Chapter 13- Religious Studies: Exercise 1

Exercise 1 

The Clearing of the Untruths

Tools required:

• Mantric petition
• Bowl of water (clear water, not muddy lake water, and definitely not seawater)
• Candle
• Pen and paper 

Mantric petition:

Beloved Christ, Keeper of true testimony:
I ask for the clearing away of all burdensome falsehoods
which are set upon me.
That I may efficiently recognize my own corruptions
and be freed from them.
And now, in this moment, may my greatest hindrance
be so shown to me, to then be dispelled by Your Loving Power:

I ask: that this falsehood of consequence become apparent to me:

REVEAL!

 I ask: that this falsehood of consequence become relinquished of me:

 ABSOLVE!

 I ask: that this falsehood of consequence become distinct from me:

 RELEASE!

 I ask: that this falsehood of consequence be now, and forever:

 RESOLVED!

Have the candle placed in the bowl of water, so that it is steadily balanced there, in the centre (perhaps in a holder) with the top sticking out above.
Light the candle.

Passing your egoic hand (whichever is the dominant hand) over the tip of the flame (without burning it) repeat the mantra solemnly. Continue to do so until an image comes to mind.

Do not dismiss this image, but write briefly on a small piece of paper what it is you have witnessed.

Question yourself deeply as to what may be the calamity here … what is the discrepancy between what you take for being true and what is not true about this idea or memory?

If you cannot recognize the mistake there to be corrected, fold the piece of paper and carry it with you for a week – taking time to explore the meaning of this message.

Conversely, if the meaning does make itself apparent in the moment, take the paper and fold it tightly, then carefully set fire to it from the candle and finish the procedure by immersing it within the water of the bowl.

If during the week the answer becomes clear, go to the bowl and proceed as just described (repeating the mantra as given).

If during the week no answer becomes known, take counsel outside of yourself and ask the opinion of others whose angelic guides may answer you more clearly. Take notice of all comments weighing with importance, and if still after the second week no clear answer has come, make an entry in a diary of experience for future consideration.

Do not hurry into false assumptions but remember that this is a process for one’s own clarity first and foremostly. Often folk do find solace in certain repentance which may come of this. However the objective is not to cringe or cower at the enormity some falsehoods presume over us with, not to feed them any more vitality than is already so issued, but to dissolve the partnership and be done so.

Chapter 13- Religious Studies: Recommended, Part 2

The tending to bonfires and barbecues is a stimulant for the inspiration – whilst also, if there are others present, a wonderful community, communitive inspirationally as well!

The staff barbecue at the place of employment; the festival bonfire; the ‘say-goodbye-to-the-old’ burn-off; the kiln-pit firing; even the ol’ spit-roast … brings inspiration to the party attending, and inspires the group as a whole.

If you watch people who are gathered around a fire you will see that the emphasis is that of the folk being relieved from eye contact with one another. A lot of the time it is acceptable for the gaze to go to the flames and relax there, taking too the thought, and the time for thought.

Conversation is less hurried and the mood is more pensive. We are drawn to take in the aspects of the fire, as it takes to itself much and expires it rapidly.

Fires are a lovely way help us find the quiet connections that we have and maintain them. The tending of them is a great and responsible service.

Dedicated art incorporates, with adhesiveness, the spiritual worlds and their devotion into our physical habitat. We can learn to creatively, distinctively and consciously be artful in much that we do.

For example: if we are delivering a prayer or communion amongst others, or in simple dialogue which is inspired, we can embellish that which we do which ordinarily otherwise could be perfunctory routine to us. The embellishment need not be of ‘bad taste’, but rather something which is creatively added to and made wonderful by us in the very attempt to do so.

Folk instinctively respond to creativity with much delight. It proves firstly the curious nature we hold about us, the quirk and the quark, so to speak. Secondly, creativity is so revered and respected by the angelic humors, as this is not a talent that they are given to of themselves, but can appreciate much through the unpredictability of humankind.

Becoming artful is another way of becoming thoughtful. The sinister connotation this word has been given to indicates some kind of cunning or guile … whereas in its proper propriety it represents someone who is creatively and consciously (skilfully too) working to enhance the mundane with their imaginative talents.

Walking on water (in both the spiritual and physical context) is a condition whereby our relationship with the Divine Ego is supported and made buoyant, rather than drowned or held down, in the deep.

This is important and vital ideology to the Christian soul who seeks the egoic stronghood as is promised to him. Prior to this outer and inner example as was made clear by our beloved Christ, it was a presumed and given tenet that development meant subjugation to the seas of eternal splendour. We were all led to believe that Father God Himself was uncompromising, and that our own parts of egoic rapture were to be confiscated for the sake of the greater, all engulfing, cosmic whirlpools of a ‘higher consciousness’.

However, it is Christ that taught us that we could dance upon the waters. The uncanny truth to this is that whilst an individual is concealed from that understanding he may well be so contained and subservient to all kinds of ‘larger’ influences – which although of Father God may not necessarily be of Christ or pertinent to Man. Yet, wonderfully, when he has the revelation of his own strength within … and the right to be that strong … he cannot be held captive anymore. The freedom of spirit, of both ego and soul, is instantaneous!

Chapter 13- Religious Studies: Recommended

Activities Recommended:

• Convalescence in Prayer
• The wearing of blue garments
• The tending to bonfires and barbeques
• Dedicated art
• Walking on Water

Convalescence in Prayer is a restorative like no other! For the irreligious it often comes to pass that the quickest and most effective turnaround for their entire conscious grappling with the divine, is through that one simple prayer, humbly and honestly coming back to Him.

Everyone has a right to pray. Praying does not lift us up and away from this world, but rather draws the heavens closer to us … to also, in consequence, be drawn closer and deeper into the physical as well.

Praying silently offers us a sense of solemn privacy which is quite blessed. Folk often wonder as to how it would be should every individual be competently telepathic – stories depict the need for speech becoming obsolete – however, and importantly, we can consider this for just one moment … There is a time given to the quiet resolvings, and a time for active expression. We know cosmically that we have both Father God and Christ, His active emissary, His Divine Word making tangible a complexity of realms.

As people, our first thought as to our own private world of thought is wrought with relief that we are not so revealed so easily – that were others to read our minds before we had the time to prepare them for viewing we should be embarrassed at the intrusion, at the very least. But there is a bigger perspective than this convenience (the convenience of keeping our thoughts to ourselves until we see fit to disclose them) and that is the matter of Formulation and of Issue.

To begin with it can be cited that it is not unusual for very religious individuals to be beautifully spoken, in decided and deliberate speech. Conversely to this, when the element of religion is withdrawn from their makeover, or underdeveloped, the processes of formulating thought and working upon the considered talk given out, is wanting. These individuals often lack a sensitivity also, in relation to others’ impressions of them. The flow of speech is not contained or controlled, and they are unempathetic to the rhythms and needs of the other parties in the discussion.

Now, in relation to the greater aspects of this Formulating and of Issue there is a fundamental truth which says:

From the fountain I get water,
but from the ground I get mud.

It is necessary for us to raise our thoughts above the day-to-day, above the mundane, out from the worldly, separated enough that we may find a useful clarity both materially and spiritually. We do this in part with our simple and private thinking – we do this most wonderfully when we confer our reasonings with Father God.

The wearing of blue garments is most encouraging to the would-be religious! If you gazed at a room full of people and looked to their egos you should see a collection of dazzling blue skies – together forming the one ether of blue – the one sky.

Yet another fantastic conundrum! That amongst men who are ‘divided’ by their individualities, kept separate and distinct by the very nature of their beloved egos, they are also so beautifully conjoined in the one expanse of space, in the soft blue depths, lit from consciousness, divinity and soul. 

The wearing of the colour blue brings this into our understanding.