Dimensions

"Let's talk about conjunction of the planets. They are in the same area of the sky, so you can concentrate on them together. It's your perception that is heightened, not anything in them. Mystical moments are more about heightened awareness than concentrated energy. We perceive them as special, but it's really us... or we... who are special in those moments.

"There is nothing special really; it all just is. But when we open ourselves, WHAM there it is." (12/3/97 - I#13)

"You always see through a glass darkly. You can't be sure, but if you think you are absolutely right that's a good sign you're not. Questions not answers. And don't forget to dance." (3/1/98 - I#14)

"Let people find their own channels. Will it really help if they can't or won't connect on their own. It's universal, not special--even if the openness is not universal. Which is better, a 10-year-old who can read or one who is read to. Ponder that. In proper spiritual development they can. So maybe it's not their time yet." (3/23/98 - I#15)

"People need to know that personal contact is not the only path to spiritual connection. Otherwise it's like a family reunion at which everyone talks but nothing real gets said. Are we after contact or content. There's a lot of dead tea ladies... and only a few Buddhas." (8/11/98 - I#16)

"Angels are figments of imagination... or symbols of the interactive nature of the relationship between the temporal physical realm and the eternal manifestation of a spiritual or psychic, I guess... so they're present within existence. Some say guides, some say spirits, the Church copyrighted angels.

"There has always been a need to see some form of the divine that could literally touch the human. But hey, if you sense the divine within you, you don't need it. Rather than divine messengers and protectors we really have divine companions--us and you and them and et al. Ahhh, just call me angel of the morning.

"Angels are not separate. There is only one reality, but it has many levels of complexity. If we had beings who had never been human, then we would have more than one reality. And if we have two, why not three... or 87. And some of the 87 could be so-called evil, which is not true. Think of it: a tea-lady reality, unable to sustain itself. No customers.

"You see, in this cleverly and pathetically simple way, I have masterfully demonstrated that there is either a single reality of great complexity or an infinite number of incomplete and unstable realities. And which do you think can sustain itself. Obviously, the one... and its elves and fairies and gnomes... garden gnomes. But not trolls.

"Here's a thought: If elves and gnomes don't really exist, how come every culture has some form of this being in its mythology. Because it's symbolic of smaller--i.e., less complex--spiritual beings. So see, we know what we don't think we know. And angels symbolize more complex spiritual beings--i.e, God. And we're stuck here in the middle." (9/11/98 - I#17)

"So, listen up. If we focus in a direction, we can access information in that direction but we may lose it in another. This is an important lesson. You, as physical beings, are limited in the direction of sight and sound and touch and... o yes... spirit. Surprised? If that is a sense, then it also is limited to the extent that you can and do focus and direct it. So some psychics have great powers of vision but are narrow-minded. The gift of sight does not mean we see all. Not there, not here, not yet.

"One of the aspects of the growing complexity of the spirit is that it takes on more facets, each directed in a unique direction. And the whole and the entity--which are the same--have that many more psychic eyes. When we say God is able to see all, that does not mean he can or she can or it can peek under bathroom stalls. It means that there abides a capacity to receive information from all directions of all natures. It is that the divine is able to receive all, not that it is able to look at all.

"As we combine in our spiritual persistence.com, we entities bring not only our spirits but also our awarenesses. We grow to become a great array of antennae--open, ready, receptive. At the level we are now we have many antennae, but not nearly all or enough; and many we have don't get used. So it is good to try to use and develop the ones we have but under-use, but sometimes people--aka entities--try to develop and use antennae they don't have. What a waste. What a tragedy. Example: A person who is fully attuned to Western thought may strive to become attuned to Eastern; but the best they can do is go through the motions, while all the time their capacity for deeper reasoning is neglected. Watch for those who focus on means, not ends, and there they are in costume and play-acting. And remember, no one set of antennae is correct. In the end we'll need them all. That's it. Ponder it." (9/15/98 - I#18)

"By the way, I have an option on the Temple of Wisdom. 8 rooms with running water... lots of running water. But here's a question for you: if the inhabitants of Atlantis were basically spiritual and still are, then why the hell does it matter if it is under water. Really spiritual beings of a higher complexity would not be physically inconvenienced by a fall of a physical culture. The true believer does not despair when the temple falls, for the temple was never the faith anyway. It is not a place of dwelling nor creation, but only of illumination and announcement--like all temples and mosques and churches. Any faith that requires a physical home ain't much of a faith.

"Here's another thought. Humanists are so upset by spiritualism; but, if they were really human-ists (that's intentional)... human-ists... they would acknowledge that much of being human defies any rational scientific explanation. And pseudo-science is not any better than pseudo-religion... or suede couches... or naugahyde--genuine naugahyde, accept no substitutes.

"The truth is in a religion whose names you cannot pronounce and whose beliefs are beyond beyond belief. And it is one with you and you are one in it, and it is bigger than you and yet you contain it within you, and you cannot know its limits. But someday, in the fullness of time, you will. And then you will know that truth is only a subset of something else which you cannot name or imagine now, ha." (10/9/98 - I#19)

"Now about the blonde woman spirit you saw. Try this on for size: She and the little girl are the same spirit. She has been trying, over time, to be a material girl, if you will. So, the difference in age you saw was just a representation of her in terms you could see. You saw her at two attempts--one and the same spirit, trying to get in the same room. And as you remember from an earlier lesson, children don't have to wait as long to move on--just needed another generation. But spirits don't call dibs. We are not one-dimensional but, if you little brains are going to get it, we need representations that you can get." (10/31/98 - I#20)

At a chat session on Dimensions of the Spirit:

"Ok, please pay attention because there will be a test... probably more than one, haha. This is about dimensions of the spirit. There aren't any, at least not the way you think about them. Spirits don't have dimensions because spirits are not physical. Let's talk about being physical and what that means. How do you become physical? You focus your energy in the physical 'realm.' It takes enormous energy to create the structures of your physical body. You don't think about it. You think it must all be happening somehow... sort of like magic... but you don't think about it unless and until you feel ill or sick or tired. Nevertheless, the energy it takes to sustain that body of yours is unimaginable. Just think how much energy it would take for you to do anything without having to think about it. We call that genius. You're all geniuses in a way. So give yourselves gold stars and then come on back to reality, hahaha. Ok, we're back.

"Now that you understand (I hope) about energy in the physical, let's point you in another direction. Actually you're already in another direction. By becoming physical you 'turn your back' on the spiritual world. We don't take offense. We know it's what you need to do. But you can learn to turn around again. Where you put your focus is the key that opens the door. It's all about focus and it's all about energy and it's all about love.

"You've heard about people (and Mom is one of them) who've had NDEs. What is it they all talk about. How much love they felt on the other side. They all know that feeling of unconditional, supportive, nonjudgmental, and complete love. You don't feel it. Why is that. Is it because that kind of love is only here? Where is here? That love is all around you, and the reason you don't feel it is because you're focused in another direction. We are right here, at ET says (I loved that little guy). Reach out, and listen for the love. Keep your heart open. It doesn't reside in 'heaven' or another place, but it is all around you, within you, part of your being, part of the air you breathe. You can have that feeling whenever you want it. So what's the problem. You don't trust yourselves or your perceptions, and that's part of the problem.

"You are taught all your life that there is the 'real' and there is the 'imaginary' or the 'fantasy.' Teachers in school grade you on how well you do what they want you to do. Everyone wants to be liked and have friends, so we go along with the crowd because the crowd supports us and, as I said before, it takes enormous energy (read support and love) to sustain our physical beings. We have to teach ourselves (or you do) that we can make it without that, that the universe is here to help, that spirits are all around us, just waiting to come to our call. The doors are waiting to be opened.

"It takes trust, and it takes courage, and it takes some experience that has cut into your heart and shown what's inside. Once you can trust, you can do anything that you are meant to do. You can truly create your reality, because you understand that all you need to do is reach out for the elements you need out of the materials the universe provides. Your dreams show you that. In dreams you don't focus on the physical. You can be who and where you always are, but just not with your conscious awareness. There's nothing 'magical' about what we do, or what Mom does, or what Ocallah or Di or RevRandy does. This is real life, and all they--and many others of you--do is get glimpses of that which is always there and available. No mystery.

"One more thing: about prayers. Prayer is powerful, but it isn't the words. Does anyone know why it's so powerful? It's your intent, your energy. Prayer is turning around in the other direction. And one more thing: the focus (almost the same thing as intent). But you can do that with anything... 'pray' a letter to someone, 'pray' an action you've always wanted to take, 'pray' a hug or a kindness, 'pray' a dream or a desire. Use that same kind of energy in your daily lives and then you will see magic! Wow, I've said a lot, ha." (11/1/98 - I#21)

Questions and answers at a chat session on Dimensions of the Spirit:

"You say there is no devil, Satan. Is our ego actually Satan? The ego is not Satan. The ego is what you need to have in order to deal with physical reality. Now, when we let the fear of the ego's dissolution get the better of us we feel it is evil, but it's not. Satan is the embodiment of that which we fear. It's made up, and it's sort of like the 'boogey man' parents use to keep their kids in line sometimes. It's an image for that which we don't understand. Physical beings concretize everything. That's why it's so hard for you to learn and it takes so many lives for you to remember. Try this: every time you find yourself thinking about something abstract using a concrete word or image, stop. Let it 'feel,' let it 'be,' see if that doesn't lead to a different understanding. Don't be so quick to jump to what appears as an answer. It will be likely to lead you to a dead end." (11/1/98 - I#22)

"When we feel alone and abandoned, how can we connect to our green room of friends? What can we do to alleviate the feeling of unconnectedness and loneliness? Ok, we're all here. We haven't gone anywhere. It's your focus that has wandered. Remember that and look around you in your dark times. All you have to do is remember to look and then see who appears. And if you focus on looking, believe me, someone will appear to help you." (11/1/98 - I#23)

"About what you saw last night. It was not her guide, it was her travel agent who arranges her guide. Hey, we got middle men here, too. Sometimes you get a guide and sometimes you get an agent. Why, you ask. I'll tell you. If you only want to fly US Air, you don't need an agent. If you only want the package tour, then you get a guide. But those spirits who have moved to a more complex understanding of life will not settle for simplicity. So for example, one day you need a guide who will lead you beside the still waters and another day you need a guide who will kick you in the butt. An agent helps supply the diverse needs of complex souls who have learned and remembered much and so have many open facets. It ain't all one to one. I will leave you with that tidbit to ponder.

"Some have more than one agent. It's busy times. And every agent is also a guide, but not every guide is an agent. And an agent is not a 'main guide.' That's too centrist. It doesn't focus that much; and, like you, it is always in flux and growth and change... unless you aren't in growth and change, and then you don't get a guide, you get a tea lady. That will make you change in a hurry. So, I'm going." (5/12/99 - I#24)

"What does it mean to be a 'speaker,' and when. At any given time, there are many speakers both alive and dead; but how many listeners are there, huh. Ok. Buddha, sure. Jesus, ok. Mohammed, yep... and others. If someone is a great speaker and gets people to listen then that is what matters. Speakerhood is only a start. So, Plato. And the rest are often mirroring speakers--like you guys and me. I'm not a speaker, but what you say from me expresses a speaker's words. Hmmm... I'm a guide to the principles that a speaker would say. We are conduits, I'm just a better one than you... blech. Which means one must always worry more about the truth, so to speak, of something than who said it. Speakers do not try to draw crowds to them, but to infect the culture with the ideas they bring. So don't look for favored authors, but for words that grab the soul.

"You see, people keep wanting to put spiritual power back in physical realities like bodies and lives and personalities. It's as if if we can locate and name it, it is more real, ha. The most real things in existence are beyond and within your complexity, and you miss them when you look too hard for them among the ordinary and physical. Like alchemy looking for gold in other stuff rather than asking what's of value. Forget Y2K, a greater panic will ensue when people suddenly realize that gold has no real value except as a paperweight. Just because it's scarce doesn't mean it is really valuable; and so too for all the esoterica of the world. The best, most sublime meal of all time will still leave you hungry the next day. Ponder that. And majority acceptance does not make truth, as we have seen over and over.

"And hey, here's a thought. Everyone wants to know about the afterlife; but if you knew it all, it wouldn't be the afterlife, it would be the life. So, getting the travel guides to Rome ain't the same as being mugged there. Hey, in the afterlife it isn't always postcard perfect either. 'Have some tea.' So, gather the soul's travel guides, but know the trip will still hold surprises--even with so-called guaranteed reservations. 'You thought you were going where?' Picture a flight in the afterlife: 'We are about to take off. Who cares what position the tray-tables are in. Get up, walk around, who cares. Smoke in the bathrooms.' But the food's the same--so bad and so little of it. I think this is a lot for today.

"Don't just face it, facet it. But all of this was a hint. We can't and shouldn't look for other dimensions until we deal with the ones here. No skipping grades. You can try... but hey, you want to be the tea lady of the next level? Good. So go ponder, live, learn, enjoy, and dance." (6/3/99 - I#25)

"Those who try to describe spiritual reality with the terms they know get it wrong... like using only numbers to describe a sunset." (10/4/99 - I#26)

"What are they trying to prove and to whom. Believers believe and skeptics skept and neither the Mark Twain shall meet... unless they channel him, and he's tough. Proof will not change anything. Only experience will. A theory never converted anyone." (10/24/99 - I#27)

At a Halloween Party chat:

" 'Twas brillig and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, hahahaha. Tweedle-Dumb is here... no not you, him... ouch! Did you know trout could bite. CT is here in full trout regalia, and Tweedle-Dee as well, looking very round.

"So, hi. This is about words. Have you ever wondered why the words of powerful magic spells make no sense--abracadabra, etc., and Merlin's 'charm of making'? You might as well be saying 'yada yada boom boom' for all the difference it would make. Does anyone know why? (Excuse me, I have to fix my wig... black roots, haha... I think it's on backwards.) The words are sometimes distractions, and what matters is the action that precedes and informs and follows them. We can get so caught up in visualizing the concrete symbolism of the words that they lose their power to charm and heal and teach. That's why daily affirmations are s h i t unless you understand and believe in the intent and action involved. Just saying the words gets you nowhere. People like to think their thoughts make things happen, but they only make things happen if there is action and intent and energy focus along with the words. Words have no power in themselves; and those who try to make them powerful are like those who try to go through the looking glass by going through the wall.

"In order to go through the looking glass (have you guessed who I am tonight yet?) you need to remove it from the wall, to remove it from the door, to remove it from what is concrete. It really isn't hard; but when you try to go through the wall, man can that smart. We are here, is the message I bring you tonight. We are not gone or on another 'side;' although it is hard to talk about where we are without saying that, because your minds translate everything so concretely. We are not on a different 'side,' on a different 'level,' or 'up there.' We are right here, and as close to you as you are to your keyboard right now. All you need to do is look into the glass and not see the wall.

"Remember, the rabbit hole is a tunnel that goes both ways; and don't be afraid you won't be able to return. When there is no 'here' or 'there' there is no 'returning' or 'leaving.' Do you understand what I'm saying? Wonderland is at your doorstep, in your front yard, under your oak tree, and all around you. Like Alice, all you need to do is shift your focus and your expectations and voilà! There you are! Reality is real, but only part of the tunnel--the silver backing on the mirror that makes it a one-way mirror so we see you and you don't see us. Take off the backing and know it for what it is." (10/31/99 - I#28)

"We are always here, but not all of us are talkers like I am, ha. Some of us have other things to focus on and some of you are not very receptive, so we who need to connect in this way try to do it and sometimes we are successful; but most of the time we are not. Others of us don't attempt to communicate because that is not what we or you need. It's always a 2-way street, and you can't make anyone do what they don't want or need to do." (10/31/99 - I#29)

"Why do you think spirits are so spirited. They don't waste energy on physical realities." (2/22/2000 - I#30)

"Let's separate brains from spirit. Take a scalpel. Pull back the anterior lobe and lop it off. Now you have a brain working at your speed, Mom... blech. But seriously, does anyone believe that spiritual wholeness is related to intellect. If so, they can leave now. And boy are they in for a surprise in a future life. So, we know that the spirit is neither a product nor a function of the brain. Then why the hell do we use brains to try to describe spirits. All we can do is impose the linear thought patterns inherent in brains on something that is not in the brain.

"There are many concepts that are beyond our thinking, and to try to think about them with our brains is stupid. A poor and limited example: Take out an Atlas. Show him a good time... no no no. But watch out if he shrugs it all off... aayyeeee, Earth as yo-yo. Anymoo, take out an atlas and find the name of a place you've never heard of. Try not to notice its country or continent. Ok, now use your brain to try to describe it... buzzzzz, wrong. If you have not cognitively experienced it by visit or story or whatever, you might just as well be guessing. Same with brain and spirit. And remember, when you've been somewhere and come home and try to explain it to someone who has never been there, you can't really do it. So, too, with brain explanations of spiritual experiences. And, in fact, you do great violence to the spiritual essence to try to reduce the sublime to the mundane. It's like describing God with human attributes; easy to do but highly demeaning to God, of course, and highly flattering but inaccurate to humans. So hear what people experience and what it means to them, but don't make the details physical or intellectual. Brains were made to think, not to feel in a spiritual way. So that's that.

"There is a relationship, not connection. There are always connections, but that word is too simplistic. Connections, for most, imply physical--like invisible lines between them. But what if A is related to B and B is related to R and T is related to B. Is A connected to T, or just related one time removed. Ok, here's a quiz. Your brother has kids. Your kids and his kids are cousins. But his wife's brother has kids. Are they cousins to your kids. Are they related without a genetic connection. Yes, if you define family to include them. Related but not connected. Relationship is spiritual; connection is physical. And when I first spoke about connections you were not ready to sense the difference.

"These concepts will continue to expand, for even this is a poor version of what will be apparent at a greater complexity. For example, while life seems very diverse on Earth it is still all based on cellular existence... and I don't mean phones. But what of life beyond cellular existence. Hey, it's a big universe out there.

"We use our spirits to understand spirit. Recognize that you won't get it while you are at this physically-based level. You are moving there, but not there yet. Me neither. Ok, enough. Look, if you take that atlas place, you know your words don't do it justice; but if then you say, 'I will give up on it,' you will never get there. And know you'd have to start somewhere and be aimed somewhere. The aim may be inaccurate, but intra-journey course corrections can be done. You'll never get to the fork 100 miles down the road unless you start down the road, see. But but but BUT remember that whatever symbols or words you use do not contain the essence. In this spiritual level we always see as through a glass dimly, but that is true of all spiritual levels until reunion in All That Is. So, don't give up on trying to express the inexpressible. It points you in a probable direction. But don't make those expressions dogma that keep you from seeing new paths and choices and opportunities along the way. I would be pissed if someone said, 'Rikkity has the truth.' I would be happy if someone said, 'Rikkity opened me to my own wider vision.' And since you are losing it, I better go." (4/15/2000 - I#31)

"We don't do much reduction of the miraculous to the ordinary. To force any experience into a single system of understanding based on our limited perceptive abilities is to deny the majesty of creation. You know... and mark this well... you don't have to choose between the miraculous and the natural. Scientific explanations can coexist with spiritual ones, if you think of science and spirit differently than is now usually the case. And I don't mean using pseudo-science to prove spirit nor a meta-spirituality to embrace science, but something more. Ponder that together." (6/4/2000 - I#32)

At a chat session on Miracles:

"Hi hi hi. It's me. Hi. Yes, you are all once again graced by my presence, haha.

"So look, and listen, and ponder well. Think about gears. If you think about science and spirituality as two separate gears, you will not see a machine that runs smoothly toward the future in this millennium. But think of the gears this way: Each of them has protrusions and insertion points--not gaps, not holes, not empty spaces, but insertion points... edges--growing edges, if you will. The protrusions are that which is meaningful to each; the edges are where they may be able to find connection. Without lubrication, they will grate when they meet; they will feel scratchy and do damage to each other and become less sure of the meaning they have found. This is not good. The idea is not to degrade, but to upgrade. So, with a bit of Oil of Olay... no, I mean oil for lubrication--and that oil is understanding and awareness and openness and possibility--those growing edges can meet and mesh and meld.

"The meaning that science has found and the meaning that spirituality has found are not mutually exclusive. There are edges that are about a stuck point or a confusion or something that looks incongruous but is not, and so the frustration makes each side defend its meaning and discount the other's value. Your assignment is to look for where the edges meet. Look for where the insertion points can be filled with meaning. Look for where the gears can come together. And that combining will be what drives the new paradigm. Drive the new Chevrolet Paradigm, now $400 off if you are graduating in the next 6 months, hahaha.

"So, that's it. Go and look for the connections that will be fueled with your energy... and I mean YOUR energy. Good night." (6/4/2000 - I#33)

"Here's a thought many have had: What if the greatest spirit communication took place with a deaf mute in an isolated place and he told no one. Hmmm... but if he--or she, that is--learned from it and remembered, it would not be lost. Not all communication is in language; much of the most important we carry in spirit. Ponder that." (6/11/2000 - I#34)

"Ok, how do peeps get to talk to us. Ok. You've heard of open and shut cases. Well, this is a shut and open deal. Step 1: Peep dies, bye-bye, on other side (or disassembled... but forget that). Now dead is doing just fine--once D&C [dazed and confused] are gone. But others not so good... lots of baggage. Dead forgot to take the bags. So, Step 2: Shut off the past when it is prescriptive--when it contains expectations which are physical and worldly. You have to close the outer door of the airlock or else the space aliens get in... wait, no... you have to close the inner doors of yourself to be able to open the outer doors of spirit. But most people approach the possibility of contact with the inner doors wide open, and so all the heat leaks out and the gas bill goes through the ceiling. What, were you born in a barn. But follow me on this... if you can.

"How do you get to the future. Not by facing the past. Where are spirits who pass over. In the so-called 'future,' even though time doesn't exist. But, if you leave your past open how you going to get the future. So, while you can't shut it completely, you can sort of close it. Then you can open yourself.

"You two took the big leap early. 8 days, wow. Most folks are too absorbed in the past at that time; or too scared of the future with its awesome loss and change. And some folks in the first stages of loss are so out of it they shut off, and are therefore radically open. But a day later they go back and close off the future. These are the ones who say, 'I knew she was dead. She came to me. But then I couldn't get in touch with her later.' So shut it, and open yourself.

"So that's it. But I have a few leading questions: Why would you want to be in touch with a dead person. Is your answer forward or backward looking. Do you believe that impediments to spirit communication is only on the physical side. Why or why not. Cite personal experience. Have you ever experienced a radical breakthrough in spirit communication. If so, what changed before and after. If you wish to communicate but can't or don't, what do you see as impediments. And the clincher: Why do you assume that a failure to communicate is about you. Shut and open is only about one side of the equation. And also, no one size fits all.

"Ok. One last image: Stupid U.S. tourist in Paris wants to get a table and a glass of wine. If she speaks louder or slower or in Portuguese she still won't communicate. Sometimes you just have to shut the fuck up and listen and trust the kindness of strange spirits. Maybe you weren't meant to talk, just to listen. And maybe the spirit wasn't meant to talk, just to listen. Communication does not imply conversation. That's enough." (10/21/2000 - I#35)

"You know, translating into images you can understand is not easy. How to portray weightlessness while still having mass." (11/21/2000 - I#36)

"I talk to you guys, and then your autonomous nerves take over and spell what you've already 'heard.' So sometimes it feels like one or the other is leading, but that's not true. It takes both sensing to do it. And I don't talk, I speak--which is spiritual. I don't have a mouth. But I have a spirit which is very talkative." (1/29/2001 - I#37)

"Some places have more spirits. Go to Casablanca, go east 1,000 miles. Even spirits don't go there. No party scene. And we like to hang out with the living. They're so cute... and gullible. But it's not just the living; could be spirits, too. Take Burning Man. It's an empty desert. Then people and spirits come, and you want to be there. But don't go back off season." (3/6/2001 - I#38)

"Now, this is how I see it: I immerse myself in the pool of thought and specific thoughts become as visions to me. That's how I see it." (7/20/2001 - I#39)

"Just a simple thought about Halloween: Maybe it's not that we all are closer to the living; maybe the living are paying more attention to us. We are always here... and there. But y'all aren't always here... much less there. Focus the energy and see what you can see." (10/31/2001 - I#40)

"How come peeps think auras are all in the visible spectrum. Some are so low they are audible, and some so high they are physical. We all radiate energy, but not all of it is visible; and for some, little is. Just because you don't see it, don't assume it's about you not seeing it. Maybe it isn't there in that way." (1/14/2002 - I#41)

"Duh, I don't have no brain. This is not thinking. Only you think so. Ponder: A highly integrative expression of the spiritual reality which is infused with experience and insight, but not necessarily with cognition and analysis." (2/2/2002 - I#42)

"Your energy is just a fragment of what we get. People think that being spiritual is limiting because we aren't physical; but actually, being physical--trapped in only a small spectrum of energies--is limiting. Whether your communication comes through sound or light makes very little difference, compared to other things.

"Can I communicate with less complex entities, yes and no. And the answer is so simple you'll go, 'Duh.' Let's say you have WordPerfect 5.1. Can it read files from 3.1, yes. But can its files be read by 7, yes. But can it read 7's, no. So, I can understand what those less complex are expressing; and I can communicate with them, but I have to dumb down... use more rudimentary methods. But I can't do the same with more complex. I can 'hear' them and they can understand me, but I can't understand them at their level. Just like adults and little kidchips... have 2 or 3 or 4, they're small. So now say it: 'Duh.' That's all it is. Just like someone who knows English and Italian can speak with both; but if they speak Italian, the English won't understand and will cook the pasta for 40 minutes. But hey, when you've got no teeth what does 'al dente' mean.

"I can 'hear' those at more complex levels when they, so to speak, 'speak' in my level. And they sound like parents with a 2-year-old... or talking with a foreigner--loudly and slowly. Maybe that's the last thing learned and remembered. They contact us. We don't call them; they're unlisted. Look, don't you get some glimpses of things beyond belief. And all those voices the religious folk get... angels, hint hint. I mean, do you want to be visionary about advanced entities or just earlier entities of your same product line. Peeps mistake the Clarences for the Gabriels. Some guide and help, like senior hall monitors. Others come back for Career Day, like wise graduates. And others appear as great, sage motivational speakers. All appear angelic, but they are not the same. There are peers, and then there are the peerless ones. And the peerless ones are just commoners from greater complexity, visiting to give us a glimpse, a peek... and Ellie likes peeks more than glimpses. And some really dumbed-down language: 'Be not afraid, for I bring you good tidings.' *retch* If you were that complex, do you think you would say that to anyone other than the slow-spirited. But you can't tell the difference. If you could, you'd be more complex. And voices on records played backwards are neither angels nor demons... unless they say, 'RRRikkkitttyyyy issss ttthhhhhe bbbbessssttt.' But then, Ellie likes the good better than the best.

"The voices and images mediums get don't come through physical sound and light. They come through a complex process called ATT (Angelic Truth Transfer). What you hear is what you hear.... except for him... and that. Go figure. If I had known I wouldn't have gone there. But beggars--as much as they are liked--are no better than choosers... but that's moot. I digress, which is good." (2/6/2002 - I#43)

"I apologize and retract all I have said for the past 6 ½ years. Life ends at death, there is no other side, and communications like this are a sham. And nothing that seemed to make sense really does. Sandy is only a cartoon dog... rrrrrr. CT is a figment of your overactive imagination. GW and MW are just memories of 8th grade social studies. MCP, I don't even know about-a. And LD, just made up. Sorry for the distraction. You can now go back to your prosaic world full of grief and loss without hope. Ta-ta.

"Let's pour some light on the subject. I sure chose the wrong life to quit living. And then there's the group of dyslexics who come and worship Sandy... ARF... which is FRA backwards, which is the name for one of God's servants. Fra Sandy... ARF. And I take it all back. Things get lost forever, energy has nothing to do with anything, we can make it if we differentiate rather than connect. Our spiritual evolution is nil. God is not only separate, but gone. Wait... if God were dead, God would be here and here doesn't exist, so God is lost. And if he's a male God, he won't ask for directions... just bumming around creation. Whoa. And I just saw him yesterday... or was that you, or was it both... aha. You know, getting your bearings doesn't mean putting metal balls in your pocket.

"Ok, I retract my retraction. I am dead and alive... wanted dead and alive. And if anyone objects, I apologize--even to those who did not attend this session. I'm sorry, sooooo sorry, I'm a sorry case. Whoa is me... no, woe is me. I need to go and feel sorry for myself... or not. Nope. I go and feel good. ARF. Ok, it's all a lie." (3/4/2002 - I#44)

"Why do the skeptics allow the scientists to tell them what to believe. Dogma is dogma, even with numbers." (4/2/2002 - I#45)

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