Re: BK's 'Phantom World' Hypothesis for NDEs
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:19 am
Cleric K wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:48 pm I think we should remember that in a sense the dissociative boundary is real, although not exactly of the nature that BK conceives.
In reality, this dissociation is simply the result of the excess forces of antipathy that still live in the soul. Upon hearing this, many may jump "But this is nonsense, I don't harbor any antipathy toward anyone, yet I'm still dissociated." This only shows, however, how little real self-knowledge man has today. As Ashvin explains in his commentary, our souls interfere. To enter consciously the spiritual world we need to become naked. We should be ready to find the thoughts and feelings of humanity within the same conscious space as ours. If we try to assess how much of our inner life we actually maintain only because we believe that it is secret and unknowable to any other being, we'll quickly realize that we very badly desire to be dissociated.
Thank you for the reminder, Cleric. I often try to prefigure the soul interference, that in Jupiter we are like extended Giacomo-of-Crystal, transparent through the entire archive of everything we ever said, did, felt, and thought throughout all our lives. Yesterday I was reading:
...
Behold the second beast, it bares its teeth,
Contorts its face, and lies in scornful mockery,
Yellow with grayish cast is its body;
Your hatred of spirit-revelation
Produced this weakling in your feeling;
Your fire of knowing must tame it.
...
It's surely a challenge to take responsibility for a past of less than pure and elevated thoughts, feelings and actions, not to mention the mystery of what one does not yet remember, in this or in previous lives... For example, Steiner says that our physical head is just as good as our overall previous life, and I have read somewhere else (maybe in Heindel, not sure) that a less than perfect sight, like mine is, reveals cruelty in a previous life. This is an excruciating thought, as I am not aware of such a trait in me (at the same time I am reassured to see pictures of Tomberg, Heindel and others wearing eyeglasses )
Anyway, as Steiner says, no regrets for the past. I try to focus on intention and action in the present and future. For example, I try to correct and counterbalance the wrong thoughts as they appear. I have also been mindful of micro-lies in work communications, like writing in an email: "Oh thank you so much" while feeling not exactly so very thankful. Or: "Sorry, I have another meeting at that time" if it's not true. There is much more, not to say these are the only parts of my inner life a part of me wishes they could be 'dissociated'.
But I don't fully understand why you brought this up at this particular point of this thread?