Tom M A:
I can certainly relate to the "learning to manifest/co-create", on and in every level of our life/being. I used to think life just happened, you know that I was pretty much at the mercy of circumstances beyond my control.
I'd say a lot of that comes from the way we're brought up and kind of expect life to play out that way because our parents told us what to do, when to do it. Then we're shipped off to school and they tell us what to do and when to do it. We've got religions, governments, police, doctors, bosses, etc, all telling us what to do, when to do it.
So we become so hypnotised by all that, by our expected roles, that that we forget we're actually creative intelligent beings in our own right.
I’ve been studying and applying a lot of the “New Thought” teachings recently, the results are surprising and very much concrete. Money is appearing in my life like never before with the greatest of ease (I used to work really hard to make money and that would always have been fixed sum, i.e. monthly wage). I’ve won things which I decided to manifest. Opportunities have come out of the blue. Stuff like that. It is interesting and giving me a greater depth of mind too.
When I posted a few links to free eBooks concerning mind power, some thought I was just being superficial and greedy, but to me they were the one’s who are being superficial in their judgement as everyone needs money and material possessions in a capitalistic selfish society.
Money and possessions do not produce nor encourage greed. I can use money in anyway I want too… to help others… to enhance their lives. Preaching about non-greed would not help them one bit as they are driven by society to work, consume, indulge, etc. People have to find change themselves, because if it’s imposed from without “spiritual greed” will corrupt them as it has the evangelist.
Anyway, what better way to get our material needs than via mind power alone? It’s far better than working yourself into an early grave and having no time to really probe into your own mind and being.
I don’t know if we’re here to “learn” though. What would we be learning for in an ultimate sense? To become a separate “God”?
I do know, but I can’t see why we’d choose our life experiences and then incarnate purposely to play these out. What would be the benefit? Why couldn’t we just learn from where we came from, in a virtual reality form if you like (maybe we are of course).
I’ve been having experiences lately where rooms or surroundings become infused with light. It’s kind of like a CAD drawing, but the edges are all coloured light really bright and not related to the colours of the walls or area. If I move to touch the wall it fades away or my perception becomes solid and normal again. Are these a peek at “other dimensions”, “other worlds”? That is the feeling I get when it happens that I could move into that world of light and interact there but something is holding me back.
Anyway, I just see the ability to manifest as any other ability of the mind and body… such as our ability to move our fingers to type these words, or draw up a plan for a house and then build it or choose how to react or respond to a given stimulus. It’s more about realising our potentialities than fulfilling any grand designed destiny.
Thanks for that reply Tom.
The Seth books are full of info on how we choose to experience this type of lifestyle or that type of intellect or this type of body or that type of race .... and then as for the 'why'..... to learn. Why learn? So that then you 'progress' to a a more rarefied plane of existence. In these other worlds you get to do all sorts of weird and wonderful things - maybe experience what its like to live as a C14 Aristocrat, or an alien form Plieades. He makes it sound like a huge video game where you're constantly learning and experiencing new challenges and new environments, so that you can get to the next level. Seriously, this sounds exhausting, don't you think?!!
On this particular level (earth incarnations), the "task" is you like, is to learn to use the mind to create, rather than hard work.... as you are doing.
This "other world" stuff is interesting. I've no experience of it. Maybe some of the jhana practitioners can chip in some comments please? He (and many other authors) say that this world is just as real as those you visit in your dreams and then forget about on waking.
Personally I like the idea of materializing good/useful things, because it reduces strain and competition, which are hallmarks of ego. I'd like to hear any further comments Tom, if you have something to add.