(12-11-2009, 03:53 PM)MistaG Wrote: Interesting. I've always been deeply skeptical of any work that claims communication with aliens or other paranormal events as being anything more than fantasy or misinterpretation. [...] This kind of thinking makes it very difficult for me to accept the Law of One regardless of how well it meshes with my own weird experience.
I know exactly how you feel, believe me. My waking was not so subtle or over a very long period of time, and when I at first began to research esoteric ideas and looking in to the Law of One material I ran in to many, many what I will call "logic" or "common sense" road blocks. I was beginning to become extremely confused about the nature of reality, and worse, if I was buying in to something false, deluding myself, becoming a crazy person for believing in such ideas.
All you need to do is read the first 30 or 40 pages of book 1 to find a plethora of information that contradicts the mainstream accepted truth about reality. Living in a society like we do live in continues to be a challenge for me on some level, if only because I cannot freely express my chosen beliefs without attracting a degree of ridicule, weather openly expressed or not.
What I have found over time, and we could discuss this quite a bit if you are interested, is that incorporating this type of information in to your life or just choosing to believe it at all is a very personal decision and the way you get there is, I believe, equally personal. Some have the benefit of having direct experience via UFO sightings (or encounters), others experience amazing synchronicity, or any number of things. Then others such as myself have never had that benefit yet feel strangely interested in esoteric ideas. Yet, "Where is the proof!?" the unconscious mind demands to know!
Simply put, and this is my belief, if you require proof you will not find it. For any evidence you collect, and testimony you hear, will always and forever (at least within third density, behind the veil) will almost always have a "rational" explanation. Frustrating, but true, I have found. However, once you let go of the idea of NEEDING proof, and just listen to what your non-rational mind tells you, you may find that you will begin running in to people, ideas, philosophies that resonate strongly and ultimately become equal with or better than what you had previously called 'proof'.
One source of information that I find highly valid is not esoteric at all, the now deceased philosopher Alan Watts. I could recommend some of his works if you are interested, but one of his core statements is that one problem modern man faces is the concept of not trusting the self. We, by default it seems, immediately discredit ourselves at any opportunity, turning instead to an 'expert', 'professional', or 'science' to give us truth. Intuition, resonance, spontaneous thoughts, emotions, these are what we have learned to discard. They cannot be valid in the face of science. But, this is a problem for us. Because if we cannot trust ourselves, is it valid to trust the mis-trust of ourselves? Well then how can we know that we do not know? We can't. (this is a fast summary of his philosophy, he explains it much better).
EDIT: Or another way to boil this down, this time scientifically. What are you? Who are you? Where did you come from? Well, in the beginning so far as we know scientifically, everything was packed down in to a singularity (you and me included) that then suddenly exploded out in to everything that exists (big bang theory). We, as human beings, are a product of the big bang. We are a part of the universe in much the same way that all the stars and planets are. Our atoms came from the same place, we are not from outside of the universe. Therefore, everything we do, everything we say, think, feel, like or dislike is a natural function of the universe. Who then, or what, creates this invalidation of things that come to us naturally? We do. We invalidate it, we have learned to over thousands of years. But is it reasonable to deny a natural part of the universe as invalid?
Working form the assumption that our inner most feelings, perceptions and perspectives have some validity, and especially where our beliefs are concerned, we are freed in a sense. It is a releasing of the logical, and an embrace of the emotional, or perhaps spiritual. (the fact that the universe itself exists is a bit illogical!) So then, what "feels" right to you? Follow the resonance, follow what excites you, and you will always be led towards what is exactly what you need in your life moment by moment.
This attitude does not assume, by the way, that you must believe everything you read. Indeed there are many things that I do not believe. A workable approach that I have discovered along my path is to recognize the futility of finding the absolute truth about something. We will rarely be in a position to make a claim like that and know that we are 100%, no questions asked, absolutely correct. Instead of being forced in to a position where we must say "yes" or "no" to the validity of something, I instead choose to keep it all at an arms' distance and recognize that it may or may not be something that is true, but that I will remain open minded and continue gathering information to support a theory one way or the other, if I am interested in doing so. I only mention this so exhaustively because I have been presented with SO many things that are bizarre, incredible, or impossible sounding in my wakening process that I would often come on to 'hard times' spiritually speaking due to extreme doubting. But I realize, there is no real knowing. To date there is basically zero evidence that Atlantis ever existed for example. Does this mean it did not exist? No, the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Maybe it existed. Maybe it didn't. I can't claim to know which is true, nor will I presume to.
Thank you for providing me the opportunity to write this all down in one place. I did not mean to go on so long but some of these ideas have been so life altering for me I feel compelled to share.
Please let me know what you think, if you care to.Quote:I'd be curious to read it. For me it's the sheer number of coincidences that makes me say, "Well it all fits." It's just hard to believe.
Quote:I'd love to hear your thoughts on it once you given it read through.
You shall have both in good time, hopefully soon as time permits.
Love and light!