Letter to Bright Garlick

[Cristian]

Letter to Bright Garlick




Hi,


Your Embracing the Shadow thread prompted me to write this words.

I’ve seen this for some time – this point of view- that everything that is evil out there comes from our inner projection.

Discussing philosophical issues is usually interesting and worthwhile. However you must have realized that this view of reality flies directly in the face of threads like Horus Ra or Vivek’s latest thread for example.
So either all this evil comes from our inner projection into the matrix and our collective thought forms or, you are mistaking and there is indeed something foreign, alien that has taken us over.

Getting this one wrong will have very unpleasant consequences for humanity.

Dwelling into the eternal who knows….nobody really knows and playing endless philosophical mind games can be really distracting.

You wrote:

Many folks here on PA for example, talk about demons, archons, bad aliens, and all those evil powers that be - completely oblivious to the projections that are coming from within.

I will say some are aware of the projections from within and are also aware of the foreign evil that infected every corner of our reality.

[Limor Wolf]

Thank you, Cristian!

Your words above means a lot, with a double emphasis on this sentence -

Getting this one wrong will have very unpleasant consequences for humanity

Good energies and good health to everyone ~

[ulli]

I still have not reconciled this dilemma you describe.
And you are quite right...it really opens more questions than are answers out there.
To avoid getting myself distracted by playing philosophical mind games I constructed two shelves inside my mind...
One is for the projection/shadow theory, and the other is for the "pure evil does exist" theory.

Until now I have made little progress in my attempts at reconciling these two paradigms.
The only explanation I could come up with is that until now (by 'now' I mean the second half of the 20th century)
most people have had little understanding of concept of shadow, unless they were acquainted with Jung.
So the process of the individual integrating is still new and hopefully ongoing.
The greater shadow, the one that belongs to the collective, which is humanity as a whole,
would be the next phase, and may take the rest of the 21st century to accomplish.

If humanity as a whole were to be compared to a human body then the head would be represented by the politicians and leaders of humanity's vast religious institutions.
And it is that head that is still fragmented, that has no concept of individual integration.
It seeks no connection with the shadow (the rest of us) other than by kidnapping innocent children
and experimenting on them in their vile manner.
They are often individuals who stood on the public stage,
who were forced to smile when they may not have felt like it,
and have never had a chance or find the time to confront their own inner shadows.
So they have this in common, and thus formed a group of like-minded people...
united only in their need to commit these evil acts, just to make themselves feel complete.

So we are their shadow, and they are ours.
Integrating this shadow from our end means embracing what they stand for, which is mainly our power.
It's time to hit the streets and take Occupy TPTB to a new level.

[Lifebringer]

You would have to think with the knowledge hidden by these individuals, that they too would form focus groups to combat what we do. I mean the creation of all the deceit was conceived by them, then the creation of the revelations of the hidden truths are there for us to put forth. Truth always wins over a lie, because it is just that, fact, truth and will always be that.

Lies are created to deceive, and some have done just that to obtain power around the world at the expense of many, many lives.

Thanks for putting me back in that frame of mind, that allows for an answer to your questions or comments. I'm good with the answer, because once again, it is truth and fact.

[Christine]

In the briefest of posts right now…

I have reconciled this by understanding both aspects to be true. I am aware of my shadow self and the more I deal with it and separate the True Being I am from the shadow layers the more aware I become of the other influences around me. I never was attacked psychically or astrally until I started to clean up my shadow in all seriousness. It is the same as our daily lives is it not?

We meet someone who is kind and wonderful, who embraces us and empowers us, we are heartened and glad. Or we meet someone who is ruthless and cruel, who tricks us and dailies with our finer feelings only to find out we were betrayed. Both types of encounters can be either… only via acts of great discernment and by KNOWING THYSELF would you be able to determine if it is a projection of SELF or other.

To me reality is layers and dimensions… only knowing (an ongoing process, never ending) who you are, where you are and determinate of where you are heading can you say one or the other… .. .. maybe this doesn't help but having clearly experienced both aspects I don't have a problem in accepting that our reality includes being the projector and receptor of an infinity of realities. Our minds do limit us at the line of where duality exists.

[Hervé]

"It has been usual for men to think and to say, ‘Many men are slaves because one is an oppressor; let us hate the oppressor.’ Now, however, there is among an increasing few a tendency to reverse this judgment, and to say, ‘One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.’ The truth is that oppressor and slave are cooperators in ignorance, and, while seeming to afflict each other, are in reality afflicting themselves. A perfect Knowledge perceives the action of law in the weakness of the oppressed and the misapplied power of the oppressor; a perfect Love, seeing the suffering that both states entail, condemns neither; a perfect Compassion embraces both oppressor and oppressed.

"He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free."

From:As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen.

... 've been attempting to clarify this confusion in various posts between the "It's all in your mind" stance from the psycho... logists and the "It's all real" of the experiencers...

"It's all in your mind" proponents are, unfortunately, not too far off whether one considers implants, post hypnotic orders, perceptions, behaviours, etc., along with the reality that some memories (past incarnations or in-robotnated) -- when triggered -- become realler than real, actual reality...

In short, that field has been confused and muddied beyond mud-slides or lahars...

Since the whole thing hinges around perceptions, whether manipulated [or not]* by self or others... the only way to bring some sanity to the confusion is to be able to answer the following questions (or similar):

Posted by Amzer Zo (here)
To follow up on my earlier (on topic) post, there are a lot of other things interfering with one's own past emotional traumas...

... things like telepathic wars amongst the different human and ET factions, the AI interferences by same from satellites, people's "angels" and "demons" as well as "hitchikers/inserts," the field gets pretty much muddied out.


Accordingly, asking oneself the following questions might help in getting a much clearer field of vision and/or perception:

Who or what is doing the perceiving?

What exactly is being perceived?

Where exactly is it perceived to be coming from?

[araucaria]

The thing is, evil is tolerated in the free will district of a good universe – it is not the other way around, and it doesn’t work both ways. You cannot say good is tolerated in the free will district of an evil universe because good is not tolerated at all, and neither in fact is free will, beyond saying ‘You will do my free will’. Taking ‘good’ to mean positive and ‘evil’ to mean a false positive, there is no such thing as an evil universe because of its falsity. Evil cannot but remain a relatively local phenomenon; it may seem close to getting out of hand, but ultimately it cannot prevail, because the part cannot become the whole.

Likewise, there is an inner projection process, but it is only part of the story, and ultimately only a minor, local part. We need to deal with it, but we also need to get beyond it before it turns into just another trap. This trap may be seen in terms of karma: karma as a zero sum calculation, which it is not. Every positive does not require an equal and opposite negative.

The exercise, as intended, of free will is a (the) way of banishing the shadow from both within and without. The fact that the ultimate exercise of free will involves willingly handing it over, to whatever one calls one’s supreme being, and vicariously to others, is what also enables evil elements to steal or otherwise claim it for themselves. This is what makes the choice we all eventually have to make so difficult. It is a free will choice to abandon free will, but between good and pseudo-good. The answer is to listen to the inner self, and observe and go beyond the limits to the inner projection process.

[Finefeather]

Hi All
Everything we know and perceive and experience as 'evil' is from the mind...no where else...where else could it come from?

What is not been realised is the part played by the mind in the manifestation of 'evil' by the ones we think are 'evil'...the ones we class as external to our own 'good' consciousness and experience.
It is a catch situation...there are 'evil' entities out there simply because their minds are manifesting it, hence their actions...and it effects the 'innocent' by way of confrontation...the typical Horus-Ra story.
It is a bit like living amongst a group of 'bad' people...where their actions are considered 'normal' until they mingle with a different socially directed group.

It should therefore be expected that some major differences in thinking, hence action, could still be considered 'normal' by those caught up in what others may consider to be 'evil'.

How do we determine what is good and what is bad then?...By determining the unity which results in the collective we are a part of...unfortunately we have a long way to go yet in the realisation that life has an infinite amount of permutation.

Freedom is only attained by obedience to the Laws of the Cosmos and of Life, so it is best to take cover when confronted by a falling rock...rather than calling it evil

Why is it that we can consider the actions of, say, a flesh eating animal, like a lion, as it rips it's prey apart in the wild, as normal...yet when we are the prey...it is 'evil'?

Take care now
Ray

[RMorgan]

Hey brother,

For me, this is rather uncomplicated.

If you believe in the premise that there are other forms of intelligent life in the universe, and if you believe in the "as above so bellow" maxim, then you can reconciliate this dilemma.

In my opinion, our human philosophical problems are not attached to our human nature itself, but with intelligence. Any other intelligent being, race or entity would eventually ask the same questions and live trough the same dilemmas.

Just like most of us tend to gravitate between "good" and "bad", eventually picking a side or choosing to accept both as part of our natural selves, other beings or entities very probably do it as well.

So, since the universe is so immensely vast and encapsulates all sort of manifestations of the phenomena of life and existence, there must be extreme "goodness", extreme "evilness" and everything else in between...Ultimately, it's eternally struggling for balance, just like we do.

The main question is: Are these other external entities and beings interfering with our lives? There's no way to know with 100% certainty.

However, if there are, these entities might be "good", "bad" or simply neutral.

Anyway, we must admit that we all tend to blame others for our problems, specially the "devil" or similar constructs. If there's the real devil or something similar, I don't really know. All I know is that, in the vast majority of cases, we create our own devils so we can artificially blame someone or something else for our failures. This is a very serious problem and the consequences are everywhere around us.

I remember watching an interview with an exorcist priest a few years ago. He said something like "Most of the times, when I perform the rite of exorcism, I just help people to get rid of their own demons"...I believe the truth regarding this subject goes along these lines...

Raf.

[Limor Wolf]

Originally posted by FineFeather: "Hi All
Everything we know and perceive and experience as 'evil' is from the mind...no where else...where else could it come from?"

I understand this is a Philosophical and spiritual truth, but allow me to respond to you in an earthly way (For a change) - Tavistock institute, CIA, Royal House, Mossad, Dulce, Livermore Labaratories, Area 51 and everywhere on this planet where Satanic rituals are taking place, also when two young juveniles attack and rob an older and defensless person.

Let's not diminish Evil when we can recognise it, even though we are very scared from this word. We feel powerless against it. It is very true we will be much closer to our own 'freedom from the Matrix' when we are able to take the higher perspective and have the deeper understanding of how it came to be. And I absolutely agree that the mind has quite a lot to do with it, But please let's also consider that the mind is a manipulted construct that was initially limited and put there by - well, some controlling deeds of others (you can call it evil if you like : ). There are many factors that create this reality, it is obviously the sum of our manipulated minds, as is our approache to the world and to life in general (soul development), as is our awarness and consciousness, our connection with the heart, compassion and so forth. The Dreamer Dream the Dream. But the dream is done by a lot more than just the mind. We are also allowing this reality to exist just the way it is and contributing to the continuation of this creation by turning our gaze from this painful place called ' evil', sometimes by simply denying its existence, or by completely blaming ourselves.
As collective, we are the sums of our parts and we need to see what else is out there besides our own point of views, what other tastes, what other grand perspectives, what other creators are on the field with us and not ignor them.

They are just the same as we are, they are looking for ways to express themselvs the best, the only difference is if it is done with regards to others or not.

There are layers within layers to this truths. Usually, within the Alternative community when we consider 'Evil', we hurry to fly to the higher provinces of the spiritual realms and apply a complete self responsibility on ourselvs which is good, it is embedded within the understanding of what true unity is.
When someone is not at all connected to their spirit self and relate only to the flesh, they crumble infront of evil deeds in dread and point a finger outwards.

We can not 'attack' spiritually (only) who and what does not understand this language.

In our world (3D going higher) we need to find solutions which combine all worlds -"The whole is the sum of it's parts.." - we need to solve our own dual fear first, by acknowledging the same thing we feel an aversion from. By seeing it but not being swapped by it, by looking at it and reacting in a different way than it expects us, by showing it ourselves, by finding compassion towards it, by being assertive towards it.

Then it will dissolve ~

[Ilie Pandia]

If we are truly infinite awareness with no beginning and no end, then whatever happens on Earth, while it looks dramatic and "real" it is just a game in the "eye of the perceiver". Therefore: there is no good or evil going on. Only perception of a range of experiences. With this perspective not even the Satanic rituals are bad since nobody is really hurt or killed.

Now, I have started this post with an IF, because I don't know if that is true or not, but it seems to be a common belief of Avalon.

So let's be complete and decide: either we are divine immortal indestructible essence and then nobody really dies or suffers OR the suffering and destruction is in fact real, but then let's stop pretending we are immortal and divine essence. We cannot have both at the same time. You can either take full responsibility or none. I see no middle way.

And so the thing that remains to be realized is WHO/WHAT are You really? While you ponder this question keep in mind that your perception of reality happens in your awareness. "Reality" is a signal decoded by your so called brain. There is no world "out there"... Everything happens inside of You, even the satanic rituals. (Notice the capital You. By that I mean the awareness that is decoding this reality right now and I do not yet know if is is infinite, divine or immortal).

(This is much better explained in "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot and "Butterflies are Free to Fly" by Stephen Davis.)

[Flash]

powerfull analysis Ulli

Posted by ulli (here)
I still have not reconciled this dilemma you describe.
And you are quite right...it really opens more questions than are answers out there.
To avoid getting myself distracted by playing philosophical mind games I constructed two shelves inside my mind...
One is for the projection/shadow theory, and the other is for the "pure evil does exist" theory.

Until now I have made little progress in my attempts at reconciling these two paradigms.
The only explanation I could come up with is that until now (by 'now' I mean the second half of the 20th century)
most people have had little understanding of concept of shadow, unless they were acquainted with Jung.
So the process of the individual integrating is still new and hopefully ongoing.
The greater shadow, the one that belongs to the collective, which is humanity as a whole,
would be the next phase, and may take the rest of the 21st century to accomplish.

If humanity as a whole were to be compared to a human body then the head would be represented by the politicians and leaders of humanity's vast religious institutions.
And it is that head that is still fragmented, that has no concept of individual integration.
It seeks no connection with the shadow (the rest of us) other than by kidnapping innocent children
and experimenting on them in their vile manner.
They are often individuals who stood on the public stage,
who were forced to smile when they may not have felt like it,
and have never had a chance or find the time to confront their own inner shadows.
So they have this in common, and thus formed a group of like-minded people...
united only in their need to commit these evil acts, just to make themselves feel complete.

So we are their shadow, and they are ours.
Integrating this shadow from our end means embracing what they stand for, which is mainly our power.
It's time to hit the streets and take Occupy TPTB to a new level.

[greybeard]

As has been alluded to and keeping it simple.

At this "time" we live in a world of duality so we need the opposites in order to choose the highest choice the seeming individual is capable of making.
Others suffering gives us the opportunity to show compassion.
Evil gives the chance to forgive without condoning,

People on the whole do the best they can given the circumstances and their conditioning.

Every disaster finds people digging deep into their pockets to support those in need.
We rise to the occasion.

Ultimately we leave this world unscathed by all the "good and misfortune" that has been our earthly lot.
Hopefully we have benefited from these experiences.

Some come back, NDE, like Anita Moorjani to share their experience.
Bright did an excellent "conversation" as opposed to interview with her.
Eben Alexander and Dannion Brinkley worth listening to on U tube.

Yes we are eternal,- "One without a second."

Eckhart Tolle said "There never was any one there to do anything to you"

One trait of enlightenment is complete absence of the "I" thought.
Another is non-location.
There is a song with the words "Every where and no where baby that's where Im at"

However its all very real here and we must do as best we can to mature spiritually.

On Earth the lessons abound.

Chris

[Flash]

To my ex husband, I am evil. To my daughter, I am an angel. But who am I, from my own view point. I do think that most if not all is our projections, collective, and individual.

The shadow is in us, otherwise we would not even see it in others. We have just chosen not to act on it, yet the thoughts are there and some others are picking them up and acting on it. We project shadows again and again, as we do in movies for example, we get our minds collectively to act on it, to assimilate it. If we project love again and again, we get our minds to act on it collectively, some others pick it up and act on it too.

Our lives are not even a blink in the universal live of one's soul. What will that blink bring? How will it allow for actions and reactions? What choices will it provoke? Will it allow for balance? How much effort will be allowed or necessary to integrate light and shadow?

All this has in fact very little importance, in one's eternal consciousness. The soul will take up wherever ones' life has left it. Yet, it may have major impact, depending on choices. And there is a few choices that are a sure way to evolve - along the universal laws.

As I understood Finefeather, those choices may sometimes be important and are without judgments. They are sign posts for evolution, depending on where you are at at any given stage in evolution. You may embrace the shadow in one life to embrace the light in another one, all part of evolution. No judgment.

But I am convinces there are paths that are much more fruitfull to the soul and the creators within us. The discovery of these paths through trial and error, wouldn't it be the plan?

Peace to all (thinking that way brings me peace).

Flash

edit: often, when I feel miserable, i try to remember that this life of mine is not even a blink for my soul. No true importance, if i do not learn now with this life, I will learn with other means or lifes. I also try to remember that without the lessons, the slap on the wrist sometimes, I may not understand the errors I make on my path, and that without others making errors for me to see, I may not have an opportunity to learn easily (I am thinking here of my thread on pedophilia) on avoiding similar errors and on correcting the situation altogether. It awakens my consciousness in a few words.

Our shadows, very well represented by PTB, are tremendous teachers in power handling versus other forces.

[Delight]

Posted by Ilie Pandia (here)
we are divine immortal indestructible essence and then nobody really dies or suffers OR the suffering and destruction is in fact real, but then let's stop pretending we are immortal and divine essence. We cannot have both at the same time. You can either take full responsibility or none. I see no middle way

IF we are divine immortal indestructible essence, we can experience anything, even the responsibility of what it feels like to be in pain. Everywhere we have scads of "real" examples of people describing (in their divinity) this suffering. So what is the point?

For me the point is that I am that responsible for a created experience. I appreciate what it feels to have pain in words like: ache, agonize, ail, be affected, be at disadvantage, be convulsed, be handicapped, be impaired, be racked, be wounded, brave, complain of, deteriorate, droop, endure, experience, fall off, feel wretched, flag, get, go through, grieve, have a bad time, hurt, languish, sicken, smart, undergo, writhe (http://thesaurus.com/browse/suffer).

Having taken these experiences on and personally finding them unsatisfactory, and in my Divinity of ability, I then experience what in the face of pain is meant to aid, alleviate, assist, comfort, help, relieve. That does not quite cut the mustard. What else?

In full responsibility knowing how powerful is my ability to work in the illusion and questioning any further use to me of pain, I move on. This different way is quite unknown generally and the growing edge. I am sure I have an idea of some attributes: enjoy, enthuse, comfort, culture, soothe, sing, play, bless, regenerate.

But shadowy impediment seems to block my way. In black aspects of what I have not forgiven and golden aspects of what I have not owned, I stall. Yet, I am convinced of the reality of the creative nature of my being and its unlimited potential. Will that deter me forever?

I believe this is the drama I am in as my little human self. As I get closer to the truth, the shouting gets loud.

The quantum age has begun where we have yes/no, not yes/not no, yes and no, not yes and not no and every possible permutation of a presentation. This is just not simple arithmetic. It is not permanent but what IS THIS ABOUT aside from theory?

"Butterflies are Free to Fly" by Stephen Davis has a metaphor where first one is sitting looking at the movie screen believing it is real. Then the watcher realizes it is a movie and gets up and walks down an aisle. There are groups at the back of the theatre talking about movies. One wanders from group to group where all different discussions take place. At the back of the theatre, a big red exit sign is placed over a door.

[sheme]

I'm just doing the best I can , keeping my thoughts under control not allowing any garbage to enter through my eyes or ears if I can help it. Just me dismissing all negative creations of my fellow beings don't acknowledge it and it does not exist, stay high -like attracts like.

EVERY THOUGHT, PLAN, GOAL, OR IDEA HELD CONTINUOUSLY IN THE CONSCIOUS MIND MUST INEVITABLY BE BROUGHT INTO REALITY BY THE SUPER-CONSCIOUS MIND.

[Bubu]

some very good thought or shall I say word play. Really enjoyed it.

Some highlights as to what comes to my understanding.

"If humanity as a whole were to be compared to a human body then the head would be represented by the politicians and leaders of humanity's vast religious institutions.
And it is that head that is still fragmented, that has no concept of individual integration.
It seeks no connection with the shadow (the rest of us) other than by kidnapping innocent children
and experimenting on them in their vile manner."

If humanity as a whole is to be compared to a human body, then the evolution (understanding) of the individual comes first from the body and not the mind. Hmmmm does it rings with the;"listen to your instinct and not your mind or trust your guts".


"It's all in your mind" = it does not exist. But since it exist in your mind then it exist (in your mind). On the context of anything can only be real if the mind can perceive it then something is only real to those who can perceive but not to those who can't. everything exist and don't at the same time.


"Anyway, we must admit that we all tend to blame others for our problems, specially the "devil" or similar constructs. If there's the real devil or something similar, I don't really know. All I know is that, in the vast majority of cases, we create our own devils so we can artificially blame someone or something else for our failures."


How about my problem about chemtrail should I blame it to myself. I was caught by a sudden "immune suppressing downpour (chemtrail rain)" while riding my bike. The following day I caught a cold (after more than 3 years). Ahhh perhaps I should blame my self for being caught in sudden downpour.... but wait how about if nobody sprayed chemtrail. Well I guess I should just do something about this. rather than cry over spilled milk I make more milk instead. But this does not mean that the elite (devils) do not exist, they do exist but I shall not resort on blaming, rather do something about it.

A friend ones said. "It's correct that's why he did it because if it's not then he would not have done it".

I should go now it's getting boring. I just realized that talks like this will produce nothing but the joy of exchanging idea, nothing more. No consensus no conclusive decision thus there is no cause for a common action to evolve.

I enjoyed the exchange of ideas. Thanks

[Kindred]

There is no evil... only ignorance, fear and restriction. Period. (a-la Seth - "Seth Speaks", by Jane Roberts)

This always bears repeating... we continually forget the basics.

From chapter 17; Probabilities, the Nature of Good and Evil, and Religious Symbolism

“…the soul stands at the center of itself, exploring, extending its capacities in all directions at once, involved in issues of creativity, each one highly legitimate. The probable system of reality opens up the nature of the soul to you. It should change current religion’s ideas considerably. For this reason, the nature of good and evil is a highly important point.

On the one hand, quite simply, and in a way that you cannot presently understand, evil does not exist. However, you are obviously confronted with what seem to be quite evil effects. Now, it has been said often that there is a god, so there must be a devil – or if there is good, there must be evil. This is like saying that because an apple has a top, it must have a bottom – but without any understanding of the fact that both are a portion of the apple.

We go back to our fundamentals; You create reality through your feelings, thoughts, and mental actions. Some of these are physically materialized; others are actualized in probable systems. You are presented with an endless series of choices, it seems, at any point, some more or less favorable than others.

You must understand that each mental act is a reality for which you are responsible. That is what you are in this particular system of reality for. As long as you believe in a devil, for example, you will create one that is real enough for you, and for the others who continue to create him.

Because of the energy he is given by others, he will have a certain consciousness of his own, but such a mock devil has no power or reality to those who do not believe in his existence, and who do not give him energy through their belief. He is, in other words, a superlative hallucination. As mentioned earlier, those who believe in a hell and assign themselves to it through their belief can indeed experience one, but certainly in nothing like eternal terms. No soul is forever ignorant.

Now, those who have such beliefs actually lack a necessary deep trust in the nature of consciousness, of the soul, and of All That Is. They concentrate upon not what they think of as the power of good, but fearfully upon what they think of as the power of evil.

The hallucination is created, therefore, out of fear and of restriction. The devil idea is merely the mass projection of certain fears – mass in that it is produced by many people, but also limited in that there have always been those who rejected this principle.”

In Unity, Peace and Love

For all there is, is LOVE

[Kalamos]

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[sandy]

Observing and learning from my human experience is becoming more of a fun thing as the years pass. My sense of gratitude for this lifetime of suffering and joy has wisened me in more ways than one and where I'll end up I don't know for sure. I think being curious about it all is part of what is called human nature and for the most part, I'm more excited than fearful anymore on this roller coaster of life.