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.