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Nicole C. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909737163847444638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-45288904432412282972016-01-28T15:12:00.002-08:002016-01-28T15:12:37.002-08:00Darkness is a Tool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nicole C. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909737163847444638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-30391102630874742232013-07-16T19:36:00.001-07:002013-07-16T20:09:39.096-07:00Jungian Philosophy<br />
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I have often seen individuals who simply outgrow a problem which had destroyed others. This ‘outgrowing’, revealed itself on further experience to be the raising of the level of consciousness. Some higher or wider interest arose on the person’s horizon, and through the widening of his view, the insoluble problem, lost its urgency. It was not solved logically in its own terms, but faded out in contrast to a new and strong life-tendency. It was not repressed and made unconscious, but merely appeared in a different light, and so became different itself. What, on a lower level, had led the wildest conflicts and emotions full of panic, viewed from the higher level of the personality, now seemed like a storm in the valley seen from a high mountain top. This does not mean that the thunderstorm is robbed of its reality; it means that instead of being in it, one is now above it.<br />
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"Unfortunately there is no doubt about the fact that man is, as a whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Every one carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. If an inferiority is conscious, one has always a chance to correct it. Furthermore, it is constantly in contact with other interests, so that it is steadily subjected to modifications. But if it is repressed and isolated from consciousness, it never gets corrected. It is, moreover, liable to burst forth in a moment of unawareness. At all events, it forms an unconscious snag, blocking the most recent attempts"..."A mere suppression of the shadow is just as little of a remedy as beheading against headache. To destroy a man's morality does not help either because it would kill his better self, without which even the shadow makes no sense"... <br />
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The human race must not allow its own kind to repeatedly violate the rules set forth by previous generations of humanity that have already learned from the horrors of previous world wars. It is in the best interest of all cultures of the planet to establish a lasting peace for the sake of our collective life. Let the establishment of peace take root in the minds and hearts of the many! May we decree our sovereignty as citizens of Earth and establish an era of peace for all future generations of human kind for the new millenium. <br />
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We may end the cycles of violence in all places around the world if our collective life would but reach consensus on our desire to survive and thrive. By <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewWorldOrderWhistleBlowers3/message/43769">removing the possibility</a> for any to derive profit through war, banking institutions and military industries would not have the power to misappropriate national treasury funds to subsidize operations in direct violation of human rights, and laws and covenants set forth in our nation and in the world.<br />
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Tax paying US Citizens <a href="http://www.warresisters.org/wartaxresistance">need not be</a> an enslaved society, giving into a Federal tax system that subsidizes an industry of military might so over exasperated that it threatens all of life the world over and endeavors to perpetuate an endless state of conflict throughout centuries in endless cycles of suffering in some part of the world or other, consistently, for more time than we would care to experience at all, if ever. And here we are, witness to an era where there is a great deal of conflagration in the cradle of our civilization. Every culture upon this Earth is connected to one another as we trace our ancestry for ages of time, back to Mesopotamia.<br />
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The United Nations <a href="http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=79">drafted the UN Charter in San Francisco</a> to establish a new Covenant to establish a system of self governance, whereby the collective unity of each Nation State around the world worked together in a General Assembly as members of a World Delegation. In this way, all Nation States are equal in a system of global governance. Yet, war profiteering became the primary motivating factor in the very nation that the United Nations Charter was drafted and signed at the close of the second World War. For too many decades, wars have been initiated <a href="http://www.wethepeoplenow.org/proof_of_illegal_us_wars.htm">against our own Constitution</a>, without formal declarations from Congress. Not to mention, the majority will of Americans were usurped by <a href="http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_11_04.html">flaws in the electorate system</a>. Consequently, human beings who were not fit to govern the United States took office against the majority will of its citizenry and initiated pre-emptive Military intervention as an Agressor State with seeming impunity in soverein countries which did not attack the United States. And so, the United States has been holding the world hostage after having amassed more armaments than any other nation state in the world while also selling the most arms worldwide.<br />
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In this beautiful world, are sites to behold, places of beauty and wonder and some never even know what that is as they are born into a life of misery in war torn countries. As one living earth in a living system, we may collectively establish an era of sustained peace for a new Millenium if we would but divest of interest altogether in a militarization of our civilizations. <br />
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As a collective humanity upon this one living world, we may decree that life be sanctified, revered, and honored. Whereas the living world is a sacred and holy space, manifest into life by a greater cosmic mystery, we may witness the inherent worth of all its myriad of species and learn to co-exist in a state of homeostasis and harmony. <br />
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We must enact an <a href="http://www.enotes.com/excess-profits-tax-reference/excess-profits-tax">excess profits tax</a> and it must be implemented poste haste to dispense of any profit motivation whatsoever. Each tax paying citizen has the ethical right of witholding as a form of conscientious objection in answer to the misappropriation of the peoples republic of the United States of America to fund global militarism strategies which remain hostile to life and hold the world in various places in perpetual doom and misery for years without end. All tax taxpaying citizens have a vote in the United States as to whether or not their dollars be appropriated toward remaining an Aggressor State. The majority will of Americans having enacted a Just <a href="http://www.peacetaxfund.org/thebill/why-a-ptf.htm">Peace Tax Law</a> can require all industries producing armaments or any weapons of any kind be held liable for centuries of crimes against humanity and liquidate their assets for the World Republic of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_grApGkYDUI">Homo Sapiens Sapeins</a>.LVX1313http://www.blogger.com/profile/09916914006036512320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-64532407243336889812011-08-26T22:18:00.000-07:002012-02-03T18:19:54.431-08:00Ethics of Speech<center><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/shadow%20workers/verbalabuse.jpg" /><br />
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In a world of exaggerated advertising campaigns, exploitative talk shows, hate radio, and political spin doctors, Right Speech and impeccable expression may seem to be a rather tall order. Yet if we are sincere about embodying the Dharma, our words ideally will become a reflection of our desire to help others. Think kindly; speak gently and clearly. The wisdom of cause and effect—or karma—teaches us that everything matters—every breath, every syllable, every sentence. As we walk the path to enlightenment, nothing is meaningless, and it all counts. Imagine that all the thoughts and fragmented sentences that are just now swirling through your head were printed out on a giant chalkboard—like the daily menu in some restaurants. Which thoughts do you sincerely want to express? It's a choice we make—sometimes hundreds of times every day. With your words you confirm to the world, and yourself, what you think is important. Words help concretize our thoughts and concepts; they define our priorities, reify our ideas and opinions, and express our worldview and intentions. Words have power; to be specific, your words have power. We can use speech patterns to help us communicate with others in a more considered, conscious way, or we can be careless and create trouble with our words—trouble for ourselves as well as others.<br />
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In the context of Dharma, speech is a particularly compelling issue because to reflect upon speech is to think about self, non-self, and others. Don't most of us use speech as an expression of ego and the need to hang on to and confirm our illusory self? Don't we use speech to communicate that we exist? "I'm here," we say, confirming and marking out our territorial space. To some extent, we all habitually use words to express ego and a false self. By putting forth our views, we use speech to shore up the concrete citadel of ego and the notion of "me" and "mine." We tell ourselves and others stories about ourselves and our lives. We speak to others; we speak to ourselves. What do we say? And why do we say it?<br />
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When the Buddha talked about Right Speech or impeccable speech, what he meant was excellent speech that reflected inner wisdom, clear vision, and Buddha-nature. The instructions that come down to us from the Buddha concerning everyday speech are simple yet profound. On a mundane level, we are instructed as follows:<br />
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On this point, the Buddha's advice was remarkably straightforward. He said: "If he is called to tell what he knows, he answers if he knows nothing: 'I know nothing.' And if he knows, he answers, 'I know.' If he has seen nothing, he answers: 'I have seen nothing.' And if he has seen, he answers: 'I have seen.' Thus, he never knowingly speaks a lie, neither for the sake of his own advantage, nor for the sake of another person's advantage, nor for the sake of any advantage whatsoever."<br />
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Words articulated without guile, masked ego needs, conflict, or hidden agendas—wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to speak with such clarity and simplicity, all the time? Haven't there been times in your life when you are so centered and clear that your words, like the Buddha's, ring with truth and sanity? Don't we all sometimes have these breakthrough moments, times when we are in touch with who we are and what we know? These are precious moments, minutes, or hours when each of us is able to speak his or her own truth, honestly and fearlessly. But these breakthroughs are difficult to sustain.<br />
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As a seeker, you have probably already wrestled with the problems connected to outright lying; in all likelihood, you've made an appropriate decision not to be evasive or indulge in direct falsehoods or deceitful, manipulative statements. We all agree that outright lying is counterproductive. But as we walk further along the spiritual path, chances are we will each arrive at checkpoints where the subtleties of truth come into play. We may discover time after time that it's difficult to be clear and forthright in everything we say, and we may find ourselves compromising and shading the truth. Instead of saying what we know is true, for example, we say things that others want to hear. Or we say things that we want to hear—and believe.<br />
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When we don't want to appear weak or vulnerable, we say things that make us look strong and powerful. When we don't want others to think we are out of control, we use words to control what others do. It's very easy to spot the manipulations of the spin doctors from Madison Avenue or Washington, D.C.; it's more complex when we create our own egotistical advertising campaigns. Yet this is what we do all the time by presenting ourselves as we would like to appear and hiding behind the stories we tell ourselves and others to get what we think we want. All this only serves to create false personas that leave us feeling incomplete and alienated from our authentic selves.<br />
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Don't you sometimes use words to distance others and protect your true feelings? Haven't you ever told people that you were feeling "fine" even when you were depressed and sad? We don't always use words to communicate from our hearts and then we expect others to be mind readers. Sometimes we even tell ourselves stories. "I don't eat so many sweets," we say to ourselves as we reach again into the bag of cookies. "I'm not really lying to Miranda," we think as we make up a plausible excuse to break an appointment. "It doesn't really matter," we reassure ourselves, even when we know it matters a great deal.<br />
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Everyone says that communication and mutual understanding is the essence of good relationships. And nowhere are the subtleties of honest speech more apparent than in our personal relationships. However, as much as we may want to express ourselves authentically with words that reflect love, warmth, and openness, we don't always manage to do it. Our expectations get in the way and distort the picture; so do our desires, fears, illusions, and projections. That's why we all regularly need to stop and ask ourselves if we are moving in the direction of more honesty, or not.<br />
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I often speak to people who tell me they are unhappy because their loved ones don't seem to be listening to what they have to say. They feel invalidated and as though their opinions are being disregarded. But when these people delve a little bit deeper below the surface of their complaints, they often realize they are failing to express their feelings and wishes in a clear and direct manner. When we withhold our true feelings, protect our emotions, and construct false personas to present to the world, we become part of the problem.<br />
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Reality—seeing things just as they are—is a central issue of Buddhist practice. Pure attention, unclouded by distortion or delusion, knows things exactly as they are, in the present moment. We bring Right Speech into our relationships by trying always to be honest and forthright and by letting go of our intricate defense systems and being truthful and open about who we are and how we feel.<br />
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As part of awareness practice involving Right Speech, try listening to yourself so you can hear how you sound from a different perspective, as if being outside of yourself as an objective listener. Speaking the truth is a very present-moment activity; truth-telling begins by becoming aware of what you tell yourself. Then try listening to the way you sound to others. Do you sound tentative, confused, angry, rattled, tense? Are you using speech to manipulate feelings or emotions, yours or someone else's? Do you use speech, or even silence, as a way of hiding who you are? Are you communicating what you think you're communicating? Are you able to recognize and acknowledge reality? Are you able to speak your truth in your own authentic voice, unflinchingly and without hesitation?<br />
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Right Speech Reminds Us To Refrain From Causing Trouble With Speech That Is Hurtful Or Unnecessarily Disruptive Have you ever had the experience of saying something and regretting it later? Perhaps something sarcastic that you thought was funny? Of course. We all have. When I began teaching, I quickly realized that if I made what I thought was a little ironic or facetious joke, some sensitive soul might end up feeling hurt, ridiculed, exposed, or betrayed.<br />
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One of Atisha's mind-training Lo-jong Slogans is Don't Talk About Injured Limbs It's a good slogan to remember because what we describe as a joke may in reality be pointing out another being's defects and weaknesses—not unlike staring or pointing a finger. It can be hurtful even though we are backing into it through a joke. And yet how hard it is to walk this talk. What a temptation it sometimes is to poke fun or show how funny and clever we can be with our quick tongues and caustic wit. Hurtful words reinforce personal alienation and a dualistic view. Slander sows discord; sensitive gentle speech can bring about peace and reconciliation.<br />
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The Dharma also reminds us that a judgmental point of view will obscure our higher view and distort our direct appreciation of how things are. In the New Testament, Jesus points out that we tend to notice the small imperfection in someone else's eye while overlooking the log sticking out of our own. A Tibetan proverb says: "Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose." Judgmental words and self-righteous tones fail to help any situation.<br />
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Some people seem to be particularly gifted at using words to help others. They are so constructive, positive, and empathetic that they make you feel good whenever you talk to them. "How great for you," they say. "Tell me about it; I want to hear what you have to say." You can feel their intention to give support and encouragement. These communicative geniuses seem to have a special gift—they are able to truly see and hear others. Open and sensitive to what others are experiencing, these gifted listeners are real healers. Listening with a nonjudgmental and open heart is a way to bring bodhicitta and loving-kindness into your communication with others. The Dharma tells us that if we listen carefully, we will be able to hear the natural Buddha in everyone.<br />
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~Lama Surya Das<br />
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</span><center><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words<br />
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—From the Dhammapada<br />
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Hark ye, O man, to the wisdom of magic. Hark to the knowledge of powers forgotten. Long, long ago in the days of the first man, warfare began between darkness and light. Men, then as now, were filled with both darkness and light; and while in some darkness held sway, in others lights filled the soul.<br />
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Aye, age old is this warfare, the eternal struggle between darkness and light. Fiercely is it fought all through the ages, using strange powers hidden to man.<br />
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Adepts have there been filled with the blackness, struggling always against the light; but others there are who, filled with brightness, have ever conquered the darkness of night. Where e’er ye may be in all ages and planes, surely ye shall know of the battle with night. Long ages ago, the SUNS of the Morning, descending, found the world filled with night. There in that past time began the struggle, the age old battle of darkness and Light.<br />
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Many in that time were so filled with darkness that only feebly flames the light from the night.<br />
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Some there were, masters of darkness, who sought to fill all with their darkness; sought to draw others into their night. Fiercely withstood they, the masters of brightness; fiercely fought they from the darkness of night. Sought they ever to tighten the fetters, the chains that bind man to the darkness of night. Used they always the dark magic, brought into man by the power of darkness; magic that enshrouded man’s soul with darkness.<br />
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Banded together in as order, BROTHERS of DARKNESS, they through the ages, antagonists they to the children of men. Walked they always secret and hidden, found yet not found by the children of men. Forever they walked and worked in darkness, hiding from the light in the darkness of night. Silently, secretly, use they their power, enslaving and binding the souls of men.<br />
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Unseen they come and unseen they go. Man in his ignorance calls THEM from below.<br />
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Dark is the way the DARK BROTHERS travel, dark with a darkness not of the night, traveling o’er Earth they walk through man’s dreams. Power have they gained from the darkness around them to call other dwellers from out of their plane, In ways that are dark and unseen by man. Into man’s mind-space reach the DARK BROTHERS. Around it, they close the veil of their night. There through its lifetime that soul dwells in bondage, bound by the fetters of the VEIL of the night. Mighty are they in the forbidden knowledge, forbidden because it is one with the night.<br />
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Hark ye, O man, and list to may warning: be ye free from the bondage of night. Surrender not your soul to the BROTHERS of DARKNESS. Keep thy face ever turned toward the LIGHT. Know ye not, O man, that your sorrow only has come through the Veil of the night. Aye, man, heed ye my warning: strive ever upward, turn your soul toward the LIGHT. The BROTHERS of DARKNESS seek for their brothers those who have traveled the pathway of LIGHT. For well know they that those who have traveled far towards the Sun on their pathway of LIGHT have great and yet greater power to bind with darkness the children of LIGHT.<br />
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List ye, O man, to he who comes to you. But weight in the balance if his words be of LIGHT. For many there are who walk in DARK BRIGHTNESS and yet are not the children of LIGHT.<br />
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Easy it is to follow their pathway, easy to follow the path that they lead. But yet, O man, heed ye my warning: Lights comes only to him who strives. Hard is the pathway that leads to the WISDOM, hard is the pathway that leads to the LIGHT. Many shall ye find, the stones in your pathway; many the mountains to climb toward the LIGHT.<br />
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Yet know ye, O man, to him that o’ercometh, free will he be of the pathway of Light. Follow ye not the DARK BROTHERS ever. Always be ye a child of the LIGHT. For know ye, O man, in the end LIGHT must conquer and darkness and night be banished from Light.<br />
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Listen, O man, and heed ye this wisdom; even as darkness, so is the LIGHT.<br />
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When darkness is banished and all Veils are rended, out there shall flash from the darkness, the LIGHT.<br />
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Even as exist among men the DARK BROTHERS, so there exists the BROTHERS of LIGHT. Antagonists they of the BROTHERS of DARKNESS, seeking to free men from the night. Powers have they, mighty and potent. Knowing the LAW, the planets obey. Work they ever in harmony and order, freeing the man-soul from its bondage of night. Secret and hidden, walk they also. Known not are they to the children of men. Yet know that ever they walk with thee, showing the WAY to the children of men. Ever have THEY fought the DARK BROTHERS, conquered and conquering time without end. Yet always LIGHT shall in the end be master, driving away the darkness of night.<br />
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Aye, man, know ye this knowing: always beside thee walk the Children of LIGHT.<br />
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Masters they of the SUN power, ever unseen yet the guardians of men. Open to all is their pathway, open to he who will walk in the LIGHT. Free are THEY of DARK AMENTI, free of the HALLS where LIFE reigns supreme. SUNS are they and LORDS of the morning, Children of Light to shine among men. Like man are they and yet are unlike, Never divided were they in the past. ONE have they been in ONENESS eternal, throughout all space since the beginning of time. Up did they come in Oneness with the ALL ONE, up from the first-space, formed and unformed.<br />
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Given to man have they secrets that shall guard and protect him from all harm. He who would travel the path of a master, free must he be from the bondage of night. Conquer must he the formless and shapeless, conquer must he the phantom of fear. Knowing, must he gain of all of the secrets, travel the pathway that leads through the darkness, yet ever before him keep the light of his goal. Obstacles great shall he meet in the pathway, yet press on to the LIGHT of the SUN.<br />
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Hear ye, O man, the SUN is the symbol of the LIGHT that shines at the end of thy road. Now to thee give I the secrets: how to meet the dark power, meet and conquer the fear from the night. Only by knowing can ye conquer, Only by knowing can ye have LIGHT.<br />
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Now I give unto thee the knowledge, know to the MASTERS, the knowing that conquers all the dark fears. Use this, the wisdom I give thee. MASTER thou shalt be of the BROTHERS of NIGHT.<br />
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When unto thee there comes a feeling, drawing thee nearer to the dark gate, examine thine heart and find if the feeling thou hast has come from within. If thou shalt find the darkness thine own thoughts, banish them forth from place in thy mind. Send through they body a wave of vibration, irregular first and regular second, repeating time after time until free. Start the WAVE FORCE in thy BRAIN CENTRE. Direct it in waves from thine head to thy foot.<br />
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But if thou findest thine heart is not darkened, be sure that a force is directed to thee. Only by knowing can thou overcome it. Only by wisdom can thou hope to be free. Knowledge brings wisdom and wisdom is power. Attain and ye shall have power o’er all.<br />
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Seek ye first a place bound with darkness. Place ye a circle around about thee. Stand erect in the midst of the circle. Use thou this formula, and thou shalt be free. Raise thou thine hands to the dark space above thee. Close thou thine eyes and draw in the LIGHT. Call to the SPIRIT of LIGHT through the Space-Time, using these words and thou shalt be free: "Fill thou my body, O SPIRIT of LIFE, fill thou my body with SPIRIT of LIGHT. Come from the FLOWER that shines through the darkness. Come from the HALLS where the Seven Lords rule. Name them by name, I the Seven: THREE, FOUR, FIVE and SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT - Nine. By their names I call them to aid me, free me and save me from the darkness of night: UNTANAS, QUERTAS, CHIETAL, and GOYANA, HUERTAL, SEMVETA - ARDAL. By their names I implore thee, free me from darkness and fill me with LIGHT."<br />
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Know ye, O man, that when ye have done this, ye shall be free from the fetters that bind ye, cast off the bondage of the BROTHERS of NIGHT. See ye not that the names have the power to free by vibration the fetters that bind? Use them at need to free thou thine brother so that he, too, may come forth from the night.<br />
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Thou, O man, art they brother’s helper. Let him not lie in the bondage of night.<br />
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Now unto thee, give I my magic. Take it and dwell on the pathway of LIGHT.<br />
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LIGHT unto thee, LIFE unto thee, SUN may thou be on the cycle above.<br />
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~τρισμεγιστοςEmbrace_Shadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486863241225996520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-26142200308470881162010-11-25T17:20:00.001-08:002010-11-25T17:20:15.009-08:00Same Thing...<center><br><font size="3"><br>It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object. <br>~ Nathaniel Hawthorn<br><br><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="184" width="400" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1880590&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=1">
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You are here to bring light to a dark world. <br />
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It is as simple as that. <br />
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The purpose for which wanderers incarnated is all one: to love, and to love, and to love, and to love. <br />
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You will be hurt, broken, humiliated and defeated in the course of a life in faith. <br />
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It runs directly counter to the culture in which you live to do things for an ideal reason, to focus upon the Creator which is unseen<br />
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Yet rest not in the Joy of the Destruction of each complex in thy Nature, but press on to that ultimate Marriage with the Universe whose Consummation shall destroy thee utterly, leaving only that Nothingness which was before the Beginning. <br></div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center">So then the Life of Non-Action is not for thee; the Withdrawal from Activity is not the Way of the Tao; but rather the Intensification and making universal every Unit of thine Energy on every Plane. </div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br> <img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/wolf_card.jpg"> </div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font size="+1">DE FORMULA SUMMA</font></b> <br><br> Learn moreover that thy Self includeth the whole Universe of thy Knowledge, so that every increase upon every Plane is an Aggrandizement of that Self. Yet the greater Part of this Universe is common Knowledge, so that thy Self is interwoven with other Selves, save for that Part peculiar to thy Self. And as thou growest, so also this peculiar Part is ever of less Proportion to the Whole, until when thou becomest infinite, it is a Quantity infinitesimal and to be neglected. Lo! When the All is absorbed within the I, it is as if the I were absorbed within the All; for if two Things become wholly and indissolubly One Thing, there is no more Reason for Names, since Names are given to mark off one Thing from another. And this is that which is written in <i> <font face="Century Schoolbook">The Book of the Law</font></i>: "Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!"<br><br>{excerpts~ <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmhlcm1ldGljLmNvbS9jcm93bGV5L2FsZXBoL3Rid2YxLmh0bWw=" target="_blank">Liber Aleph Vel CXI part 1</a>}<br><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> </div>Embrace_Shadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486863241225996520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-9400476773874026792010-11-25T17:13:00.001-08:002010-11-25T17:13:35.745-08:00Awakening - The Difference Between Remorse and Shame<center><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/Picture1-11.png"></center><br><font size="3"><br><br>The heart that is opening to greater awareness of spiritual reality is essentially a moral heart, one that wants to love more and to share the beauty of life with all beings. Such a heart often feels discouraged in the presence of its own limitations and especially in the light of truth which shines on these limitations, showing places in the self that are not loving, that may, instead, be selfish, unforgiving, and angry.<br><br>Out of such limitations, actions are taken and words are spoken that the awakening heart deeply regrets but does not know how to prevent from happening. For in the moment of expression, these words and these actions seem to leap out of oneself unbidden, often to be regretted later on. In many challenging situations in life, the ego is quick to stand up to defend itself, seizing the moment to take revenge or to assume control in some other way. Such emotional upsurges are not looked at kindly by a loving heart, even while they are looked at as necessary or justified by the self that feels threatened, wounded, or deprived.<br><br>In the presence of such limitations, one always has a number of choices. The choice that is most light-filled is that of responsible awareness - of desiring to learn from our mistakes. It is the choice of alignment with light and with higher purpose, and leads us on the path of healing with the help of our higher being and guidance from the Divine within. This choice is often accompanied by deep regret or remorse for one's past words or actions, wishing that we could take them back. Remorse or regret, however, is not a bad thing. It is the manifestation of a longing heart that desires to do better and to be better - to love more and to be more. And whether this love is directed toward another, toward God, toward the self, or toward a situation that one lives with, the yearning to love more, accompanied by remorse is founded in love and, as such, is an impetus to growth and to the expansion of the heart.<br><br><center><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/regret-1.jpg"><br></center><br><br>Feeling ashamed of one's past actions, by contrast, partakes of an altogether different energy. Whereas remorse (regret) is motivated by love and by faithfulness to ideals, shame is motivated by self-righteous indignation and judgment and partakes of darkness rather than light. Shame, unlike regret, is unforgiving, creates a sense of 'badness', replaces Divine mercy, understanding, and compassion, with judgments that one has made up oneself.<br><br>Shame is a judgment of the self by the self. Unlike remorse which is rooted in love, shame is rooted in anger, accusation, and self-righteousness. Often, people who feel ashamed experience the two-foldness of judgment. Directed toward the self, judgment becomes shame; directed toward others, judgment becomes blame. Many people go back and forth between these two polarities.<br><br>In the presence of mistakes, unkind words, incorrect actions, and other ways of being that one retrospectively finds lacking, it is important to assume that one is a learner - a learner about love - and to meet the situation with remorse rather than shame. Remorse and regret keep the heart open to ways of loving better. They also allow for the necessary humility to continue learning, knowing that mistakes will be made again and again as learning progresses.<br><br>With an open heart, willing to learn, all limitations can be embraced with compassion, and all shame can disappear. 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Set side by side, will and desire look different — as different as the two words sound — as different as the concepts in reality inherently are.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Far from identical are they; nay, they are strictly opposites. And yet, quite often the one is confounded with the other.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When a person works ambitiously for self-satisfaction — to gain wealth or fame, — authority or other worldly success — such a one is wrongly called strong-willed. It's not a case of will, only of strong desire.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In contrast, often wrongly dubbed desire is the aspiration for realization of an ideal and for evolutionary progress.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will is endowment of the soul, coming down from on high; while desire is a propelling force in the personality, welling up from below. In other words; will expresses the power of spirit; desire derives its being from qualities of matter.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will manifests where wisdom dwells; desires thrives where ignorant reigns.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will grows stronger by renunciation; desire is intensified by gratification.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will establishes stability; desire produces restlessness.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will liberates and uplifts; desire enslaves and debases.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With progressive evolution will will expand into absolute will divine, while desire dissolves into desireless-ness.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Will is destined to triumph over desire.<br> <br> Between the two — between will and desire — stands mind. Directed downward into matter, mind feeds desire; directed upward toward spirit, it supports the will. <br> <br> If mind sides with desire — as it so often does — the will can hardly find effective expression. Mind must combine with will to nullify the unworthy instigations of persistent desire.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not until the mind stops stimulating desire, can the will become sufficiently strong and free to extricate the soul from the perilous snares of provocative senses. <br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1">{excerpt from "Conquest of the Serpent"}</font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/Miscellaneous/cosmic_man.jpg"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br><b><font size="2"> </font></b></font></div></font>Embrace_Shadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486863241225996520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207528333037981551.post-18517074518573931912010-11-25T17:07:00.003-08:002010-11-25T17:07:47.915-08:00How Rivers Are Made<center><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/nicksflicks/fantasy/Picture15-1.png"><br><br><div style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="35" width="219" style="visibility:visible;width:219px;height:35px;" align="middle" border="0" data="http://assets.myflashfetish.com/swf/mp3/mff-stick.swf">
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