The Labyrinth of FEAR- 13th June 1991

THE labyrinth of old was a term for the relationship of men's minds to worldly conditions, whereby all individuals plunge into unknown depths amidst many a peril, all the while to strive for escape from confounding confines. 

To enter into such a labyrinth one was usually equipped with armor and sword, a cross over the breastplate, a bag filled with courage and another filled with foodstuff to appease the dragon/beasties.

The knights of the Crusades were empowered with a vision, a vision for humanity that held that whatever the circumstance, their only Lord and King: our Christ, would be at their side. Fear was cast down, and so too the notions of personal victory and achievement, for such courage was unshakable when armed with the knowledge that only love prevails throughout eternity.

Fear suggests to us that our perceived outcome which lies in the future will be less than happy. From this we learn to dread such a future before we are there. For a soul which is held frozen by Fear is indeed caught deep within the Labyrinth, turning this way and that, unable to pass through any doors which offer exit- separate and alone, the lamplight of Christ extinguished.

Of all the woes in earthly existence, Fear is paramount, Fear is the pivot. Fear may prompt a man to rash action; terror may inhibit the soul from right and proper judgment. Fear whispers of death and brings paralysis. Fear is the demon itself, the deceitful messenger who parades falsely in the guise of sorrow, and is not to be entertained or believed.

Fear is the king of masquerade. Such masquerade all demons do mimic, as imps at the feet of their king, whilst that king goes after the hearts of men.

We all know the icy grasp of this formidable Fear. He thrives on the attention of men. He has no substance without. Careful and prudent caution does not require Fear to awaken the individual to conditions which are unsavoury to him. This king of the demons is only worthy of contempt and is to be radically shunned at every encounter.

There is but one who this devil does fall at the feet of, namely our Christ. Herein is a mystery of mysteries: that Fear himself truly does love the works and labor of Christ and therefore all of the kingdoms encompassed in His great world, but continues to provoke such great evil hiccups in His scheme. All beings great and lesser do love and know our Master, as He knows and loves them with divine intent- their very existence is dependent on His mercy. It could not be otherwise.

So if one confronts Fear, be reminded of the truth that Christ is ever before you, awaiting in that unknown future, and at your side as no other; having cradled you ere time was nurtured, in His bosom.

When one is alarmed by possible consequence one is awakened to great change, following which will be further great change. For nothing in the world remains still, no thing remains unmarked by change. True comfort to shelter and buffer such change must necessarily come from within. For the outer world is in continual flux and flow, whereas the inner reality becomes less and less temporal the further in one goes.

When the demon of Fear is invoked, once again, commend him to Christ, with a firm and exacting command, in the knowledge that he is truly to be pitied. As he, by his nature, is to be denied company with Man in such days to come, when his thirst shall be unquenched, and the stronghold of faith in humanity shall cast him back into that labyrinth from whence he came.

Modern Man & the Question:"WHO AM I?"- 11th June 1991

THE FUR trade is being met with much disapproval currently. There are envoys carrying from port to port those who object and those who slaughter. Men are finding an abhorrence to such a blatant expression of bestiality - though sometimes it is not so much the actual killing of a mammal that disturbs them so, but rather the flaunting of women who, through the means of money adorn their personage with the flannels of hide and hair.

As with the freedom fighters for the abolition of slavery, so too the animal-rights campaigners will eventually make great inroads in their quest for justice on behalf of their small friends. And those who particularly live by example will eventually enlighten all to the mercy and plight of such sorely served animals.

Frequently one finds that several of the individuals concerned with such vocal protests, have not the capacity for pity as such. Pity for the creatures would of course invoke this protest, but extremists who 'go after' such a trade, rarely turn their skills to the veterinary sciences.

They could meet the issues at hand with a variety of passive protests, by laboring at home to re-educate or turn skill into caring for the needy beast closer to hand. They are specieists, as there is a distinct preference concerning which creature is chosen to defend; for this does not appear to flow through to personal relevancies of diet and lifestyle, nor attitudes concerning the injustices of the slaughter and abuse of their own mammal gender. However, fortunately such extremists are the exception to the rule, with this most charitable cause.

They are generally an indignant people- and rightly so. For they perceive that the man, or woman more precisely, who dons the furry garb, is making thereby a statement of desire to hide within a costume unlike their own true species. Admittedly there is a peculiarity to this practice, but moreover an outward expression of that characteristic in Man, which seeks to ensheath his being with a variety of guise and personality.

This is a simple enough statement when Men at this time are forever trying to 'find themselves'. Men are awkwardly trying to reflect and establish an identity and relationship with themselves and the world.

Historically such reflection was not a liberty indulged in. Folk of the last century [19th] usually knew who they were and did not find time to question as to whether or not they were who they thought they were. Heretics and malcontents might have protested their station in society; the odd philosopher might have vocalized his impressions on Man's lot, but the individual did not ask the question "Who am I?" For the ways of former generations flowed through the blood, reaffirming the society, state and religion to which he was born in.

It has so happened in this century [20th] alone, that travel has laid open the variety of customs and community to so many men. This is not to say that all men of the globe may book a ticket and leave their country tomorrow at a wish, but the opportunity is there for many, and many others have had news of the world brought to their doorstep. So now we find that we must question who we are in relation to this world, as we constantly are reminded of who we are not.

If this of itself was not enough to digest, men are met with the demands of the world they are coming to know- the structures, the fabric of their personal and social constitution radically changing itself to adapt and shift throughout the pressures of such neighboring change. Every new generation which follows the last, must clamor through this now 'soup-mix of identities', and each individual who is remotely aware of such conditions in flux, has to question daily who they are, where they are and where they are going.

Added to this we find that the individual who truly views the world as is with soul recollection, will come to realize with experience and inclinations of his own, within all regions of worldly existence, that which is his brother here or abroad. There are empathies established by such perceptions, empathy from one race to another, one species to another, one man to his brother; and such connections undeniably exist, amongst such obscure differences. Herein is another confusion for present-day man.

Daily life is so related that the purchase of food in the Western World can often require a choice - not a choice as to taste or product, but actually a choice of conscience before purchase. Is it environmentally safe, dolphin safe, cancer safe, heart safe, apartheid safe, and so forth? Daily life involves a staggering series of confrontations and questions bombarding the simple man, which simply were not of issue in generations passed.

Reflection of itself is worthwhile to say the least, however Man may feel impinged upon by being met with many obligations to reflect from too many directions at once, thus rendering the task of true insight, objection and self-questioning too mighty an involvement to undertake. 

 Such personal confrontations and conflicts affect the man on many levels - not only within his conscious mental attitude, which of itself can suffer breakdowns in these conditions. The entire being of man cannot help but be affected by such demands. It is as if one tries to think, caught in a room of people who are all yelling at the top of their voice.

Therefore, if one is to coax the soul to help reach the inner-man in order that he might perceive through all of the outer conditions and develop the ability to look to inner causes and connections within the world, one must not provoke the individual with yet more demands of confrontation, but by example explain and instruct through one's personal application to the spiritual ideals. In other words, there is little to be achieved by attacking an individual and telling him what he is or what he is not. This line of questioning pertains to him alone, and is a constant aggravation within his entire being nowadays. This is not useful, nor helpful, nor a duty for any other to presume.

Rather that one may find inwardly no care for personal identity, but assume that higher identity we should like to become. And work for it. If this is done, and if one may walk the world with firmness of purpose, this shall of itself help the worldly conditions that seek such stability and example to follow.

Whether Balloons or Weather Balloons- 10th June 1991

THE tropics have been discussed, and the importance of the relationship of man to his climate. From this one may fairly gauge the devastating results of redirecting such climatic conditions, thereby altering the ecosystem and the corresponding behavioral tendencies of those dwelling in the altered conditions.

 

Our fury (not as in anger) was prompted the other day because of men dabbling in provoking atmospheric changes in such a way that causes extreme responses within the locality of the etheric waves. The scientist has still not learnt that the effects on one continent have far reaching implications for another, and that the elemental forces which they are trying to harness shall be redirected and expressed elsewhere on the globe. It is not a matter of simply calling down more rain, with less humidity; for weather is determined by global points and their fixed stations and their calling from Earth.

The suggestion is that in order to counter the effects of the greenhouse syndrome, they should seek to modify the weather according to the needs of the day. To enlighten them to the aspects of need and variance within such conditions is presumptuous in respect to the knowledge that they are now working from. In other words, this practice is not dissimilar to the raining of frogs (as previously mentioned), except to say it is elemental rain they shower down. However this robs and repels in other sectors of the Globe, and is definitely not advisable as a willy-nilly rain dance that has extraordinary directives.

The planet has endured marked temperature ranges both in the higher and lower extremes than those of today. We find that the nature of a region is largely persuaded by the nature of such temperatures. One might have a 0°C degree man who has a million word vocabulary and is almost passionless, with all physical movement somewhat immobilized and restrained. Although it might help them 'warm up', we have never seen an Eskimo do a barn-dance.

Then there is the excitable 33°C degree European, who lives in the limb-system, and depending on the northern or southerly aspects, he wants to play chess like a gentleman, with fiery hard liquor at one side, or welcomes you to dance like Zorba and bask in the Mediterranean sun, depending also on the range of temperature and humidity. Of course our 40°C man cannot rearrange his thought processes in the manner of the 0°C-10°C man, nor can the 0°C-10°C man perceive the rich tapestry of sensory-world images and conduct that fires the blood of the man from the warmer regions.

Over all there are the elemental beings, who prefer and are of both extremes, which are adapted to in the climates of the globe. Both extremes cannot entirely have their way in global expression at the same time. They can however, eventually struggle into a pole-shift as a consequence, and redefine which regions endure ice and which meltdown.

Climate is conducive to certain expressions of existence, denoting marked differences in opportunities of expression, and in the characteristics of all inhabitants. And so it is not to say that there is total dictation or indication of the influences in warmer/colder regions. It does tell us which conditions warmer/colder elemental beings desire, being compatible to one or the other, inciting such change with preference.

So if one looks to a planet amassed with ice and then compares it to a gaseous, unstable, eruptive, active, sizzling planet, indications can be interpreted as to the nature of those conditions which are most conducive to certain elemental aspects. This of itself is not a complete yardstick interpretation because there are other predominating influences outside of our stratosphere, which do not relate to this subject. However, historically as far as our own Earth is concerned, we have endured both extremes at differing periods: of all water, no water; all ice, no ice, etc.. And this of itself is an indication of the forces interplaying at certain intervals in the early days of the globe.

The polar-shift is not a pressing concern as a consequence of this meddling. A million weather balloons will not assist them in determining however, the consequences of artificial seeding and redirecting the humidities. Many a bleached grassland already depleted and waterless, will only be bled more in consequence of vapor shifts.

It returns somewhat to the old hornets' nest adage, whereupon men believe that they can rationalize the impulses set before them, to disturb and interfere, and then have incredible faith that it will all come out all right in the end. What is not recognized is that they are prompted by a bidding which is not of their own reckoning, and if this could be seen one would be in a proper position for determining the outcome and the desirability of such outcomes. Ideas do not come of themselves. Men call in inquiry from certain motivations and intent, pure or impure, with loving conscience or without - and at the shoulders of each man, is a Demon or an Angel, ever ready to whisper the answer to the questions.

Change of itself is varied and colored by endless possible configurations. Such purpose must also carry the responsibility of being completely informed, with a total picture and a complete regard for all kingdoms and governing concerns.

So it is not enough that man explains that he wishes to do well, and prays that by his blind movements in scientific dabbling succeeds to do the Will of God. For by venturing to interfere with laws which permeate and affect other laws, he is bound to err and destabilize that which is already in place: laws which are of the Father's reckoning. 

Fortunately men are rendered impotent in such supreme interference; recklessness that persuades man that he can do no wrong. The name of Science today, has become synonymous with an unquestioning lack of conscience (science without the con, or with the con, whichever way you view it). One presumes that the scientific inquirer may not only investigate, but cause experiments and upset on any sacred life-form that can be pried apart and examined. The powers of observation are so limited, that one works on the presumption that any man self-proclaimed, has by the title of scientific inquirer the right to rape that which he is investigating. And if caution is discarded and the inquirer cannot respect and love his study, then the motivation that flows from such work is in its very infancy, formed from devilish enterprise.

It cannot be any other way. Nature will speak to you when asked. There are marvels upon marvels, and many mysteries waiting to be embraced by man. But there is the overwhelming attitude problem: the arrogance of unconcern and disassociation from Nature that commits man to separate himself from true and lawful inquiry. Right conduct must precede such inquiries. Right motivation must permeate the studies. Right application will aid the truth to endure. The right love of the study will open the doors to explanation. Otherwise men will yet again try to fling their lit matches into the fireworks factory.

Dogmatism- 10th June 1991

DOGS are creatures of habit; and for that matter so are creatures of dogmatism. We all fall subject to certain dogmas and it's important to perceive this within ourselves firstly, rather than worry too often about others restrictive viewpoints. Some folk carry a certain duty with them throughout their work, which is best serviced by the lean-post of dogmatic complacency. 

Men tire easily and it is no matter should a particular shelter be sought, by way of reason or by way of faith- if ultimately it does not itself pervert the very nature of the faith and reason to be upheld. That is the point in question; also too the very nature of the work one has chosen to carry out with fervor and activity.

Most people are keenly aware of the confines and restrictions placed upon them by outside dogmas which would be imposed on one another. Dogmatism itself does not upset Man, as it is understood by one and all. However, it is essential that folk entering the path can distinguish between dogma and pure doctrine.

Dogma can be a useful structure of given concepts, where one may feel beholden with conviction to uphold such concepts at any cost. Pure doctrine should in essence enlighten the individual as regards the truth of all matters, whereby one may perceive directly into the heart of any matter, replacing textbook knowledge with self/world experience. 

He who embraces truth to himself has unshakable fortitude in the conceptual world. It is the world-weary who cannot grasp the reality of those truths, who rely on the perceptions of those they trust as guides throughout the shadowy lands of worldly impressions.

Finally, the most important guidepost we may all cleave to is the example of Christ, in true love and affection for our brother. Therefore if an insight reminds us of our failings as seen through a weakness in this or that man, we may trust ultimately in Christ to prevail. In time, the needs for dogmatism shall dissolve as morning dew, so touched by the 'Light of Our World'.