2022

 

Happy New Year, Everyone. 

May this year bring us all closer to Liberation

~ g

Surprise!

 

"Dying is like waking from a dream"

In the moments following death, we will immediately realize that we have been dreaming all along. 

A very special dream. 

A very real dream. 

A dream with experiences and consequences.

So, navigate your dream well.

~ g

Choose Courage

 

The last few posts have focused upon death (so-called) and fear of same. It was felt that the times that we are presently experiencing required that we take a sober and objective look at this specter that hovers over our lives although it hides in the shadows of our consciousness.

We all know that we are going to die. That is a certainty that we shove into a box in the attic of our consciousness and cover with a blanket. We shut the door and do not visit that attic if we can help it. 

But the shadow follows us. We never face it, so we do not learn to understand it. As human beings, we tend to fear that which we do not understand. Many fear death (so-called) because they do not know what will happen after we transition. Again, that which we do not know of, we fear.

The prior posts were published in an effort to present the truth to all who may have ears to hear. The truth is that we have nothing to fear from death (so-called). 

Death is like taking off all of our clothes, opening a door, walking through that door, and then closing the door behind us. Anyone who walks into the room will see our discarded clothing and will conclude that we are no longer there. But we are behind the door, alive as ever, and unburdened by the heavy clothing that we once wore.

Life is a continuum. Nothing ever dies. Things merely transform. For all of us, each life is a new page in a very thick book. So, keep these things in mind for the future.

The global circumstances of the past two years have been purposely designed and orchestrated to tap into our fear of death and stir up uncertainty, doubt, anxiety, worry and unreasonable dread. It is well known by those who control the activities of the world that human-beings do not react well to fear. When humans are in fear, most will look to others for direction and leadership. If the wrong leaders are in place, disaster can result.

Due to our unreasonable fear of death, the world is now following dictates that do not have our best interests at heart. Instead of resisting, we are complying. Instead of questioning, we are accepting. Instead of acting, we are allowing ourselves to be led.

It has been famously said that Earth is the Planet of Choice. Everything on this planet happens due to choice. If we are dominated by others, then it is by choice. If we are tricked and fooled by the crafty, it is by choice. If we are coerced into doing things that we know in our heart are not right, then we have allowed those things to happen, again by choice.

During these critical times, we must choose whether we are going to allow ourselves to be ruled by Fear or by Courage. We must choose whether we will use our God-given reasoning abilities to question the false narrative that is being shoved down our throats or if we will merely accept the lies of our "authorities", who are nothing but wolves in sheep's clothing.

What belies all of our uncertainty is the fear of death. These last few posts have attempted to remind you that there is nothing to fear from death. Whether by violence, by old age or by manufactured flu. We will continue to Live, just as we always have. 

Once we discard the fear of death, those who control us will lose their control over us. This is what the Gnosis comes to share with us. Fear is in the mind. If we focus our consciousness on holding onto something that is designed to be temporary - such as physical existence - we will remain in a fearful state-of-consciousness. But if we focus our consciousness on the Immortal Spirit-spark that burns within the center of our life-system and its Eternal presence, we will come to realize that there is nothing to fear, that there has never been anything to fear, and that there will never be anything to fear...for all Eternity.

Choose Courage.

~ g

Where Is This Leading?

You may have noticed that the most recent posts have focused upon the subject of "death" (so-called) in one way or another. I imagine that you are also wondering why?

I will try to explain in the next post.

~ g

The Worst That Could Happen

What is it about death (so-called) that causes us to fear it so much? What is the worst that can happen?

1. Pain

2. Missing Our Loved Ones

3. Unfinished Business

4. Failure to Find the Path

Let's take a quick look at these factors.

1. Pain 

Fear of the pain that we associate with death is something that we try to push to the back of our minds. But this pain is evident all around us, we see it happening everywhere to our dying brothers and sisters, so naturally, we assume that when our incarnation is winding down, pain will be our lot as well. 

Generally, physical pain will accompany us as we near the end of our incarnation if it is part of our karma to experience it. For most of us, the end will arrive quietly. Our consciousness will withdraw its focus on the physical plane and relax the magnetic attraction that binds the etheric/physical particles of the body together.

If you want to know what death (so-called) is like, then simply monitor yourself as you fall asleep at night. As your eyes close and you relax, at one moment you will be physically present and in the blink of an eye you seamlessly transition into a blessed sort of unconscious state. Your consciousness withdraws from the physical plane and intensifies its focus on the astral planes of the planet, where you have experiences during the night that we call "dreams".  Your perception has moved from one reality to a different reality.

There is an old expression that states: "Sleep and Death are like brothers". There is much truth to that axiom.

Finally, for those who may have to experience pain at the end, medical science has created powerful anti-pain medications that will numb the nerves and block the pain messages that the body sends to the brain. These ones will not feel much at all.

In cases of violence or accident, there are usually karmic reasons for incarnations to end in such uncomfortable ways.  The reasons are revealed to us when we reach The Other Side.

Take care of the body. Purify your thoughts and emotions. Live a life of Love and Service to others. Do not become attached to the things of this world. Non-attachment will make it easier for us to let go when it comes time for us to transition from the physical plane.

2. Missing Our Loved Ones

The primary reason for this fear usually does not hit us until we are very near the end. While we are alive and healthy, we ignore our loved ones, we mistreat them, we take them for granted, etc. To avoid feelings of regret at the end, we should show Love to our friends and family every moment that we can. Never leave a friend or loved one without showing them that you love them, either by word or by deed. Treat each moment with a loved one as if it were the last time you were going to see them. This will help to prevent these fears from arising. 

3. Unfinished Business

There are so many things that we are juggling on a daily basis. We toil to create favorable lives for ourselves and our loved ones. We plan for the future. When confronted with our transition from the physical plane, we fear leaving so many plans unrealized, projects unfinished, hopes and dreams unfulfilled. 

It helps to get our affairs in order in the here and now, even if we are in excellent health or in the prime of life. This is the best we can do for those we leave behind. As for future plans and unfinished projects, these things should not be of serious concern to us. When we reach the Other Side, all of these things that we think are so important when our consciousness was focused on physical plane reality will be seen in their proper perspective.

Live fully in the Now. As the Christ stated "....do not worry about Tomorrow, for Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own".

4. Failure to Find the Path

This is actually not a true Fear that occurs to us as we approach death (so-called) because most human-beings are completely unaware that there is a Path that will remove us from the Wheel of Death and Rebirth and will sever our obligation to incarnate over and over again. 

This Path can only be located if we open our heart centers and allow the immortal divine Spirit-spark to reconnect with the Universal Spirit. This re-linking will inhale the Living Waters of the Universal Spirit into the life-system of the human-being, purifying and transforming the human-being from Man to Manas, the state of the Original, Divine Human-being.

But as it is said, "You can't miss what you have never had". Since we do not have knowledge of the Path, we do not regret in not having found it. When we reach the Other Side and things that were hidden to us during physica life are revealed, we will understand that we missed our True Purpose while we were on Earth and that we must return yet again, in a new body, in similar or different circumstances, and in total forgetfulness, to try to find the Path once more. 

We will remain on the Wheel of Death and Rebirth until we find our True Purpose while on Earth, until we find the Path of Return and follow it to a Good End.

Thus, the fear that we are least aware of should actually be the one of greatest concern.

In conclusion, it is not Death that we fear. It is the Fear of Death that we fear.

Contemplate the first three Fears and try to see if you can find any wisdom within them. 

Contemplate the fourth Fear and see if it inspires you to find the Path that leads to freedom before you put the body aside.

~g

There Is No Death

 

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some other shore,
And bright in heaven's jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.

There is no death! The forest leaves
Convert to life the viewless air;
The rocks disorganize to feed
The hungry moss they bear.

There is no death! The dust we tread
Shall change, beneath the summer showers
To golden grain, or mellowed fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.

There is no death! The leaves may fall,
And flowers may fade and pass away--
They only wait, through wintry hours,
The warm, sweet breath of May.

There is no death! Although we grieve
When beautiful, familiar forms
That we have learned to love are torn
From our embracing arms--

Although with bowed and breaking heart,
With sable garb and silent tread,
We bear their senseless dust to rest,
And say that they are "dead,"

They are not dead! They have but passed
Beyond the mists that blind us here
Into the new and larger life
Of that serener sphere.

They have but dropped their robe of clay
To put their shining raiment on;
They have not wandered far away--
They are not "lost" nor "gone."

Though disenthralled and glorified
They still are here and love us yet;
The dear ones they have left behind
They never can forget.

And sometimes, when our hearts grow faint
Amid temptations fierce and deep,
Or when the wildly raging waves
Of grief or passion sweep,

We feel upon our fevered brow
Their gentle touch, their breath of balm;
Their arms enfold us, and our hearts
Grow comforted and calm

And ever near us, though unseen,
Our dear, immortal spirits tread--
For all God's boundless universe
Is life--there are no dead!

J. L. MCCREERY 

1859

Fear Not

"People live in fear of death, when in truth there is no death. 

It is only a change from one condition to another."

This unreasonable fear, rooted in ignorance, is responsible for probably 90% of the poor decisions that we make as human-beings.

We see the short life-span and do our best to cram as much "living" into our existence as possible. 

We see the inevitable end to what appear to be meaningless lives and strive to "leave our mark" by aspiring to become rich, famous or powerful.

We see death as the end of a hopeless existence and so we devalue our lives and lash out at others or cavalierly attempt to end our own lives, as if that will solve anything. In truth, that only results in more problems when we reach the Other Side.

We see our existence as a "hell" and so we throw caution to the wind and abuse our bodies with powerful hallucinogens in order to escape physical reality and focus our consciousness on the astral worlds, the reflection-sphere.

Our present state-of-consciousness cannot perceive anything further than the physical realm. It keeps us thinking that existence is this tiny box called Earth and that there is nothing beyond life and death here in this vale of tears.

Nothing can be further from the Truth. We are immortal beings trapped in a mortal existence. We have forgotten our former existence as Co-creators, our close connection with the Universal Spirit.  Without the impeccable guidance of Spirit, we are unable to properly navigate our circumstances or remember our true purpose for being here.

That is why we must first learn to silence the Fear that comes from not-knowing. We must obtain critical self-knowledge about our true nature. 

One of the first things we must learn is that we have nothing to fear from "death" (so-called). At our core, we are eternal beings. We have to begin thinking with an Eternity Consciousness and stop counting the days until our withdrawal from the earth-plane.

Be Still, and hear the Voice of the Silence that calls out to you from your Spirit-Spark. It is this Voice that will guide you to the Path. It is this Voice that will lead you back to your True and Eternal Home

~g

We Mistake Transformation for "Death"

 

You are probably familiar with the expression "Death is a part of Life". This ancient axiom can be improved upon if we say "Death is Life expressing itself in a manner that is not easily apprehended by humanity". A bit long for an axiom, I know, haha. Let's take a deeper look at this statement.

Hermes states that "Man mistakes transformation for death". This is a true and accurate statement because the activity that we human-beings see as "death" are actually the life processes of disintegration manifesting before our eyes.

Let's start at the Beginning. Before anything was created, there existed only the Uncreated, the Source, the Birthless, Deathless, Infinite All. The All is everything that has ever been and the potential for everything that will ever be. It is the Uncreated Source of every Created thing.

Every atom of the primordial substance that is used by Source to create is ALIVE. This has to be so because these primordial atoms emanate from the Source, which is the essence of True Life. 

Every atom of Creation is IMMORTAL. This has to be so because these primordial atoms emanate from the Source, which is Birthless and Deathless.

All created things are composed of these LIVING, IMMORTAL atoms. Certain universal laws initiate attraction among these living, immortal atoms and certain intelligences work to ensure that these living, immortal atoms are assembled in such a way as to manifest as universes, galaxies, constellations, solar systems, planets, human-beings, flora, fauna, and minerals.

Of course, here we are talking about creative activity on the physical plane, the Seventh Cosmic Domain, the most crystallized part of this Creation. The physical plane is a TEMPORARY nature-order. There is nothing that is permanent about it. The only constant here is CHANGE. Things evolve and then devolve. There are constant beginnings and endings. Everything Rises, Shines, and then Fades, only to Rise again on a future turn of the Spiral

The human-being is not excluded from this Law of Temporality. We are born, flower in maturity and then we "die". I prefer to state that we "relinquish the physical form and return to the more subtle regions of the physical plane. The manner in which this takes place can be explained thusly:

Rising: When we are "born" into Earth-life. a physical body is built by the forces of ATTRACTION. The minerals and vital energies necessary for building a physical body are attracted via the foods that the mother eats, the air that she breathes, the thoughts and emotions that she surrounds herself with as well as the vital energies inherent in the union of the creative fluids of the woman and the man. All of these things are ruled by a force of Attraction which ultimately results in a physical body.

Shining: During growth and maturation, this force of Attraction grows stronger due to the focus of the indwelling consciousness. The living, immortal atoms are held together by this force of Attraction and so we see growth and maturity.

Fading: As the human-being moves towards the final segment of Earth-life, the force of Attraction begins to wane. This is due in part to the Consciousness beginning to release its focus on the incarnation and turning its gaze to a return to the move subtle spheres of the physical world. Also, the heart of the Earth is exerting its own attractive forces, pulling and tugging at the mineral elements of the human-being. Remember, LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE. Thus, a separation is beginning to manifest itself.

"Death" (So-called): 'Death' is merely what happens after the mortal Soul that animated the physical body is withdrawn by the Consciousness. When this happens, the forces of Attraction that held all of the living atoms together in a cooperative unity are relaxed, and the atoms become "disorganized", for want of a better word. The Soul returns to its regions where a further dematerialization will take place over time. The LIVING, IMMORTAL physical atoms return to the Earth, where they will essentially be recycled to assemble new physical creations.

We call this process of disorganization "decay" and associate it with the permanent loss of Life. This is far from the case. What we are seeing are LIVING, IMMORTAL atoms being released from their task so that they can await their next task. 

The "dust to dust" phrase so ominously pronounced by the churches refer to nothing more than the physical atoms, the minerals that constitute the human body (of which there are said to be twelve) being returned to their mineral sources. Because we are NOT our bodies, this process of decay does not mean that the human-being is "dead". It only means that the human-being has discarded its physical garment. Where the remains of the human-being go after "death" the physical body cannot go. The etheric, emotional and mental bodies, as well as the consciousness have withdrawn but remain alive as ever in more subtle forms. Because we cannot see these forms, we erroneously postulate that the human-being is "dead".

With that said, I will leave you now with the following quote, excerpted from The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol. 4, by Jan van Rijckenborgh:

"People are accustomed to calling the pronounced intervention of disintegration 'death'. But in essence, 'death' is nothing else than the stimulation of living metabolism. A body disintegrates into living atoms. The atom itself, the Unit in the universe, is never lost. Atoms combine to form bodies and then they separate again. Life remains Absolute. 'Death' is all in the mind." 

That which is IMMORTAL can never die. Remember that.

~g

Happiness is Not the Point

 

Many believe that 'happiness' is the ultimate goal to be achieved during earth-life. It is the prize. A constant and unceasing state of harmonious, self-pleasing 'happiness' is supposed to be the hallmark of a well-spent and successful life. This mindset, coupled with the fact that humans, if lucky, can expect to live an average of 72 years, drives human-beings to expend an enormous amount of energy in a fruitless "pursuit of happiness".

Thus, racing to beat the clock-of-death, every setback drives man to panic. Why aren't things working out for me? Why can't I get the things that I want? I just want to be 'happy'. Why can't I be 'happy'??

Here's your answer, friend: You will never be 'happy' in this life because earth-life is not designed to bestow permanent 'happiness' upon anyone. We live in a dialectical reality, a duality, where everything has its opposite and everything eventually turns into its opposite. If one manages to obtain a semblance of 'happiness', he or she can be certain that it will not last. Eventually, that 'happiness' will turn into its opposite. Things cannot be otherwise.

This dialectical nature-order is temporal. Everything about it screams temporary. The only constant to be found is change. In keeping with that fundamental law, the events in our lives swing back and forth between two poles, like a pendulum in perpetual motion.

So then, what is the ultimate point of Earth-life? And why was this nature-order purposely designed to prevent an eternal state of 'happiness'? Well, let's think about it. If humans could find a way to obtain permanent 'happiness' here on earth, we would cease to progress. We would not seek for anything higher because we would be completely content with what we have. We would crystallize into a state that would truly doom our microcosms to the Outer Darkness.

This is why death (so-called) comes to humanity. It comes to break up that which is in danger of crystallizing. It comes to afford the microcosm a fresh opportunity to create yet another personality that will not squander a valuable incarnation seeking 'happiness' on the horizontal plane of dialectics, but will seek the Gnosis, the true Knowledge of God, the Keys to Freedom, and the Path to the eternal bliss that can only be found in the Divine Kingdom.

~ g