “place” we will not all see exactly the same forms at first, but as the spiritual bricks are put into place our “place” will become more consistent. Even so, each of us will always have power to extend our creations as well as the creations of God. We will continue with this meditation when the time is right. In the meantime some of you will know what you as an individual are supposed to do when you get there.

Feb 29, 2000

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The Attention of God

The Question: To discover how God can efficiently create we must look at ourselves. Are we most efficient when we are trying to do many things at one time or when we focus on one thing at a time? If the latter is true then what is the one main point of creation that God is focusing on at this time?

The correct answer given was that the main point of God’s attention in this universe (we are talking about the physical universe) is humankind.

We talked about points of consciousness earlier and concluded that an increment of conscious awareness for a human being is approximately one second. In other words, it is not a coincidence that the smallest unit of time measurement is a second. In addition to this we concluded that the smallest unit of time required to take in information into the brain is about 1/64th of a second. In other words, we can take in information faster than we can consciously register it.

Thus it is that we can only concentrate on one thing at a time with a unit of our consciousness which is one second. Some people who shift back and forth between thoughts within a period of a minute will often claim that they are thinking of several things at a time, but such is not the case. If they had five conscious thoughts within a minute you will find that each of those thoughts were had one at a time within the period of that minute.

Now the success of any individual in accomplishing a goal is to focus enough of those one second units of attention on that goal to propel it into reality. If you have five easy goals you can propel them to consummation with divided attention, but if you have a difficult goal you will have to focus all the units of attention that you have available to make it successful.

I have found this to be the case in starting a business for instance. Because I have been a dreamer I have always had the disadvantage of having many things before me competing for my attention or units of consciousness. When I have started a business and did not devote all my available attention to it then it did not succeed as hoped. But the times I have succeeded I focused all my attention on the project. Initiation, even of a business, takes about all the attention that can be called forth.

When I started my current business I realized through past experience that I would have to put aside many of my metaphysical interests to get it going and indeed it did take our full attention for some period. Fortunately, when I started writing the book and later teaching in the keys group the business was launched and I was able to glide along on automatic pilot business wise. For the past three years we have had almost the same annual gross. The reason, of course, that business hasn’t grown is that it is on automatic pilot because now my attention is diverted because of the book and my teaching on the group. Often during the day, even when I am talking to clients I am thinking about the work and what I may write about when evening comes.

Now if I had been wise enough to create a larger business with employees and a good manager I could have duplicated myself and, after it was self sufficient, appointed the manager to run things for me. In this case I could have withdrawn all my attention from the business and concentrate on initiating something else. This will work as long as I have picked a good manager who is able to take my place.

On a higher level the One God has the same problems that we do. If He/She/It were to divide Its attention too much then creation would not be successful. In eons past the attention and consciousness of God perfected the quarks, the atoms, the molecules, and the living cells which comprise our bodies. As some of you mentioned this was comparable to us perfecting a computer program. It takes a great deal of attention to perfect a program but when you finally get it performing the way you want you can take your attention off it and concentrate on duplicating your creation and also using it as a foundation for higher programs.

Many want us to believe that God still has his attention in the atoms, cells etc and this is what keeps them going, but think of it. If we could force God to keep his attention on such mechanical perfection it would be condemning our Creator to the greatest hell within our imagination.

After you have created a computer program would you want to keep your attention on, it going over how it works from beginning to end over and over? Or worse still would you like to be overseeing its performance and continually checking to make sure all goes well? Of course, not. We are happy to let the creation go forth and then we receive happiness in shifting our attention to a new challenge. This is what eternal Becoming is all about. We copy the Creator and perfect something on one level, send it off on automatic pilot to forever bless the whole and then shift our attention on a greater good.

Thus we see that the worlds below man are pretty much on automatic pilot and may only need a minor check for bugs every million years or so.

This frees up the attention of God to apply his Intelligence upon the soul of the universe which are lives related to human intelligence which are the conscious reflections of the present intelligence of God.

Someone said that the Law of Correspondences applies from the higher to the lower, but not from the lower to the higher.

I submit that this idea is founded on illusion and an illustration in proven reality cannot be produced. For example a small circle corresponds to a larger circle. They both correspond to each other, the only difference being that one is larger than the other. But the key point is that in this, and all other examples that can be cited, the lower corresponds to the higher in the same measure that the higher corresponds to the lower. If an atom has similarities to a solar system then a solar system has similarities to an atom. If Middle C has a similar resonance to a higher C then the higher C has the same similar resonance to Middle C.

In noting this one must keep in mind that in creation the higher will correspond to the lower, but with differences discerned by the intuition.

A reader says: “It is fairly obvious today that we live, not in a universe, but an omniverse, most all of which remains undetected to human senses. How many dimensions is probably a better question than how many galaxies or universes.”

JJ: Some call the six other planes of existence dimensions. Some refer to other dimensions as something even beyond these. Now one can take any light obtained by the Law of Correspondences and diffuse it by declaring there are unlimited mysteries that we do not understand, and therefore we cannot depend on what reasoning and discovery will reveal to us.

This is what the authoritative religions have done to us over the millennia. They have told us things like: “Do not even try to understand God because He is unknowable.” This makes it blasphemy to even try.

Yet the scriptures tell us that we are reflections of God and as reflections we can understand God by understanding ourselves. “This is eternal life to know God…” We have to begin somewhere in our discovery of knowledge. We must take the things that fit and work and build upon them. As we do so we will discover our errors and drop them while keeping that which works.

So yes, it is true that there are many things in the universe and omniverse that we do not yet understand, but there are also many things that we can understand. We must take those concepts we can understand and build upon them then eventually we will comprehend all things.

The reader thinks “that EVERYTHING is perfectly intertwined at all dimensional levels, including the infinite, of which we may not yet comprehend.”

I would say that logic tells us just the opposite. Now many traditions from authoritative religions have stressed the perfection of God so they can better control their peoples by stressing that the prophet, priest or king is God’s perfect mouthpiece for the perfect God and therefore must be “perfectly” followed.

We are created in the “image” of God and yet each of us are far from perfect. This itself is a witness that all lives up the ladder including any that we would name God are still progressing toward Its own relative perfection.

So if we take all things into consideration, the seen and the unseen, as the creations of God play out on the physical plane, it is a fact beyond dispute that there is much greater perfection in the microcosm than the macrocosm.

Atoms, molecules, and cells are much closer to perfect in their organization and complexity than is humanity. Humanity does not currently have a correspondence to a molecule in organization let alone a cell which is millions of times as complex.

Now let us look higher up at the stars. The stars do not yet have an organization as complex as a human city. They do have relationship, but they are simple relationships and even these relationships are created more though the interplay of advanced lives who have passed through the human kingdom rather than that of the actual solar life force itself.

Then as I said earlier the next step is in groups of galaxies and these have been mapped by astronomers and these groups have an even lesser organization than do the stars within a galaxy.

These are observable facts. We are not dealing with unknown forces here, but what can be observed by the human eye and that which has been observed bears witness to this principle of evolution proceeding from the lower to the higher as far as size is concerned.

Now here is an interesting addition to this evolutionary principle. When the higher order of lives have perfected themselves their complexity and powers will be greater than the perfected lower lives of which they are composed. A cell, for instance is of a higher order than an atom. Humanity, being the next major step up in composite life has higher potential than a cell, but is far from catching up with the organization and intelligence built into it. Humans will basically catch up to the cellular evolution when they combine molecularly in units of 144,000 and higher. After a high level of progress humans will eventually far surpass the kingdoms below in their own Becoming.

Man examining a cell is a little like scientists stumbling across an alien spaceship containing advanced technology far beyond anything on earth. They take the ship apart and put it together again and finally figure out some of its basic principles. Their first couple ships they make don’t work very well, but finally they solve the problems and are able to duplicate the technology. But these adventurers do not stop there. They continue to perfect their work and eventually make ships even better than the alien one. Even so, humans will eventually surpass the technology in the human cell because we are reflections of God and are His eyes and ears here in the physical reality.

This evolutionary progression will continue until the universe itself is fully organized and when it is completed the complexity, power and glory thereof will be beyond anything we have dreamed of and the perfection of the number seven will be realized paving the way for the greater universe to be built on eight creative rays.

Mankind has had to start with the physical in his quest for knowledge because in the beginning of the search that is all we have. But the physical is a reflection of the Spiritual so by using the Law of Correspondences with the physical we can learn of things spiritual. Then when we eventually prove certain spiritual realities to ourselves we can use these principles to gain even further insight through the Law of Correspondences

A key piece of knowledge about God that brings us much insight through the Law of Correspondences is the simple statement from Genesis that we are made in the “image” of God. Once we realize we are indeed reflections of God many vistas of discovery open up to us.

Feb 28, 2000

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May I submit to you that all arguing is not bad. What is bad is to be on the extreme of any principle. To never take issue with what you consider illusion or wrong thinking is as wrong as losing your temper and resorting to name calling. The true course of action is always somewhere in the middle. A person should not be a wallflower nor should he be in your face, but to present your opposing view in a kind manner yet at the same time presenting your case clearly can be a good thing and help to bring the truth to light.

Another point to consider is that we are fortunate to live in countries where we can speak our minds. Those who live in totalitarian countries do not have the freedom to ask questions or argue about any political (and in some cases religious views). If they disagree with something the only response is silence or they could face imprisonment for speaking out. So in this regard I consider myself very fortunate to be able to disagree with anyone I want.

It is very important that we all learn to let others disagree with us, even to the point of being ridiculous or obnoxious, yet maintain the power to respond with pleasantly with reason.

Moving on here I will make one more statement on the much discussed topic of karma. It seems that some believe that if we can just realize that from the aspect of the Eternal Now that cause and effect is happening at the same time that will give us some type of mystical power of transcendence over this law. That is like saying that when you take a trip that you begin and end the trip at he same time from a higher viewpoint. OK. Does this knowledge change anything for us in this world? Would this knowledge give me the power to make a 14 hour drive to California in an instant because the beginning and end is one in some mystical reality? If we could attain this power by just realizing this oneness in the Eternal Now then I wouldn’t even have to spend time with cause and effect in writing this post, for the beginning and end (cause and effect) of my writing would be at the same instant and this writing which takes some time would be over in less than a snap of a finger.

But what is the truth here? Even true believers have to travel through time minute by minute just like the rest of us as they use the duality of cause and effect to write and post to this group or make a trip.

The basic law of Karma or Cause and Effect is never transcended, but mastered and “wielded” by the Masters as DK puts it. Once the law is mastered then the only effects we have to deal with are those we decide to accept within our own sphere of power. Keep in mind that there is always a ring-pass-not outside of which we do not yet have power to initiate cause.

Question: Now everyone says that the number of creations are infinite, but because everyone believes this does not make it true.

Does the Law of Correspondences suggest that there is a certain number to all things including the worlds within the universe of universes?

First we might say that in all creations that we have been able to examine that there is always a specific number of units within its body. There is a specific number of electrons and protons in each atom. There is a specific number of atoms in each molecule. There is a specific number of molecules in each human body. There are a specific number of humans on the planet and there are a specific number of planets and stars within a galaxy. Using the Law of Correspondences we can then assume that there would be a specific number of galaxies in the universe. A reader gave a great scripture in this direction where God said: “The worlds are without number unto man but they are numbered unto me.” If this scripture is true then there is a specific number of worlds known only to God.

The question that no one answered seriously is: Are we just a small particle in a greater universe so we may just be a part of a pimple on someone’s giant nose? Many theoretical scientists have considered this possibility, but they have overlooked one important item in the Law of Correspondences and that is this. As we proceed from the small to the big the maturity of organization decreases. In other words, a solar system is less organized than the human kingdom and humanity is less organized than a cell. As we go up the scale the largest organized bodies mapped by man are galaxies and groups of galaxies. Galaxies are quite simple in organization with the majority of stars gathering in a center and all circling in orbit.

Groups of galaxies are simpler still with a very loose organization where the center is difficult to determine. Following this correspondent out to the universe itself we would have (as we said earlier) a very young universe with a very elementary shape,.

Now what does this tell us? This leads us to a very interesting conclusion and that is this. Our universe would be the largest organized body in physical existence and if there are other universes there is little or no organization that exists between them. There may be at some far future time, but at present the organization of God ends at the universe level. This would mean that we could not be an atom on a pimple of someone’s giant nose.

Now there is another correspondence that indicates that we are on the right track here and that is this. We are created in the image of God. In other words, we are the reflections of God. Using this correspondence between man and God we can find out about ourselves by finding out about God. On the other hand, we can find out about God by looking at ourselves.

To discover how God can efficiently create we must look at ourselves. Are we most efficient when we are trying to do many things at one time or when we focus on one thing at a time? If the latter is true then what is the one main point of creation that God is focusing on at this time?

Feb 27, 2000

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Real Karma

I am amazed at this strange doctrine concerning Karma not being real that has surfaced in the new age community over the past few years and am curious where it has come from. All the sages past have taught the principle of cause and effect. It is plainly taught in all the scriptures of the world and in modern inspired books by Blavatsky, Alice A Bailey and even the Course in Miracles. Is there some new recent channeled work that I am unaware of that brings forth this great illusion? If anyone could cite some reference here it may help me understand where this teaching is coming from and why it is so easily believed. Or is it possible that many are just creating their own version of belief in Karma associated with a desire to escape effect?

I think however we are beginning to make sense out of a recent post. Misapplied teachings of karma have indeed been used to enslave the minds of many.

There is great illusion being derived here from the comparison of karma to the statement of Newton’s Law. The potential correspondence is accurate, but the correspondence must be seen as it is.

Where is the illusion then?

In Newton’s law, as well as cause and effect which is basically Newton’s law, like creates like.

The Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Note that it DOES NOT say that the opposite reaction is a different type of force than that created by the action but an “equal” one. The word “opposite” refers to the direction of the force, not the force itself.

I was asked what is the opposite of Love. This question has nothing to do with the true point we are discussing. Why? Because when the initiating cause is love in the direction of another human being we then have the effect (karma) of love coming back to us from an opposite direction. Sending out force does not cause something other than force to return and sending out love does not return hate. But the opposite involved is not the opposite of love or force, but the opposition involved is in direction. Love begets love, force begets force, hate begets hate.

Question: What is the opposite of Karma?

Answer: Oblivion, lifelessness, voidness, nothingness, deadness, no creation, no love – the opposite of Becoming. If this appeals to you then go for it but for the life of me I cannot see the attractiveness of it in this reality.

Now some say that cause and effect are happening at the same time in a higher reality where there is no time. This may be true but still it does not negate karma. I submit that the Eternal Now is not timelessness as many teach, but a consciousness that allows time selection. If their were true timelessness as some believe then nothingness would be the result and the higher worlds are far from being nothing.

Now some associate karma with guilt, but guilt is created by illusion, a trick of the mind caused by an outside entity or voice that takes the place of the true god within. Outside voices can be very deceptive, but again, even with this we have a cause and effect. An outside voice causes you to believe you are to trust in the voice of God out there and that you need to hang your head in shame when commands are not followed.

Let us take a Mormon and a non religious person drinking coffee together. The good Mormon will feel very guilty about it, but the other guy will feel no guilt even though they are doing the same thing. The true basic effect on them physically is the same.

However, one feels guilty because he erroneously believes he is displeasing God and the other feels no guilt. Because guilt is created by illusionary cause it can instantly disappear as soon as the illusion is removed.

In this way Christ removed our sins for he dispelled much illusion that removed us from effects of karma that we never had in the first place.

Imagine that the Mormon authorities told the church that they could now drink coffee. Instantly, all guilt surrounding this act of coffee drinking would be erased, but the real effect from the hot liquid and caffeine would remain the same as before in the real world.

On the other hand, the effect of missing out on a lot of enjoyable coffee drinking is a residual effect through decision to accept illusionary cause.

Now some of you are saying that karma exists merely because we believe in it. The only way karma is altered by belief is when belief initiates a new cause and produces a new effect. It does not negate a past effect, but joins in with it.

Let us say a person throws a stone in a stagnate pool and it creates a rippling of waves. Now I have a second stone that I will label as a cause created by belief and I throw it in where the ripples are. Does this nullify the previous effects?

No. The ripples are still there from the first stone.

Does the new stone create an overall new effect?

Yes.

Is there any way that you can use belief only to cause all the ripples to instantly disappear?

No.

If you desire a still pool what are you to do?

Answer: Wait for the forces to play themselves out. There is no other way. As the forces are playing themselves out you might want to make the best of it and throw a leaf in the midst and watch it dance upon the forces until stillness arrives.

NOTE: It is interesting that I wrote this just before I read Geoffrey’s words as follows:

“Those who believe that karma does not exist are right……if you are looking far enough into the future. Take a tank of water for an example Drop a stone into the water and run away. Come back at the end of time and you will see no effect of dropping the stone into the water. The water is calm. No karma! Drop a stone into the water and watch the effect. Waves crash across the surface and hit the edge and return and collide with other waves. Plenty of karma here.”

This is an excellent use of the Law of Correspondences. The time will indeed come when all karma will be played out and we will enter into a peaceful rest to contemplate the experience. But then we will plunge again into the rippling world of cause and effect and play the game one more time, but a little wiser than before.

If karma, cause and effect, is caused by belief only then why does it exist on the surface of Mars where there is no intelligent life or belief?

Why does karma exist in the animal kingdom for animals have no beliefs? Some say that karma exists because we see ourselves as separate. Yet the animals see themselves as interconnected yet still experience the effects of karma.

DK basically said that among primitive man for millions of years the animals were the ones that dominated the human kingdom. Early man lived in constant fear of ferocious animals and there was a great struggle on the part of the human kingdom just to stay alive in their midst. Many there were who had friends and family killed and eaten by the beasts.

Now DK says that this situation which lasted for eons created a karma within the animal kingdom that is being played out today. Now the situation is reversed and humans are a threat to the animals rather than animals being a threat to humans. He says this karma is the true reason that we presently kill animals for food. When this karma has played out then there will be a balance achieved between the human and animal kingdoms and both shall live together with greater harmony.

DK also says there is karma in the very elements of the earth itself, an effect from the previous solar system. Our personal belief would have nothing to do with this residual effect from billions of years hence.

A reader makes a statement that could explain the differing views here:

“Karma is the perceived effect. The perceived cause is an action with which one associates themselves. In other words, you have carried the accumulated effects of a past experience into the present.”

JJ: If we define karma as that which is perceived then a change in perception can give the illusion of negating karma.

For instance if Jim wants to give me an anonymous gift and gives it to Jane to give to me I will erroneously perceive that the gift originated with her. The true fact is that the cause of the gift was Jim no matter what my perceptions were. If my perception is changed incorrectly and I see that the gift did not originate with Jane but perceive it to be from Jack that does not negate the true cause. This true cause is still Jim no matter what my perceptions are.

True karma is actual cause and effect, not perceived cause and effect. We daily experience the effects of many causes of which we are consciously unaware of and which have nothing to do with our individual belief system.

A while back I perceived myself typing the word “the,” but instead typed “tghe.” My perception did not create the reality, but my lack of focus and cause on the physical plane did. I believed at first I typed the word correctly, but belief did not alter reality.

In fact, the alteration of reality and the creation of misperception of cause and effect is a technique used in brainwashing. In the book 1984 we read of many alterations by Big Brother, but instead of creating a new pleasant reality the result was instead hell on earth.

Some say there is no real karma here because this world is just a larger dream state and when we awaken from the dream we will discover the karma never was.

First let me state that this is a very long dream. Creation on the physical plane has been ongoing for billions of years and since we have been and will be involved for such extensive periods then perhaps it is in our interests to make this a “happy dream” as the Course in Miracles calls it.

It is in the nature of all conscious beings to dream on a regular basis. One who is deprived of the dream state becomes insane. Dreaming in one form or another is something we will do on and off as long as there is existence,.

Even a dream has a cause and then within the dream itself there are causes and effects. When I have a good dream with good causes and effects (karma) I often reflect upon it during the next day or so and feel that it adds to my quality of life. Thus even if it turns out that this life is like a dream we will still take the experience with us to a greater reality and this life will be a cause to ongoing effects in higher realms.

DK describes the coming liberation from physical life as follows:

“Respond, O Rising One, to the call which comes within the sphere of obligation; recognize the call emerging from the Ashram or from the Council Chamber where waits the Lord of Life Himself. The Sound goes forth. Both soul and form together must renounce the Principle of life and thus Permit the Monad to stand free. The soul responds. The form then shatters the connection. Life is now liberated, owning the quality of conscious knowledge and the fruit of all experience. These are the gifts of soul and form combined.” Esoteric Healing, Pages 535-536

JJ: Note that in this liberation form reality is not forgotten for he says we will then own “the quality of conscious knowledge and the fruit of all experience. These are the gifts of soul and form combined.”

“The quality of conscious knowledge and the fruit of all experience” is thus good karma (effect) that we take with us to the higher planes. Belief has nothing to do with it. Attachment has nothing to do with it and judgment has nothing to do with it. You will just take this “fruit” with you even though you will be free from attachments at that distant time.

Now those of us here in this group are far from having the connection shattered with form so it is best to plow with the horses we do have rather than dreaming of riding the tractor we do not have. If we merely dream of riding the tractor we do not have we will cease being a cause in this reality, but if we plow with the horses we have cause will be generated and the effect will be a plowed field. Maybe it will not be plowed as quickly as we can dream of doing it on a tractor, but at least it will be plowed in real life and preparation is made to eat the real fruit of the vine.

Feb 26, 2000

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The First Law

The law of Karma is the Law of Cause and Effect. There can be no cause unless there is a corresponding effect for that is what a cause is. The first definition of a cause in The American Heritage Dictionary is: “The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.”

The same dictionary gives as the first definition of effect as: “Something brought about by a cause or an agent; a result.”

Therefore, by definition there can be no effect without cause and there can be no cause without producing an effect.

Now some have said that Karma, or the Law of Cause and Effect, can be negated or eliminated.

Some say that it only exists because we are attached to it or because we have judgment within us. Others say that we merely must rise above the illusion of this world and Karma will cease.

Do you realize what it would mean to escape karma to the extent that karma would no longer exist?

If karma no longer exists for you this means you would cease to exist. Non-existence is to have no power to initiate cause and effect. And non existence is impossible; therefore, total escape from karma is impossible. If you are beyond cause and effect you are beyond the power to even be alive.

DK through Alice A. Bailey tells us that the Masters do not eliminate the Law of Karma. Instead they learn to “wield the law.” In other words, they create causes so the effects that result are desired effects rather than undesirable ones. In this way they are free from unpredictable karma. In other words, they are no longer victims of the law as regular humanity is.

A regular human in his use of karma is a little like a novice going to Las Vegas to gamble at blackjack. The odds are against him because he does not understand the game and does not realize that because of his ignorance the longer he plays the more he will lose. He who learns to master karma is a little like the master gambler who learns how to count the cards which will give him control over the game. In both cases the law of cause and effect is in full force, but in the latter case the Master Gambler uses the law instead of being used by the law.

Is cause and effect only applicable in the worlds of form?

Answer: It would have to be applicable in all worlds because the worlds of form are an effect of energy which was an originating cause before the worlds were created.

In the beginning there was God and God Itself was a cause and creation is the effect. Thus the first act of the invisible God was the exercise of cause and effect.

To those who say they can exist apart from karma, let me put forth this challenge.

I can show you billions of examples of karma (cause and effect). But can you show me even one example of anything that is real that creates no cause and effect? It takes a tremendous leap of faith to believe so strongly in that for which no example can be given. Why would someone believe in a place beyond cause and effect if such a place cannot be demonstrated internally or externally??? You can in deep meditation attempt to withdraw into perfect stillness, but even this meditation (cause) has the effect of peace or stillness of thought.

Not only does logic, experience and the Law of Correspondences bear witness to the eternal existence of cause and effect but all the writings revealed by the teachings of the Masters as well as the scriptures agree.

The Bible:

“For every man shall bear his own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Gal 6:5-9

Note here that Karma extends beyond the physical for it says: “He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

From The Book of Mormon:

“For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

“Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.

“And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.” II Nephi 2:11-13

Note that without karma, cause and effect there would be no creation, no you and me and no God for God is the First Cause, the first agent of karma.

A Course In Miracles:

“If I intervened between your thoughts and their results, I would be tampering with a basic law of cause and effect; the most fundamental law there is.” Text Pg 27

“Think not you understand anything until you pass the test of perfect peace, for peace and understanding go together and never can be found alone. 5 Each brings the other with it, for it is the law of God they be not separate. 6 They are cause and effect, each to the other, so where one is absent the other cannot be.”

Text Pg 278

“ Nothing can have effects without a cause, and to confuse the two is merely to fail to understand them both.” Text Pg 420

Alice A Bailey;

“As I write this instruction I would call your attention to the subject of karma. There comes ever in the life of a disciple and in the soul’s experience some one particular life wherein the Law of Cause and Effect assumes importance in the consciousness. From that life and that moment, the disciple begins to deal with karma, consciously and definitely. He learns to recognize it when events and happenings come which require understanding and which evoke questioning; he begins to study the quality of his radiation as a karmic agent, and therefore he becomes the maker and constructor, in a new and important sense, of his own destiny and future. His reactions to life and circumstances cease to be simply emotional in nature and become deliberately dictated by conscious observation; they then have in them a significant quality of preparation which is absent from the life of the average man. For the remainder of this life, therefore, I would ask you to carry the theme of karmic decision and of preparation for the future ever in your consciousness; I would ask you always to take action with as full an understanding of the probable following effects as you can manage to achieve, and to make a real effort to study the Law of Consequence and Compensation.”

“It is not my intention to explain or elaborate the subject of Karma. This occult yet fundamentally exoteric theme, the Law of Cause and Effect, evokes a general recognition when called by this name. When called the Law of Karma, it is immediately regarded as mysterious, Oriental and new. Called (as it sometimes is) the Law of Retribution, an entirely erroneous connotation has become attached to it. Today, the karma of humanity is descending upon it. I would remind you, however, that the continuous emphasis laid upon the malevolent aspects of karma conveys a wrong impression and negates the full grasp of the truth. There is as much good karma as there is bad; even in the present world situation, the good karma emanating from the soul of humanity balances the evil which comes from the material aspect and is continuously over-emphasised. It is the rhythm of matter in contradistinction to the rhythm of the soul, and these constitute the initiating causes of the present conflict, both in individual lives and in the general world situation. When this is properly grasped, the true picture may emerge in your hearts and minds with greater clarity.”

“A steady endeavour to see the reality in every form. This literally involves a study of the law of cause and effect, or karma, the object of the karmic law being to bring the opposite pole of Spirit, matter, into strict conformity with the requirements of spirit so that matter and form can perfectly express the nature of spirit.” Discipleship in the New Age, Vol II, Pages 538-539

JJ: DK goes on to tell us that the earth is not a sacred planet because Sanat Kumara himself is somewhat of a rebel from a cosmic point of view and has some effects (karma) that he must deal with before the planet can take the needed initiation.

Even high entities who have learned to use the law of karma in a positive sense cannot let their guard down, for one of the Kumaras that came to the earth with the Ancient of Days (called Lucifer by Christians) fell from his lofty station when he did not wield the law with wisdom.

Feb 25, 2000

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