The first thing that I would like to say is that our intention here is for us to
create a safe place for ourselves, for you and I to be able to reveal our divine
nature to the human consciousness that we are interacting with; your friend
David and my friend Steve. We are here to open up to receive the awareness of
what it is to know the divine in another.
Steve, so explain to me what you are doing, it's like a form of martial arts.
What I am doing is surrendering all of my control over the manifestation that I
perceive through here and so as I let go of the fears that somehow as I
surrender to the divine that it can be dangerous or could be somehow
inappropriate to be here as ourselves with no pretenses that we are other than
what we are.
Divine movement is not a teachable movement, it is what you surrender into when
you surrender to the cause that precipitates and creates reality. You allow that
to infuse the body, you learned that in church; the body is a temple for God.
This is how you do that; you, as everything in this moment that your
consciousness identifies as you, whatever it is that, that comprises, you as
that offer yourself to the ultimate expression of consciousness in the
eternities and you say; here I am and I am ready to host the hosts of heaven.
You then allow that consciousness to move the body through all that is
unconscious and unaware of what it is to be divinely aware and divinely
conscious. So that you can move and speak and be and live and act as the
transcendent truth of our selves throughout the entirety of our awareness.
Apparenty it is a bit of a difficult thing to do because, I have been doing it
for so long that I wonder when it is going to fully be embodied and I am trying
to figure out what it is that can be such an experience of sublime presence and
why that should be so difficult for us to be willing to experience for ourself
as our normal state of being, so I suggest that you just surrender to that which
is worthy of your surrender to it. One where when you do so, God is here with
us. When we surrender to the infinite, then God is here with us, as us.
So just dive off of the cliff of uncertainty and say God have your way with me
and at every step and in every moment confirm that, until your own consciousness
begins to become aware that it has a choice in what the reality is here and that
your choice is the only one that matters for you. There is no higher power that
grants you your divinity. There is no higher power; that is your power, that is
your natural state of being, that is who you are and all of the rest of it is
just a creation that is temporary that just passes away.
It's not you and don't come from thinking about yourself as that. As much as
possible say; Steve B. He's one of the guys that I act through occasionally when
I do business and family stuff, but luckily I can snap out of that as quickly as
possible and say; what else am I? What else am I besides Steve, what happens to
Steve when the being that is listening to these words says; add unto Steves
awareness all of the eternities of awareness that the being responding to the
name Steve has experienced? And allow that experience and that knowingness to be
the come from awareness and consciousness that you interact with this reality
as.
Yes the experiences and lessons of this lifetime are great, but guess what? If
that is what you are relying on, you are not going to get the result that you
want to achieve here. You know what you came here for; you came for it all. You
came to be the the body that embodies the infinite magnificence of divine
consciousness, that is what you came here to be. Don't hold onto the body's
experiences as your defining sense of self. The body did these things and those
things happened to the body, ok, but compare those experiences to the eternity
of your awareness and the endless realities that you have participated in
through eternity and let this reality go into perspective as to it's influence
on your identity here.
Things happen to bodies, as they grow up they have experience, that's it. Now
are you going to use the body, or are you going to be the body? Are you going to
use it or be it? Because if you are going to be it; god knows that you ain't
going to be God.
(Or god consciousness for those people who are ready to consider the possibility
of God consciousness without accepting the responsibility of what that means,
which is in fact that you are God). In referring to god, you are not talking
about some beingness that is not you also. I am talking about the truth of you
that is absolute, that is endless and timeless, that is the you that i am asking
this of; be here with me now as you and every time that we interact, I want the
infinite truth to be what I know through your presence. Is that too much to ask?
Steve, it is actually freeing and liberating.
Thank God, somebody that is willing to be free, it pretty hard to find in this
reality. Do you see anybody free? Do you see anyone able to do anything and
everything that they can conceive of doing and being in this reality? Do you
know anyone that has achieved that? There are some guys that have written some
clever books, some profound books, some terrific books that everybody that is
unconscious agrees is the guy or one of the guys that "made it". These people
who don't know anything, yet they are all agreeing or disagreeing on who does
know, who their expert is, is that who you are going to look to also for
agreement on who and what you are?
Steve, no you can't.
Or you are one of them and you don't want to be one of them, you want to be here
as your truth. So that truth has a chance in this reality, because so far, it's
not here, it's not here, it doesn't exist. It's a trap for everyone who dives
into this reality, not one of them comes back to their truth. Why is that? Why?
Is there really one hundred percent agreement that none of us are going to live,
be, act and move here as our eternal truth? How could there be a100% failure
rate or a 100% agreement from all of us that that is what we are going to do?
How could our consciousness be so completely entrapped that none of us ever
choose our truth here? Because if we did, if we did, it would be a different
reality here as soon a some of us could live, be and move through this reality
as our truth at least with each other.
At least lift the veil for one or two people that you trust, that we don't have
to feel that we a violating any eternally binding agreements to exist in lower
consciousness here. How could that kind of agreement possibility be binding on a
consciousness that is truly choosing to manifest eternal truth here? Guess what?
It can't, it can't limit a being that has committed to the truth of existence to
be known through him. It is the reason that I am here, but I don't yet see it in
myself or others daily. I don't see it, I don't see one consciousness in this
reality that is conscious of their eternal truth and divine freedom.
Steve, why is that?
That's the wrong question, the question is; is it relevant to my choice of
beingness in this moment? No. What happens when you make that choice? What
happens when you say, ok I know from a state of right here and now
consciousness, that I can do that as good as anybody. So do I need to look to
anybody here for guidance on how to further expand that state, so that it
becomes the degree of freedom that I wish to exhibit here? That self realization
of the eternal through this body?
None that are worth obeying, there is no reason to keep a commitment made in
lower consciousness that forever damns you to be an effect of your own creation
where you can never come home again to your truth. This is the reality that we
have here, it is what is. Are we comfortable with it continuing being that way,
so long as it is comfortable with us being the way that we want?
Steve, based upon results yes.
OK so the first degree of divine consciousness is achieved when you give this
reality the permission to be exactly what it chooses to be in each moment with
no interference from yourself whatsoever. It is what it is and if you grant it
that freedom, then you are free in this reality to be the truth of yourself.
What you do with that truth we don't know yet, but one thing that we do know is
that we enjoy it. So what we are going to do is keep looking at what it is to be
the embodiment of divine freedom here. And each improvement that we make on that
we are going to say; we like that, that was the right thing to do, well done.
Steve, this is nice being here with all of these Pieta's, it's a sacred space.
These white Pietas they are just heavenly.
I haven't quite figured that one out, but I would say this; Michelangelo did a
very good job on this. I am proud of him and when I look at them I say to
myself, it's nice to see that somebody knows how to do something right. Now as
far as spiritual significance goes, that's another subject. As far as wether I
can be inspired by the wonderful perfection of his skill, absolutely, no
problem.
The issue at hand is when you have a life like mine that is so disturbed, how do
you go from a point of such a totally messed up consciousness to divine
consciousness, that is what I am waking up to. Well first you have to take your
medicine of the life that you have lived, because I was not taking
responsibility for myself and oh it is horrible man to know the things that I
have done to people, where I have been a disappointment to them, where I have
not been there for them when I could have. I could have said; what an
opportunity here for me to show what a conscious being can do here to bless
everyone. Isn't that what we are here for? We are here to show what is possible;
the highest degree of consciousness expressed through us in such a way that it
benefits everyone here.
Steve, let me pay you a compliment. When I spoke to you on the phone when you
were in Mexico and I said you what do you think, you have a decision before you,
you are at a fork in the road and you either going to go left or go right and
you said I just want Gods will for me. I thought that was really cool because
you were willing to give it all up and that's not an easy thing to do. You were
willing to give it all up if that was Gods will for you. To me that was a good
example.
Can we examine what that means, the example that you just gave? Let me take a
look at it because there is a "come from" communication position you were at
that is admirable, that is supportive, that is a reassurance of a good nature
and so I grateful accept that acknowledgement, so that the nature of that which
is me can realize the truth that what I thought was true, is such a small part
of the totality of truth that it has no bearing on who and what I am and my
level of consciousness and degree of happiness at all.
Steve, but you allowed yourself to be vulnerable with that moment of time in
your reality, you were child like with God, you said what ever happens is meant
to happen and I flow freely in what ever direction the lord takes me.
The only issue that I have with that is that we want to transcend beyond that
level of consciousness where God and the Lord are our helpers, instead of some
other personalities worthy of that name of which we are their brethren.
Steve, I acknowledge that as truth, however I also acknowledge that our brethren
are also a little bit father down the road than us. And so...
I don't know.
Steve, that's where I am operating from.
I understand, so let's look at them. Instead of talking about them, let's talk
to them. Do you have a problem with that?
Steve, no I don't.
Let's see, I don't want this to be about us some how competing or comparing
philosophies, concepts or ideas.
Steve, I think that it makes sense in ones life to have a mentor, I don't think
that there is anything wrong with having a mentor.
Yes there is.
Steve, meaning a mentor can assist us up to a certain point, but then you have
to go alone.
Yes you do, because if you are looking to another to be a support for you in
what has so far been unattained here, then how is he going to do it? he can't.
Steve, at some point you are going to have to go it alone, but like any child
that is learning to ride a bike he needs his training wheels.
Look, you are not in high school anymore even though you are sitting on a chair
with training wheels. I am just in the process of allowing whatever I can
connect to that has some qualities to it that maybe you could call transcendent.
I'm just about connecting to that and allowing that to move the body, shift my
consciousness and expand my awareness of what is. As far as rituals, belief
systems or anything like that, that is not a part of it. Its just this; what is
the highest level of consciousness that I can actually communicate to and I want
that consciousness to somehow grace me with the ability to be that also and to
assist me in what ever ways are necessary to allow that to be my new embodied
awareness and consciousness.
For a guy that has been abusing his body fir the last fifteen years that has
made it a little more difficult on myself than I could have.
Steve, so here is your question; what is the best way to remain conscious of our
divinity in our daily lives?
It's kind of connected to this; how much better than you are now, are you
willing to be right now? How much better are you willing to be now than you were
a second ago? And now? And now? How much better? Come back and forth with me,
not with words, but with energy and awareness here. How much better now? How
much better now? How much better now? How much more conscious now? How much more
loving now? There you go! How much more able? How much more positive are you
willing to be in this moment? In each new moment, how much more? Just let it
flow and relax, you are safe with me, you are not going to freak me out in
showing me the magnificence that you are holding back. If you let go and show
it, if you show me your divinity, I will love it, I will embrace it, I will say
welcome home brother, thank God at least one other person was willing to say
that its OK for us to be here. It's ok for us to be here as ourselves, our
eternal selves. It's ok for us to be here as our truth as we move through this
reality.
There are just so many layers and barriers of consciousness, and choices, And
attitudes and experiences and suppressions. Argh the body is just so full of
suppressions of every kind, what is the best way of moving through all of that
in such a way so that it is just a joyful experience of a magnificent
transformation? How about that?
Ok how about that? You have to continuously look at two things; the state that
it is in and the state that it can be and if there is anything other than you
between that being the case, every time you think that there is some other
cause, expand your awareness and consciousness and realize that it is only you
that is limiting your divine expression here. There is no other cause that will
oppose your being true here. There is no other consciousness that will get you
in trouble for being your truth here, it can't happen, all of those stories that
they told you in church that made you afraid to be your truth; that dark and
evil forces would fight you well, they are your buddies and they are lost and
when they come to you as what they think that their truth is, how dark and evil
it is, their are just saying to you; I don't know how I got here, but this is
what I am now, do you remember who I am? Can you help me? Can you welcome me
back home in some way? Can you show me a way to let go of what I have accepted
myself as being?
Yes I can.
Steve, that's the same way that it works in this reality too.
That's the first thing that I was thinking, I am walking around as this uptight
guy that has a difficult time letting people know that he likes them, that he
is interested in them, that he wants them to be happy and celebrate the fact
that they got to see Dave today, that kind of a reaction. It is always so
refreshing to have somebody here and aware and noticing what is going on here so
that I can have an intelligent conversation with somebody who observes the good
and the bad and finds a way to inspire me to let go of that which is not
eternally true in the makeup of my identity. What not let that go? That which i
am identified with that is less than the truth of my eternity, I surrender all
of that to God, that is for dog on sure. Let god be the keeper of those
decisions, I am not going to try to figure out higher consciousness from the
point of view of lower consciousness. Can that even be done? No, all you can do
is just say what is the best possible truth for my consciousness? Is there a
possibility that the truth of my consciousness is so infinite that it cannot be
described by any mind on earth, is that a possibility? Yes. It could be so much
better than that too, it could be infinitely better.
Steve, if you let go, people could think that you are insane.
What does let go mean? What I am doing right now is truly letting go, but I
can't walk around in reality allowing divine influence to try to work it's way
through these unconscious mechanisms that have been created, but what I could do
is realize that I don't have to be in charge of figuring that out, I don't have
to be in charge of figuring that out, I could just live my life and allow the
divine to move through me without any resistance, reaction or guidance from me
saying what it can and cannot do.
Steve, which beings me back to the point about talking to you on the phone in
Mexico about your career path. Which was you saying I am going to get out of my
own way and the pretense that I am controlling the ship.
Why would you think that you could do a better job of managing your life at your
level of consciousness than God could do managing it at his? If in fact you knew
that if you let go, that God in fact will be there for you. That is what nobody
knows, but here is what you can know; you can know to what degree you are
surrendering to god in this moment and then you can choose to increase that to
the most that you are willing to, some fraction of one percent maybe, but enough
to let you know that you have chosen for more freedom and that as soon as you
choose more freedom that you received it instantly, to the degree that you were
willing to receive it. So the process of moving through the lower levels of
consciousness and ending up at God consciousness is; there is only one thing,
you don't look anywhere else for help, you don't and you take responsibility for
your consciousness in each second and you continually say, how much more
conscious do I want to be than this? Just do it.
Steve, do I want to be that this or can I be that this?
Either one, it evolves, the words evolve to appropriately deal with what ever
level of consciousness is in confusion in that moment.
Steve, so why do we choose the lower consciousness, because it is a choice?
You want me to get to the bottom of that one?
Steve, yes.
At this level of beingness we are being made to.
Steve, come again?
At this level of beingness it is not our conscious choice, we are being
compelled to be unconsciousness. We are being compelled to choose that.
Steve. By who?
I don't know if that is the right question.
Steve, how about our consciousness goes to where we are able to see ourselves on
the scale of divinity let's say.
Well the question is; what does it take for that choice of divine awareness to
move through the totality of the body as a liberating choice? As a welcome
choice, where there is no opposition to it? The fact that it does not happen
instantly shows that there is a lot of internal opposition to that, so let's
just look at that. What is our resistance to our divine truth being our
awareness here?
Steve, being held to that standard?
No, no one else has to know.
Steve, I am just going with what is coming up. Being held to that standard by
others forever.
It's ok if you are actually going to be that to be held to that standard. It's
not fair to be held to that standard if you are going to continue to choose to
be who you have been as a human. Ha ha.
Steve, that's true, good point you bastard.
So what are you going to choose? That's the only question? All of those other
considerations of what is limiting you, it all comes down to you, why are you
not choosing your divinity?
Steve, why am I not choosing higher consciousness and why am I not choosing
divinity in my daily life?
I will give you a series of answers;
1. You did not know that you could.
2. You did not know if it would be right if you started believing that you
could.
3. You thought that if you actually did it that it would not be fair to the
others that have not been able to do it, would it? You would make them feel bad.
Except that is where the lie is in the programming that we are operating from.
The lie is that somehow that one person being their truth here would somehow
make the people who are convinced of their lies as being their truth, that it
would make them feel bad and it wouldn't be right for you to be your truth here
as a result. What kind of a reality is that? Who damned us to that existence
where we could not find a way to think our way into giving ourselves permission
to be good, to be loving, to be conscious, to be causative, to be able, to be
here as a competent consciousness? Bullshit to all of that, its not relevant to
me, it's not binding on me, they have no agreement with me that that is my
truth, no. I don't need them, I don't want them.
I don't need them, I don't want them and I don't care what they do, but my
reality is my reality.
Steve, good point.
And it's not going to be altered by somebody thinking that it is inappropriate.
No, if I am truly going to be divinely conscious, am I going to be making
unconscious mistakes about how I interact with people? Am I going to do
something in such as way that it creates a bad experience for myself if I am
divinely aware? Wise beyond description, would I make a bad choice? No, neither
would you, you really wouldn't.
Steve, you do have a lot of wisdom.
Well let's put it to use right now. I want to feel from you right now the
absolute truth of your beingness beyond the eternities. Because I only want your
truth, there is no reason for you to withhold it from me. There is no reason to
withhold truth from on who wishes to know what is ultimately true for you with
no reason to judge you for it or make you suffer as a result of it. So give me
your best shot Steve, let down your guard, part the veil and be the bravest man
that I have ever known and allow your eternal truth to shine so that I can know
my own, simply in its reflection.
So now you know the truth, there is no Immanuall, there is only me and there is
only you and what we are looking at is; where is our truth in this moment, do we
wish to know it? Yes we do. We do wish to know our truth, we don't want to take
somebody else's word for it, we don't want to wait until we die, we don't want
to wait until we have done so many bad things that the score card might not add
up to our getting a gold star on our forehead in the celestial kingdom.
Steve, so what's the difference between divinity that is walking around
unconscious and divinity that is walking around conscious?
Big difference.
Steve, ok.
That which is walking around unconscious, knows not it's divinity. That which is
walking around divinely conscious; is the divine in form.
Steve, the difference being consciousness, awareness, right?
Yes, if you are the divine in form is it somehow better than not being that? Not
according to everybody else, everybody else thinks that the divine in form is
never supposed to be done. Well that's their choice, god bless them, it's not
mine.
Steve, but if we can go through out life divinely conscious beings, then we
would be miracle workers.
Your life would not be the same, almost instantly Steve. You would not be
interested in the same things you are now. You wouldn't be able to maintain your
consciousness as that diminished identity. You would quickly go about letting
your loved ones know themselves, without imposing on their reality and choices
at all, but in your every interaction with ever being, regardless of your
relationship with them; familial, social or business, there is only one thing
that they know in their interactions with you; that it is the best they've ever
seen for them, in your interaction with them. They have never experienced from
another what they experience from you. That's the you that you came here to be.
You came here to be what Jesus told you to be.
Steve, to be divinity.
Yea.
Steve, to be what you already are.
Yea, That's a bit of a conundrum though. Are you really divine if you are not
divine? No. Your not really divine if you are not divine. Yes ok, Is there some
consciousness that has been divine at one time that has the potential to extract
itself and be divine again? Yes that can happen, never has, but it can.
Steve, you mean a being that has fallen from divinity and has returned to
divinity, is that what you are saying? Has that happened?
Not that I know of, not that I can say of my own personal observation. Forget
all of the stories, there's a million of them. From my own observation, no, uh
uh. Never happened, could it have happened? Yes. Probably happened? I would like
to think so. Do I believe it really happened? No. You know why? Because it is
not that way here and if it had happened, it would be that way here. Ok so so
what if that is the truth? What if the truth were, that if the divine were truly
embodied here that "here" would not be this reality anymore?
Steve, that's how we live our lives right?
No, actually you are talking about a solution to a potential problem that does
not exist. You are getting caught up in the possibility that we are not who we
are and that somehow we have a tenuous hold on it. Yes, maybe it is tenuous but
you know what? When we do have a hold on it, we have a hold on it. We know that
we go back and forth, yes. We know that we go unconscious again, yes. But let's
not admit our limitations at the time that we are granted permission for us to
exist as our truth for a little while and just share that. For you to give me
permission in your mind, saying; You know what? I know that it is weird, but
guess it's ok that the divinity is somehow manifest through Dave, that would
take a miracle.
Steve, I don't think so.
Yea it would. That's what the divine is is miraculous and if it is not
miraculous then the divine is not here, so yes it would take a miracle and yes a
miracle happened. A miracle happened actually.
Steve, it is a miracle, you are right, because I see you as divine and that is a
miracle, because you surely don't look divine.
Exactly, exactly, it's paradox, it's a conundrum, how is that possible? How
could that be true? My god, who is God making choices like that about who gets
to be divine and what form that takes. Well I am on your side, I sure hope this
form changes in a very beautiful way, a magnificent way as a result of divine
consciousness and divine motion and the grace of unconditional love, yea I hope
that. I hope that changes things and how I am and how I am living my day to day
life, yes I hope that changes a lot. Because you know what? My kids love and
appreciate me pretty well, but you know there is nobody else close to that, no
one.
Steve, that's not true.
Maybe, maybe, but I delight them every day.
Steve, not every day.
Pretty much every day.
Steve, when you are in town.
When I am in town.
Steve, Dave you delight me every day even when you are not in town, well maybe
not every day.
What can we do to actually choose to be... I mean, I set the bar pretty high
when I am talking about the embodiment of the divine, but wouldn't it be nice if
we were just able to live into it? Let's talk about a gradient, hmm so what
would it take for me to actually interact with people in such a way that each
person that I interacted with were smiling as I turned away? That's a pretty
good step on the way to divinity.
Steve, it wouldn't take anything other than you acknowledging who you are,
acknowledging your divinity, that's all it would take.
Yes but look at the absolute certainty that that is not the truth. Look at that
mass of Mmm, seemingly limitless trauma that is so convinced that that its
reality is superior to whatever its eternal truth is. That is helping, we are
connecting eternal truth upon the consciousness that does not believe that it is
possible. Ohh ok that was it, ok so we have our normal level of consciousness
that tows the party line and repeats what it reads that other people are writing
about the truth of divinity that don't know the subject. We keep repeating those
things as if they were true, thinking they are true, but knowing that we are not
divine. How could anything that you are holding onto that doesn't bring you into
a state of divinity be the truth? That might be the most brilliant thing that I
have ever said. How could you possibly give credence to anything in this world
from whatever source, that says trust me, I know that what I am saying isn't
real to you and you have no way of verifying it, but trust me that there is a
reality here where you are not your truth when you are here and that's false
reality is what you are bound by and that's what you have to operate with. Don't
agree to it, it's not true, it's just a mass of confused consciousness that has
gotten into a mutual destruction pact with itself.
Steve, so is that the war that is going on is to keep us from realizing the
divine?
No, there is no war, it's self destruction. There is no war.
Steve, it could be considered an eternal war right?
No, no it is a mutual agreement to anhiliate ones self, it's a suicide pact for
consciousness. Haha I wonder if anyone else ever said that before. Ok so, I
disagree with all of that, I am sorry to say that is not part of my reality.
Steve, what is not part of your reality?
The universal suicide pact of consciousness not being aware of what the truth
is, the decision to further and further identify with matter, energy, space and
time as truth, rather than that which is beyond it and encompasses it all.
Matter, energy, space and time are not the truth, they are all contextual, they
are all created, they are all manufactured, don't look for truth in them, it's
not there. The only truth that is absolute, that is eternal, is that you will
not find truth if you look for it in matter, energy, space or time, because they
are all manufactured, contextualized, pretenses of reality that are limited by
the very nature of their creation. Nothing eternal about them, they flash on and
off like a strobe light, those realities. Appearing and disappearing with no
relevance with your knowledge of truth. So if that is the level of consciousness
that you are going to take for yourself, then to what degree do you choose to
utilize that self awareness of that consciousness being your truth as the
identity of this body? What is appropriate? What is it, Is it what it is? Well
what is is appropriate for what was, but what is now, is now a new choice for us
isn't it? What is now is a new choice for us, the past manufactured what is, but
we are not worried about what is, we are concerned about what is in this next
expression of us. What is is, ok, fine, done. What's next? Ok fine done, what's
next? Ok and what are we looking forward to achieving as we look through the
masses here? We are looking forward to achieving the embodiment of divinity, the
creator of the divine. We are here to be the creator of the divine and the
embodiment of the divine. The creator of divinity, the embodiment of divinity,
we are here to be both. The embodiment of the divine as the creator of the
divine. Ok?
Well let's see to what degree we can allow that to move through our bodies then.
To what degree do we allow the embodiment of the divine and the creator of
divinity to be our truth?
Those a probably words that you are not supposed to say, but they are words that
are truly worth considering. Just play a little game with yourself for a few
minutes and say ok, yes I will humor Dave, I am going to give him a dose of his
own medicine, i am going to show him, I am going to show him, that jerk, I am
going to show him, aim going to show him, how much more divine can I be right
now? How much more? How much more? How much more, how much more? Yes I did lots
better than he did. How much more? How much more, how much more? Ahh so play
that game with your self right now. How much more? Right now, and now and now
and now how much more and now how much more divine.,... Yea, nice, nice, very
nice, now how much more divine, ok, ok, ok, yes, yes, nice, nice , very nice,
good, nice one, now how much more divine, now how much more?
Steve, Mmmm. Wow,
There are some pretty freaked out personalities in this body, man. Wow, but you
know what? Its getting better, it's getting a lot better. How much more divine
are we willing to be in this moment? Mmm so we are at the point now where we
have to encompass what is in opposition to this and own it as ourselves. Does
that make any sense to you? So expand your awareness through out all energies,
all space, all time, all matter and encompass all that is with the awareness of
what it is and what you are and the awareness that matter, energy, space and
time are encompassed by you, you are not encompassed by it. You exist within and
without. Beyond time, beyond space, beyond matter and energy. You are timeless
eternal and whole, you are whole within yourself, you are whole within yourself,
there is no lack within you. That is your truth, expand out as much as necessary
to encompass that truth and realize it within the body. Encompass all
oppositional consciousness that would be in opposition to this being a reality
for you. And realize that it is a whole lot of nothing, it is irrelevant to your
choice. It has no bearing or influence on you nor can it upon you when you are
true to yourself.
Today my dad said as I was reading some of my writings said; you sound like a
general authority, they talk about all of this stuff in church. Not exactly like
this they don't.
Steve, no. That's what your dad said, that you sound like a general authority?
Yes, a generally unconscious authority on nothing. But I am the biggest
authority on nothing that there is.
Steve, that is true.
I am getting better.
Steve, yes you are. Its great.
For some reason you are my friend, I don't know why, but I appreciate it.
Steve, I may be your only friend.
It could be true. It could be true, you might be the only one willing to share a
divine reality with me.
Steve, cause it isn't your wife.
Or yours.
Steve, toushay. Ha ha that's funny. It was a cool peaceful feeling just now,
very cool.
Just keep allowing that to keep moving through you, because we have a
breakthrough going on Steve we are breaking through as explorers here,
without becoming part of the universally unconscious.
Steve, this is divine in here isn't it? It's really cool.
Yes you said hey, David needs some help making this happen, David needs some
help making this happen, we need to be surrounded by objects that inspire us to
the realization of our own divinity. And so you said, yes that is a calling
worth supporting, I am in on that deal.
Steve, wow, this is so cool, this is heavenly in here.
Do you want to feel something heavenly In Here? Ok turn back around and be aware
of the top of your own head and feel that crown chackra open up and embrace the
totality of the divine. Who do you know that is ready to wake up amongst all of
your contacts in the Mormon new agers? Anybody? Why don't you ponder on it once
in a while and see if there are some other people who are truly looking for the
truth, where we can have 2 or 3 more people who are willing to be a holder of a
shared divine reality, willing to be open to that experience when they come
together with us and if they would truly, someone who believes that it is
possible to be divinely conscious here and are willing to have that experience
as a shared reality. If there is anybody that you know that is in that space of
allowance then the next time that we get together, lets have them here, because
I think that it will give us a greater shared reality where we can begin to
embody that on a daily basis.
Steve, ok there is not a lot.
I know, it is a lot to ask.
Steve, there is not a lot out there, because you just can't through them in. You
know.
Yes it is a pretty provocative subject. If there is any doubt in your mind, let
me address it right now, who and what I am here is my purpose. A real school of
divinity, I am not quite sure of what course it is going to take because I am
still working on myself. But To know that in you I have as much allowance as you
are capable of granting me, so that I can express things like that to you and
have you be in allowance that they be true. Because if you can allow that
reality to be true, then who is birthing what, into existence? You are giving me
permission to be divine and in order for us to have a shared reality of that, we
have to grant that to each other. So to the degree that it is possible for you,
there is only one thing that i ask of you and that is your granting to me my
divine embodiment.
Steve, I already do and you already have it.
The reason that I am mentioning it is because I am not quite sure that I have it
or not, because if I knew, I would not ask.
Does that make sense? I know that you have proffered it, but I don't have a
certainty of knowledge that I have it to the degree that it takes for a body to
actually be a temple for God. And so if those are words that make it easier for
you to fully grant that to me, as described in the scriptures that we allow this
body to be a temple of God, if that is what makes it easy for you to grant it
using words an phrases that are familure to you.
Steve, it doesn't.
I am just looking form those things that increase the channel of the divine that
we are able to share.
Steve and moving any blockages.
Yes, we are just naming things that come up, there is something here, what is
it? What is it, because it is not celebrating its divinity? So what is it doing?
Remember, you must give permission to your own divine improvement.
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Prof.Dr.Dibendu Nag.(N.D).PhD.DCO.
Naginata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class. A naginata consists of a wooden shaft with a curved blade on the end; it is similar to the Chinese Guan Dao or European glaive or Russian sovnya. Usually it also had a sword-like guard (tsuba) between the blade and shaft.
The martial art of wielding the naginata is known as naginatajutsu. Most naginata practice today is in a modernised form, a gendai budō called atarashii Naginata meaning "new Naginata", in which competitions are held. Use of the naginata is also taught within the Bujinkan and in some koryū schools. Naginata practitioners may wear a form of the protective armour known as bōgu similar to that worn by kendō practitioners. Wearing the bogu means using a naginata that is a mix of light oak wood shaft, with a bamboo blade habu for atarashii Naginata.
The naginata has become associated in modern Japan as a woman's weapon as it is studied by women more than men; whereas in Europe and Australia Naginata is practiced predominantly by men - this is however simply a reflection of the martial arts demographics of Europe, where there is no historical association - as there is in Japan - that naginatajutsu is for women.
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[edit] History
The term naginata first appeared in the Kojiki in 712 AD and was used by Sohei warrior priests during the Nara Period, around 750 AD. It is most likely based on the Chinese Guan Dao.[1] In the paintings of battlefield scenes made during the Tengyo no Ran in 936 AD, the naginata can be seen in use. It was in 1086, in the book Ōshū Gosannenki ("A Diary of Three Years in Ōshū") that the use of the naginata in combat is first recorded. In this period the naginata was regarded as an extremely effective weapon by warriors.[2]
During the Gempei War (1180–1185), in which the Taira clan was pitted against Minamoto no Yoritomo of the Minamoto clan, the naginata rose to a position of particularly high esteem. Cavalry battles had become more important by this time, and the naginata proved excellent at dismounting cavalry and disabling riders. The widespread adoption of the naginata as a battlefield weapon forced the introduction of sune-ate (shin guards) as a part of Japanese armor. The rise of importance for the naginata can be seen as being mirrored by the European pike, another long pole weapon employed against mounted horses. An excellent example of the role of women in Japanese society and martial culture at this time is Itagaki, who, famous for her naginata skills, led the garrison of 3,000 warriors stationed at Toeizakayama castle. Ten thousand Hōjō clan warriors were dispatched to take the castle, and Itagaki led her troops out of the castle, killing a significant number of the attackers before being overpowered.
During the Edo Period, as the naginata became less useful for men on the battlefield, it became a symbol of the social status of women of the samurai class.[3] A functional naginata was often a traditional part of a samurai daughter's dowry. Although they did not typically fight as normal soldiers, women of the samurai class were expected to be capable of defending their homes while their husbands were away at war. The naginata was considered one of the weapons most suitable for women, since it allows a woman to keep opponents at a distance, where any advantages in height, weight, and upper body strength would be lessened.
By the 17th century the rise in popularity of firearms caused a great decrease in the appearance of the naginata on the battlefield. However, the naginata saw its final uses in combat in 1868, at Aizu, and in 1876, in Satsuma. In both cases it was used by fighting women.
Due to the influence of Westernization after the Meiji Restoration the perceived value of martial arts, the naginata included, dropped severely. It was from this time that the focus of training became the strengthening of the will and the forging of the mind and body. During the Showa period, naginata training became a part of the public school system in 1912; and it "remains a staple of girls’ physical education"[4]
Martial arts training in Japan was banned for five years by the Allied Forces after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. After the lifting of the ban in 1950, a modern form of naginata training, known as Atarashii naginata ("new naginata"), was developed. Since World War II, naginata has primarily been practiced as a sport with a particular emphasis on etiquette and discipline, rather than as military training.
Although associated with considerably smaller numbers of practitioners, a number of "koryu bujutsu" systems (old school martial arts) which include older and more combative forms of naginatajutsu remain existent, including Araki Ryu, Tendo Ryu, Jikishinkage ryu, Higo Koryu, Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu,Toda-ha Buko Ryu and Yoshin ryu, some of which have authorized representatives outside Japan.
In the USA, there are an estimated 200 practitioners, half of whom are male.[5]
[edit] Construction
The naginata, like many weapons, can be customized to fit the build of the bearer. Generally, the naginata shaft is the height of the bearer's body, with the blade mounted atop usually measuring two or three shaku (one shaku is equivalent to 11.93 inches, or 303 mm) long. Unlike most polearms, the shaft is oval in cross section to allow easy orientation of the blade, and ranges from 5 to 7 feet (1.5 to 2.1 meters) in length. The blade is usually curved, sometimes strongly so, towards the tip. As with Japanese swords, naginata blades were forged blades, made with differing degrees of hardness on the spine and edge to retain a sharp edge but also be able to absorb the stress of impact. Some naginata blades may, in fact, have been recycled katana blades.[6] Note also at the opposite end of a naginata, the ishizuki, (a metal end-cap, often spiked, which functioned as a counterweight to the blade) was attached, rendering the naginata an effective weapon whichever end was put forward.
In contemporary naginatajutsu, there are two general constructions. The first, the kihon yo, is carved from one piece of Japanese white oak and is used for the practice of katas (forms). This is quite light, and may or may not feature the tsuba between the blade and shaft sections. The second type, the shiai yo, uses a similar wooden shaft, but the blade is constructed from bamboo and is replaceable as it can break through hard contact. This type is used in atarashii naginata, the bamboo blade being more forgiving on the target than a wooden or metal blade.
Many of the imitation "naginata" for sale to the public are not actually naginata at all, as may be concluded from the above details on proper construction. Specifically, these imitations have shorter, rounded shafts, very short blades, and screw-together sections.
[edit] Usage
Naginata can be used to batter, stab or hook an opponent'[4], but due to their relatively balanced center of mass, are often spun and turned to proscribe a large radius of reach. The curved blade makes for an effective tool for cutting due to the increased length of cutting surface. In the hands of a skilled practitioner, one 5-foot (1.5 m) tall wielder could conceivably cover and attack in 484 square feet (44.97 square meters) of open, level ground with a 5 foot (1.5 m) shaft, 3 foot (0.9 m) blade, 3 foot (0.9 m) reach.
Naginatas were often used by foot soldiers to create space on the battlefield. They have several situational advantages over a sword. Their reach was longer, allowing the wielder to keep out of reach of his opponent. The long shaft offered it more leverage in comparison to the hilt of the katana, enabling the naginata to cut more efficiently. The weight of the weapon gave power to strikes and cuts, even though the weight of the weapon is usually thought of as a disadvantage. The weight at the end of the shaft and the shaft itself can be used both offensively and defensively. Swords, on the other hand, can be used to attack faster, have longer cutting edges (and therefore more striking surface and less area to grab), and were able to be more precisely controlled in the hands of an experienced swordsman.
[edit] Famous users
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Draeger, David E. (1981). Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts. Kodansha International. pp. 208. ISBN 978-0870114366.
- ^ Ratti, Oscar; Adele Westbrook (1991). Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 484. ISBN 978-0804816847.
- ^ Jones, Donn F.. Women Warriors: a History. Potomac Books. pp. 280. ISBN 978-1574882063.
- ^ a b Katz 2009
- ^ Katz, Mandy (2009). "Choose Your Weapon: Exotic Martial Arts". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/fashion/16physicalculture.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ Deal, William E (2007). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press. pp. 432. ISBN 978-0195331264.
[edit] External links
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- All Japan Naginata Federation
- US Naginata Federation home page and general information
- British Naginata Association
- Australian Naginata Federation
- Southern California Naginata Federation - history of the naginata
- Canadian Naginata Federation home page
- (Portuguese) Brazilian Naginata Association
- (French) Naginata webpage-(France)
- (French)(Portuguese)(English)(Dutch) Naginata.be-(Belgium)
- A list of traditional Naginatajutsu Ryu at Koryu.com
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Naginatajutsu
Naginatajutsu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 In later Japanese history, the naginata was associated with female samurai. | |
| Focus | Weaponry (Naginata) |
|---|---|
| Hardness | Non-competitive |
| Country of origin |  Japan |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Parenthood | Historical |
| Olympic sport | No |
Naginatajutsu (長刀術 or 薙刀術) is the Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata. This is a weapon resembling the medieval European glaive. Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō, Naginata (なぎなた) , in which competitions also are held.
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[edit] Debated origins
Multiple theories concerning the weapon's exact origins are in debate. It has been suggested that it developed along the same lines as kobudo weapons as a modified farming tool. Another theory states that it is the result of the Japanese modifying a Chinese Guan Dao that bears a similar appearance. Others say that a creative samurai in need of a longer weapon attached a sword to a pole.
Perhaps the simplest explanation is the natural development of polearms. The polearms are intended as mass weapons, to be used not just by individual warriors, but by formations of soldiers together on field battles and not for duelling. When fighting in close order, two-handed cut-and-thrust weapons, such as halberds and glaives, are much more efficient than mere spears or swords because of their versatility compared to spears and longer reach compared to swords. Fighting in massed formation does not require similar individual weapon-handling skills as required by a skilled swordsman. Naginata are almost identical in appearance to both glaive and guan dao, and it is most likely result of parallel evolution.
[edit] History
In the early history of its use, the naginata was primarily used against cavalry, as its length kept the wielder a safe distance from horses and their riders. During the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), the naginata was transformed into a symbol of status for female samurai, as well as being the primary means for a woman to defend her home while her husband was away at war. This period also saw the propagation of the naginata as a feminine art and the weapon serving as more of a symbol of devotion to a woman's family.
Many koryū ryūha, such as the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu, include naginatajutsu in their curriculum.
[edit] Modern sport
Today, naginatajutsu is most often practiced in the form of a sport called Naginata (なぎなた) , which in Japan is governed by the All Japan Naginata Federation (AJN). It is most common in Japan for this sport to be practiced by women at the collegiate level. Outside Japan Naginata is practiced in Europe, Australia, North and South America. Not all countries belong to the International Naginata Federation (INF).
[edit] External links
- All Japan Naginata Federation
- International Naginata Federation
- Koryu.com entries on various koryu including naginatajutsu ryu's
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