THE NEW
APPROACH, PART TWENTY-TWO
Accelerating
Consciousness Expansion
©
Copyright 2022, Edward R. Close
ESCAPING
THE DELUSION
There are as many methods to accelerate
consciousness expansion as there are people who have done it. However, that’s
still a very small number, relative to the number pf people who claim to be enlightened.
There are many fake gurus. That’s part of the evil side of human consciousness,
call it duality, Satan, Lucifer, or whatever. How can you tell a real spiritual
teacher from the want-to-be gurus? By the fruits of their actions. If a
self-proclaimed know-it-all’s personal life is a mess, why would you take
advice from him?
Fortunately, there are a few who have already expanded
their consciousness all the way to the Ultimate goal of Cosmic Consciousness,
either in this life, or in previous lives. Yes, this can happen even during these
dark times while the mental and spiritual virtue of the average inhabitant of
this planet is very low; and when you are ready, it will happen to you.
I have been blessed to meet a few of those who
have expanded consciousness beyond the current prevalent level. One began a
talk about the Ultimate, saying: “The Spiritual Masters of all ages have
reached the Ultimate, but there is a problem: how can it be explained to those
who haven’t?” No word can describe the Ultimate, no group can achieve it, and
those organizations that aspire to achieve the ultimate, quickly become
subverted by the innate evil of this world lurking in our minds, unseen in
plain sight! This is why I recommend avoiding becoming involved with
institutionalized organizations as much as possible. It is best to embark upon the
path of consciousness expansion without pre-conceived religious, philosophical,
or scientific notions, because they are effective mental barriers to spiritual
progress, blocking the direct experience of reality. Adopting someone else’s
belief system is like trying to see the sunrise while covering your head with a
blanket.
Before I write about practical techniques of
consciousness expansion, it is incumbent upon me to try to dispel the popular
delusion about science and religion, if I can. As they exist at this time on
this planet, organized science and organized religion provide fertile grounds
for the trickery of the forces of evil. Both mainstream science and world-wide
religious organizations entail belief systems that invite you to blindly engage
in unquestioning acceptance. Real science and real religion do not require mindless
compliance and they are not antithetical. Both should be dedicated to finding
the truth about the nature of reality. When fully integrated, they will comprise
the one and only true religion. But right now, this world has many false
religions.
There is one very powerful false religion
griping the world today, and it’s hidden in plain sight. It’s called mainstream
science. That title is very misleading. Big science is no longer real science.
It has been politically corrupted and turned into a money-making, brain-washing
scheme for the ultimate social evil of soul-destroying dialectic materialism. Like
any other religion, natural science started off with honest inquiry and good
intent, but in just a few hundred years, it has become the opposite of what was
intended. The more powerful mainstream science becomes, the more it works to undermine
and shut down any thinking that is not consistent with its paradigm. It
especially deplores the objective investigation of non-physical phenomena and
spirituality.
Like any other corrupted belief system, it has
become a powerful mechanism that is used by the egoistic tyrannical elite to
control the masses through the carrot and stick of material rewards and fear of
annihilation. Like any other false religion, it has to put down free thought.
An enlightened proletariat is a threat to the ruling class today, exactly the
same way it was in 553 A.D., when Justinian I subverted the real spiritual content
of the teachings of Jesus in early Christianity by crucifying its Jewish leaders
and putting what Justinian saw as a growing cult threatening his absolute
authority, under the control of the Holy Roman Empire. See Secrets of the
Sacred Cube, A Cosmic Love Story, Part VI, Patterns of Good and Evil,
Outskirts Press, 2019 for more detail.
I have spent a large part of my life studying
to become a scientist, earning degrees, teaching math and science, getting
science-related jobs, and working as a scientist. The biggest mistake that honest
people who identify themselves as members of mainstream science can make, is to
allow themselves to fall into the trap of believing that no one knows more than
they do. The moment you fall into the delusion that no thought has any value
unless it is recognized by mainstream science and fits into the mainstream
paradigm, you are no longer likely to make much real progress, because you have
become a member of the religious cult of scientism. Just like members of a
religious sect who believe that only they are going to Heaven, members of the
cult of scientism believe that only they have found the real path to truth and
utopia.
Like every religion, scientism, had exciting
potential for doing good when it began with the magnificent discoveries of a
few very brilliant people. But the light brought into the world fades when the geniuses
are gone, and lesser beings take over to institutionalize the teachings and
discoveries. Just a few years ago, I realized that the science I was enthralled
with when I first found Albert Einstein’s relativity, had been subverted by the
evil of egoism. The realization struck home when I heard a leading scientist seeking
publicity say: “We are nothing but debris flying away from a big explosion!”
And I heard a young woman in an interview on national TV, say: “I am a
scientist, so of course, I am an atheist.”
When I decided to become a theoretical
physicist, I didn’t sign up to be an atheist! Far from it. On that summer evening
in 1951, standing on the bank of that farm pond less than a mile from where I
now live, I called out to God, and He answered! Suddenly, my consciousness was
expanded beyond my comprehension, and immediately I saw the Holy Spirit glowing
in everything around me and heard the sound of silence reverberating in my soul.
You can read my account of that experience on page 43 of my first book, The
Book of Atma, Libra Publishers, New York, 1977, if you want. From that
moment on, I knew that real science and real spirituality are actually one and
the same thing. There’s only one reality. It is not in conflict with itself,
and your consciousness is designed to experience it directly, not through the
filter of crafty word salads prepared by the minions of evil.
I am not against science. I am against the use
of science for political gain. When politicians say, “We’re following the
science”, they are relying on the likelihood that listeners have bought into
the lie that science is always right. Politicians who say that they will always
follow the science are lying to you. They will only follow “the science” when
it agrees with their agenda. And science is not always right, because the very
meaning of science is to probe, hypothesize, test, and falsify or verify. Science
is constantly changing as consciousness expands to discover new aspects of
reality.
So, what are some of the ways that might be
helpful if you want to try to expand your consciousness? Self-inquiry, science,
prayer, religious ritual, seeking the fellowship of saints, practicing the
presence of God, meditation techniques, mental exercises, psychological
analysis, positive thinking, affirmations, mantras, spiritual pilgrimages,
Yoga, Buddhism, Christian mysticism, Sufism, fasting, mind-altering substances,
reading the Bible, asking what would Jesus do? All of the above, some of the
above, none of the above? Actually, the approach that will work best for you depends
on where you are in your own personal spiritual journey. Perhaps I need to
elaborate on that briefly.
AN
OVERVIEW OF REALITY AND OUR PLACE IN IT
People alive on the planet at this time, tend
to gravitate toward one of two states of mind: the giver or the taker. Th taker
never has enough, and the giver can never give enough, so both are in a
perpetual state of need. But reality is not binary, it is triadic. The third
choice is to realize that in reality, we possess nothing, and have no need to
give or receive. Possessing nothing, we have everything. Trying to possess
something, we have nothing. To be clear, I am not advocating communism, where
the state owns everything, or capitalism, where the banks own everything.
Whatever the form of government, preferably somewhere between the extremes, the
individual should realize that ultimately, no one, and no organization of
people can ever possess any part of reality. Even your body is a gift from God,
not a possession. It's a gift over which you are given responsibility, not
ownership. The third way is the royal way: the way of the observant, benevolent
king. And the triadic nature of reality is important to keep in mind for many
reasons.
Recall the quote from Nikola Tesla in the last
post:
“If
you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6, and 9, then you would have a key to
the universe.”
The magnificence of the 3, 6, and 9 is
displayed in the symmetry and grandeur of the repetitive patterns in the
kingdom of creation. But reality can only be understood from the point of view
of a conscious observer. Conceptualizations that do not include consciousness
in its three forms: primary, secondary, and tertiary, are incomplete and
misleading. An overview, from the primary, cosmic, or galactic point of view,
is one of a smooth, infinitely continuous progression from the simplicity of
the first binary distinction to the infinite complexity of God. That smooth
progression is not linear, but increasingly exponential and multi-dimensional
as galactic time goes on.
As you zoom in on a segment of the progression,
toward the lower end, where we are today as human beings on Planet Earth (Planetary
Time 2022 A.D.), the progression begins to look grainy, composed of objects
that are composed of elements that are composed of quantized matter, energy,
and consciousness. Matter is spatial, energy is temporal, and consciousness is
the self-referential aspect of quantized mass, energy, and consciousness. But the
essence of reality is infinitely continuous and non-physical. As pointed out in
the many previous publications and posts, reality is mostly (about 95.1% at
present) non-physical. Recall that Tesla said:
“The
day science begins to study non-physical phenomena; it will make more progress
in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
As part of humanity, you and I, dear reader, are
part of the science of the future that Tesla refers to. We will become experts
in consciousness expansion by trying all of the methods listed in the last
paragraph of the previous section of this post over many lifetimes. Experts are
not necessarily special or gifted. An expert in a given endeavor is just
someone who has made pretty much all of the mistakes that can be made in relation
to that endeavor. Here, I would like to paraphrase Nikola Tesla:
The human brain is a receiver. The
transmitter is the heart of reality, from which love, knowledge, strength, and
inspiration radiate. Everyone should consider his [or her] body a
priceless gift from one whom we love above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and
mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate … an antenna capable of tuning
in to the thoughts of G0D!
It is incumbent upon each and every human being
to do everything within our power to determine exactly where we are, singularly
and collectively, on the spiritual journey, and find the perfect method for our
individual advancement toward Cosmic Consciousness, as kings and queens in the
Kingdom of Heaven.
ESCAPING
FROM THE PRISON
The light of the body is the eye:
if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! – Matthew
6:22-23
Your body can be a dark prison of despair, or it can be
a temple/laboratory filled with light. Which do you want? It’s your choice. We
have to admit, however, that, for most of us, making our eye single and turning
our bodies from dark prisons into divine laboratories of light is much easier
said than done! In fact, it is so difficult that most people don’t even try;
most prefer to relent, rather than repent, sink into habit, and think of the
scripture above as only a metaphor, and the forces of evil rejoice.
Flashes
of Light
After practicing consciousness-stabilizing meditation techniques for a while, or when in a deep state of relaxation just before going to sleep at night, you may see flashes of light or swirling whiteness behind the darkness of closed eyes. I am not referring to light flashes that may form in the optic nerve or brain from the random activation of light receptors and firing of synapses in the brain that sometimes occurs just after you turn the light out and your physical eyes are trying to see when there is nothing for them to see. I am also not talking about the circular light images caused by the light pressure of your finger tips on your closed eyes in yoga practices like Yoti Mudra, that are designed to create light images to focus your attention.
I am
talking about the light that exists beyond such physically generated images, the
real light from the threshold and beyond. That light comes into your
consciousness through the spiritual eye, the single eye, located slightly above,
and in front of the two physical eyes. Our physical eyes are limited to reception
of only a very narrow band of electromagnetic radiation, the spiritual eye is
not.
Many people are drawn to the guided self-inquiry of psychoanalysis, and they generally enjoy it, as long as it is comfortable and reassuring to the ego, but they often recoil and avoid the real, objective Self-inquiry that I am talking about here, because it exposes the ego as a fraud. When the ego begins to dissolve, fear of oblivion comes to its rescue. Believing that attachment to the body is the only reality, the ego sees death of the body as the end of everything and tries to hold on as long as it can.
It is to the ego’s advantage to hide the existence of the threshold from you by promoting the lie that nothing exists but matter and physical force, that physical forms of organic life are the only venues of consciousness, and that death is the scary “undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns”. If you never experience consciousness outside of the body during this life, the lie might as well be true. But escaping the physical and intellectual traps of life on this planet will take considerable effort and then an effortless effort on your part.
Being aware that there is a threshold, upon which moving forward into a more expanded state of consciousness may be possible, is a start. But the negative forces of duality have given your ego a lot of tricks to employ, including the ability to conjure up attractive images and fantasies. So, care must be taken to develop a strict discipline of internal objectivity; otherwise, a lot of precious time and energy can be wasted reacting to imaginary demons and chasing false flags, all designed to distract and hide real spiritual phenomena from you. The key is to cultivate a calm, expectant, but patient awareness. Then, Primary Consciousness, the higher intelligence behind all things, will reveal itself to you when you are ready.
The
natural entropy of the physical form and your attachment to it makes it seem
that your hair is on fire, and that you must act. “Do something, even if it is
wrong!” but that is the illusion of time that comes along with attachment to a
physical body. Physical time is quantized, but spiritual time is infinitely
deep and continuous. An important part of the spiritual journey lies in
developing the patience to be able to surrender to the will of God and allow
yourself to become aligned with the natural patterns of reality and the logic
of Primary Consciousness. When you are aligned, your consciousness expands, and
you begin to see the whole picture, you realize that that everything is exactly
as it should be. Then life is no longer the weathering of a storm, you can
dance in the rain, see God’s love in a wild flower, and eternity in an hour.
Once you are fully awake, you know that your body is a truly a temple of light;
you know that the darkness of sleep and death can no longer touch you; you know
that you are immortal, and you know that there is nothing, and never was, anything to
fear.
ERC –
4/23/2022
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