Why Stories are Better than Predictions

[LarryC]

Note: I first published this on my own blog. It was partly inspired by the recent discussions about Drake, Cobra and the mass arrests. But since it's more general and philosophical, and rather lengthy, I thought I'd create a new thread rather than add it to one of the already long ones --

Many of us realize that we are living in something often called the Matrix -similar to what has traditionally been called maya or illusion. Characteristics of this include a belief in traditional political and religious dogmas, an attachment to popular culture and the like.

At a deeper level, however, all our definitions and categories are matrix-based -rooted in the language of duality and linear thinking. This includes most of what we read in the alternative and conspiracy media.

This is especially evident in the frequent discussions and debates over which gurus, whistleblowers, predictions or theories are true and which are lies or disinfo. When we get caught up in such thinking, we are not looking at Reality -if there even is a single, objective, capital-R Reality- but a very limited and simplified version of it.

To some, the idea of truth is a simple one. Yet how many people tell the truth 100% of the time -or 0% of the time? The illusion of the modern rational or scientific mind is that everything can be categorized in a precise way. So a person, group or event is either true or false, good or evil, right or wrong.

When you get emotionally involved in what authority figures (either ones you label good or bad) tell you, you’re expecting too much from them. You can look to others for guidance or inspiration, but you can’t expect them to hand you a perfect version of The Truth. Why? Because truth is not the same for everyone, and we all have to find it for ourselves.

For those following the recent controversy over statements made by Drake, David Wilcock and Cobra, we are seeing a predictable polarization of opinion. Sometimes people will change sides when they are disappointed in someone they placed too much faith in. Others will vilify such people as con artists or disinfo agents -all because they are not delivering The Truth on a platter. But who is?

It is rare that even the most exact of sciences can predict anything with certainty. Think of weather reports. Even with today’s advanced technology, they can only speak of percentages and probabilities -all subject to change. A 30% chance of thunderstorms, for example. So-called financial experts do even worse trying to predict stock or commodity prices or future economic trends.

In the larger sense, the very existence of free will means that exact predictions are impossible. They could only be possible in a universe where everything was preordained. There is also the possibility of multiple timelines, which is supported by quantum physics. That is, there are parallel realities where different probabilities occur.

So, we either have a single reality that is always changeable or various timelines -either way, exact predictions are not realistic. People who make them can be called liars or frauds when they don’t come true, but another way to look at it is that they are trying to translate information from one reality into another.

Remember that time as we understand it is an artificial construct. It’s the way we make sense of things in the Matrix or 3D. It’s not “real.” At most, scientists can predict the “exact time” that an astronomical event will occur -but that’s because it’s the very movement of the planets that we use as the basis of time.

There’s no way to force the complexities of life to perfectly fit into a time frame. All we can do, whether we are weather forecasters, economists, historians or psychics is to look at a certain phenomenon and see where it’s heading. An infinite number of variables could change that, slightly or drastically.

When you add the possibility of multiple timelines, it gets even more complicated. According to some sources, such as Bashar, we are “switching timelines” moment by moment. Reality only seems consistent because we usually choose timelines that are so similar. Yet we aren’t compelled to keep doing this.

So what conclusions can we draw from all this? For one thing, we can stop expecting reality to be exact and to fit into neat categories. For those who are open to channeled messages, you might want to go back and read some of Barbara Marciniak’s material from the Pleiadians where they often repeat that “we are storytellers.”

The idea of truth being revealed in stories is very old, and goes back to the earliest mythology and shamanism. It suggests that reality is fluid and is most accurately expressed in “fiction” (a more modern idea, but meaning something similar as story). The very notion of “nonfiction” is misleading, as it suggests a monolithic truth.

If our goal is to liberate the planet, to free ourselves individually and collectively, we have to create stories, even myths that support this. That’s why I’m less concerned with some about the “accuracy” of predictions such as mass arrests of the cabal that have been widely circulating recently.

Does that mean that it helps to simply say anything you feel like and this will make everything all right? Not necessarily. When you’re talking about collective reality, it takes a certain amount of momentum and collective belief to create real change. But when enough people believe something, what is a story or speculation today might be “truth” tomorrow. Some relevant modern expressions related to this are memes and critical mass.

So if you’re seeking truth, find the stories that please you the most. Better yet, create your own stories. You can share these with others, but don’t expect everyone’s story lines to match up perfectly. Yet when they match up in enough significant ways, then our experience of reality changes.

[Rocky_Shorz]

I was just talking about a combined effort that created a shift in timelines for all of us in this one...
there are many Channel Masters who are the helmsman of large ships filled with like souls...

think of all the people standing together facing the same way, one tips sideways and it bumps everyone in that direction... the shift in one timeline affects the others around you.

[TelosianEmbrace]

Hi Larry.

I respect what you're saying and thank you for expressing it so well. The Marciniak books have been the most influential books in my life. I have created some stories here on PA, and would like very much to hear any stories you might have already written or still have yet to write. At this time we could do with some more positive visions of the future in order to create memes of consciousness that others have the choice to invest their energy in or not, according to their free will.

[turiya]

Introduction:
In the Indian concept of paradise, there can be found wish-fulfilling trees called KALPATARUS. You just sit underneath them, desire anything, and immediately it is fulfilled – there is no gap between the desire and its fulfillment. There is no gap between a thought and a thing. You think, and immediately it becomes a thing; the thought realizes automatically. These KALPATARUS are nothing but symbolic for the mind. Mind is creative, creative with its thoughts.

There is a famous Indian parable:

Once a man was traveling. Accidentally, he entered paradise.
The man was tired, so he fell asleep under a KALPATARU, a wish-fulfilling tree.
When he woke up he was feeling very hungry, so he simply said, ”I am feeling so hungry, I wish I could get some food from somewhere.”
And immediately food appeared out of nowhere – just floating in the air, delicious food.

He was so hungry that he didn’t pay much attention to where it had come from – when you are hungry you are not philosophical.
He immediately started eating, and the food was so delicious that he was caught up in the food. Once his hunger was gone he looked around.
Now that he was feeling very satisfied, another thought arose in him: ”If only I could get something to drink…”
– And immediately, precious wine appeared.

Drinking the wine, relaxed, in the cool breeze of paradise under the shade of the tree, he started wondering,
”What is the matter? What is happening? Have I fallen into a dream, or are some ghosts around and playing tricks with me?”
And then ghosts appeared. And they were ferocious, horrible, frightening.
And he started trembling, and a thought arose in him: ”Now I am sure to be killed. These people are going to kill me.”
And then he was killed.

Your mind is the wish-fulfilling tree, KALPATARU – whatsoever you think, sooner or later it is fulfilled. Sometimes the gap is such that you have completely forgotten that you had desired it in the first place; sometimes the gap is of years, or sometimes of lives. So you can’t connect the source. But if you watch deeply you will find all your thoughts are creating you and your life. They create your hell, they create your heaven. They create your misery, they create your joy. They create the negative, they create the positive. Both are illusory – the pain and pleasure, the sweet dream and the nightmare, both are illusory. Osho

You believe in ghosts, in Archons, in the devil, then they are your own creation(s).
You believe in being a victim in this life, and you will create your life as being such.
And at any time you can change it to be something else.

-*-

[LarryC]

<< You believe in ghosts, in Archons, in the devil, then they are your own creation(s).
You believe in being a victim in this life, and you will create your life as being such.
And at any time you can change it to be something else. >>

True, because it's all part of us. Ultimately, there is no outer world.

This thread on Bashar is good for a discussion of timelines.

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...ghlight=Bashar

There are also dozens of his videos on YouTube

[Rocky_Shorz]

the token of Avalon decided what I was sharing was beyond the audience...

awesome post and not enough time to type it again, sorry...


so where did this token expired glitch come from? poof... %$#@!

am I the only one seeing it?

[Rocky_Shorz]

you see Bashar believes we are all individuals and can go any direction or timeline ourselves, but it doesn't work that way is why I am trying to share in terms everyone can understand...

Family and Spiritual trees are different, one is direct bloodline, the other is everyone who is related up and down the family, all the way back to the first family of each to the last... Simply meaning everyone is Spiritually related because of the mixed marriages that brought spiritual bloodlines together around the world.

Now, since we are connected, we can communicate between Spirits...

we are all moving forward in the ship of earth...

no matter where you are on the ship, the helmsman directs the flow while inside the energy is directed forward by the people...

there is not just one ship on earth, but many, all moving forward on the voyage ahead...

the Helmsman are gathering, Avalon is known to have a few hanging around the local tavern...

[Rocky_Shorz]

now back on topic, telling stories instead of making dire predictions for money is what teachers do...

I have never seen a person set for life make a prediction...

I can predict the sun will rise tomorrow with 100% accuracy...

I can watch inbound energy knowing it will cause quakes, but not where...

I have delivered messages not for those who can see the future, but those who are creating it...


now, if someone makes a prediction those of us on the vessel don't like...


It will never happen...


so what did the teacher teach by making this dire prediction that never came through?


we create our own path...