Modern Day Mystics and the Blissful Ignorance Theory of Existence

[Mark]

It's been a while since I started a thread, so I thought I'd share this fun piece with and for my fellow mystics.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bv4L0wCC-YQ

This is the time of the modern-day mystic. As life continues to complicate for those who are struggling to keep up with the Joneses, the world shifts around them. Watching the news, listening to the conversations of those on the trains and in the bars and restaurants reveals the extent of the general confusion with which events in the world are being met. As nuclear reactors melt down in Japan, record breaking earthquakes, tornadoes and floods affect the workings of humankind, people continue to go about their daily business as if tomorrow is going to be the same as yesterday and today is an aberration, to be remarked upon in passing, but not to be heralded as the sign of some fundamental change in the way that the world works.

The modern-day mystics are those who live life as it comes to them. Those with a deeper understanding of the flow of life and events, who see the meaning behind seemingly mundane and coincidental events and who draw supernatural conclusions from these events, pertaining to themselves, their paths in the world and the destiny of that world as one holistic, interconnected expression of one consciousness. To those around them who are not so inclined, they may seem to be crazy, or irresponsible, or uncaring. They may seem to exemplify the characteristics of the Tarot Fool, who carries all he owns in a bag on a stick, slung over his shoulder, his eyes to the heavens as he seems to be about to step off of a cliff, while a bolt of lightning appears to be about to strike him from behind. And this is, to a large extent, how the modern-day mystics live, trusting in what seem to be intangible forces of fate and coincidence to take care of them, to guide them in some way along a path that appears only as each step is taken, with no security or safety offered in exchange for this seemingly blind trust.

The modern-day mystics struggle for understanding at first, try to explain themselves to their family members and friends, often to no avail. This lifestyle does not make any sense in the world they reside in, the world of bills and 9-5 jobs, of mortgages and car payments, of Friday night outings, church, mowing the lawn and barbeque's every other Sunday. They undergo the castigation of those closest to them, the pain of necessary separation as their path has diverged from that of the majority of those still living under a failing system of social and governmental control. The modern-day mystic struggles to find his or her way, struggling to come to terms with the new idea of living without boundaries, without security and often, without support or understanding from anyone other than those like them. As they make their way through the twilight world of the margins of society, they may encounter characters embarked upon the darker paths of the soul, but their light always shines through and they are protected from harm, sometimes in seemingly miraculous or coincidental ways, always finding a path through situations that often only appeared because they are beings of light, whose intentions are of the highest degree. And they watch, always and lovingly, as those they care for struggle with the demands of a vampiric system of existence based upon a death-culture, innimcal to growth and prosperity of any outside of those who have bought into the system tooth and nail.

The depth of the denial is staggering. The mainstream media, governments, groups and individuals are consciously choosing ignorance over knowledge in what seems to be the desperate hope that by concentrating upon ephemeral political and social tropes that the majority of people will sit complacently in their armchairs and watch their news and reality shows, content to trust in their leaders' infallible authority and the certain knowledge that they have the people's best interests at heart. The truth regarding the secretive elite cabals, the manipulations of the monetary and political systems, the overt cultural and racial domination and genocides, the corruption and sheer expressions of evil and debauchery is available in books, articles and on innumerable websites. The information regarding the poisionous food, the poisonous air and the poisonous water is also readily available to all who wish to know it. And yet, those who desperately need the comfort and faux-stability of their jobs and social groupings grab on to the faintest strands of rationalization in order to justify their obtuse reliance upon the Blissful Ignorance Theory of Existence, or, the What You Choose Not To Know Hopefully Can't Harm You Lifestyle.

The modern-day mystics shine like stars to those who know them, even as they fail the socially-constructed criterion of successful indoctrination and assimilation into the System. The goodness of their hearts is explained away as naivety, the compassion they feel for others, as innocence, their insistence upon living their lives their own way and not following the path of systemic servitude leading to an early death and spiritual dissolution, their selfishness and, perhaps even, insanity. And yet, the modern-day mystics understand these rationalizations and explanations as necessary talking-points for their family members and friends who have to explain away their lifestyle choices to themselves, as well as their friends and other family members who are also lost in the System. But this is the way it always has been, for all those who have found themselves unable to exist within the constraints of a society that stifles rather than revels in true creativity, that controls rather than releases the bonds of expression, that hides rather than reveals the secrets of the Ages and that lies rather than tells the truth about the world and what exactly is going on.

The modern-day mystics know the time. They know what is going on, because they not only pay attention to the stars, the clouds, the trees and the animals, but they pay attention to what they feel inside, what their intuition tells them, what their Angels, Ancestors and Guides show them about the world and what lies beyond. The modern-day mystics are equally comfortable with quantum physics and the kabbalah, the bible or the Vedas, meditation techniques or prayers, the necessity of laughter for a healthy life and the necessity for tears, sometimes. The modern-day mystics are familiar with the latest news about Disclosure, as well as the underlying meaning of messages that the Elite share with the world, but that most are too close-minded to choose to hear. They understand that not everybody seeks knowledge or a way to successfully navigate the world with your spirit intact, and they also understand that that is ok and the way things are supposed to be.

And this, in the end, is the key. The fact that the modern-day mystics understand that life Is, in the Now, in each instant, a gift, something special to be remarked upon and cherished for exactly what it seems to be, with no illusions or preconceptions obscuring the pure perfection of existence lived in the moment. That plans and dreams often come to naught, it is the journey that matters and not the goal, and that there is, really, no such thing as lasting peace or security in this world and that, in fact, that is the beauty and perfection of it and if there were security, if there were lasting peace, then there would be no reason to come here at all, since the journey is about growth and about lessons and about challenging the Self and its limitations in order to transcend them on the way back to where we all came from in the first place, beyond words, beyond thought, beyond bodies, beyond conception.

We all possess the potential to become modern-day mystics if we choose to do so. But often, the path to that lifestyle lies through the dregs of pain and heartache, of agony and the pure grief of total personal destruction. You must die to your previous self in order to truly become someone else. And most people are not willing to do that without some external push that makes it so. But sometimes, that push comes from within and the life-choices that we make lead us invariably to a point where we must determine who we are and what we are living for, what our contribution to Creation is to be, and what we are willing to sacrifice in order to manifest it. Once that determination is made though, and the path embarked upon, there is no turning back, no reentering the matrix, no asking for forgiveness and attempting to put that three-piece or pants suit back on, because the System recognizes its own and destroys those it knows are not of it.

But that's alright, mystic. You walk upon the pathless path, written in the stars and cast upon far shores and distant lands of mystical beauty and delight, and Eternity is your destiny, the Infinite, your transitory resting place for there is no death, no End and no Beginning. You are, We are, All is, Forever and Ever ... insert your choice of declaration of affirmation here.

[greybeard]

Beautifully put Rahkty.
When there is the "Magnificent obsession" as attested to by Yogananda, what choice is there?

Chris

[Fred Steeves]

Excellent Mark, not much can be added to that. (LOL) And nope, there is certainly no turning back...

Thanks for sharing that my brother!
Fred

EDIT:

Come to think of it, I have a quick question for you. I'm tending to think that this time we are currently in is not at all unique, that our "history" is not linear but circular. That we have been pretty much right where we're at countless times before, but have made "other choices", thus back round we go again and again until we get it "right". Or, possibly until we remember who/what we really are. Still working on that one.

I would very much like to hear what you have to say about that.

[Mark]

No choice at all, Chris. It is the terrible beauty of life in all of its painful and ecstatic glory. Everything contains its opposite, a laugh hides tears, love turns into hate. A most delectable paradox indeed!

Isn't that the wonderful thing about it, Fred? That which keeps each day a page-turner in the Book of Eternity?? I certainly find it so! You're welcome, brother. Bless!

[Mark]

Posted by Fred Steeves (here)
Come to think of it, I have a quick question for you. I'm tending to think that this time we are currently in is not at all unique, that our "history" is not linear but circular. That we have been pretty much right where we're at countless times before, but have made "other choices", thus back round we go again and again until we get it "right". Or, possibly until we remember who/what we really are. Still working on that one.

I would very much like to hear what you have to say about that.

Hi Fred, this is an interesting question that I have also spent some time contemplating. I'm sure there are many thoughts out there about how it works but my understanding is that the patterns that civilizations go through are circular in nature in that our material culture is bound to our physical world. The physical world, Gaia/Terra/Earth, is bound to Sol, which is in turn bound to other suns and the galaxy itself. The complex dance of material creation is cyclical as suns orbit suns which orbit galactic centers, which orbit other universes and universal centers, if "As Above So Below, As Below So Above", the old Hermetic principle is indeed accurate at all scales. All the 2012 talk about the Precession of the Equinox and the turn of the 25,000+ year cycle, the Mayan and Aztec calendars, the ancient prophecies in regards to civilizations rises and falls, all point to knowledge that folks can predict, in a very general way, how the next cycle is going to go, because the previous cycle went the same way, again, in very general patterns of rise, stabilization for a while, and then fall.

It is a circle, but it is also a spiral, when you add consciousness to the mix. Each iteration of cyclic progression is at a higher consciousness level than the previous, so, while we have indeed 'been here before' as it results to us making the choice to incarnate and live at this particular turn of the Solar Systemic and Galactic Cycle, we have never been here before at this iteration, or level, of consciousness development. Those who were where we are now, perhaps, moved on when they reached this stage in the previous cycle, as those who are at a certain space of understanding and being now will also move on when their time comes. And then, during the next cycle, the pattern will repeat, again at a higher vibratory level of consciousness expression.

For me, it's like thinking of the movement of Sol through the galaxy, when you look at it from the top, which is actually the front, it looks like a circle. But when you look at it from the side, it is a spiraling dance of ephemeral beauty.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0jHsq36_NTU

Again personally, I'm of the thought that all is as it should be and that there is nothing wrong with the world as it is. No mistakes, no need to correct it. In my mind, all correction will come when it is supposed to and, if something happens, it is supposed to happen, no matter how good or bad it might seem at the moment.

There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically. "May be," the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. "How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed. "May be," replied the old man. The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. "May be," answered the farmer. The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army. Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out. "May be," said the farmer.

[greybeard]

Consciousness is evolving to know itself.
Eckhart Tolle said There are no accidents the totality brings everything about.
Free will? Another subject and that depends on the level you are at.
You chose to come here you designed your life.
You don't actually need to learn just to experience and remember your True Identity.
Free will I think is just, accept, or fight, struggle and deny what is.

Chris

[Fred Steeves]

Posted by Rahkyt (here)
Again personally, I'm of the thought that all is as it should be and that there is nothing wrong with the world as it is. No mistakes, no need to correct it. In my mind, all correction will come when it is supposed to and, if something happens, it is supposed to happen, no matter how good or bad it might seem at the moment.

Yes, I'm coming to the same conclusion, and it's been a massive hurdle to get over. Just... stop fighting, and instead flow. It's hard to stay with that rhythm of course, but the more a foot keeps a tappin, the easier it gets.

Thank you for your well thought out answer, and I love the video btw!

Fred

[Mark]

Posted by greybeard (here)
You don't actually need to learn just to experience and remember your True Identity.
Free will I think is just, accept, or fight, struggle and deny what is.

I like this way of looking at it, Chris. The idea of 'remembering' as opposed to 'learning' are referential of our relationship to information/knowledge/light. The clearer the vessel, the easier the passage of the light. Remembering is releasing, letting go, removing the accumulated thoughts intervening between different areas of the brain, while learning is adding to that accumulation.

I think Free Will also has aspects of desire tied to it in the popular understanding of its meaning. What I want, which may be opposed to what Creation has in store for me.

[Mark]

Posted by Fred Steeves (here)
Yes, I'm coming to the same conclusion, and it's been a massive hurdle to get over. Just... stop fighting, and instead flow. It's hard to stay with that rhythm of course, but the more a foot keeps a tappin, the easier it gets.

Straight Truth, no Chaser! LOL From a man who knows from experience.

When I consider this path, of flowing with life, I'm always reminded of that classic book, series and movie, The Celestine Prophecy. I suppose Mr. Redfield has written quite a few books now, but the first one will always have a place in my heart for what it showed me back in the 90s in regards to synchronicity and living in the flow. A lot of folks like to say that it's a bunch of hooey, but my lived experience tells me a quite different truth. Bless!

[greybeard]

Its obviously a complex subject.

Dr Hawkins whom I learned a lot from was asked.

Do I need to know all this?

Dr Hawkins responded

"No it gives depth to the understanding but all you need to do is be kind to all life including your own no matter what"

Chris

[enfoldedblue]

When i read this it made me cry and want to say 'I love you' :-)

[Selene]

What an exceptional OP, Rahkyt! Written as only a true mystic could....

And what a pleasure it is to be here among you all, Greybeard, Steve, eBlue and the other fine Avalonians and guests who are reading here. You know who you are.

Truly an enchanted circle.

Cheers,

Selene

[Mark]

And you are loved in turn, oh Veiled Azure One!

I am humbled by and grateful for your kind words, Selene, it is always wonderful and uplifting to achieve resonance through empathetic expression.

It is a conundrum, Chris. Seeking always seems to result in confusion. Only stopping provides one with the peace of stability in centeredness of Being.

Adding rote knowledge seems a failing endeavor, when all it does is obscure the clarity of existence that we are all born with but that we lose somehow and somewhere along the way. If the knowledge and the search for it results in an accumulated understanding that we must go beyond knowledge, in a sense, letting go of all learned in order to stop, to return to the crystalline clarity that encompasses all knowledge, there is another form of understanding that results.

In 1987, I was a young soldier at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, at the Signal School, about to begin what would become a 4+ year life in Germany and Belgium. I did well on my exams, so I was chosen to learn Morse Code. During the 2nd week of a 4 week course, at a time that, decades later, I would learn was the exact time of the Harmonic Convergence, on August 16-17 of that year, the intense concentration and focusing required by listening to series of dits and dots in 5 number/letter sequences for 8 hours a day resulted in what I called a 'flexing of an unknown muscle' that catapulted me into a vast, dark space, where the Morse Code appeared to me as mathematical equations, colors, images and sounds simultaneously, resulting in my instantaneous knowledge of the code. I finished the month and the course at 28 groups, passing was 10 and the next closest person to me achieved 14 groups.

At that time, I was 19 years old. I'd had experiences since I was much younger, sleep paralysis and Milabs when I was small, my first Satori experience at 12. But I had no reference to the Harmonic Convergence, did not know it was happening or what it was. Yet, at that time, I was able to experience something that could have blasted my frame of reference in regards to reality if it had not already been ground into dust a decade earlier. LOL

How and why did it happen? Was my experience because of or connected to the HC? Would it have still happened if it had not been during that extraordinary and exceptional Grand Trine astrological alignment? Or, was it just another day and it was just my time to experience that form of knowing? I do not know. Why does any of it happen? It just does ... the reason is currently beyond my limited understanding. And yet, the feeling of completeness generated by experiential mysticism opens up vistas that can never thereafter be closed again.

Knowledge is available to us all instantaneously. I suppose that understanding is why I find it so easy to let go of anything I learn and I continue to forget things all the time. Ha! Flexing that 'unknown muscle' consciously is where the remembering comes in. How to do it. The kindness you speak of becomes the expression of understanding gained through conscious and willful connection to that infinite vastness that connects All and the compassion of true Knowing that transcends all knowledge.

[greybeard]

According to Dr Hawkins at the time of the Harmonic convergence the collective consciousness rose 8 points on the scale of consciousness, which he invented. It would seem that this is the saving of the human race---- pre this we were bound for self destruction.
Soon after the cold war ended -- the Berlin wall came down, Russian communism collapsed and transparency began in many areas.
Chris

[Swanette]

Wow ! Beautiful ! TheTRUTH so perfectly packaged from one of our own family, we, the Avalon family of mystics and mystics in training . LOVE it & LOVE your work from Swannie (mystic in training lol)

[Mark]

It does seem to have marked a very palpable shift, Chris. The cycles and spirals of the Ages must continue. They are ponderous shifts that occur over time, the effects are cumulative rather than instantaneous and I think our limited perceptive abilities are the reason why impatience becomes a factor and we despair when we don't see immediate changes. But the changes are occurring both within and without and, over time, they are marked by societal shifts that are microcosmic expressions of those greater movements of planets and stars.

Thanks Swanette! There are a lot of us out there, some of us don't even know we're us, they are proceeding about their lives and paths in isolation and that's fine and the way it should be, as recognition is implicit in communication and interaction and both of those continue to increase in numerous ways both electronic and natural. Let's look forward to the day and the hour when a critical mass is reached and the non-participatory paradigm sinks in. Perhaps it will take a bit more time for hard-headed humanity to make the necessary decisions, but it is inevitable, like the sun rising in the morning is inevitable. Whether it will take a morning when the sun doesn't rise, some world-wide event of a cataclysmic nature or or the near-completion of the Elite plans for total domination won't matter in the end. What will matter is that it does happen. And it will. Bless!