Training for Jedi Knight Types Lesson 2: From Clay We Came

Chapter II

By Stephen Cheney

Previous Chapter: The Purpose of These Lectures on Training Body and Mind

The Universe is a corporate existence of matter and energy, and you are the same. Your atoms, as the modern science of cosmology knows, were forged long ago, not in Sol the star close to us, but our heavier elements such as iron come from a higher compression in an earlier exploding star. 

The matter from that event eventually condensing again, by gravity into Sol, the star that holds us and provides our environment. So, the link between you and the stars is real and true, and not only this planet but the stars are also our home. Your inner-here is the same and bonded to the vast Out-there. As a being you really were Stardust and now you have morphed into being eyes and hands that allows the Universe to both see and feel itself. And know itself. Thou art That. You are One. You are never really alone because you are an inescapable part of the Greatness of all Being.

Star chemistry, that is, the Universe's chemistry, is the same as Earth chemistry. Your atoms are the same as those atoms at the end of the Universe. The same from near the beginning of Time to the end of Always. What you see, looking up at the night sky, is your cousin atoms looking back down on you. Looking at the stars you are looking into space, but also you are looking into the vastness of Time. For Space generates Time. Time coming from any movement or vibration at all. Time is a function of Space. The stars that you see are no longer in their places. They have moved on, ages ago and are now radiating from another place in space. The Heavens record the past and you are viewing a Time-machine. When you look at our Sun (not without protecting your eyes), you do not see the Sun as it is now, but as it was and where it was, over 8 minutes ago due to the limited speed of light.

In your every-day perceptions you are dualistic, seeing from only a part of all being. For maximum perception you need to join the two aspects or worlds of reality together, Atman and Brahman into one. As a Jedi Knight type of person you learn to merge such worlds by using your mind.

This may be a bit too philosophical. For a child to more easily understand: You know that when you dream you are not focused in the same world as when awake. That the night-world is not Exactly the same as the Day. There are more worlds of existence or perception than just one. Learning to move your conscious, that is your mind’s awareness between worlds of being, as you will, as you wish, is a useful advantage for survival and for self development.

APPLICATION

You are immersed in a meeting with someone and there is tension or even aggression.

From that world of existence send a part of your mind outward, to sail above the both of you, above the problem. Somewhat like Astral travelling, but you are staying nearby to help. Similarly, you do not seek to flee the world for some other heaven as in Therevada Buddhism (Little Raft), but to come back to help others as in the way of Mahayana Buddhism (Big Raft).

Looking down upon you both gives you a different, more balanced, perspective. You are using one of your conscious minds to be an outside observer/ referee/ advisor. Up above like a god or angel or bird looking down.

When the opponent says something or gestures, your outside mind, observing intently, considers what is said and gives you suggestions of how to respond. Of what to say and do. Your less emotional self advising your emotional self. As the outside Brahman is the same as the inside Atman, it is all you and you can easily accept advise and deliver relevant speech. The ‘You’ that is present with the opponent may be nervous, but the You that is farther away is not stuck in the tension and can give you good advice. It can give you commands and you simply do them. An external Command Post. Your thinking can be done by your distant self and not by your near and confronted self. You are not limited to being only in one place but can send your mind anywhere.

The mind does this normally anyway, but unproductively when you Daydream.

So, instead of just you and an aggressor, you have three persons: the aggressor, you and your advising self. Like a movie where you are one of the involved Actors, but you are also the watching Director. It is difficult to be composed and calm, like a Jedi Knight type, when alone and facing an aggressive person doing all they can to intimidate you. So, do not be alone, multiply yourself. Call upon another part of yourself to watch over all that you say and do, like a Guardian Angel. An aggressor is attacking your mind, so divide that mind to out-number the attack.

Next Chapter: Brahman-Atman Thinking 

(Image: Thinking Man Study [in water based clay][Ed] - Raul Joshua)

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