Consciousness cosmic

Every power in the universe, every archangel, every god, every ar-chon, every demon, is both out there, as a cosmic function and within us. Every state of consciousness is reflected in us. Our dreams and nightmares are the frontiers of heaven and hell. Consequently, each and every human being has the innate capacity to be a Buddha or a Hitler. 

After having made this distinction, the tower can be used paradoxically, to transport consciousness for a very specific purpose. First, let s be quite clear that consciousness itself doesn t actually require any vehicle to be anywhere. Consciousness is omnipresent. But consciousness does require a vehicle to function, to be effective, upon any given plane. In very advanced practice, the tower is moved within the etheric counterpart of the Earth, first to the North Pole, where our planet receives most of the incoming cosmic radiations from the stars, and from there to other locations, even to the great diamond-crowned Tower at the principal abode of the immortal Sages, that august sanctuary which is, as its name states, the place where the will of God is known. This is a high level of practice that is only undertaken with direct tuition. 

Kundalini is cosmic electricity, the universal life-principle, the conscious energy that takes form as all things and builds everything from within. The control of this energy in its subhuman forms, by mental means, is the primary secret of the Great Work. This cosmic electricity is called Chaiah in Qabalah and is attributed to Chokmah. It is the radiant Yod-force held within the medium of the First Matter, the womb of Binah. 

Alterations in consciousness induced by such plant chemicals include hallucinations or visions, experienced in euphoric trance-like states and often interpreted as spirit contact or possession, inspiration and enlightenment, self dissolution or cosmic union. As for traditional plant medicines, selection of plants of the gods and appropriate dosage was empirical, based—long before any neuropharmacological knowledge—on a process of trial and error. It is remarkable that identification of the active constituents of these plants in the last century has demonstrated interactions with key transmitter systems implicated in the neurobiology of consciousness. 

Austrian biologist Paul Kammerer once compared events in our world to the tops of waves in an ocean. We notice the tops of the isolated waves, but beneath the surface there may be some kind of synchronistic mechanism that connects them. Whatever you believe about such far-out speculation, be humble. Our brains, which evolved to make us run from lions on the Ethiopian plains, may not be constructed to penetrate the infinite veil of reality. We may need science, computers, brain augmentation, and even literature and poetry to help us tear away the veils. Einstein himself realized the insufficiency of the human mind when he wrote, My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as laws of nature. For those of you who read the Neoreality book series, look for the hidden mechanism, feel the connections, pierce the cosmic shroud, and sail on the shoreless sea of love. ... 

An epic poem on plant humours, an abstruse alchemic treatise, an experiential narrative jigsaw puzzle, a hip and learned wild-nature reference text, a comic paen to cosmic consciousness, an ecological handbook, a dried-herb pastiche, a counterculture encyclopedia of ancient fact and lore."... 

Our ups and our downs of behavioral output ride a wave of internal body temperature that mirrors the diurnal fluctuations of temperature that follow the sun s rising and setting. Light, of course, is symphonically orchestrated in the cosmic world of day and night and tells us even consciously what thermal time it is more clearly and crisply than hot/cold sensitivity. 

The goals of transcendental meditation are similar to those of the relaxation response. Being derived from Eastern mystical practices, they have a distinctive philosophical and cultural spin. Instead of seeking to instill identifiable and tranquilizing mental content, transcendental meditation practitioners seek a state of consciousness that is devoid of content. This contentless consciousness is believed to be pre- or extra-existential, cosmic, or otherworldly hence the term transcendental. It is this reconnection with primordial, universal, preverbal awareness that confers the benefit of transcendental meditation. Here we are clearly in religious territory. 

The results of our experiment would indicate that psilocybin (and LSD and mescaline, by analogy) are important tools for the study of the mystical state of consciousness. Experiences previously possible for only a small minority of people, and difficult to study because of their unpredictability and rarity, are now reproducible under suitable conditions. The mystical experience has been called by many names suggestive of areas that are paranormal and not usually considered easily available for investigation (e.g., an experience of transcendence, ecstasy, conversion, or cosmic consciousness) but this is a realm of human experience that should not be rejected as outside the realm of serious scientific study, especially if it can be shown that a practical benefit can result. Our data would suggest that such an overwhelming experience, in which a person existentially encounters basic values such as the... 

The fact of the matter is that all apparent forms of matter and body are momentary clusters of energy. We are little more than flickers on a multidimensional television screen. This realization directly experienced can be delightful. You suddenly wake up from the delusion of separate form and hook up to the cosmic dance. Consciousness slides along the wave matrices, silently at the speed of light. 

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