Where do we start?

Where do we start? I guess it can be said that we can start from anywhere, for everything is linked and must make sense overall.

The universe has many dimensions. We live here on Earth in one or two or three of those dimensions: plane, surface and volume. But that doesn't say much and we all know about those three dimensions. They also exists in other levels. So we can't count them so much as "dimensions". We thus live in the material world. We also live in other dimensions/planes most of us can't see while living in this material world, only feel. Anything we do here is "copied" at least in one other dimension/plane. In fact in all other dimensions/planes. We can't get away with whatever is happening to us down here whether of our own making or imposed upon us as it is the case with the other dimensions. We are quite responsible for what is happening to us. Why can't we see those other dimensions? For some reasons, among them to not influence our current situation.

Although we have our free will it does come not only with liberty but also responsibility. We can't get away with anything. It's copied elsewhere. So eventually we will have to answer for our behaviour out here or on any dimensions for that matter. How? Well not as 'punishments' or 'sins' but as infractions with sanctions that are consequencials to our deeds... whether "good" or "bad" and we can't escape from them. I will discuss about those aspects later on because the subject matter is vast! Let's say for now that the notion of "karma" is partially what it is about.

Our lives "down here" have some interesting aspects that we don't find as such in other dimensions... The material world makes converge all types of people. Our mandate has always been to make this place a... paradise. We have missed the point for sure. This interaction of all genres of people helps us determined where we fit in. On other plans we won't find ourselves with either the most illuminated mixed with the most criminals and everything in-between. Only here. And on other plans or dimensions we do not choose personally that we belong to one or the other. It is our level of "behaviour" that determines where we should be. We have no say as such in that regard. Our free will all along makes us be where we are at. If we want to be in the most etheral, pure, peaceful, etc. places we have to act in order to reach those areas. Otherwise we get stuck in where we are as long as we do not consciously wish to move on. In some instances it can take the equivalent of hundreds of earth years before we realize this and wish to move on because we think where we are is where we should be. It's a construct, a personal one. And we get along well with our fellows in where we are because we fit it. Not unlike what is going on down here, except that we are not evolving much by staying in one level for hundreds of years... Furthermore, we must move on at one point or the other because everything in the universe IS movement. If we do not wish to move on we will lose the right of being. It seems contradictory that we have no choice and that we do. More explanations about that later because it is another vast subject!

Nothing is new in what I advance here. Everything or almost everything I am going to write has already been said or written by the prophets of the past, whether he is called Lao Tseu, Mohamed, Jesus, Siddharta Gautama (Buddha), Moses, Zarathustra, etc. I only intend to be straightforward. It wants to be a guide. Many aspects of what I will write can be found in all the scriptures, dialogs, etc. Some of what I will write will just all of a sudden makes sense. I have a responsibility towards you here. I am not going to discuss things or advance ideas that I am uncertain about without letting you know. In fact, there are many aspects that I still struggle with. So you have to make your own decision concerning what I propose. As I wrote it is my perspective of things so far, after more than 40 years searching for plausible answers. I am just sharing for what it's worth. For me it is worth a lot! It is logical and plausible. For the last 40 years I encountered quite fluffy stuff and people that did not register on my scale... You are allowed to be skeptical ! I am a no nonsense guy.

Love, karma, energy

The best way to grow spiritually is through... love! Not necessarily love for one person, universal love. This is of course easier said than done. We are raised to mistrust. To love is not something "fluffy". Yet through love you will eventually feel "lighter".

The best way to express love is not to try to embrace the world but through your deeds. It has to do with compassion towards one another, that is helping others in any way possible. We only have to sincerely do as much as we can in a given circumstance.

It could only be holding the door to the next person! In that sense nowadays automatic door are taking away a simple gesture of courtesy! It might be convenient but it doesn't put into perspective your "precious" time. How long does it take in one's life to hold the door to the next person? That goes for any simple gesture. Are we so cheap as to not have the time to hold a door? It takes one or two seconds of one's "precious" time. We have to show humanity towards each other, individuals being on a journey down here as we are.

There is something karmic about simple gestures. Every time you do one simple gesture you partly redeem whatever bad karma you've accumulated, not unlike Air Miles™ :) This goes the other way as well. If you are doing things harmful to you or others, it's recorded somewhere, not the NSA... Our goal is to spiritually grow.

I understand pretty well that this seems far-fetched. I can't prove that in a test tube in a lab. Even though I can't prove it, it won't hurt me if I hold the door to the next person. Do to others what you would like others do for you. And don't calculate all the time. It won't work if you do things to redeem whatever it is you feel requires some expiation. The gestures that counts are the ones done with spontaneity, not through calculation.

Whatever we do or say creates energy. We determine what type of energy we want to make use of in our life. If you feel good about the gesture you just did it is a kind of energy that is used for you and for others.

Energy equals vibrations or frequencies or pulses, not unlike the frequency to distribute electricity to a house which in most countries is either 50 or 60 Hertz.or cycles or pulses per second. We could talk about radio frequencies which are also vibrations or pulses per second. The whole universe is made up of frequencies. That's the way the energy is transmitted in any world. Nikola Tesla invented a device to listen to the universe, called the teslascope. But it can go so far as the known universe. Same for radiotelescope that are listening to all sorts of frequencies emitted by all sorts of objects in the the material universe.

Anyone of us uses frequencies as well. When we say to someone "you got good vibes" we only recognize this. You can feel one person's frequencies and you may or may not feel comfortable with theirs compared to yours and vice versa. You feel a warmth next to this person or you are feeling a repulsion.

Languages are also using frequencies or vibration. The way we use our languages is building us as persons but also as communities. We are responsible for the way we use those frequencies. They determine a path. It is political. We choose to be either peaceful, engaging and cooperative or we choose otherwise. We then have to understand the consequences of our choice.

Good vibes attracts good vibes and bad ones attracks bad ones. Some people may be powerful in the material world but they might not be so powerful on the Other Side. It all depends on the way ones uses the energy. It's no brainer. In the other world if you even try to be powerful you'll be quickly put in your place by the forces out there, that is you might be powerful but to a very very low level, next to this material world. Further you climb the spiritual latter, less you are powerful because it doesn't exist as such on higher plans because relations are made of exchange, cooperation... and love.

Group of affinities and personal progression

To some extent things are no so different on the Other Side as here. Why should they be so weirdly different?

On the Other Side people form communities if they wish so. Like down here. People regroup by affinities according to their levels of "spirituality". Every way of the steps towards what we could call "enlightenment", one finds groups of affinities.

For example, if one is a flute player and plays with others there are flute players on the Other Side which you can join, always according to your level of spirituality. Your personal evolution determines that you can be with other flute players who have the same level of evolution as yours.

Same goes for any activity, except that some disappear as you climb up the ladder of spirituality. If you wish to stay a criminal, a gambler or whatever is of low level, you can. But then you won't be very high in the ladder. And you face the possibility of being annihilated...

The level of spirituality is in no way determined by wealth. Your notoriety as a drug dealer or a phlanthropist is irrelevant. It is the sum of your deeds that determines you level of spirituality. If on one hand you gave millions of dollars to arts but on the other hands unjustifiably exploited your workers, you are not to expect to be treated with deference. 

In fact some of your former workers might be way up in the spiritual scale compared to you and it might stay that way for a long long time. It is not a matter of revenge, only of spiritual levels. This is just an example. It serves the purpose of explaining how things work on the Other Side. After all it's a practical guide. No frills. If you wish to be rubbed in the right way or if you are looking for an ego-booster, there are literally hundred of books out there that will do so to please you.

Reincarnation and its role

As explained earlier (All in the family) a person on the Other Side has or wants to come back in the material world, say for instance on Earth. I don't know if there are other planets where this person could end up. All I know is that the possibility exists considering the number of planets in the material universe where life could strives. Exoplanets are now one of the most interesting research area in astronomy.

Very few people who are down here are so for the first time. Most of us have been here many many times already in different shapes, sex, conditions. In one life you could be a king and the next you'll be a servant. It all depends on your spiritual evolution. Your daughter could have been your wife or your mother. You may also meet for the first time which is rare. In fact we often end up being with people we have dealt many times with already.

In many instances, even if in this life you move from one country to the other, chances are you will meet people over there that you already had known in different lives. Sometimes you may think by moving you are "escaping" but you're just moving your body. The rest of your history always follows you. When one chooses another country to go to live it is either by necessity or by choice but it often happen to be a place where you may not know you may have already lived in a different life. Each person's circumstances are different. I explained an overall process. I can't get into your own pedigree. You may feel all this on your own because there are all sorts of things happening that makes you wonder.

We are here to evolve spiritually and we put into the conditions that will favor this evolution. You have to become aware of this and act accordingly. It's your free will, your life. Everything one does or even thinks has an impact on its life and the ones of its surroundings. So if one doesn't evolve more this time around and start to understand the purpose of its presence down here, well it's like doubling a class. This person will have to come back again until this person digs it. Read everything that I wrote before so it will be more understandable.

Karma, Ethics, Human Activities and the 'Pursuit of Happiness'

There are very few instances in today's world of totally ethical doings. Ultimately almost everything is tainted with activities that make the whole of human bustling unacceptable at higher levels. No one is innocent and safe.

Knowing or not knowing about that will ultimately have an impact on you. This is the most difficult aspect of life in the material world, especially now. The complexity of the societies we've created is such that even though one may not be aware of it or unwilling to dig deeper into the knowledge of whatever it is one is doing, the end result is the same. If it doesn't comply with the requirements at higher levels of the spiritual world, one will end up stuck at lower levels if one doesn't want to care about that. If one does wishes to care about the end result of one's activity, acts AND thoughts to the best of one's knowledge and ability, it will eventually be possible to move on to higher levels because corruptions of all sorts linger all over the material world.

It is almost impossible to escape the realities we've created: the base is rotten. Why is it do we exist and who are we serving? In the pursuit of one's own 'happiness', one is having an impact on others' pursuit of 'happiness', whether positive or negative. It's an endless chain reaction and has a tremendous impact on the Other Side. The Tables of Moses or if you prefer the Ten Commandments are like a spiritual framework to assist humans in their pursuit of 'happiness'. It is not complete but it is a good start to act solely for the purpose of the betterment of the Universe let alone one's betterment. It is quite simple. It doesn't require a PhD in anything to understand them. And yet...

Transcriptions and translations purposefully or not may have altered the wording throughout history. For instance, whether it is considered the fourth of the fifth Commandment 'Honour thy father and thy mother' has been wrongly transcribed and should read: 'Honour fatherhood and motherhood' This is crucial. It places the burden on those having children instead of the children. It means you are not to take lightly the purpose of being a parent, for you bring into this world another being and it is your responsibility to respect this being and teach, educate this individual without exercising undue authority. For many centuries this has been quite a mistake to place the burden on the kids instead of putting it on the parents. Parents have to act as guides towards the child without any sort of abuse.

The difference of perspective is total and has had an impact on everything else. Authoritarian attitude towards one another shows a lack of respect towards one another. Such a situation does not occured on higher levels because there is no necessity to use authority on higher levels because if you have reached higher levels you are at a point of cooperation with one another. The abuse of power, authoritarian power throughout history is tremendous and makes the whole base of being here rotten. We can see it in everything on a daily basis, everywhere. Of course there are some sorts of hierarchies on higher levels of the spiritual world, but they are more like the wiseman or woman of the village. So it's more like a guidance. If you don't like it maybe you shouldn't be there... Anyway you wouldn't be there if you didn't want to follow some rules...

Revolution & Spirituality

The spiritual revolution starts between our two ears. Nowhere else. We have first to establish what type of revolution and what type of society we want to live in. Not in groups at first. Between the ears. There are things to solve which are not easy.

Most revolution have failed on the long run because they were not established on solid grounds. It is not necessary at all to take up arms to build a revolution. And if one is talking about a spiritual revolution, arms of any kind are strictkly prohibited, otherwise it is anything but a spiritual revolution which can only be achieved by like-minded people. No need either to demonstrate in the streets. It is in silence a spiritual revolution must happen first. To build a collective that lasts the rules must be the same for every participant. The rules for a spiritual revolution are very simple. So simple in fact that so far they've been the hardest to follow for a few thousands years or some hundreds of generations. Sadly there are not much followed. Courthouses are filled with people not following the rules and lawyers are ever busy streamlining the process.

In the end it is useless to try to change coercively others' viewpoints or behaviours. It ain't workin' and it's not the way a spiritual revolution ought to work. For the better or the worse I might add. One has to be a model. That is all there it because the rewards of a spiritual revolution don't come through like Air Miles of financial benefits (though they could). The rewards are from other dimensions, readily available here in the material world and throughout the known and unknown universe.

I know it feels almost frustrating but we are so much conditioned by what capitalism and the industrial revolution has brought that we can't think straight anymore because we want our rewards even before we've started working on ourselves.

This society is based on fulfilling needs. And there are literarally thousands of artificial needs to fulfill. We have to think in terms of scarcity, not in terms of abundance. This is obviously "unAmerican". I am not here to rub your ego. I am here to tell you something different. If one is frustrated because one has no car one should start thinking about that. I am 57 and have had no cars in my life. I lived in many cities and even in the countryside from 2005 to 2007 in a real small 8 x 8 feet cabin I built myself with recycled material: cost 5$. I bought one acre of land for it. I had no water no electricity, only an oil lamp and a trek to the river for the water. After the two-year experience I eventually sold the piece of land at the same cost I paid for 10 years before. No speculation. It served its purpose and ended up paying nothing to house myself for two years. In fact I made a profit because I sold it. It's all in the mind.

Life is not about working 9 t0 5 every weekday for 40 years.and then retiring. This is nonsense. I retired slowly from age 19 and did not work full time very long. I wanted to enjoy life and most jobs are far from being an enjoyment unless one is to be resilient with that.

Everything has to change in order to achieve a spiritual revolution. E.V.E.R.Y;T.H.I.N.G. Since I cannot argue with anyone about this, I do it in silence on my own.

In North American terms I am very poor, earning and capping a yearly revenue of about 15 000 $. Yet I live like a millionaire having much free time on my hand every day of the year. That is the way I envisioned my 'retirement' a long time ago after I saw people just retiring at 65 and dying soon afterwards. It's insane. I live in a two-storeys townhouse of more than 1200 sq feet in the city with a great backyard with many kids playing in it after school. My landowner are very nice people and we exchange services and goodies all the time. Those are my rewards.

This is my revolution since I cannot convinced anyone of the true nature of spiritual revolution. Start on yourself. Things will happen. I experimented it. It is in no way wishful thinking. Just remember to thank the Lord (or the Cosmos if you wish so) for the good life you are having. Don't get into useless hassles, be humble and respect others.

Injustice and spirituality

In the material world and specifically here on Earth there is what we call injustice. Much injustice. Apparently. Although it is laudable to work to alleviate the worst of it and create the conditions for a better world, in the end the most important is the spiritual work on oneself.

We all know about the so-called 1%, the super-rich people of this world who have so much that they seem to be drowning in cash. This is obviously unfair and revolting. And few of them 'deserve' what they have. In most cases it has been obtained trough suspicious means that have no spiritual base for sure. The worst thing is to feel envy towards them. As I said it is important to work on social justice but it is not about the 1%. In a way I sometimes think it is good that this situation exists because people are relentless in consuming and wasting time and money on "things". The satisfaction of needs has become an obsession and creates a world of garbage. So at least the fact there is this 1% having it all limits the disaster that cunsumption is having on this very planet, because with the little left for the rest of us, pollution and garbage are piling up like crazy all over the world. The mad dog has to be on leash.

Life is not about money, consumption and work to achieve this cycle. Although it is only fair to live comfortably, the level of comfort we are looking for is fortunately unreachable by the majority of people on this planet. What we call the ecological footprint has its purpose. It shows exactly what I am talking about.

It seems very hard to grab yet if we do not have a sound spiritual base any economical, political, social system won't achieve much and it all start with oneself. Anyone who is stealing other's life will not go far in the spiritual world even though one might live in a castle with 10 cars at the door down here, it just shows the low level of spirituality. It has nothing to do with going to church every Sunday in a Mercedes. This is hypocritical.

It is what you do and think that counts. There are many ways of stealing from others. In today's world real estate speculation has become a real game to gain. It is destroying entire lives and neighbourhoods all over the world. It creates unrest. So are other forms of profiteering such as the stock market speculative nature. Retirement funds are made of these. So to achieve one's own so-called retirement one is stealing from others. The whole financial system is a world of theft. erything has to change to the core. The goals are totally unacceptable at any level of spirituality. I am not saying poverty is the road to high level of spirituality. Fairness is closer to what one can achieve it this life, here and elsewhere in the universe.

The whole history of man has been about conquest and envy. We don't have to be rich or a scholar to know that. Jesus and others have been warning about this for centuries and the message is not heard. Other people are also taking advantage of the ignorance of others by creating churches that are just giving false hope. Most churches are falsely using the scriptures of phophets to gain attention and increase their membership. Their base is to show an easy path towards spiritual achievement.

It took me decades to understand this and from the begining of my adult life I have been restless with the apparent injustice that exists in all manners in this world. Even though I had the opportunity to be 'initiated' at an early age, it took me a long time to accept what I was told as being just. It's amazing because I had to struggle with myself all the time, having a real hard time accepting that this world is the way it is because we make it the way it is. So I've decided to leave it there. To stop complaining about this apparent injustice and work on myself instead because I cannot force others to go my way. Just to try to be the best person I can be and maybe help others if they want it. People who are not asking for help don't need help. It is only fair to ask for it and to not offer free advice if not asked for. It is a pledge and a bet I am having. A pledge and a bet with myself and about what I was told a long time ago as being the way it works.

The World Stage and Us

From the standpoint we have the situation of the world is more or less good. If one lives in wealth and insouciance, it goes without saying that the world goes relatively well. On the other hand if one is poor, indebted, sick or handicapped, one is more likely to find the world not working well. It is even getting worse if one watches the news. There is enough evidence in there to be at least worry about the world. One has the feeling that we will never free ourselves of this mess.

This "revolt" is healthy but it got to make sense because one has barely any control on the world affairs, except by contributing to them in a positive way. Obviously, one might say it will have no effect on things which is not the purpose here on a macro level but rather on a micro level: ours. Each positive thought, each positive gesture one does is like a point of acupuncture one administers on the surface of Earth as if it were a skin, to ease the pain and heal.

Like many people I am horrified by what is going on in Syria, among other places. How have we ended up in this situation and what can be done to remedy this endless and senseless war in a country that not long ago seemed peaceful, economically stable with beautiful cities, etc. No need to give me a lesson in the geopolitics of the Middle East. I am pretty well aware of it with its share of colonialism, imperialism, petroleum, etc. Yet if one wants to bring back peace in this part of the world (or any for that matter) one has to look at the geopolitical history and from there conceive a plan to rewind toward a modus vivendi and a modus operandi; a return to peace if that is what we want.

The same questioning goes on for anything else I guess. What to do? One can choose to participate in activities which goals serve to alleviate the worst aspects of one's life, hence of this society, whichever the cause. One has to remember though that one is more or less responsible about what is going on. Everything is linked one way or the other. At one's level the way one thinks and acts might trigger misfortune and hardship elsewhere, something we often wish to ignore.

The list of acts one can do at one's level is quite long to make things better. In our consuming society, we buy many things which origins might have a great deal of mishaps before arriving on a store shelves, etc. We thus all contribute to the world affairs as they are.

And always one must remember that we are here in transit. The existence on the Other Side can resemble what it is here only in the lowest levels of spirituality. Higher one is climbing the steps of spirituality, farther are the types of absurd situations that makes the daily life down here sometimes excruciating. Situations of conflicts are limited to the lowest part of spirituality. That makes one being a detainee to wish to stay here. Yet we must make the best of it, being the best we can if we don't want to go through the process of being caught in fights of all kinds going on also in the lowest levels of spirituality.

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