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 November 12, 1974



We held a group discussion of experiences and impressions during the weekend we spent together. Many of us experienced verification of Soleal, emotional center experiences, and a cohesiveness of the group. We then asked Michael for a comment about the weekend the group had spent together, specifically about trust.

WE WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE EXPOSED TO THE VERIFICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF OUR OTHER STUDENT [Soleal], AND WHO WERE EXPOSED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE JOY OF COMMUNICATION WITHOUT THE NEED FOR SUBTERFUGE AND VERBIAGE, WOULD ATTEMPT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO PERFECT, OR AT LEAST AWAKEN, THESE SKILLS WITHIN YOURSELVES. THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST EXCITING BREAKTHROUGH THAT THIS CADRE HAS YET EXPERIENCED. THOSE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS AT LEAST NOW KNOW WHERE THE WORK IS, AND YES, WE WOULD AGREE THERE WILL BE MUCH FOCUS ON THIS AND OTHER SIMILAR TEACHINGS IN THE COMING YEARS, AND IT WILL BE UP TO THE STUDENTS TO LEND CREDENCE TO THE WORDS. THIS WILL BE FAR MORE BELIEVABLE COMING FROM A BALANCED STUDENT THAN A SCATTERED ONE.

IT WAS EXCELLENT WORK TO HAVE THE GROUP PRESSED INTO A CROWDED SITUATION, AND YET COME AWAY WITH FAR MORE POSITIVE EMOTIONS THAN NEGATIVE ONES, EVEN THOUGH MANY PRIVATELY HELD BELIEF SYSTEMS CONCERNING THE NEED FOR ALIENATION WERE VIOLATED. THOSE OF YOU WHO MADE THE EXPERIENCE COUNT WILL NOT LOSE THE GROUND GAINED. THOSE STUDENTS WHO REFUSED TO PENETRATE THE EXPERIENCE ARE IN PRECISELY THE SAME SPOT AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE EXPERIENCE.

IT DOES NOT WORRY US THAT YOU WISH TO GO INTO THIS GRADUALLY. WE HAVE MUCH TIME. IT IS, HOWEVER, GRATIFYING THAT AT LEAST THE BALL IS NOW ROLLING, AND MANY STUDENTS ARE NOW LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES THAT IN THE BEGINNING WERE UNTENABLE. THIS IS SOME PROGRESS. THE REST MUST COME ABOUT AT A COMFORTABLE RHYTHM. THE MORE TIME THAT YOU CAN SPEND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, THE EASIER THE WORK WILL BECOME. IT WAS GRAPHICALLY CLEAR TO MANY STUDENTS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THEY WERE NOT RESTRICTED BY THE FACT THAT THE OTHER STUDENTS WERE PRESENT, AND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FUNCTION IN MANY SPHERES, AND WITH A FAR KEENER APPRECIATION OF THE ACTION UNDERTAKEN. THIS IS A VALUABLE LESSON AND A VALID GROUP PHOTOGRAPH.

THIS IS AN OLD GROUP. THERE ARE NO DESIRES TO MOLD YOU. YOU CAN INTERACT CASUALLY WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND WE THINK THAT WITHIN A VERY FEW MONTHS (could) MANAGE TO GIVE UP MANY OF YOUR REMAINING EXPECTATIONS OF HOW THAT INTERACTION SHOULD FEEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS GENUINE FEELINGS TO ONE ANOTHER, YOU WILL BE READY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE LIFE, SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAVE SUGGESTED.

THE REASON FOR THE PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPH SHOULD BE FAIRLY CLEAR AT THIS TIME. IT IS PRIMARILY A WARM-UP EXERCISE, LEADING TO NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO TEACHERS ERR IN TRYING TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS, AND FOR THAT REASON THE DESIRED COMMUNICATION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE. THE TELEPATHIC SILENCE IS ANYTHING BUT SILENT, BUT STUDENTS CANNOT BE SHIELDING IF THIS IS TO COME ABOUT. IF YOU FIRST LEARN TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS TO ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT SHAME OR GUILT, OR ANY OF THE OTHER MYRIAD BARRIERS, THEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR TO SILENCE. ONLY THEN CAN YOU BE TRULY COMFORTABLE WITHOUT THE CHATTER. CHATTERING IS USUALLY JUST ANOTHER SHIELD SO THE PERSONALITY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HONEST.

YOU SEE, THE ESSENCE CANNOT LIE; THEREFORE THE PERSONALITY CANNOT TELL THE TRUTH — IT CAN ONLY LIE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER, SINCE THE CHATTERING EMANATES FROM THE PERSONALITY. THE ESSENCE DOES COMMUNICATE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR MINDLESS SILENCE IN THE PATH TOWARD BALANCE, BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL BE TRUTHFUL COMMUNICATION, AND UNTIL YOU CAN KNOCK AWAY THE BARRIERS, THIS CANNOT COME ABOUT. THE PERSONALITY WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND TO CONVENIENTLY LIE IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE GOAL. IF THIS GOAL HAPPENS TO BE ACCEPTANCE, FOR INSTANCE, THINK OF HOW MUCH ENERGY IS LOST.

_____ asked for a comment from Michael regarding his own experiences during the weekend. He felt in an obligated emotional state, non-relating, alienated, didn’t feel well, a psychosomatic type illness. He asked if this was a past life carry-over, and if there was a rewarding answer, he would like to hear it.

WITH SOME STUDENTS, AND WE INCLUDE YOU, _____, IN THIS, THE DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE THE EXPERIENCE WAS COUNTERBALANCED BY THE FEELING OF UNREADINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO VERIFY THAT ON A STRONG PLANE. ALSO, THE BELIEF SYSTEMS OF SOME STUDENTS INCLUDES THE “I’M NOT PSYCHIC” FACT, AND THIS WAS STRONGLY OPERATIVE DURING THIS GROUP GATHERING. IT WAS SURPRISING EVEN TO US THE AMOUNT OF FEAR THAT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS HAD CONCERNING OTHER STUDENT EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR BEHAVIOR, EVEN TO DEVELOPING UNPLEASANT PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS. THERE WERE ALSO MANY EXPECTATIONS OF THE GAIN, IF ANY, TO BE HAD THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE, ALSO COUNTERBALANCED BY PREPARATIONS FOR THE ALMOST CERTAIN DISAPPOINTMENTS. AS LONG AS YOU MAINTAIN THIS BELIEF THAT YOU CANNOT OPEN UP THESE SKILLS, THEY WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOREVER, CLOSETING YOU OFF FROM THE REST.

THE FEELINGS OF ALIENATION ALWAYS SURFACE MORE STRONGLY WHEN THE ALIENATED STUDENT IS IN A SITUATION WHERE HE SENSES ON SOME LEVEL THAT THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE IN CONTACT, EITHER WITH EACH OTHER, OR WITH THE TEACHER. THIS HAPPENED TO YOU THIS TIME. YOU EVEN ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN, AND YET YOUR PRESENCE WAS FELT, AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY MANY OTHER STUDENTS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE FELT A DEFINITE LOSS HAD YOU NOT CONQUERED YOUR FEARS AND ATTENDED. IT WOULD PROBABLY ASTONISH YOU IF YOU COULD TRANSVERSE THESE BARRIERS AND FEEL THE COHESIVENESS.

_____ told us of an emotional experience he had during the weekend — many feelings — and after leaving the _____ for home, had a strong flash that he had in the past been Judas. He talked of the necessity to work out guilt from the experience (as Judas) and his feeling that it was necessary for someone to betray Christ, which role Judas filled, and that the Judas experience did not incur karma, as someone had to fill the role.

_____ commented that he was faced with the power of _____'s experience, and the apparent contradiction of the SRG of Judas, and _____ felt that the answer to this would bring us to a new aspect of the teaching.

There was much discussion on SC's reluctance to answer (Michael through the Ouija board) the apparent contradictions.

THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A TRANCE MEDIUM OR A SUITABLE TRANSMITTER CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE SESSION, OR EVEN IN WHAT YOU CONSIDER MANY SESSIONS. THIS PROCESS, LIKE ALL OTHER PROCESSES IN THIS TEACHING, REQUIRES WORK, PRACTICE, AND A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT. ALSO, ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT IN THE BEGINNING THERE IS A TREMENDOUS EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE AWAKENING COMMUNICATION. OFTEN THIS IS INTENSIFIED BY THE STUDENT’S OVERLEAVES.

IN MANY THERE IS A NATURAL FLAIR FOR DRAMA. FOR INSTANCE, THIS GROUP HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND HAS BEEN REPULSED. THIS MEDIUM HAS A DESIRE TO SOFT-PEDAL ALL THINGS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCT OF THE OVERLEAVES. OTHER MEDIUMS HAVE A DESIRE TO GUILD THE LILLY, AND THE STRIPPING AWAY OF THESE TENDENCIES TAKES PATIENCE AND TIME. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT IN ANYONE’S MIND THAT THE STUDENT HAD AN EMOTIONALLY OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCE WHEN HE FIRST CAME IN CONTACT WITH DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD INDEED LIVED BEFORE. WE WOULD NOT SOFT-PEDAL THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, NOR COULD WE.

THIS VERIFICATION IS ALWAYS SHATTERING, AS IT USUALLY STRIPS AWAY BELIEF SYSTEMS OF LONG STANDING. THERE IS ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE MANY ALTERNATIVES — TIME TRACKS AS WE HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE. THIS CADRE IS TRAVELING DOWN ONE OF THESE. YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER TIME TRACKS ONLY BY THE SOLIDIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL PLANE — THE “NATURE” OF THIS PLANE REQUIRES THAT YOU REMAIN LIMITED IN THIS RESPECT. THE TIME TRACKS ARE OF COURSE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE NOT ENCUMBERED BY THE PHYSICAL BODY, AND THEY CERTAINLY DO EXIST SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE PANDIMENSIONAL UNIVERSE. THE EXPERIENCES OF ALTERNATIVE FRAGMENTS ARE AS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS ANY OTHER OF THE AKASHIC RECORDINGS. (Refer to the Seth books for specifics on alternative fragments.)

OF COURSE AS ALL IS RECORDED, NOTHING — NOT ONE SECOND OF ETERNITY — IS EVER LOST. IF YOU CHOSE TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS A DIMENSION OF GROWTH, THIS IS AN OPTION OPEN TO YOU, AND THIS EXPERIENCE CAN APPEAR VERY REAL TO YOU AT THE TIME YOU ENCOUNTER IT. THE PANDIMENSIONAL UNIVERSE IS NOT RETROGRESSIVE, BUT YOU MUST ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT TIME, AS YOU KNOW IT, DOES NOT EXIST, AND THAT THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ARE SIMULTANEOUS.

THE STUDENT DOES NOT GLIMPSE THIS ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE EXCEPT IN A VERY FRAGMENTED FASHION. THE RECALL OF LIVES IN THE PAST IS AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY HANDLED BY ANY OTHER CENTER, AND FOR THE STUDENT WHO IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO FEELING THIS CENTER IN OPERATION, THIS CAN BE, AS WE HAVE SAID, AN OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCE. THERE CAN EVEN BE A HIGH DEGREE OF DENIAL WHEN THE FLASH DOES NOT PLEASE THE PERSONALITY.

MANY OF THE RECALLS IN THIS GROUP HAVE BEEN STARTLINGLY ACCURATE. SOME HAVE BEEN COLORED SOMEWHAT BY STUDENTS OWN FEELINGS OF GUILT AND UNWORTHINESS IN THE DESIRE TO ASSOCIATE WITH CERTAIN NEFARIOUS CHARACTERS OF THE PAST. THE GUILT SURROUNDING THE ACT WITH JUDAS IS A GUILT FELT ALMOST UNIVERSALLY, AND IT IS A NEEDLESS GUILT, AS THIS MAN WAS MERELY PLAYING OUT A SCRIPT THAT FOR HIM IN THAT LIFE WAS NOT A PARTICULARLY FAVORABLE ONE.

SUGGESTING RETROGRESSION TO US IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MECHANICAL MAN’S DESIRE TO COMPLEXITY, BUT ALSO IT SUGGESTS TO US MECHANICAL MAN’S NEED TO BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT HE CALLS SIN. WE MUST SOMEHOW MAKE IT KNOWN TO YOU THAT THERE IS NO SIN — ONLY KARMA — AND THIS YOU DO REPAY, BUT NOT BY RETROGRESSION, JUST BY HARD WORK. THERE IS NO ONE “UP HERE” TO PUNISH YOU. YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE DOWN THERE TO DO YOUR FLAGELLATION.

THEREFORE, IN ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TIME TRACK THE MAN JUDAS DID NOT CHOOSE TO BETRAY HIS TEACHER, AND THIS ACT FELL TO ANOTHER CLOSE TO THE INNER CIRCLE. THIS ALTERNATIVE WAS PLAYED OUT, AND THAT FRAGMENT IS AN ALTERNATIVE FRAGMENT TO THE STUDENT _____ ALSO. WE WOULD LIKEN THESE FLASHES TO THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING A MOVING PICTURE OF ANOTHER’S LIFE THAT SO PARALLELS YOUR OWN THAT ALL OF THE EMOTIONS ARE FELT RATHER THAN RATIONALIZED.

ALSO, WE WOULD POINT OUT NOW THAT MANY OF YOU STUDENTS WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE DISPERSION OF FRAGMENTS OF YOUR ENTITIES WILL GO SEARCHING FOR THEM IN YOUR DREAM STATES. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONTACT MANY THIS WAY, THAT YOU WOULD NOT OTHERWISE MEET BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL DISTANCES, ETC.

 

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