Musings of the Magus of the Voices of Light #1 *** Any of this material presented here may be copied and distributed at will, as long as there is BOTH no charge and proper credit given. *** So you think you want to channel? By expressing this desire, you are accepting a great deal of responsibility and committing yourself to a great deal of hard work. The responsibility you are accepting is to both yourself and those for whom you will channel. The hard work is perhaps the hardest job any human being can undertake, yet a burden which all must assume eventually; The burden of personal development and alignment with Cosmos usually takes many lifetimes to carry successfully. Of course, you already have this journey well under way, or you would not be pursuing this information. The process of channeling may be defined as the process of becoming a "transducer" for sources of information other than those "normally" available to the conscious mind. For purposes of this discourse, I use the term "normally" in the statistical sense of normal, or average, sort of a semi-mythical middle ground available to the majority. For those new to the term, a transducer is a device used to "transduce" or convert one form of energy or information to another. The ear is a transducer; It converts the information contained in the mechanical vibrations of sound impressed on the air into nervous impulses usable by the brain. At the most basic level, channeling can be divided into two types, depending on the source of information: (1) Intra- personal, and (2) Extra-personal. Intra-personal (or IP) channeling involves sources of information from within the person doing the channeling. Extra-personal (or EP) channeling involves "outside" sources of information. Most people who do channeling can (and often do) channel information from both types of sources, so it is important to "know your source". IP sources can be many; Ranging from buried personality "fragments", through completely repressed personality constructs (as those found in multiple personality type disorders), up to and including both memories from past lives and even total recall and access to total experience,personalities, and skill of those past lives! Since these sources can be so varied, it well behooves a person to "check it out (thoroughly!) when dealing with such information. Intra-personal sources may (and often are)be valid,useful and very valuable; They can also be just the opposite! EP sources can be just as varied as IP sources. These can be simple communication with the deceased, "reading the Akashic Records, communications with what some would call "demons" or evil spirits, taking messages from "Angels", communicating with spirit guides, and even communications with Ascended Masters and Avatars. Once again, discrimination and good judgement are essential! The person doing the channeling exerts a great deal of influence on clarity, coherence, and content of the material channeled through them also. This is a very important factor to consider in this process. Also both "set" and setting during the channeling session have a great deal of influence. The person doing the channeling is hyper-sensitive to the mental and spiritual "atmosphere" and surroundings during a session and anything else going on can have serious post-hypnotic type effects on them long after the session is over. With all of these variables and influences present in the channeling process, is it any wonder that channeled information varies so widely in both quality and content? To really understand this process and learn to encourage it, direct the process' growth, and successfully manage it, requires a good working model of the mind, the body,their connection, and of the nature of consciousness itself. Undertaken properly, and with a proper knowledge of what one is doing, channeling can be a very rewarding experience for all concerned. Done in a haphazard fashion, with no knowledge of what is going on, it can be a very real threat to a person's sanity and lead to problems like paranoid schizophrenia and even possession. Channeling is a major "gift of the Spirit" and one must not only learn to use it wisely, but carefully choose "which spirit" at the outset. With this brief introduction to the subject of channeling, we will proceed through a general introduction to the nature of consciousness and awareness and construct a working analogue, or model, upon which we can base our further investigations. INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURE OF MAN Our perception of almost every aspect of our universe, and particularly things that directly relate to mankind, seems to be of a triune nature. Heaven, Earth, and Hell; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Id, Ego, and Superego, Superconscious, Conscious, and Subconscious; Parent, Adult, and Child; Gas, Liquid, and Solid; The three primary colors of Red, Blue, and Yellow; Mental, Physical, and Spiritual. For the initial purpose of building our model of the nature of man, we will use this last trichotomy; Looking at the three-fold nature of man as composed of mental, physical, and spiritual aspects and how they relate to the whole entity or "beingness" of the individual and his expression in the earth. Once we have our model constructed, we can use it for a reference framework within which to explore most any information we wish, as well as how that information is inter-related with the whole. The Nature of Man, a Schematic Overview SPIRITUAL (Divine "Spark" of GOD / Essence or Nature) SPIRITUAL ____________/__MENTAL (Soul Mind, Mental Link / \ of Soul w/God) E | \ | PHYSICAL (The Permanent Physical N | Manifestation of Soul) | SPIRITUAL (Higher Self, Super- T | / Conscious,Inner Guide) __ MENTAL _______________/__MENTAL (Conscious Mind, the I \ "Thinking part.) | \ T | PHYSICAL (Autonomic Nervous System, | Subconscious Mind) Y | SPIRITUAL (Chakras, Endocrines) \ / PHYSICAL _____________/__MENTAL ("Animal Instincts, \ Reflexes, Blood \ Chemistry) PHYSICAL (Mechanical aspects, Bodily functions, etc.) This simplified chart will be our reference for the study of the nature of the whole human being, and the internal infra- structure of being. Such a chart, diagram, or "model" lets us examine the many aspects of being individually and on a small scale and yet relate them to the whole. However we need to keep in mind that it is JUST a MODEL, and is not intended to be totally definitive! Let's be careful not to confuse our tools and models with the Holistic Reality of the Human Being. We will be using one more chart, based on a simplified model of Laser Holography, to look at the nature of consciousness and memory. This model will be very simplified, but necessitate a brief layman's introduction to the principles of physics involved in Holography. It is no accident that mystics and wise men of all ages have often spoken about certain aspects of mental and spiritual activity, as well as knowledge in terms relating to light. Holographic Imaging Model of Consciousness _____________ / /| / / | /____________/ | Laser [reference] | | | ______ Prism [beam] | OBJECT | / / | coherent |\->->->->->->-| | / / |>=>=>=>=>=| \ |___________|/ \ |)=>=>=>=>=| / \/ \_____| light |/\ / \/ \/ /\ \/ [working beam] \/ \ / [reflected image] \/ /\ \/ \ / \/ _______ \/_______ ____ ____ MIRROR SCREEN The characteristic of a laser that makes it so useful is that it is the source of "pure" or coherent light. "Normal" light is composed of many frequencies which are all jumbled together and out of phase. Try to picture the set of ripples generated in a still pool of water when just one pebble is dropped in. All of the wave crests are equidistant and in phase and highly regular, aren't they? This is analogous to laser light. Now picture the same pool, only toss in a random handful of pebbles, the results are quite different aren't they? This is analogous to "normal" light. The laser generates coherent light which enters a prism that splits the beam in two: (1) the Reference Beam, and (2) the Working Beam. The working beam is, in turn reflected from a mirror and redirected back to the object being illuminated. When the wave fronts of the two beams collide on the surface, they create an "interference pattern" which is reflected to the screen or photographic plate. This interference pattern, when properly viewed, recreates the 3 dimensional image of the original object.