Yesterday we had another public evening theme, this time about “Silence, Speech and Sound”. Sacred sounds and certain kinds of music are very effective means of inner transformation and also for energizing the space around us. Speech and sound can have an uplifting effect, but can also be destructive and painful. It depends on the way we use them.

We were a small group only, but there was an inspiring atmosphere. First I presented a powerpoint show with many photos related to sound (in German, it will be translated in the next weeks), also available as a PDF-file. After a pause my wife guided a meditation with an introduction into the Gayatri Mantram (an ancient sound formula, “The Light of the Thee Worlds”) and experiencing silence. The rhythm of mantric singing enlivens the experience of silence afterwards. It is somehow refreshing and makes us come again more in line with our higher self.

You might read the blopost on “The Power of Sacred Sounds” or the or the Basics of Spiritual Life on “Working with Sound“.

A hermit in the Himalayas, photo of a friend

Today I got a link to the YouTube video series (10 videos) of “The 2012 Enigma” by David Wilcock with a talk from the 2008 Conscious Life Expo 2008, LA, February 8 – 11.

David Wilcock is described as “a professional lecturer, filmmaker and researcher of ancient civilizations, consciousness science, and new paradigms of matter and energy. David is also the subject and co-author of the bestseller, The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?, which explores the remarkable similarities between David and Edgar.” It is a fascinating talk with interesting slides, though some things sound a bit fantastic. Have a look at it.

A statue of a pine cone in the Vatican, symbol of the pineal gland, found in many ancient cultures, from the video of David Wilcock (c)

An acquaintance and esotericist from another country contacts me from time to time asking my opinion concerning one subject or the other. At the moment he is following a project to set up a curriculum for a study of esotericism encompassing a course of 12 years.

He just sent me the scheme of his future manual. I had a quick glance through it: Though it contains a great number of esoteric disciplines – including very exotic ones -, I saw at the first sight that the most important was missing – maybe because it is too “esoteric” for most esotericists: It is “service“, one corner of the triangle of all spiritual work: Meditation – Study – Service. As long as any spiritual disciple isn’t firmly grounded in service and an attitude to help his fellow men, all the esoteric lore is of no value, yes even dangerous: It keeps him away from his real purpose: becoming a helper of mankind and, maybe finally, a co-worker of the Great Ones, which inspired him.

You can easily get lost on the way in the many subjects of esotericism, but missing the essence.

Last Friday I got the notice from the Swiss Federal Office of Migration that I was granted Swiss citizenship. I had applied for it last September, when I read that Germany now allows double citizenship with members from EU countries and Switzerland. Since my wife is Swiss, I didn’t have to go through all the paraphernalia of the normal process.

Somehow this system of national states and their identities impregnating the way of thinking and feeling always remains something mysterious for me, and it was so already when during my studies I was going through political philosophy.

On the rational side I understand these mechanism of creating and protecting a national individuality, with its multiple regulation systems of in- and exclusion.

On the side of feeling I find it strange how borders circumscribe parts and parcels of the earth, defining mine, thine, ours, yours, on the micro and macro level. And then all this game of natives and foreigners, friends and foes, influencing others territories by way of manipulation (via economical, religious or power pressure).

Of course when passing a border you often sense that there is another flavour, another tone or way of interchanging. And this gets even much more accentuated with another language, another writing system …

On the plane of the soul you get away from all these definitions and limitations, like “I am a Swiss / A German / a European / American”, or “I am a teacher / a student”, “I am a husband / wife”, even “I am a man / a woman”. The soul knows no such delimitations, it is “I am”, or even “THAT” – “That I am” – existence expressing itself as consciousness, with a mind, wrapping up into a body.

And so all this cascade of localizations and limitations goes on. Keeping the limitless background of existence in your awareness through a meditative re-connection helps staying aloof and not getting stuck in some ideological imprisonment.

You might like to read the Lunar Messenger on “Free Will and Freedom“.

A path to the blue yonder

I today had a phone call with a French speaking person who said that we mentioned something about the Avatar of Synthesis on our website (see here, here or here). He then pointed out that since some time he is in contact with the Avatar of Synthesis and a channel of him, and that through this work Jupiter is just being transformed into a sun. He asked, if I were interested to know more about it. I answered, not really – the best would be that he follows the unfoldment of his inspiration and I’ll follow mine.

It’s a funny game of spiritual boasting, which wasn’t the first encounter of that kind. From time to time I come across people who like delving into lofty spheres, claiming to have a special mission. It seems that special missions give you the feeling of being someone special, a spiritual VIP. To me however, this seems to be like junk food – looking nice but not really nourishing the soul. It isn’t authentic, just another kind of glamour.

A golden ball in a nearby garden, like an easter egg. Photo from this afternoon’s walk

We today got a (quite long) letter from a person living in the USA, who is the founder of the Living Love Fellowship and Soulprogress.com, two sites dedicated to spiritual upliftment:

“Our mission is to encourage all men and women to live spiritual life as a WHOLE, leaving out no part of their everyday lives. Only a whole spiritual life, lived in loving relationship with God and our fellow human beings, satisfies the hearts of God’s children. And, only a whole spiritual life really WORKS.”

In his letter he writes towards the end:

“When human beingness is rightly understood, the qualities above the solid red line on the enclosed diagram will be recognized as good, useful, and even Divine; and only what is below it – delusion, selfishness, and all that is of ego will be anathematized. Then, we can preserve our beautiful humanity and use it to everyone’s mutual benefit, even while we reject ego.

Our individual well-being and the collective destiny of our race depend on the living expression of all of our truly human characteristics. As truly human humans, we would certainly heal ourselves, each other, and the world! But until and unless human nature is resurrected from the trash bin in its entire and real. goodness and Godness, we will remain ineffective in love, and in creating a world of peace and happiness.

The world needs love more than anything else – desperately needs it. And, all truth seekers sorely need to love, both universally and personally. To empower human beings to love, please join us in teaching the world that:

1. True humanity and the truly human practice of relationship are beautiful – as God would have it be.
2. As children of God, it is natural for us to love both universally and personally.
3. We cannot love each other truly if, in our mystic search for God, we turn our backs on true humanity (in ourselves, and in others).

The change in thinking that’s needed is really big – and really important. Anything you’re already doing, or are willing to do, to help this human plight would be so appreciated, and tremendously helpful.”

They are running a project called “1,000 I LOVE YOUs – Dedicated to the upliftment and healing of humanity”, where they have movie samples of different persons saying into the camera (and to you): “I love you”. It somehow touches you seeing into the eyes of these persons, expressing their love towards you.

You might also want to read the text from Basics of Spiritual Life on “Love and Loving“.

I yesterday got some pictures from a friend with inspiring words coming from “pravsworld.com“, which “through its content strives to create a better human being, by cultivating ideas and values, spreading love & peace in this World to make it a better place to live; nurture peace and harmony, to have a human understand other, more importantly understand himself and realize his true potential.”

The header of the site “Pravs World”

They describe themselves as “The World’s most popular and the largest Web Group over the internet. Its probably the only that features a extensive collection of content that relates to inspiration in life and is dedicated to enrich and spread human values. It’s an inspiration to open your mind and touch your heart with words that makes positive impact. It’s an emotion felt by millions of individuals from over 120 Countries.”

You might be astonished about the name – it is the nickname of the initiator, who lives in Mumbai, India, but who doesn’t want to give his personality name because “I believe you should be known for the work you do, and your work should not be known for who you are. Let me be known for the work I do, and once you read this entire page I would seem more like a friend than some stranger.”

Have a look at the site, you find a great number of inspirational messages, and you can subscribe there to different mailing lists with daily inspiring thoughts.

Image Copyright – Pravs World & its photographers

Two days ago when I came from the office in the evening, there was a fantastic view of the Bernese Alps. When there is foehn, the air is sometimes extremely clear and the mountains, about 50-60 km away, seem to be close-by. There was no wind, but the whole day the weather had been below freezing point.

View from the Elfenau via Muri to the Alps, March 5th, 08

Seen from the same place with zoom: My Himalaya

Sometimes in meditation there also seems to be foehn: The mind is calm and transparent, and the subtle worlds very much present. But just like with the weather, mostly there is haze, or clouds of thoughts are blowing by, if not some rain-showers are obscuring the scene. You might like to see the powerpoint-presentation on “Recognising, Understanding and Overcoming Obstacles” for understanding more about the reasons for these “internal weather changes”.

P.S.: After reading the blog-post a friend sent me the following photo she took last year. The left mountain on the photo is the right mountain on the photo above. The right mountain on her photo in the Jungfrau (: “Virgin”, the “Top of Europe”), it shows a shadow like a giant cross, which can only be seen at a special time.

Two weeks ago our spiritual teacher, K. Parvathi Kumar, started a meditation network initiative in the groups called “Networking The Global Diamond Temple for Social Justice” (since yesterday the program and structure are online): The plan of a triangle network was conceived by Master DK, and it started after the Second World War as an inner work. Now this initiative is a continuation of the work, but with a new accent.

The idea is to see that social justice, as conceived by the Masters of Wisdom, is brought nearer to the minds of those who are in the governments through prayers and meditation. Justice from this standpoint is to find a common point where the seeming oppositions merge – neither extreme capitalism nor extreme communism or any “ism” of extremity. Through the meditational work we try to work to supply more light. The light knows where to go and what to do. So this way we are not taking sides and not directly getting into the politics of the governments, but stay away to bring nearer the social justice, to see how to include the welfare of all.

Three members residing in a nation form a triangle. The chosen triangle members will conduct the temple building meditation at 6 AM on Sundays, thus building a Diamond Temple. They are integrating nationally to constitute a national Diamond Temple, then such temple is visualised to integrate with the temple visualized for a continent and the continental temples are visualized to form a Global Diamond Temple. It is offered by the networking groups as a humble contribution to the Masters of Wisdom for their appropriate utilisation to inspire the global, continental and national governments with a view to manifest the plan of social justice.

People might be sceptical about such work and its effect. Of course everybody is free to join or not, and mental scepticism is a sure block-off.

It is my experience that there are few who join, for it requires an understanding beyond intellectual taking note, and also quite a commitment of inner determination. I like such meditational work together with friends, and I am sure that the power of combined focus of beneficial attention has a tremendous influence and is an effective work of good will.

The Creative Review Blog has posted 4 images showing “The Bible According To Google Earth”. The pictures have been realised by the Sydney-based creative collective ”The Glue Society“, visualising scenes from the Bible as if captured by Google Earth. Four key Biblical events are portrayed as if seen from above, in “God’s Eye View”: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark, Moses parting the Red Sea, and The Crucifixion. The Glue Society has realized the pictures commissioned by Pulse Art for the Miami art fair.

James Dive from the Glue Society says: “We like to disorientate audiences a little with all our work. And with this piece we felt technology now allows events which may or may not have happened to be visualized and made to appear dramatically real. As a method of representation satellite photography is so trusted, it has been interesting to mess with that trust.”

Noah’s Ark, by ”The Glue Society“, from (c) Creative Review Blog (extract)

Is really seeing still believing? There is so much “virtual reality” and “reality shaping”. On the other hand, many so-called “new” imaginations and ideas exist since long in the storehouse of the global mind, even from previous ages. Many of the computer games tap on these imaginations for their visual illustrations.

The Eastern wisdom knows a state of very refined inner perception, where an initiate can “read” in the Akasha. Akasha is meaning space or ether, and the initiate who can see the Akashic recordings is said to be able to zoom back and forth in time and space, to whatever location in the present and past, thus also to “Noah’s Ark”. Even if the authenticity of Akashic reading cannot be proven by objective science, being a “subjective” research method, the many different reports about it hint at its existence.

See also the Google-Earth related blog-posts “Looking from Space into the Garden“, “High Resolution Zooming – with Google Maps or Visualisation“, “Google Online Mapping Initiative against Darfur Genocide” and “An Atlas of our Changing Environment“.