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If someone found a cell phone on the beach
amongst the pebbles, they wouldn't believe that the forces of
nature had made it; they would assume that someone had dropped
it there by accident. No one in their right mind would ever
think that it formed naturally out of the metals and minerals
that are naturally present within the Earth. No one would
believe that a series of random events over millions of years
could possibly produce something as complex as a phone. Yet many
people do believe that a series of random events over millions
of years produced the human race, and we are infinitely more
complex than a phone!
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Scientists believe that our universe exists
within a metaverse (meta-universe). The metaverse is timeless
and eternal because it is an absolute void and totally
unmanifest. Kabbalah has a term that exactly corresponds to the
metaverse: "Ain"
is the infinite nothingness; the void; non-existence; the
eternal empty background; the zero. The universe is widely
believed by scientists to have originated from a singularity, a
single point that contains the infinite potential of the
universe. Once again Kabbalah has an equivalent term:
"Ain Soph"
is the limitless (potential); the absolute source of creation;
the one. Our universe has been compared to foam floating on a
sea of zero-point energy, which is believed to exist at every
point in the universe. No prizes for guessing that Kabbalah also
has a term to describe it: "Ain Soph
Aur" is the infinite light; the
infinite energy that manifests our universe.
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There is an ever-increasing body of clinical evidence
demonstrating the effectiveness of alternative treatments such
as acupuncture and energy healing. This has led to more and more
doctors accepting the possibility that human beings have a
subtle energy body "inside"
of our physical bodies. This section discusses research into out
of body experiences (OBEs), near death experiences (NDEs),
after-death communication, past-life regression.
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The hidden dimensions and unseen realms make up a much larger
proportion of the universe than the physical parts which are
visible to us – physicists know this and call the unseen parts
"dark matter"
and "dark energy".
Conventional science has not yet theorised a plan of these
higher dimensions so we must look to ancient knowledge and
alternative science for the answers.
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The universe can be described as
"positive existence"
(or simply "existence")
and anything outside of the universe (i.e. the metaverse) can be
described as "negative existence"
(which is not the same as non-existence). Negative existence
does not mean something doesn’t exist; it means it exists beyond
space and time in a "reality"
that we cannot even begin to comprehend.
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For
many decades, scientists have been trying to devise a single
unified theory to explain all known physical phenomena,
but a model that appears to
unite the seemingly incompatible String Theory and Standard
Model has existed for 100 years. It
described baryons, mesons, quarks and preons over 50 years
before conventional science. It stated that matter is composed
of strings 80 years before string theory. It described the
existence of anti-matter 30 years before conventional science.
It described the Higgs field over 50 years before Peter Higgs.
It described the existence of isotopes 5 years before
conventional science. Could this be the
beginning of a Theory of Everything - the holy grail of modern
physics?
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There is evidence to suggest that other worlds or
dimensions exist just beyond the range of our normal perception,
but we remain unaware of them because our minds are not
objectively conscious at these higher levels. Our normal level
of consciousness is restricted in some way, preventing us from
tuning in to these subtler realms. If you have young children
you might have noticed them looking a things that don’t appear
to be there or talking to "imaginary
friends". Very young children can
actually see into these hidden worlds, but they lose the ability
as they grow older.
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Consciousness cannot function directly through the physical
body, which is little more than a garment that enables us to
function in a physical environment. The physical body must be
controlled via the etheric body; without it the physical body is
unconscious and immobile. The physical and etheric bodies are
therefore two halves of a whole, known as the physical-etheric
body, which are only completely separated at physical death.
Mans’ other bodies include the emotional (or astral) body, the
mental body and the causal body (or soul).
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A
galaxy is a series of 49 interpenetrating spheres of matter from
all 49 planes. A solar system is a series of 7 interpenetrating
spheres of matter from 7 planes. A planet is a series of 3
interpenetrating spheres of matter from 3 planes
(physical-etheric, emotional and mental-causal).
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When we fall asleep the monad (self)
detaches the consciousness thread from the physical-etheric
brain and leaves the physical-etheric body, usually via the
navel or heart chakra, causing the physical body to become
unconscious. The monad's consciousness
becomes whole (meta-conscious) when it is free from the
body's etheric
web. The monad remains conscious or semi-conscious in the remote
emotional-mental body. The life thread
(silver cord) remains connected to the etheric-physical
body to sustain it with life energies and to guide the remote
subtle bodies back.
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The events, emotions, thoughts, memories and
lessons we learnt the previous day are all reviewed, organised
and stored in our lesser causal body while we dream. The process
can be compared to defragmenting the files on your computer
(persona) and backing them up to an external storage device
(lesser causal body). The monad (self) rapidly switches its awareness
between the three units of the triad in order to organise the
data, and this causes the rapid eye movements. The vibrations
within the persona (etheric, emotional and mental bodies) set up
sympathetic vibrations in the lesser causal body, which produce
a permanent copy of the day's lessons and experiences. During
the process, memories, desires, emotions hopes and fears are
churned up in the subtle bodies and are perceived by the nearby
etheric body. The physical-etheric brain tries to make sense of
these random thoughts and feelings by compiling them into a
story which we experience as a dream.
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Reincarnation is the belief that a part of our consciousness
will continue living after the death of the physical body and
will be re-born into a new body here on Earth. The belief of
reincarnation is widespread, in fact almost universal in the
East, but it has never been that popular in the West. This is
due to the scepticism of mainstream science and the fact that it
is not really mentioned in the Christian Bible. However, times
are slowly changing and more and more reputable doctors and
scientists are now investigating aspects of reincarnation,
including past life regression, near-death experiences and
after-death communication.
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Every time we fall asleep we have an out-of-body
experience, but it is not a conscious experience. When we fall
asleep our monad (self), along with our emotional, mental and
lesser causal bodies, leaves our physical-etheric body. Exactly
the same thing occurs in a conscious out-of-body experience (COBE),
except that the exit point is different. A near-death experience
is a type of conscious out-of-body experience that occurs at a
time of
intense physical distress.
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It is a common misconception that people with
psychic abilities must be highly evolved individuals. The
possession of psychic abilities does not indicate a person's
level of development anymore than the possession of great
physical strength does. We all have psychic potential but our
abilities usually lie dormant until they are activated. As with
any skill, psychic abilities develop with regular use and
diminish with lack of use. Psychic abilities can be learnt by
anyone who takes the time and effort to learn them, but that
time and effort would be better directed towards developing
their consciousness. Psychic abilities that only surface when
the person is in a trance indicate a low level of personal
development.
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Clairvoyance is the ability to objectively perceive the
emotional (astral) world, or above. I use the word
"ability"
reluctantly because clairvoyance is usually the result of a
damaged etheric web, which actually means clairvoyance is a
disability (no offence intended). Clairvoyance is not a spiritual "gift",
nor does it necessarily indicate a high level of consciousness
or spiritual evolution (clairvoyants are
found at all levels of development). Contrary to popular belief, clairvoyance
is not perceived through the "third
eye" (brow chakra) but through the
navel chakra.
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Think of your karma as being two bank accounts – one for good
karma and one for bad karma. Good karma can either be "spent" on
pleasurable life circumstances or it can be used to "pay off"
some of our bad karma. Less-developed people nearly always
choose the first option; whilst more-developed people usually
choose the second. This explains some of the iniquities of life
where honest and hardworking people live in poverty whilst
selfish and corrupt people live a life of opulence. When a
less-developed person chooses to spend all their good karma in
one go they will enjoy wealth, power or fame for few years or
perhaps an entire lifetime, but once their good karma is used up
they will be relegated to many lives of poverty and suffering.
This important factor is always overlooked in books on "The Law
of Attraction, "The Secret", Cosmic Ordering" and "Abundance".
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To give our lives meaning we need to make the most of the
opportunities that confront us. We need to remember that
everything in life is an opportunity for our consciousness to
develop. We must not squander those opportunities or waste our
lives on meaningless activities or get overly caught up in
emotionality of life. Life is a long series of present moments
that can only be experienced in the "now". So don’t waste your
present moments agonising over past moments or worrying over
what you might experience in future moments.
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