2009-5-27 06:08:00
[Compiler's Note: The "Early Keys Posts" articles are a from a series of lessons that JJ Dewey gave while conducting classes on AOL (America Online), circa 1994.]
JJ:
To be honest with you I have learned more from books than I have learned from live individuals. The basic reason is that one can find more intelligent people in books than one can find in the normal daily experience.
With live people there is interaction which is helpful. Otherwise learning is learning.
Jesus himself should know why he spoke in parables. Here he explains from the book of Matthew:
10 "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 "For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 "But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 "For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see [those things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [those things] which ye hear, and have not heard [them]."
(Matthew 13:10-17)
Those who stayed with Jesus and sought the deeper meaning found it through interaction similar to the method used in teaching The Keys of Knowledge. To those who were not willing to contemplate and interact the parables were vague and they saw only the surface meaning.
The first keyword is Decision.
This has a surface meaning so the average person will think he understands exactly what Decision is. In other words, he will think he sees, but sees not. (See Verse 13 above.) But just like the parables there is a deeper meaning that can be gained through interaction and contemplation.
From personal experience I know that I have received a number of levels of understanding about the parables of Jesus through contemplation.
You say that you believe that when you are interacting with another you are both teaching and receiving at the same time in relation to him. I'll bet that you cannot isolate an incident when such a thing happened because such an event is impossible. In any point in time you are either sending, receiving or neutral to another. You cannot do both at once. If you can then you should be able to give me an example.
The vibration of the molecules of your body can be somewhat affected by an electrical current, but the vibration of the atoms themselves are fairly stable by our standards.
The link between spirit and matter is soul. The amount of spiritual vibration we seem to feel depends to a great extent on where our attention is as well as the attention of the higher self.
To teleport a physical body one must learn to still the vibration of the physical rather than increase the vibration. It then seems that your vibration has been raised, but in reality the vibration of the physical is no more only leaving the spiritual which is indeed a higher vibration.
The physical is then recreated by a process of unfolding; for in teleportation the physical is folded up into the spiritual. This is also necessary in overcoming death.
You are right. We should have more spiritual powers than we do. There is a missing link and that is the connecting point to link humanity with the Kingdom of the Spiritual or the Kingdom of God. There are Keys of Knowledge that can make this happen.
This forum is not an example of teaching and receiving at the same time. For one thing we do not even communicate at the same time. Furthermore, I do not believe that I have taught you anything to speak of yet nor you I. We have learned a little about each other's thought processes, but no spiritual principle has been transmitted.
Just like you cannot send and receive at the same time on a computer modem, you cannot teach and learn at the same time from another human being. There has to be some passage of time (even if it is small) between learning and teaching on the physical plane.
When you send a message to me you have an opportunity to teach if I am receptive and you send something I do not already know. When I send to you then I have an opportunity to teach if I present something you do not know and you are willing to receive.
The closest thing to learning and teaching at the same time is when the spiritual teacher is soul infused. In this case he can enter a timeless sphere with part of his consciousness can bring higher knowledge down to the personality level at near the same time he is sending the knowledge out or teaching. Nevertheless, in this case he is definitely the teacher and the receiving entity is the student.
I am a strong believer in human interaction. My interaction with you is evidence of this. But interaction is not teaching and receiving at the same time. Teaching and learning can be done within a certain period of time. But even in this case one will be more polarized in the teaching energy than the other. Take Jesus and his students. He learned little if anything from them, but taught them much. Where did he get his knowledge?
Let Jesus speak for himself:
"Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." (John 8:28)
"For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." (John 12:49-50
"Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." (John 14:10)
All throughout his life Jesus acknowledged that his teacher was his Father. Never did he say he learned anything from his students. How could he when he already knew everything that they knew?
If your friends and especially your family think you are weird that is a good sign (normally) Some people are truly weird to all of us.
Meditation can remove some of the blocks between you and the Spirit, but if one does not meditate on a regular basis yet uses the Third Key Word he will be further along than one who does regularly meditate.
Some who pray or meditate on a regular basis still remain in great illusion. When you are praying or mediating you must apply the Third Key [Of Knowledge]. Then you will be able to make a wise judgment that leads to a correct decision that releases the Kingdom of God within you.
What is the difference between one who meditates and gets correct information from the Spirit and one who meditates and gets incorrect information?
Psychedelic substances and certain drugs that are natural to the earth may be helpful at times when used with judgment, but more often than not the supposed help is an illusion. Man-made psychedelic drugs are more dangerous and can alter the personality -- sometimes to the bad and sometimes to the good -- and is something like electric shock treatment.
Pot [marijuana] stimulates the Head and Sacral Center. It often brings thoughts to the mind that seem very heavy, but if the evolution of the person has not advanced to the level of thought being unleashed then the person will not consciously understand them and his communications will seem like ramblings. If his Head Center has already unfolded then he will have a natural high, but more refined than that produced by pot. Thus when the advanced person smokes pot the main stimulation will be the Sacral Center which can have the effect of shifting his energies from the spiritual to the physical.
Becoming one with the Spirit can produce many times the feeling and experience of any drug. The intention of this course is to lead you in this direction.
Hope this helps.
"Use soft words and hard arguments."
-- English Proverb
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