WEBVTT 1 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.559 Hello, and welcome to Psychic Teachers. I'm your host, step Bowen. 2 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:26.320 Samantha is away this week, so please join me as 3 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.559 I offer you some suggestions as to how you can 4 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:33.799 gain some clarity about the universe and your place in 5 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.479 the cosmos. So let me tell you a story, y'all. 6 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:42.359 I'm old about fifty years ago. I was a kid 7 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:45.640 in a candy store, just learning all about the world 8 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:49.600 of metaphysics in my heart. I went to India with 9 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:53.399 the Beatles. I had friends who were just beginning to 10 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:58.000 follow Mayor Baba, whose teachings are still beautifully relevant today. 11 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.280 I learned about from Tolkien and Mary Stuart, and I 12 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.480 knew there were many more pieces to this cosmic soup, 13 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.920 but I wasn't sure how to find them. Whatever they 14 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:15.400 were granted, Jane the palm reader, Joel the Crystallologist, and 15 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.519 I began to explore this cosmic soup together. Our resources 16 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.319 were limited in the town in which we lived, but 17 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.480 we were able to read Edgar Casey, Ruth Montgomery, Jene Dixon, 18 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:33.680 Madam Blovotsky, and we learned about Saint Germain. We had 19 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:39.120 a nodding acquaintance with astrology, numerology, and terrow, we only 20 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.840 had three books, one of which was entitled The Encyclopedia 21 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:49.079 of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge. Yikes. But we had music 22 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.040 what was then called New Age music. I think now 23 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.879 today it's called spa music. So one day at work 24 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:59.519 I was spouting off all this stuff I was learning, 25 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.599 and a coworker said to me, just what do you believe? 26 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.400 I didn't have an answer. I had a zillion questions, 27 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:14.520 but no true, deep answers. The question she asked was 28 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.560 beyond powerful, What among all the concepts that I was 29 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.319 learning about rang true for me? How could I know? 30 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.680 I realized I needed to learn to discern what my 31 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:34.639 truths were, my beliefs, my creed. Up until this point, 32 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:37.680 I just tossed all this stuff around into a big 33 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:41.080 pot and stirred it, and without any idea of how 34 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.639 each of these ideas stood alone or worked or not 35 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.240 with each other. So when in doubt, write it out 36 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:54.639 has always been my creed. So I started writing, trying 37 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:57.639 to make sense of all of this, writing not only 38 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.159 about what of these concepts seemed to resonate with me, 39 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.919 but which of them spoke to me in a deeper, 40 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:08.159 more penetrating way. I wish I still had the original 41 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.960 documents I wrote fifty years ago. Back then I typed 42 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.479 on a portable typewriter, and those sheets of paper are 43 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.080 long gone. Then there were floppy disk and those little 44 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.199 disc things I forget what they're called, and then versions 45 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.199 that got updated and stored on hard drives. I wish 46 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:30.639 I'd had the foresight to save those early versions so 47 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.759 I could have a written record of the evolution of 48 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:37.240 my thoughts and beliefs. But I didn't. I typed over 49 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:42.080 them instead. I do have, fortunately, the last few versions 50 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.520 of this what I believe document, and it's as my 51 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:50.400 spiritual growth continues and I continue to write. I tell 52 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.159 you this story in hopes that you will discover a 53 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:58.840 way to document your spiritual journey, your spiritual education, your 54 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.639 spiritual evolution. I hope you will find the time and 55 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:06.520 the energy to ask the same question of yourself. Who 56 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.360 was ask of me? What do you believe? Over the years, 57 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.599 as I've studied more and learned more, my answer to 58 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.959 that question has changed. Of course, maybe even more than changed. 59 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.920 It's grown. For example, you probably heard me talk about 60 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:28.120 reading Eve Hamilton's Mythology book in the fourth grade. I 61 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:32.360 also read the Narnia Chronicles and the Witch of Blackbird Pond. 62 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:37.279 That year I started early, folks. I immersed myself in 63 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.800 tales of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, and have 64 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:47.240 expanded that fascination with stories from other cultures and other lands, Egyptian, 65 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:51.199 nor s, Celtic and more. Little did I know in 66 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.319 fourth grade that these gods and goddesses would be my 67 00:04:55.439 --> 00:05:00.439 guides many years later to the layers and symbols that 68 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.120 are given to us by Tureau. Little did Joel know 69 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:08.079 that his collecting rocks from creek beds would lead to 70 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:12.720 his extensive knowledge and work as a crystallologist. Little did 71 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:16.720 Jeane know that her ability to sense a person's energy 72 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:20.680 and emotions by just touching their hands would lead to 73 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:25.639 her work in palmistry. But those childhood lessons did lay 74 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.079 the foundation for the work the three of us came 75 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:32.120 to do later. So I ask you, can you pinpoint 76 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:35.680 a moment in time when your life propelled you down 77 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.000 the metaphysical path? Can you look back and see a 78 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:43.360 sequence of events or thoughts or ideas that informed you 79 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.800 until you came to where you are at this moment 80 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:50.920 in time? Perhaps writing the patterns the building blocks of 81 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.399 your beliefs would be as helpful to you as they 82 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.279 have been to me. Or have you, like many of us, 83 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.759 me included, cycled around to a point where you don't 84 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.839 know where to start again or what to do first. 85 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:06.439 Are you at that point in your journey where it's 86 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:10.600 too much, too scattered, to overwhelming. Are you at a 87 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.279 point where it's difficult to see the connections? I bet 88 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:16.360 you think you know what I'm going to say, and 89 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.519 you'd almost be right. I am going to suggest that 90 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:23.319 you'd be quiet, listen, and meditate. But before even that, 91 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.279 I want to offer another suggestion to you that perhaps 92 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:29.920 should come before that, if it's safe for you to 93 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.519 do so, Take a deep breath and look around you 94 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:41.120 really look. Spirit is everywhere. For example, as I'm preparing 95 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.680 this episode, I'm looking out at the amazing live oaks 96 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.519 that grow from my deck. These trees have some green 97 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:53.199 leaves on them, even in this winter weather. And can 98 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:58.879 I explain now how these trees grow, how the gray 99 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.759 and brown model colors of the bark on their trunks 100 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:07.800 come to be? I mean the science of them I cannot, 101 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:12.279 at least not clearly and succinctly. But I also mean 102 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:17.759 the metaphysical properties of these trees, the sacred geometry of 103 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:22.199 their construction, of the growth patterns of their trunks, of 104 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.519 the symbols that various kinds of oaks have given us 105 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.839 throughout the millennia. What do you see where you are? 106 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:34.120 There is a sacredness all around you. If you're at home, 107 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.800 what do you see that speaks to you of spirit? 108 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.600 The people in your house, including full legged and winged 109 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:46.279 and plant people, crystals, furniture or objects that connect you 110 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:51.879 to loved ones, candles. If you're outside or exercising, what 111 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.639 do you see There is a sacredness in the objects 112 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.160 and the people in the world around you, in your 113 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:05.959 own body. Take a deep breath and listen, really listen. 114 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:12.879 What do you hear the refrigerator running, the television, people talking, 115 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:19.680 dogs barking. If you're not outside, go listen to the wind. 116 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:25.120 Listen to the stillness, to the silence, to the birds. 117 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.319 Can you tell a blue jays call from that of 118 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:33.080 a mocking bird? Take a deep breath and just feel, 119 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:39.399 really feel, just sense the world around you. Can you 120 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.120 feel the air on your skin, in your hair? Can 121 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:47.679 you sense energy and emotion in your body? Where do 122 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:52.120 you store stress, drop your shoulders, and just be for 123 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:57.080 a moment. What I'm suggesting here is at the basic 124 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:00.320 building block of what I've come to believe is the 125 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:08.120 foundation of metaphysical concepts the following. Everything is energy, and 126 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.480 energy can change, but it can never be created or destroyed. 127 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.320 Energy always has been and always will be. Energy vibrates, 128 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:23.600 and all that is vibrates at varying rates. Once I 129 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:28.279 realized the connection between quantum physics and spirituality, the world 130 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:32.120 became a very different place for me. Once I began 131 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.320 to work with this concept of the basic building block 132 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.159 of the cosmos, other pieces of the puzzle began to 133 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.759 sort them out into some kind of cohesive pattern. Now 134 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.720 this may not work for you, or you may disagree, 135 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.799 or you may think it's weird or too much trouble 136 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:53.559 or work, but I promise you it's not. Here's all 137 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:57.840 you need to do, Yep, here it comes. Be still. 138 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.399 Just be still and be open. Now. I mean be 139 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:08.120 still in terms of quieting your mind, quieting that voice 140 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.000 that's always jabbering in your head, or at least it 141 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.399 is in mine. I don't mean you need to be 142 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.279 still physically. Some of the most enlightening lessons I've ever 143 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:21.000 learned have been when I was walking and meditating on Elabyrinth. 144 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.559 What's important here is to be still in your mind 145 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.559 and to be open. A trick I use when I'm 146 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.039 breathing and trying to be still is to talk back 147 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.240 to those intruding thoughts. For example, when I sit or 148 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.399 walk and breathe and feel open to whatever lessons are coming. 149 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:43.600 That's absolutely always going to be. When thoughts like you 150 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.200 need to clean the bathroom right now, or remember to 151 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.960 add lettuce to the grocery list, they come rushing in. 152 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.039 When that happens, I respond, right now, I am breathing, 153 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.720 right now, I am breathing. If you are consistent in 154 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:04.159 saying this, those intruding thoughts will eventually say to themselves, oh, 155 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.039 she's breathing now. We'll have to come back later, and 156 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.600 eventually those thoughts will leave you alone. So after you 157 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.600 sit and after you're quiet and you just listen to 158 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:20.360 and feel what's coming to you, then what That's great? 159 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.240 But then what, Well, here's what I do. I'm a 160 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:27.720 huge list maker. I have list of my list. I 161 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:35.000 have what I've named my master list of the concepts, thoughts, beliefs, practices, cultures, modalities, etc. 162 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.799 That inform my work. That master list grows and changes, 163 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.120 of course all the time as I learn more. In 164 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.559 addition to that list, I have a list or a 165 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.519 chart really, that I call my connecting the Dots list. 166 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:55.799 This helps me remember and better understand how one aspect 167 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:59.440 of my beliefs work in tandem with another. For example, 168 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.799 on my energy chart, I have connections to concepts of 169 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:10.519 the chakra system, the auric field, vibrations, hurts, and then 170 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:13.039 a spin off into quantum physics and quarks and dark 171 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:18.039 matter and black holes. Wait, what what does any of 172 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:24.879 this matter? Alan Watts, the wonderful philosopher, asked this very 173 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:29.559 question does this matter in the early nineteen six maybe 174 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:33.679 mid nineteen sixties, when he brought Eastern thought to Western culture. 175 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:37.240 And I can tell you that for me, all of 176 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.120 this does matter, and I bet it does to you. 177 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:45.000 There is this deep longing inside most of us to 178 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:49.039 know ourselves, to know each other, and to know the 179 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:53.080 cosmos around us in some esoteric way that we can't 180 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:57.639 always describe or explain. We could approach the questions from 181 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:04.000 many directions, from the right unknown, beyond all knowing, drilling 182 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:08.159 down into the essence of ourselves, or conversely, from the 183 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:12.440 essence of ourselves to the great unknown. Either way, the 184 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:16.919 answer is about connection, at least for me. So let 185 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:20.000 me share with you this lovely thought by rene A Rilk. 186 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.559 Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart, 187 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:29.240 and try to live the questions themselves. Do not seek 188 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.279 the answers that cannot be given you, because you would 189 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.919 not be able to live them. And the point is 190 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:41.399 to live everything, live the questions. Now. Perhaps you will then, gradually, 191 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:47.279 without noticing, live along some distance days into the answers. 192 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.080 I love that the idea that if you live and 193 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.960 trust and be aware, the answers come, and they come 194 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:00.600 by asking the questions, and it's some deep level in 195 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:04.480 our soul we know the answers. The trick is to 196 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:08.639 learn to live with the questions and the answers every moment, 197 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.519 to live in that place of contemplation and kindness and 198 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.639 joy and gratitude and love. We don't always succeed, of course, 199 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:22.360 but we keep trying. I keep trying to live in 200 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.919 the sacred and I imagine that you do too. 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