12-02-2012, 02:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-02-2012, 02:33 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(12-02-2012, 10:21 AM)ShinAr Wrote: Yet, in order to comprehend what is meant by such revelation, one must know what higher and lower being actually is.
I would say that the lower being is the animal self- our biological consciousness- and the higher self is our spiritual consciousness. But this is an oversimplification. There are many levels of "self"... "self" within "self", etc.
Quote:With regard to these hellish aspects, do you suppose that the horrors are merely deeply seated thoughts imposed on us from traditional and worldly influences that are so ingrained into our thought processing that even when we have these 'spiritual experiences', they are also afflicted with the images and fears of many influential invasions of our psyche?
The impression I was given is that these "horrors" are, indeed, mostly denied thought-forms made by humanity. But there are some real entities as well. These are the guardians.
It is as if a man lived alone in the forest with two guard dogs trained to attack anybody who comes near the house, unless they issue a specific command known only to the owner.
One day, the man goes deep out into the forest and becomes lost. He cannot find his way back, and so spends many years wandering in the forest until even his own identity is lost to himself.
After many years, the man stumbles upon his old home. Except he doesn't recognize it. The guard dogs run out to attack him, and the man is given a good fright, running away.
For some time, the man contemplates how to get into that house- for he is weary and in need of shelter. He tries everything he can think of, but nothing will placate the guard dogs. They are vicious, and relentless.
Exhausted, the man flops down in a small meadow and stares up to the sky, silently calling inward for assistance. Suddenly, he remembers! He is the owner of those guard dogs! And it is he who programmed them to attack anybody who did not issue the proper command while approaching the house.
Elated- he runs back toward the house. The dogs come running, hungry and snarling and with foam dripping from their fangs. The man- recognizing his lost identity- issues the command. The dogs- vicious as they were a moment ago, now lie down and let the man pass, in recognition of their master once again.
They even allow him to scratch their bellies as he passes.

Quote:In essence, to conquer them, we must first conquer our self. And as I have declared many times over, that true self is NOT what we think it is.
"Know Thy True Self, and beware thy manipulated self."
Rather than to beware and conquer it- why not accept it?