10 Levels of the Universe

Here's an amazing thing- see the different orders of magnitude of our universe- from a galaxy to a quark, the beauty and symmetry is revealed. As Above, So Below... The Order of Ten Slideshow.

The Urantia Book Audio

Great news- now the entire Urantia Book is available in audio form. So it can be listened to while we are doing any number of diverse things... reading, cooking, cleaning, blogging, sleeping, spending time with our loved ones. Like any book, it is a start and not a finish, the later being the way we actually live our lives. Yet it can serve as a great inspiration and a source of fantastic and eternal truths- yes, the truth is something fantastic, something wonderful, something more than we might usually imagine. The Urantia Book makes this all abundantly clear.

Listen, or listen and read, here.

Akashic Records - From Wikipedia

One claim made by the Author of the Book of Aquarius is that he learned of these travels of Jesus to the Eastern lands via the Akashic Records- the 'memory banks' of the universe. Whilst I am not sure how strictly historical the accounts in this Gospel are, I believe that they are essentially so- that they are true to the spirit of the teacher and the times. Am I too easily satisfied, prone to wishful thinking? Hope not- but you be the judge of that!

I do think that these records exist, as well. Perhaps one day The Internet and even some of this blog will be revealed as part of them, part of the vast consciousness, in which nothing of any value is ever lost. At any rate, here is the Wiki on the subject, which I found to be very concise and well-written and taught me a lot, too...

Akashic Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:



"History of Akashic Records

Some who believe in the Records claim that they were used by ancient peoples around the world, including the Indians, Moors, Tibetans, Egyptians, Persians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Chinese, Hebrews, Christians, Druids, and Mayans. The belief is that the ancient Indian sages of the Himalayas knew that each soul recorded every moment of its existence in a 'book', and that if one attuned oneself properly then one could read or view that book. In Egypt, it is said, those who could read the Akasha were held in high standing and were often found advising Pharaohs on daily activities and dream interpretation. A Chinese gentleman named Sujujin was reported to need only the first name of anyone to access the Akasha and describe their life history; another Chinese seer, named Tajao, explored a variety of topics in the Records which span over two thousand years. The Bible mentions the records as Book of Life on several occasions, both in Old and New Testament.

The Vedas of Hindus and the language of Sanskrit itself are said to have been extracted from Akash.

In Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology, the Akashic Records would be located within the causal plane of Trikuti..."

The Skywalkers

There are a couple of passages that really caught my eye in The Voice of The Silence. This was supposed to have been etched on mysterious, metal disks found in Tibetan temples, often dating back more than a millenia.

One was a passage describing a 'Skywalker'- which reminded me of the surname George Lucas gave to Luke. In this case, though, it describes someone of great spiritual attainment, who can appear to walk on water the way Jesus did. It refers to a thin layer of wind floating above the water, which the can be walked across.

"Then from the heart that Power shall rise into the sixth, the middle region, the place between thine eyes, when it becomes the breath of the ONE-SOUL, the voice which filleth all, thy Master's voice.'Tis only then thou canst become a "Walker of the Sky" who treads the winds above the waves, whose step touches not the waters."


Now, I have believed for quite some time that Jesus received training in a Tibetan or North Indian monastery and there are even historical records which point to this. Isn't Christianity at heart a Buddhism for the Jewish people, notwithstanding it's original and revolutionary concepts, and it's divine source in a reincarnation of God? It makes sense to me to see the miracles just this way- as exhibitions of spiritual attainments which would be recognised as such by those 'in the know' just as the quotations from scripture were used as evidence of Jesus' role.

Another passage I just love is the footnote for the same piece-

"Keshara or "sky-walker" or "goer". As explained in the 6th Adhyaya of that king of mystic works the Dhyaneswari- the body of the Yogi becomes as one formed of the wind; as" a cloud from which limbs have sprouted out", after which-"he (the Yogi) beholds the things beyond the seas and stars; he hears the language of the Devas and comprehends it, and perceives what is passing in the mind of the ant".

Just imagine hearing the Deva's voices, the voices of the gods, and also seeing an ant's thoughts! I find this to be a wonderful display of awareness of the breadth and scope of the Creation- a poetic summary of just what this means for us.

Most of The Voice of The Silence is a moral teaching, showing how if we take on the sufferings of others, truly absorb them and take them on as our own, those very tears bring forth a great compassion and love... which in turn brings us up the ladder towards enlightenment. Yet before we enter there, the truly compassionate halt, turning back to help the beings of the universe, out of love staying in the world of Maya so as to bring all other beings forward with them. This sacrifice is the great and noble sacrifice of love, of the Bodhisattva. It is this that the voice of the silence speaks of. Moving and wonderful... and for me, quite simply true...

Mobile Phone Ebooks

One great thing about mobile phones these days which gets less attention than the crappy camera that they feature is the ability to read ebooks on them. I now have 6 books on my phone which I can read wherever I go. In fact I rarely read a conventional book as I am so used to computer screens that they hurt my eyes. I know it should be the other way around, but what can I say- I'm a child of the digital generation!

Right now I am reading two ebooks. One is Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. Now I know that the Nazis claimed to get a lot of their ideas from there but I can verify that there is no racism or antisemitism to found in his work (that I have read) and in fact his idea of the superman is much more about individual freedom of an artist than about nationalistic movements (he didn't like nationalism either). I can see, however, how fascism could misunderstand what he was saying and think they were the kind of progress he was speaking of... but I very much doubt that their grim and destructive ways would find much sympathy from him, as he spoke of living to the full, which they certainly didn't. Nietzsche passed away a long time ago so there is really no way to know his position on these issues short of a successful seance, but I feel I should bring them up whenever his name is mentioned.

Anyway, Thus is an intriguing, at times strange and disturbing, at times inspiring read. What I find most inspiring is the concept of the superman, who finds new values and makes the world afresh- that is quite liberating and something each generation seems to do. At times his writing reaches the heights of poetry and I suppose he is more romantic artist than philosopher, which is why I like reading him so much. What I don't like is that when I read it I can't help thinking that there is something deranged and bitter about the mind that wrote it- Nietzsche was a sick and lonely man. I wouldn't want to follow him- he is not a spiritual guru for me the way Krishnamurti or a founder of a religion is. Partly because he doesn't focus on helping others-the island he aspires to be doesn't exist- all are judged or grow on the basis of how they treat their fellow man, not just on the value of their private meditations. But still, a very stimulating read, one of the most stimulating I know of.

The other work I am reading right now is The Voice of the Silence, by Madame Blavatsky of the Theosophists. I absolutely love Eastern Wisdom and am learning a lot from this- by reading it i remember why I was first so drawn to India and the wisdom of the East. I may even start quoting these books on my blog, as and when a passage especially inspires me. So more happy reading to come!