Healthy Death

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Hi mate,
I tend to find these "things" are ever present, and when we are "ready" we tune in, and then "Magic" happens — just as we need it to happen... Call it Magic, serendipity, divine providence, whatever — it is the Cosmos answering our call, for it is ALL 'there' (present and waiting) for us to ask the correct questions (in the correct mind). Like a door that opens when the right combination is struck.

Amen!

I believe in such magic but I do not believe in spells. I believe the thoughts we have are the magic that in-forms our experiences...

I think this was Hamblin's point as well. Did you perhaps see the passage as promoting a magic spells point of view? Later in his book, he suggests that we identify all good qualities with God; and identify God with the transcendent inspiration in our own hearts. He used some Christian jargon, but I think he was well within the "New Thought" movement that I feel has significant overlap with the later Law of One/ET channeling content. His book is one of many 1900's era New Thought books that are free to read at http://www.psitek.net/index2.html. Pretty far from, say Grant Morrison's outspoken advocacy of spells and signals for personal magic, or Crowley's work.

we may fight and rail at the idea that we have chosen our abusive parents, our tawdry relationships, etc..

Well, just in the past couple of weeks, I've been starting to wonder something. What if actually, these situations have nothing to do with our development, but are for the benefit of those who were negative towards us? In that case, before birth, the spirits of the parents, abusers, etc. would say, "I want to play a negative script in which I'm a bad guy who messes up the lives of others. Who has the fortitude to play the part of the victim? Can someone help me out here?" And we are the intrepid character actors, portraying the hapless sufferers so that the other person's dramatic skills are highlighted that much more.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we deal with it that counts.

Beautifully put. It's what I'm learning about now.

I really like the article by Melanie Anne Phillips. It is letter perfect.

Almost everything I've read of her work is thought-provoking and poignant. Thought-provoking because it expresses deep insights about the nature of personhood, conflict, and meaning. Poignant because of her openness about lifelong struggles about how to make wise decisions and find personal peace in her own life.

Another very key passage from her dovetails with what you're talking about:

The Mind is a machine made of time. It must be in motion to exist. The mind does not exist in the physical world, but as a result of the physical world. Taking this all together, think back to a time when you drifted away on some mental tangent until suddenly you were jolted back to "reality", and you realized that several minutes had passed unnoticed. During that lost period, your mind simply did not exist for it had ceased to be in motion. The moment some external stimulus triggered a response, however, the physical nature of the four aspects of your brain re-created your mind more or less as it was when it ceased.

PS. I'm glad you like the picture. It is part of a series I have created titled "Conflux". Picture yourself flying up the caduceus with the snakes of light and dark intertwined around you as you travel inexorably towards the light above. At the top is the all seeing eye of godhead and the wings of transcendence.

I admire your art and am blessed that you share it. Have you considering doing video animation art that combines imagery with a musical soundtrack?