Levels & Levels & Levels...

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Jan & Friends,

 

Jan says: The mention of levels (states) denotes their

transitoriness and pictures the narrator believing, and judging the

states like "lower", "higher", "highest".

 

Thus the yearning show goes on and on.

:-)

 

Jan, the same point is implied but not stated in Robert Monroe's "Far

Journeys", the follow up to the runaway success of "Journeys Out of

the Body". When the 1st book came out in 1985 it created quite a

stir. Monroe wasn't a wide eyed hippy trance-endentalist, but rather

a millionaire businessman, very successful in his field,

sophisticated and accomplished.

 

He claimed to have discovered and practiced a technique for

seperating from the body and exploring other levels of reality.

Apparently, he had some notable successes in helping others to do the

same thing, and he still runs a successful "dream search" business in

Virginia.

 

The 1st book chronicles a number of Journeys to areas he labeled

Level 1 and Level 2, etc.

 

Skipping over a lot of fascinating material (Monroe makes as good a

case for OBE's as you are likely to come across)by the time you are

reading the 2nd book, you realize that these OBE beings who may be

helping M in his explorations are simultaneously showing him that

these levels are just more of the same tiresome and confusing

melodrama as here below.

 

Monroe might not agree with me, as he clearly has a mission(if you

can believe in "missions" at all)to spread knowledge about OBE's and

the subtle realms and other rooms available to some of us in "God's

mansion". But the realms available to him make it quite clear that

though exploring them for us may be part of his karmic assignment,

(and a lot of fun, until it grows tiresome), real mystical

achievement lies elsewhere.

 

According to what you can accept, the same argument is certainly

dramatically incorporated into the last few Castaneda books as well.

 

yours in the bonds,

eric

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On 8/15/02 at 7:54 PM eblack101 wrote:

 

ºJan & Friends,

º

ºJan says: The mention of levels (states) denotes their

ºtransitoriness and pictures the narrator believing, and judging the

ºstates like "lower", "higher", "highest".

º

ºThus the yearning show goes on and on.

º:-)

º

ºJan, the same point is implied but not stated in Robert Monroe's "Far

ºJourneys", the follow up to the runaway success of "Journeys Out of

ºthe Body". When the 1st book came out in 1985 it created quite a

ºstir. Monroe wasn't a wide eyed hippy trance-endentalist, but rather

ºa millionaire businessman, very successful in his field,

ºsophisticated and accomplished.

º

ºHe claimed to have discovered and practiced a technique for

ºseperating from the body and exploring other levels of reality.

ºApparently, he had some notable successes in helping others to do the

ºsame thing, and he still runs a successful "dream search" business in

ºVirginia.

º

ºThe 1st book chronicles a number of Journeys to areas he labeled

ºLevel 1 and Level 2, etc.

º

ºSkipping over a lot of fascinating material (Monroe makes as good a

ºcase for OBE's as you are likely to come across)by the time you are

ºreading the 2nd book, you realize that these OBE beings who may be

ºhelping M in his explorations are simultaneously showing him that

ºthese levels are just more of the same tiresome and confusing

ºmelodrama as here below.

º

ºMonroe might not agree with me, as he clearly has a mission(if you

ºcan believe in "missions" at all)to spread knowledge about OBE's and

ºthe subtle realms and other rooms available to some of us in "God's

ºmansion". But the realms available to him make it quite clear that

ºthough exploring them for us may be part of his karmic assignment,

º(and a lot of fun, until it grows tiresome), real mystical

ºachievement lies elsewhere.

º

ºAccording to what you can accept, the same argument is certainly

ºdramatically incorporated into the last few Castaneda books as well.

º

ºyours in the bonds,

ºeric

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ºsubside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not

ºdifferent than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the

ºnature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present.

ºIt is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

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