Life Energy and Abundance

There are many names for the energy that powers your life, chi, life-force, prana and vital spark are but a few, here I will simply call it life. Life energy provides the power for you to move, breathe, digest food, think, experience, feel, imagine and exist as a being. This energy is depleted by the act of living, but can also be replenished. In a sense we have an internal battery which stores this energy and when the charge gets low we suffer from low energy. We need to take some time out to ‘recharge our batteries’ and this usually consists of some form of recreation, fun or healing.

If our batteries get critically low, or even flat, this can have an effect on all levels of our being- we start by becoming tired, moody, accident prone and may have ‘bad luck’ financially or have relationship and work problems. If we do not recharge our batteries at this stage we can become physically ill, develop mental illnesses such as depression, lose our jobs, become bankrupt and end relationships.

If the situation continues we desperately try to grab energy from anywhere we can, usually from those closest to us, we literally become draining. When this fails to provide us with enough life energy we sink further and may even die. The more depleted we become, the more difficult it is to recharge our batteries or even utilise the energy we grab. It is analogous to a car battery that goes flat, to begin with it can be recharged, but if left for a long period of time it becomes incapable of recharging. This can be seen in physical diseases such as ME, CFS, post viral syndrome and in mental diseases such as depression and agoraphobia.

When our batteries are in good working order and are just a little depleted, then recharging them can be as simple as a walk in the park or dinner with friends, but there becomes a point when this will not recharge your batteries. This is when techniques such as meditation and complementary therapies become useful. These techniques work by either trying to fix your battery by moving energy blockages (shiatsu, acupuncture are good examples) or try to top up your battery with a supercharger- such as with Reiki.

Everybody has their own recipe for recharging their batteries. Some get their energy from a rock concert, others from rock climbing! It is important to know what your sources are. You can tell what energises you as it makes you feel alive. Some things will energise you more than others, you may find watching a film leaves you uplifted, but climbing a mountain and looking at the view makes you feel ecstatic, inspired and bursting with energy.

Life energy has a natural flow related to your most important needs. This can be illustrated by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Imagine your energy battery is a barrel of water and that there are taps at various heights on the barrel. The bottom tap will be for basic security and needs such as shelter, food and drink. The next tap will be the well-being and health of your physical body, maintaining all your body systems and being free of physical illnesses. The next tap will be your psychological well being and the experience of positive states such as joy and peace, and if the water is not high enough in the barrel to reach this tap you will suffer from anxiety, depression and other mental disorders. Next will be your sociological well being, such as positive relationships with family, friends and colleagues. It is not until you get near the top of the barrel that the higher needs are catered for, such as appreciation of art, the ability to be inspired, the ability to excel. To fulfil your human potential you need to have a fully charged battery!

If we extend this analogy further you will see that there are some people with devastating physical illnesses, but have excellent mental health and overcome the odds to fulfil their potential. In these people it is not that their battery is flat, far from it, they are usually brimming with energy. In this case it is like a blocked tap rather than a lack of energy.

Having a fully charged battery and a good source of energy is what leads to abundance on all levels. Abundance of health, positive emotions, nourishing relationships and of course money. Money is a form of energy, financial energy, and there are many ways to obtain it, most consist of converting your life energy into it. A good example is earning money by working, you put in your time, literally your life energy, and it is converted to money.

Some jobs have a really good conversion rate whilst others leave you depleted for little reward. The best work is that which inspires you as it replenishes your life energy, people who do this sort of work report that it is not like work at all. Often this sort of inspiring work leads to positive feedback and the energy builds up to enormous proportions, think of successful authors, musicians, actors or athletes. Wage slave jobs on the other hand, deplete your life energy quickly and for only a minimal financial return. People doing these jobs often become ill as they work long, draining hours just to afford basic needs.

If you want to live a full and abundant life, find out what energises you the most. Generally life is replenished from nature, some find most alive in mountain areas, whilst others at the ocean. Look for what makes you feel alive, inspired, awake and ecstatic, these are the places you will find life energy. Avoid or change situations that leave you feeling drained or depressed, whether it is your job, location, associates, partner, lifestyle or diet. Modern society tries to hide this basic truth to keep people bound to wage slavery and there is no end of energy vultures out there (be especially careful on the Internet!) Be intuitive, you will soon learn to identify what nourishes you and what depletes you. Even if your situation seems hopeless, you can live consciously and slowly build up your reserves. Remember positive thinking and dreaming are not enough by themselves, you need to find nourishment and guard your life energy.

Originally posted on the Tribe of the Phoenix blog

Woman Hasn’t Used Money Or Credit in 15 Years

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since.
Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s Ruhr area. One of the first things she noticed was the large number of homeless people, and this shocked her so much that she decided to actually do something about it. She had always believed the homeless didn’t need actual money to be accepted back into society, only a chance to empower themselves by making themselves useful, so she opened a Tauschring (swap shop), called “Gib und Nimm” (Give and Take).
Her small venture was a place where anyone could trade stuff and skills for other things and skills they needed, without a single coin or banknote changing hands. Old clothes could be traded in return for kitchen appliances, and car service rendered in return for plumbing services, and so on. The idea didn’t really attract many of Dortmund’s homeless, because, as some of them told her to her face, they didn’t feel an educated middle-class woman could relate to their situation. Instead, her small shop was assaulted by many of the city’s unemployed and retired folk eager to trade their skills and old stuff for something they needed. Heidemarie Schwermer’s Tauschring eventually became somewhat of a phenomenon in Dortmund and even prompted its creator to ask herself some questions about the life she was living.
She started to realize she was living with a lot of stuff she didn’t really need and initially decided not to buy anything else without giving something away. Then she realized how unhappy she was with her work and made the connection between this feeling and the physical symptoms (backache and constant illness) she was feeling, so she decided to take up other jobs. She began washing dishes for 10 Deutchmarks an hour, and despite many were telling her things like “You went to university, you studied to do this?”, she felt good about herself, and didn’t feel like she should be valued more because of her studies than someone working in a kitchen. By 1995, the Tauschring had changed her life so much that she was spending virtually nothing, as everything she needed seemed to find its way into her life.
So in 1996. she took the biggest decision of her life: to live without money. Her children had moved out so she sold the apartment in Dortmund and decided to live nomadically, trading things and services for everything she needed. It was supposed to be a 12-month experiment, but found herself loving it so much that she just couldn’t give it up. 15 years later, she still lives according to the principles of Gib und Nimm, doing various chores for accommodation in the houses of various members of the Tauschring, and loving every minute of it. Schwermer has written two books about her experience of living without money and asked her publisher to give the money to charity so it can make many people happy instead of just one. She’s just happy being healthier and better off than ever before.
All of her belongings fit into a single-back suitcase and a rucksack, she has emergency savings of €200 and any other money she comes across, she gives away. Heidemarie doesn’t even have health insurance as she didn’t want to be accused of stealing from the state, and says she relies on the power of self-healing whenever she gets a little sick.

Octopus Morse Code

It is easy to send Morse Code when you are an Octopus with eight arms!













CW OPS Whip Whippersnapper Text Messengers on National TV
It may have been Friday the Thirteenth, but it was a lucky day for Morse code--and particularly for veteran CW contest ops Chip Margelli, K7JA, and Ken Miller, K6CTW. During a May 13 appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the pair was able to pass a message using good old fashioned Morse code more rapidly than a pair of teenaged text messengers equipped with modern cell phones. The victory, which replicated a similar challenge that took place recently in Australia, has provided immense encouragement to Amateur Radio's community of CW operators, who been ballyhooed the achievement all over the Internet. The text messaging team consisted of world text-messaging champ Ben Cook of Utah and his friend Jason. Miller said afterward in a reflector posting that the CW team won fairly handily.

Galaxy Merger

Here is a picture of one of my favorite galaxies that I have classifed as a Galaxy Zoo user. It looks like a merger of two spiral galaxies. Galaxy Zoo is a way for members of the public to contribute to science by helping to classify galaxies.

SDSS 587748929235452103

Bridge over troubled water

Astoria Scum River Bridge from Jason Eppink on Vimeo.

Sacred Transsexuals embraced in enlightened tribal cultures.

Tribal cultures are much more enlightened with their approach to bigender and transgendered individuals. In Lakota culture the two-souled shaman, or Winyanktehca, is highly revered and occupies a special place in tribal society. In native Aboriginal Australian culture, the Sistergirls or yimpininni are accepted by the tribe and take a more traditional female role.

The Winkte of Lakota Culture- 

revered as a transsexual shamanka

“Sistergirls have specific roles and responsibilities in communities, mainly to do with the raising of children, looking after the home and the elderly, and at feasts and celebrations they’re usually in the thick of it with cooking and decorating.

“It’s usually considered women’s work, but sistergirls are usually valued in these roles for their flair and expertise.”

In the Tiwi Islands Sistergirls make up 4% of the population. From the Berdache people of the Native American culture to the Fa’afafine of Polynesia, transsexual and bigendered individuals often have a special place in tribal cultures.

Transsexuals are embraced by tribal cultures

In western Judeo-christian society, no such status exists and trans individuals are treated as at best mentally ill or at worst an abomination. How much better would life be if we all returned to our tribal roots- sacred nudity, total body acceptance, living in harmony with nature and a society based on mutual respect and integrity. It sounds to me that we have not been making ‘progress’ but have been the unwitting stooges of global control through the illusionary person.

Farming Humans

A maggot like race of beings is farming human kind, indeed the whole planet, for their preferred food source- negative emotions. These beings are naturally occurring ‘decomposers’ and their actual role is to recycle negative emotions and energy, a little like maggots recycle dead flesh.

These beings work through deception and conditioning. They may be no more than maggots, but when a human is disconnected from their soul, using the veil, they appear to be very powerful. These beings are known by many terms, demons, illuminate, etc, and work primarily on a rational level. They are present on the astral plane, but can control individual people totally. They have infiltrated the media and governments, and exert control over people and keep them in a state of hopeless negativity.

 

The veil mentioned above, is the artificially created veil between the worlds. It was created using alchemy. We are not supposed to live such short lives, searching for meaning, addicted to materialism. We are powerful, almost immortal spiritual beings, who have been fenced in by the veil. This device cuts us off from the spiritual reality, our true selves and our power. It makes it appear that there is no more to life than the physical and that once someone has passed over, that they are lost. Enlightenment is a natural state reached when an individual punches a hole through the veil and connects with their real power and spirit. In the coming years the entire veil will be destroyed and people will suddenly realise their true nature.

Do your clothes control your mind?

In a sense they do control our minds.  Clothes are more than just items that protect and keep us warm- they are also symbolic. They are symbolic of the society we live in and the social constraints that we accept. Clothes reflect status, wealth and creed, in addition to carrying out their protective functions. They vary from culture to culture and from climate to climate.

 It is easy to see the social constraints provided by some clothes, uniforms for example. There are many different types of uniform; military uniform, school uniform, the wider uniform of the suit worn by so many and even the ‘uniforms’ or ‘colours’ worn by gangs. All these uniforms, even if it is the uniform of scruffiness, carry with them identification with a group and an acceptance of common ideals. Thus our clothes symbolically constrain us. They rob us of our individuality and they become masks to our true identity, just as our persona changes with particular situations.

There are many specific ‘clothing constraints’ which are worth exploring. If we use clothes in the broadest meaning, we can see how many items symbolically bind us within social rules. A wristwatch is a good example. This is a means to constrain us within our obsession with exact time. We feel obliged to run to a well-scheduled timetable and portion up our time between tasks. The rise of the mobile phone as a fashion accessory constrains us to be in contact with social rules at all times, even if we are out in the country taking time for ourselves. Technology in all shapes and forms, as a fashion accessory, constrains us to our technological culture.

Watches bind us to time

There are plenty of non-technological restraints. The neck tie, for example, worn round the throat- the centre of communication. This has been used for years as a symbol in the ’suit uniform’ and also as a symbolic restraint of expressing our true selves. Many of these constraints are related to particular areas of the body. In Eastern thought, there exist mystical energy centres called chakras. Each chakra has a particular function and is related to a particular area of the body. It will be of no surprise to find that the throat chakra is concerned with communication.

 

Chakra literally means ‘wheel’ or ‘vortex’. In oriental countries and increasingly in the West, chakras are recognised as centres for our vital life-force energy called ‘Chi.’ These centres are joined by meridians that run all over our bodies. Acupuncture and Shiatsu both work on these meridians and there is much written about meridians and chakras. A trip to your local bookshop will provide you with a plethora of books on the subject. Not all people agree with the positions and functions of each chakra and I have provided a general outline that may vary in small respects from one opinion to another.

If we explore the chakras, we will see how each is constrained and also make some interesting discoveries. There are seven main chakras. Each has a particular colour associated with it and they form a continuous energy flow through the body. In Chinese medicine, if these centres are out of balance, illness is the result. One of the best ways to upset the balance is to constrain a chakra and this can be done symbolically through clothes. Let us explore each chakra in turn.

First we have the base chakra, which is deep red in colour. It is situated at the base of the spine and is our connection with the earth. It is our centre of security and it is vital that it is unconstrained so that we can connect with nature. The two energy sources, the earth and heaven (or the sun) are connected through the chakra system, the earth by the base chakra and heaven by the crown chakra.

An important point about this chakra is its proximity to the second, or gonadal chakra, which is the centre of our sensuality, sexuality and reproduction. In most societies this chakra is the most closely guarded and constrained. Even if we reveal all our other chakras- we must not reveal our second chakra. Unfortunately, due to the proximity to the base chakra, it is also constrained. If we wear swim-shorts or underwear, these chakras are both blocked.

This brings us to another subtle observation, the confusion of nudity with sexual desire. Being truly Naked is the act of being totally unconstrained by symbolic clothing and being at one with heaven and earth. One of the most important chakras needed to accomplish this is the base chakra. If we cover this up then there is no connection with the earth.

Being truly Naked is the act of being totally unconstrained by symbolic clothing and being at one with heaven and earth.
 

The next chakra is the Solar Plexus chakra, the centre of our being. It is yellow in colour and is symbolically restrained in western society most of the time. This chakra represents our ego and self-interest. Money belts are worn round the waist. In more open and relaxed (and warmer) cultures it is acceptable to show this chakra.

Above the Solar Plexus chakra lies the Heart chakra, which is bright green in colour. It is the centre of love and emotions ‘the heart ruling the head’. It is also constrained in western society, and societies that value the intellect. It is less so in warmer climates and in places where intuition is favoured over intellect. Think of the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree with a bare chest.

Buddha with open heart

The Throat chakra is next, it is sky blue in colour and is the centre of communication and self expression. It is constrained in certain situations, such as when using a tie, but in more relaxed situations is uncovered. When we are expected to tow a party line, or act within a company policy, ties are often used. You can almost sense people trying to escape from well-tightened ties.

Do ties stifle communication?

The next chakra lies in the space between the eyes, diametrically opposite the pituitary gland. It is the centre of the intellect and is prized in western culture. It is nearly always uncovered, apart from in situations where one is not encouraged to think for oneself (uniformed services, etc.)

Why do monks shave their heads?

Finally, we have the crown chakra, our connection with heaven. This is also prized and left uncovered in western society, as we prefer connection with heaven to our connection with earth. It is interesting to note that some monks shave their head. Perhaps this allows the crown chakra to open fully, thus allowing a deeper connection with heaven? As we can see, each chakra has a particular function and most cultures constrain them to varying degrees. Those covered and those uncovered give us a clue to the culture, whether it is ruled by emotions, or the intellect and whether it allows freedom to communicate.  In societies that frown upon nudity, we see a society that does not like the idea of free thinking, fully open individuals. It is your birth-rite to allow the full opening of the chakras and to be your true self.

Be free! Burn your clothes!

Is Religion the Greatest Protection Racket?

Is religion a protection racket, or does it provide a genuine service to mankind?  I, like many, have had a very negative view of religion, preferring instead to be ‘spiritual’. Religion, I thought, was all about control, causing wars, creating division. It may cause wars and create division, it may also exert control, but religion does have a purpose.

I recently had a dream in which I was in a large meadow. At the top of this meadow was a church and the pastor was busy making a white picket fence. I went over and asked about the fence, he said it was to ‘keep the badness out’.

This is what religion is really all about, protection. It protects us from malevolence, whether it be in the form of other humans, supernatural beings like daemons and vampires, or our own inner darkness. That is why religions have so many rules, they form a psychic defence system, they are the spiritual police.

Religions primary purpose is protection, it is not about finding out spiritual truths. Walking a spiritual path is about finding out these truths, like who am I? What, if anything, can I do about it? What is the nature of the universe? The spiritual path can be perilous and some chose to work within the framework of a religion in order to walk a spiritual path. Thus they are protected and can explore the deeper philosophical questions.

This was illustrated during the same dream. I arrived at a country road and a large group of Zen monks were on a pilgrimage. Walking along the road was not safe, as they could get run over by a car, but in the large group they were safer. Finding out spiritual truths is always inherently risky, but can be made safer if you do so in a group.

The safety of religion and the freedom of spirituality represent a compromise. If you want total safety, you sacrifice your freedom, effectively imprisoning yourself. On the other hand, if you want total spiritual freedom, you become open to possible attack by compromising safety.

It is a little like the anti virus and firewall applications on your computer. They slow it down, filter what you can access, and even cause it to crash. We still use them because of the fear of a possible threat and the knowledge that such a threat could destroy all our data and steal all our personal information. In the end we come to some sort of compromise, security versus usefulness.

Religion is very paternal and likes its rules and regulations. It is the policeman of the psyche and as such is a protector, but is often not wanted as many find the structure too constrictive and opt to go it alone. Most religion is largely based on fear, but this fear is not always unfounded. Most of the time there is no need for its protection, but when at times it is needed, then you will be glad its there.

If you decide to go it alone, beware, as the Universe is full of beings; some powerful, some benevolant, some just playing tricks and others that will eat you for breakfast. Whatever you decide to do, it is worth finding out what is really out there.

as Hamlet said
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

The great banking scam

Here is a very interesting post on the origins of money-

Origianl post here, on the www.fmotl.com forum

We never really think about money. I mean, where it came from and why we have it.

Our schooling will teach us how to count it and how to spend it and how to save it. But it doesnt explain the history of it, who thought of it, who created it’s concept and why.

What we call money, is simply a commodity we use in exchange for goods and services. Before ‘money’ we exchanged goods and services for goods and services. So what happenned to that?

A contract, you might say, was created between consenting individuals. One perhaps, could repair a roof while the other, who needed a roof repair was an excellent wheelright and could straighten diformed wheels. An agreement was created that gave equal weight in value to eachothers commodities and eachothers needs and henceforth were exchanged.

Nothing by way of new knowledge there of course. But a change from that simple system to what we see today must have occured at some point.

In an emergent economy, forever renewing itself with new ideas new beliefs new craves and desires, someone, considered that instead of offering a service or goods it might be an idea to offer something of, perhaps emotional value instead. Something of beauty perhaps, like gold or silver. An ideal material for making beautiful things, of value. Something precious and hard to find.

So instead of goods and services, tiny pieces of gold and silver were used. But these pieces of valued metal were rather bulky and often difficult to carry around. Perhaps, and I’m guessing here, that the blacksmiths and farriers became goldsmiths when someone had the good idea to uniform the pieces and give them different values depending on size. Coins of gold were much more convenient.

However the same problem existed, that too many gold pieces became very heavy indeed. And storing them meant that they could be stolen. So the goldsmith had another great idea. He would offer shelf space in his safe for the safe keeping of his friends gold in return for a small fee. A few pieces of gold per month perhaps. In return he wrote out a promise on a piece of paper noting the value of gold stored which could at any time be exchanged back for the gold.

As more and more people became aware of this service the goldsmith became swamped with people wanting shelf space. Thus the goldsmith made even more small fee’s and became rather wealthy. In return as usual, a promissory note was issued to the value of gold stored by the goldsmith on behalf of the owner. However the goldsmith began to notice that, instead of exchanging their gold in the markets, the people were now exchanging the promissory notes believing them to be ‘as good as gold’ as they were afterall a promise to the holder or, bearer that at any time they could be exchanged back for the gold kept by the goldsmith.

The goldsmith made an observation. It appeared that hardly anybody ever wanted their gold back. At least not all at once and not all the people wanted all their gold back at the same time. So the goldsmith took a risk. He began lending some of the gold out, and would charge a small amount of gold on top for his trouble. But people knew that the gold was equal in value to the promisorry notes and began asking for those instead of the gold. The goldsmith very quickly realised that quite literally he could create a promissory note out of thin air based upon his gold reserves and chances are he’d be perfectly safe in the knowledge that all the people never wanted all their gold back at the same time.

So debts, owed to the goldsmith were quite simply just written on a piece of paper and given to the people in return for a small fee, interest. A small profit for the goldsmiths kind offer to lend and more importantly to quietly make profits while lending out nothing but a piece of paper. The goldsmith became very rich very quickly and the townsfolk began to worry about where their gold was. All at once, all together they queued at the goldsmiths wanting to see their gold. He showed them, still there in the vault because of course by now he was lending promissory notes not gold. However to give the people some comfort he let them in on the deal and offered them some interest on their ’savings’. As a thank you for allowing him to look after their gold.

This was the beginning of banking.

Today, we see the same principle in operation. Deposits are subsiquently lent out to borrowers in the form of a debt, owed back with interest. And since ALL the ‘money’ created is debt, it follows that all the repayments must be made with ‘money’ or promissory notes which, in turn were created in the same way and so on. ALL out of thin air based upon the holdings kept within the banks vaults. ALL money without exception is debt and is created by the borrower by their signature, or promise, to pay it back.

by Free

Freeman on the Land

The freeman-on-the-land movement started as a way of liberating individuals from the tyranny of imposed rules, regulations and red tape imposed by the state and to take back individuals sovereign identity and fundamental freedom.  It is based on the premise that we have been deceived on a grand scale into accepting domination by outside agencies, most importantly governments, but also other companies, such as banks, local authorities and the legal system.

This deception goes to the core of our identity, fooling us into thinking we are ‘legal entities’ called a person.  The person is a legal fiction, a straw man, which is bound by admiralty law, the law of the sea.  It is created at birth and is the name that appears on our birth certificate (as in the berth of a ship.)  If we think we are the person and not a free, sovereign being, we are bound by the whole legal system derived from admiralty law (and we can literally find ourselves in the dock.)  If we assert our true identity then we are bound only by common law, which only covers criminal activities and is tried by a jury.  Common Law abiding people who do not use deception in their dealings, or breach the peace, should never find themselves in a court.
 
Another important aspect to the freeman movement is taking on the role of an adult and not asking permission to do things that are perfectly lawful (i.e. not harming anybody, breaching the peace or using deception.)  This means anything that is licensed or permissible under special circumstances is basically lawful, and therefore a freeman-on-the-land is free to do without permission, as they are not acting as a child who would need permission.  This carries responsibility, as an adult a freeman is fully responsible for his actions.  He may not lawfully require a driving licence, but if he drives recklessly or has no driving skills, he is accountable under Common Law for any damage caused.  A freeman may also take drugs, such as opiates, cannabis, etc, lawfully, as these drugs are used under license in medicine and are therefore lawful.  If he should misuse them and cause harm he remains liable for his actions under common law.

The implications are huge as it frees individuals from the tyranny of rules and regulations imposed by so called authority.  At the moment this is being played out in minor ways by individuals refusing to pay taxes, fines, etc, that they have not consented to.  This cuts both ways however, as if you choose to opt out of government control, you also choose to opt out of any benefits supplied by that government now or in the future.  So if you do not pay tax then you cannot expect to have free healthcare, or unemployment or any other benefit.
The full ramifications are total freedom and liberty, provided you act in a peaceful and non harmful way.  This carries great responsibility and a true freeman-on-the-land will act with honour and integrity in all their dealings.  To me being a freeman-on-the-land is about being a spiritual adult and not using the freedom for petty gains, as this harms the freeman movement and society in general .

For more information on the Freeman-on-the-Land movement please visit the following sites.

www.fmotl.com
Freeman on the Land by Veronica of the Chapman family
www.wholetruthcoalition.org
The Whole Truth Coalition
www.tpuc.org
The Peoples United Community with John of the Harris family
www.thinkfree.ca
Think Free Canada

This article is from the Tribe of the Phoenix Blog
The Freeman-on-the-Land movement

The similarities between dreams and past lives

Article From The Tribe of the Phoenix- The Dreamlike nature of Rebirth

How many dreams do you dream during your life? Most dreams are forgotten upon waking, but if you could remember them all the total number would be in excess of 100,000. Imagine if each of your night-time dreams were a complete life, an incarnation lasting around 70 years, that of a human life. Perhaps this is the nature of rebirth.

Since the dawn of the species, if we had all lived around 100,000 to 200,000 lives and if these lives were on average 25 to 50 years in length, the timeline would take us back five million years to Australopithecus, our earliest ancestors.

The phenomenon of dreaming reflects the phenomenon of rebirth. This fractal style reflection of the macrocosmic in the microcosmic permeates the whole of reality. For example, on a superficial level, the solar system resembles an atom. If this is so, then understanding our relationship to our night-time dreams will help us understand our relationship to past lives and rebirth.

Each night time dream resembles an incarnation, as during the dream it is completely real to us and nothing other than the dream exists. We accept what happens to us during the dream, no matter how bizarre and they often end unexpectedly. The process of ‘dream death’ is what we call waking up, and most times we completely forget the dream before we even get out of bed. This does not mean that the dream has completely vanished, just it is not conscious. If we do dream-work- such as keeping a dream journal and trying to remember our dreams, we can often master considerable clarity of recall. This is analogous to past life recall work, on a conscious level we do not ‘remember anything’, but if we use shamanic techniques, we can recall our past lives.

There appears to be a hierarchy of dream recall, and there is a similar one for past life recall. The most difficult things to remember are specific facts, abstract thoughts and knowledge. You may not remember names, or what you were thinking, or the address of the house you were in. Next come imagery, scenes from our dreams, snippets at first, sounds, images, smells etc. Beyond that is the emotional reaction to the dream or past life, these are general feelings and leave general residues of feelings. The déjà vu phenomenon is an emotional reaction, a feeling of having been somewhere before and breaks through into consciousness ahead of imagery. Sometimes we wake up elated or deflated, but do not understand why, as emotional memories from our dreams carry into our waking consciousness. Finally there are the subconscious patterns, things we repeat in our daily life without any awareness of doing so. These include irrational fears and reactions to certain stimuli, usually we have no idea why we behave in a particular way, but it may be from our dreams or past lives.

Reincarnation

The memory residue from our past lives informs our current lives. It provides what we think of as our essence, the innate ‘me-ness’, beyond our current physical reality. As we can see from dream recall, this is going to consist mainly of behaviour patterns, we call them innate traits. There will be to a lesser degree a general emotional background, collected from all our past lives, we may be optimistic, pessimistic, depressive, rational, etc. To a greatly diminishing degree will be imagery, what we call past life memories, which we will only glimpse unless we deliberately work to remember them. Finally, abstract knowledge is lost to all but the most capable shaman, names, dates, places, knowledge about particular subjects, the ability to perform learned motor skill tasks like driving or playing an instrument. As a parting though, perhaps those shaman who undertake dream-work and manage to achieve lucidity in the dreaming state, can also achieve lucidity in the incarnated state and perform seemingly magical and supernatural feats?

Brain and Mind

The brain no more contains the mind 

than your PC contains the internet.

Article from The Phoenix Blog

A Metaphysical Look at Human Consciousness