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Freedom from Illusion: Part VII

The boy Einstein, playing with a compass, began to realize that hidden forces guide the universe. Love and Wisdom are also directed by unseen energies.

 
 

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E. There's something about Einstein, when he was a boy. His father gave him a compass to play with. The child shook the strange device, attempting to command the needle, but, no matter what he did, it always came back to north. Later in his autobiography, Einstein commented that this was the beginning of his understanding that invisible, hidden forces guide the universe.

 

 

K. The whole Earth is a giant magnet, with lines of magnetic force all around it. And the compass needle wants to come into alignment with these unseen forces.

E. And it occurred to me, it’s not just a compass needle but almost everything is shaped and guided by invisible energies. Rupert Sheldrake calls these “morphic fields” which, he says, organize energy at every level of the cosmos.

K. And this would include Twin Souls.

E. Silver Birch said that the attraction between Twins is “so magnetic, so overwhelming.”

K. Magnetic! – with invisible lines of force directing them. And do Twins have their own “compass needle” that always points them in the direction of each other?

E. I think it is something like that.

K. The eternal marriage cannot be “sundered” or set aside. The hidden lines of magnetic force drawing Twins to each other are not going away.

E. And this is why Twins can’t just be with another pretty face. Those invisible lines of force will cause them much suffering if they try this.

K. Are they eternally stuck with each other?

E. I suppose the answer is yes, but their task is to do this the right way, and then they won’t want to be anywhere else.

K. The delighted hand-cuffed prisoners. Are we there yet?

E. I think we are, or very close.

K. Just a little fine-tuning to get the compass needle straight? But you have some explaining to do - because you almost convinced me that Jamie would be the better choice.

E. Remember, one’s Twin mate is not a choice; at least, not at the surface of personality. It’s the soul’s choice.

K. But tell me why you see things differently about Jamie.

E. All of this is hard to explain, but I’ll begin by reminding us of the essential job descriptions of Love and Wisdom. Love’s main function is to personify “what we stay alive for” (WSF).

K. She's the light and life of the home, the marriage, and the family. She delights in aesthetics, in all things pertaining to beauty, grace and loveliness. She is his heart, leading him to warmth and compassion, empathy and nurturing.

E. She is the focal point of his happiness. Without her, without WSF, her life and light, Wisdom would drift into a hopeless and despairing frame of mind. After a time, nothing would be worth it to him, and he would seek for ways not to go on. It is impossible to overstate the importance of Love to him, because, he well senses, without her, he would die, slide into insanity, not be able to live.

K. And Wisdom’s role?

E. Wisdom is more oriented toward the external world, skillfully negotiating it, with work and projects. As he comes into his own powers, he glories in rationality and logic, knowledge and insights. He loves to unravel mysteries of the universe. He finds great satisfaction in discerning meaning and purpose, the reasons why things are as they are. In this quest, he strives, most of all, to know the mind of God. But, tell us, Kriss, what is the balancing factor in all this?

K. The balancing factor is that Love and Wisdom share overlapping domains. She is not devoid of Wisdom, and he is no stranger to Love. But each presides over, shall we call it, a default setting, a primary focus and primary natural strength.

E. As we’ve said, Love is not foreign to him, however, never once has he been accused of being the light and life of the home.

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E. Wisdom achieves insights into the nature of things – but he does this not because he’s so smart but because he learns to “open a channel” to be taught directly from God. And so, if he does this the right way, he’s not giving his own opinions or private agenda but when he speaks he does so under inspiration. Again, if he does this in the right way, he has the authority of God when he speaks – not on everything, of course, but on “official” matters concerning their marriage and work-life. When he “opens a channel” to be taught, then what he says has divine sanction.

K. In the world this principle is so abused. The churches teach that the wife must obey whatever the husband says just because he’s the male. But usually he’s selfish and just doing his own thing.

E. And that’s a perversion of the process.

K. In some of our earlier discussions you said that things should always be decided on a consensus basis, that we should agree, and that the mate with the best insight should make the decision. What’s your view now?

E. There’s still much to commend with this view. A good model is Elizabeth Fry’s service group, and how each member “goes within” to see who’s most able to lead a certain project. Even so, I’m not sure if this is the best guide to decision-making for Twins. We spoke of default settings. For example, anything having to do with the light and life of the home, the WSF, the affective domain, I’m not likely to resist your best judgment. And I have my default setting, too, and I’m going to be very hard to beat on my own home-turf: taking on projects in the world or analyzing data or skilfull decision-making... Am I making any sense to you?

K. In my saner moments, I’ve actually already agreed to what you're saying. In the “Georgia Girl” discussion, I virtually demanded that you act – if need be – unilaterally, on my behalf, for my benefit, when you are convinced that you are right. I said I would trust you, and rely on you, to do this, even if I fight you on it! I didn’t realize at the time, but what I was really saying is that I expect you to be overall in charge of making sure that all goes well for me, and for “us.” This seemed so right to me then, that you should, and would, act in an impartial manner, as protector of the family, doing the wise thing, even if I disagree! So, how can I complain now when I learn that Wisdom is actually sanctioned by God to do exactly what my deeper sensibilities were demanding?

E. It's a role I take very seriously. In any case, I would always listen to what you have to say, and it would always be my great motivation to give you whatever’s needed for your happiness; but, with all things, as you've intimated, I would have to be assured there’re no hidden detriments for you.

K. I’m reminded of what the mystic Andrew Jackson Davis said: Love always “obeys the commandments” of Wisdom because he’s not free-wheeling and just doing what he wants but – if he’s connected to Source – has the authority, from the very top, to lead the family. And if he's inspired by God, then his directives take on the force of "commandments."

E. In our world there’s so much abuse of authority that any thinking girl disdains and hesitates to put herself under the dominion of any man. And who could blame her? However, the eternal marriage is not a John-and-Mary production. Wisdom will not abuse the trust of Love, and will always act for her best interests.

K. If he did not, then he wouldn’t be Wisdom.

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K. And I can see now, if we can both totally pledge to the "exactly" rule, there'll be nothing keeping us from getting married right away in Summerland. But, Elenchus, what would happen in that rare instance when we might desire conflicting things?

E. Always remember that it's my good pleasure to make sure you have a happy life. In matters of opinion and personal preference, when something is really important to you, rest assured I will always defer to you. Now you might be wondering if this could be true, but you need not doubt as I could never take pleasure in getting my way if you're not happy. I'm constitutionally unable to do that. So that's your guarantee.

 

 

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'willing to go anywhere with me, do anything, and love it'

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Thelma Ritter

Nurse: When are you going to marry Miss Fifth Avenue? You know you love her.

He: (sighing) I just don’t see how it can work. I’m a photographer, on assignment all over the world. Any girl who gets stuck with me has to not mind living in hiking boots and jeans. She’s too perfect. I need her more ordinary, willing to go anywhere with me, and do anything, and love it.

 

 

K. I can see that those entering the true marriage must have no cloaked agendas, but everything on the table. Each must come to the marriage in complete guilelessness and good faith, open hearts and spirits, to each other, to be led by God. Each must be willing to fulfill, and grow into, a cosmic role as Love or Wisdom. Each must be intent upon giving all to the other -- as we discussed in "Georgia Girl" -- each submitting to the other; and yet, with all this egalitarianism, Wisdom has been designated by God to have the final word on all matters. And yet, even in this, again, there is great mitigation as Wisdom is duty bound, in the courts of heaven, by law and by heart impulse, to place the interests of Love above his own.

E. And I just received a wonderful insight. In our discussions on evolution, we learned that there is no “law of the jungle” but that nature, in fact, is an interwoven lattice-work of cooperation and harmony. There are all sorts of things in nature to reduce and eliminate competition. And I was thinking about this in reference to Twins. As we noted, we once thought that the consensus-egalitarian way of interacting was most civil. But now I see that someone needs to be overall in charge, a senior administrator of the union, even if a veto-power is rarely used.

K. Let me say it – this eliminates any possibility of competition. It’s just like in the natural world. Each creature, generally speaking, has its own territory or specific food supply, and so competition does not occur. And if Wisdom is overall in charge, but tasked with protecting and securing happiness for Love, then there’s nothing to fight about.

 

making a house a home

E. Allow me to share a concept which might help explain the separate domains of Love and Wisdom. I’d like to offer the analogy of building a house as representing building a marriage and family.

 

K. Wisdom would be the architect and on-site construction foreman.

E. It’s his vision. Before the concrete footers and foundation are poured, and the 2-by-4 walls are put up, he’s created a set of plans to work from.

K. But the lady of the house might offer much input concerning how things should be laid out.

 

 

E. That’s right. The wise architect will listen very carefully to how she wants the kitchen arranged. He may be in charge, but he’ll soon be in charge of nothing if he builds something she doesn’t want.

K. Oh, that little thing.

E. Which brings us to a very important point. The architect-builder may be in charge, his word might be law at the job site, but if he builds a "white elephant" that no one wants to live in, then it’s all a disaster pretty fast.

K. The old proverb “making a house into a home” is more than bricks and mortar. The contractor can build a house, but he can’t build a home.

E. She's the one who has to do that. I’m reminded of something the author said. He never goes back to visit the old farmhouse. We don’t know the details, and it doesn’t matter anymore, but it wasn't such a happy home.

K. It’s strange, and sad, that you can have a successful farm, lots of work being done, with a very active farmhouse, but then the kids grow up, leave, and never come back to a place of bad memories. It’s as if it never happened.

E. Wisdom can build a house, can be a head-honcho in the construction, but no one will want to live in that house unless Love makes it a home.

 

      Currier & Ives, Home for Thanksgiving 

 

E. What makes a house a home? I can’t tell you exactly, but I immediately have this picture of something warm, affectionate, comforting, inviting. A home is a place created by Love.

K. Everyone craves this. The children will not come back to the old family house for Thanksgiving if Love has not made it a home.

E. I’m tempted to say, any stupid person can build a house with a set of plans, but it takes a venerable saint, a moral genius, a goddess from heaven - a loving wife and mother - to miraculously turn a heap of bricks, mortar, and 2x4’s into an eternal shrine of Love, a sacred place, almost like entering a church, to which the children will long to return.

 

 

K. Elenchus, are we ready for the Summerland marriage?

E. If you are willing, I believe we could be married right away. I would hope for this, because I need you. I think the main question will be for you to consider: How much do you trust me?

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K. It's actually a cosmic arranged marriage, decided by Parent(s), as it was done in olden times.

E. And we’re not even really given the choice of whether to enter the marriage or not. To decline is to invite great suffering, and then an insanity, and one's ruin.

K. The lure of the independent life is gross illusion.

E. There is no place in the universe to hide from sacred destiny -- not even in the Dark Realms in some cave -- there's nowhere one might flee from the nightmare of corroding loneliness and futility, the daily prayer for death, without one's true eternal mate. Andrew Jackson Davis said it this way -- and I'd like us to particularly note -- Wisdom is to be, for her, a "haven of rest," not a threat to what she needs for happiness. Here're his words:

life-giver versus governor

The Love-principle, or the female, is the actuating, the prompting, the life-giving portion of the eternal Oneness; and the Wisdom-principle, or the male, is the governing, the guiding, and harmonizing portion; and thus the two are One in essence and organization.

unspeakably, desperately, lonely versus mere iceberg, cold, unbeautiful

Love, or the female, with her immortal and impetuous springs of life, beauty, and animation, is, if unguided and unassociated with Wisdom, unspeakably lonely, and very liable to misdirection; on the other hand, Wisdom, or the male, with his immortal attribute of harmony and government, is, if unassociated with, and deprived of, the life-giving elements of Love, a mere iceberg, a mere isolated oak, cold and unbeautiful...

If ye are truthfully married, then will ye have mutual or parallel attractions, corresponding desires, and similar constitutional tendencies; and where the one goes, the other will go; and on Earth, as in the higher spheres of existence, ye will have one home, one purpose, one destiny, one God, and one religion.

haven of rest

Where a union is perfect, there is no conflict; when Wisdom decides, Love will respond. If a wife loves her companion, she will involuntarily keep his commandments, which to her are Wisdom's ways [inspired by God]; and if a husband loves his companion, he will treat her not as an inferior, not as a superior, not as one incapable of exercising reason; but he will honor and protect, and guide, and develop her indestructible sensibilities, and be to her a haven of rest.

 

 

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E. I'm inspired by Chris Hemsworth and his Extraction series. He's really something.

K. How many people in Summerland are engaged in this kind of action-figure work?

E. "Damn few" - just as on Earth.

K. How do you see this playing out for us, Elenchus?

E. The battles will be centered on self-images, definitions of reality, a control of the mind. And there are dangerous rescues over there...

 

E. Right now, “missionary” work might sound very stuffy to you...

'God, I love those people'

E. Our "clients" will be real, hurting individuals who will love and honor you, revere you, more than a rock star, for teaching them, rescuing then, staying with them even in their worst state of mind. It's like what Chief Blackhawk said, people get stuck over there in bad environs and bad frames of mind, and, as the Chief said, they need a "helping hand" to get them to see straight. Some of them, if no one offered that helping hand, might be writhing in misery, in dark places, for centuries or thousands of years. This is very important work.

they will bless your name, forever, will speak of you in hushed tones, as the one who rescued and led them into the light

E. And when we liberate these captives, they will forever bless your name, reverence your memory, will yet address you in warmest superlative terms of greatest gratitude; as did Col. Jack O’Neal, honoring Lya of the Nox, “God, I love those people.”

K. Like a patron saint.

E. And this is not theory as, in a small way, it's already happened to me, is part of the job; and then we'll need -- as I've done -- to firmly teach people to give the credit to God and not to the messenger, because they'll want to say you're special and deify you... Let me say, too, there is also much rescue work to be done in the "white collar" neighborhoods over there. These are the ranks of the "insane 500." And many of these are worst off of all because they think they're doing just fine. They don't realize they're at the Mad Hatter's tea party.

K. It's as Jesus said, those who see themselves as healthy don't want a physician.

E. We can help no one who is unwilling to be helped. But we stand ready for glimmers of repentance, even a faint desire for sanity. Then we act.

K. (silence)

E. We are mere custodians of the truth, of ourselves we can do nothing...

 

Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit

"You didn't pick this life - I did."

"But I picked you."

 

 

 

demarcating a comicbook-reality epoch

Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone) falls to her death in the 2014 Amazing Spiderman 2 but originally presented to Marvel readers in 1973. Fans judged this cinematic tragedy as just about the most disturbing event in comic book history: “The death of Gwen Stacey shocked the American comic book community. Previously, it had been unthinkable to kill off such an important character… This story arc has been proposed as a marker of beginning of the end of the Silver Age of Comic Books, and the beginning of the darker, grittier Bronze Age (Wikipedia).” Editor’s note: After witnessing Gwen’s demise in the Spiderman movie, before learning of Marvel fandom’s widespread lament, I too felt deeply moved. Why the outsized reaction, I wondered? But the answer is plain. Critics asserted that the chemistry between Gwen and Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) was “off the charts,” utterly believable. Gwen’s beauty, intelligence, self-respect, and graciousness conflated to produce, it would seem, almost everyone’s idealized dream girl. Gwen Stacey in Amazing Spiderman 2 is the embodiment of “what we stay alive for,” the “O thou soul of my soul,” one’s life and light of heart and being. And the loss of this kind of girl, real or imagined, is no small matter.
   

 

pardon, oh, pardon, my swimming brain, in doubt and dread

The 44 sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett outline the ebb and flow of her fear-ridden doubts concerning Robert’s profession of love. She herself admits to mental unbalance at times as she struggles to believe that love might be real.

During their courtship of nearly two years, she frequently falls into dark despair, seeing herself unworthy to be loved. Robert, however, never wavered, well knew that he wanted her, and would counter her self-condemning arguments with encouragement and affirmations of fealty.

Finally, in sonnet 37, she forthrightly surrenders to Robert’s “sovranty” and “strong divineness,” his wisdom concerning what was happening to them. “Pardon, oh, pardon,” she laments, for having so often been an emotional basket case, easily blown about by the winds of egoic illusion: “my swimming brain to undergo their doubt and dread, and blindly forsake [the] purity” of his outreach toward her.

During all this emotional upheaval, Robert remained steady anchor for her, did not give up on her when she verbally attacked, could not be dissuaded by her turmoil and wild words, saw clearly who she truly was to him, and resolutely led her to calm waters of self-acceptance and sanity.

See paraphrasations of all 44 love sonnets.

 

O thou soul of my soul

E. Let me say it again: In my mind you have the more important role.

K. And tell me again why you say this.

E. I do not forget the many bleak years without you. I might tell myself that my work is important but, without you, I well know there’s this tendency to fall into despair. The dogs of despondency ever growl and threaten, for – without you, nothing is worth it.

K. (silence)

O thou soul of my soul

E. I think Robert Browning, to his Elizabeth, said it best: “O thou soul of my soul.”

K. (softly) Might a soul have a soul of its own?

E. It can feel that way. We’ve said that Woman’s light and life make a house into a home. But there’s more. Her light and life also make his mere existence into purposeful and joyful being. She becomes the soul of his soul.

K. Elenchus, I believe we can achieve this mode of living, but I’m not sure we’re quite there yet.

E. I know we have the potential. I can feel it...

 

 

Restatement

Several times in this series we have referenced the comment by mystic Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov, his statement concerning "freedom from illusion."

“The soul ... is itself only one-half of a complete being. For each of us there is a counterpartal [person] of the opposite polarity. And our pilgrimage towards emancipation [from illusion] consists in drawing ever nearer to this balancing factor ... so that, in the end, [while retaining sacred individuality,] we become [effectively One Person,] a male-female being in whom the positive and negative forces are in perfect equilibrium, reflecting the nature of the Male-Female Creator. Only through the perfect union of two souls of the opposite sex can that blending of forces be achieved which brings freedom from illusion and the full experience of Reality.”

One more time let us ask, what is this “freedom from illusion”?

Elsewhere we’ve discussed that, in Summerland, there are many thousands of “brotherhoods,” philosophically oriented groups, each insisting that they alone have the right understanding on how life and the universe work.

In other words, they put forward that their particular teachings constitute “freedom from illusion,” with all others as error.

But how can we know who's right? Is it all a matter of opinion? What is truth, the essence of reality, the substrata of the truly solid and important?

Well, this is a big subject, isn’t it? – even so, we've not been left adrift in a roiled and churning sea of endless debate.

To offer a clear statement: the mind of God is the bedrock of what’s real. How to access this font of truth?

We are to “go within,” where, we shall find, we are linked to God’s mind. There, over time, reality, the "thing in itself," the universe as it truly is, will be revealed to us, but in small “sparks” or tiny “flashes” of insight.

(Why in such miniscule measured amounts? - because that’s all we can handle. Can the eyes gaze upon the sun and survive? We have no idea of the splendor, the magnificence, the immensity, the fathomless marvel, hidden in plain sight, inaccessible to mortal five senses. It strikes me just now that each tiny "spark" might be a quantum of revelation. See what I mean here.)

To learn about what to do and what comes next, see the “true self” and “Krishnamurti” pages.

 

 

Freedom from Illusion, Part I

Freedom from Illusion, Part II

Freedom from Illusion, Part III

Freedom from Illusion, Part IV

Freedom from Illusion, Part V

Freedom from Illusion, Part VI

Freedom from Illusion, Part VII

 

 ,See the sister-article on "Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living."