Junk Food of the Gods

3. June 2008 by admin.

‘Junk Food of the Gods’                                Dave Cowan 

        The healing power of Love is an undeniable fact. We instinctively comfort the suffering with our Love and Attention, especially those we consider our ‘loved ones’. There is further evidence of the Healing Power of prayer made at a distance from our intended target. Yet if this loving response depends on an activating event, what is the state of our being between these episodes of deep concern? Are we ambivalent to the needs of others by default? Or is there a counter-force at work that keeps us from a ‘steady state’ of loving concern?        

We live and operate in a Dualistic dimension;  so-called ‘material reality’ or ‘3D’, where Reality seems to made up of complementary, and some times contrary, sets of opposites. Anything you can conceive of comes with it’s opposite; up – down, cold – hot, happy – sad, day – night…you get the idea. Even our physiology mirrors this state, with the two hemispheres of our brains sitting across from each other, often arguing. The Chinese Yin Yang symbol illustrates this Duality perfectly, indicating that the seeds of the ‘opposite’ lie in the center of each expression, and that the interplay of opposites can be balanced, flowing together in a dynamic dance of mutual recognition.         So what ‘balances’ Love? It is Fear. Fear is Love’s opposite. It is there when Love is not. In order to understand Love, we must take a good look at Fear. That is what this article is about…please don’t be afraid to read on, because this story has a good ending. This is because Duality is a temporary ‘blip’ in a bigger picture, which is non-Dual.          There is a basis in Biology for Fear…I would call this ‘rational fear’, and is a critical part of our ability to survive. It is this rational fear that alerts your body to take automatic evasive action when a Semi Trailer is headed toward you in your lane. You’ll have time to think about if after, but in order to survive, your body gets a jolt of Adrenalin and goes into a ‘fight or flight’ response, instantaneously.         Things got complicated when humans found themselves in possession of a Pre-frontal lobe, and the ability to reason. The Rational mind processes needed to create a rationality for Fear. That’s what a rational mind does. But aside from survival, the rational mind could not find a good explanation for Fear. So it made things up. The rational mind would rather have a bad explanation for experience rather than no explanation. Because the rational mind is a recently new development in the history of life on the planet, it may not yet be completely finished developing into a mature, balanced function. Modern humans are particularly enamored with the Rational Mind because of all the things we can understand, and build and create with it. But we’ve also seen that everything the Rational Mind creates is not good for Humans or for Life. Things like nuclear bombs, genetically modified foods that are pesticide dependent, and foods that are laced with addictive substances that make you fat are the product of Rational Minds that probably believe these are ‘good things’.         So Fear originally served our Survival, but with creation of a ‘mind created self image’, the meaning of ‘survival’ has expanded to include threats to even our ideas about ourselves. If I believe the continuity of ‘me’ is dependent on the opinions of others, each time I perceive a negative opinion sent in my direction, my deepest Fear will be activated. And what is my deepest Fear?…well, the biggest threat to Survival is Death…this is what rational fear is designed to protect me from. But a negative opinion is only a death-threat to an idea about myself…”that’s OK” says my Rational mind, “that’s a legitimate concern, because if I am not my imaginary self-image, who am I?…I might not even exist!…and this is baaaaad news!”        So life gets very complicated as Fear now lurks behind every threat to my imaginary self. Even things like advertising plays on this fear. “If I can’t afford that car, I may never get a beautiful woman to notice me!”. “If I don’t stay young and beautiful, how will I compete with those who are?”        It looks like much of Modern Society operates on an assumption that Life is Fearful. If you read Newspapers or listen to Radio or TV news, you’ll be easily convinced the world is a fearful place, and it’s best to be constantly on guard, inconspicuous, and minding your own business. This principle also seems to work the other way…if you stay away from the fearful media, you will notice life becomes more cheerful and optimistic.         This begs a little discussion of the Quantum view of Reality. Essentially, the Quantum view dispels the ‘myth of materialism’. We have for the most part been educated to accept that ‘objective reality’ exists outside ourselves. This idea helps us stay afraid, because, if we accept this idea, we are really powerless to change much of what happens around us and to us. It is very easy to feel like a Victim if you accept you are just a ‘leaf in the wind’ with no say as to your experience of life.         The Quantum view, however, agrees with many ‘ancient’ systems of thought that places Consciousness, including the Consciousness in you, at the center of ‘reality’. This view states that ‘reality’ is the result of Consciousness, and your reality is the result of your consciousness. This means if you want to change your Reality, you are right where you need to be, in the Creative Control Center of your Conscious Self. If we grasp and accept this view, we can discard the Victim role and begin to accept and exercise sovereign Responsibility…and start creating the Life and World we want. Now who would not want you to this? Who would suffer as a result of your taking Responsibility for your Life. Asked another way, who benefits from you remaining a Fearful victim?And who seems to be going out of their way to keep alive the ideas, institutions and traditions that reinforce Victim hood? Are you getting warm? Let’s look deeper before deciding.        Before continuing, I think it is valuable to make a firm distinction between Spirituality and Religion.  This distinction has been muddied in the development of  Western Society when the prevailing powers in the past claimed exclusive knowledge and authority in all matters of the Spirit. Anthropologists say this trend began long, long ago in the history of Human tribes, where particularly insightful individuals, often with the help of specific techniques and natural substances, came into a deeper understanding of the workings of Nature, and used this knowledge to gain privilege and power. These were the first priest/politicians. It was not in these priests interest to freely share their knowledge, so it was generally denied access by the ‘common’ folk.         We now are beginning to suspect the deep knowledge of Nature is a ‘divine’ right of all sentient beings, and represents a natural stage of growth and development in becoming truly and fully ‘human’. Science is beginning to expand it’s horizons to include what only yesterday was considered by most to be ‘esoteric, metaphysical or occult (hidden)’ knowledge. Quantum physics, in particular, has pulled the shroud off the ‘illusion of materiality’, revealing dimensions of existence that are very real, and very beyond our senses, or ‘common sense, for that matter.         Just as there are physical dimensions (height, width, depth), there are also non-physical dimensions, which could be said to operate outside the ability of our senses to perceive…but not outside our instruments, or our ability to construct theoretical models. We know that everything material is made of molecules (which make up all elements and chemical compounds), which are made of Atoms, which are made up of invisible vibrating packet/waves of pure energy. Quantum Physicists have proven that these energy wave are ‘pulled’ into material reality, or the ‘packet’ state, by an act of Conscious Observation. This page is a good example…before you observed it, could you say absolutely, in your world of experience, that it existed? Only if you take some other observer’s word for it! Said another way, your perception is your world. And, that’s all you ever experience.         Historically, there are those who have extended their senses (like some of those early priests) by various means and perceived worlds, or dimensions extending far beyond the limits of the physical world. Many of these pioneers in Consciousness recorded their perceptions, and most of them agree on basic issues. One common feature is the existence of ‘beings’ or inhabitants of non-physical dimensions. Historically, these have been referred to as ‘spirits, angels, nature spirits, demons, ghosts’ etc., depending on the cultural context they were experienced in. It seems that in an expanded, multi-dimensional universe, physical humans are just one expression of many aspects of Life. Our survival-based egoic mind likes to think ‘we are it’; modern humans had a hard time accepting a round world and a Sun-centered solar system, too! Fear does keep one limited.        

 Now for good stuff. As we mentioned, the ‘3D’ world is essentially Dualistic, with one of the big issues the Duality of ‘good’ vs ‘evil’. It turns out, as reported by countless experiential pioneers, the first non-physical dimension operating just beyond our senses (ie: vibrating faster than out senses/brains can currently register), logically referred to as the ‘4^th Dimension’, or Astral, meaning ‘starry’ realm, also exhibits Dualistic qualities, particularly to ‘lower half’ of the Astral plane, or ‘lower Astral, as it is commonly referred to.        (A brief discussion of Death is needed here…as, due to fear of Death, most of us don’t care to think about it, let’s give it a shot! Einstein said energy and matter are interchangeable, but energy could not be destroyed, only transformed. The difference between a ‘live’ and a ‘dead’ human is energy…one has it, and resists entropy, the other doesn’t. So where does the energy go? Well, ‘religious’ beliefs aside, 100’s, if not more, of those who experience a ‘near-death experience’ are possibly a good source of information. Curiously, they all pretty much report the same thing. They say that there is a continuation of Awareness, with the ability to hear, see, think, etc., but this is largely experienced outside the body. They can often report what was being said, and even felt and thought, by others in the room. So it seems the ‘finality of Death’ is a fear-phantom of the Mind…a paralyzing fear that creeps into our everyday life as a Fear of embracing Life, and our true identity as powerful, multidimensional beings capable of creating realities! Now, who doesn’t want you to know that?)         

So, when a Human caught in the throes of extreme negativity (fear) leaves the body in this contracted state, say dying in gangland shootout or war, or in drunken rage…you get the idea; their ‘observer self’ continues to operate at this low vibration level in the lower astral dimension without the advantage of a body. They cannot rise to enter the ‘non – dual’ dimensions, or ‘heavens’ of the 5^th and higher dimensions, as they are vibrationally incapable of doing so. So they become ‘stuck’ in the lower astral, ‘stuck’ in their misery, pain or addiction, and can only hope to get back into a physical body to continue to play out their Dualistic games. They do this, by the way, when we, the ‘living’ provide a vibrational opening for them in our energy fields when we come under the spell of negativity, fear, or stupor.  The book ‘Remarkable Healings’ (S. Modi MD, Hampton Roads, 1997) documents one Health Professional’s experience in uncovering these ‘hitch-hikers’ as an often overlooked cause of disease and distress.        

It so happens that humans caught in the ‘downside’ of Duality are not the only beings inhabiting these nether regions. Just as human societies are organized with recognized power structures and lines of responsibility, so these other ‘worlds’ have their hierarchies. Some researchers, definitely not mainstream researchers, have proposed that for eons human history has been ‘driven’ from behind the scenes by non-physical beings who literally are ‘calling the shots’ on the planet. Have you ever wondered how a species like us, who can exhibit such sublime sensitivity and appreciation of beauty and art, could also slaughter each other by the millions, and senselessly be destroying their own environment? Does this make sense? Mainstream psychology looks on passively  at ‘human nature’ and shrugs it’s weary shoulders…it’s just the ‘way it is’.          What is the ‘payoff’ in a world dominated by fear invoking wars, ‘news’, ‘diseases’, ‘poverty’ and the ‘threat of extinction’…who benefits. Well, a very few on Earth, that’s for sure. It has been proposed that there exist beings in the astral, and perhaps other dimensions, who are essentially emotionless. Perhaps they exhibit a more ‘cold-blooded’ line of development, more akin to Lizards, than say, warm-blooded mammals. Perhaps they view humanity as some kind of possession, like cattle, whom they cultivate in an environment which produces a form of energy that vitalizes them…such as pure, raw Fear. Junk food of the ‘Gods’. It is interesting that the human brain has been described by psychologists as having a core with functions common to all animals including Lizards…the ‘lizard’ brain is involved in our most primitive drives…especially aggression and dominance. Maybe this is one reason Freud’s view of the unconscious wasn’t too complimentary…perhaps he was peeking into the Lizard brain. Over this area, mammals, and particularly Humans, have developed another functional layer, the Mammalian brain, which generates the experience of rationality and the higher, more altruistic drives, such as loyalty, devotion, and bonding.  Now, some of these concepts we are discussing fly directly in the face of a modern ‘rational’ world view. If to you this is all sounding like a fairy tale, so be it. I do guarantee, however, if you have read this far, there’s a small part of you that is saying…”This is nuts, but it makes sense!”. Other ‘clues’ will begin to show themselves to you as you begin to break through the mental barriers created by a ‘dumbed down’ materialist world view. The point of this article is not to induce Fear…but to create an expanded view that allows for these possibilities and fearlessly goes beyond them. We are living in an amazingly unique historical phase. Technology, information, knowledge, and human consciousness are all exploding into realms of possibility ever before imagined. When you’re in it, it may hard to appreciate, but consider that an average daily newspaper contains as much information as an average person in the 1500’s encountered in a lifetime!   I am an optimist! I believe fear is meant to enslave, but Truth sets you free. This is a good way to test whether something is true, by the way. Does it liberate you? Does it empower you? Does it heal you and make you more complete? It’s probably Truth. Does it frustrate you, make you feel powerless or victimized?…it’s probably not Truth.  I would rather endure a temporarily uncomfortable but Healing Truth, than a soothing, numbing, constricting Lie any day!Just as ‘reality’ is ultimately only personal, so is ‘Truth’ by the way…there is no ‘absolute Truth’ waiting somewhere outside of you, sitting in judgment. This is a particular old control program on the Planet. One reason I am an optimist is because I became familiar with the Mayan Calendar. The Mayan Calendar is actually much more sophisticated than our modern ‘Gregorian’ calendar. They knew about vast cycles of change, advanced astronomy, and had, as we do in our culture, prophesies of a ‘future paradise’ on Earth. They also understood that there was purpose to the unfolding of Consciousness on Earth; that all the twists and turns of pre-history and history has a point…it’s not just random events unfolding out of control (remember the ‘control through fear’ scenario?). And the point is…are you ready???…the envelope,  please….and the point is…we are to know ourselves as Conscious Co-creators of Realities. Hmmm….sound like Quantum Physics, doesn’t it?And do you think once we figure out we are making all this happen, that we would consciously create a world of Fear? That we would consciously give away our responsibilities, and therefore our freedoms, to feed a Fear-producing system based on control, scarcity, ignorance, and hopelessness? If we are doing this now, it is because we are doing it unconsciously, that is without awareness of the consequence of our thoughts, beliefs, feelings and actions. The promise of the near future is that, due to cosmological events foreseen by the Mayans and other ancient cultures, the frequency of the subatomic particles making up current  our ‘3D’ world, and everything in it, including you,  will be accelerated into a higher, non-dualistic expression; a world of 5^th Dimensional Matter. What does this mean? Well, an end to all the negative extremes of Duality, for one thing. Try to imagine, no war, disease, poverty, loneliness, hunger, inequality…get it? And an end to the Reign of Terror that has fomented an atmosphere of Fear for it’s own purposes. The contract is up! These lower Astral beings cannot tolerate the rise in frequency, and are even now freaking out! Have you noticed the tone of desperation  in the ‘official’ version of events, especially as the population is becoming better educated and more informed than our so-called ‘leaders’?The current situation on the Planet seems to heating up with more to Fear every day. See this as part of the ‘battle for your mind and soul’. Avoid the temptation to let your fear-based egoic mind latch onto these fears and concerns. There is a ‘charge’ to strong energy, ‘positive’ or ‘negative’, to which we can get literally addicted. Ask yourself, ‘Am I willing to lose the payoffs of my fears, my identity as a Victim, the pity of others, the security of what I thought was my identity?” There can be a temporary feeling of loss, as with any addiction, when we get the courage to cast off what we thought was good for us, but now know is harming us and those we love. Who said growing up is all easy?Now for something practical. In the meantime, as you watch events unfold to this wonderful conclusion, you can become a living example of a non-dual existence. There’s one simple rule to follow, and that is, SEND EVERYTHING LOVE. “Everything?…even the ‘bad’ guys?” Yes. You see, because all we, you, or I ever experience is ourselves. When we attacked, lied to, cheated, etc., our experience of that offence is solely within ourselves. If we react with hurt, counter-attack, or shrink in fear, it’s only because the lie being sent our way has found resonance with a part of us! If we did not believe the lie, it would go right through us, as if we were invisible. So become ‘transparent’ to all negativity by sending back pure clear Love to the source of the offence. This automatically clears and ‘forgives’, for lack of a better word, anything in you that might resonate with the lie, and also sends healing energy to whoever projected their own negativity to you, Because, your attacker is only experiencing themselves, not you. Forgive them,  they don’t know they are experiencing their own pain. Another way to say the same thing is ‘NO RESISTANCE’ to any experience that comes your way. What you resist ‘out there’ you only resist ‘in here’. What you resist, you collide with. What you allow, moves through you. Again, you are transparent; you are becoming Spirit.

Thank you for reading this. I hope it helps your understanding, and encourages you to stay with the program. It will be worth it, and more!  

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