Picture: Master with flower bouquet sent by Rose and Bob
It has been interesting to observe how God continues to use this form for His purposes both in the physical body and in the subtle bodies. We sometimes think that we exist only in one form, for instance this physical body, to the exclusion of any other at any one time. The truth is we simultaneously have all bodies available to us at all times; it is just that usually we are focused on the physical form and remain oblivious of the more subtle forms.
In the creation story of the Bible, as many of the myths from around the world, those first expressions of souls in physical forms were warned not to eat of certain fruits in the midst of the garden. Why, we might ask, would God create forbidden fruits in the first place, knowing the dire consequences for its indulgence? We are told in other phases of creation that God looked upon all creation and found it all good, so how could there be evil lurking?
We can look to everyday examples of food reactions to see how this can work. In Genesis God is quoted as saying, “I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” (Genesis 1:29)
But mankind was not satisfied with just gathering seeds and fruits, he chopped pounded and ground the seeds and then baked them; making bread and other creations out of the seeds. He concentrated some forms, combined them and made new creations. So far, we see no great evil. We know some like the taste of sweetness very much. So concoctions concentrated the taste of sugar and those who liked this lost their taste for other foods and wanted only that. Now enters in a lack of balance in the diet which can lead to weight gain and diabetes; health risks. But sugar is found in the cane and the beet, how can it betray the body?
The reason of course is that sugar produces such a powerful pleasure impulse that for some people it so dominates desire nature that balance is thrown out the window and becomes a compulsion or addiction. We can expand our search and find other compulsions and addictions to the human brain that create a blind search for experiences in life that ends up destroying what is good.
Sex impulse must certainly be on that list. The consequences of ungoverned sex impulse are many, from selecting poor partners, social diseases, unwanted pregnancies, rape, jealous murder, addiction to porn or prostitutes. Scantily clad women, sometimes men, are used to sell everything from cars to cigarettes; odd that the form of a woman would have anything to do with the performance of an automobile. These dominant pleasure impulses in the brain are powerful, and for some, it so dominates the brain that all other healthy considerations lose their appeal.
Enter in the addiction of this physical world itself. You are born to this world as a baby. You initially spend perhaps twenty hours a day asleep, reconnecting with the astral world while you gradually adapt to this physical world. As toddlers and small children there can be awareness of subtler realms, but little encouragement is given for these experiences. As the massive sense input of this world rewards and punishes you, you come fully under its grip, forgetting relations, freedom, and awareness from what you were before coming into this world.
There is nothing wrong with this world per se, rather it is the powerful and dominant force it becomes for your attention that makes you forget the better, purer, and soul awakening forces inside of you; it narrows your attention to such a miniscule aspect of who you really are that makes for the mischief.
You meditate, chant, practice the Presence of God, and read uplifting words that reminds you of your greater nature. You must do this again and again to draw the attention away from this world and give you God-experience. Now you experience the joy, love and light of God as a continuous enlightenment that makes you know your body is but a very small expression of the vast Being, that in truth, you really are. Your body and this world is brought into proper perspective and you excrete the toxins of world-addiction from the pores of your being, leaving you a free soul.
Now you function with full awareness of the various levels of your Being. The world exists for you, but you know it is the result of larger, more perfect forces. The astral/electrical worlds are with you now, operating in your subtle body and giving expression to finer feelings and perceptions. The Causal/idea body is also with you, even more powerful, expanded, vast beyond knowing with ideas streaming straight from pure Consciousness. And there is Spirit itself that is at the center of all these other expressions, a Light of intense beauty that has no comparison and no opposite, no beginning and no end; the Light of your own Being. You are aware of any or all of these expressions at any time, but even while you operate in the lower worlds you never forget who really you are in the greater reality. Thus, you once again become your true Self!
Health Update: Recovery continues to proceed very well. On this day eight I am off all prescribed medications except a daily injection I give myself as a blood thinner, and I am now taking all the supplements from the naturopath temporarily suspended before and after surgery. I walk outdoors three times a day, and up to 15 minutes on the rebounder, and I have had no difficulty with digesting anything eaten. I rest quite a few hours during the day, but feel stronger day by day. I will see the surgeon again on Tuesday, hopefully have the staples removed at that time.
A hearty thank you for your prayers, flowers, cards and notes. It means so much to me to receive your love in all these ways and I know it adds to the rapidity of my recovery.