“And bubbles. Just remember that they are only really useful when they don’t produce judgment or superiority. Warning: Increased awareness may lead to strife. Use cautiously. And consult a spirit if wisdom lasts longer than 4 eons.” (11/19/2011 - V#180)



“I’m different in spirit. I look more like a manatee... moo. We all don’t look like anything. We just are. ‘But some smell.’ CT, speak about yourself. ‘Touché.’ Oooo, French. Come here, my little cauliflower, and I’ll put some dressing on you. ‘French?’ Non, creamy Italien. ‘Hiya.’ O dear lord, it’s like living at Comedy Central. I laugh at everything, hahaha.

“So, seriously, we don’t look like anything. Because sight is a physical sense, and so are touch and taste and smell. ‘See!’ CT! And hearing. But you know all this. When you have a mystical experience, it is beyond description and senses. It just is–pure sensation without sources of senses. Our existence is senseless. But in your existence, senseless means meaningless, but here, oooo la la, the meaningful is transcendent of the senses.

“Ok, if, in the physical world, meaning generally arises from sensation and its integration into constructs of meaning, and here meaning arises out of the essence of being, then physical meaning is dependent, while spiritual meaning is not. We have a direct relationship to being, which does not require the intermediary step of sensory experiences and their interpretation. So, I never have to say (except to CT), 'What’s that mean.' To him, I say 'Huh.' 'And she does!'

“I say 'What are you' and the answer to that is a recitation of pure being. And if I said it to you, it would be incomprehensible because it cannot be reduced to words or letters on a piece of wood. And one thing to remember is that, as hard as some may push to have you concretize the being, there is no need on your part. If each would focus on her or his or its experiences, and less on common validation and interpretation, things would be easier. Why can’t people just accept the Mona Lisa’s smile without demanding to know her reason for smiling. ‘I know! Gas!’ LD, shut up. ‘She-a had fagiola for lunch.’ LD. 'Ok, I invented that story. CT put me up to it. He said you were giving away the farm. If people don’t need interpretation and meaningful integration of experience, then how will charlatans stay employed.'

"Remember, those who interpret what others experience are voyeurs. Those who help others experience and integrate those without interpretation are counselors. It’s the experience and what one does with it, and not what others say about it, that matters!" (1/20/2012 - V#181)



“So, it’s been quite a non-time period. In this chapter, we... and I use chapter in an non-sequential way... we experience awareness of the particularity of experience and the unity of experience as the same. And until you can do that, you’re stuck with physicality... f f f f. What’s so funny. Woofé arfé, ARF, grr. O, it’s a given that seeing things in isolation is about physical reality. Grrr. Physical realty. ARF. What? It is about a piece of property, not the experience of total realty... grrrr... reality. You try to talk dog... f f f f f.

“Here’s the challenge: Many religions focus on the universal until the individual disappears, but the individual never disappears, but only becomes one with everything... don’t, CT. Just hold your own mustard.

“So, early on I talked about differences and connections, but connections would be meaningless in a full amalgam of entities. Open up any complex thingie and you can still see the parts. Not gone, but integrated.

“So, it’s not about losing oneself, but about fitting in in ways that enhance the whole. 'I once decorated a sewer. I enhanced a hole.’ Just go sit in the corner. 'Does time-space have corners?' Just for you, because you’re special. That’s right, special ed.

“And there is pith in all of that. “ (2/24/2012 - V#182)



"Buddha already had moved on: retro spirit. Pieces or components of more complex entities can appear among us, just as holes where components of chemicals that have bonded are still there. In every slag pile is the memory of ore. And it is often hard to differentiate between the positive, and the absent presence of elements which have complexed on--became part of something more complex.

"It’s not either this or that, but this and that. In an instant, the whole of All in all its levels of complexity, each elemental piece both separate and complexly combined--all existence in a moment, at all levels of complexity. We call it the ‘Big Picture’–as in, when you get the ‘Big Picture’ you see it all.

"But when a spirit moves on in complexity, they have to learn and remember they can also be simultaneously simpler. Just because you have a Ph.D., doesn’t mean you can’t go back to class.

"Saints are often those who, having seen the light, continue to strive to see the light in new and other ways. That’s why you find them, not with the successful, but with the struggling. I think that’s good pith." (4/12/2012 - V#183)



“Sometime, take one of the traditional prayers and replace the word 'God' and 'Lord' with anything else. And see if it makes any more sense. Just a handle for that which cannot be held.

“ ‘God’ is just a handle for that which cannot be held. So, as knowledge advances in an infinite existence, God is never smaller just because knowledge is larger. One does not take away from the other." (5/13/2012 - V#184)



“Every entity has a pattern of information as unique as fingerprints. Have you ever heard a piece of music you didn’t know, but you immediately knew who composed it. So, there.

“I can sense CT’s unique set of inherent energies and pieces of information. While the present entity is unique, it holds all the constituent sub-entities. So, only when All is All That Is, is there no difference. When--and I mean when in a sense other than time–when all has become one, there is neither need nor means to differentiate. Until then, specific patterns emerge. And that’s all I’m going to say about that!

“Just because you rely on physical differentiation, including time and space, doesn’t mean those are the only identifiers. Ok, ponder that shit.” (6/8/2012 - V#185)



“So, keep up the vision work. There will be those who will seek the paths of minutiae and disruption because the path of vision is hard. It's not just about what you want, but about sensing the universal and the eternal within the temporal. And if you settle for anything concrete, you will have sold out. It should be like an ever-expanding beacon, not a destination on a worn out map. Getting to Cleveland is easy, but getting to true freedom is a never-ending but always fulfilling journey... unless there is an unexpected blizzard around Pittsburgh, and then the path becomes repetitively challenging without hot water.

“A fool is best recognized, not by what he or she knows, but by what she or he will argue with. Those who want to argue the trivial can go and prove their insignificance.

“If spirit can express physical qualities, why don’t the physical express more spirit? Because the number of first-timers is zero in spirit and much larger physically. By the time you get here, either you are moving on to second-time, or you’re not here. Infinitely more than the none here. The concrete and the linear is seductive--easier, or seemingly easier. But that’s just like the blinders on horses make it seem easier to get along the familiar routes.” (7/27/2012 - V#186)



“When the way is made too easy, the path can’t teach the lessons of the road.” (9/15/2012 - V#187)



“You don’t just wake up in an existence and find yourself in an enhanced complex entity--not like poof you’re complex. You work on it. Actually, you find the relationships that don’t require you to work to work. Energy enhancement: One and one, more than two.” (1/8/2013 - V#188)



“As I was saying, the trick of spiritual development is not just fulfillment, but also connection. And by 'connection,' I mean enhancement. It is no easy task to relate to other entities in a way in which energy is shared but neither sucked nor drawn--where one’s energy flow can merge with that of another without need nor without demand. Some entities live as if they have it figured out, as long as they don’t have their own energy taken by others, but that is only half the equation. Some have that part well learned, but depend on the energy of others to be oneself, as Emerson might say. ‘Hi. I did say!’ O, I didn’t know you were here. ‘That’s fine. Continue.’

“... to be oneself, not as the slave or servant of another, or others, and! not demand the service or slavery of another or others. And service and slavery are such broad concepts; expecting others to live at your schedule or diet or whim is a level of service. Many so-called 'individualists' are such only because they demand others to live by their peculiarities. So, we are all on a quest to find those entities with whom we can be ourselves, and they can be themselves. Sometimes we even find such connection at this level of complexity. (Hence a G and M–connected, but he relied on her apple pie, and she upon his good spirits. If she had not relied on his spirits to meet his want and need, he would either have been bent to her or wandered away. It’s a balancing act.)

“And, of course, when I say ‘energy,’ that is an inclusive term for all forms of connection and expression. It is not just about physical, or even spiritual, energy. That two together can hold more understanding than either alone, is also about energy.

“Great people are not always the greatly connected. Society often reveres those who stand alone, while the simplest, humblest may find the connections of which I speak... ARF ARF... no no no no, I did not mean 'Speak!' ARF ARF. No no no no. For the mind of the universe, he can be clueless. Woof?

“Just like you and your little computer: If it demanded that you serve it, or if you demanded it serve you, you would miss the synergy of what it is and what you are. Some machines seem to serve us, but at what cost? Like things that break down often, or take more work cleaning than the work they perform. And then there’s people who demand machines serve their will, and burn out motors and break things. I am not going to mention collard greens. But, some think things are to be simply used, as opposed to being in relationship with them. Sure, you can row viciously, but the oar locks will wear out and you’ll be up the creek without a paddle.” (1/12/2013 - V#189)



“So, how is it that combinations of entities can seem to produce more energy than what the entities give to it. Why is a good combo seemingly energizing for all? Let’s ask Mr. Wizard... no no no no. 'Hi.' Mr. Wizard, played by the affable Don Herbert.

“Because, when the combo is right, there is less energy needed to sustain the constituent parts. They supplement and complement each other, just like the elements of a molecule. It is easier to be an oxygen atom in a molecule of water than to be a free atom always seeking resolution or attachment. The oxygen atom can breathe a sigh of relief: ‘Phew, don’t have to worry about oxidating anything anymore.’ And hydrogen... well, you know hydrogen. Just better in a combination than alone–a highly explosive sort. And so, too, with spirit.

“Come together right, and it all feels easy and rewarding. So, if two entities that complement and supplement each other get together, who cares what plane it is on. People always picture the so-called ‘higher’ planes of being as better, but this one is more complex and fulfilling than an infinite number of other planes. So, don’t put this one down. Sure, things will be different and interesting in more complexity, but this one, lived well, contains all the secrets of existence.

“Existence is holographic. Even the most separated state of being held the All. Nothing was missing, except the patterns of complexity which provide a sense of enhancement--not because they contain more, but because they require less for all to be in relationship. Read and ponder that.

"Actually, complexity is easier, more efficient--you can get to the whole picture with less energy. Think about going to France and wanting to drive. Which is easier: getting, keeping, and coordinating many fold-out maps that will never fold back, or an atlas. That is a metaphor, and I am not suggesting the special or sacred nature of French road maps, nor Saint Michelin. I will be pissed if people later make maps sacrificial objects. But it’s ok with me if, while trying to fold them, they invoke the deity.

“That’s enough. A new skylight into the World of Wonder which is Spiritual Persistence.

“Yep, it takes so much energy to keep all the parts of existence separate.” (1/19/2013 - V#190)



“Dynamic tension for the spirit: I want you to see how long you can keep an idea in mind. This is the shadow of trying to move beyond all thought.

“Why do you want to turn off your minds, when they are the center of the transfer of information. Don’t tune out, tune up. With SP patented methods of mind development, you can focus, not squander.

“Bob W. had a hard time at work, until he learned to keep ideas in his mind at his bidding. Ever had a song stuck in your mind? Wouldn’t it be great if you could stick what you want and it would get stuck. Well, now you can. Read The Minding of the Human Brain: 10 Steps to Train, Not Deny Your Potential. Quack scientists around the world will endorse it. Just another product of Rikkity.

“The path to your fulfillment is not through avoidance of you, but through thorough encounter of you. Peeps so often think of themselves as flawed and needing to be avoided, but your greatest potential is YOU! I’ve said it all.

"Spurn and dismember is what most people do, instead of learn and remember.” (1/26/2013 - V#191)



“Here’s a little SP insight: Always... no no... never... no no... always be nice to other entities of all levels, because sooner or later you will need them to move on. So, there you are, part of the penultimate entity, and suddenly the piece next to you says, ‘Don’t I know you.’ Or rather, a piece of the piece next to you says to a piece of you, ‘Don’t I know you.’ And oy, it was the piece you gossiped about way back when. Talk about karma.

“So, be good to all. And I do mean all. The process will take care of problems. It doesn’t need your help. So love, appreciate, connect... but at least be civil. Don’t burn any bridges. The pieces that drive you the nutsiest are the pieces you need to reconcile with, lest they pop up at the ultimate moments--like a giant game of 'Chutes and Ladders.' Should have been called 'Chutes and Latters.'

“I was speaking metaphorically and physically, while what I was trying to say that energy and information may be recognized by other parts of the same pattern. In the end, everything you reject becomes you... or becomes your ally... ‘except for him.’ CT!

“If nothing is lost, just transfigured back to constituent energy and information, then it's all coming back. So, better it should come back in a pattern that is harmonic with you, and not dissonant because you decided to treat it in some way other than harmony-seeking. If you perceive of every person having a meaningful role in existence, then you have created potential for meaning. But if you have dismissed some from the patterns of meaning, they are removed from the potential of meaning–not by their identity or nature, but yours. So, always project the paths of potential, and let a lack of potential or fulfillment flow from the other, not you. Ponder that!

“A slur brands the speaker, not the person slurred. If they are less than desirable, let them live out their failure. You need not speak it, and certainly don’t need to mark it. A fool is not the poor one in a crowd, but rather the person who calls out the fool.” (2/5/2013 - V#192)



“So, just remember, you can’t get more complexity without greater connections. Simple. If your existence is not ever-more extensive and inclusive, it can’t be more complex. And if it is not more complex, then it is not more fulfilled, and is less expressive of All That Is.” (2/17/2013 - V#193)



“Volition does not cross bounds of planes. If we are in one plane of existence, we can’t direct actions in another-- which then begs the theological question about Divine intervention. 'Aha,' you say, 'God is in and of and with every plane.' Doesn’t do it. God of every plane is a result, not a cause. And if some sense of the Divine is felt as causative in any plane, then that deity is not elsewhere, but present in that plane. In other words, there is nothing which is supernatural.

“No hands reaching down from the heavens to bless or to use folk as pawns, nor spirits reaching out from beyond. I am as much of your plane as you. I see more, but I am not of more. And, in the complexity development in which it appears that several planes become as one, and take on a larger definition of the field of being, whatever is causative then and there will be of that level of complexity. And All That Is is not a state, but a result, from which all flows in individuation--but not as a 'source' as we use that word in English, but as a source as we use that word in French. It springs forth, but it does not cause water. Processes elsewhere made the water as a result, and the source merely presents it to its new setting. Ponder that!

“Never mistake la source for 'the source.' ‘Praise God from whom all blessings flow.’ Doxology had it right. And those blessings are the products of the less complex planes which are constituent of this level of being. And yes, ahead is a level beyond fears, which will be the result of the living with fears at this level.

“Name one scientific discovery that stands on its own without precedent. Each flows from before. Or else, you decide Newton’s apple tree is God.” (2/24/2013 - V#194)



“Ok, set your Pithometers to 10, because we are going there! Grrrarf.

“Ever have a moment when everything becomes crystal clear--and I mean the kind of crystals that are clear, not those cracked and cloudy ones--like you just suddenly get it. Proof, I tell you, proof that all the states of complexity are occurring simultaneously. And the trick is not one of hierarchical achievement, but of alignment. Getting all your ducks in a row, spiritually.

“You know how a combination lock works? You spin the dial to a number, and a little wheel inside the lock is positioned so the groove, or notch, lines up with the pin. Do that for the second number and the third--with wheels, or really cams, which are not aligned to zero, but to the first number, and then the third to the second number, etc., etc., etc.--until all the notches... not nachos... line up, and voilà, open eet and find voilà... no, viola. It’s a music safe.

“So, back at the wheels. Think of your various go-arounds at many levels of spiritual complexity as the wheels. You need to get all the cams in order. And each cam is aligned to the previous one, but is also spun independently--and sometimes randomly, for just a glimpstant. While the wheels are still in spin, the notches... not the noches... all align, and you get that sense of it all. But since the various levels of complexity are still in motion, the glimpstant passes. You can’t lock it in, and the pin of Eternity can’t be thrown. And yet, the path it will eventually find is seen. It is like getting the right combination without knowing it, but keeping going past the numbers of the combination without turning the handle. It’s all lined up, but for a sensation, not a revelation. Ok, Sandy, how did I do? Woofé. Wow, 10.4.

“You didn’t get the combination, so to speak, even though you passed through the right numbers. You don’t think you’ve got it, but you experience it without knowing it. It is, but it is not yours yet. Already but not yet. The combination which is your pathway to inclusion in and creation of All That Is is already, but you have not yet locked in the infinite sequences, and each level of complexity is still seeking its own fully recognized and realized identity.

“The number of the notch on the wheel is already and eternally there, even if you don’t yet know it. Deterministic? No. We are talking pathways here, not absolute routes. How you discover the combination is infinite. But only you have that same combination. Every bank vault in the world shares a digit with many others, and yet each is unique.

“Chaos reigns. And yet, in the midst of chaos is the germ of every order. I out pith myself. I quit while I’m ahead. ‘You don’t have a head.’ Shut up.” (3/16/2013 - V#195)



“I hope you have your pith helmuts on because we are going into pith with muts... grrrr. Ok, helmets without muts... grrr. Helmets, no mention of you-know-what... ARF ARF. Got it.

“Ok, SP brings us the reminder that existence is progressive, not regressive. Now, why and how do I say that.

“Let’s think about this level of spiritual complexity. You have some spiritual entities, which are rising up, so to speak, in complexity. This, in fact, is most--either just here from lesser complexity, or here in the midst of the learning and remembering of this level. And we have a few who are elements of greater complexity that was not stable. But we don’t have any from any complexity greater than just one level more complex who are moving retrograde on the complexity continuum.

“At any level--which we might label A--we have entities from A and A+1. Never a plus greater than 1. In a regressive model, higher complexity in its degenerating form would be present and expected, but SP suggests the contrary. Aren’t you glad you have your helmets on.

“ ‘But,’ you say, ‘without time in the equation, all states and levels coexist.’ True. But your perception of levels, even without time, is a matter of probability: quantum spirituality. See, without time, it is not a matter of linear temporal progression, but of a probability progression.

“When one is in the state of absolute separation of spirit, the probabilities of complexity greater than 1 diminish as the number increases. You can’t probably include a sense of the ultimate state of unity when in the state of ultimate separation and differentiation. At one, you are one with All. And at the other, you are just one. And the progression from 1 to All is a growing sense, and also a growing realization, of a greater probability. So, 1 can become 2, but it never can be 0. And Level 42 can become 43, but never 41, and absolutely never zero. The journey is from 1 to All, and since there can be no travel from 1 to zero, then all else is a probable journey to ultimate unity--mirrored in the progressive sensing of the more inclusive probability ahead. Boy, I bet you are really blessing them helmets. Ok, I think, enough.

“And 3 can’t perceive 5, but can 4. And all this is an analogy. It’s not about numbered states, but about apprehension of greater realities more complex. First, grunts (just like CT), then words, then sentences. And when you can do sentences, you revert to less only in times of failure to communicate. But at every level of language acquisition, we sense even greater levels of complexity. All existence, not just spirit, is so. I’m done.

“And think about other spiritual paths which claim that spirit is on a downward spiral without some external intervention. SP says the way ahead is progressive naturally. A teacher or guide can help, but the path, and your journey on it, is there naturally. You don’t get from 3 to 4 by outside intervention.

”And, by the way, this is the reason for real hope." (5/23/2013 - V#196)



“So, pondering? Because if what I said is so, then All That Is is simultaneously fulfilled and becoming. It is always All, and yet All is constantly becoming other. And since All is progressive, then All is becoming more.

“Pithy pith.” (5/26/2013 - V#197)



“The immigration of spirit into physical takes place developmentally. So, it has some physical attributes early, like kicking. But the whole spirit does not commit, or be committed, until just before birth, or in some cases, just after birth. But time does not matter.” (7/22/2013 - V#198)



“It has been awhile since we talked about the geometry and architecture of existence, which is a way to suggest that existence is simply the expression of formulae (that’s feminine for formuli), and that once one has the proper physical definition or explanation for a piece of existence, then the total meaning is known. But you know this is not so.

“You can explain the angle of refraction and the nerves of optic perception, but that does not contain the power of a rainbow. It’s not in the formulae, nor the formuli (which shall henceforth be called F because I’m lazy. So there.) No F can contain all levels of meaning, even as each is true. Truth does not imply comprehensitivity. Just because nothing contradicts a notion or an F, that does not mean it is all-inclusive nor universal. The explanations are never essences. So, I talk of planes of complexity, of development, of models, of F, and what I say is true, but not enough. Too often, people like to find an F, and then they stop.

“Here’s the essence of SP: All I have said or will say is true, but not complete. Only in the fullness of unity is there complete complexity. And that seemingly contradictory statement of singularity and complexity is the key.

“All the images and analogies I have evoked and invoked are true, but waiting to be expanded and included in something truer.

“Don’t get hung up on a single step of the ladder of development, because really there’s no steps and no ladder, but there is development. And any illusion of even a fraction of achievement or certainty is delusion. Let it steady your spirit so you can travel on.” (8/23/2013 - V#199)



“I want a perfect partner in existence... just like me... ooops. To have friends, you need to be a... rich person. Let’s try Spiritual Imperfection: There is no point to existence. Everything is a creation of your spleen. All religions haven’t got a clue. Death is a brick wall. Any feelings of connection are spurious, so focus on the differences. That’s all that matters. And go it alone because you are! Yep. S.I., the new nihilist tradition: I think, therefore I am deluded.

“Even with an act together, it can be undone. We arrive with the combination and the potential for complexity, but there is always the nurture element. Our spiritual composition is opportunity, not destiny.” (9/4/2013 - V#200)




“I hope you have been pondering the pith hidden in recent messages. Sometimes the pearls are not found in oyster beds. Hints sprinkle our collective digressions.

“Just as you never know which brushstroke makes a Rembrandt, nor which pixel makes a JPEG, it’s all of them--a pattern, a relationship, the fact of each element and the relationship of all the elements. And the ‘all’ is more than just the sum of parts.

“The brushstrokes taken in a different order would produce something else. It’s always about the content and the context. And if you are urged to disregard one or the other, then run.

“What I hope I can share is a meaningful tapestry. But those who want to argue about a single PtoP without being engaged in all the rest are just whistling Dixie. But that is the invitation.

“It’s getting it out there into the matrix of thought. Who knows what piece will build connections. It’s spirit barfing. My message ralphed.

“So, just a meandering pondering.” (9/8/2013 - V#201)



“So, let’s get to the center, the core, the nub, the essence. While it is holistically true that all of existence has knowledge of all other existence, there are both essential knowledge and actual knowledge.

“Think of a great domed room. It is true that anything said anywhere can be heard everywhere, but the point at the center of the room will hear it best. Does this mean there is a differentiation of the quality of knowledge, yes. There is inferential knowledge and essential knowledge. For example, you know me and I know me, but I know me in a more essential way. I am the center of my being, though my being is as infinite as the universe. ‘Watch out, she will be reciting Song of Myself soon.’ I sing the Moo eclectic.

“And since all existence is both universal and particular, the particular is the more intimate, and that is what we call essential, central, core–the repository of all that is primary and not derivative. This is a hard concept because we like to think of an atomistic world in which our beings are unique and separate. So, I know myself better than you know me, but what if I am secondary to an even greater source of knowing--not of Creation, simply of knowing. The sum total of All, always becoming, growing, vital, organic. And so it is into that which we all proceed–not away from or above, but at the heart.

“One of the greatest sentiments of spiritual thought is death as going home. And that home is furnished in part by our lives--not up and away, but central.

“You discover, after the D&C parts, that it feels so familiar. And well it should, because it is not foreign but informed by us. The bereaved are left with their partial knowledge, which is indirect, and they don’t have a sense of the wealth of the homecoming. So, they feel loss whilst the dead are feeling fuller. Parts known but forgotten are once more known--like the person with a storage locker who gets reacquainted with their own belongings. And to the core it has always been known, and becoming known--which is why tribal religion always pictures a return to the Source. But without the nuance of the Source changed and informed by the life. There is too much talk about the eternal unchangeable. How about the eternal changeable. Then our lives matter!” (2/23/2014 - V#202)



“We do have fun over here. Wait, let me say that differently: Lo and behold, verily the spirits of mirth and delight shall not be vanquished. Now, in a deep voice. Ponderous. Like the universe is full of itself. ‘But it is!’ O, I stand corrected. I think that’s the definition of the universe.

“So, death goes on. And other spirits are moving on. Just the other time (yes, I know we don’t have time) I noticed AD was not about; seems AD had moved on. Complex spirit. They come and go. Otherwise, after about 200 of your years, we’d be crowded. It is hard when spirits live. One moment they’re here, and poof, they’re gone. But they’re here, too, because time does not exist. But their here-ness is different when they’re also there, and there, and there--connections beyond what we are commonly experiencing. Sort of like a person at a dinner table who is also on the phone. They’re here, but not here. Or as once was said to mourners, 'there there now,' not knowing how accurate they were.

“It is possible to be in more spiritual states than just one. And there is a qualitative difference, but not a quantitative one. Quantum physics still trying to get its head around that. But it’s a secret of existence: Subatomic particles can seem specific but not be particular. That piece of info there is also a piece of info there, and here, and there. We calculate them as if they are one state or place only, but that’s not the way it is. So there, blech! Just let it sit there.” (3/31/2014 - V#203)



“Ok, frequency freaks, I pose this: Why wouldn’t the eternal spiritual messages be offered at a very low frequency--which you would not hear, but sense--instead of high frequencies, which you can do neither with... ARF... except for dogs.

“Underneath All is more important than above and beyond All. Why, I ask you... and I do mean you in Dubuque, and also you in Dakar... why do we always picture the forces of real resolution outside of our existence and only periodic visitors to this realm of yours. Wouldn’t you think the basis of All would be in All all ways–a foundation, a fountain, a source. Well, that’s how we see it. So, give up the above and beyond crap.

“What ultimately matters is what can be All in all ways... ‘except, of course, for New Jersey.’ CT, they are not godforsaken. God was seen in Hoboken last Thursday.” (4/22/2014 - V#204)



“Well, death is going pretty well. People keep showing up. But most seem confused. You thought you would meet God? Have you seen his calendar? Try to rule the universe. What with existence on an austerity kick, had to scrub some new realities. Had the dimensions all laid out, but then wham! We were going where no man had gone before... ‘Filene’s Basement!’ Never at a loss for words... 'mmmm.' What, CT. 'Mmmmm.' The duct tape of death... 'mmmmm.' Your Honor, those records are sealed. 'Mmmmm.' But I think they speak for themselves... 'm.'

“God, as the eternal judge of all, has to decide if jokes are funny or not. He comes to judge the quick and the lame. I mean, like who wrote this stuff. And why. *Smite* I’ll apoc your lips. He likes it. Smite the Hedonites and make rough the toilet paper, that they shalt not dwell among us. Even as the wine was poured, their hearts were troubled and venom flowed from their lips, and smiting was nigh. It wasn’t the best of nights. The crab bites were not cooked properly. And yea, the chickens had fingers.

“So, he sits them down and starts the pitch: ‘How would you like a universe of your own, created according to your wishes. Lots of upgrades. Just be obedient and unquestioning, and it’s yours for your soul.’ But I digress greatly.” (5/5/2014 - V#205)



“The levels of existence don’t rely on physical qualities, but on the complexity of the information they contain and represent. Thought I would slip that in...

“We remember and sense the continuities because, although it seems like quantum leaps, it is much more a gradual mixing–a flow. We sense we arrive like a plane at an airport, but we have been arriving for the whole journey--just like people in grief who can finally look back and see the path all the way, although it seemed hidden when trying to climb the obstacles of life.

“The mountaintop is never achieved without the struggle of the climb. And each moment of struggle, even as it feels like a failure, is a step toward that summit... unless we give up and turn back. And here’s a secret known to cowards of the mountains, and also the spiritually frightened: that turning to go back, while feeling like being easier, will present a path harder than going forward would, because every handhold and understanding and vision that helped us climb up is worthless on the descent.

“If we think we can just give up and go back, we can’t.

“More people are injured coming down than going up. Onward! as Uncle Walt would proclaim.

“And you know, all that struggle that daunted you, if you turn back you have to do that all over again. I’m done.” (5/29/2014 - V#206)



“Some arrive here traumatized by their deaths. I stepped out before the end, but some don’t, especially first- and second-timers: ‘This can’t be happening to me,’ wham, and their spirit gets shattered in a way. The tenuous bonds of this level of complexity are tested and stretched, and weak ones give. So, the first phase of being here is to regroup the pieces, and for those not stable, it becomes apparent that the parts don’t fit without some external cramming. Stuff that entity in no matter what... shove it, hammer it.

“Things that don’t hold together can be made to hold together with duct tape, until they fall apart again--spiritual artifices. You create an entity that is not self-sustaining, it all can fit, but it ought not. Like a girdle on a fat person. Works for a time, but unnatural.

“People often work at jobs that do not just tire them, but exhaust them. They can do them, but only with the influx of much energy. There is no grace nor ease, just labor. So, too, with spirits. Grace and ease sustain. Struggle does not. Fighting to be yourself spiritually is like trying to get into someone else’s clothes. Might do it, but not easily nor comfortably. Some arrive here shattered, and we have to help them pick up the pieces and become whole. And if they can’t do that themselves, with love and care and guidance, then they do not belong at this level. Sad but true.” (6/17/2014 - V#207)



“Here’s a question to ponder: Is it easier for a entity that is far from fulfilled or one nearly fulfilled to learn and remember. Two things to ponder: Experience makes one more open to sensing educational moments, and a full mind and spirit has little room in it for anything new. So, which is it? Another two things to ponder: An empty room can look good with any style furniture, but an already decorated room may not welcome the odd couch.

“So, this may mean there are two types of experiences: The ones that fit when the space is open, and ones that fit when the space is tight. Most people opening themselves spiritually find many paths inviting and meaningful. But after being on any one for a time, the broader appeal lessens.

“So, maybe there is a gradient of experiences to fit the spirit, and spiritual crises occur when the wrong size is tried. An adult bathing suit on a baby just falls off, but a baby’s bathing suit on an adult is ouchie and probably not even going to go on... Woof... unless it’s a European spandex Speedo, says Sandy. But most systems dole out either one size to fit all, or think the big stuff goes to those who are already filled, while the little stuff goes to those yearningly empty--universals and details. And that’s the Pith with a capital P. “ (7/29/2014 - V#208)



“And now we return to an old feature that many have asked for. We are dipping into the old mailbag. Let’s see what we have.

“Here’s a note from little Timmy. Sandy, you know Timmy, don’t you. ARF grrrr. Let’s put the well behind us... grrr. Little Timmy writes: ‘I’m confused.’ Woof. ‘If there is no time, I can be here and there at the same moment. How is this possible.’

“Well, Timmy, have you ever thought about someone who is absent. Have you felt like you were right there with them, but you are not in a physical sense but you are in a spiritual sense. The only barriers are the very definitions of the physical. We define physical by dimensions, so there are limitations. What if you define existence by relationships, not dimensions. It all changes.

“And here’s a spirit-scented note: ‘Will you meet me by the 8th Ring of Faith?’ CT, I will. I think CT has been stuffing the mailbox.

“Ok, Donald of Detroit writes: ‘I’m confused.’ I sense a trend here. ‘Can I be me and the person I was and the person I will be all at the same time?’ Sure, why not. What’s keeping you from them. Aha, you never realized it was you, and not the nature of things. And here’s a morsel to gnaw on (Class of ‘17... grrrr... they are a tough lot.) But seriously, you, as an entity, have all the constituent elements that have been, and the chore, the task, the role for now is to discover the openings already in you to form more complex entities. You think that capacity is created by you? No! It is discovered and revealed and understood and made whole by you, but the potential is always there, from the simplest entity to the most connected. Otherwise, the path of development would be one big crap shoot.

“And our last one for today... and I emphasize that these are written in diverse systems of communication but I am translating for the cosmically impaired. Language symbols are useful until they are no longer needed, but too many hang onto the absolute character of language long after they could move on. But, Mrs. William Saunders of Enid, Oklahoma writes: ‘My biscuits just aren’t as fluffy as my mother’s were.’ Enid? Is that your real address? And what is your own name? I’ll call you Enid. Enid, why are you comparing your biscuits. Maybe she thought yours had more substance than hers, or maybe she thought hers were not as good as her mother’s. ‘How are your daughter’s buns.’ CT! ‘I just wanted to get a rise out of you.’ Oy.

“Here’s the question, Enid: Do you like them? If so, stop worrying. If not, change them for yourself, not for your mother. And if Mr. William Saunders says they aren’t as good as his mother’s, let him make some. This is about fulfilling ourselves, not fulfilling others or competing with others. Mmmm, they are awesome... grrr snap. Sandy agrees.

“Ok, that’s it for the mailbag today.” (8/7/2014 - V#209)



“Death is tiring because without time you don’t know if you’ve slept enough. What, did I say that? Without time it wouldn’t matter. Hmmm... think of cooking. Beat the eggs for just so long, then bake it enough... ‘then cut it in squares and give some to CT.’ CT! That’s not in the directions. ‘No, it is in the stomach.’ But you don’t have a stomach. ‘But I do have wishful taste bud memories. If the sensory organ is no more, can you still have memories of taste and sound, etc. Yes, because that’s information. Info remains when experience ends. Unless you have only learned, but not remembered.’ Wow, CT waxes philosophical and pithy. He might have a brain after all. No, he doesn’t, but he has spiritual residual information--which is not requiring acquisition, analysis, or evaluation because that’s all been done, and now it (I mean the info) is incorporated in his spirit. It’s he, just as much as anything else. Don’t have to experience it; don’t have to think about it; don’t have to learn it; don’t even have to remember it, because it is essential--no longer external, but integral.

“Such info stops being information and becomes quality--as in, it’s one of his qualities. It is to the individual what culture is to a society: the very nature of being, summation of what the entity has learned and remembered, no less than that the physical being needs to breathe, as essential as a heartbeat. Without this, one would not be one, and those who ever experience this--even to a little degree--feel like all of their history is suddenly gone, erased, wiped out–being at this complexity with no resources to understand, ouchie. Experienced a loss of self-meaning-- as in, the sudden loss of the sense of who one is, like amnesia. It’s not just the memories of this time and place, but a whole history. It just rarely happens, but is the most frightening of experiences. Most people get a glimpse of it when they wake up in a strange room and don’t know where they are, and almost simultaneously they experience not knowing anything. It’s like everything is gone. But then, most people find a connection to anchor their experiences, and return to the familiar qualities of their being. But a few get lost, unanchored, adrift.

“The qualities of our spiritual entities connect us to the history of our spiritual beings and connect the particular path of our spiritual history to us. It’s reciprocal: We are our experiences, and our experiences depend on us for being. Lose a strand of yourself, and that means there’s an unconnected strand of experiential history that was, but now leads to no quality of being. There’s a disturbance in the force, so to speak.

“Spiritual ecology likes neither disconnected entities nor disconnected experiential histories. I will leave it at that!” (8/24/2014 - V#210)



“Hello from over here, which is also over there... and there... and there.

“Spacious concepts always eventually encompass narrower thoughts. The wider circle contains all smaller ones. A good cookbook doesn’t just deal with one course or cuisine.

“The more inclusive is the more universal. Simple, but peeps just don’t get it. They claim to worship the infinite and eternal, but choose to do so in finite specific ways. As the great Papa would say, go figure.

“And some spot on the surface of a minor planet is somehow connected in a special way to the source of all being. How exactly are Mecca and Area 51 different; Ganges and the pool at Brooklyn Heights. I mean, get a grip, folks. ‘I have come to bring you life and have that life more specifically.’ Abundant is wide... too wide for some... most nearly everyone.” (9/3/2014 - V#211)



“Did I promise pith. Ok, here it is: _________. O, you don’t get it. Ideas have to be translated. Let’s let Sandy translate. ARF... woof f f.

“What is the smallest unit of existence? It’s the whole. Because even as parts are holographic, the whole is the compendium of understanding, so anything less is partial and anything partial isn’t in a sense of existence. You can 99% know about something, but then you still don’t know, because you don’t know if the 1% is essential. Until you have it all, you don’t have it–glimpse some of it, yes, but be certain, no.

“So, even as each level of complexity feels more complete and whole than the previous, until it is all of the All, there is something missing. ‘The missing link?’ CT. ‘Well, I had some nice sausages here, and now they are not all here.’ F f f f. Sanford, do you know about this? F. Grarf. Why should you want mustard. Woof. O, just theory. Gr. Now you are calling CT the missing link. Wait just a moment. What does His Holiness have in his paws. I go on.

“But we are back to the old dilemma: The whole is the smallest unit of reliable meaning, but it is not complete without the meaning of every--and I do mean every–smaller, lesser part. It’s not a bouillabaisse without John Dory, but John Dory does not make a whole pistou. The two sides of the equation of part and whole are always interrelated–no dualism here. It’s never this or that, it’s always this and that. Grrr. And that, too... woof. Try to reach across the dichotomies to see wholes and continuums.

“Would your life have meaning if not part of a larger whole? And would the larger whole have meaning without your life as part of it? Sure, but not the same meaning, both ways. Fluid. ‘Half baked.’ CT. The only thing half-baked around here are your quips. But at least they’re not deep fried... nor raw.

“Think of that wonderful term: complementary, and ponder it in spiritual terms and understanding. What does it mean to be the piece that completes something. Does the sand complete the beach or does the beach complete the sand? Ponderable. And then, there’s the ocean and the shore. Which makes which. Stop looking for edges and see relationships. Enough pith.

“Of course, information requires an open framework. Can’t be complex to a greater sense than the openness of the source to the potential that it is limited. Know-it-alls don’t know it all. But real skeptics--when honest--not only deny the limits of what others know, but also what they know, and in doing so open and make possible a flow of information that can lead to a complexity greater than the known. Any idea that begins ‘given’ is going to be limited.

“If the final aim is the All, anything less is not it.

“Every advance of understanding has required a journey into the unknown. I think that’s it.” (10/4/2014 - V#212)

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