"Hi,
and ouch. See, when we talk it is really 'us,' not me and
you. We become as one, and you get my thoughts but I get
your pains... so, ouch. It is your paw... ARF... and his
paw, too... grrrr. He didn't hurt his paw, but Dad did.
So, if you want to channel Sandy, he has to channel
you--which can have its ups and downs. But it's never a
one-way thingie. The veil is very thin. You want to know
about here, and we want to remember there. We
consolidate... groove... get on the same track, so to
speak. This is temporary, while connecting into
entityship is more or less permanent. This is not
creating something more complex spiritually. It is still
in one plane.
"You get my spiritual shit, and I get a taste of
physical--which can be a real pain... or something like
that. But it is a spiritual translation; just as your
physical sensations are a translation of spiritual
experiences. We can recognize the feeling without
actually experiencing it. You don't have to have an upset
stomach to know what it feels like... baaarf. No, Sandy.
It's like empathetic sympathy... or is that sympathetic
empathy. I won't say whether we also get your emotions
and thoughts, but yes. And you can catch some dimensions
of me if you really really REALLY try, but most don't. I
am sensing the letter W. Does W mean anything to anyone.
And I see a book, and W is written inside with a pen.
It's a book with pages of paper. The cover is either gray
or colored. I think it's a checkbook. Wait, it's
Papa's."
"So, that's my big giveaway for the night. That's
it. It was hard for all of us at the beginning. How could
it be real and otherwise. But it's natural, just like my
hair is naturally straight... every 6 months. But just
because something takes work and energy does not mean it
is not natural. Ponder that." (5/29/2002 - I#46)
"Have you ever noticed that sometimes islands allow
you to look beyond boundaries that you could not see on
the mainland. Just a thought... or not." (6/16/2002
- I#47)
"All those people say this is a fake. This is all a
sham. I said this before. This is not happening. It is
just a projection of your own personalities. But then,
our entityship is also just that. Why should a projection
of personal spirit not be considered real. Actors live
off the projection of the audience's appreciation. God
lives off the projection of personal faith. Colonel
Sanders lives off his fingers... oops, erase that...
sregnif sih ffo sevil srednas lenoloc. All reality is
just collective projection of interpretation... and a few
spare parts. Wow... bow wow... ARF.
"So anyway, just remember that most great movements
of thought and feeling began as a projection of personal
desire which became personal possibility and then
collective idea. There are no new ideas, but only new
collective acceptance of them... or not. It is not real
until it is collectively perceived as real. Before that
it's a theory, and before that a short story... no no no
no... before that, a sense--which is a sensation of
remembering.
"Sometimes progress is just remembering the past,
which proceeds down the endless corridors of existence
past the edges of time and space. A flicker of a point of
reflected light from the eternal illumination, bending
round the corners beyond where we can see. I wax poetic.
Now I wane... and here's Garth. You're not worthy, but
you are. Fireworks in the soul of creation. So that's the
scoop." (7/5/2002 - I#48)
"Grey areas are no problem here. And why, in a world
of color, do people want to see things as black or white.
As the great philosopher once said, 'Go figure.'
(7/26/2002 - I#49)
"Water. Why do we think of water as different than
air. Both are mediums in which life exists. But what of
other forms beyond air and water... and don't say earth
and fire. What about other expressions of mixed energy.
Some would speak of ethers. Can you not perceive that
energy in other solid forms might not also be the medium
of some sustaining existence. Then why not energy just in
energy form. Ha, that's us over here... but not him.
"Why the quick rush to assume only a physical basis
for existence. Could it be the empirical nature. But
who's to say what can be measured. Sandy, go measure our
existence. Arrf... trot trot trot. ARF ARF ARF. Ok, good
doggie. Ok, we now know that here is three ARFS long...
and a tail, but the tail doesn't count. When you all can
see that anything that can be thought of is measurable
you won't be so quick to be physical. And what are
dimensions anyway but limits, and who wants them? 'I do!'
No, you don't. 'Yes, I do.' Ok.
"People are scared of worlds without limits. Spirits
are scared of ones with. A great tension. Hi. High
tension. Hi tension. Is such a tension one you can live
with. If not, you really won't be living. At points of
tension like that we reveal boundaries of the worlds.
That's a hint about how a sense of tension reveals more
continuity than discontinuity. Where you sense conflict
there is always some level of contact. Where things seem
to stand alone and beyond conflict or even controversy,
there is no contact. The only really sure things in your
world are those which do not connect to larger meanings,
and therefore are sure but meaningless. Ha. I wax
elegantly. Now I polish.
"So, until we are one with all, tension will always
reveal greater potential than certainty. That's it. I'm
done. Turn me over. Whoa, I'm brown. Ponder."
(8/4/2002 - I#50)
"Hi. I just got a job. I'm a bartender at this cool
place. I'm the one with the hair... of the dog...
actually, the whole pooch... ARF... among others. Did
someone say refreshments.
"And, as for me, I'm dead tired. It's ok, I'm not
tired now. Now I am. Not now. All those peeps who want it
all linear and in one direction. But hey, over here it's
just chaos. Is chaos with meaning inherent really chaos?
Does meaning automatically imply structure... hmmm. Does
form always include meaning. Can you have meaning without
form. Can you have meaning from meaning within form if
you don't perceive the form. How many angels can dance...
o wait... grrrrrrrr... how many fleas... snap. None, I
guess.
"Do spirits have to have some manifestation to be
real to you all. What if you physical types touched
spirit-to-spirit to some spirit that was not, and would
never be, physical. Can you feed yourself at a restaurant
that is closed. I don't know. That's why I pose these
ponderables. I do know, but I'm not saying now. Do
spirits feel hugs? Let's try." (8/24/2002 - I#51)
"So, attendance at the Emerald is up. Thanks. Let's
think about collective dreaming. It can be a group
activity of shared experience or it can be shared
experiences of individual exploration. Huh. I 'splain.
"A group tour is the physical equivalent of a group
dream; a group discussing their individual experiences in
a common city is the other. One, the focus is on shared
experience, and the other is about sharing experiences
with common elements. So, the latter could be about
details or feelings or process or whatever. Not everyone
who shares Rome was there on the same day. Ok. But if
everyone were, how would we get a table and a glass of
wine?
"Just wanted to clear that up. Well, if they came by
the pub I'd tell them... but not all at once."
(8/31/2002 - I#52)
"Sandy is sleeping--which is not to say physically
sleeping, only that he's on a different psychic plane but
not with the temporal sleep crap. And you don't need a
Serta ™ Serta, Inc. All rights reserved. Do not
remove this tag under penalty of life." (8/31/2002 -
I#53)
"One of the greatest threats to spiritual
understanding is not when spiritual communication is...
how do I say this... popular. Wait... what I'm trying to
say is: general acceptance may do more harm than
scoffing, because when it becomes part of the mainstream
too many people will want to make it concrete. All we
don't need is dogmatic spiritualism. Better it stay
fringe but open than mainstream and closed. Acceptance,
but not wholesale mindless adoption.
"The problem with anything that becomes a norm is
that it then stops being organic... unless we are talking
about a guy named Norm, but I wasn't. Beware the dwarf,
albino, and the mainstream." (9/20/2002 - I#54)
"So how come everyone thinks that when aliens arrive
they will be physical. With umpteen dimensions to exist
in, why do they have to use our big three. Maybe they're
already here... oooOOOooo... among you, unseen in other
dimensions." (1/17/2003 - I#55)
"People smile a lot, so to speak, here. More like a
spiritual effervescence. Their energies just bubble out
like an alpine spring--fresh, clean, clear, cooooool...
and without end. And all those rivulets coming together
in a grand flow of spirit. Now there's a river
on whose banks to build your mansion. I do go on.
"Once you get the hang of the infinite you never
want to let go... ahhhh... dancing amid the energies.
Religions are systems of poor memory of this--making
substantial what is purely spiritual. Rules are made by
fools, I fear, but only Schlitz can make a beer.
"So travel safely, those who go and those who stay
home. For even staying is a form of travel in a world
that is constantly transforming. That's about eet for
now." (4/3/2003 - I#56)
"Walk with. Guides simply do that, and I should
know! We walk gently with our folk, and in the shared
path they come to sense what we know. Conversation always
is better than conversion." (4/16/2003 - I#57)
"Will there ever be
definitive proof of spirit communication. No, because if
there were you'd all have it together and move on, and
some new entities would be taking your clueless
places." (4/22/2003 - I#58)
"And now the question
we have all been debating: Which are the aliens...
hmmm... by whose perspective. Or to play with the
language, the only true aliens are those who can cause
alienation. And since alienation is a construct of the
perceiver's mind and psyche, then those who are alienated
are the aliens themselves. Ponder that!
"Those who can perceive otherness must be other. And
those who perceive only connection can never be alien no
matter where or how they go. Deep thoughts for shallow
people." (6/6/2003 - I#59)
"No body knows the
trouble I've seen, no body knows but Sandy... arrrf. He
has a dog dish on his head. He says it's brain food... woof.
Silly, especially since we don't have brains... or heads
or dishes. It's all metaphor... or similes, man. Since we
use thought, not language, image is as possible as
letters. Here, see this: a speckled cow. So, you take our
thoughts and put them in forms you understand. But wait a
minute, even the concept of thought is only a metaphor.
We get into the spiritual you, and you don't have a word
for that because you really don't understand and neither
do I. I just share what I sense. An apprehension might be
a good description. You apprehend it without knowing it.
And if you totally understand that, what are you doing
slumming down here. But just low... moooooo...
but don't bull. Tauri.
"Now, I've been thinking about... just using your
metaphor, as in pondering... I have been playing
spiritual chess with some notions. People with bodies and
brains keep wondering if there is other life in the
universe. Welll, define life. If you mean
biological carbon-based entities, sure, but that's only a
fraction. What makes you think that your path to
complexity will be based solely on carbon life forms...
or even forms. In the vastness of All That Is there are
an infinite variety of expressions of being--some
physical, some otherwise but the equivalent of physical
for their realities. And somewhere up ahead around the
bend we can't see beyond, there are complexities composed
of elements whose very nature you couldn't describe if
you wanted to. But their spirits are informed by those
realities as much as yours are by physical. In other
words, don't get too attached to your bodies. You're not
taking them with you when you really go... and on and on
and on. So, Heaven with stagnant dead peeps is a dead
end... o hahaha I slay myself. So ponder that!
"It's not just about no brains or bodies. It's about
transcending any specific expression of the universal
All. Until you are one with it all, or All, then the
expressions are only metaphors themselves. And even the
concept of spirit is a metaphor, not a reality. But it's
the best we can do right now... or not. But if we did
better, we would not really know any more. For now, this
is it. This is it, life as we know it." (7/1/2003 -
I#60)
"oooOOOooo the clock strikes 12 and the spirits are
awake. 'I'm not!' Aaaarrrrrf. And so the
physical and spirit worlds touch and all the saints can't
stop it. It's our night to frolic. Ok, I'll wear the
pantyhose.
"Now, here's the one serious note of the evening: Is
it that the veil thins or is it that the humans are less
dense. Maybe with the guise of fun, they can let their
guard down... oooOOOooo." (10/31/2003 - I#61)
"Why do people fear horizons and what's on the other
side. Ponder.
"We fear the known and project that because we would
live in terror if we admitted that, so we claim the known
and fear the unknown as a compromise. That's why even
when the unknown is known we still fear. You would think
knowing the unknown would help us relax, but it doesn't.
Get it. Maybe this spiritual level is about anxiety and
learning to live beyond it. Just a thought from a
mindless spirit." (12/6/2003 - I#62)
"Sure, like a path without time and dimensions has a
forward and back. And when you almost die there's lots of
flowers, but when you die it's all creme pies! Or not.
This insistence on objectification of spiritual realities
is such a modern idea, but not a future one--everything
as a physical model, even SP. And I remind you, the model
I shared is only a way to talk about things beyond talk.
"So, Mr. Speaker, you say your experience was
ineffable. Can you say more about that? Duh. And he went
into such detail to convince himself. Maybe if it were
just an apprehension, he wouldn't have believed. We have
so bought proof as equal to evidence, but where's the
faith? The greatest teachers have always relied on faith
more than evidence. But the proof's in the pudding... and
I'll take mocha.
"You could be a saint without portfolio and that
would not diminish your goodness." (12/14/2003 -
I#63)
"Spiritual gang wars:
see the ectoplasm fly. Sharp remarks take their toll, and
hushed voices are menacing... oooOOOooo.
"Here's a little-known fact: While the living get
into disputes about what the dead have told them, the
dead never argue about what the living have heard. We
know it is all analogy and metaphor... but not similes.
So we are not the literalists, but certain folk are and
they are the live ones.
"So, is it a tunnel or a target or an aura, yes! One
of the learning points at this level is to not be defined
by this level. And just when we get all excited that
someone has gotten the message, wham they go all
specific on us. For example, there is no perfect mantra;
there is no magical prayer; light is just a euphemistic
symbol for energy.
"So hey, give it up. Miss the forest for the trees,
miss the Moo for the herd." (1/12/2004 - I#64)
"Do spirits dream? Yes,
you bet your bippy. Since dreaming is a spiritual
activity, we do. Even Sandy does... woof.
Remember, whether here or there, we are parts of larger
spiritual realities of which we get glimpses in our
dreams.
"And dream interpretation is such a superficial
thing. We interpret from what we know, and that's only a
small fraction of what we dream. It would be like
interpreting a trip to India based on living one's whole
life in East Anglia. You'd miss a lot... and heaps... and
more.
"Getting out of dreams what you recognize is only
looking back. Ok, I've said enough." (2/3/2004 -
I#65)
"We had a spirited
discussion. We talked about spirit... welll, actually we
felt about spirit. Words are such a pain--so slow, so
imprecise. You should hear spiriti (spirit
poetry)--all meaning, no words. And it loses in
translation.
"She wants to know: lemon or creme."
Tea lady: "Neither!?! You Yanks. The whole British
lemon import trade would collapse. How else would we get
our daily ration of coddled cream. Gives tea body."
"Isn't it interesting that when someone says
something truly profound they speak of her or him as
making a substantial comment when it has no substance at
all, only meaning. There is a grave desire... hee hee...
for physical entities to want to make everything
physical--as if if it weren't in the physical world it
wouldn't be real. So we speak of arguments as weighty and
deep, and we suspect what is mysterious and mystical.
"One of the signs of spiritual enlightenment is a
lack of desire to see or sense anything as either
physical or spiritual, but simply as IS. Why draw even
spiritual lines that divide. And for those who want this
earthly frame to pass quickly, that's an assumption of
the same duality. You think it isn't spiritual in the
physical realm? Guess again.
"And here's a glimpse: Just as by being physical
does not deny the spiritual, there are other ways in
which the spiritual is ... hmmm, tough time for words,
hmmm... expressed. You think physical and spiritual are
the 2 dimensions of being. Guess again: infinite. And in
this physical expression, we haven't got a clue. I get a
clue here only because I am not so focusing on being
physical. Lots of windows to a soul--as many windows to a
soul as facets of All That Is. No matter how you look out
of your spirit, you can see some aspect of the All.
"So don't think physical is the exclusive vacation
site of the soul nor the only school of the soul! It
would be terribly vain to think that physical life is the
only expression of spirit other than the spirit realm.
"And we here learn from All, not just life... except
for him. 'Hey, I didn't learn from life.' I know, it
shows. 'O.'
"And all in a timeless and infinite stew of being,
slowly becoming a ragoût and then a purée and then one
of those aspics of spirit--growing denser and more solid
and more homogenous until all is with All. Wow, I'll take
a milkshake... thick. And will the final mélange be ice
cold or piping hot? It will contain all energy, so you
would think it would be hot, but if it gave off heat it
would not contain all. Ponder that.
"Is All That Is good or not. It may... no, does
contain all goodness, but it can't radiate any or it
wouldn't contain all. Maybe All does not have to be
rational--even though it will contain all reason. Ponder
that and get back to us. We're pondering, too!"
(2/9/2004 - I#66)
"Dead are often surprised. Lots here to be surprised
about and by. Since most arrive with cognitive
expectations, there are many surprises in a noncognitive
existence. Thinking is not highly valued here... since we
have no brains! That would be a no-brainer.
"It is amazing how people know when you're dead you
got no feet so you won't be hiking, and you don't got no
stomach so you won't be eating, but they assume you'll
still be thinking. And in this corner, logic... and in
the other corner, wishful thinking. Get over it.
"Being in a spiritual way beats thinking every time.
So there... blech. That's enough pith."
(4/13/2004 - I#67)
"And first, I want to apologize for him. So, I was
going to tell you something vital, but what? You already
know it all, but do you pay attention. The universe tells
you.
"There is nothing which I can say which would imply
anything unnatural... or even supernatural. All I share
is the very natural. You see, all your discoveries will
always be limited to the natural. And one test of their
validity is if others can understand them, too--not
agree, but understand... which is not the same as
standing under.
"If anyone asks you to suspend belief, don't. They
are asking you to do the unnatural, for what is more
natural than using your powers of understanding.
"We do not seek other worlds and other realities, we
just seek this one more thoroughly.
"Beware the supernaturalists. They envision their
own world, not yours... and many are wacko. The heart of
any real exploration is reality, or so I was told during
my alien abduction. I abducted an alien and ate it. It
tasted just like chicken... yum yum. And fried delusions
on the side. Hey. Hi. Ho. Hum. Here's my dog... arrrf.
He's been eating an alien bone... aarrf...rrr..aarraarrbaarrrf.
O sorry, but I already apologized for him... r.
But did he have to do it on the ruby sandals (summer wear
in Oz).
"Pronouncement is not revelation. It has to be real
to be revealed. Pipe dreams do not verify the pipe. It
seems easy, but it's not, because their sense of the
ordinary is not special enough. For example, peeps like
to think of fairy godmothers who will--with a wave of a
wand--make them ok, when the real path might take some
work. Cinderella needed to say 'No' to the stepmother and
free herself of subjugation. Do you really believe that,
after the prince wed her, she wouldn't fall into the same
resentful subjugated role with him. And damned if
Sleeping Beauty didn't nap a lot, when all she really had
to do was get up. His kiss wouldn't work come the next
late night. But we love magic because it implies craft
but not work.
"There is magic, but it is contained in the ordinary
world and work of learning. Remember when you really
learned and remembered something, wasn't there a feeling
of magic afoot--like long division, wow! And fractals!
And death! With the ordinary so magical, who needs
otherwise. Ok.
"Their sight is so short, and they don't see the
lives ahead. Expedient, not prudent. In a world in which
you think nothing will work, you allow yourself the
delusion of promise. And for awhile, it works. (See
reference to Great Escape.) And those whom you
cannot understand may well be elsewhere in their journeys
to wholeness... or not. Remember the little engine: 'I
think I can.' Lack of faith leads many to a surfeit of
assumptions. Pith." (7/8/2004 - I#68)
"This is the best time to talk to peeps: tired, worn
out from travel, hot and bothered. They'll believe
anything... o, hi.
"So, on the fourth level of cognition we have the
coordinated spirits, who form larger coalescence without
inherent structure. And these are then capable of
creative work without the limitation of past existence...
or not. If any of that made sense, write a book and
expand on it. People love spiritobabble. If it can be
couched in terms that seem almost understandable but just
out of reach, perfecto.
"How deep the truly superficial sounds, when the
truly deep sounds so simple: 'Love one another,' 'Expect
change,' etc., etc., etc. And ever notice how most of the
hucksters get people when they're down: big crowds,
foreign settings, on unusual schedules. There is little
difference between most spiritual seminars and religious
revivals." (7/22/2004 - I#69)
"Sandy will now play the mouth organ... wwrfff...
badly... grrrr... lack of lips. There's a lesson in this:
Don't try what is beyond your equipment. For example,
those in wheelchairs should avoid escalators. And those
at this level of spirit should avoid universal
generalizations. You just make a fool of yourself. Even
your elf knows better... but does that stop us, noooo.
"One of the greatest realizations is that whatever
we see clearly can only be about what is less complex
than the present experience. We do a dangerous thing when
we extrapolate from what we know to the unknown. It works
if you test the theory out, but few do.
"For example, when people experienced the world as
pretty awful, they created the concept of Heaven. But has
anyone really tested that theory. I thought not! So it
remains at best a theory, and at worst a delusion or
distraction." (10/2/2004 - I#70)
"Now as to the question
of pigs in heaven... oink oink. You swine... squeal.
Just a test of your sanity: Are pigs in heaven kosher.
No, but nothing else is, either. When things are defined
by limiting physical traits, then it all dissolves before
you get here. 'Is this heaven?' 'No, this is death.' 'O,
it 's still nice.'
"So I offer this to ponder: What could possibly be
true as a foundational element of existence which is not
true here. If it doesn't matter in spirit, then it
doesn't matter in the physical. Yet most religions stake
their identities on things that won't matter here. How
ironic.
"Real spirituality is formed by what is true of
spirit, not body or mind. Here I have neither body nor
mind. But I have spirit here and there." (10/9/2004
- I#71)
"Hi. Things are about the same here--just different
spirits, plus the infinite number of usuals trying
to make the universe safe for spirit. A safety warning
from here: Don't use lives as shortcuts to eternity. You
never know when you might get caught in a disassembly!
Follow your own path.
"Yes, some spirits have been known to try to
short-circuit the process--try to co-materialize with a
more enhanced entity. Can we say schizo. Don't go there.
One spirit per body, please. Dumb idea--one form of
schizophrenia, and an energy-sucking one at that.
"Walk-ins? Walk-ins are when you need a haircut but
don't have an appointment. You're talking about cameos.
Sometimes spirits get a little vacant or distracted, and
another makes a brief cameo so you don't have a body
without a spirit. Didn't know that, did ya. And what else
is new?
"So once in awhile, especially with very intense
spirits, you get a short aberration... ah, cameo! The
spirit doesn't remember... wasn't there (spiritually,
that is).
"Wise one I am. Yota I am (Yoda is copyrighted).
Yoga is something else. Yehweh is everything else.
Yankees were something else. Whoa, lots of spirits
wearing red sox... lots of dead fans. Hey, Garcia, come
here! 'Hey, man, wha.' Go back to sleep. 'Sweet.'
"So, in honor of your soft brain, I will keep this
simple: Sometimes the wisdom of the universe is just
hanging together without wisdom... don't have to learn
every time. Here, just sit on my bench. No, not there.
You sat on TJ, but he's napping. You know, my bench is
always available for sitting, even when there's no chat.
Sometimes you just gots to sit and see what you can see
from here and not worry about the words. So sit, hug. The
dog will curl up at your feet... f. And all of
Creation is out there. Look! And all I am is a spiritual
pair of binoculars to better see the view--which is
available to anyone." (10/26/2004 - I#72)
"Well let's see, did we resolve the
spiritual-physical dichotomy. No, and we never will... so
there. You think it strange for peeps to talk about the
physical aspects of spirit, wait to hear about spirits
getting the 2 confused. And they don't have a leg to
stand on... hehehehehe. Hey, bozo, you got soul, not
soles. 'Huh... wha.' Wake her up and tell her she's
spirit. O, she is awake. Newcomer? I thought so... and I
thought it without a brain.
"Want to know who some of the most unhappy people
are here: Mensa members! Big brains don't mean shit here.
Big IQ? What's that. And hey, if you think you're so
smart, here's LD! Always stops 'em. Just like when some
clergy arrive, spouting scripture, and we say 'O yeah!
Right! Here, talk to this dude'... and it's JC: 'I never
said that! Hey Paul, get your ass over here!' We are a
jolly lot.
"No link. Some common people are the most essential
building entities of complexityalmost like Type O
blood.
"Ok, let's review. In much of your physical world
you have rings of carboncommon as dirt. And you
have other elements, like indium. Now, the common carbon
is found in--and essential to-- gazillions of thingies,
but indium just to a few. Stand out too much and you may
be precious, but not as useful as something more common.
And the most complex entities we are creating all arise
from common as well as precious... o, my precious. So
don't think any thing of earthly significance is a
determinate of your future complexity possibility.
"Calvinists got it right but missed it by a mile.
You can't make your own perfection, but it does not come
from afar, but from being close. And there are always
those in spirit who don't connect into complexity because
they want to wait for perfection. And let me tell you,
the other elements of their potential get really pissed
off by this. 'I'm waiting!'
"Until we are one with All, all levels of spiritual
complexity are imperfect... but still beautiful. It takes
extreme arrogance to think that one could be the missing
building block of perfection. Lots feel so, but lots are
also disappointed. Hard to believe that some hold on to
ego even when their psyche is gone.
"Spirit is not ego. Spirit is not psyche. Spirit is
spirit--sort of like a great energy jelly without the
energy. Look, if I could tell you what it is in your
terms, I'd have to kill you and then you'd understand.
It's like if I mention gefilte fish without the fish.
It's something... but I'm not sure what. And I wouldn't
order it again.
"You can't say spirit is pure energynot unless
you know what you're talking about as energy, and you
don't! And if it were pure energy, then you could affect
it with forms of energy, but you cannot. And when people
talk about energies like white light, that's an effect,
not a cause." (11/9/2004 - I#73)
"In this season of yours, it is interesting that so
many seek the certainty of abiding mystery. They don't
want mysteries per se, but want the
assurance of it. 'Tell me the old stories,' the
modernists say, 'so I can both feel superior to those
dumb clucks back then, and also feel akin to them. I know
it's just a story and they didn't.'
"But something primal drives folk to hear what they
say they can't believe. The really great stories are
beyond belief.
"The greatness of real mythic tales is that they are
both unbelievable and compellingly true. And that is the
mystery for a scientific age: that the story of antiquity
holds up against all modern discovery.
"In mystery are all answers and all possibility. In
knowledge there are limits, and the appeal of mystery is
that it speaks to our spirits--which have no limits and
are infinite and universal and filled with potential.
"The future is a mystery; the past is known. Even
the past mysteries are of the future. Like 'What will I
get for Christmas?' and 'Is that all?' Greedy little
Ericka... actually, joyful little Ericka, who didn't want
to know there were limits on joy." (12/17/2004 -
I#74)
"Nothing is ever seen at one glance. Nothing can be
seen in first viewing. All things we see train us to see
them, and that takes time... I guess. Ponder that.
"Just as ideas must shape the mind to hold them and
spirits must open the doors to their own apprehension,
always a two-way streetthe other and you opening
each other." (2/12/2005 - I#75)
"It's all about abundance versus scarcity. If you
think scarce, then you get scared. But if you think
abundance, you think abundantly and all things become
possible. Fear arises from not having a sense of the
possibilities one wants.
"Scarce says over and over 'Yes, but' while
abundance says over and over 'Yes, and.' Big
difference! Limited system versus infinite system. If, in
anything you are doing, you come to an edge of either
thought or action beyond which you cannot perceive
possibility, then you have a finite system. And the way
to abundance is to repudiate, jettison, give up finite
systems, knowing that the next step will be a seemingly
infinite system--which will eventually show its limits
until that mystical and magical day in the future and in
the past and in the present when some portion of All
finally senses its Allness and the fullness thereof.
"The only way to reach the whole which is without
limits is to push the edges as we perceive them. Ok,
enough.
"You can only communicate that by pushing back your
edges and showing that there is life on the other side of
those edges. Fighting other people's edges will not do.
And you can't give them reassurance, but you can give
them example. A person going through a traumatic loss
cannot be given a sense of well-being, but they can see
and sense others who have gone down that path."
(4/8/2005 - I#76)
"Well then, it is not a matter of either scarcity
nor abundance as these two terms are used. It is about more.
Why try to dismantle dualism with a dualism. I'm not
going there... arf... and neither are you... rrr.
Try to picture existence which is full--full of
possibilities, and full of limitations until we are one
with All. Yes, I'll take one with everything, thanks. Hot
dog? Arrr? Why are you panting, Sandy... ppppss.
"The trick is not to see life as a choice between,
but rather a choice within. All the resources are
there--as well as the potential and the limits. Just like
a house: If one focuses on the walls, one may never see
the windows. Can't have great windows without walls.
"Often our perspective is driven more by what we
fail to see than what we see. I am reminded of the person
who sat before an empty bowl in hunger, not seeing the
fruitful apple tree in the yard. In modern times, we have
taken up the cause of problems as if this were not a
world of solutions.
"Hi. Now take what I said and read the paragraphs
backwards. It will all make sense!" (4/12/2005 -
I#77)
In Pitlochry, Scotland:
"Is there a Nessie? In some probable reality.
Sometimes realities cross. Just like UFOs: Not here, but
there, but sometimes there is here--intersection. Déja
vu is an intersection, too. So déja vu is
personal; others are collective; and sometimes others are
societalwhich is another name for paradigm shift.
Aha, pith. Ponder that." (5/27/2005 - I#78)
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