6 Sep 94
What divine rights am I granted by consciousness herself? At some level, I know my Self to be infinite. Aye, this mortal self will indeed experience death. This body will return dust to dust. But, the consciousness within is not to be turned off like a light bulb. No, there is more to life than that. Yet, does this consciousness remain individuated? Or, is it returned to a higher level group self? And, within such a group self, how much of it's individual nature is retained? Furthermore, how does it communicate it's experience and awareness? Or, have these already been communicated to the whole as they were achieved?
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There is another separation that is internal, between the ego/outer consciousness and the spirit/deeper consciousness inside. This inner consciousness is impersonal. It is the same for all of us. Yes, every one of us. How can this be? It simply is. Any theory of consciousness worth considering must have this truth at it's basis. The mystic masters have all told us this. There is ONE consciousness of which we are all individuated instantiations that were sent out to gain self knowledge. The ONE consciousness has never been separated from us. You could say that we have simply been confined to particular rooms for awhile where we were not given the freedom to know exactly who/what we were. We were given opportunities to incarnate into human forms to gain experience. The ultimate experience that we could experience was expanded awareness, though as ego consciousness this was very difficult to understand. Unbeknownst to us, this was the only thing we could keep from one existence to the next, and with each expansion, more of our true self could express more joyously and clearly. For most, experience after experience, lifetime after lifetime was required before there was any inclination to look inside. All this required was a curiosity about the nature of one's being, and the perseverence to find some part of one's inner self. The intuition was typically the first thing to make itself known.
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I speak strongly about the truths of many things, yet it is not me who speaks, but consciousness within me. I would take no credit of my own. I am but the vehicle through which spirit is given expression. Much that I believe about myself comes from my own direct experience and awareness, and from what consciousness has revealed to me through extensive reading, my own self and others in whose abilities I place some level of trust. Always in dealing with the information of others, I go within to find my own confirmation, before I rely upon it too strongly. I advise that others do the same. As the reader, reading this now, it is no different. Check with your own intuition and inner sources on the veracity of all that comes through this source as well. We have no intent to deceive, but not everything that we say will apply to all. In this world, there are many truths and degrees of truth which apply to various individuals. Basic spiritual truths are the same, but specific truths as they apply to the reality of this world differ greatly depending on level of awareness and purpose.
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How do I expand my awareness to allow it to include the experiences of others. If my wisdom is to guide the nation, then it is important that I be fed the appropriate information. Get rid of your ego for a minute. We didn't select you so that you would guide the nation, but so that we would. Remember always, it is you that provides the channel but it is spirit that does the work through you. Don't forget. The problems arise when you try to limit the process to you doing the work. Don't. Consciousness will ensure that everything required is in place when needed. When you need to be wise, you will be, for you will have all of consciousness guiding you.
7 Sep 94
To whom am I responsible? As Channing says "to a higher tribunal than man's". Yet, what does that mean? How doest consciousness judge? By what criteria am I to know what constitutes right action? Of course, it's easy, by the knowingness within your own heart, for that is where spirit resides. We're getting into some touchy areas here. For, if the ego is present then the selection of right action becomes all the more difficult. That is, assuming that we even select the actions at all. Yet, even if we don't do so consciously, we do it subconsciously or at even deeper levels. Hence, it is not clear that we aren't accountable after all. Maybe the part of consciousness associated with the body and the physical world is more important than I realized. The whole goal while physical is not to become less physical, but to allow more consciousness to be enfleshed. The only way this can occur is by increasing the awareness of the ego and conscious mind. Hmm. It is here in flesh that realization must occur. We don't have to get beyond the illusion, we need to get more awareness in a position to be able to enjoy the illusion. Perhaps illusion is a poor choice of words. It seems that one of the benefits of enhanced awareness is an ability to go with the flow and take things as they come, molding the energies into whatever it is that you would create as an expression of your highest self.
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Interesting that all the coins we use in this nation have the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" on them, especially for a country that has such a strong separation between church and state. Also, they include E PLURIBUS UNUM. I believe the translation is "from many, ONE". Interesting indeed. Originally, this applied to the formation of the United States from the 13 independent states and commonwealths. However, there may be another hidden meaning as well that applies to the formation of a society. There could be an association to consciousness as well. When we look at the United States, we are not all that united. The states really didn't give up their individual autonomy, they just banded together to allow some functions to be provided in common. Further, we are a far cry from being one society. Yes, you might argue that we are one country. But, what does that buy you when there is such incredible diversity both from state to state as well as within any individual state?
8 Sep 94
To awaken and keep ourselves awake by an infinite expectation of the dawn. That is the key, to paraphrase Thoreau. It sounds so simple. But, is it? Stay aware. Regardless of what happens within you or outside of you, stay aware that you are consciousness, the watcher of it all, and that the more your awareness expands, the more you are allowed to observe. Consciousness also creates. As you watch, you will see exactly how this process works. Until you are aware, however, you only appear to create. It is only illusion, though, no matter how real or how right it may seem. Let consciousness be your focus and seek awareness in whatever manner your inner guidance propels you to. Yes, that means you need to contact and follow your inner guidance. It is always there, though you may have to become extremely quiet to hear it. Sometimes it shouts, but most of the time it speaks in whispers. If you're not willing to pay the appropriate attention, you simply deprive yourself of it's wisdom. It's up to you. Consciousness has granted you the freedom to do what you will. However, the freedom doesn't last forever. The separation from the one consciousness is only temporary. One way or another, all will be moved to return to the ONE.
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Consciousness, consciousness, consciousness. Let that be your prime concern in all that you do. Your level of awareness stands on top of your involvement in any activity regardless of what that activity may be. Maintain that observer perspective concurrent with your focus on doing whatever you are doing. At all times know and be fully aware that you are consciousness expressing in the only manner you can in physical reality, as spirit through flesh. There are two things here consciousness and its expression. Awareness relates to understanding that you truly are consciousness and that what you are is separate from what you do. Further, the entire form through which the expression takes place is not what you are. It is a creation of consciousness that allows you to gain particular types of experience. That the nature part of consciousness evolved these forms over millions or even billions of years has no bearing. As with a car, you order yours, so to speak, by choosing to whom you will be born and influencing how the specific combination of DNA gets selected. The bottom line is that you end up with the combination of abilities required to carry out your specific tasks. For all of us, the primary task is to gain self knowledge and in particular to become aware of our true nature as consciousness. On top of this we have some spiritual lessons to learn along the way. In fact, some of the doors to higher levels of awareness are blocked until the appropriate spiritual maturity has been demonstrated.
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Consciousness is not all powerful in this present drama. The game has been set up and is in progress. No interruptions are allowed until it has been played out. The rules for how the one consciousness can express through individual consciousness are very specific. The key is in the ability of the individuated consciousness to receive. Each individuated consciousness is provided with what it needs in return for providing it's services to the one consciousness. This happens on an automatic or involuntary level for everyone. For those who become aware, this happens on a voluntary level as well. It is on the voluntary level where information can be passed as soon as the individuated consciousness has the appropriate level of awareness.
10 Sep 94
I've been thinking a lot about the transformation of the chrysalis into the butterfly. The newborn butterfly has no choice but to fly into the unknown, trusting that God or Consciousness has given it the abilities it needs to deal with whatever reality finds. Actually, the trust may not even be a conscious act. After all, we are what we are in the moment, and we appear to have limited control over the circumstances which we will be asked to face.
11 Sep 94
Now, I stand facing the abyss, the unknown that I have been fascinated with for all of my grown days. Except, now I'm armed with the tools of consciousness that I need to explore that abyss and bring back reports of the wonders that I find. For surely, the wonders will far exceed those of this world. Yet, where do I begin? How do I take the first step? For any journey requires just that. One must embark if one is ever to get anywhere. But, how does one embark when one doesn't know where one is going. Just jump, spread your wings, and fly. Then allow each new moment to take care of itself naturally. As has been true in your life to the present, consciousness will continue to guide your way so the path is obvious to you. After all, she didn't bring you this far to have you depart before you have been able to complete your mission. Trust. Trust both you own awareness and consciousness herself. Awareness is the most powerful tool a warrior can have in his/her arsenal. Trust in consciousness herself is a close second. Then again, awareness and trust in consciousness almost always go hand-in-hand.
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You are indeed the chrysalis emerging from it's cocoon, and about to truly spread it's newgrown wings for the first time. Don't push. Let it happen in it's due course. And, no, flying is nothing like the mania highs you've experienced, or anything you've ever experienced for that matter. The butterfly is what results when the chrysalis leaves the restrictions of the cocoon that constitutes it's world. Yet, the abilities of the butterfly were developed within that environment. Does this work the same for man? Is the awareness we develop within this world, the equivalent of butterfly wings? Now, the key is to jump forth from the cocoon, or the consensus world, and use our consciousness to fly into/around a world that is far grander. Is this the equivalent of the spiritual world?
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Your lifestyle is strange on any scale. However, given whom you are, this does not surprise us in the least. There is no way that with your abilities, talents, and mission you could have lived in any other way than you did. Know this. Know that you are the awareness that had to witness what you have experienced so that you could grow and transform in awareness in the manner that you have over the years. Consciousness knew that this was necessary as well, so she provided you with the right information to impact your conscious mind and eventually your awareness. As you know, this was a 20 year process that began in your sixteenth year. The past year has been the crowning glory. Interesting way of phrasing it. Appropriate for a Philosopher King. The spiritual transformations that have occurred were without compare. You had never experienced anything like them and had not even heard of such transformations in others. And now, you've arrived, though you know not where. Interesting, isn't it? As has been true for all your days, it is consciousness herself that guides your path. Few are so fortunate as to get this special treatment. Yes, it comes with it's responsibilities as well. Once you are aware, you can't turn back, you can't go back to living in ignorance, at least not to the same degree.
12 Sep 94
It's amazing to me how much difference awareness makes to one's life, yet a difference that is primarily on the inside with very little evidence that appears on the outside. This is probably good, however, because if the change were readily apparent one would not be able to use one's newfound abilities as openly. Interesting. It's as if consciousness ensures that her newborn children are safe in the new world in which they find themselves. For awakened ones are definitely as newborn children who have just undergone a spiritual birth. Reality has indeed changed for these special ones. Yes, they still exist in the physical world, but they also perceive additional spiritual dimensions and the associated information that comes from these dimensions. The physical world and the spiritual world are intertwined together into one whole, they are not separate places. Most people have blinders, however, that prevent seeing the whole -- binding them to the restrictions of physical reality, when they could be free. Yet, they are unaware that they are so bound. Physical reality is all they know, and they feel very free in spite of their chains.
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I read something about the difference between knowledge and wisdom this weekend. Knowledge deals with knowing other peoples thoughts. Wisdom with having the maturity to generate your own just and right thoughts in any area of interest. It's interesting that my writings choose to involve very few reverences and very few quotes of others. I've definitely reached a point where I trust that I can get involved in any problem area and come up with a "wise" solution or course of action to follow. Is this not all that can be asked of a Philosopher King?
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Find a way to be all that you can be. Are you living in a manner that truly expresses this now? No, of course not. It's obvious that I would be more, if only ... Find a way. There is always a way, and an easy way at that if only you will search for it. Don't expect opportunity to come knocking at your door. Sometimes you have to take the initiative to allow it to find you. Yes, it is not necessary for you to find it, for it is perfectly capable of finding you given that it is guided by consciousness after all. However, it is necessary for you to show that you are serious. What constitutes serious is different for each of us, but it usually involves taking some risk and/or facing some fear.
13 Sep 94
My sense is that somehow I'm in my own way. If I just step aside a little bit, that will be enough for me to break free, or at least see what I've been missing. As you can see, I'm still confused. What guidance would you provide? Quit struggling to find answers that satisfy your conscious miind. Instead, be still and know. Remember, that both sides of your mind have their utility. Some tasks require one side or the other, other tasks require both sides simultaneously. Using the wrong side for a given task is like using the wrong tool to do a specific job. Don't. It just leads to increased frustration. Right now, your trying too hard to reason and understand, when reasoning is not appropriate and understanding may be impossible. Find another way to approach things. Imagine what it means for you to be flying and how your life would be different as a result. Definitely, use your imagination. You would be king, build your castle in the air -- and then let spirit help to build the appropriate foundation under it. Dream big, on a scale as large as you can conceive it. And don't back down because of considerations of practicality. You are the wayshower. You must show the way on a scale that is sufficiently grand to quickly usher in a new age. We don't have centuries to deal with here, not even decades, but years, and a limited number of years at that. How do we know this for certain? We don't. There is no proof. However, it either will be or it will not be. Either way, it can only help to be prepared. See the world in a bold new way. Dare to dream of things as they have never been. For, as you dream, as you imagine, the way is paved for others to pick up on your dreams and imaginings and assist in carrying them out. Bring forth the Vision that is Beyond Imagination. Once this is done, a spiritual army awaits to do what is necessary to implement the Vision. Actually, this army is being built as we speak. But, it will be ready at the time it is needed. Do what it is that only you can do, for that is the most important service that you can provide for spirit. Trust that consciousness guides your every step and don't restrict what you allow to flow. It all has value. It is all important. Don't judge it, though it may seem crazy to even you at first glance. We know you find this hard to believe. It takes a lot for something to appear crazy to you. But, you are going into regions where few others have penetrated, and the rules and customs that operate in these regions are quite different than what you and most others are used to and/or familiar with.
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It seems that this is a constant theme in my life, "to seek out new worlds and to boldly go where no man has gone before" -- the very mission of the Enterprise on Star Trek. In my case, however, the worlds are inner. But, the boldness required is just as great. Actually, the worlds are more than inner. The spiritual exists intermeshed with the material world. The material world could not exist at all without the spiritual. Thus far science has not developed the instruments necessary to "see" the spiritual world. It is here, everywhere around us, but only those with eyes to see, and ears to hear it can experience it. Psychics, astrologers, aura readers, clairvoyants, ... these are the types of people who have such skills. It would be useful for science to examine such people with an open mind for awhile to gain an understanding of how their skills work. Respect the skills for what they do. Judge the message that comes forth for what it is worth. No, it is not absolute truth. Sometimes it is very general or hazy. But, take these to be characteristics of the medium or the process, and seek to understand the causes of such distortion. Develop a model of the world that integrates the material and spiritual within a single framework. And, do not stop your investigation until you succeed. For success indeed will be the fruits of your efforts. And then, the world can be transformed on a scale that has never been known before. With an understanding of how the material and spiritual are intermeshed, techniques can be developed to greatly enhance spirit/body integration. This in turn will lead to the manifestation of literally a heaven on earth and with that a new age is born, the Age of Aquarius.
16 Sep 94
I've been thinking a lot about what my unique abilities and talents are. On the radio, all day long I heard from people who have very comprehensive expertise in relatively narrow areas. This is what qualifies people for the title expert. Further, in many cases, their expertise allows them to command decent salaries; and, if in the right areas, very high salaries. My expertise is not the same. It is far more general and top level. You wouldn't call on me to get the details on anything. However, I would be indispensible in generating simple perspectives of situations, systems, or processes so that the essential behavior could be easily understood to a degree necessary to make it clear as to what constituted right action under the circumstances. Wow, that was a mouthful, but that is what I do. In addition, I explore the frontiers of consciousness and the nature of reality and reality creation. But, who would employ these skills? And, how would they find me or I find them? It's one thing to say that it's up to the Plan to decide, but is that fully so? Do not I have a role to play as well? Yes, but consciousness guides me to the appropriate circumstances. There is nothing I can do to make it happen. I don't even know what it is. Some part of me, however, works with consciousness to take care of the details. How many other individuals in this country are thinking in terms of leading this country to fulfill its metaphysical destiny? This is what I would do. My sense is that my abilities, talent, training, and awareness are appropriate. So, how do I fill the position? First, how do I even know such a position exists and is available? By the very fact that this is the kind of position that is required for me to accomplish my mission in a manner that allows me to be all that I can be. Interesting concept. If the abilities exist, then so does the job for which they are required. Everyone has a position, and the abilities necessary to perform in that position effectively.
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All of this comes through in isolation. Where do I go to get a sanity check? How do I assure that this is indeed valid and that I haven't crossed that line between genius/insanity again? The bottom line is that you can't. Who would you go to that could tell you whether this material is the product of an active imagination or is indeed true? There is no authority that you accept as superior to yourself. In fact, it is not clear that you accept any as on par with yourself. There are some, but they are not yet within your sphere of contacts. By the way, your sphere is extremely small. We had to keep it that way.
18 Sep 94
Are not individuals responsible for their choices and actions? In our world this is the case. We hold individuals responsible, but we have a system that makes it difficult to catch them even if they break the laws, and difficult to convict them, even if they are caught. The bottom line is that it is not clear that justice prevails. We've talked about individual choices and actions before. This is a tricky area because the ego and consciousness is only partly responsible for what happens. The ego believes it has free choice, and believes the thoughts that come into its mind come there of it's own volition. The ego believes that it can take action. But, is believing that you do so enough? Especially when even the ego does not know from whence the thoughts come and to where they go. But, what about all the experiences of having the thought, then taking the action. Don't these reinforce the beliefs? Yes, and that's why it is so difficult to get beyond them. Focus on the illusion all that you want, and in the end all you know is illusion. Further, the illusion is enticing enough to draw your attention, lifetime after lifetime, if you are not careful. This was necessary to allow this drama to be played at all. Different beings are at different levels of awareness so that the right skills are available for the large range of abilities present in your world. But, why so many people now? Do we really need 5.5 billion on the planet? One answer is that if we didn't need them, we wouldn't have them. The second answer is that we had to allow it to get to this level to make the problem so apparent that people and countries would be motivated to do something. This would be demonstrated in their awareness of the relationship between their population and their state of well-being. What does all the misery and killing in Rwanda and Bosnia show us? Is there any hope that the divergent beliefs of people can be reconciled? Are there a set of core beliefs, values, attitudes, and principles that all nations need to accept and live by?
20 Sep 94
Hmm. Like Jonathan Livingston Seagull. How long did it take for one gull to break from the pack and so pursue flying that literally nothing else matters? Over the long centuries, such has been the same for man. This level of spiritual commitment is required, but few are willing to pay the price to truly come to know thyself. Interesting how the pieces of twenty years of reading and thinking in metaphysics are all coming together in ways that I had not even considered. I've been a mental vagabond, traveling to the shores of various metaphysical ports of thought, picking up an idea here, another there, and a few techniques and experiences along the way -- never knowing where I was going or why, but trusting that my soul was guiding me every step of the way. Now, I stand ready to pull it all together, and to claim my spiritual inheritance, that I may be a King among men. Yet, can this be? Or, am I speaking grandiose once again? Benevolent Dictator comes to mind. Philosopher King, Wise One, or even Guardian are also suitable. But, who am I to claim a right to such a title -- especially in a country that does not recognize that individuals are destined for positions? I am Wayne, the Bringer of the New Way. I am a wayshower, here to help get spirit more fully expressed in flesh so that the conditions necessary for the Age of Aquarius to begin are indeed fulfilled. Why do I do this? Because such is what I came to do. Consciousness, herself doth guide me. As with Jonathan, I march to the beat of the spirit within me, and care not that this runs counter to everything that the consensus population and it's representative government sanctions. I will do what I must do. The task is that important. I am accountable to a higher tribunal than man's, namely one of my own greater Self, spirit, and consciousness herself. It is these whose wish is my command. By focusing on knowing myself, I offer unto consciousness the best vehicle possible for doing the work of spirit.
21 Sep 94
The sooner you act, the sooner you will find yourself in positions to start actualizing some of your ideas. There are people out there with funds, energy, resources, and desire to do the kind of things that you have written and talked about. Your VISION provides the rallying point. It is crucial for guiding the entire endeavor. You don't care about many of the details, but your perspective includes enough depth to ensure that the key implementation issues are reflected at the high level. To some degree, you're allowed to operate this way because of a special relationship that you've developed with the unconscious parts of your consciousness. Because you allow these parts to organize the whole in a manner that makes sense and pass it directly through the intuition, you can bring through high level information clearly and concisely. Here again, the key is to allow spirit to work through you. Spirit works best when you are a cooperative channel and don't get in its way. Interesting. I can see how much of my education revolved around this complete trust in the "unseen" parts of consciousness.
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There must be others interested in working together or at least sharing experiences in these explorations into the wilderness of consciousness. As with the early explorers, however, we may find that there is little in common about our experiences. However, as more territory is explored, and more explorers hit the trails, there will be more and more common experience. And, out of this the nature of the territory can be described and experiences reported first hand. With additional work a map of the territory can be generated and trails can be created that others can follow. And, from these trails, roads from small country lanes to superhighways. Through such a progression will the way be paved for the masses to achieve greater awareness.
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It's interesting how all of my life I've been proud of my intellectual abilities, and especially my ability to think both rationally and intuitively. Now, I know that it was not me who was doing the thinking at all. Then, just as now, the thoughts just came into my head. I didn't bother to ask how they got there. I just assumed that the fact they were in my head meant that it was my thinking process that put them there. This seems like a rational conclusion, but it definitely is not.
Looked at this way, thoughts are part of a programming process for awareness. However, for thinking to occur, higher parts of the brain must be activated. In the masses, there is not this level of development so thoughts, when there are any, are much more mundane and down to earth. This is why great thoughts come from the greatest intellectuals. They have developed their faculties through their focus on self knowledge and knowledge in general, such that their brains are capable of receiving these thoughts. The Self too, individuated consciousness, is in the process of learning as the self grows in awareness. And what does it take for the self to grow sufficiently to enable the Self to be enfleshed? Is this not the purpose of existence here? Wow. That's also what it takes for the generator of thought to merge with the aware self. Though, the generator of thought may only be a portion of the Self. Why have I not read anything like this before? It seems so simple, surely others have realized this.
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The whole game is played to try to get individuals to advance in awareness sufficiently to allow them to qualify to play in even greater games. Under the current rules, they must keep coming back to this one until they've achieved Self-realization. How many must achieve this, and how long do they have? Eventually everyone, and as long as it takes. With the Aquarian Age coming, there has been a slight change in the rules. Some number of enlightened souls will be required in major positions in the New World Order. These special souls will choose to incarnate specifically for this purpose. Conditions for the masses will improve dramatically as well, making living a much better experience than it has been for the past several thousand years. Once one is Self-realized, one has choice as to where one wants to go. Some choose to return to be of service for awhile. Some choose to go on to the next level or the next game. Others choose to move on to bold new adventures. No two consciousnesses are the same, and the differences are far greater than we see between individuals.
22 Sep 94
Most, even if they do reach the observer state, never go further to find that another part of their Self is indeed creating what they are only observing. This is a major step, one that requires trust and responsibility. It's interesting that it works this way. First we think that we we have free will to think and act, then we become aware of ourselves as actors in a play that is already written where our only real choice is in what we observe and pay attention to. Finally, we take the final step, and find that at another level we wrote the script in cooperation with others whom we wanted to interact with for various reasons, and in line with a greater Plan that was generated by consciousness.
24 Sep 94
Individual responsibility is the answer that usually rears its head, and it can be a very ugly head. This is the exact opposite of any sense of oneness or unity. For most of our history, this reliance on rugged individualism has served us well. The question is: have we reached a turning point where such an extreme position has outlived its utility? My answer would be a loud YES. It's not that we need to now go to the other extreme as in Japan, but it seems that something in between that merges the best of both worlds might be better for both countries. Exactly what this is still needs to be determined. However, in the US it must include a clear statement of the contract between individuals and their society. In Japan, the highlight should be a statement of individual rights; they have long known their cultural obligation to their society.
26 Sep 94
The lofty peaks of spirit, the all consuming fire, these are what call to me. Compared to them even the greatest of earthly majesties is but a trifle. This makes it tough to be in this world. It has never been a problem being not of this world. I have felt that way much of my life. Yet, I am still here, tied to this physical form. There is something that I came to do through this particular vehicle that can be done in no other way. But, it is not this "I" that I am now who came to do this, but an "I" that is much greater, one that each day I am becoming more and more aware of. It is this greater I, this soul, this spirit, that does things through me. I am but a vessel and an awareness that rides with the vessel.
28 Sep 94
What would happen if companies, actually the whole economic system, were to focus on getting people what they need at the best possible prices instead of market shares and high profits? What if people, and the society as a whole, were put first? Not just the few privileged people who own companies or are otherwise very wealthy via investments or whatever -- but all of us. Why do we allow wealth to be kept within families regardless of how that wealth may have been acquired in the first place? Landholdings in particular are very questionable. Those who got grants in the first century of our country played by a different set of rules than us here now. How is that fair in any way? If consciousness herself gives us our talents and abilities and guides us to the circumstances we face in life, what right have we to lay claim to the fruits of what consciousness hath wrought through us? I can understand claiming what we need, but more than that seems to be like being hungry standing in front of an apple tree, picking and eating apples until our hunger has subsided, and then picking even more than we could possibly eat. This might be necessary if we were going on a trip and didn't expect to find any food along the way, but it seems foolish so long as we know where the tree is and that we can come back at any time. But, what about scarcity? After all, the tree only has so many apples. It may run out and maybe we wouldn't find anymore. Hogwash. Spirit's bounty has no such limits. There is sufficient abundance to meet the needs of all, not only in this country but in the entire world.
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How do we best commit our resources as a society to meet our needs as a society and as individuals? That is the question. Yes, indeed, the billion dollar question. My sense is that now, we spend the money and we put in the time and effort, but we don't get the goods and services commensurate with what we are expending. This only happens because we tolerate it. We don't hold companies accountable to give us goods and services at the best possible prices to us, or even at reasonably fair prices.
Distribution is another area that is frought with waste. We have national products that each have their own distribution networks/systems for the most part. It seems like there could be great benefit in running more of a common delivery system. At the very least, I could have one bread truck delivering to a store each day rather than a seperate delivery for each type of bread. Part of the problem here is competition as well. Everywhere, we seem to have similar products vying for market share in areas where even a single percentage point can mean a great deal of money. What purpose does this really serve? It doesn't make us any healthier.
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Actually, when you think about it, television has been providing us with free entertainment for years. The major networks don't charge us for the programs that they put out on their networks for us to watch. Advertisers pay the bills for everything. All the actors, directors, producers, newspeople, etc ... required to create everything we watch. Advertisers are companies who want us to buy the products or services that they are selling. Further, they are using every psychological trick in the book to be successful at this. The worst part of all, however, is that they are charging us the consumers for everything. Baseball players can make an average of $1.2 million per year not because of the number and the prices of tickets, but because the networks are willing to pay so much for television rights because the advertisers in turn are willing to pay so much for commercial time. Once again, we the consumers pay for it all. But, we pay for it indirectly so we don't typically question it. In our baseball example, beer and soda commercials are common so anyone buying these products essentially is paying part of the high salaries of baseball players regardless of whether you like or even watch baseball.
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So long as we have an economic system that allows a company to create a market for its product or service no matter what the inherent benefits or detriments are, there is something lacking in our economic system. The old argument "caveat emptor" or "let the buyer beware" is not consistent with Aquarian philosophy. Rather, we would demand let the seller be responsible; responsible for providing quality goods and services, at a fair price, that meet the customers needs. Yes, this is a very different mode of operating, but then we're talking about a new age. The biggest part of this change comes in defining how members in society are to treat one another. This is to be reflected not only in the way we interact personally, but also in how we work with and for one another.
29 Sep 94
What would we have people do if they could no longer be entertained by TV. And our children -- TV has become almost like a babysitter, fascinating them enough to keep them from getting into trouble. Who's responsible for this? You could say that as individuals in a society we have allowed it to happen. But, who consulted us, who let us know what was going on, who allowed advertisers to use such manipulative psychological techniques to engage in the warfare of getting us hooked on their products or services? No one! Why should each individual have to do this for themselves, especially when each commercial is a multi-million dollar campaign against individuals? Further, most of the populace is psychologically naive, so they have no idea of what is being done to them. Where is the government to protect us from such abridges to our individual freedoms, for the means employed by these commercials definitely impact our ability to freely choose. How do I know this? You can bet that businesses would not be spending so much money in this area unless there is great payback.
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Here's another area where there is a fatal flaw that entered the system because freedom was not guided toward what is right. Without spirit at the foundation, any structure will eventually become so flawed and so weak that it can no longer stand. It's only a matter of time, and the nature of the specific decisions that are made. The demise is certain, only how long it takes to get there, and how bad the conditions during the process are variable. Interesting. Everything coming through still involves the idea of major economic change, on a scale and in a way that is almost unimaginable. Yet, clear as day, I know it will be so. Further, the change will happen so quickly that the immediate perceived impact by th masses will be slight. I can't yet begin to fathom how we can literally go through revolutionary economic change so easily. Perhaps it's because the people at the top are the most severely impacted and these are such a small minority of the population. Yet, these are the types that are most familiar with and attached to power, and hence are not likely to want to willingly let go of it.