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Sermon on the Mount

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Lightning Path Connection Manual

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Connection Visualization

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A '''Connection Visualization''' is a visualization that reinforces a psychological and emotional desire for [[Connection]], and initiates [[Connection]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref>
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=== Examples ===
The [[Great Invocation]] is a combination awakening, activation, and connection visualization.

Another example, visualize the consciousness of your body as a small ball of light rising up and leaving through the top of your head. Visualize this consciousness ascending up into a clear blue sky. Visualize a door high above. Visualize your consciousness going up to that door, opening it, and then moving through it. On the other side if a being of bright light and power. Approach that being, stand in front, and greet it.

Swami Brahamanda recommends reflecting/focussing on the Divine Form, as a perfect center of bliss. "Imagine that everything is shining through its lustre. Think of this effulgence as non-material and possessed with intelligence. This kind of meditation will later on develop into meditation on the formless and infinite aspect of God. In the beginning the aspirant has to take the help of imagination; later on, when he develops his spiritual sense, he will feel the presence of the Divine. Next, when he gets the highest spiritual vision, he will come face to face with Truth. He is then transported into a different realm altogether, of which this world of matter appears to be a mere shadow and, as such, some- thing unreal."<ref>Brahmananda, Swami. ''Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda''. 2nd ed. Mylapor, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1933. p. 12.</ref>

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Sefirot

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<blockquote class="definition">In the [[Sefir Yezira]], the '''Sefirot''' are the "directions or dimensions" of the cosmos (north, south, east, west, up, down, beginning, end, good and evil).<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.</ref></blockquote>

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According to Moses Cordover, the sefirot are made of a "somewhat courser divine light, which gives them 'shapes,' expressing their individuality and specific functions." <ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 1075-1077)</ref>

The term was first used in the [[Sefer Yezira]] (The Book of Creation). The term, the ten sefirot on the [[Tree of Life]] are used to explain the cosmology of creation as an emanation emerging from [[The Fabric of Consciousness]] (i.e. God in Western monotheistic terms).

Discussions of the sefirot also appear in the [[Book Bahir]], though apparently later commentators changed the original meanings,<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.</ref> noted below.

The sefirot are a unique feature of the Kabbalah and serve to distinguish a kabbalistic text from a regular Jewish text.<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.</ref>

"These sefirot are not divine powers; thirteenth-century kabbalists did not attribute this meaning to this term. The sefirot are described as the directions or dimensions of the cosmos (north, south, east, west, up, down, beginning, end, good, and evil), as well as the holy beasts of Ezekiel’s chariot, the stages of the emergence of the three elements (divine spirit, air or wind, and water and fire), and other characteristics that are unclear. The early commentators interpreted the sefirot as the ten basic numbers from one to ten. Most of the work is dedicated to a detailed description how the various letters and groups of letters served the process of creation and dominate the various aspects of the universe.<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 307-312)</ref>

There are multiple ways to read meaning into the Sefirot on the Tree of life. Joseph nnotes an anthropomorphic one. "The three upper sefirot represent the divine head, the next two are the right and left arms, the sixth is the body or the heart, which also represents the masculinity of this figure. The next two represent the legs; the ninth, the phallus; and the tenth represents a separate body, that of the female divine power....The image of the sefirot as a gigantic anthropomorphic figure is a central one in many kabbalistic works, including the Zohar, while other kabbalists tended to marginalize these terms and use more “logical” ones.<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 658-661)</ref>

"Another most prominent system found in most kabbalistic works is that of the ''sefirot'' representing the stages of divine emanation. Within the supreme, perfect, and infinite Godhead, the ''ein sof'', a point began shining, expressing the divine will to create something beside itself ( ''keter''). This will was transformed into a plan, a program for the future—this is divine wisdom (''hokhmah''). The third sefirah, ''binah'', is portrayed in this system as the supreme fountain from which divine existence emerges; the will and the wisdom, which are just potentialities, are transformed here into actual emanated entities. The first two powers to emerge from ''binah'' are the modes by which existence is regulated: the right side, ''hesed'', expressing love and mercy, and the left, din or ''gevurah'', representing divine strict law and justice. They are united in the sixth sefirah, ''tiferet'', creating a mixture that sustains an existence that cannot suffer just pure love or just pure justice. ''Nezah'' and ''hod'' represent lower forms of ''hesed'' and ''din'', and the ninth, ''yesod,'' is the vehicle by which divine power is poured into the lower realms. The tenth, the feminine power, is the intermediary that transfers the divine flow to creation, and it is the power of divine revelation to creatures. The system of the sefirot is thus conceived as a demiurgic entity, a kind of detailed logos, which bridges the abstract, infinite Godhead and the functions needed to emanate the divine powers, endows them with their specific functions, and enables them to sustain and provide for all existence.<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 665-677)</ref>

"The kabbalists translated almost all the classical—biblical and talmudic—terms into their system of divine emanations."<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 686-687)</ref>

"Various kabbalists described the sefirot as personifications of ethical values that are combined by God in order to govern the world by them. Others emphasized the philosophical, pseudo-rational character of the system, presenting it as an almost neo-Platonic series of divine emanations. Others divided them or duplicated them into “worlds,” various layers of existence descending from pure divinity to more material, physical realms. Most kabbalists presented intricate combinations of these serifot and other elements.<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 686-687)</ref>

Joseph Dan. Kabbalah (Kindle Locations 696-699). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition. "

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Sangha

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Mahabbah

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Mahabbah''' is an Islamic term that refers to an attitude which "implies devotion, sacrifice of self (Bodily Ego), and love of God. It is one of three "attitudes" which together constitute spiritual development.<ref>Classe, Cyril. The New Encyclopedia of Islam. New York: Altamira Press, 2001.</ref> </blockquote>

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<blockquote>''Mahabbah'; may predominate as an operational attitude, but it is always associated with makhāfah ("fear of God, but also purification and "contraction) and with ma'rifa (gnosis of knowledge of God). Any of the three may constitute the principal spiritual methodology but all three also are necessary elements of any spiritual development. Makhafah, as purification, precedes mahabbah as expansion. Ma'rifah, as union, is the culmination.<ref>Classe, Cyril. The New Encyclopedia of Islam. New York: Altamira Press, 2001. p. 280.</ref></blockquote>

TODO, Add Ma'rifah as syncretic for union, and Makhafah as syncretic with gnosis.

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Chloroform

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The following brief cases will make this clear [121 : 586]: Dr. George Wyld says (upon taking chloroform): “I suddenly experienced the extraordinary impression that my spiritual being stood visibly outside my body, regarding that deserted body lying on the bed.Shortly afterward I called on three different professional chloroformists and asked them if any of their subjects had ever experienced sensations like my own. In reply one gentleman said : ‘I have often heard patients express similar ideas.’ Another said : ‘I myself have experienced on three occasions, when under chloroform, exactly similar sensations.’ And the third gentleman said : ‘My patients have often said that they experienced no pain, but felt as if they saw with their inner eye all I was doing during the operations. I was told of a patient who said, after anesthesis : ‘I thought I had got at the bottom of the secrets of nature.’ And a dentist told me that many of his patients had experienced similar sensations to those I described.”

The late John Addington Symonds described his sensations (while under the influence of chloroform) thus : “I seemed at first in a state of utter blankness; then came flashes of intense light, alternating with blankness and with a keen vision of what was going on in the room round me, but no sensation of touch. I thought that I was near death, when suddenly my soul became aware of God, who was manifestly dealing with me, handling me, so to speak, in an intense personal present reality. I felt Him streaming in like light upon me and heard Him saying in no language, but as hands touch hands and communicate sensations : ‘I led thee; I guided thee; you will never sin and weep and wail in madness any more; for now you have seen Me.’ My whole consciousness seemed brought into one point of absolute conviction; the independence of my mind from my body was proved by the phenomena of this acute sensibility to spiritual facts, this utter dead-ness of the senses. Life and death seemed mere names.” … Symonds adds: “I cannot describe the ecstasy I felt, “ and, referring to his experience and its psychological evidence, says : “If this had happened to a man in an uncritical age would it not have carried conviction, like that of Saul of Tarsus, to his soul?”<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness. Book Tree. Kindle Edition.</reF>

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Accountability

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The concept and importance of accountability is a pervasive concept in spiritual and prophetic commentary. Accountability goes hand in hand with [[Atonement]] and are often understood as functioning together. One becomes accountable for one's toxicity and the damage, one atones (i.e. helps repair) the damage.

The Christian concept of repentance reflects the idea that acknowledgment and atonement is often accompanied by deep shame and guilt when one realizes the toxicity of their actions. The most effective tonic against guilt and shame from past actions is atonement. If you want to feel better about the shitty things you've done, atone to the people and for the lives you have damaged.

[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A+1-6&version=NIV Galatians 6: 1-6] "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load. 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor."

The concept of acknowledgment is a common theme of spiritual and prophetic commentary. For example, in [[Handsome Lake]]'s [[Great Message]], witches are described as toxic people who spread disease and sickness. In section two of his [[Great Message]], Handsome Lake suggests that for witches to be saved they must "confess before all the people" or, if their sins are too horrible, out in the woods in private before the creator.<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. Kindle Editation.</ref> Truth, i.e. not lying to yourself ([[HEALING Framework]]) and others, is important here. "In this manner all must say and say truly, then the prayer will be sufficient."<ref>Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913. Kindle Editation.</ref>

Can't fool your Highest self " Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked" [Galatians 6: 7]

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Archetype Constellation

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<blockquote class="definition">An '''Archetypal Constellation''' is a group of individual [[archetypes]] that “work together” to provide an answer to one or more [[Big Question]]s. Archetypal constellations are generally organized around various [[Archetype Themes]]. Archetype themes can either be [[New Energy]] or [[Old Energy]].
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Taken together, existing archetypal constellations form a [[Creation Template]]

An archetypal constellation facilitates the construction of intellectual and emotional conclusions and conditions in [[Bodily Consciousness]]. For example, [[Old Energy Archetypes]] help establish the psychological and emotional condition of compliance and obedience to authority. Old energy archetypal constellations encourage us to conclude that we are "Fools in School," i.e. cosmic school children on a planet designed to tutor us in the proper ways of existence.

Archetypal constellations can be broken down into the [[New Energy Archetypal Constellation]] and the [[Old Energy Archetypal Constellation]]

New Energy Constellations

: [[Identity Constellation]]: Answers the [[Big Question]] "Who am I?"
:: In the new energy, the answer is you are a [[Joyful]] [[The Master|Master]]
:: In the old energy, the answer is that you are a Fool in School ([[Book of Slavery]]) or Master in Training ([[Book of Power]]).

: [[Purpose Constellation]]: Answers the big question "Why am I here?"
:: [[The World]] -- the place where we work to
:: [[Victory|victoriously]] uplift ...
: [[Awakening Constellation]]: Answers the big question "How do I [[awaken]]?"
:: [[The Calling]] -- The call to awaken
:: [[The World]] -- Awakening to our purpose [[Is a related term::Archetype Constellation| ]]
:: [[Realization]]-- Realizing a higher truth.
:: [[Sacrifice]] --Remembering your sacrifice
: [[Activation Constellation]]: Answers the big question "How do I [[activate]]?"
:: [[Alignment]]
:: [[Emancipation]]
: [[Ascension Constellation]]: Answers the big question, "How do I [[ascend]]?"
:: [[Victory]]

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Containment

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"The polemical attacks on Sufism by fundamentalists have had the primary goal of making Sufism into a subject that is separable from Islam, indeed hostile to it. This strategy permits fundamentalists to define Islam as they wish by selective use of certain scriptural texts." <ref>Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997. https://amzn.to/2SoFmun. p. xiv.</ref>

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Death (archetype)

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Death''' is an [[Old Energy Archetype]] from the [[Masonic Tarot Deck]]. In the [[Book of Slavery]] and [[Book of Power]], the archetype is used to
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[[File:death.jpg|250px|center|Death Tarot Card Freemason's Deck]]

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===[[Book of Power]]===

Symbolizes initiation/initiation ceremony, the goal of which is to "die" to your old self and be reborn as a loyal peon of power.

[[Submission]]

"(Initiating Death leading to Mastership.) Whatever is dreamed to some purpose is set out on the 'Drawing Board' which no one approaches before he has entered the Middle Chamber. In the darkness where the whiteness of skulls and bones stands out, there all illusion vanishes and judgement is moulded. The Initiate dies to all that is factitious and prepares himself to receive Mastership."<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 171,</ref> <i class="note">Advice to not be factitious. Seems to be saying, if you want to be successful, don't be a squeaky wheel.</i>

A euphemism for brainwashing. "The ideas expressed by this arcanum are those of destruction preceding or following regeneration."<ref>Papus. The Tarot of the Bohemians. Wilshire Book Co, 1978. https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm. p. 130.</ref> Meaning destruction of an ego and identity external to the organization, and that might provide an anchor, and reconstruction of one that is loyal.

===[[Book of Slavery]]===

The "inevitability" of change and transformation. Just accept things, even death, no matter what because it's all a "beautiful" part of life. <ref>Biddy, Bridget. “Death Tarot Card Meanings.” Biddy Tarot (blog), 2020. https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/death/.</ref> If you "accept" you are much less likey to resist

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“After a period of pause and reflection with the Hanged Man, the Death card symbolises the end of a major phase or aspect of your life that you realise is no longer serving you, opening up the possibility of something far more valuable and essential. You must close one door to open another. You need to put the past behind you and part ways, ready to embrace new opportunities and possibilities. It may be difficult to let go of the past, but you will soon see its importance and the promise of renewal and transformation.” (Biddy 2020)

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Individuation: "Contrary to what many people believe the card of Death does not actually refer to transformation. Rather, it shows us the precise moment at which we give up the old masks and allow the transformation to take place." Overcoming fear. <ref>Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980 p. 102.</ref>

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Graduation Invocation

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The '''Graduation Invocation''' (a.k.a. Great Invocation) is an [[awakening]], [[activation]], and [[ascension|connection]] visualization. The visualization also includes a global awakening and activation sequence.
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To do the GI, simply meditate on the following animation. To draw the most benefit, put yourself in the picture. Picture yourself as the individual in the middle. Focus on the light streaming into your skull. ALlow it to concentrate and expand first down through your body's energy system, and then out to the entire planet, activating and connecting others as you go. For best effect, repeat often.

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Archetypal Revision

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'''Archetypal Revision''' (a.k.a. [[Archetypal Cleansing]]) refers to the process of changing the archetypal contents of [[Bodily Consciousness]]<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic,l Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/</ref> ''after'' these contents have already been established by [[Agents of Consciousness]] during the toxic [[Socialization]] process of this planet.
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Archetypal revision is not difficult to accomplish if the process is conscious and voluntary. However, if the goal is involuntary revision, as for example happens during a military basic training program, or when a native population is '''colonized''' by an occupying force, various levels of violence may be required.

Archetypal revision may be referred to as [[Archetypal Cleansing]] when the process involves the removal of toxic [[Old Energy Archetypes]] and their replacement with emancipating and empowering [[New Energy Archetypes]]

'''Recognize, root out, and replace.''' As noted in LP Book 4, archetypal cleansings involve recognizing the existence of old energy archetypes, rooting them out wherever they exist in your ideas and consciousness, and replacing them with new energy alternatives.

The [[Lightning Path]] [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] ([[TOSAS]]) is a toolbox that you can use to replace oppressive [[Old Energy Archetypes]] with empowering and salutatory [[New Energy Archetypes]]

Archetypal Cleansing is a special type of [[Archetypal Revision]] conducted when the process of revision involves removal of toxic old energy archetypes

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Philosophia Perennis

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Philosophia Perennis''' (Perennial Philosophy) is a doctrine that emphasizes the "unity and universality of wisdom,"<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> </blockquote>

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"The term was introduced in 1540 by Agostino Steuco, De perenni philosophia."<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

This dogma asserts there is a thread of universal wisdom that is present in human history<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> and that we have to uncover, find, decode if we wish to understand.

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Ego Damage

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Occurs as a result of [[Toxic Socialization]]. "The basic dynamic is simple and arises as a result of the fracturing of attachment, the destruction of self-esteem, and the provision of conditional forms of love and attachment"

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Perinatal Matrices

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According to Stanislav Grof, '''Perinatal Matrices''' refer to the fetus’ experiences while in its mother’s womb and during the clinical stages of labour and delivery.<ref>Grof, Stanislav. ''Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research.'' New York: Viking Press, 1976.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Notes==

Clinical observations that Grof made during his extensive LSD sessions provide insight into the structure and experience of the perinatal experiences. In particular, Grof had a lot to say about the traumas that often occur as a result of physical, chemical, or emotional assaults on the fetus during its time in womb or it's passage and emergence (i.e., birth) through the mother's birth canal.

What is most remarkable about Grof's work is the evidence it provides for the presence of consciousness even in the early stages of gestation, and in the evidence it provides for the ''extreme'' sensitivity of the fetus. Interestingly enough, Grof (1976) found that the fetus is so sensitive to environmental and physiological stimulation that it is even aware of electrical activity associated with the muscular contraction that occurs during the birth process!<ref>Grof, Stanislav. ''Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research.'' New York: Viking Press, 1976. p. 135.</ref> As remarkable as this appears to be, I am unaware of any significant commentary or research on this phenomenon in psychological literature despite the fact that the hypersensitivity of the fetus is obviously (for any individual involved in any aspect of the perinatal, birth, and post natal experience) the central consideration.

In an ideal developmental situation, the fetus experiences minimum trauma and assault in the womb. However, in many cases significant perinatal trauma is experienced by the sensitive fetus. There are several types of trauma which, as demonstrated quite clearly by Grof's extensive case study record, can be experienced by the fetus in the nine months in utero or during the actual labour and delivery process. Anything from chemical assaults (pharmaceuticals and other drugs in the bloodstream) through emotional assaults (a depressed mother or father, a difficult family situation, lack of social or economic supports, etc.) to traumatic sensations (extremely loud and agitating sounds, etc.) can cause the highly sensitive physical unit stress or, if the assault is severe and/or long term, ongoing trauma. Significant trauma will lead to the formation of a [[Coex Root]] experience.

After collecting case studies on the re-experience and re-consolidation of perinatal traumas (often organized around COEX roots), Grof proposed four separate perinatal matrices corresponding roughly to the stages of development and birth recognized by the medical industry. These are [[Basic Perinatal Matrix I]], [[Basic Perinatal Matrix II]], [[Basic Perinatal Matrix III]], and [[Basic Perinatal Matrix IV]]. These matrices correspond roughly to the different stages of the child’s development in the uterus, and its birth through the birth canal. The first Basic Perinatal Matrix corresponds from the time of conception up until the first intrauterine contraction. The second Basic Perinatal Matrix lasts during the time of intrauterine contractions to the entering into the birth canal. The third Basic Perinatal Matrix is completed at the time of passage of the fetus through the birth canal. Finally, the forth Basic Perinatal Matrix is represented from the beginning of birth as an independent body.

The perinatal matrices, as defined by Grof, and the trauma associated with each stage, where the subject of intense research by Grof who found that, following the ingestion of LSD during the process of [[Psycholytic Therapy|psycholytic]] or [[Psychedelic Therapy|psychedelic]], root experiences could be invoked (i.e., the adult remembered perinatal trauma) and psychological dysfunction healed as a result. Grof's work may be considered an early example of the process of invoking repressed memories and [[Clearing Experience|"clearing"] them (i.e., [[Reconsolidation|reconsolidating] them) in order to reinstate "normal" or (preferably) healthy psychological and physical functioning of the physical unit.

Despite it's brilliant nature, not much has been made of Grof's work by the psychological profession. This is a remarkable statement considering the explanatory potential of Grof's work in the area of psychology. Presumably, research on perinatal matrices dropped off because of the loss of the primary method of research (i.e., the ingestion of LSD during the process of [[Psycholytic Therapy|psycholytic] or [[Psychedelic Therapy|psychedelic]] therapy. There may have also been considerable resistance from the medical establishment which must have, by now, trillions of dollars invested in "current" medical practices. The implications of a complete revision of medical practice based on an awareness of the hypersensitive developing fetus are staggering.

The concept of perinatal matrices, and the brilliant case study research of Grof, is an exemplary contribution for those interested in either the healthy development of the physical unit, or in therapeutic interventions designed to heal psychological trauma. In the therapeutic context an understanding of [[COEX Systems]], and an understanding of the mechanics of formation of [[COEX Root]]s is essential.

It is important to note that some of Grof's commentaries on perinatal matrices are often sexist, bordering on misogynist. In his work he blames the aggression of the mother for trauma to the fetus. In particular, his commentary on the "violence" of the birth and his presentation of the mother as an enemy of the fetus is, by today's standards, unacceptable<ref>Grof, Stanislav. ''Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research.'' New York: Viking Press, 1976. pp. 104-105, 108, & 115</ref>. No doubt in some cases (dysfunctional mother, dysfunctional family situation) the mother may be superficial cause of perinatal trauma. However it is important to look to the social situation, political, economic, and even medical history to look for the actual roots of perinatal trauma. For example, raising a child in conditions of poverty would, without a doubt, cause significant perinatal trauma. In the case when society and the political structures fail to provide adequate supports for a parent (or parents) to raise a child in a stress-free environment, it is the social and/or political structure that should be faulted and not the parent.

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Authority

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<blockquote class=definition>'''Authority''' is power vested in persons. "Its hallmark is unquestioning recognition by those who are asked to obey; neither coercion nor persuasion is needed."<ref>Arendt, Hanna. On Violence. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969. p. 45.</ref> </blockquote>

==Related LP Terms==

[[Authority]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Authority]]}}

'''Exogenous to the LP'''

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==Notes==

<blockquote>Authority, relating to the most elusive of these phenomena and therefore, as a term, most frequently abused,66 can be vested in persons-there is such a thing as personal authority, as, for instance, in the relation between parent and child, between teacher and pupil-or it can be vested in offices, as, for instance, in the Roman senate (<i>auctoritas in senatu</i>) or in the hierarchical offices of the Church (a priest can grant valid absolution even though he is drunk). Its hallmark is unquestioning recognition by those who are asked to obey; neither coercion nor persuasion is needed. (A father can lose his authority either by beating his child or by starting to argue with him, that is, either by behav- ing to him like a tyrant or by treating him as an equal.) To remain in authority requires respect for the person or the office. The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter."<ref>Arendt, Hanna. On Violence. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969. p. 45.</ref> </blockquote>

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Consciousness

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<blockquote class="definition">In the beginning, '''Consciousness''' is bliss and awareness.''<ref>Sosteric, Mike. The Book of Light: The Nature of God, the Structure of Consciousness, and the Universe Within You. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, Unpublished.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Related LP Terms==

[[Consciousness]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Consciousness]]}}

'''Exogenous to the LP'''

[[Consciousness]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Consciousness]]}}

==Levels of Consciousness==

Bodily Consciousness, capital "S" Self Consciousness, Capital "G" God Consciousness

each one of these has several levels.

==Notes==

Consciousness originally exists as in [[undifferentiated|Undifferentiated Consciousness]] (UC) and ego-less state. Boredom causes an [[Intensification of Consciousness]] that results in the instantiation of [[Monadic Consciousness]]] (i.e., egoic consciousness). The instantiation of the original monadic spark (a.k.a. [[God with a little "g"|God]] represents the transition from UC to [[Differentiated Consciousness]] (DC). From there, Consciousness eventually transitions to [[Emanating Consciousness]] from which all of physical creation eventually emerges.

In popular usage, the term is typically used to refer to either [[Bodily Ego]], [[Spiritual Ego]] (if theorized), or some undifferentiated combination of both.

At one time suggesting such a thing as [[Spiritual Ego]] would have been quite radical, now there is growing speculation that a non-naturalistic view of consciousness, i.e. consciousness is not tied to the material universe, is simply common sense.<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW. Also Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

<blockquote class="quotation">From a common-sense perspective, we are intimately aware of consciousness, and it is a truism that consciousness has a variety of properties (among them qualia, intentionality, and non-spatiality) that are so different from those of matter that it is difficult if not impossible to see how consciousness could ever have been produced by matter. The problems that arise here are formidable, and have given rise to what has recently become popularized as 'the hard problem' of explaining the existence of consciousness in a material universe. These problems have led some thinkers, like McGinn, to insist that we cannot explain the existence of consciousness in a material universe at all, and others, like Chalmers, to suggest that we need to revise our notion of matter to include consciousness as a fundamental property of nature, along with mass, charge, and gravitation.<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref></blockquote>

Chalmers suggests that an essential feature of Consciousness is a sense of a cognitive agent (i.e. [[Ego]]), and also that there is a felt feeling of experience."There is also an internal aspect; there is something it feels like to be a cognitive agent. "I am talking only about the subjective quality of experience: what it is like to be a cognitive agent."<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW. p. 6. </ref>

Conscious experiences range from vivid color sensations to experiences of the faintest background aromas; from hard-edged pains to the elusive experience of thoughts on the tip of one’s tongue; from mundane sounds and smells to the encompassing grandeur of musical experience; from the triviality of a nagging itch to the weight of a deep existential angst; from the specificity of the taste of peppermint to the generality of one’s experience of selfhood. All these have a distinct experienced quality.<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW.</ref> He summarizes, "when I talk about consciousness, I am talking only about the subjective quality of experience: what it is like to be a cognitive agent."<ref>Chalmers, David. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Kindle. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. https://amzn.to/2Vzq5HW.</ref>

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Elite Spirituality

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Elite spirituality''' is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by a high-level member of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution></ref>.

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'''Exogenous to the LP'''

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==Notes==

Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity).

More specifically, elite spirituality may be recognized by the presence of an [[Old Energy Creation Template]].

Consider Persian Autocrat Aradashir took control of Zoroastrianism to further his imperial agenda.<ref>Sosteric, Mike.“From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Mass Human Manipulation,” Under Review. https://www.academia.edu/34504691</ref>

Elite spirituality is enacted by [[System Agents]] for the purpose of [[System Maintanence]]

===List of Elites===

Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance ''[[Prisca Theologia]]'' narrative. <ref>Haneegraff, Wouter J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.</ref>

Agostino Steuco (1496-1549).

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Awareness Redirection Mechanisms

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<blockquote "definition">'''Awareness Reduction Mechanisms''' are strategies that [[Bodily Ego]] can use to reduce awareness of itself, its physical and mental condition, the "room" that it's in, and the condition of its life. ARMS are typically deployed in order to reduce pain, suffering, guilt, shame, and the disjuncture that arises from internal misalignment or external violence and abuse.</blockquote>

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'''Exogenous to the LP'''

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==Notes==

There are three basic "modes of operation" (RRIP)

: Awareness Reduction Mechanisms - reduce awareness to avoid perceiving disjunctive realities, or feeling disjunctive emotions.
: Awareness Redirection Mechanisms - redirect awareness to avoid perceiving disjunctive realities, or feeling disjunctive emotions
: Informational Positioning - repositioning reality. For example, converting the feelings to anger and resentment, and then blaming the victim. "Sure I beat you as a child, but so what. You're just too weak to handle it."

==Anecdotes==

Reddit post - [https://www.reddit.com/r/awakened/comments/rbvdw3/anyone_ever_find_themselves_tryna_go_back_to_sleep/ Anyone trying to go back to sleep]

The acronym could be, very appropriately, RRIP. Reduction, Redirection, Informational Positioning

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Daode jing

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Daido jing''' (3rd century B.C.E.), also known as the ''Laozi'' after its alleged original author, is the original classic text upon which Taoism is built.<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993.</ref> It describes the Tao (in LP terms [[Undifferentiated Consciousness]])) and its operations as it unfolds and creates the universe. </blockquote>

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[[Taoism]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Taoism]]}}

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==Text Snippets==
The Tao that can be told
Is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
Is not the eternal name.

The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth;
The named is the mother of the myriad beings.

Always remain free from desires—
And you can see its wonder.
Always cherish desires
And you can only observe its outcome

Both these develop together
But have different names;
They are part of the mystery.

...
The Tao is empty.
Use it, It will never overflow;
Abysmal it is
The ancestor of all beings.
...
Highest goodness is like water.<ref>See the LP concept [[Alignment]]</ref>
It benefits the myriad beings
And never contends.
By never contending
It is without fault.

It rests in what the multitude disdain,
Thus it is close to the Tao.

Rest in goodness like you stand on the earth,
Make your mind as good as the abyss is deep.
Join goodness to become fully benevolent,
Speak pure goodness for mutual trust.

Be straight in goodness when you govern,
Serve goodness as much as you can,
Then you will move with goodness at all times.
...
Look at it and do not see it:
We call it invisible.
Listen to it and do not hear it:
We call it inaudible.
Touch it and do not feel it:
We call it subtle.[[Related Term]]

These three cannot be better understood,
They merge and become one.

Infinite and boundless, it cannot be named.
It belongs to where there are no beings.
It may be called the shape of no-shape,
It may be called the form of no-form.
...
Know the eternal and forgive; <ref>Again, [[Alignment]].
Forgive and be altruistic.
Be altruistic and embrace all;
Embrace all and be like heaven.

Be like heaven and merge with the Tao,
One with the Tao, you will last long.
You may die but will never perish, (chap. 16).

Forgiveness of great virtue
Flows from the Tao alone.
...<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993.</ref>
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Perennial Philosophy

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Perennial Philosophy''' is "a non-sectarian formulation of recurring ontological themes locatable in a wide variety of religious and philosophical traditions throughout history"<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref> It is also a book by Aldous Huxley which gathers evidence for the existence of a timeless philosophy of the same name. According to Aldous Huxley, the '''Perennial Philosophy''' (PP) is a set of teachings found throughout the ages, everywhere in the world.
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==Syncretic Terms==

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'''Endogenous to the LP'''

[[European Grand Narrative]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::European Grand Narrative]]}}

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==Notes==

The PP is "a non-sectarian formulation of recurring ontological themes locatable in a wide variety of religious and philosophical traditions throughout history"<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

According to Shear, the PP consists of three things, these being:

# The phenomenal world is the manifestation of a transcendental, ground
# Human beings are capable of attaining immediate knowledge of that ground
#In addition to their phenomenal egos, human beings possess a Transcendental Self which is of the same or like nature with that transcendental ground."<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

Sheer suggests that [[Connection Experiences]]s provdie ''prima facie'' support for these theses and that mystical experiences provide ''prima facie'' evidence that [Ontological Naturalism]] is false.<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

According to Huxley, generally, the PP consists of:

: a metaphysics that "recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds."
: a psychology that "finds in the soul something similar to, or even identical with, divine Reality.
: an ethic that suggests "man’s final end in the knowledge of the immanent and transcendent Ground of all being."

The PP is Huxley's term for what we call [[Is an:: Authentic Spirituality]], which as noted in ''Rocket Scientists' Guide to Authentic Spirituality'' (Sosteric, 2018h), is spirituality that [[Connection|connects]].

Huxley suggests, the "Rudiments of the Perennial Philosophy may be found among the traditionary lore of primitive peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."

However, '''I would absolutely disagree''' that the PP finds its "fully developed" form in traditional religion. In fact, because of the revolutionary potential of authentic [[Connection Experience]], traditional religions are attempts to obscure and sanitize the core elements of the PP to make actual [[Connection]] harder to accomplish.

Huxley recognizes the importance of [[Alignment]] without which the potentialities of the human mind may not be actuated. "In the ordinary circumstances of average sensual life these potentialities of the mind remain latent and unmanifested. If we would realize them, we must fulfil certain conditions and obey certain rules, which experience has shown empirically to be valid." or "ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended, except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in spirit."

Huxley terms those who achieve [[Connection]] and apprehend [[Reality]] saints, prophets, sages, or enlightened ones.

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Mass Contact

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Philosophia Perennis

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Philosophia Perennis''' (Perennial Philosophy) is a doctrine that emphasizes the "unity and universality of wisdom,"<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> </blockquote>

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==Notes==

"The term was introduced in 1540 by Agostino Steuco, De perenni philosophia."<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

This dogma asserts there is a thread of universal wisdom that is present in human history<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> and that we have to uncover, find, decode if we wish to understand.

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