It was the season ending episode of Paranormal Challenge and it was evidence review time and the evidence was being shown that I really had to create this rant.
The problem I see with any paranormal evidence has to be with consistency. For example, it's now a foregone conclusion that chances are that there aren't any orbs on a picture. 99.999% those round things are either dust or bugs. No way around that. The sampling rates of the pictures will no doubt cause people to think there is a person's face or something like that in a picture. In those cases it's called "matrixing" and is considered a think with your mind and not a piece of evidence.
Now, the question I have, is why aren't these concepts translated to audio evidence? Since joining a paranormal group with a legacy of prolific EVP generation, I do question the validity of two devices. The first being the notorious spirit box or sometimes called Frank's box. The other is a device called the ovilus.
Frank's box (named after its creator Frank Sumption) is pretty much a radio set to continuously scan the radio dial. The so named Shack Hack as it's made from a radio shack radio literally is a radio with the scanner set to not identify when it's hit a station. Occasionally you'll hear little verbal bloops and bleeps, but supporters of it claim that a voice can come across several stations and say a short message. This is fraught with problems. First is that the message is subject to interpretation. The second is that it's completely possible that a close station tower will broadcast across several positions on the dial.
Just like with "matrixing" there is a version of "audio matrixing" which means that a nonsensical part of a word will appear to sound like what you're expecting to hear. Or you're hearing a phrase from a radio station and mistaking it for a spirit voice.
The ovilus is a rather unique device but it too is fraught with problems. The idea of the ovilus is that a spirit can use temperature changes and emf fields to select words from the ovilus dictionary and relay them through the device. The problem here, is that it's not practical in a investigative sense.
First the spirit isn't going to be up to speed on the ovilus. The best you can hope for is that the spirit trips across the words its looking for at some ease. Only with long sessions with the ovilus could one hope the spirit becomes adept enough to be coherent.
The part where it all falls apart for me, is that EVERYONE (and I do mean that literally, as I have done it as well) is always repeating what's being said from these items. Either they aren't sure they heard it correctly, or they just heard it wrong. Whichever reason it is, it would be difficult for a spirit to confirm whether the statement is correct. For the ovilus, if it's not clear, it's lucky you got the word in the first place. With the franks box, it's a matter of being out of the frequency range following the message.
I do want to point out that early versions of the ovilus do not have a word display on the device, so even then the electronic voice can be misinterpreted.
I think that if there's any question about the validity of a piece of evidence, then that evidence must be thrown out. Asking questions to confirm ovilus/box audio seems to fall under this guideline.
So I guess that comes down to the big question: Should audio retrieved from a Frank's/spirit box or an Ovilus be considered evidence?
I would totally say it isn't. It's no more evidence than dots on a photo and saying that they are spirit orbs.
Now I am not going to completely rule out the Ovilus for paranormal research, but the device has to be in use for quite a period of time in order to be usable by the spirits at the location. In team research this is a significant amount of time and can take days in order for a spirit to be coherent.
That being said, I do want to take a parting shot at the show Paranormal Challenge. In the Jerome Grand Hotel season ending episode, we are told that medium Chris Fleming would help the team for 30 minutes.
However, the helping was to play a spirit box for 30 minutes.
I thought Fleming was a medium. What is he doing with a spirit box? Shouldn't he be pointing and saying go here, go there and that's where the teams would be getting evidence? However, in looking at the wikipedia article, it's clearer that he's not a medium.
To me, a medium sees, and communicates directly with spirits. Any one who requires a device to do so... is not... ever... at all... even close to being a medium!
Calling yourself a medium when you're not, or portraying evidence when there is none, is just basically a form of lying. You're lying to clients, you're lying to the innocent who don't know better and you're lying to yourself.
I've seen spirits, I can sense spirit energy, and I get EVP's in my own NOT HAUNTED office, but you will NEVER hear ME calling myself a medium or psychic. I'm not delusional like that. I've been called sensitive, but believe you me, when I say that right now, it will give you a stern look.
I just want the crapfest that is staining the paranormal world to stop. Stop trying to say you've got evidence when you don't. Stop saying you've got abilities when you don't. Stop saying you're the best, especially when you aren't. Karma is a rabid bitch, and she's in heat.
IT STOPS NOW!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The book of desires and the book of destiny.
I had recently been told that this idea I was working on was a good idea. I have been calling it the book of desires until most recently that I found out that it is also the book of destiny.
The whole thing stems from the concept of the "Law of Attraction". This is one of the most guiding laws guarding the spiritual reality we live in. Since learning about that law, I have identified at least 5 of these laws. We will address two of the other laws. That being "The Law of One" and the "Law of Letting Go".
The law of one talks about the interactivity between all of humanity. Scientists call it quantum entanglement. The bible calls humanity the children of God. To put it simply, we can see ourselves as Creators as we come from the Creator. It's just as if you get a glass of water from the faucet and instead of seeing it as a glass of water that you recognize it as coming from the ocean.
The law of attraction says that as a creator, the thoughts that you put into your existence eventually becomes reality. The law of letting go is that your thoughts will manifest much more easily when you accept that this is the reality you are creating.
I have developed a way to accomplish these things with a set of simple steps. If this seems too impossible, I only point back to the law of letting go and the practical application that says "just go with it".
1) To begin, you will need a spiral notebook. Any simple notebook will do. You need to be able to write on the cover and be able to tear pages from the book.
2) On the cover you write the following:
OPEN ONLY WITH A HEART OF GLADNESS AND GRATITUDE!
Write it with a huge sharpie. Underline every word. Write it as deliberately as possible so that every time you look at the book you see these words as clear as possible.
3) Underneath it, write your name. As large as you want.
4) On the inside write:
WHAT DOES YOUR HEART DESIRE!
It's not a question mark, because it's a demand. Demand only what you are desiring. Underline those words as well.
These are the only requirements to begin.
Once you can say you have a heart of Gladness and Gratitude, then you can open the book. Read the demand asking for your heart's desire.
Then on the first page, 5) write what your desire is.
Is it to lose weight? Is it for money? Is it a job? Write it down.
I do want to point out that how you say it is very important. One thing the law of attraction does not recognize is negatives. So by saying you want to "lose weight", you send out the idea of "weight". Instead think of being "thin". This is a more accurate state of where you want to be, because once the idea is manifested, what you are, is "thin" and not containing "weight". Don't say debt, say affluence.
Secondly, it helps to be specific. You want money, how much? You want a car, what color is it? What make, model, mileage?
You have the entire page (front and back) to detail this.
If you have other desires, place them in there as well. Each one gets their own page.
I should note that wanting something is not the same thing as desiring it. Sometimes manifesting a want for something only gives you the desire to "want". That's not the same thing as actually having it.
This is similar to a dream board, but I do say, that the book is really up to you. You have a cutout picture you want to go in there, do it! You are the creator here, and it's up to you to place what you want on your intention.
If ever your desire manifest then feel free to remove the page. Just tear it out.
I thought that by placing your desires in the book that it would be called the book of desires. That may be true, but it's what the intended goal, that really is what the book is about. So by creating and manifesting desires, you have created a book that details your destiny. It's where you are going. It is what you desire.
Now the book will take time to go from desire to manifestation. Think of it like planting a seed. You rarely will see a seed germinate immediately.
And just like planting a seed, just having a seed isn't the same as planting it. By placing your desires into the book, trust that it will manifest and it will manifest on its own. Occasionally a desire may need you to perform an action. This should happen as a course of natural progress.
Take the "thin" intention. Maybe you have a strong urge to take a walk. Well, then that's exactly what you do. Maybe it causes you to not get the large steak or burger the next time at the restaurant, but it's rather that the salad just screams out at you. It's like a roller coaster that all you have to do is get on it. You can't steer it, you just gotta let go and follow the ride as it tosses you from one turn to another.
Occasionally you'll look at the book. Once in the right place in your heart, you can look at your intentions. See how it is going. See where you are in relation to your original intention.
The book is yours. You can share it or not. You are the creator here.
Be realistic. If you desire a million dollars, know why you need all of that money. Sometimes it is more realistic to have enough to eliminate all of your debts.
If you have doubts, start with something that would seem more achievable. And by all means, be patient. There's more than enough time for the things to manifest. As long as you have the heart of Gladness and Gratitude, you will find the manifestations happening faster and faster.
With the things coming true, take that moment to laugh at that doubt you used to have and how it is replaced with the joy that sits at the root of your desires.
The book is a tool to help with understanding of who we really are. Once we know who we are, we are liberated enough to experience the rapturous bliss that is the ecstatic existence in which we are living.
And then laugh again, because that's how good you feel.
The whole thing stems from the concept of the "Law of Attraction". This is one of the most guiding laws guarding the spiritual reality we live in. Since learning about that law, I have identified at least 5 of these laws. We will address two of the other laws. That being "The Law of One" and the "Law of Letting Go".
The law of one talks about the interactivity between all of humanity. Scientists call it quantum entanglement. The bible calls humanity the children of God. To put it simply, we can see ourselves as Creators as we come from the Creator. It's just as if you get a glass of water from the faucet and instead of seeing it as a glass of water that you recognize it as coming from the ocean.
The law of attraction says that as a creator, the thoughts that you put into your existence eventually becomes reality. The law of letting go is that your thoughts will manifest much more easily when you accept that this is the reality you are creating.
I have developed a way to accomplish these things with a set of simple steps. If this seems too impossible, I only point back to the law of letting go and the practical application that says "just go with it".
1) To begin, you will need a spiral notebook. Any simple notebook will do. You need to be able to write on the cover and be able to tear pages from the book.
2) On the cover you write the following:
OPEN ONLY WITH A HEART OF GLADNESS AND GRATITUDE!
Write it with a huge sharpie. Underline every word. Write it as deliberately as possible so that every time you look at the book you see these words as clear as possible.
3) Underneath it, write your name. As large as you want.
4) On the inside write:
WHAT DOES YOUR HEART DESIRE!
It's not a question mark, because it's a demand. Demand only what you are desiring. Underline those words as well.
These are the only requirements to begin.
Once you can say you have a heart of Gladness and Gratitude, then you can open the book. Read the demand asking for your heart's desire.
Then on the first page, 5) write what your desire is.
Is it to lose weight? Is it for money? Is it a job? Write it down.
I do want to point out that how you say it is very important. One thing the law of attraction does not recognize is negatives. So by saying you want to "lose weight", you send out the idea of "weight". Instead think of being "thin". This is a more accurate state of where you want to be, because once the idea is manifested, what you are, is "thin" and not containing "weight". Don't say debt, say affluence.
Secondly, it helps to be specific. You want money, how much? You want a car, what color is it? What make, model, mileage?
You have the entire page (front and back) to detail this.
If you have other desires, place them in there as well. Each one gets their own page.
I should note that wanting something is not the same thing as desiring it. Sometimes manifesting a want for something only gives you the desire to "want". That's not the same thing as actually having it.
This is similar to a dream board, but I do say, that the book is really up to you. You have a cutout picture you want to go in there, do it! You are the creator here, and it's up to you to place what you want on your intention.
If ever your desire manifest then feel free to remove the page. Just tear it out.
I thought that by placing your desires in the book that it would be called the book of desires. That may be true, but it's what the intended goal, that really is what the book is about. So by creating and manifesting desires, you have created a book that details your destiny. It's where you are going. It is what you desire.
Now the book will take time to go from desire to manifestation. Think of it like planting a seed. You rarely will see a seed germinate immediately.
And just like planting a seed, just having a seed isn't the same as planting it. By placing your desires into the book, trust that it will manifest and it will manifest on its own. Occasionally a desire may need you to perform an action. This should happen as a course of natural progress.
Take the "thin" intention. Maybe you have a strong urge to take a walk. Well, then that's exactly what you do. Maybe it causes you to not get the large steak or burger the next time at the restaurant, but it's rather that the salad just screams out at you. It's like a roller coaster that all you have to do is get on it. You can't steer it, you just gotta let go and follow the ride as it tosses you from one turn to another.
Occasionally you'll look at the book. Once in the right place in your heart, you can look at your intentions. See how it is going. See where you are in relation to your original intention.
The book is yours. You can share it or not. You are the creator here.
Be realistic. If you desire a million dollars, know why you need all of that money. Sometimes it is more realistic to have enough to eliminate all of your debts.
If you have doubts, start with something that would seem more achievable. And by all means, be patient. There's more than enough time for the things to manifest. As long as you have the heart of Gladness and Gratitude, you will find the manifestations happening faster and faster.
With the things coming true, take that moment to laugh at that doubt you used to have and how it is replaced with the joy that sits at the root of your desires.
The book is a tool to help with understanding of who we really are. Once we know who we are, we are liberated enough to experience the rapturous bliss that is the ecstatic existence in which we are living.
And then laugh again, because that's how good you feel.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Have Dowsing Rods, will try to listen.
So I decided to start paying more and more attention to the ringing in my ears and pulling out my hand-made dowsing rods to see why my ears are ringing.
In 3 days I have had 5 spirits visiting me.
I'd probably have more, but if I respond to every one of them, I would exhaust myself in no time.
One concerning one was a little two year old girl that came through. She was lost and didn't know where her mommy was. She didn't know what year it was or anything like that. She was just too young. I only hope the guides that are with me in the journey called life were able to get her where she needs to be.
The rest were family members who have passed on. They come by and say Hi and stuff and I did pull out my recorder for one of them. Now I don't normally get a lot of EVP's, but then I never started fitting the pieces of the puzzle that is me together.
That is until now.
So I normally get a loud ringing in the ears. It's really high pitched, and it kind of resembles tinnitus. However, tinnitus is more like the ringing you get after being at a really loud concert. Don't get me wrong, but I know the difference. Frankly, they don't even sound the same to me. Tinnitus is more of a dull "wah", where the ringing I get is a "zing" type of sound.
The other thing that's been progressing is tiny little pin pricks of light in my visual field. They don't happen all that often, but when they do, they usually are pointing out something. Lately, I have started to pay more attention to them. Maybe there's something to them or there's an intelligence behind them.
Well, there is. Not sure how to explain it, but it's really pointing out something I am supposed to be seeing. Whether it's pointing out the crucial concept to a part of text or the direction of where I need to be going, these things just occasionally pop into existence in my field of view and then just as quickly they disappear.
So I am sitting at my work station doing my job and then the ringing starts in really strong. I mean it's like a teacher's bell in how loud it is. Anyway, I quickly grab my rods and speak out loud "is anyone here?" The rods normally don't respond all that quickly for me, except when they are getting manipulated by a spirit. They crossed as if there was a huge magnet sitting underneath them. If it made a sound, I bet "thoom" might be closest to it.
Sure enough I had a spirit. A relative actually who just popped in on an occasional visit to say "hi". I actually got him on a recording, which makes it all the more incredible.
Then later in the week, I catch a blip of light on the computer monitors. Mind you I stare at computer monitors for a good 9 or so hours a day, so something out of the ordinary, I am definitely going to see. Anyway, I kind of saw a face as a part of the light and so I grabbed the rods. Hey, what do you know, another relative!
I am getting pretty good at this!
So then I hear a ringing. Ah, pull out the rods again....
Oh, wait. You're not a family member? You're a 2 year old girl?!? You're lost? That's so sad!
This can't possibly be an easy way to live. I mean, if I responded to every little ringing in my ears, I would never get anything done. Quite literally so.
What's even harder for me is that I have to communicate through dowsing rods. Not an easy way of doing it, as it's basically 20 questions for every little piece of information.
It would be really nice if I could just bypass the whole dowsing rod thing and be able to converse on a one to one basis, but that's the problem I face with myself.
Hey, at least I know the ringing isn't just me going crazy... or is it?
Maybe the whole dowsing rod thing is just muscle reactions toward a question? I know that's not completely inconceivable.
I hear the ringing again and again, which either means someone wants to converse with me or that I really need to do something.
It's so hard that it's not so clear.
In 3 days I have had 5 spirits visiting me.
I'd probably have more, but if I respond to every one of them, I would exhaust myself in no time.
One concerning one was a little two year old girl that came through. She was lost and didn't know where her mommy was. She didn't know what year it was or anything like that. She was just too young. I only hope the guides that are with me in the journey called life were able to get her where she needs to be.
The rest were family members who have passed on. They come by and say Hi and stuff and I did pull out my recorder for one of them. Now I don't normally get a lot of EVP's, but then I never started fitting the pieces of the puzzle that is me together.
That is until now.
So I normally get a loud ringing in the ears. It's really high pitched, and it kind of resembles tinnitus. However, tinnitus is more like the ringing you get after being at a really loud concert. Don't get me wrong, but I know the difference. Frankly, they don't even sound the same to me. Tinnitus is more of a dull "wah", where the ringing I get is a "zing" type of sound.
The other thing that's been progressing is tiny little pin pricks of light in my visual field. They don't happen all that often, but when they do, they usually are pointing out something. Lately, I have started to pay more attention to them. Maybe there's something to them or there's an intelligence behind them.
Well, there is. Not sure how to explain it, but it's really pointing out something I am supposed to be seeing. Whether it's pointing out the crucial concept to a part of text or the direction of where I need to be going, these things just occasionally pop into existence in my field of view and then just as quickly they disappear.
So I am sitting at my work station doing my job and then the ringing starts in really strong. I mean it's like a teacher's bell in how loud it is. Anyway, I quickly grab my rods and speak out loud "is anyone here?" The rods normally don't respond all that quickly for me, except when they are getting manipulated by a spirit. They crossed as if there was a huge magnet sitting underneath them. If it made a sound, I bet "thoom" might be closest to it.
Sure enough I had a spirit. A relative actually who just popped in on an occasional visit to say "hi". I actually got him on a recording, which makes it all the more incredible.
Then later in the week, I catch a blip of light on the computer monitors. Mind you I stare at computer monitors for a good 9 or so hours a day, so something out of the ordinary, I am definitely going to see. Anyway, I kind of saw a face as a part of the light and so I grabbed the rods. Hey, what do you know, another relative!
I am getting pretty good at this!
So then I hear a ringing. Ah, pull out the rods again....
Oh, wait. You're not a family member? You're a 2 year old girl?!? You're lost? That's so sad!
This can't possibly be an easy way to live. I mean, if I responded to every little ringing in my ears, I would never get anything done. Quite literally so.
What's even harder for me is that I have to communicate through dowsing rods. Not an easy way of doing it, as it's basically 20 questions for every little piece of information.
It would be really nice if I could just bypass the whole dowsing rod thing and be able to converse on a one to one basis, but that's the problem I face with myself.
Hey, at least I know the ringing isn't just me going crazy... or is it?
Maybe the whole dowsing rod thing is just muscle reactions toward a question? I know that's not completely inconceivable.
I hear the ringing again and again, which either means someone wants to converse with me or that I really need to do something.
It's so hard that it's not so clear.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Using a minimal theremin for ghost hunting.
On 6/26/2011, the paranormal group I am with went on a ghost hunt and it gave me time to test out the response from using a minimum theremin in detecting spirit energy.
The minimum theremin is a theremin with the volume controls absent from the circuit. This means that all signals come out at the same level.
This is similar to the Mel meter with EMF radiating antenna. This is the Mel-8704REM device.
In observing the Mel-8704REM in field situations I feel certain that the range of the minimum theremin that I am using is at least twice as large of a radiating field that the mel meter. I am getting radiating ranges around and above 12 inches from the antenna.
This presented a problem in holding the device, so I hacked together a solution so the theremin is held well away from the body.
I am in the middle of testing, but I can say that the device works really well.
Instance number one was a bit difficult, as the spirits were showing a hesitation in touching the antenna of the unit. One spirit in particular said it looked like a sword. Yes, the device is a bit unusual and the antenna is a shiny silver, but it does take a lot of convincing that the antenna is harmless. Spirits that are not as timid are more likely to be friendly and tend to feel comfortable with the device.
A child was reported going near the unit, at which I did receive a small sound. However, the unit was close to my body, so I couldn't readily confirm a hit.
The second instance was a communication session with several spirits. At the point where one spirit attached to one of the other team members, I was standing in the range of 4-5 feet away from the member and I had strong readings from the unit right in the middle of the ambient space.
The unit is not too particular about what objects it will detect as the tombstones in the cemetery were triggering the unit.
In the final test of the unit for the day, I handed the unit over to the group founder/leader and the unit did receive another hit in the middle of ambient space. The hit was fairly quick which actually adds a bit of credence to the device.
What works best with the unit is that it does not move quickly through the environment. It has a tendency to pick up things over time much better than instantly grabbing energies in the area.
I am currently using a headphone amplifier to get signals from the theremin. This will eventually be output to a speaker, so the audio may be picked up on recorders.
I will post more data when it becomes available.
The minimum theremin is a theremin with the volume controls absent from the circuit. This means that all signals come out at the same level.
This is similar to the Mel meter with EMF radiating antenna. This is the Mel-8704REM device.
In observing the Mel-8704REM in field situations I feel certain that the range of the minimum theremin that I am using is at least twice as large of a radiating field that the mel meter. I am getting radiating ranges around and above 12 inches from the antenna.
This presented a problem in holding the device, so I hacked together a solution so the theremin is held well away from the body.
I am in the middle of testing, but I can say that the device works really well.
Instance number one was a bit difficult, as the spirits were showing a hesitation in touching the antenna of the unit. One spirit in particular said it looked like a sword. Yes, the device is a bit unusual and the antenna is a shiny silver, but it does take a lot of convincing that the antenna is harmless. Spirits that are not as timid are more likely to be friendly and tend to feel comfortable with the device.
A child was reported going near the unit, at which I did receive a small sound. However, the unit was close to my body, so I couldn't readily confirm a hit.
The second instance was a communication session with several spirits. At the point where one spirit attached to one of the other team members, I was standing in the range of 4-5 feet away from the member and I had strong readings from the unit right in the middle of the ambient space.
The unit is not too particular about what objects it will detect as the tombstones in the cemetery were triggering the unit.
In the final test of the unit for the day, I handed the unit over to the group founder/leader and the unit did receive another hit in the middle of ambient space. The hit was fairly quick which actually adds a bit of credence to the device.
What works best with the unit is that it does not move quickly through the environment. It has a tendency to pick up things over time much better than instantly grabbing energies in the area.
I am currently using a headphone amplifier to get signals from the theremin. This will eventually be output to a speaker, so the audio may be picked up on recorders.
I will post more data when it becomes available.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
I don't get people
OR is humanity good or are we evil?
Growing up in a very fundamentalist view of Christianity, what I understand is that we all have this sin nature from the beginning with Adam and Eve. So Jesus comes along and says that he will be the sacrificial lamb for all of our sins and that it's all taken care of.
Or is it?
I am constantly struggling with people over the concept that we aren't bound to an old way of thinking, even though it is about 2000 years ago when it changed.
The problem is this. Why are we perceiving ourselves as evil when we are trying to go somewhere because we are good?
This is very confusing, because in order to see yourself as good you have to be evil? That means that we are evil and not good in our natural state.
What is our natural state?
I postulate this, that we are only considered as good or evil because we want for there to be opposites instead of just accepting things as they really are. It's like saying that there is an opposite to something as benign as a crayon or rocket.
It's not like there's a anti-crayon or anti-rocket, but that dichotomy seems ingrained in our psyche that we have to have it. The truth is more likely that we don't need to follow such a dichotomy.
If we are evil, then we can justify the things that tear us apart and cause us to fight against each other. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but in our struggling to be good, we are doing just that.
There is no good or evil just as much as what we perceive as our orientation in the whole universe as up and down. Maybe we're sideways in the universe and we haven't figured that bit out yet.
We just want it to be up and down because it gives us a sense of accomplishment. It's an accomplishment that only polarizes and suppresses our ability to grow beyond our ways of thinking.
Over 1500 years after Christ did we even think that maybe earth isn't the center of the universe or is even flat for that matter.
Once we get past these primitive notions, can we generate progress. We can better ourselves and the people around us.
We can stop living a painful life in hope of a blissful one by realizing that in attempting to have one, that it places you in the opposite. That's what happens when you create a polarity, in attempting to be something you literally have to be that which you attempt to not be.
An example is that someone who wants a pain free existence lives in a place of pain. Another is that a person who wants to be rich lives a poor existence.
The only safe place to be is somewhere in the center and balanced between the two polarities. Only there can you achieve the goal you thought you were trying for and realizing that it's not a polarity, but a position of being.
I don't get people, because I know now that I don't have to get them. They are just as they are and just as I am.
This is where reality shifts, because after all, it's a matter of perception. Do we perceive a world ruled by polarized states? Do we leave these flat earth concepts behind us to embrace a non polarized state where we live not in harmony or discord, but rather to hear the single voice of a united people?
Is there even an answer to a rhetorical question?
Growing up in a very fundamentalist view of Christianity, what I understand is that we all have this sin nature from the beginning with Adam and Eve. So Jesus comes along and says that he will be the sacrificial lamb for all of our sins and that it's all taken care of.
Or is it?
I am constantly struggling with people over the concept that we aren't bound to an old way of thinking, even though it is about 2000 years ago when it changed.
The problem is this. Why are we perceiving ourselves as evil when we are trying to go somewhere because we are good?
This is very confusing, because in order to see yourself as good you have to be evil? That means that we are evil and not good in our natural state.
What is our natural state?
I postulate this, that we are only considered as good or evil because we want for there to be opposites instead of just accepting things as they really are. It's like saying that there is an opposite to something as benign as a crayon or rocket.
It's not like there's a anti-crayon or anti-rocket, but that dichotomy seems ingrained in our psyche that we have to have it. The truth is more likely that we don't need to follow such a dichotomy.
If we are evil, then we can justify the things that tear us apart and cause us to fight against each other. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but in our struggling to be good, we are doing just that.
There is no good or evil just as much as what we perceive as our orientation in the whole universe as up and down. Maybe we're sideways in the universe and we haven't figured that bit out yet.
We just want it to be up and down because it gives us a sense of accomplishment. It's an accomplishment that only polarizes and suppresses our ability to grow beyond our ways of thinking.
Over 1500 years after Christ did we even think that maybe earth isn't the center of the universe or is even flat for that matter.
Once we get past these primitive notions, can we generate progress. We can better ourselves and the people around us.
We can stop living a painful life in hope of a blissful one by realizing that in attempting to have one, that it places you in the opposite. That's what happens when you create a polarity, in attempting to be something you literally have to be that which you attempt to not be.
An example is that someone who wants a pain free existence lives in a place of pain. Another is that a person who wants to be rich lives a poor existence.
The only safe place to be is somewhere in the center and balanced between the two polarities. Only there can you achieve the goal you thought you were trying for and realizing that it's not a polarity, but a position of being.
I don't get people, because I know now that I don't have to get them. They are just as they are and just as I am.
This is where reality shifts, because after all, it's a matter of perception. Do we perceive a world ruled by polarized states? Do we leave these flat earth concepts behind us to embrace a non polarized state where we live not in harmony or discord, but rather to hear the single voice of a united people?
Is there even an answer to a rhetorical question?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The frustration of a bi-polar religion.
Ok, it's Christianity. I thought I would get that out of the way.
The problem is this: Religious aspects fall into one of two possible aspects. (For more information, check out the book Matrix 4 by val valerian.) The first aspect is called "Static Perception and Social Reality". The other aspect is called "Evolving Perception and Absolute Reality". Christianity sits right on top of the two. Depending on what tradition you come from, you may find that one aspect is more prevalent than the other. In pretty much most of Christianity, it's the static perception that dominates the religion.
The problem of the bi-polarity is that while some themes from the static view represent the current statements by the modern day church, the evolving view also represents some of the aspects as read in the bible.
If you research further on each aspect and think of each item, you will invariably find a biblical passage that refers to it. I think this is what frustrates me about the whole thing.
Take for example the aspect of Experience. Are we having a spiritual experience as humans or are we having a human experience as spirits. This is an argument I go back and forth even with family members, because it's a matter of perception and understanding.
First of all, if you identify with a singular existence, then it's very easy to see that you're a human having a spiritual experience. I used to be that way. However, I worked a lot of logic into the issue.
The first question is where do we come from and does God know us before we are born. Both traditions should be saying "yes", but I could see where someone would argue that God can see into the future and therefore would know. It's complex, but it also comes with the idea that you are predestined. If I consider a life that is predestined before I was born, then that would suggest that I may be known before my birth.
This is a blurring of the lines between the two, I'll admit, but it then it's that blurring that requires someone to be introspective on either side.
The logic that I came up with, is that if I am known before I exist in human form, then I must exist in thought form. If the thought form is similar to the way the spirit is perceived, then my spirit has to exist before my physical existence. So the conclusion is that it is my spirit that existed first that is having a human experience, rather than me being human receiving a spirit and then having a spiritual existence.
Now, when you place yourself into one of the two perceptions, it drastically sees the way you view pretty much everything about your beliefs.
For the static, it's a judgmental, controlling, limited isolated existence with doubt and fear as the controlling factors. For the evolving it's a perspective, free, multiple life existence with knowing and joy as the controlling factors.
The ideas of original sin, hell and free will being heaven or hell is quite static. The opposite says that emotions tell when you're headed the right direction and that it is not because of requirement, but because of wanting to live righteously. Free will is a decision between doing or not doing. And hell is an experience that's chosen rather than one where people just end up.
I had this ongoing argument about "works of the spirit". One side is to say you perform works, because you're supposed to. I was arguing, that works is the side effect of doing the right thing all the time, because you want to. At no point did we ever meet any middle ground and we never came to an agreement as one being more correct than the other.
Knowing what I do know about quantum realities and such, I know this is also true: both aspects are correct. I know what each aspect stands for and I don't disagree with any of it. I know which one allows me to feel closer to God, so I am pretty sure that it's where I need to be in my belief system. However, it's obviously not for everyone.
In my view, all aspects are legitimate which oddly enough allows an atheist to feel that God does not exist. I don't have to agree or judge anyone, to know that this is the true reality in which all of humanity exists.
I appreciate and respect this spectrum of beliefs, so I believe that this is what Jesus meant by "Love One Another".
The problem is this: Religious aspects fall into one of two possible aspects. (For more information, check out the book Matrix 4 by val valerian.) The first aspect is called "Static Perception and Social Reality". The other aspect is called "Evolving Perception and Absolute Reality". Christianity sits right on top of the two. Depending on what tradition you come from, you may find that one aspect is more prevalent than the other. In pretty much most of Christianity, it's the static perception that dominates the religion.
The problem of the bi-polarity is that while some themes from the static view represent the current statements by the modern day church, the evolving view also represents some of the aspects as read in the bible.
If you research further on each aspect and think of each item, you will invariably find a biblical passage that refers to it. I think this is what frustrates me about the whole thing.
Take for example the aspect of Experience. Are we having a spiritual experience as humans or are we having a human experience as spirits. This is an argument I go back and forth even with family members, because it's a matter of perception and understanding.
First of all, if you identify with a singular existence, then it's very easy to see that you're a human having a spiritual experience. I used to be that way. However, I worked a lot of logic into the issue.
The first question is where do we come from and does God know us before we are born. Both traditions should be saying "yes", but I could see where someone would argue that God can see into the future and therefore would know. It's complex, but it also comes with the idea that you are predestined. If I consider a life that is predestined before I was born, then that would suggest that I may be known before my birth.
This is a blurring of the lines between the two, I'll admit, but it then it's that blurring that requires someone to be introspective on either side.
The logic that I came up with, is that if I am known before I exist in human form, then I must exist in thought form. If the thought form is similar to the way the spirit is perceived, then my spirit has to exist before my physical existence. So the conclusion is that it is my spirit that existed first that is having a human experience, rather than me being human receiving a spirit and then having a spiritual existence.
Now, when you place yourself into one of the two perceptions, it drastically sees the way you view pretty much everything about your beliefs.
For the static, it's a judgmental, controlling, limited isolated existence with doubt and fear as the controlling factors. For the evolving it's a perspective, free, multiple life existence with knowing and joy as the controlling factors.
The ideas of original sin, hell and free will being heaven or hell is quite static. The opposite says that emotions tell when you're headed the right direction and that it is not because of requirement, but because of wanting to live righteously. Free will is a decision between doing or not doing. And hell is an experience that's chosen rather than one where people just end up.
I had this ongoing argument about "works of the spirit". One side is to say you perform works, because you're supposed to. I was arguing, that works is the side effect of doing the right thing all the time, because you want to. At no point did we ever meet any middle ground and we never came to an agreement as one being more correct than the other.
Knowing what I do know about quantum realities and such, I know this is also true: both aspects are correct. I know what each aspect stands for and I don't disagree with any of it. I know which one allows me to feel closer to God, so I am pretty sure that it's where I need to be in my belief system. However, it's obviously not for everyone.
In my view, all aspects are legitimate which oddly enough allows an atheist to feel that God does not exist. I don't have to agree or judge anyone, to know that this is the true reality in which all of humanity exists.
I appreciate and respect this spectrum of beliefs, so I believe that this is what Jesus meant by "Love One Another".
Friday, April 15, 2011
The nature of soul
I read a lot. I read a lot of different things. Mainly I like to look at religion. In religion you have a person that believes beyond the shadow of a doubt that their belief is correct and everyone else who doesn't believe that is wrong.
I don't know about you, but I find that a bit disturbing. Why is one group correct and the other group wrong, while at the same time, the inverse is assumed to be true.
This is an strange dichotomy that is only exacerbated by what I can only attribute to religious fervor and the controlling nature of man.
As humans, we try to control our lives more and more. We domesticate horses so we can get from place to place more easily. We build cars so we can get there faster. We build roads that help our vehicles traverse the distance more easily. And then we toll roads just because we want to filter who goes on them and take that money and apply that to something else we want to control.
It's a vicious cycle. Well, religion exhibits some of those same aspects of control. I could go on and on about how we're told we have to do this and we have to do that, but it all is a system of controls.
And that really has nothing to do with the nature of the soul!
I paraphrase as C.S. Lewis once said that 'We don't have a soul. We are a soul. What we have is a body." Our true nature, all of humanity and even beyond that is a composition of a soul residing within a body.
The soul is an energy based being and radiates the energy outside of the body in an egg-like shape.
I can prove it. It takes two people. Preferably two people who are not very familiar with each other. Stand about 6 feet apart and wait a minute. Take a step forward and wait another minute. Repeat this process until you are less than a foot apart. At some point along the way, there is a discomfort. It is strong enough that you just feel too close and stay there until it's absolutely impossible to stay that close.
When two energies get close enough they begin to interact with each other. It's like playing with magnets. Sometimes they pull closer to each other and sometimes they push away from each other. That's a very rough idea of what's going on.
The soul is part of what some people call the global consciousness, but can also be part of what is called the collective unconsciousness. I guess the difference here is whether you see yourself as part of the whole of humanity or see yourself as original as a snowflake in relation to everyone else.
The dream state is usually an untapped resource in confirming that this is that case, mainly because most people do not choose or just plain can't remember their dreams. For those that have taken the effort to remember, they report stuff like visitations by deceased relatives and even traveling to exotic and impossible locations.
It only leads to the obvious question: What are souls doing and why are they here?
The book "Conversations with God" goes into really good detail about what's going on, but to put it rather simply. Souls are here to experience what they already know. They select what kind of experience they are looking for and the conditions that will assist with their experiencing. Souls experience life.
If the soul is an immortal energy that is accessing all of the possible knowledge that's ever known, then the only thing a soul would do is to break from the monotony of an existence of only knowledge or of everything accessible. The true reasoning is simply variety.
If you take a food that you just swoon over, but just don't get very often, then imagine an existence where the food is always available. That's all you eat. The novelty of the item loses its special nature for you and becomes as if it was water.
Where souls reside (call it heaven if you want) everything is available, but because of it, it's all meaningless. You want to ask god something, he's standing right there. So in simpler terms, souls are like kids at the amusement park. They want to go again.
That's where the whole reincarnation thing comes from. I'll admit that up until a couple of years ago, I didn't buy into it. It's like I want to say that everyone has the same opportunity and it's just a matter of growing up that makes one person a famous actor and another person a fireman.
But that can't be true. Singers are what they are because they can actually sing. And they do it really well! It's similar with other aspects of life. Some people are computer geniuses, while others can cook and others are pilots.
Desire, aptitude, ability and drive are all important factors that can decide between a politician and a policeman. It's kind of like setting up a character for a role playing game. He's stronger or more agile, or even more intelligent, but never exactly all maxed out. It's not really a matter of genetics!
Then again, the body is not that much different. Not everyone can play center for the NBA or be an olympic runner. It's a plain fact.
Besides, are those the aspects of life that seem the most interesting? Take your drama shows for example. They're not very interesting when it's just all happy good-times storytelling. The best drama is hardship, depression, anger, frustration, sadness, despair, torment, etc. Need I go on?
I've often said that nothing worth doing is ever easy. I think part of that has to do with a level of satisfaction that would just not be there if everything was easy.
Now that it is obvious that souls come back to experience, if you consider that some souls have been back more than others, then you must know that the experience of a soul that has been here more than other souls, that they are looking for a much different experience.
I would expect a "young" soul to choose either the hardest or easiest aspects of life. An "old" soul might be more tempered in this regard, choosing a more sublime existence, which may not be as simple in its extremes, but can possibly be a more difficult existence.
I may be completely wrong on that, but I can't possibly imagine a soul that's been around many, many times to be interested in experiencing the most basic of existences.
My subtle perceptions up to this point has been in support of such a reality. I would go into detail, but people need to look into their own lives and see these aspects for themselves.
I wouldn't expect that someone could approach this suddenly. It would only be after years upon years of looking at oddities in their own life and comparing them to the aspects and abilities that they currently have, that they could notice that something just isn't quite right.
And when you find those aspects, then at least you know where it all came from... yourself. Because that's what the nature of the soul is. It's you.
I don't know about you, but I find that a bit disturbing. Why is one group correct and the other group wrong, while at the same time, the inverse is assumed to be true.
This is an strange dichotomy that is only exacerbated by what I can only attribute to religious fervor and the controlling nature of man.
As humans, we try to control our lives more and more. We domesticate horses so we can get from place to place more easily. We build cars so we can get there faster. We build roads that help our vehicles traverse the distance more easily. And then we toll roads just because we want to filter who goes on them and take that money and apply that to something else we want to control.
It's a vicious cycle. Well, religion exhibits some of those same aspects of control. I could go on and on about how we're told we have to do this and we have to do that, but it all is a system of controls.
And that really has nothing to do with the nature of the soul!
I paraphrase as C.S. Lewis once said that 'We don't have a soul. We are a soul. What we have is a body." Our true nature, all of humanity and even beyond that is a composition of a soul residing within a body.
The soul is an energy based being and radiates the energy outside of the body in an egg-like shape.
I can prove it. It takes two people. Preferably two people who are not very familiar with each other. Stand about 6 feet apart and wait a minute. Take a step forward and wait another minute. Repeat this process until you are less than a foot apart. At some point along the way, there is a discomfort. It is strong enough that you just feel too close and stay there until it's absolutely impossible to stay that close.
When two energies get close enough they begin to interact with each other. It's like playing with magnets. Sometimes they pull closer to each other and sometimes they push away from each other. That's a very rough idea of what's going on.
The soul is part of what some people call the global consciousness, but can also be part of what is called the collective unconsciousness. I guess the difference here is whether you see yourself as part of the whole of humanity or see yourself as original as a snowflake in relation to everyone else.
The dream state is usually an untapped resource in confirming that this is that case, mainly because most people do not choose or just plain can't remember their dreams. For those that have taken the effort to remember, they report stuff like visitations by deceased relatives and even traveling to exotic and impossible locations.
It only leads to the obvious question: What are souls doing and why are they here?
The book "Conversations with God" goes into really good detail about what's going on, but to put it rather simply. Souls are here to experience what they already know. They select what kind of experience they are looking for and the conditions that will assist with their experiencing. Souls experience life.
If the soul is an immortal energy that is accessing all of the possible knowledge that's ever known, then the only thing a soul would do is to break from the monotony of an existence of only knowledge or of everything accessible. The true reasoning is simply variety.
If you take a food that you just swoon over, but just don't get very often, then imagine an existence where the food is always available. That's all you eat. The novelty of the item loses its special nature for you and becomes as if it was water.
Where souls reside (call it heaven if you want) everything is available, but because of it, it's all meaningless. You want to ask god something, he's standing right there. So in simpler terms, souls are like kids at the amusement park. They want to go again.
That's where the whole reincarnation thing comes from. I'll admit that up until a couple of years ago, I didn't buy into it. It's like I want to say that everyone has the same opportunity and it's just a matter of growing up that makes one person a famous actor and another person a fireman.
But that can't be true. Singers are what they are because they can actually sing. And they do it really well! It's similar with other aspects of life. Some people are computer geniuses, while others can cook and others are pilots.
Desire, aptitude, ability and drive are all important factors that can decide between a politician and a policeman. It's kind of like setting up a character for a role playing game. He's stronger or more agile, or even more intelligent, but never exactly all maxed out. It's not really a matter of genetics!
Then again, the body is not that much different. Not everyone can play center for the NBA or be an olympic runner. It's a plain fact.
Besides, are those the aspects of life that seem the most interesting? Take your drama shows for example. They're not very interesting when it's just all happy good-times storytelling. The best drama is hardship, depression, anger, frustration, sadness, despair, torment, etc. Need I go on?
I've often said that nothing worth doing is ever easy. I think part of that has to do with a level of satisfaction that would just not be there if everything was easy.
Now that it is obvious that souls come back to experience, if you consider that some souls have been back more than others, then you must know that the experience of a soul that has been here more than other souls, that they are looking for a much different experience.
I would expect a "young" soul to choose either the hardest or easiest aspects of life. An "old" soul might be more tempered in this regard, choosing a more sublime existence, which may not be as simple in its extremes, but can possibly be a more difficult existence.
I may be completely wrong on that, but I can't possibly imagine a soul that's been around many, many times to be interested in experiencing the most basic of existences.
My subtle perceptions up to this point has been in support of such a reality. I would go into detail, but people need to look into their own lives and see these aspects for themselves.
I wouldn't expect that someone could approach this suddenly. It would only be after years upon years of looking at oddities in their own life and comparing them to the aspects and abilities that they currently have, that they could notice that something just isn't quite right.
And when you find those aspects, then at least you know where it all came from... yourself. Because that's what the nature of the soul is. It's you.
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