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Sept 17,
1974
I
would like to ask how to bring the perceptions
of the Emotional
Center and those of the Intellectual Center
together to be balanced.
Perceptions seems so limited: there is so much
input and only one
thing seems to get through.
Of
course, the perceptions of one trapped in the
intellectual center are
going to be Based UPON what is thought, and
will be largely analysis
of the perception rather than a perception at
all. The perception
itself will be lost IN the analysis. The
perceptions of one lost in
the emotional center will be swamped by the
feelings SURROUNDING the
moment, and again the perception itself Will
be lost to sight. This
is what is meant, of course, by not
EXPERIENCING ONE’S EXPERIENCES.
Those trapped in the moving center will be
already Planning or
carrying out some action surrounding THE
perception before it has
time to register. No mechanical man is able to
appreciate any
experience fully because of this. ALL
Perceptions are, of COURSE,
stored, and can be recalled by the balanced
man if need be. In order
to perceive and experience A MOMENT IN TIME,
all centers must be
working (correctly).
Something
will happen and later I will think about it,
and evoke emotions which
were not there in the original happening. How
is it that I can have
emotions in retrospect? It must be that they
are there to begin with,
but I don’t feel them.
MOST
OF THE FEELINGS YOU DESCRIBE COME FROM THE
EMOTIONAL PART OF
INTELLECTUAL CENTER, WHICH IS ALWAYS INVOLVED
IN ANALYSIS IN YOUR
CASE.
I’ve
read that, in Zen, once one has reached
satori, he realizes he’s
always been there. Does this mean that all the
Centers are operating
all the time, but we are not aware of them?
ALL
CENTERS ARE NOT WORKING IN MECHANICAL MAN —
THEY ARE ONLY
POTENTIALLY WORKABLE. THIS IS WHY PERCEPTIONS
OF MAN ARE SO
INACCURATE AND SO SCATTERED. THIS IS THE
REASON THAT CRIMINAL
IDENTIFICATION IS SO FRAUGHT WITH ERROR. NO
TWO SOULS PERCEIVE THE
MOMENT IN PRECISELY THE SAME WAY, UNLESS, OF
COURSE, YOU HAPPEN TO
HAVE TWO BALANCED MEN.
Are
there different kinds of energy flowing
through men than through
women?
THERE
IS YIN AND YANG THROUGHOUT THE PHYSICAL
UNIVERSE. EVEN WORLDS HAVE
YIN AND YANG. THIS WORLD HAS A DECIDEDLY
MASCULINE ESSENCE, WHICH
EXPLAINS THE CULTURAL OPPRESSION OF THOSE IN
FEMININE BODIES. BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, ALL BE IT TODAY [sic], [this
situation] HAS LARGELY BEEN
PERPETUATED BY THOSE WITH MASCULINE ESSENCE
TRAPPED IN FEMININE
BODIES — IN OTHER WORDS, WARRIOR MOTHERS.
Why
are there more women psychics than men?
IT
IS TRUE, WOMEN ON THIS WORLD HAVE BEEN FAR
FREER TO DREAM AND DABBLE
IN THE OCCULT MUCH LONGER THAN HAVE MALES, BUT
THE PERCENTAGE IS NOT
AS LOPSIDED AS YOU MIGHT WISH TO BELIEVE.
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
SEERS WHO WERE MALES. THEY LARGELY KEPT THE
SOURCE OF THEIR DREAMING
QUIET IN ORDER TO AVOID SCORN OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES. THE MAN ALBERT
(Einstein) IS AN EXAMPLE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN EXCELLENT “MEDIUM”; AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE
WAS. TO US, MEDIUMSHIP IS MERELY A CAPTIVE
WAY STATION THROUGH WHICH CERTAIN TRUTHS CAN
BE BROUGHT TO BEAR. THIS
MUST NATURALLY INVOLVE SOME TRAINING, AND MUCH
INTELLIGENCE, IF FACTS
CONCERNING THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE ARE TO BE
BROUGHT TO BEAR. FOR
INSTANCE, THE NECESSARY VOCABULARY MUST BE
AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO
TRANSLATE THE MATERIAL. AS THE ENTITY BECOMES
PROGRESSIVELY EVOLVED,
AND THE LEARNING PROCESS MORE REFINED, THE
CHOICE OF MEDIUMS AND THE
INFORMATION TRANSMITTED BECOMES MORE REFINED
ALSO.
In
a balanced person, should the Intellectual
Center be shut down until
there is an actual problem to be solved?
THE
INTELLECTUAL CENTER SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING AS A
DECISION-MAKING
PARTNER IN THE PROCESS. THE EMOTIONAL CENTER
CANNOT MAKE DECISIONS
PROPERLY, AS IT CANNOT THINK OUT THE
RAMIFICATIONS OF ANY GIVEN
SITUATION WITH THE SPEED NECESSARY TO MAKE A
VALID, SPLIT-SECOND
DECISION. THE INTELLECTUAL CENTER WORKS AT A
FAR GREATER SPEED THAN
DOES THE EMOTIONAL CENTER WHEN THE SOULS IS IN
BALANCE. IN MECHANICAL
MAN, THE MOVING CENTER TAKES OVER THE RAPID
FUNCTIONS. THIS IS, OF
COURSE, NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL OF THE BODY, AS
WHEN A HAND IS REMOVED
FROM A HOT STOVE BY THE MOVING CENTER IN
COOPERATION WITH THE
INSTINCTIVE CENTER. IN BALANCED MAN, THE
INTELLECTUAL CENTER CLAIMS
ITS RIGHTFUL FUNCTIONING AND BECOME THE
DECISION MAKER. IN OTHER
WORDS, BALANCED MAN CHOOSES TO REMOVE THE
HAND.
It
seems to me that the Emotional Center knows
the truth better than the
Intellectual Center.
ESSENCE
KNOWS TRUTH, AND ESSENCE MOST OFTEN MANIFESTS
THROUGH EMOTIONAL
CENTER IN GOOD STUDENTS. THIS IS PRIMARILY
BECAUSE TRUTH IS NOT OFTEN
READILY BELIEVED BY INTELLECTUAL CENTER — IT
IS JUST NOT RATIONAL.
Gurdjieff
said that the celestial bodies were conscious.
Comment, please; and
are people more masculine than the earth?
WE
WOULD NOT GO SO FAR AS TO DESCRIBE
CONSCIOUSNESS AS YOU KNOW IT TO
THE CELESTIAL BODIES. HOWEVER, THE COMPOSITE
OF INFLUENCES LIVING
UPON THE BODY DO GIVE IT YIN AND YANG. THE MAN
GEORGES (Gurdjieff)
SENSED THIS. THERE IS A PREPONDERANCE OF
WARRIORS AND SAGES UPON THIS
BODY.
Is
there a preponderance in certain areas?
UPON
THIS PLANET.
How
can I bring my Intellectual and Emotional
Centers into phase?
WE
DID, AT ONE TIME, GIVE YOU AN EXERCISE THAT
HAS PROVED VALID FOR
MANY, AND THAT IS OF CONCENTRATION OUTDOORS:
THE EXERCISE OF
VISUALIZING THE COUNTRYSIDE, FEELING THE SUN
ON YOUR BACK, OF FEELING
THE SUN ACTING UPON THE COUNTRYSIDE, OF
FILLING THE MOMENT WITH AS
MUCH OF THE ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE. EACH TIME
YOU PERFORM THIS
EXERCISE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO EMBRACE A
BROADER PERSPECTIVE.
Is
it the egotism of the Intellectual Center not
to like housework, or
is it a cultural thing?
THIS
HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH CULTURE, SURPRISING
ENOUGH. THE EXALTED ROLES
FIND MUNDANE CHORES DISTASTEFUL, PARTICULARLY
THOSE NOT IN THE MOVING
CENTER. THE ORDINAL ROLES ACCEPT THEM IN MORE
GRACE, BUT THERE AGAIN,
THEY ARE OFTEN PREFERRED BY WARRIORS AND
SCHOLARS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY
POINT TO EFFICIENCY AND THEREFORE TO WINNING.
We
had a discussion here on [Carlos Castaneda’s]
Don Juan’s
“warrior” striving to be a man of knowledge
and never giving up.
We wondered what, if any, is the relationship
of Don Juan’s warrior
to Michael’s.
THE
WARRIOR ESSENCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
ACCOMPLISHES MENTAL EFFICIENCY
AND SEEKS THE KING; IN OTHER WORDS, SEEKS TO
EXALT HIS ROLE.
Please
comment regarding the statement you made
earlier that “the King
seeks the kingdom”.
THAT
IS VALID, OR [the King seeks] THE TAO.
How
can a Warrior evolve into a King? I thought we
could not change
Roles.
USUALLY
THOSE WHO CHOSE ORDINAL ROLES COME TO THIS
REALIZATION AT A LATER
TIME THAN THOSE IN EXALTED ROLES, BUT THIS IS
NOT ALWAYS THE CASE,
ESPECIALLY IF THE ORDINAL SOUL MEETS WITH THE
PROPER TEACHING.
What
does the Scholar seek? (Intelligent person:
“The great computer in
the sky; maybe a library in the sky.”)
How
can I tell when I’m in the Intellectual
Center?
THERE
IS A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE SHEER EXPENDITURE
OF ENERGY. THOSE WHO
ARE TRAPPED IN THE MOVING CENTER EXPEND MORE
PHYSICAL ENERGY THAN
THOSE IN THE MOVING PART OF INTELLECTUAL
CENTER. THE ENERGY SPENT IS
OF A DIFFERENT QUALITY. OFTEN THE BODY IS NOT
TIRED EVEN THOUGH
TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF INTELLECTUAL ENERGY IS
SPENT, CAUSING THE
PERSON TO EXPEND FAR BEYOND ITS INTELLECTUAL
CAPACITY FOR
ACHIEVEMENT. HOWEVER, IN MOVING CENTERED SOULS
THE REVERSE IS OFTEN
TRUE. THEY SELDOM ARE ABLE TO WORK TO FULL
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY
BECAUSE THE BODY TIRES SO RAPIDLY. ONCE THE
BODY GOES TO SLEEP, THEN
MECHANICAL MAN HAS LOST HIS HOLD ON THE
INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING.
How
could _____ tell if she is in her Intellectual
Center?
BY
HER ABILITY TO WORK STEADILY ON AN
INTELLECTUALLY BASED PROJECT, NOT
IN FITS AND STARTS SUCH AS SHE DOES NOW.
I
wonder about my recent backpacking trips: how
would this relate to my
Centers? I stopped picking at my fingers, did
not think, did not feel
— I just was. I did not feel any more “awake”
or more high. I
feel uncomfortable because I feel I’m not
accomplishing anything.
IT
IS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT STUDENTS OFTEN
EXPERIENCE AN ESSENCE OR
BALANCED STATE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WHEN
REMOVED FROM THE MAYA,
ERROR, FAMILIAR MAYA OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND
ARE FORCED TO “BE”
IN THE MOMENT.
It
is not a dramatic thing; it just is. A person
in the present is not
experiencing anything dramatic. Does a
balanced man feel high? It was
said last time that the “surge” comes when one
becomes balanced.
IF
THE MOMENT IS A QUIET ONE, BALANCED MAN WILL
FEEL THE TRANQUILLITY.
IF IT IS A “HIGH”, THEN BALANCED MAN WILL FEEL
THE ECSTASY OF THE
MOMENT. IRONICALLY, THE REVERSE IS OFTEN TRUE
IN MECHANICAL MAN.
YOUNG SOULS INVOLVED WITH ECOLOGY LEGALIZATION
WILL OFTEN FEEL SURGES
OF EMOTIONALISM WHEN CONFRONTED WITH A
PACIFIC, WOODLAND ENVIRONMENT.
There
is a strong physical resemblance between _____
and my essence twin
soul. Were they brothers? What is the reason
for my involvement with
them? Is there some reason I choose to be with
tall people?
THE
RESEMBLANCE IS, OF COURSE, A CHANCE THING, BUT
THE ATTRACTION IS NOT.
ALL OF YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THE APPROXIMATE
PHYSICAL SIZE OF THOSE IN
YOUR CADRE. NOW WE DID NOT SAY EXACT, BUT YOU
DO KNOW APPROXIMATELY.
THIS LEADS YOU TO BE PHYSICALLY ATTRACTED TO
CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL
PERSONS [more] THAN OTHERS. ANOTHER FACTOR
BEING WITH THESE TWO MEN,
HOWEVER, IS THAT THEIR PATHS HAVE HAD SIMILAR
FORKS BECAUSE OF
SIMILAR KARMA. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE
SIMILAR RIBBONS TO BURN, AND
THUS THERE WILL BE A SIMILAR TACK TO THEIR
LIVES.
I
know a third man who keeps coming into my life
who is large and
strong. I feel I saved him from a suicide.
What is the attraction
here?
IN
THIS INSTANCE, THE RIBBONS ARE ONLY DIFFERENT
IN THAT HE IS THE
DEBTEE: IN THE OTHER TWO, THEY ARE THE
DEBTORS. AGAIN, THE DEBTS ARE
THE SAME. IN THE CASE OF THE OTHER TWO, THEY
ARE PAYING OFF KARMIC
DEBTS INCURRED MANY LIVES AGO. THIS IS THEIR
SOUL’S CRAVING FOR
PAYMENT FOR SIMILAR TYPES OF KARMIC DEBTS.
THESE DEBTS ARE NOT WITH
YOU.
(Supplemental
to 17 September 1974)
What
is the SRG of my sister?
THIS
LADY IS A FIFTH LEVEL MATURE PRIEST IN THE
PASSION MODE, YES, IN
ARROGANCE. ALL ELSE APPROXIMATES YOUR OWN
OVERLEAVES.
_____
asked for a comment on a dream she’d had at
her Uncle’s house: there was a swimming pool;
a dog arose from the water; it came to
stand nearby her; it turned into a very tall
manlike being, but with
scales on his body, etc. There was no fright
connected with this.
There was more of a protective feeling, and
that everything was all
right.
YOU,
LIKE MOST HERE PRESENT, YEARN FOR A TEACHER IN
THE FLESH TO WHOM YOU
CAN RELATE IN A “NORMAL FASHION”. THIS DREAM,
IN PART, IS
INDICATIVE BOTH OF YOUR DESIRE AND YOUR
EVOLUTION TO A POINT WHERE
YOU COULD NOW ACCEPT A TEACHER OTHER THAN IN
HUMAN FORM. BOTH
INTERPRETATIONS ARE TRUE ESSENTIALLY. DO YOU
SEE THIS? YOU HAVE IN
MANY WAYS RISEN FROM THE MURKY WATERS AS HAVE
OTHERS. THERE’S ALSO
A PROTECTIVENESS IN ALL OF YOU NOW CONCERNING
THIS VERY TENDER
EVOLUTION. THIS LADY HAS MUCH PSYCHIC ENERGY,
WE HAVE SAID BEFORE.
_____
gave a “ring” to _____ and asked for her
comment. She felt it as
warm, and her fingers seemed to become warmer.
We each felt it and
sensed “warmth” in it. This ring had been
given to _____ by a
psychic (?) who told him to wear it always. We
agreed that he could
leave a part of his own being within the ring.
WE
WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THIS IS A POWERFUL
ADEPT, PERHAPS MORE SO NOW
THAN ALL OTHERS ON YOUR WORLD. IT CAN BE USED
AS A TALISMAN, OR AS A
SOURCE FOR CONCENTRATING ENERGY.
_____
asked for a comment about which Overleaves
should be worked on in
light of the problems he and _____ are
currently having.
THIS
IS MUCH A CLASH OF GOALS. THAT IS THE ONE
WHERE THE WORK IS NEEDED.
_____
commented that she continues to find new
perceptions. Am I capable of
spiritual love? I visualized crossed hands at
our meeting. Is this
symbolic of something? (E suggested
Self-deprecation at home?)
FIRST,
THE HANDS ARE IN THE CLOSED BODY POSITION,
SYMBOLIZING A CLOSED BODY
INVIOLATE; BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, E., IT IS ONLY
YOUR CHIEF FEATURE THAT
SAYS YOU ARE INCAPABLE, OF COURSE.
What
about my dreams regarding colors?
YOU
ALSO, E., ARE NOW EMERGING NOT SO MUCH FROM
UNCLEAR WATER AS FROM A
PLACE WHERE ALL IS MUTED, AND THE COLORS BLEND
ONE INTO THE OTHER OUT
INTO A SPACE OF CLARITY AND LIGHT — IN OTHER
WORDS, THE REAL
UNIVERSE.
Is
_____’s teaching valid?
WE
FIND NO FAULT WITH THE LADY. WE FEEL THAT SHE
IS ALSO MERGING OUT
INTO A PLACE WHERE HER TEACHING WILL EXPAND
AND BECOME A VERY REAL
FORCE IN THIS ARENA.
Does
Michael have any comment regarding ”witches”?
ALL
OF YOU HERE PRESENT COULD EASILY BECOME
“WITCHES” BY DEVELOPING
SOME TYPE OF RITUAL TO CHANNEL YOUR PSYCHIC
TALENT IN A SPECIAL
DIRECTION. THIS WOULD ONLY BE AN ADVANTAGE IF
THERE WAS A TASK AT
HAND TO PERFORM. ONLY THOSE WITH HARSH
OVERLEAVES NEED FEAR.
What
are the harsh Overleaves?
GREED
AND AGGRESSION IN COMBINATION WITH REJECTION
AND AGGRESSION.
Please
comment regarding the lost dogs of a friend
who had been to a
meeting.
THE
DOGS WERE KNAPPED. THEY ARE ALIVE.
Regarding
the future role of serving the King [to lead
the group of students]:
how long [do we have] to wait, five years?
ON
THE PRESENT ALTERNATIVE, SOONER THAN THAT.
Did
we do this in Atlantis?
IN
ATLANTIS YOU SERVED A KING, YES.
I
had some visions which were very unsettling: I
had very quick
glimpses (one while camping), one of a round
disc and another of a
roundish shadow.
IN
PART THIS REPRESENTS YOUR FERVENT DESIRE [for
contact with
extraterrestrials], BUT YOU ARE CORRECT, THE
TIME IS DRAWING CLOSER.
WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU WILL BE GIVEN
EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS. IT WILL
INVOLVE ANOTHER “CAMPING TRIP”.
_____
shared a dream in which the group went camping
with Edgar Mitchell.
Does the serving of a King have anything to do
with this?
THE
SERVING OF A KING WILL PERHAPS BE CONCURRENT.
Should
we contact Mitchell?
WE
WOULD ONLY SAY AT THIS POINT TO FOLLOW THOSE
INTERPRETATIVE DRIVES
NOW SURFACING.
_____
told us of a contact with a being from another
world, who said he was
a Sixth Level? (This refers to Sixth Level Old
Priest.)
BOTH;
IT SHOULD BE INTERWOVEN [sic]. CONTACTS SUCH
AS THESE ARE NOT UNUSUAL
IF THE MEDIUM IS RECEPTIVE. THIS GROUP OF
ADEPTS IS A POWERFUL AND
FAR-REACHING ONE. SOLEAL IS ONE OF MANY
[adepts]. PRACTICE MORE AND
YOU WILL DEVELOP.
I
have a spirit guide, but I have no picture of
him?
BECAUSE
PHYSICAL PLANE PERCEPTIONS HAVE NOTHING WITH
WHICH TO VISUALIZE
BEINGS OF THE HIGH PLANES. IN OTHER WORDS, ITS
APPARATUS IS FAULTY.
What
is his name?
TRUTHFULLY
_____, OUR NAME IS LEGION. THIS ENTITY
[Michael] HAS HAD IN THE
PAST OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND NAMES. ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE WITH
STEPHEN? THAT WOULD BE ONE; GRAY EAGLE WAS
ANOTHER, AS WAS NENEMAH.
Is
the reason we contact these entities because
we’ve known them in
life?
DEFINITELY;
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE KNOWN YOU ALL.
When
did I know you?
A
FRAGMENT OF THIS ENTITY WAS KNOWN TO YOU AS
GLAUCOUS: TEACHER AND
STUDENT. YOU WERE THE TEACHER.
Did
I establish contact while in Europe with a
higher level? Will they
try again?
HOPEFULLY,
IF YOU DO NOT RUN FROM IT.
Is
it important?
IT
IS VERY IMPORTANT — IT COULD BE IF YOU FOLLOW
IT.
Does
it threaten my life? Was my life threatened?
It’s scary.
IT
IS SCARY, YES. NO, IT INVOLVES YOUR PSYCHE
[not your physical life].
IT ALSO INVOLVES YOUR EGO.
Would
you comment on wit and Scholars:
THINK
OF BRITISH HUMOR WHEN YOU THINK OF SCHOLARLY
WIT.
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