The Propriety of Nothingness- 16th March 2024

Throughout time there have always been beverages to coax the consciousness into wakefulness or stupor. Most usually the benefactions were delivered in a liquid and it was recognized that particular liquids could invoke emotions or clarity depending on their inherent nature.

And, as in early life, in very early history, all diet was liquid- almost vaporous - imparting nutritive, formative and collaborative powers.

And so, the folks of today may have coffee – or, they can imagine drinking coffee - and depending on the effort of the imagination and its dexterity, they can affect the consciousness almost similarly, if not same, as though they were drinking the coffee in reality… either by invoking the memory, or drawing to oneself the spiritual reality of the coffee – the consciousness truly can experience the outcomes.

One could enhance the imagination imaginative process: for example, by remembering the smell of freshly ground coffee, or that very last sip i.e. associations that really capture the experience in one’s mind.

The actual coffee is not needed, for the consciousness will do as it always does: float above the physical experience, yet drive the will, the emotions and the vitalities into being.

Equally one may connect to all of the Communion cups in the world, and take sip – with reverential intent, meditate on those altars, that in this present moment are placing chalice on lips in the Holy Name and remotely, with a divine relationship, you may participate in this very moment, with the supplication so offered.

This is not trickery or illusion, for the imagination facilitates the very real connections to the inner nature and workings of life, to those substances, which underpin throughout all.

The more this is practised the better the strength of the activity. Herbal teas and their remedial qualifications can be drawn to us and in us with remarkable efficacy. The coffee experiment is a great place to start to begin to experience the truth of this.