Soleal - Michael Teachings Transcripts

Soleal

[Before they contacted Michael, the group of seekers contacted a being who called himself “Soleal”. I do not know the dates of the transcriptions of the following sessions. This material appeared in a compilation made by one of the early students. It is obviously not a complete record of their communication with Soleal.]
Note: We have been informed that Soleal is an astral traveler, an adept from another world located about twenty light years from this solar system. He is also a student of Michael’s. As an adept, he has achieved balanced Centers, but says that he was originally Emotionally Centered. He informs us that he has “seen thirty of his world’s revolutions”. [They were already familiar with the seven Centers because it was a part of Gurdjieff's teaching before it was a part of Michael’s teaching.]

ANYTIME YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ME, THERE MUST BE SILENCE IN YOUR PSYCHE.

Do you understand that there are tensions on this world, that silence is not easy?

THERE CAN BE TENSIONS ON ANY WORLD IF IT IS ENCOURAGED AND REWARDED. TENSION IS A MANIFESTATION OF UNREST IN ANY SOCIETY.

You said the other night that your planet has interstellar space travel. When they do that in ships, they have to recognize the speed of light, don’t they?

YES.
Do they correct on the time axis also?

TIME PLANES MAKES MORE SENSE.

Is basically what they do is go backward in time and forward in space?

YES.

Do you use atomic energy for propulsion in space travel?

NO. WE REDUCE THE INERTIAL POTENTIAL TO A NEGATIVE STATE, THEN WE USE AN INTEGRATOR THAT INTEGRATES POSITRONS WITH ELECTRONS, CAUSING CHAIN REACTION WITHIN THE CHAMBER.

Antimatter — matter! Wow! Who programs the computers on those ships?

I DO.

Are you a nuclear physicist? What is your background? Do you have a profession?

NO, I WAS NOT A SCIENTIST AT ALL. I WAS TAUGHT BASIC SCIENTIFIC FACTS VERY PAINFULLY. I WAS A RELUCTANT STUDENT.

Can telepathic people see into the future?

ONLY THROUGH MISUSE OF POWER.

Is astrology a valid science?

IT IS NOT A SCIENCE AT ALL. IT PURPORTS ONLY THAT WHICH IS FUNDAMENTALLY TRUE, AND THAT IS THAT ALL LEVELS EXERT SOME INFLUENCE ON OTHER LEVELS.

I’ve been told that I have some obstacles toward spiritual growth — some “bad tapes”, so to speak — that are keeping me from progressing. Can you tell me about them?

ANXIETY OVER OTHERS’ IMPRESSIONS OF YOUR ACTIONS, OBSESSIONS WITH SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES, WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, THE FEAR THAT YOU WILL NOT BE SOMEHOW THE GOOD LITTLE BOY. YOUR HALO CAN BE TARNISHED, AND MANY WILL STILL LOVE YOU. PAUL WAS NOT A CONSCIOUS BEING.

What is the reference to [Saint] Paul all about?

HE WAS TOO GOOD. HE HAD TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY.

By systems and procedures, I assume you mean in my personal life and not in my job? Is that correct?

YES.

I think a sense of responsibility toward your job is essential. Don’t you have a sense of responsibility toward your job?

OH YES, I CERTAINLY DO. I JUST DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. IT TAKES SKILL TO SEPARATE. THAT IS YOUR FRICTION, TO LEARN TO TAKE THE ACTION NECESSARY WITH CALM DETACHMENT.

Communal living has been tried here on a limited scale. The problem has been with some people not being as productive as others. The system breaks down. Can you comment?

WE FORCE THE ISSUE. YOU OBJECT TO BEING TOLD WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO. YOU ARE BRISTLING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. THE PEOPLE ON MY WORLD DO NOT OBJECT. THEY WOULD RATHER BE FREE.

Do you sometimes have problems getting people to work and how do you handle it?

YES. PEER PRESSURE IS EXERTED RUTHLESSLY.

I would like to know how long you have been the leader of your world, and I would like to know what you teach them.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TEN OF THIS WORLDS REVOLUTIONS. I TEACH THEM WHAT I WOULD TEACH YOU: THAT IS, TO SEEK MODERATION IN ALL THINGS, TO LOVE UNSELFISHLY, TO BECOME INTIMATE WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF YOUR SPIRIT, TO LIVE IN THE ESSENCE OF THAT SPIRIT, TO LIBERATE THE TRAPPED ESSENCE IS THE REINCARNATIONAL PURPOSE. I TRY TO GUIDE THEM IN THIS PATH, SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE FREE SOONER. [Note that the word “essence” was adopted by Soleal and Michael from the Gurdjieff teaching because they already understood its meaning.]

I would like to ask Soleal: because of studying Gurdjieff, I’ve come to believe that the only possibility for anything is through individual personal growth, and not through trying to change things like political systems. I would like to know if this is correct?

NOT ENTIRELY. SOMEONE MUST TEACH THE LOGOS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AS THE POPULATION GROWS, THE TEACHERS INCREASE. SOME PEOPLE NEED MUCH MORE PERSONAL DIRECTION. READING WILL NOT HELP THEM. ARE YOU READY TO TAKE ON THAT TASK?

I haven’t felt up to the task of starting my own school, because I haven’t been in touch with my higher forces on my own, and I don’t feel that it is fair to start a school until higher forces are operating through me.

THERE ARE HIGHER FORCES WORKING THROUGH ALL OF US IN THIS SCHOOL. BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE TODAY PUTS YOU IN THE STUDENT CATEGORY. YOU HAVE MANY DOUBTS CONCERNING VALIDITY OF EXPERIENCE WHERE COSMIC FORCE COMES INTO PLAY. YOU MUST BE OPEN TO ANY MANIFESTATION OR THE BLOCKS WILL BE JUST AS STRONG AS THEY ARE WHEN YOU ARE DREAMING, AND THE DREAM STOPS AND REALITY TAKES OVER, BUT THE MIND REFUSES TO MAKE THE REALITY TAPE [recording], AND INCLUDES THE EXPERIENCE IN THE RESERVOIR OF DREAMS. MANY TIMES THE MIND REGULATES PERCEPTION TO THE POINT WHERE THE CREATURE IS UNABLE TO PERCEIVE THE EXPERIENCE AT ALL, EVEN TO THE POINT OF A RECORDED NIGHTMARE.

Are the means for doing this available to us? I’m so stuffed with systems — Gurdjieff, [Carlos Castaneda] Don Juan, parapsychology. Actually, information like this might interfere with itself.

THERE SHOULD BE A SYNTHESIS IF THE INFORMATION COMES THROUGH COSMIC [sources]. IF THE SYNTHESIS IS NOT FELT, THEN THE SYSTEM IS PROBABLY NOT VALID. IF THERE IS SYNTHESIS, THERE SHOULD BE NO CONFLICT. IF THERE IS NOT THE SYNTHESIS, THEN ONE OF US IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, AND AS IN ALL PREVIOUS SITUATIONS, IT WILL BE UP TO YOU IN THE END TO VERIFY. THERE IS A DEEP-SEATED FEAR THAT YOU WILL CHOOSE THE WRONG PATH AND BE INADVERTENTLY LEFT BEHIND. THE SYNTHESIS IS ALWAYS THERE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO SEARCH BENEATH THE SURFACE. THE READINGS ARE GOOD; THE CONFUSION IS NOT. THAT TAKES CONSCIOUS EFFORT ON YOUR PART. JUST BE PATIENT. YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT BY ANY ROUTE IN ONE DAY, OR BY ANY METHOD WITHOUT FIRST MAKING THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH THIS AS THE GOAL FOR THE PRESENT LIFETIME, AND THEN MAKING THE DECISION TO DEVOTE THE REST OF THE LIFE TO THAT PURSUIT. THE DEVOTION MUST BE THERE, NO MATTER WHICH PATH YOU TAKE ULTIMATELY. THE PATH CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH THE MAINSTREAM OF LIFE ON YOUR WORLD, OR YOU MAY EVENTUALLY DECIDE THAT YOU MUST HAVE THE SECLUSION. A COMMUNAL SETTING WOULD OFFER THIS IN MANY WAYS. YOU NEED PEOPLE AROUND BY WHOM YOU CAN MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS AND THIS IS NOT BAD FOR YOU. SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND I MEAN IN YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL STRENGTH, MUST BE DEVELOPED.

You have said that you think it is absurd that “creatures of reason” have hang-ups about sex.

WHY HAVE A HANG-UP ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE BREATHING?

This brings up something else we should clarify. In reading Gurdjieff, and other teachers on this planet, they say you should control your sexual energy to become more aware. Is this a valid statement?

THAT COMES LATER.

Does “later” mean “on the astral plane” or “above the astral plane”?

NO. THAT IS PART OF THE NORMAL EVOLUTION OF THE CONSCIOUS BEING [on the physical plane].

Could we learn to transmute our sexual energy to get in touch with higher energies?

GET IN TOUCH WITH PURE SEXUAL ENERGY FIRST [a turn-on by someone's sexual aura, without physical stimulation], THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO GO ON TO CEREBRAL ORGASM.

Are you at the point where you can transmute that energy?

NOT ALWAYS, SOMETIMES I DON’T FIGHT IT EVEN WHEN I FEEL THE ENERGY LEAK [downward rather than upward].

Could we have the sex at our level before going on to cerebral orgasm? Can we have them both or do we have to give up sex as we know it?

CELIBACY IS A CHOICE THAT YOU ALONE CAN MAKE. NEVER MAKE THAT DECISION ONLY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AVOID THE EXPERIENCE. MANY SUBJECTIVE MINDS THAT GROW FROM EMOTIONAL CENTER NEED TO KEEP THE CLOSENESS OF THE PHYSICAL CONTACT — I DO. IT IS STILL A PART OF GROWTH FOR ME AND A ROUTE OF EXPRESSION WITH THOSE TO WHOM NONVERBAL EXPRESSION OF HIGHER EMOTIONS IS DIFFICULT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PARTNER IS OPERATING OUT OF LOWER CENTERS — JUST EXPRESS YOURSELF. GOOD WORK RESULTS WHEN YOU GIVE THE GIFT OF HIGHER EXPRESSION. MUCH PROGRESS IS MADE AFTER THIS LESSON IS BROUGHT TO CONSCIOUSNESS. MY TELLING YOU WILL ONLY GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO WORK OUT. SOME PEOPLE WORK ON THE GIVING OF THEMSELVES FREELY FOR MANY LIFETIMES. THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF LOVE. LOVE TO MEAN ANYTHING IN THE LINE OF CONSCIOUSNESS CANNOT BE PREDICATED ON ANYTHING MATERIAL. IT MUST COME FROM HIGHER CENTERS [Higher Intellectual, Higher Emotional, and Higher Moving Centers]. THAT COMES ABOUT WHEN YOU FINALLY GIVE UP NONVERBAL [unvoiced] EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THOSE AROUND YOU, AND BEGIN TO ACCEPT THEM WITHOUT MODIFICATION IN YOUR FANTASIES. LOVE IS THE ONLY FORCE THAT YOU CAN APPLY IN A POSITIVE SITUATION CONSCIOUSLY.

Love and sex seem like separate things, but when they’re pulling together, it seems like a stronger force is generated than by either by itself. It seems like the only kind of energy that I have experienced to date that might be the kind of energy that you need for actual evolution. Can you comment?

SEXUAL ENERGY, WHEN USED TO EXPRESS HIGHER CENTERS, CAN BE INCREDIBLY STRONG. WHEN THE ENERGY IS RELEGATED DOWNWARD [to lower Centers], IT RESULTS IN AN ENERGY LEAK. THAT IS SOMETIMES WHY YOU WANT TO SLEEP AFTER PHYSICAL UNION. YOU FED LOWER CENTERS — SOMETIMES THE MOVING CENTER AND THE ESSENCE IS EXHAUSTED, SO THE BODY GOES TO SLEEP TO FREE THE ESSENCE. WHEN YOU USE EMOTIONAL CENTER TO EXPRESS MOVING NEEDS, DON’T YOU FEEL THE LEAK? SO, IF YOU FEEL THAT, JUST STRETCH YOUR MIND. RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE ALL USING EMOTIONAL CENTERS TO SATISFY MOVING NEEDS, AND THIS IS A RESULT THAT IS CULTURALLY INDUCED — THAT YOU FEEL SOMETHING UPLIFTING EACH TIME YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL UNION. THAT IS ABSURD! IT JUST IS NOT POSSIBLE. THE BODY IS NOT CAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING ECSTASY. ONLY THE ESSENCE CAN EXPERIENCE ECSTASY. THE BODY DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE WITH ITS SENSUAL PLEASURES. AS YOU LIVE MORE AND MORE IN YOUR ESSENCE, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THE GOALS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THE BODY SEEKS SURVIVAL IN PHYSICAL FORM. THE PRIMEVAL ESSENCE DOES NOT NEED THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE. IT CARES NOTHING FOR THE DESIRES OF THE BODY. IT SEEKS ELEVATION THROUGH ANY AVENUE OPEN TO IT. THINK OF THE WAY JESUS DIED. THIS IS ALWAYS THE WAY IT IS IN THE END. ENTRAPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL BODY IS PART OF KARMA FOR THE ESSENCE. IT WILL FIGHT TO BE FREE, AND IF MARTYRDOM IS ALL THERE IS, IT WILL CHOOSE THAT DOOR TO FREEDOM.

Can you tell us how to get to higher Centers?

TO GET TO HIGHER CENTERS, DO WHAT JESUS DID: FASTING, MEDITATION AND AGONIZING SELF-APPRAISAL. EXERCISE THE BODY, LEARN TO LOVE UNSELFISHLY. THIS IS HARD TO DO, BUT IT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY INTELLECTUALLY APPREHENDING THE FACT THAT NO OTHER CREATURE OWES YOU ANYTHING, AND THEN MATERIALLY OBTAINING WHAT YOU NEED THROUGH YOUR OWN RESOURCES. EMOTIONAL ACCEPTANCE WILL ONLY COME ABOUT WHEN THE EXPECTATIONS HAVE CEASED. JESUS HAD NO ASPIRATIONS OF HIS STUDENTS. IN FACT, HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD FAIL THE MOST DISMALLY IN HIS MISSION TO THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. YET HE PERSISTED IN HIS EFFORTS. FOR HIS OWN GROWTH, IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO EXPRESS THE HIGHER GOOD THAN IT WAS THAT THOSE AROUND HIM ABSORB IT. MANY DID ABSORB — MANY MORE NOW THAN THEN. EVEN IF YOU FEEL THAT GOOD EFFORTS ARE BEING WASTED, CONTINUE. POSITIVE ENERGY IS NEVER WASTED. SOMEBODY ALWAYS ABSORBS IT.

Some years ago, I felt that I achieved higher states through love and sex, then it flickered out. I seemed to be in essence at the time, and I haven’t been since, and I’d like to know what to do.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DIFFERENT NOW, BUT THE CAPABILITY IS UNCHANGED. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TO STOP TRYING TO CATEGORIZE RELATIONSHIPS. DON’T TRY TO PUT A LABEL ON ANY REALLY PROFOUND EXPERIENCE, OR YOUR PARTNER IN THAT EXPERIENCE. IT MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PERSON AT ALL. IT MAY BE SOLELY INTERNAL. THE ESSENCE USES OTHERS TO GET FREE. THE STATE YOU DESIRE CAN BE ACHIEVED BY DECISION. THIS MAY SOUND PLATITUDINOUS, BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY IT CAN HAPPEN. NO ONE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU — TAKE YOUR HAND AND LEAD YOU TO THE SACRED SPRING, SO THAT YOU CAN DRINK THE HOLY ELIXIR AND HAVE INSTANT KNOWLEDGE.

Is renunciation the only way to achieve cosmic consciousness?

I HAVE NOT RENOUNCED AND I DO NOT INTEND TO EVER SECLUDE MYSELF FROM OTHERS. I PREFER TO TEACH. I DO THINK THOUGH THAT NONATTACHMENT IS NECESSARY FOR ANY PROGRESS TO BE MADE. YOU SHOULD WORK ON THAT. RENUNCIATION WOULD FEED THE EGO AND WOULD BE BAD WORK. CELIBACY FRIGHTENS YOU. WHY?

Because this is the first time in my life that I have had a satisfactory sex life and I don’t want to abandon it.

THEN DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A NATURAL PART OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH, AND WHEN THE CHOICE [for celibacy] IS MADE, IT SHOULD CAUSE NO INNER AGONY. IF THE TIME IS RIGHT, THE DECISION SHOULD CAUSE NO PAIN AND SHOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT.

[This is the end of material channeled from “Soleal”, and the beginning of material channeled from “Tomas". The material from Tomas was not contained in the compilation in which the material from Soleal appeared. Whereas Soleal is an adept on another planet of the physical plane, Tomas is on the astral plane.]

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