Power and Rural America

Like so many of the poeple we took a nice drive this weekend, ours to wooded eastern Ct. Once you cross the Ct. river, things become alot less congested fast. The density of drivers drops by at least half it seems, and the roads are fewer and straighter. The New England woods crowd in on the byways and the occasional farm meadow can be seen amongst the old rock walls. Back before electricity, people lived and farmed much of these flat lands and the rock walls are testament to the powerful horses they must have used, pulling each new years rock harvest by rock sled to the end of each furrow, or property line. Now with alternative energy, geothermal and solar being available to the individual home. We will begin to spread out again, away from the urban centers and back to the country. Getting off the grid, won't be such a debacle soon, unless the powers that be can't see the forest for the trees. Check out these homes in Colchester, a stones throw by Prius from Hartford http://www.ctgreenhomes.com/

In Response to Masonic Traveler

The nature of mankind has potential to evolve further, fear may begin to be rendered out of the system, and the moral disciplines will again hold sway, virtuous conduct in an increasingly transparent world may triumph. Personal responsibility, correct conduct, and dynamic action will define groups. Freemasonry is perfectly positioned to be a prominent force as the frailties of dogma and fundamentalism are seen through, and the illusion of maya/glamour is seen through. One stumbling block may be our turning away from the finish work of each brother, the work against vice and superfluity, the work of personal discipline, the fine polishing work, the stonework that people see when they look at the upright nature of the edifice of Freemasonry, that which requires great effort, in accordance with our ancient landmarks. Those disciplines require time and effort. Many who are dedicated roughly to the betterment of mankind often don't so much care about these important workings upon the self. What I hear from new enthusiastic masons, is that they aren't looking so much for the light comraderie of the harmony found amongst brothers, that being more easily found elsewhere in society. But rather the concentrated focus of self disciplined thoughtful men, upright and true.

OAHSPE, the book of wars against Jehovih XLI 14

And these spirits of darkness, like idiots, were bowing all the time, day and night, doing nothing but bowing, and saying: Blessed Anubi! My Saviour! Glory to the Lord our God! Then they would begin again: Blessed Anubi! My Saviour! Glory be to De'yus! For this was all they knew; neither would they hear nor see else; they were as a wild people; with the outbursting eyes, looking for Anubi; looking for De'yus; but bowing incessantly in all directions; millions of them, tens of millions: delirious angels! Anubi gave up his house in consequence, and in fear of them; and his heavenly city was like a house without a keeper, where throngs go in and out, around about, forever shouting: O my blessed Saviour, Anubi! Glory be to the Lord God. ll
This is interesting, no matter what the age, or heaven or hada, souls are easily confused and end up serving no purpose of the Creator/ Infinite Intelligence, no matter that It is known to every soul. What binds one on the earth binds one in heaven.

The hoodwink

The mystery schools anciently made good use of the standard of blindness for the new initiate to inculcate mystery, the hoodwink has no doubt been a constant. In the European tradition the candidate is kept in darkness with but a small light to consider his mortality and the course of his life. In the U.S.A. too often we have introduced our candidates to the lodge room before they physically have gone through the degree. There is no sense in this. Even though it is allegorical the knocking at the door, perhaps when possible new candidates should not have seen the lodge room before coming to light. This came to me from a recenly made mason, from Temple #65 in Ct. I happen to wholeheartedly agree, I am very glad that the first time my eyes could perceive light within a lodgeroom, I was before the 3 great lights. Square, compasses, and Sacred Book of Law, and surrounded by a horn of brethen.

Wisdom vs. Understanding

Wisdom denotes justice, understanding implies mercy. Corruption requires justice and an answer to power: Understanding calls for charity,and sacrifice of self. Zarathustra, the Persian dualist brought this to the Ormazdian Law. Fire/Light bringing an end to darkness, symbolized in the Templar standard the Beauseant. The light below the darkness constantly in battle to quell the natural instinct in man to dominate and create order through control. In Spain and Portugal there was a golden age of learning at a time when the Muslims, preserved the greatest library of the world, of Greek and Alexandrian texts, which would have perished under the church book burning pogrom. And wisdom and understanding among the sephirah of the Tree of Life, the Zohar came out of that same enlightened time when these religions meshed there. Too bad that the tradition of the Ormazdian way has perished from the earth, and been replaced by the salvation offerred by grace alone, through belief, and not by deeds, faith and the works of each. That certainly has confused things. Look at those who suppress women, and show no mercy, and kill in the name of God. And fully expect absolution at the Judgement. Those who destroy the earth, pillage her bounty for sake of riches. Those who deny the needs of humanity, from being met through renewable energy, crying out that the desert can't be converted to meet the challenge of an age where worse destruction of environment will not be easily averted, talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Well I quess this is as it should be in a polarized world of freewill. Confusion is the first difficulty faced by all. Still thousands of years later at the peak of our power we still don't really get the Plan. Even when the veil is being brought away from our eyes.

The New Age and the mind/body/spirit thought forms

We have all heard about the mind/body/spirit complex connectivity, and we know certainly the physical is affected by feedback loops from the mind and such. Medicine doesn't deal with the spirit, since it isn't empirical, and many still scoff at any suggestion of the thought as it effects the body. As we enter the New Age though, it will become more and more apparent that thought forms take shape more and more readily in the physical reality. That all is one, is accepted, and we are all facets of the same Creator being, and no separation between things really exists at the quantum level . If that premise is acceptable also then it is only logical that cancer and mental illness spring from the same sources of mental confusion. If one comes into the incarnation with bias towards service to others, and the new age of earth will be of that polarity, and then strays from the way, as in doesn't develop towards that direction, then the mind/spirit will begin to reflect the negative or confusion back toward the self. If one thinks negative towards others or self, the body will express it, as illness, or cancer; if one has a preincarnative intent and doesn't move towards it, face the true self, mentall illness can develop. In the new age it is said that it will become much easier to manifest mental forms into the physical reality.