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January 27, 2008

A Dark and Ugly Past Life - Reply

i Eric

Here is what I believe. This is probably much more than you’re asking for. (My Comments aren't working for me, so I'll post this.)

First, a story:

God had finished creating the earth and invited four angels to help him with the final detail: Where to hide the Truth so that it would require great effort for mankind to find It.

The first angel said, ‘Place Truth on the highest mountain.’ The second said, ‘Place Truth at the bottom of the ocean.’ The third said, ‘Place Truth deep in the earth.’

The fourth angel said, ‘Sooner than later humans will seek out the highest mountains, dive to the bottom of the oceans, and explore deep within the earth. Place Truth within man himself. It will be the last place he will ever think to find it.’

What follows is what I’ve been able to put together so far. Any part of it is subject to change without notice based on further personal experience. More of this than you would believe I know firsthand. I may be crazy, but at least you have to admit it is a pluralistic vision that validates pretty much everyone’s place in this world. Take it for what you will. Since I’m not of a proselytizing nature, I pretty much don’t care if you believe any of this or not. I have nothing to prove. All I know for sure is that you are unlikely to have heard it put this way before.

(If you have a strong reaction to what follows, just relax. Take it in as entertainment, as the ramblings of an unusual mind. I'm not dangerous to anyone. Really!)

So, onwards:

You are Soul, immortal and free.

Notice that I said you ARE Soul, not that you HAVE a Soul. That’s a big difference. You are not your body. As Soul you take on a body to play in this and other worlds.

As Soul you have always existed and always will exist. Death is the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on humankind.

You have lived thousands and perhaps millions of lifetimes, on this world and many others, taking many different bodies and living an endless varieties of lifetimes.

Everything you can imagine actually exists somewhere. That’s why you can imagine it.

Even though reincarnation is true, it is not the caricature some make it out to be. Generally speaking, you do not go backwards. The bug you step on is not your dead grandmother.

This universe, and every other one, exists as a kind of playground and school for Soul. The main law is that you have to live with the consequences of everything that you think, do, and say. What you think, do, and say may come back to you instantly or more likely in other lifetimes. That’s why life may appear to be unfair.

Life is perfectly fair. There are no victims. Nothing can come to you or be kept away from you except in accordance with your state of consciousness.

You get to play in these worlds of matter, energy, space, and time as long as there is a role to play that interests you, and as long as you owe a debt; that is, as long as you still have something you thought, did, or say that is waiting to come back to you.

Every heaven (and hell) exists, and you don’t have to wait until you die to visit.

There is no sin, nor any spiritual value to fear, guilt, and shame, other than understanding that they can keep you from moving forward.

You get to play every role: male and female and everything in between, master and slave, rich and poor, black and white and every other color, race, ethnicity, and religious or non-religious background, the great leader and the bad leader, the great follower and the bad follower, the entertainer, the artist, the musician, the scientist, the inventor, the starship captain, and everything else you can imagine.

The higher worlds are available to you through Soul travel, dreams and other techniques. Like anything else, these are skills that require effort to learn and apply.

Your dreams are real. Many are symbolic, but some are you leaving your body and visiting actual places and actual people.

The closest ‘heaven’ to this world is popularly called the Astral plane. This is where you usually go when you dream. The heavens of Hinduism and yogas and many emotional based religions reside here. Paramahansa Yogananda’s book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ gives a fair description of this place. Also the Robin Williams movie ‘What Dreams May Come’ gives some interesting examples.

There are many other "planes." The Causal (past-life records), Mental (the heavens of Buddhism and Christianity reside here...also more Hinduism), Etheric (archetypes and symbols) ...And these don't include the Soul planes, where the real action is. The difficult thing about Soul planes is: they exist beyond language, image, time, and space. Thus, they are rather hard to talk about.

Most dream books are a waste of time. We each have our own symbols and places we go. You can begin to learn your own dream territory by keeping a dream journal. The more you work to record your dreams, the more you will remember, and the more you will be able to interpret your own dreams.

Past lives can be recalled, but it is not always a comfortable experience. Usually, it is better to have the experience naturally rather than rely on others to tell you. Charlatans are the rule in this world. Very few people have the ability to tell you your past lives. And those who do rarely will let you know it, or bother to set up shop.

Every religion, every faith and non-faith, has some truth to it. Every path that everyone is on is legitimate. We are all perfectly at this point where we are supposed to be. Nobody can honestly tell someone else they have their answers.

The spiritually experienced cannot always be recognized based on appearance. The drunk in the street can be more spiritually advanced than the priest in the pulpit.

The people who seem to be the most challenging to you in your life are often Souls who volunteered to take on that role so that you'd grow and learn the lesson.

Sometimes it can take several lifetimes to learn a single lesson.

No matter where you are in your life, there is a next step. You can always ask life directly to give you more direct hints as to what that next step is. It can come in the form of a Waking Dream; that is, like life is giving you symbols or a scenario to help you wake up to your next step.

Because your nature is eternal, there is no rush. You don’t have to believe anything right now. You can take it at your own rate. If you like your life as it is, fine. Then stay there. If you want something else, experiment. Maybe there is something here for you.

Life runs in cycles of Vision, Action, and Balance (Rest).

Traveling out of the body is a reality that can be learned. Usually it is best to have an experienced guide.

The best guide is as close to you as your heartbeat and has been with you since the beginning of your journeys into these worlds. You carry the Truth inside you, wherever you are, wherever you go. You are never alone, no matter how hard the lesson you're going through.

The easiest way to contact this inner teacher is to have a childlike trust in it and your ability to contact it. Just open your heart and ask.

Imagination is the spiritual key to unlock the higher worlds. Anything you put your attention on will eventually manifest. You are much more the creator of your life than you realize. You can be free. You only need to begin walking out of your self-constructed prisons, since none hold you there but yourself.

There is a spiritual exercise that you can do. It is based on the word HU. This word is not owned by any religion. In the Oxford English Dictionary definition of ‘God’ you will find HU as one source. HU was the ancient name for the Sphinx in Egypt. It is sung by the Sufis. It is the name of an ancient Celtic God. It is known in many forms in many different teachings. It is the lost chord, the secret word that everyone seeks out.

HU is a kind of lovesong to God, however you think of God. HU is sung in long drawn-out breaths: HHHHUUUUUUUUUUUU. If you sing it tonight before you go to bed, you might be surprised at the experiences you have.

The good thing about HU is that you don’t have to go through any religion or any priest or any third-party authority to have direct contact with the spiritual guide and teacher that resides within you and has been your companion since the dawn of your journey.

Singing HU every day for even 5 minutes (20 minutes is better) will transform your life in incredible ways. (I've been doing it now for over 30 years.)

HU can relieve physical pain, and bring emotional stability. It can unlock and release mental fixations.

The only rule is that if you are smoking pot or using any other illegal psychoactive drug, do not sing HU. It will literally drive you crazy.

When you sing HU, you may experience Spirit or God (whatever IT is) as Sound and Light. You may see a blue light (or some other color) in your Spiritual Eye, between your eyebrows, or hear a tone or music or tuning fork in your ear. Spirit will communicate in a higher vibratory language. Pay attention when you see or hear these. You may find that you begin to acquire an understanding of things without being told.

HU also works as spiritual protection. If you are afraid, sing HU. If you are in a dream that scares you, if you remember to sing HU in the dream, you will find yourself immediately transported to a safe place. Incredible, but true. Try it.

The primary spiritual law of life is, You Gain All By Giving All. What that means will sooner or later come to you. Spiritual Laws are real and in operation whether you believe in them or not: Law of Karma, Law of Harmonics, Law of Economy, Law of Love.

You are here to learn how to give and receive Divine Love. You will have to first move through all the illusions of love to eventually discover the difference. But again, there is no rush. You have all the time in the universes.

Fairly pluralistic vision, huh? If you happen to try HU and have any interesting experiences you want to share, please let me know. I may someday share some of my experiences, dream experiences, waking dreams, out-of-body experiences, and other past lives.

You don’t have to believe any of this to experiment and find out firsthand for yourself. Nothing I say needs to be believed. It’s all waiting for your direct, personal experience. That’s more proof than I can ever offer.

By the way, I'm not really all that interested in talking publicly about the actual spiritual path I pursue. But if you try HU for a month and you're getting results, email me and I may talk to you about it. I'm not interested in conversion. Just sharing.

Let me know if you would like more. Although I understand if you think this is enough.

Happy trails.

Posted by witnit at January 27, 2008 7:10 PM

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