<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944229577430471949</id><updated>2011-07-30T20:54:06.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>REGARDING TRUTH...</title><subtitle type='html'>A most interesting look at the Esoteric nature of Truth.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5944229577430471949/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>James W. Patterson, Ph.D., Esogist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15068983807305837381</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeEWJdiA2iE/TI_P5Rt_naI/AAAAAAAAAI4/dOweUgl0ZLE/S220/jp+photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944229577430471949.post-7795177268695670648</id><published>2009-11-06T10:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T09:49:07.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog # 2, The Nature of Truth</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;It is quite important to explain the nature of Truth, because Truth exists in an entirely different realm of reality than this physical plane.  This of course is the reason the greatest intellectuals have failed to discover Truth.  It doesn't exist on the physical plane where the intellectual operates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let us step back just a bit and examine who and what Man is.  The physical shell of Man is obvious and doesn't really need explanation.  But the "whole" of Man is more than just the physical shell.  The Whole Human Being is composed of three simultaneously existing and yet separate vibrational energy realms, but this is not generally known, and thus rarely discussed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the fact is.... two of these vibrational realms are such that they cannot be perceived by ones physical senses.  And an additional fact that is also little known is that the vast majority of people are naturally Left-Hemisphere of the brain oriented.  That is, the majority of people "think" their way through life.  And this is both natural and difficult to perceive as anything other than "normal".... if one is limited to ones brain and thinking.   The minority of people who could differentiate this difference are routinely discouraged from exercising their natural psychic abilities.  The reason for this is a subtle fear hidden within the MIND of each person,  but this fear is primarily active within those who are confined to intellectualism and the brain for this life. Such people range from slightly "liberal" to "&lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/progpsy.html"&gt;Progressive Personality&lt;/a&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two-thirds of ones whole are Esoteric [non-physical  dimensions of Man].   We cannot, therefore, discover or even "think" about these by using our brains.   So, although one of the intellectual majority can hold the term "MIND" as an "abstract word" in the Left-Hemisphere of the brain, and that person can spell this word, define it and use it in a sentence, there is nothing in the abstract word "MIND" that can "convey" what the word "stands for".  And, this crucial point is not understood at all by the majority of the population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How simple the concept seems if we examine it here.  That the term God, for example, refers to something we cannot see, taste, hear or touch.  God is an "abstract term" in other words, and everyone realizes that the Spiritual Energy of God is not contained in the abstract word "God" [but perhaps not everyone knows this?].   The term "God" is an "abstract term".  We use this abstract term for God because the actual  Energy of God is not physical, and it cannot therefore be perceived by the Left-Hemisphere of ones brain.  To perceive the Energy of Spirituality one must discover it from within ones own Spiritual dimension.   How does one do this is the question?   All mystics and Saints have said that God is within Man.  But have you ever read how one discovers God using ones brain and physical senses?  You have not read this because those who know how to discover the Spirituality within Man say clearly that it cannot be done by physical means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mystics, Saints and prophets were not speaking theoretically, they were stating a fact. And because this fact is mystical, and in the West, and certainly in America, we have been encouraged by Christianity to avoid two-thirds of the Reality of Man because of fear... because they say that these Esoteric dimensions of Man are the "work of the devil".    That is, there is a "secret" to how one goes about discovering ones own Spirituality... and I have yet to discover in any of the books I have read how one does this?  Except that one does this through "meditation", and by "initiation".  But what does "initiation" mean?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Few Christians have realized that the "clue" to how one accomplishes this feat is contained in the Bible.  In the account of how Jesus went to John the Baptist to be "initiated", which is a mystical event in the life of every Soul that is "ready" to be initiated.  When Jesus was initiated by John the Baptist, the Soul of Jesus became the Soul of Christ.  Christ means a God-awakened Soul.  And Christ in turn initiated a number of other individuals, including his disciples.  In the Bible it is clearly stated that Christ came for his "marked sheep", and that they "knew" him, and he "knew" them.   Contrary to what many Christians believe, Christ did not and could not "initiate" any Soul other than the ones that were "marked" for him at the time he was present on the Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although Christianity provides many guidelines for living, not unlike Buddhism did for Man,  no religion that was founded in memory of some Saint or Master can do what that Saint or Master could do.  And that is to "initiate" Souls that are "ready" to be initiated.  This is an act that is performed by God, Himself through the Soul of a Saint or Master.  Each Soul that is "marked" for initiation in a life will find a God-Man to do that initiation.  In the East there is a saying:  "When the Chela [disciple] is ready, the Master appears."  This process of initiation has been taking place on the physical plane since the beginning of time.  It will continue as long as there are Souls that have not been initiated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Purpose of Life is to "ready" we Souls for initiation into the Spiritual Reality of Life. Short of this, the Purpose of Life is to do Karma.  And built into the process of Life itself, and hidden within each living entity is what I refer to as &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/esotransmutation.html"&gt;Esotransmutation&lt;/a&gt;, or a number of subtle Esoteric elements within Man that automatically convert dissociated bits of ones &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/apapsyche.html"&gt;Apapsyche&lt;/a&gt; into Knowledge and Empathetic Understanding which is in turn stored within ones Apapsyche per se.  This source of Knowledge is then fed to one via ones &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/intuition.html"&gt;intuition&lt;/a&gt; as one needs such insight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truth can only be found within the Spiritual dimension, and the Spiritual dimension can only be found [from] within the Spiritual dimension of every human being.  And only Man is structured in such a way as to be capable of receiving this initiation.  This is the reason it is said that Man is the highest form in the Creation.   It is only the Soul of Man that can be initiated and begin the Spiritual journey Home.... and only when such a Man has completed the requisite Karma and Spiritual Evolution to be "&lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/Strans.html"&gt;ready&lt;/a&gt;" for such initiation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truth then is not actually available to just anyone.  It is confined to those Souls that have "earned" access to it.... having earned Knowledge and Empathetic Understanding via completion of Karma over many, many lifetimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944229577430471949-7795177268695670648?l=regarding-truth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/feeds/7795177268695670648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-2-nature-of-truth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5944229577430471949/posts/default/7795177268695670648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5944229577430471949/posts/default/7795177268695670648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-2-nature-of-truth.html' title='Blog # 2, The Nature of Truth'/><author><name>James W. Patterson, Ph.D., Esogist</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15068983807305837381</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GeEWJdiA2iE/TI_P5Rt_naI/AAAAAAAAAI4/dOweUgl0ZLE/S220/jp+photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944229577430471949.post-573401257383522786</id><published>2009-11-05T08:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T09:15:58.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog # 1:  What is TRUTH ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I would like to begin this blog with three questions, and then answer these three question in this and two other blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Question # 1:  Is it possible to discover "TRUTH" on the physical plane of existence?&lt;br /&gt;Question # 2:  Is it possible to discover "TRUTH" using ones intellect?&lt;br /&gt;Question # 3:  Having discovered "TRUTH", is it possible to share [by intellectual means] what one has discovered with another who has not discovered "TRUTH"  ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer to each question is "no".   And the following blogs will endeavor to explain how I came to these conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If these questions are considered carefully, they contain the answers philosophers have sought since the first philosopher began looking for Truth.  That is, the very nature of Truth makes it unique in Creation and Truth resides subtly apart from the Creation itself.  And this must seem strange to those who have not realized that this physical plane is an "illusion of life" in that it is constantly changing and is not Real in an absolute sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you think of anything on the physical plane that is permanent?  Except perhaps "energy" itself which,  although  it cannot be lost, since it can be changed or morphed into other forms, is not in my opinion "permanent" in an absolute sense.... as long as it remains in physical forms recognizable by ones physical senses.   My own criteria of Truth is that it is an absolute: It is Permanent and cannot be harmed or die;  It cannot be other than it is, ever ;  And it cannot change.  An Absolute is, was, and will always be as it is, in other words.  It cannot therefore be "relative"; This for me is the criteria for Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this level of exactitude is perhaps rarely exercised on the physical plane.... rather it is never exercised on the physical plane and this is the point.  If I am correct, and I am... then how is it possible for anyone on the physical plane to experience Truth?  Oddly enough, it is possible to do, but to do so is rare.  This question and its answer is what this blog uniquely addresses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must begin with a basic and fundamental look at the Whole Human Being, or WHB.  Since most people are confined to their physical senses to explore and experience the physical plane of existence, it is perhaps reasonable to suggest that they are confined  to that which is physical.  It is unrealistic to imagine that ones physical senses could perceive that which is not physical, and Truth, along with a great many other "&lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/esoteric.html"&gt;Esoteric&lt;/a&gt;" elements, is not composed of physical energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is thought of as "true" on the physical plane of existence is in actuality relatively true.  And there are numberless relative truths, each person possessing his or her own collection of relative truths.... based on which rung of the &lt;a href="http://docjpladder.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ladder of Life&lt;/a&gt; that person is perched upon? The &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/MIND.html"&gt;MIND&lt;/a&gt; of each person will never "Know" Truth, because the Energy of Truth is too subtle [its vibrational reality] is too subtle for the MIND or brain to perceive.  Ones MIND causes ones brain to believe that what one "thinks" is true.   So it could be said that if one is "thinking", one is not being "true"... at least in the Absolute sense of Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Operating "above" ones MIND is  ones &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/apapsyche.html"&gt;Apapsyche &lt;/a&gt;[Operational Energy of ones Soul].  Or that which  Rene Descartes was searching for when he was "redirected" to his "thinking" and assumed that because he [whatever that "he" might be] could think, then his thinking "proved" that he was this [something].  His &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/MIND.html"&gt;MIND&lt;/a&gt; caused him to miss the fact that who he was, was what noticed that he was thinking.   This closed loop of thinking is how ones MIND prevents one from discovering the &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/esoteric.html"&gt;Esoteric&lt;/a&gt; dimensions of oneself.  I refer to this operation of the MIND by which it blocks and directs ones "thinking" as  "&lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/DM-SI.html"&gt;DM=SI&lt;/a&gt;"].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The various terms and symbols in the past paragraphs are links to my web pages for  specific definitions and explanations of these new additions to the language of Man and Psychology. Or to one of my blogs dealing with some aspect of what I am writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding the MIND of an individual, which is quite separate from ones brain, by the way... ones MIND monitors and "controls" what one is allowed to experience, discover and think.  It does this as its primary role as the essential agent that insures that one fully and completely adheres to ones Fate &lt;a href="http://about-psychology.com/karma.html"&gt;Karma&lt;/a&gt; for this life.   This is also part of the &lt;a href="http://thepurposeoflife-is.blogspot.com/"&gt;Purpose of Life&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the next blog [The Nature of Truth] I will address some details of Man that cause difficulty in the discovery of Truth.   To truly understand these blogs [to put them together, so to speak]  I recommend combining them with the blog:  the &lt;a href="http://docjpladder.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ladder of Life&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5944229577430471949-573401257383522786?l=regarding-truth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/feeds/573401257383522786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-1-what-is-truth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5944229577430471949/posts/default/573401257383522786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5944229577430471949/posts/default/573401257383522786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://regarding-truth.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-1-what-is-truth.html' title='Blog # 1:  What is TRUTH ?'/><author><name>James W. 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