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Word Gems exploring self-realization, sacred personhood, and full humanity
Soulmate, Myself:
Kairissi. I've already said or intimated this, but Aivanhov's statement is right up there with the most profound concepts we've been privileged to know: “The soul ... is itself only one-half of a complete being. For each of us there is a counterpartal [person] of the opposite polarity. And our pilgrimage towards emancipation [from illusion] consists in drawing ever nearer to this balancing factor ... so that, in the end, [while retaining sacred individuality,] we become [effectively One Person,] a male-female being in whom the positive and negative forces are in perfect equilibrium, reflecting the nature of the Male-Female Creator. Only through the perfect union of two souls of the opposite sex can that blending of forces be achieved which brings freedom from illusion and the full experience of Reality.” Elenchus. Freedom from illusion is one of those things that you never really know if you have it or not. If one is gripped by illusion, well then, you're too deluded to know anything else, and the unreality seems normal. K. What you say is true, but I'm glimpsing something to help break out of that box. E. I think we'd all like to know. K. I'll have to talk this out. It's not easy to explain, even to myself - but, I see something. E. Take your time. K. It came to me after our talk about Wordsworth's "magical child."
K. When I saw the topic of the poet's "Ode" I thought, oh, this will be some great-literature appreciation discussion, something good, but not so profound. I couldn't have been more wrong. We were taken on a tour of the "seven stages of human mental development," and I'm still a little reeling from that. E. It's interesting, too, that our “Ode” talk is part of the “inferential 4” document, now with about 20 sub-divisions. At the very start of that project, the author offered “prefatory comment” indicating that he’d wanted to stop writing altogether but that, during a psychic reading, he was given a directive from his Guides that he wasn't quite ready to be put out to pasture, that some important concepts would yet be given through his pen. K. And I think this sense of unexpectedness, of "I didn't know there was more", is part of the marvel of what I'm feeling right now. What I mean to say is, think of all the important ideas we’ve talked about. And I’m sure the universe is filled with truth and wisdom, but, for us, for one lifetime, I understand what the author means about “what could there be to add?” And yet, I’m starting to see something else, right up there with the best “word gems”. E. (silence) K. I’ll try to say something intelligent about this. Recall the diagram on the “seven stages”.
K. See the “advanced sentience” phase on the right. The “+2” sub-division is where we begin to come into our own. It’s not just when we find our Twin Soul, which is amazing enough, but we start to perceive a real connectedness with God. E. We begin to experience those tiny flashes or sparks of insight - and this is how God teaches us, very gradually, over time. K. One small thing I’ve seen is that with these “flashes and sparks” we start to recapture a world “apparelled in celestial light”, lost by the “magical child.”
E. As we grow in a sense of “God within,” our hearts are transformed and take on a level of consciousness, in many respects, not so unlike that of the joyous “magical child.” K. While I don’t think we’re meant to be Pollyannas, smiling all the time, I do believe that we can experience a subtle whispering joy of simply to be alive. E. It's the “2.0 upgrade” of the “magical child” – new and improved, now including advanced sentience. K. Elenchus, the more I think about this "magical child" concept, the more I see it's something real. I mean, so often, with all the things we've discovered and discuss, I find myself saying, "wow, that's really something" or "wow, that's beautiful," and so, yes, I really have turned into the "magical child", in awe of the beauty that's come to us!
K. But let me try to explain what I recently saw as very important. You know how we’ve said many times that we like to lie down, just touch hands, touch foreheads. It’s almost our favorite thing to do. And I think we like it so much because we just shut out the world, all the busy activities, and then there’s just us – and there’s something very sweet and sacred about “just us”. E. It’s a “secret garden” of intimacy and shared solitude. K. Absolutely, and here’s something new. I was thinking about all this "secret garden" and said, it's like “going within,” almost a form of meditation. As we enter this quiet zone of “just us”, not only do we feel close to each other but to God, as well. E. Now that’s an interesting way of looking at it. You know how I’ve said, in our new life in Summerland, I don’t want to ever be apart from you again, I’ve had too much of that in this life, and now I have this desire of doing everything with you. But then, I'd say to myself, well, I guess we'll need our spiritual “alone” time. But - what if that isn’t true? K. Yes, what if it’s not true? What if there's another kind of spiritual practice for Twins? What if the best kind of “going within” is found by Twins who “go within” together? E. Wow, we might be onto something here. You said you liked Aivanhov's statement so much, and look how he speaks of the “blending” of the male-female “positive and negative forces” which “brings freedom from illusion and the full experience of Reality.” K. (smiling) Thank you for explaining what I was trying to say. E. Don’t mention it. But, Kriss, what if this is why we like the whole process of “touching foreheads” so much? What if it’s the “blending of the male-female forces” that we’re reacting to? And what if, during this, shall we call it, a “joint meditation”, we're better able to discern the mind of God? better able to free ourselves from illusion?
K. I think this is one of the best truths we’ve been blessed to understand. We know we’re on the right track here because we can feel the rightness of it. And how could it be otherwise? God, we have learned, is a male-female energy, and so, of course, when a Twin couple, together, with their male-female energies in studied union, approach God, then they will enjoy a much closer alignment with the energies of Mother-Father God, more so than a solo person with just one energy. E. For a long time we've known of Spirit-Guide Margaret’s teaching that people cannot find full spiritual maturity without entering true love and marriage. She said that we “cannot be perfected without it.” Maybe we understand what this means now! maybe it’s the male-female energies of Twins that allows them to draw closer to, in greater alignment with, the energies of Mother-Father God! K. This is very exciting, Elenchus, and I am certain this is correct. I can feel the authenticity of it. E. This is absolutely wonderful! K. And you know what? E. What? K. We learned in the “Course In Miracles” that when God teaches us it can be “intensely personal.” And I was thinking about how this can help us. You know that we’ve asked ourselves, how will we begin our lives and love-relationship when we get to the “home-world”? We’ve wondered how to proceed. But I can see now there’s a way of knowing what to do so we won’t go wrong. E. Explain this. K. When we get to Summerland, and as regular part of our lives, all we need do is what we like doing – we can just lie down together, touch hands, touch foreheads, and enjoy the silence. We don’t have to say anything, until we want to; we don’t have to worry about doing anything in a certain way; all we need do is be together, enjoying the silence. And then wait for a “flash” of insight. And God will teach us how to proceed, how to build our love-relationship. And this is the way for us to live our whole lives, always opening our spirits to direction and guidance of Mother-Father God. E. Krishnamurti always said that, as we go within and experience the flashes and sparks of insight, we "teach ourselves." And this is good, but I now see there's a higher form of this private tutoring from God. K. Twins are to "teach each other." In their roles of "made in the image" representative of Mother-Father God, they reveal Divinity to each other. E. Kriss, do we have a new opinion on the meaning of Aivanhov's “freedom from illusion and the full experience of Reality”? K. I would just emphasize the “blended energies” of Mother-Father God. Without this, we cannot access ultimate reality because what Divinity has or is constitutes that ultimate. And this is why Twins, touching foreheads, is so powerful. It represents a “union of spirits,” a union of male-female soul-energies which, in confluence, create the same “energy-wave frequency” of Mother-Father God. In harmony with that, we see clearly, are freed from everything else, which is illusion - because only the Consciousness of God is real.
K. Elenchus, I think we should say more about this idea of Twins teaching themselves in a “joint meditation.” This is such a powerful concept yet it might not seem to be so at first glance. E. I think you’re seeing more on this than I right now so explain more to me, too. K. I’m thinking of something that illustrates what I want to say:
K. The proto-relationship of this couple had been shattered, at an early time, by the ways of the ego. See them now, meeting again in Summerland. She’s very happy to see him, and he feels the same, but he’s also burdened by perceptions of guilt. The ego subliminally whispers to him that she could never really forgive him for his stupidity back then. And so he holds back, his truest affections tethered by a floating sense of unworthiness. E. How should they proceed? K. What I’m suggesting is not so new. Whenever we’re attacked by the ego, we do well to “go within” to defuse its poison in our spirits. What’s different in what I’m saying is that this couple should attempt to “go within”, as a joint meditation. E. Since they have individual minds, how can they do this? K. I see it this way: they have individual minds, but if they draw near to each other, especially in spirit, their male-female energies will begin to affect the process. And, Elenchus - I'm tempted to make a bold statement, that, you and I know much more about spiritual truth than the average person. And we've also come to see each other as Twin mates. Are these two items mere coincidence? I'd like to think that the "merging soul-energies" for us has allowed a much clearer perception of truth. E. And "freedom from illusion" - just as mystic Aivanhov predicted it would be. K. I think it's the result of becoming "One Person." E. It's almost like two chemical elements creating a new compound. K. Yes, a new compound as “One Person.” And this veritable new entity, I sense, can begin to access, or come into closer communion with, Mother-Father God in a manner that will escape either one of them as individuals.
Editor's note: I believe that the "One Person" status is best explained by the concept of "rogue waves", a harmonious merging of male-female soul-energies. See further comment in the "waves" article.
E. Krishnamurti reminds us that “truth is a pathless land” with no one sure-fire method to approach Universal Consciousness. In other words, we’ll be shown how to do this. K. What you’re saying is very important. There is no couple who knows how to do this in any definitive way. They have to open their spirits to the process and allow themselves to be taught. As they “go within” they will be given “sparks and flashes” of insight to direct them. They will begin to sense and feel what is right and what is not. E. I see two levels of instruction here: what I would call “process” and “content.” “Process” means “How do we do this? How do we access God in a joint manner?” K. The “sparks and flashes” will teach them how, just as an individual will learn what true meditation is by “following the breadcrumbs” of the tiny spark-insights. E. And then there’s “content.” In the example of the couple counseling with the Ancient Sage, they would have many questions about their love relationship: “Are we truly in love and meant for each other? Should we get married? Should we have a traditional ceremony or just consider ourselves married? Should we have an engagement period? How long should it be? Should we wait before doing anything? Should we tell our friends and relatives that we're thinking of marriage? Should we be intimate while we wait?” K. There is no Spirit Guide who can answer these questions. There is no “marriage police” on the other side to report to. And yet, there will be a right and wrong way for this couple to move forward in their relationship – and if they get it wrong, well, there’s no stern judge to condemn, but the penalty will be, the ego will get its way and bring suffering into their lives. E. This natural consequence will be more unforgiving than any stern judge. K. And so, they’ll want to get this right. How can they come to know what’s right so as to maximize their happiness? Now, most people don’t know the answer to this; in fact, most people in Summerland don’t know the answer to this – but the answer is, they have to “go within” and allow Universal Intelligence to guide them into the best way for them. This is basic Spirituality 101 for any individual. But what I’m saying is, a Twin couple has the opportunity to enter into a “joint meditation,” by virtue of their co-mingled male-female soul-energies, and, in view of this, they will be able to align themselves with the mind and will of the dual-energy Creator, to a degree not possible with the individual. And again, how do we do this? No one can tell you. “Truth is a pathless land.” You and your mate will have to stumble into a skilful way of jointly accessing the mind of God. E. And if one is alone, not yet having met the love of one’s eternal life, then the same rules still apply, but on an individual basis. K. Instruction on how to “go within” is sprinkled over many articles on the WG site. Readers can find the information here: The Krishnamurti lectures (annotated with Editor’s comments) How to sit quietly in a room alone
E. I’d like to offer another perspective on what we just discussed. I think what we said is correct, but it can be viewed in another way. I’m thinking of what Krishnamurti said about the subject of “choice.” He said that, when it comes to any important decision in life, we should not make a choice, but, instead, we should allow the answer to come to us. It should percolate upwards, we might say, from the depths of being. K. Yes, “allow the answer to come to us.” In other words, we’ll want to make sure that it’s our “soul’s choice” and not the choice of the ego. All this, as you say, is well in line with what we’ve already said. READ MORE of Krishnamurti's lecture on "choice" final thought K. Elenchus, this whole area of “freedom from illusion” is such a minefield – almost no one gets it right. I mean, look at the world, look at the afterlife messages: it’s all filled to the brim with private opinions, all these egos running around saying, ‘look at me, see me, see how I’m right, everyone’s wrong, and only I know what’s real!’ E. Surveying both worlds this way creates a very troubling prospect. And so, the question will be begged, how do we know we’re right? what makes us think we should be taken seriously? how to escape the mosh-pit
K. And the answer is: we have no special claim to veracity, we’re right in there with the entire mosh-pit crowd – if – we attempt to find truth on a materialistic externally-oriented basis. E. I know you don’t mean this, and we’ll talk about the difference, but some will say, well, this is just what the religions of the world dictate: “don’t rely on your own judgment, that’s just pride, deny your own mind, and let God, the Bible, the Koran, the Vedas, a Near-Death Experience, what Mother Mary said in a vision, or some holy external voice from heaven, tell us what to do". But, set us right on this, Kriss. K. As we’ve said, the world and the next one, too, is filled with people who have latched onto some Dear Leader’s particular formula for salvation. And that’s why we have a hundred thousand answers to “what’s real and true?” E. And so, make it very clear, to all, concerning the path forward. K. Moments ago, we spoke of “not making a choice” and “let the answer come to you.” In other words, we have to rise above the chattering demands of the ego and allow God to teach us individually. If we try to wing it, and be clever, and come up with our own philosophy, we can guarantee that we’ll get it wrong. There will never be “freedom from illusion,” in this world or the next, unless and until we closely align and attune ourselves with the mind of Mother-Father God.
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Freedom from Illusion, Part II Freedom from Illusion, Part III
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