“Let us avoid staying in towns and villages; it is better for their inhabitants to come and visit us. Let us seek the wilderness and so draw after us the people who now shun us. For scripture praises those who ‘leave the cities and dwell in the rocks, and are like the dove’ (cf. Jer. 48:28). John the Baptist lived in the wilderness and the population of entire town came out to him. … For holiness is held in higher honor than wealth;how many rich men there were at that time, proud of their glory, and yet today they are quite forgotten; whereas the miraculous life of this humble desert-dweller is acclaimed until this day, …Let us abandon sordid commerce, and so acquire the ‘pearl of great price’ (Matt. 13:46).” ~The Philokalia

Today, we would say avoid cities and the suburbs of big cities rather than towns and villages. In most areas now, there is little wilderness left, and even if there is, trying to live in it is impractical. Still, the idea remains a sound one for a number of reasons. One reason is because we are benefited by regular contact with nature which people living in large cities rarely get. Not that, as some claim, nature and the natural world is holy in some way, but because nature obeys the Law of God, while many men try to avoid it. Another reason is that there tends to be a lot more negative energies, angry energies in cities or crowded areas simply because they are so crowded, and those low-frequency energies make it more difficult for the spiritual aspirant to raise her frequencies to allow contact with spiritual beings. Another is that spiritual techniques should be practiced outdoors, but in a place where you are not being watched, especially by doubters.

If, however, you do live in a large city or suburb and it is not practical for you to move, you can get around this problem. . . .

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“Now instead of thinking life is separate from you, you experience it as occurring inside you. The further you allow your consciousness to radiate, the higher your frequency becomes, the larger your sphere becomes, and the more time, space, and knowledge your personal field, or your reality, includes. You see that you are part of the unified field, and if you want to, you can expand to become the entire unified field. You understand how the field is your original master organ of perception.You experience yourself as all the centerpoints and the field simultaneously. Wow! That is the stuff mystical experience has always been made of, but now it is to become the stuff of normal life. Though it may seem dizzying, you can have all these leaps of perception today and still be your physical self.” ~Penney Peirce

“Sadly, many people think they have to wait until after they die to experience any significant changes in their consciousness and reality, when the truth is just the opposite. If you don’t at least start the process while you are physically alive, you won’t get the opportunity to do so after you die.

Others think that such shifts in consciousness is nothing more than hallucinations brought on by drugs or some sort of malfunction (I was very disappointed in the ending of the movie Phenomenon starring John Travolta where it’s revealed at the end that his strange psychic visions and other unusual powers are caused by a brain tumor, not something spiritual). Of course, it is true that some people take drugs and have hallucinations that they mistake for a spiritual awakening, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people having real spiritual awakenings by following real spiritual enlightenment techniques as taught in a legitimate spiritual school. . . .”

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“Evolution, most of all, means that we are not in a static world. We are in a world that is always being born again in new divergent forms. This is significant in that it shows the status quo never lasts; …

“Yet despite all the bad idea evolution has spawned and beyond the details of the many different forms life has taken, the realization of evolution as a whole and later theories that some kind of force must be seen as part of the Organic Shift. What is that force? Why has life become increasingly complex through its many species, and why have these species become increasingly conscious?” ~Michael Schacker

“In a very general sense, there is no doubt that evolution is real, but that doesn’t mean everything that is suggested by it is true, nor does it mean that it is true for all species on Earth.

While Darwin wrote about the survival of the strongest or the fittest, leading to the unfortunate idea that we should all function as if we are in competition with each other to get a bigger piece of limited resources so we can be the ones to survive, and the sick idea of awarded greed almost to the point of worshiping the greediest among us, others have a different idea. Bergson said that evolution is not survival of the fittest, but a movement from the simple to the complex and from very limited consciousness to an expanded consciousness. Bergson believed there was a guiding force to evolution which he called theelan vital. In fact, if you think about it, you can easily see evolution as a diseased organism attempting to heal itself, and in a sense that is exactly what is happening. . . .”

To read Harold’s complete post, click on: http://blog.spiritsun.net/2014/03/05/the-story-of-evolution.aspx

Not quite sure where to start this story. It has been a very long journey—many lifetimes as far as I can tell. However, my memories of past lives are limited only to region and purpose. But none of that is really important. I do know that from the time I was born into this lifetime I have been searching for the Truth—which, in this dualistic world, appears to be quite elusive and abused.

 When I was young I knew that there was something wrong with this world. The wool had been pulled over our eyes. But, why was no one complaining?  Why was no one searching for truth as I was?  I would ask questions of the church I used to attend that would bring answers that made absolutely no sense to me. I knew that there was something out there to find—well beyond the church and well beyond this realm.

 But, finding it was quite a search. Obviously I stopped going to church as the people I met there could not answer my questions and appeared to be quite hypocritical. I searched religions other than Christianity. When in college, I minored in philosophy—learning about as many other religions as I could. The one that I would call closest to the Truth (Gnosis) was Buddhism. But there was still a gap.

 After college, I went on to try to live a “normal” life (LOL). But, the seed inside me kept pushing to find answers. I began reading hundreds of books just to get bits and pieces of clues (archaeology, religion, spirituality, new age, aliens—whatever subject would answer my latest question). Then, several major events occurred in my life. I lost someone dearly close to me; I had significant problems at work, and I had major surgery.

 These happened all in the middle of my seeking; however, in retrospect, they were all blessings. After my surgery, I had a lot of time off from work—all to myself, to search and read. I remember the exact day that it happened—the most life-changing event of all. A voice was speaking to me from another world. I did not believe it at first and thought maybe I was either dying or going crazy. The voice told me to write down our conversations so that I would realize this was true and really happening. I did, and I was led through the adventure of a lifetime—learning universal secrets, being in direct contact with God and the other side of the veil. It was like glimpsing or being born into an entirely new world yet being stuck between that world and this one. I barely spoke for six months because this entity was answering every question I had ever had and teaching me what I needed to know about the real spiritual truths of things so that I could continue along this path. My questions were either answered directly by voice or out of synchronicity I would be led to something (a book, a movie, a website) where I would inherently find the answer. It was a magical time. Everything was blessed, I could feel the presence of the Christ Energy in my life and being, and every day felt like a vacation. I now understood what it meant to be in this world but not of this world.

 I began to interact with others online that I felt were closest to finding the Truth; however, eventually there ended up being no one. Then I began to learn through enlightenment the unknown truth:  the closer one comes to God or the Truth, the more one attracts evil in this dualistic world. The onslaught of attacks on this being were unbelievable. My friends said that they had never seen anything like it. Everything in my life was turned upside down. My husband went insane (literally) and blamed it on my spirituality. He has been my bane ever since and is now completely disabled and under my and my friends’ care, although he still causes us a lot of problems.

After so much of this misery, I had become quite dismayed and pretty much hopeless. I could not see the next step on the spiritual journey and was almost starting to wonder if there even was one. Then I was led, as usual, to find an article on sun-gazing and Cosolargy. I eagerly read it, and things immediately became clearer. This explained the solar orientation of all the ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Mayans!  And, it explained the activation of the pineal gland and the path to full enlightenment. I had not felt this much excitement (really, no excitement) in years. I continued searching the internet on this subject and found that there was actually an organization that taught and utilized these methods. The next step was finally clear, and shortly thereafter I joined The International Community of Christ.

 Initially, though, this did not deter the attacks. They were so intense that I should have died and probably would have, except that, fortunately, my spiritual Guardians found a way to remove me from the evil circumstances for a while—a temporary assignment in a foreign country for just a few months. And, here I am in Japan. I have been here for three months and am just starting to unwind enough to remember the path that I am on and not having to defend/protect myself at every second of every day. I am hoping that the last few years have been what St. John of the Cross calls the dark night of the soul. But, it matters not, because I know why I am here and, no matter what terrible things come my way, I will continue on this path to Light.

Below is a message composed in French by Francine Petrovich, along with a literal English translation.

ACCLAMATION DE LA VIE SUPREME

L’Ange de la Lumi re se manifeste et nous enveloppe d’une grande robe de splendeur.

Le Secret Divin annonce l’unitée céleste représentant l’idéal de perfection pénétrant le myst re de l’âme éternelle retrouvée.

La connaissance de Dieu se rév le chaque levée du soleil dévoilant la majesté des réalités spirituelles l’image de la Source Premi re.

Les agents de Dieu, enfants de la terre, refl tent en harmonie la sagesse de l’âme et la conqu te de leur lieu d’Origine.

La Grande Union de soi-m me avec le Créateur de la vie supr me déclare la paix divine, une grâce intérieure sans retour.

Le Soleil de Justice brille la magnitude du Royaume spirituel et proclame les vérités éternelles, les forces créatives de l’Univers.

Les enfants de la terre qui reluisent comme des étoiles au firmament renaissent en allégresse dans la Lumi re victorieuse.. . UN CHANT DE TRIOMPHE… UN TRIOMPHE D’OR…

ALLÉLLUIA

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ACCLAMATION OF THE LIFE SUPREME

The Angel of Light manifests itself and envelopes us in a great robe of splendor.

The Divine Secret announces the celestial unity representing the ideal of perfection, penetrating the mystery of the eternal soul regained.

The Knowledge of God reveals itself at each rising of the sun, unveiling the majesty of spiritual realities in the image of the First Source.

The agents of God, children of the earth, reflect in harmony the wisdom of the soul and the quest for their place of origin.

The Great Union of our Selves with the Creator of Supreme Life declares divine peace, an interior grace without descent.

The Sun of Righteousness radiates the greatness of the spiritual Realm and proclaims eternal truths, the creative forces of the universe.

Those children of the earth who shine like stars in the firmament find rebirth rejoicing in Victorious Light. . . A SONG OF TRIUMPH. . . A GOLDEN TRIUMPH.

ALLELUIA

“Truly, says Cudworth, the greatest ignorance of which our modern wiseacres accuse the ancients is their belief in the soul’s immortality. Like the old skeptic of Greece, our scientists—to use an expression of the same Dr. Cudworth—are afraid that if they admit spirits and apparitions they must admit a God too; and there is nothing too absurd, he adds, for them to suppose. In order to keep out the existence of God. ..
“The preexistence and God-like powers of the human spirit were believed in by most all the sages of ancient days. The magic of Babylon and Persia based upon it the doctrine of their Machagistia. The Chaldean Oracles, on which Pletho and Psellus have so much commented, constantly expounded and amplified their testimony. Zoroaster, Kebes, Euripeded, Plato, Euclid, Philo, Boehius, Virgil, Marcus Cicero, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, plessus, Synesius, Origen, and, finally, Aristotle himself, far from denying our immortality, support it most emphatically. … As says Henry More, ‘Aristotle expressly concludes that the rational soul is both a distinct being from the soul of the world, though of the same essence,’ and that ‘it does preexist before it comes into the body.’” ~H. P. Blavatsky

“It is curious, sometimes quite humorous, how some scientists will tie evidence into ridiculous knots to prevent even hinting at the idea of God or a spiritual world from which the material is generated. I sometimes watch those shows on the H2 channel where ‘experts’ tell us how all the ancient stories about angels, fairies, gods, nymphs, sprites, etc. are really about aliens, by which they mean material beings from other planets who traveled here on very material space ships and showed off their very materialistic sciences which were so advanced that our ancestors considered them magic or miracles. There only proof of this theory is that it must be true since, obviously, spirits are not real.

“Yet, as Blavatsky points out, many great philosophers, teachers, and leaders have always said that spirits are very real, and so is God. . . .”

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 “When someone has just entered the monastic life and has learned merely about the outward practices of asceticism—how and when monks pray, what they eat and how they dress—at once he claims to teach others concerning things he has not mastered himself. He goes about with a bevy of disciples, although himself still needing instruction; he thinks it easy to be a spiritual guide, not realizing that the care of other men’s souls is of all things the most difficult. For men must first be purified from old defilements, and then with close attention must learn about holiness. But when a person imagines that there is nothing beyond bodily ascetic practice, how will he correct the moral character of his pupils? How will he help those enslaved to evil habits? How will he help those attacked by the passions, when he knows nothing about mental warfare? How will he heal the wounds they receive when fighting, since he himself lies wounded and is in need of aid?” ~The Philokalia

“This is an old problem, but one that has gotten even worse in modern times. A number of people have, without proper training, declared themselves spiritual teachers. Sometimes these people attend a real spiritual school, but drop out after receiving only the most basic teachings and, because there ego has been puffed up rather than controlled, have decided that they are smarter than their teachers and start there own school. Since they don’t really know what they are doing, they only teach superficial things like what to eat and how to pray and therefore the students of this school never become truly spiritual.”

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 “My grace is precious, and suffereth not itself to be mingled with strange things nor earthly consolations. Wherefore it behoveth thee to cast away impediments to grace, if thou willest to receive the inpouring thereof. Ask for thyself a secret place, love to dwell alone with thee, seek confabulation of none other … put the readiness for God before all other thing, for thou canst not both take heed to Me and delight in things transitory…. This grace is a light supernatural and a special gift of God, and a proper sign of the chosen children of God, and the earnest of everlasting health; for God lifteth up man from earthly things to love heavenly things, and of him that is freshly maketh a spiritual man.” ~Thomas a Kempis

“The old English is difficult to follow, but hopefully most get the point. If it isn’t obvious, Kempis is speaking as God in this quote, so when he starts with “My grace”, he means God’s grace. Several important points are found in this quote, which was actually embedded in a book by Evelyn Underhill.”

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 “The Seed-bearers who come at the beginning of each life-wave are drawn from the evolution immediately preceding, but as the Rays represent sub-cyclic activities which do not recapitulate but rather manifest forth a special aspect, The Seed-bearers to the rays are drawn from the previous life-wave which has a correspondence with the work to be carried our in that particular Ray-phase of evolution. These Seed-bearers are known to tradition as the culture-gods, and it will be noted that each of the ancient races has a tradition of a divine progenitor, a priest-emperor who gave it its culture.
“This priest-emperor, being a perfected soul of a previous evolution, is immeasurably superior to the rudimentary consciousnesses to whom he comes, …he is of the plane of God, and intuition, recognizing this, invariably treats him as a divinity because divinity is made manifest in him.” ~Dion Fortune

“I have not seen the term Seed-bearers being used for these people before, but it seems to be the same as those referred to as Light Bearers, Star seeds, or Light Warriors, and other variations.”

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 “From the remotest ages the philosophers have maintained the singular power of music over certain diseases, especially of the nervous class. Kircher recommends it, having experienced its good effects in himself… Asclepiades employed music for the same purpose, some twenty centuries ago; he blew a trumpet to cure sciatica. … Democritus in like manner affirmed that many diseases could be cured by the melodious sounds of a flute. …
“The familiar story of the exorcism of the ‘evil spirit from God’ that obsessed Saul, will recur to everyone in this connection. It is thus related: ‘And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from Gd was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.‘” H. P. Blavatsky

“Yes, music has played a major role in healing illnesses of the physical body and the mind. Many healers and philosophers have recognized this and have developed ways to produce healing sounds for various purposes. As Blavatsky mentions, this is as old as civilization, if not older.”

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