03-06-2008, 12:00 AM
Hi Bob,
"I concieve of Spirit as Air, or Radiation: Invisible, yet with Effect. Doesn't it seem so simple, as a scientific reality, yet so easily denied?
"
In the Qabala the Hebrew letters Mem (M), Shin (Sh) and Aleph (A) all mean Spirit. Water, Fire and Air respectively. Each a specific aspect of Spirit. Jesus
recieved the Spirit at Baptism (water) and transfered it to his disciples by breathing on them at one point and also warned of a "Baptism of Fire" to
come.
"Do you remember that Carlos episode where he was collared like a dog to a post? I can't recall the exact word , but don Juan's cohort shouted it?
I keep thinking -Attention! Attention! "
No, not specifically.
"Dreaming. Until I noticed , from these books, I never paid enough attention to that place between Waking and Dreaming. Many Writers find their
inspiration there, and get out of bed to note it. Now, I find a lot of activity there, though my lifestyle does not allow me to chronicle a lot of it.
Attention. By paying attention, and accepting a reality, my dreams have indeed become a part of living, though not, in my case, as useful as don Juan taught
"
In the Celtic beliefs and also Don Juan's anything that is nether this nor that is magical, ..borderlines. Twilight whether at evening or morning was
called the "time between times" and very easy to open doors to unknown. Changes of seasons, Soltices, equinoxes etc. I have awakened being taught
many times as well as gotten songs and ideas for inventions and answers to problems etc. upon awakening. The same thing (that place in consciousness) can be
more controlably sought in meditation also.
I think the main thing about it is to keep a desire or problem (I mean this in the mathematical sense of a problem to be solved) in your desires or the back
of your mind etc. The answer will come but in it's own time. It is "magical", but after a while you come to realise that we are magical beings
and that is the way we were built to function. In the West as a culture we have lost this aspect of mind function. (I blame Aristotle.) But only as a culture,
not as individuals. It has to be exercised like any other muscle. Artists and poets and other right brain thinkers seem to fall into it easier, but it is
available to us all.
My teacher talked about the Akashic Records where everything ever thought or happened is stored. It can be visited and made use of. "There is nothing new
under the sun."
While recovering from surgery a few years back I got into the habit of sitting on my steps outside at twilight and gazing at the woods outside my door. At
these quiet times the sounds of nature were speaking directly to me. Making use of turning off the internal dialog and the "time between times" and
gazing at the same time showed outstanding results. And three is used in the "manifestation in matter" in both Qabala and Celtic practices.
We learn the principles and then apply them in our own ways. Use your imagination. You are learning some interesting principles just by being open to your
studies. I see it in your writng.
"I concieve of Spirit as Air, or Radiation: Invisible, yet with Effect. Doesn't it seem so simple, as a scientific reality, yet so easily denied?
"
In the Qabala the Hebrew letters Mem (M), Shin (Sh) and Aleph (A) all mean Spirit. Water, Fire and Air respectively. Each a specific aspect of Spirit. Jesus
recieved the Spirit at Baptism (water) and transfered it to his disciples by breathing on them at one point and also warned of a "Baptism of Fire" to
come.
"Do you remember that Carlos episode where he was collared like a dog to a post? I can't recall the exact word , but don Juan's cohort shouted it?
I keep thinking -Attention! Attention! "
No, not specifically.
"Dreaming. Until I noticed , from these books, I never paid enough attention to that place between Waking and Dreaming. Many Writers find their
inspiration there, and get out of bed to note it. Now, I find a lot of activity there, though my lifestyle does not allow me to chronicle a lot of it.
Attention. By paying attention, and accepting a reality, my dreams have indeed become a part of living, though not, in my case, as useful as don Juan taught
"
In the Celtic beliefs and also Don Juan's anything that is nether this nor that is magical, ..borderlines. Twilight whether at evening or morning was
called the "time between times" and very easy to open doors to unknown. Changes of seasons, Soltices, equinoxes etc. I have awakened being taught
many times as well as gotten songs and ideas for inventions and answers to problems etc. upon awakening. The same thing (that place in consciousness) can be
more controlably sought in meditation also.
I think the main thing about it is to keep a desire or problem (I mean this in the mathematical sense of a problem to be solved) in your desires or the back
of your mind etc. The answer will come but in it's own time. It is "magical", but after a while you come to realise that we are magical beings
and that is the way we were built to function. In the West as a culture we have lost this aspect of mind function. (I blame Aristotle.) But only as a culture,
not as individuals. It has to be exercised like any other muscle. Artists and poets and other right brain thinkers seem to fall into it easier, but it is
available to us all.
My teacher talked about the Akashic Records where everything ever thought or happened is stored. It can be visited and made use of. "There is nothing new
under the sun."
While recovering from surgery a few years back I got into the habit of sitting on my steps outside at twilight and gazing at the woods outside my door. At
these quiet times the sounds of nature were speaking directly to me. Making use of turning off the internal dialog and the "time between times" and
gazing at the same time showed outstanding results. And three is used in the "manifestation in matter" in both Qabala and Celtic practices.
We learn the principles and then apply them in our own ways. Use your imagination. You are learning some interesting principles just by being open to your
studies. I see it in your writng.