Many people have realised that the purpose of the physical reality is as a sort of experiential school, a learning environment. The purpose of seemingly incarnating is to develop a sense of interconnectedness. That the whole nature of the universe, as we all experience it, is designed as a feedback loop for remembering we are all connected, are all one. There is little new in this revelation.
However, if we take this a little further, we discover that they way the universe feeds back to us is in it's apparent manifestation. That means that whatever we do has some sort of effect in reality. The effect is connected to our expectations, and those of the other people with whom our actions interact. Such understanding is often referred to as Karma.
Going still deeper we find that our interpretation of our experiences determines what learning we manage to take from those events. If we look for meaning, we will find it at the level we're looking. If we don't think that events have anything to do with us, we'll not look for meaning, and of course we won't find any. If we look for God's message to us, then that's what we'll find. If we look for positivity in every experience then that also is what we'll find. Thus, we'll find meaning in anything, at the level we're looking. And we'll gather learning at that same level.
The reality we experience is determined by the level of meaning we look for. Reality simply reflects back, or mirrors that meaning for us. Thus, the physical environment is a direct reflection of each of our beings. People, things and events respond directly to the meaning we give them, and the only meaning we can give them is that which we determine. Reality is what we are, and we are constantly in relationship to it in all respects.
If a person is seeking a path to enlightenment, and through that back to the Unknowable Omniscience or Source, then the simple solution is to study reality in detail. This is because as we remove the definitions and meanings that we have put on reality, the closer to pure truth we become. The advanced and accelerated path to enlightenment is that which gives the clearest reflection, quickest and most directly. This is an emotional intimate heterosexual relationship. The basic laws of reflection are fulfilled, what is there is both identical and polar opposite concurrently.
This leads us to the next understanding, that the world is a world of paradox. Paradox is when something at first sight appears to be absurd or self-contradictory but in reality contains a substratum of truth. Every paradox consists of a continuum of experience, that moves from a limited space to an unlimited one. One pole of the paradox is contained within a more expansive one. The continuum runs from inside out. Having discovered this truth it follows that every paradox can be collapsed and consciousness raises to the next logical level above.
Many philosophies have revealed such processes in thought, and yet these remain useless as a method. I have developed a practical method that unravels many of the philosophical knots of the past. When we apply such techniques in a ordered fashion, we discover a pathway to enlightenment that is simply the evolution of logical levels of thinking, that are, indeed, experiential steps. One by one we climb out of a limited hole we have so cleverly trapped ourselves in. We begin to understand the Cosmic Jokes that have made much of our life into suffering.
Here, we even discover that being alive is as much a limitation on the continuum of life and death, yet death is seen to be the limitation within life. This is as much a conundrum as you find it. Is to be dead a sphere within the sphere called life within a sphere known as death, and is death contained within the sphere called eternal life and so forth? And even more interestingly, can I experience that journey within my own consciousness? The answer of course is yes, as long as you know how.
For many years researchers have written down a series of experiments that were designed to transmute base metal, lead into gold. Many metaphysicians throughout the ages have tried to do this with a greater or lesser success, some interpreting the process as physical, others as symbolic. Yet in one sense, rather paradoxically, it is both physical and spiritual. What you end up with promises to be the greatest riches ever laid upon man or woman. The question remains, of course, what are you willing to sacrifice for such a treasure. For as sure as ever, the requirement is as demanding in today's currency as it ever was in days of old.
Some people maintain that there is a difference between the occult world and the perceived one, and this difference is, seemingly, reserved for those who have what is known as second sight. However, what is known as second sight is the accurate observation of what is obvious but unimportant to everybody else. What the famous hypnotherapist, Milton Erickson, referred to as minimal cues.
The occult is observable reality and there is no animosity between science and the occult, other than a lack of understanding or observation. Something we can observe as "real" in the physical world has a correspondence in all other dimensions. How these correspondences operate is dependant on the elements available in that specific realm. What is a natural law in one world or realm, the physical for instance, is a natural law in all realms, although how it operates will be consistent with those things that have solidity in each realm. You can put your physical hand through a holographic wall, but you can neither put your physical hand through a physical wall, nor your holographic hand through a holographic wall.
There is a surprising thing in humanity; we all seem to shy away from what appears to be tension and disagreement. Yet, there is no activity in the universe that is free of friction. Friction causes heat, and ultimately heat will transform (usually but not always by melting) anything. You can separate and join things by the judicious use of friction.
In order to create a polished surface, a mirror, you must wear one surface with another, by friction. The constant rubbing of two surfaces together in the physical realm produces heat to the degree determined by the coefficient of friction for the two materials, and eventually will wear away or polish one or both surfaces. Rubbing a hard surface with a soft one can create a smooth polish on the hard surface, although the soft surface is either worn away or needs constant replenishment. Water rushing over stones causes the stones to become smooth.
Rubbing two hard surfaces together will cause both to polish to a smooth and glassy shine. Rocks rumbled together first of all create a large amount of frictional heat, as the rough edges are ground away. In time, the frictional heat created drops as the two surfaces polish and shine.
The constant rubbing together of two personalities in the emotional or astral realm also produces heat (often called anger) determined by the "hardness" or "softness" of the personality types, and eventually will wear out or polish one or both of the personalities.
When we consider how an ordinary stone is converted into semiprecious and finally into a gemstone we realise that it is through the application of a large amount of pressure. Pressure comes about by the adaptation of an increasing amount of limitation and containment. Most of us want to escape as soon as any level of pressure is applied. It is one of the elements of our modern social structure. Yet, on the other hand we want to become spiritually evolved, we want to become radiant like a diamond, yet only be subjected to the pressure needed for coal. Even if we sustained such pressure, we would still not find ourselves because an unpolished gemstone will be overlooked as worthless until it has been cut and polished, until it has been subjected to sufficient friction.
Friction is defined as the resistance encountered when the surface of one body moves upon or across that of another; a clash or opposition of two different temperaments, characters, or sets of opinions. Friction occurs in the physical, emotional or mental realms. There is no friction within the unmanifest, or spiritual realm. From this perspective, if there is friction then it is, by definition, not spiritual.
Our proposal here today is that one of the fundamental purposes of coming together in male - female relationships is in order to generate friction. Same sex relationships may develop agitation, but the basic substance is unable to produce the gloss needed to function as perfect reflections. This is another whole subject which I am not going to discuss here. So, rather than avoiding friction in relationship, we are suggesting that you welcome it as growthful, smoothing and polishing in a fuller context.
It is through this friction that we polish our emotional and mental beings to a glassy mirror finish. The surfaces giving a sustainable reflection to our committed intimate partner. Through these reflections we are able to truly see and understand ourselves. Through such understanding we are able to spiritualise. I am not saying this is the only method, for undoubtedly there are the methods of monks, withdrawal from the world. My method here is one for being in the world. It is relevant for the western way of life.
I am proposing a little experimenting here. I'd like you to find a group of friends and acquaintances of the same gender. In this group discuss the question, "What do members of the opposite sex do that upsets / angers or frustrates you?
When you have some answers for yourself personally, that is, from the discussion you have identified some of the things that they do that causes you to respond, then ask yourself "What about this do I resist in myself?"
It is our nature to want to pass the problem on to someone else, to blame them. It's your fault. It is also an answer to the question "What are you missing or missing out on in your life?"
Let us return to the basis of this blog which I have called "Into the Cauldron of Relationship: An Alchemy of Friction". What I am talking about is the alchemicalisation of relationships. Coming together in a container, a cauldron, a crucible, a chalice and generating the fiery reaction of two dissimilar elements. This is chemistry, and more potently alchemistry. Like any chemical reaction you must control the heat You generate. Too much heat will cause it to burn or explode; too little heat and the reaction will fizzle.
- Enough heat is called Passion. (Passion = enough heat to keep the reaction alive or simmering.)
- Too much heat is called Anger or Violence. This is the approach of the Intimidator. (This works off the belief "I have to defend myself against an attack")
- Too little heat is called Indifference or withdrawal. This approach is adopted by the Aloof personality. (This works off the belief "Nothing I can do will make any difference")
How can I regulate the amount of heat or passion I bring to my relationship? Of prime importance to this question is the answer to "How committed am I to being in it?" This is not a question of how committed are you to the children, but how committed are you to your partner? Until you are committed there will always be the deterrent that one or other will walk.
This is not to condone violence. There is no way to condone actual violence, especially in a country like New Zealand where violence for many, is a way of life. Violence is the result of deeply ingrained and undischarged anger, and almost always has its basis in history. Violence is a psychological disorder and as such cannot be dealt with through the relationship. It is interesting to note that in some cases relationship violence is a dynamic between an intimidator character and a poor me one, and can be a way of generating high levels of passion. The side effects are injury and guilt. Neither violence nor total withdrawal are part of a loving relationship, but are mechanisms of control.
We have to ask ourselves, "Which of the three levels of passion do I normally use?" and following on from that "What change in behaviour would I have to be responsible for in order to regulate my own temperature into passion?" The change will always be the very thing that you have resisted being, and that your partner reflects back for you as what you dislike most about them. Isn't that interesting?
Let us explore this just a little. Life is a game and as such is determined by freedoms, barriers and purposes. Too much freedom or too many barriers give rise to a non-purpose game, that is no game at all. The seeming purposelessness of existence is totally cruel, with the only way out being suicidal. Any movement that promises unlimited freedom is bound to fail, just as any system that applies unlimited boundaries must. When the relationship between barriers and freedoms becomes too unbalanced, unhappiness prevails.
The angry and violent person has boundaries that are easily triggered, and are too close. They often want to push away and separate. They have a feeling of being overwhelmed and pressured. They have too much barrier. In order to turn their heat down, their passion down, they must relax their boundaries allowing themselves to become free.
The indifferent and withdrawing person has boundaries that are too loose, they desire too much freedom. They are already separate, and often somewhat selfish. They have a fear of confronting, that is insisting on being themselves. They must tighten their boundaries and plan their lives more effectively. These people need to be clear about their needs, be willing to engage another, and generate more heat, more passion.
Attitudes to sex are still one of the major problems in the western world. Sex is polluted or distorted by unresolved anger or fear. That is too much or too little control. This means we are either too hot or too cold, and will struggle to obtain the opposite.
Sex is the only activity that is totally reserved for the intimate personal relationship. If is not reserved, there are no barriers to free and open sex, then there will be unhappiness. Sex is the most obvious way in which friction is generated in a safe and controllable fashion. In alchemy this is the fourth gate called Conjunctio. We have to realise conjunctio is neither fucking nor making love, but a method of generating passion. Through passion, sex connects, generates heat through friction, which begins at the physical level, raises the power of love through expression at the throat and explodes the mind, and opening into the vast plane of unmanifest spirit. Passionate response leads directly to spiritual connection, and if this can be done with awareness, then it leads to enlightenment. This is the way of Tantra, of the Tao, and of Western Magick.
Here is a little trick. Obsession is created when somebody offers something and then withdraws it just at the moment you seem to get it. To obsess yourself, offer yourself something that you'll never be able to have. There's a joke in there somewhere. For more see www.prophet.co.nz
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