Saturday, July 29, 2006, 10:16 PM PDT

     There is only one thing that will change the situation in the Middle East. There is only one thing that has the power to remove the cause and core of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and that would be a total paradigm shift in the thinking of the entire planet, brought about by the establishment of a Golden Age Culture in the United States of America.

     There is only one group of people who can lead the way towards the establishment of that Golden Age Culture, and those people are gathered under the umbrella of Church Universal and Triumphant. They are the students of the Ascended Masters, who walk the Path of Initiation unto the empowerment of the Christ Consciousness, not as an abstraction, not as a theory, but as a forcefield of unchallengeable Victory anchored in the earth, which will roll back all darkness before it, as it marches forward into every nation and culture across the planet.

     First, there will be one victor standing in the earth. Then there will be two. Then there will be ten. Then there will be twenty. Then there will be thirty, forty, fifty, and then one-hundred, and then one-thousand, all of them empowered to do the works that Jesus Christ did, and more. Their example will throw all doubt and all arguments out the window. The people will wonder no more. They will finally know, by the power of example, what their potential is. Millions of people will flock to the Path of Initiation, swelling the ranks of our decree services by several orders of magnitude, thereby sweeping the forces of darkness from the earth. And finally, there will be peace.

     Until that day, the cycle of violence in the Middle East, especially, in and around Israel, will continue. The hatred, largely sponsored by the false hierarchy will continue to animate the terrorists, and those populations caught up in that hatred will proclaim their heroes, even as death and destruction reign down upon their very heads. This is a form of insanity that can only be met with force. If Israel is to survive, they must fight. And Israel must survive, for the Path of Initiation must be anchored in Israel first, before it can spread to the other nations of the Middle East, even unto Iraq.

     As the cancer of hatred waxes around them, spilling over into overt actions of terror and violence against the Israeli homeland, the Israelis must step forward to continue the fight, and America must continue to support them, with everything they need to defeat and destroy as many of the terrorists as they can.

     However, it has been truly said, that there is no military solution to the problems in the Middle East. When the hatred for freedom is ten times greater than the love for freedom in a particular region, the forces of freedom will never be able to defeat by force of arms the progenitors of hatred. For every one you knock down, ten spring up to take their place. That is the situation in the Middle East. And we see this phenomena outpicture itself in the Lebanese society itself in the midst of the current conflict. Upside down thinking prevails. In these pain-crazed minds, Hezbollah is seen more and more to be the hero, and Israel the enemy, even though it was Hezbollah which drew this rain of destruction down upon them. Indeed, in a mind ruled by hatred, insanity prevails. As there is no reasoning with an insane mind, the military option is the only way to fulfill the short term goal of Israel's survival. Specifically, the survival of a mature democracy in Israel, and the survival of the child-democracy in Iraq. The use of Military power in the short term is the only way to ensure that these democracies are not totally and utterly destroyed by the terrorists.

     Understandably, in the midst of the battle, there is a certain temptation towards confusion, on the part of the supporters of Israel, leading to a belief that military power alone will solve the problem. For the sake of making clear the real path to victory in the future, let us realize that it never has, and it never will. Military power is only capable of maintaining the status quo. For the foreseeable future, Israel will remain an (embattled) island of peace in an ocean of hatred. And this will not change, until the members of Church Universal and Triumphant initiate the paradigm shift spoken about above.

     And therefore, let the members of our Church consider what is the quickest way to initiate this paradigm shift. In other words, what is the quickest way to squeeze many genuine and total victors out of the Path of Initiation? How much pain and suffering could be eliminated from this planet if only we could figure out how to do this, and to do it quickly, is simply awe-inspiring.

     I will observe, that we have the answer before us, but it is not more decree services. We have had our decree services, but the most they ever accomplished in relationship to the Middle East, was to hold the line for the status quo, and for this reason, I would be the first to encourage those decree services to continue. Those areas of the earth that know freedom today, let that line be held.

     But as the history of this organization makes clear, decrees, by themselves do not produce victors on the Path of Initiation. Decrees by themselves, while they form the foundation of the Path, a foundation that must be renewed every day, do not form the superstructure of attainment. They do not form the floors of this sky scraper which symbolizes those progressively attained levels of empowerment which are associated with the victor. We are talking about victors, who can perform the works that Jesus Christ performed, and more. This is the goal of the Path of Initiation for every soul.

     The members of this organization need to have their memories refreshed, I think in this regard. This is indeed the goal of the Path of Initiation for every soul. The student is expected to achieve a level of empowerment commensurate with the example given to us by Jesus Christ during his Galilean Mission. And so, let that goal be achieved, and achieved quickly, by those who find themselves today on the high mountain slopes. These victors must set the example, and provide a necessary magnet that will draw millions to the path, swelling our decree services to such an extent, that they can indeed do more than hold the balance for freedom, but rather, work to advance the cause of freedom dramatically across the entire face of this earth, setting millions of minds free from hatred, allowing them to open, like little flowers, to a realization of a higher path, a better way, under the canopy of the Father's Love for all of his Children on Earth.

     If more decrees are not the answer, what is the answer? What is the key to the production of the many victors of the necessary stature? And why is that key not in the possession of more students?

     The key is in the passing of tests, as this alone, the passing of a test, enables the Ascended Master to transfer power to their students. And as many tests are passed, the many power transfers accumulate, and aggregate, and eventually, you will have the kind of victor we are talking about, which can serve as an example of victory for the many.

     Now, what is the most important test the students must begin to recognize, and begin to pass, and quickly? The Messenger gave us this key way back in 1982.

Heart to Heart with the Messenger
Mother's deep love for all her chelas!
From "Witness Unto the Truth", April 14, 1982

"So whatever fear should come upon you to separate you from God by the defense of deceit, remember the thing you should fear most of all is letting go of Truth. That is the greatest danger to anyone's soul — to let go of the hand of Truth."

     This teaching represents the most fundamental area of testing which students are put through on the Path of Initiation. Our allegiance to truth is tested, and tested, and tested again, and tested again, and tested again, and many times over, and quite truthfully, our tests on this point never cease, as this is the fundamental seed of victory. If the forces of darkness can corrupt us on this point, we can be denied our victory. In other words, we can be denied the opportunity to be initiated. If we have a momentum of victory, but can be compromised on one point of truth, that one compromise will destroy all previous gains that we have made. This is the test that we must pass every time all the way to the very summit of the mountain.

     This teaching has (2) key components. The first, and most readily apparent, is this idea of letting go of the hand of truth. This is quite clear and understandable. Put your hand in the hand of truth, and don't let go. To conceptualize our testing in this area, we need look no further. Will circumstances tempt you to let go of the truth? If such is the case, that is a failed test, one step down the mountain. And your journey back up the mountain can only continue when you retrace that step, when you figure out where you went wrong, when you figure out exactly where circumstances tempted you to let go of the truth, and when you decide to put aside your pride, confess your mistake, allow your heart to extend into the world the spirit of contrition, and finally, to make the decision to place your hand back into the hand of truth on that point.

     After any mistake, it is possible to regain your balance in this manner, and to continue your journey up the mountain.

     This is the principle. The truth which the soul has previously rejected, that is the truth which the soul must embrace. Each truth we have rejected in the past, is brought before us again, and again, and again, and circumstances ask us the same question, will you finally embrace this truth? The correct answer is the key that unlocks the door to progress. The wrong answer keeps the door closed.

     The Path of Initiation, is the process by which the soul is reintegrated with the truth. Progress on the path is always predicated on the status of this reintegration process.

     When considering this scene, wherein the climber has taken a step backwards, remember that one cannot maintain any upward momentum on the Path, unless one keeps moving upwards. If the soul fails a particular test, and will not quickly correct himself, or herself, a slide down the mountain will begin from that point in time forward. This is a metaphor that describes the cloud of delusion the mind remains in, as it refuses to pass a particular test. In that cloud of delusion the soul will no longer have a hold of the hand of the Master, and its capacity to see obstacles will be obscured, and it will start a process of stumbling and falling from that point.

     When you consider these points, keep in mind what's at stake. On each point of testing, the question hangs in the balance, as to whether you will reach the summit of the mountain, and thereby be able to extend to the world the example of an empowered victor, who will be able to do the works that Jesus did and more, whose forcefield of victory will contribute to the power of the magnet of manifest example which will draw millions of people to the path, and thus set the stage for the total transfiguration of the planet.

     Of course it is true, that the central force in this deceit equation is fear. The soul is made to fear the consequences of standing for truth in a particular situation. And fear generates an alternative in the imagination, if it is only to stand on the sidelines of life, and make no effort to come to the defense of truth, the most common scenario that will save the soul from its fears every time. And that alternative, in that moment, seems much more reasonable, even much more virtuous, than standing up for the truth in that moment.

     And so, this power of deceit forms a powerful path-breaking and failure instigating mechanism, within the folds of consciousness itself.

     For this power of deceit to have power within the mind, the soul must defend it. The soul will believe that this deceit is the very light of wisdom, and in the midst of this delusion, the soul will fail the test, and will deny to itself thereby, the fruit of the Path of Initiation, the fruit of victory, even victory over fear. And in this process of defending deceit, the soul descends more thoroughly into the arms of fear, and thus, into that state wherein the soul becomes even more vulnerable to this power of deceit. This describes not only a vicious circle, but a downward spiral that is very difficult to arrest.

     This is the lesson the soul must learn if it is ever to win its victory. It is fear that extends the tentacles of deceit into the mind. If you can identify the presence of fear, which your emotional body will report to you quite clearly, and without ambiguity, then all thought processes associated with it, will be the stuff out of which deceit is woven. Heed them not.

     Love for the truth is really the only power which can successfully overcome these particular forces of darkness, and it is the key to victory in this area. Of course, let us not overlook the importance of the power of illumination that will expose the presence of fear (and the deceit that extends from it), establishing a framework of understanding that will allow the soul to realize the importance of the choice which it now faces. And let us not overlook the power of determination and courage, that must be present, if the soul will choose truth, even in midst of its fears. And let us not overlook the importance of the soul's communion with the Masters at the Altar of the Holy Grail, in the midst of its devotions, from whence the initial motivations towards victory emanate.

     Indeed, let us take our new found appreciation for the importance of passing our tests in this area, and put our shoulders to the wheel, knowing that our efforts towards victory, the efforts of every member of Church Universal and Triumphant, will make the difference between victory and failure for all the nations on the earth. Let us make our choices knowing that the fate of the planet is in our hands. The people of the earth must have examples. Not one example, not two examples, but hundreds of examples. We are the examples. There are no other examples. There are no other groups of people on the entire face of this earth who have remained loyal to the sponsored path. The members of Church Universal and Triumphant are the ones to whom the heavenly hierarchy look for the necessary examples of victory which can ignite, by the power of victory resident in their chakras, this planetary conflagration of golden transfiguration.

     I am not talking about abstractions. I am not talking about theories. I am talking about squeezing out of the Path of Initiation, by a concerted effort to pass all tests, genuine examples of victory, who can DO the works that Jesus did, and more, not in some cave in the Himalayas, but before the eyes of the people, in the here and now.

     And the place for us to begin, the place for the members of Church Universal and Triumphant to begin, is to pass the many tests, which hang over this organization as the confetti of so much unfinished business. I am not going to go into this in great detail, but simply mention, that the whole situation that revolves around the ever-present rebellion of Church Manager Linda Worobec is the place to begin. Here, the very force of deceit, which encouraged hundreds of souls to let go of the hand of truth, and to extend their hand of loyalty to something other than the truth, being deceived into believing that this other thing was more important than truth, this act of silence, this determination to do nothing, is yet dynamically active within the consciousness of all students, which presents to all members of this organization, a universal obstacle to their passing of their tests, in the great numbers required for the transfiguration of the planet as a whole.

     Yes, steps must be retraced. In each instance, in relationship to Linda Worobec's performance of a Beatles Tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court, on July 4, 2003, where the soul allowed itself to be deceived into letting go of the truth (which required that she be held accountable), must be re-evaluated in the present moment. Wherever the force of deceit encouraged the soul to let go of the truth, the soul must reverse that process, and place its hand in the hand of truth now. The way forward is narrow. To be loyal to the truth then, to be loyal to the truth now, is to require that Church Manager Linda Worobec be held accountable for an egregious act of rebellion against a fundamental teaching of this church, perpetrated upon the very Altar of the Holy Grail in front of the eyes of thousands of congregants.

     While the principles of accountability might not have required the removal of this individual from office of Church Manager back then, if a simple apology had been offered, if a simple expression of contrition had been forthcoming, that is not the case today. For all the reasons that I have discussed in great detail in the many articles which I have published on this subject, the principle of accountability at this point in time, more than three years beyond the original offence, given the level of stubbornness and pride this exposes, requires the immediate removal of this person from the Office of Church Manager.

     The power of deceit, which tempted Linda Worobec to let go of the hand of truth in the first place, and which tempted her to continue to shun the hand of truth in the aftermath, was transferred, by her example, and by virtue of her office and authority, and by virtue of the office and authority of all other leaders who stood in support of her, to the congregation at large, wherein it continues to operate in the world of the individual, actively keeping alive a posture of denial, an emotional and mental configuration which continues to deny the obvious truth, that leaders who betray the teaching must be held accountable.

     My friends, here is another important truth. If the members of this organization do not hold the leaders of this church accountable, who will? This burden of responsibility is on the shoulders of every member of this organization, and therefor, this is why this situation touches every member equally. In other words, this is a test that every member is required to pass. The very substance of the psychology that would desire to shun this responsibility, for whatever reason, is yet another dimension of this general force of deceit operating in the folds of consciousness, keeping the soul from making the right decision, keeping the soul from taking the right actions.

     This force of denial, then, remains an obstacle that will, in turn, deny to every student on the path who continues to indulge it, any opportunity to win a genuine victory on the Path of Initiation. I implore those who have a desire to win this victory, to come to a new realization, that this deceit will indeed rob them of the opportunity to achieve the greatest desire of their hearts, victory on the path of initiation, and moreover, if this robbery is to be defeated, to finally realize they must confront the power of deceit, and defeat it, again, by finally standing up for the truth in this area.

     In closing, I would ask the reader to consider this odd spectacle being outpictured in Lebanon, wherein, the true enemy of the people, Hezbollah, becomes an object of sympathy, and is even cast in an heroic light, as it is attacked by the perceived "enemy" Israel. Is this not one of the most egregious examples of this force of deceit operating in the minds of these people? Here the deceit compels them to embrace with great ardor, one of the greatest lies extent on the planet today. We see the same mechanism happening within this congregation, as the forces of truth attempt to bring the rebel Linda Worobec to justice. Linda Worobec becomes the beleaguered hero, and a great object of sympathy and worship within the organization, even as she embodies the very essence of darkness, which will rob every one of them of their victory in the light. This sympathy for the devil, which can be so easily fanned into a passion, is clearly one of the most classic illustrations of the power of deceit operating in the world of man.

     May you pass every test.

Friday, July 28, 2006, 1:34 AM PDT

U.S. House of Representatives July 25, 2006 (Text from the Congressional Record)      The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following prayer:      The Book of Proverbs tells us, Lord: ``The fruit of virtue is a tree of life, but violence takes lives away.''      Lord, our God, let virtue triumph over violence.      If virtue were to find strength even in the war-torn parts of the world, violence would be rejected as the way to peace. Neither trees nor life survive on a battlefield.      So quickly, violent words can be tossed around a household, casting a cloud over a family, and expressions of violence can even find their way into the language of lawmakers and the courts of a land.      Drown all forms of violent behavior with virtue, Lord. The hand may reach for a weapon, a mind can plot vengeance, but violence springs from the heart. That is why the hearts of Americans, Lord, need so much virtue that there is no room for violence, on our streets, in our speech or our daily reactions to today, tomorrow, forever. Amen.

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, July 27, 2006, 10:56 PM PDT

U.S. House of Representatives July 24, 2006 (Text from the Congressional Record)      The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following prayer:      Lord God, as the voice of truth, You tell us: ``Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.''      On this Monday, as we embrace this week and the work You require of us, both as this institution of leadership and as Americans, Your children born of freedom, give us the grace of perseverance.      May daily work and prayerful hopes guide us a step at a time to reach the goals that will bring fulfillment to the promises of our constitutional lives as a people and lead us to find eternal reward for just deeds, both now and forever. Amen.

     May you pass every test.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 10:54 PM PDT

U.S. House of Representatives July 20, 2006 (Text from the Congressional Record)      The Reverend Phil Fulton, Pastor, Union Hill Church, Peebles, Ohio, offered the following prayer:      Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, and all that is therein, we thank You for this great congressional body. I pray You would bless them with wisdom, knowledge, and that the spirit of bipartisanship would prevail in all their decisions for the inherent good of this great Nation.      I pray they would remember well the words of President Cleveland: ``That those who manage the affairs of government are by this means reminded that the law of God demands that they should be courageously true to the interests of the people, and that the Ruler of the Universe will require of them a strict account of their stewardship.''      In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

     May you pass every test.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 11:30 PM PDT

U.S. House of Representatives July 19, 2006 (Text from the Congressional Record)      Monsignor Robert Sheeran, President, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, offered the following prayer:      Lord God, bless America, our land and our people. Bless America, among the greatest of all human endeavors.      Lord God, make America worthy of the dreams of our Founders. Worthy of the sacrifices of those who have gone before us and who have given their lives for us. Make America worthy of the calling and leadership that You place on our shoulders in this our generation.      Let wisdom, goodness and generosity and the desire for peace grow and take deeper root in our people and in this chosen body of representatives.      This day, Lord, You have given to us as our day. These hours before us are ours, set before us to do good as You show us the good, and to avoid evil as You show us the way.      May our work, Lord, in some small way, be part of Your work, never in vain and always to the glory of Your Holy Name. Amen.

     May you pass every test.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 4:38 AM PDT

     Tatiana Prophet has been working as a staff writer for the Victorville Daily Press, in Victorville, California, since about April 2006. She writes business stories related to the high desert area which are additionally published online in a blog format here.

     May you pass every test.

Sunday, July 23, 2006, 4:54 AM PDT

     We must have a perfect balance between the present and the future, and between the present and the past.

     The purpose for which we came to this earth with Sanat Kumara (the past) must be anchored in our consciousness through internal revelation. The blueprint for the victory of our mission in this life (the future) must be anchored in our consciousness through internal revelation. Within this framework of knowledge, we work, in the here and now, towards the fulfillment of that blueprint. In this way, past, present, and future, are in perfect balance in the present moment.

     Let me just say, that unless the soul operates within this framework of revealed knowledge, it is impossible to be in perfect balance in the present moment. It is simply impossible. Can you walk on a tight rope that keeps moving under your feet? No.

     And so, this is the pressing question of our lives: How do we get that revealed knowledge? Fortunately, the answer is right in front of us. We get that revealed knowledge by passing our tests on the Path of Initiation under the (Real) Ascended Masters. We must pass our tests. There is simply no way around this. Otherwise this illumination will never come to us.

     May you pass every test.

Saturday, July 22, 2006, 2:50 AM PDT

     Our friend Sean Prophet, in trying to persuade me that there is no need to include God our Father in any explanation for the origin of life, mentioned, in a private email, the subject of fractals in support of his position. I responded privately to his patently ill-conceived ideas. Sean publically responded to my statement on his Blog. (See BS Journal for June 14, 2006. Argument for Design - Ad Absurdum)

     I have previously stated my intention to respond to his BS Journal entry, on a paragraph by paragraph basis. In support of this project, I have already posted a general introduction, (See HBJ for June 24, 2006: Dear Sean, Greatly Loved Son of the Most High God ) and I have subsequently posted the text of my original email, to which Sean's blog entry responds. (See HBJ for July 3, 2006: False Premises, Erroneous Foundations, Should be Identified, and Eliminated)

     I will proceed therefore, at this time, with my paragraph by paragraph analysis of Sean's statement.

"The continuing controversy over intelligent design highlights a number of really bad arguments. One of the worst in recent memory has to do with a glaring fallacy about science and technology as products of man (and therefore god). I received an e-mail from a correspondent, discussing the issue of fractals. I had sent this correspondent a number of example images, including the one reproduced here, showing how simple recursive algorithms could produce a wide variety of forms similar to those found in nature."

     "One of the worst in recent memory has to do with a glaring fallacy about science and technology as products of man (and therefore god)." I am the one who made the argument to which Sean refers, and in this statement he has mischaracterized it. I have posted the original email in which I set forth my argument. Clearly, from any fair reading of that statement, one can readily see that it was not my intent to prove that the products of man are the products of God. That was not my point at all. My intent was to present a body of evidence, overwhelming in its scope, which anchored in the earth the immutable connection between the principle of something "made" with the principle of a "creator", which in the case of this body of evidence, was man himself. Sean continues ....

"My point was to show the correspondent that it was not necessary for a god or higher intelligence to have created or designed flowers, trees, or other seemingly complex objects found in the natural world. It is well-established in scientific circles that most forms taken by plants and flowers can be explained through fractal geometry. Instructions coded in DNA cause the plants to grow in the same manner as the recursive algorithms used to form computer-generated images. This use of recursion is a brilliant form of natural data compression, which gives rise to seemingly infinitely complex and random shapes, from simple mathematical functions."

     "My point was to show the correspondent that it was not necessary for a god or higher intelligence to have created or designed flowers, trees, or other seemingly complex objects found in the natural world." Exactly. This is exactly what I understood Sean's argument to be, and that is the fallacious absurdity that I was attempting to address. "It is well-established in scientific circles that most forms taken by plants and flowers can be explained through fractal geometry." Of course, we should treat that statement with total skepticism. I think it is probably a whopper. "Instructions coded in DNA cause the plants to grow in the same manner as the recursive algorithms used to form computer-generated images." This statement should also be treated with extreme skepticism. Does Sean actually know how the form of a flower follows from DNA? I don't think so. And I know he is not a computer programmer, so he can't speak with any authority on how those graphic images are created with the computer. In fact, as I revealed in my introduction to this series below, he basis thesis falls flat, simply because he does not know what it takes to create a computer program. I will include that argument herein.

"The correspondent completely misunderstood my argument. He thought I was arguing that computers had generated the fractals of their own accord. He attempted to punch holes in my argument by stating the following:"

[quoting me]"For example, literally thousands of designers were involved in the creation of the computer equipment that was used to produce and display the graphics. You can break that down into a great level of detail, going into the process by which each component on the mother board, was designed and manufactured, and this on machines which also had to be designed and manufactured, and themselves composed of a vast array of consciously designed and created components. For example, integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, transistors, connectors, and wiring. In connection with each of these components, you could visit the factory in which they are manufactured, and verify the truth of this, and at the same time see, that they are given birth out of the very womb of the concept of conscious design."

     "The correspondent completely misunderstood my argument." No, Sean, I understood your argument quiet well, and I recognized it in your statement above. "My point was to show the correspondent that it was not necessary for a god or higher intelligence to have created or designed flowers, trees, or other seemingly complex objects found in the natural world." This is your argument, and I understand that. You are arguing against the need to have a conscious creator. When you say "no God", you are saying "no conscious creator".

     It was my intention to show that the world is filled with evidence, which shows that "things" always have a "creator" associated with them. My reference to the various levels of technological development, was simply to fill the shelves of the evidence room with exhibits, thousands of them, millions of them, billions of them, which show, each one, that each "thing" has a "creator" associated with it. In all of these examples, man plays the role of the creator. But this kind of evidence is not simply associated with the life of man. There is evidence of this principle in other parts of nature. Take for example a birds nest. A birds nest has a creator. The bird is the creator. A beavers dam had a creator. The beaver is the creator. A hornets nest had a creator. The hornet is the creator. A beehive has a creator. The bee is the creator. My arrow is going strait to the center of your target. You say no creator. I say, here are examples all around us, that illustrate an important principle, that "things" are "created" by a "creator." The utility of this massive wealth of evidence I will discuss below.

     "He thought I was arguing that computers had generated the fractals of their own accord." No, I think I get this. You are using the computer as a surrogate for "nature." You are using a computer as the natural mechanism through which the independently existing fractal patterns (taken from nature) are operated on to produce other derivative patterns. Unfortunately, a close look at your computer generated graphics, in terms of trying to support your thesis of a creator less world, falls apart under close scrutiny, in as much as these computer graphics could not be produced, without the input of a creator principle, which I will discuss below.

"He wrongly stated that I was claiming that the shapes and patterns contained in a fractal imagery were proof that "order and beauty can proceed out of nothing."

     I believe that is exactly what you are trying to argue. From whence does the beauty of nature proceed, if not from God? But you argue there is no god. Then what is the source of that beauty? By denying a source, you argue that the beauty of nature proceeds out of nothing.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. First of all, the brilliance and beauty of fractal geometric patterns comes from the fact that they are specifically not designed. Rather, they are the results of playing with formulas, to see what iteration of those formulas will produce. Even though the outcomes can be predicted, within certain classifications from certain formulas, it is clear that what is being replicated on a computer through fractal geometry is the process of natural growth and evolution itself."

     "First of all, the brilliance and beauty of fractal geometric patterns comes from the fact that they are specifically not designed." This is patently false, as I have already shown, and I will repeat that argument here. These computer generated graphics were designed. "[quoting myself] ... your representation of the process of generating fractals as something that is more or less autonomous, is misleading, as it does not comport with what you have presented here in this image to the left. You can see in this image, that one computational scheme is represented by the nautilus form. Those other shapes, in between the nautilus divisions, represent conscious interventions, which had to be consciously programmed by the author. In other words, in between each reiteration of the nautilus shape, the programmer had to insert at least two additional routines to modify that area based on another fractal: one in terms of rendering the background, and the other in terms of rendering the wave and tree like structures on the main form itself. (The whole effect being to produce in the mind a sense of walking insect.) The fact that this image required a creative input on behalf of the author, contradicts the point you are trying to make. My sense of the point you are trying to make, is that beauty is not the result of conscious design choices. But, you present this as an example of beauty, yet, inherent in this, we see conscious design choices made by the computer programmer."

     Again, this argument goes to the center of the target. Sean argues no god, no creator. And he gives us an example that is supposed to support his thesis. But his example contains the elements of conscious design, in other words, inherent in his example is the presence of the creator principle making conscious design choices. Sean continues.

"This same process is how the human brain develops, with its hundred billion or more neurons, from human DNA, which only contains about 30 million instructions."

     "This same process is how the human brain develops, with its hundred billion or more neurons, from human DNA, which only contains about 30 million instructions." This statement needs to be taken with a significant amount of skepticism, in as much as I don't think there is a scientist on this earth that would validate this idea, that Sean Prophet knows how the human brain works. Throwing a lot of technical terms in our face, a mumbo jumbo of technical jargon, is sort of like throwing sand in our eyes.

"The correspondent's point about computers, chips, motherboards, and programs being works of man proves nothing. He is assuming, a priori, that man was created and designed by God, therefore, all the works of man by proxy originate from God. This is a completely circular argument, and rests totally on the presupposition of 'creation.' It proves absolutely nothing."

     The correspondent's point about computers, chips, motherboards, and programs being works of man proves nothing. Ok, here is an arrow that Sean finally aims right at the center of my target. "He is assuming, a priori, that man was created and designed by God, therefore, all the works of man by proxy originate from God." Actually, This was not my argument. I believe it is Sean who is missing the point, though, by a country mile. What was my argument? What do these examples of "things" all of which are associated with the "creator" principle, prove?

     Given the fact that this earth was created as a platform for the redemption of souls who had entered into a state of rebellion against God, and who were following leaders who were teaching them that God did not exist, we see that God our Father made an effort to counterbalance these false teachings, by incorporating into the structure of life, many examples for the people to see with their own eyes, that all things that are "made", are made by a "creator". The entire experience of human beings, the entire experience of those who have sentient consciousness, is completely and totally ruled by this law, that anything that is "made" must be made by a creator. There is nothing in the everyday life of man that is produced by "chance". Everything had to be consciously created. Whether is was a can of soup, or a rocket ship. In this case, and in every case, the creator is man, not God. But there is the principle, multiplied ad infinitum before our eyes, everywhere we look, and it cannot be escaped, and we can make of it, what we will. That's the point. We can see the mountains of evidence which has been placed before us, and we can make of it, what we will. For those who have eyes to see, let them see.

     And therefore, those who are wise, will see the handwriting on the wall, as it were, and take from this mountain of evidence, a very strong sign from heaven, that this idea, promulgated by angels fallen, by angels who have fallen into an insidious hatred against God, who lead people into a state of doubt as to whether or not God our Father is real, and into a state of doubt as to his role in creating this world and all the people on it, is not to be given a moments respect. No, not even a microsecond's worth of the respect. In fact, this mountain of evidence is given to us so that we can see this ridiculous "no creator" argument for what it is, i.e. absolute foolishness.

     The fact is, that the proper and reasonable use of this mountain of evidence, which makes the indisputable connection between things, and the creator principle, resides within the treasure chest of wisdom itself, as one very precious jewel. It is wise to consider this body of evidence, that tells us, that all things "made" are associated with a creator, and notwithstanding the foolish protests of the Atheists, to apply that principle to a pine tree, to a lake, to a sunrise, to mountain, to bird, to a stream, to a flower, to man, to a woman, and to the soul that resides therein. It is wise to apply that principle to all things. It is simply wise. It is wise, because it leads the mind in the direction of the truth. Whether or not the creator is evident, it is the better part of wisdom, to keep your mind open to the high probability that everything that is, has been consciously created, and by examining the wonder of the creation, one can deduce the magnitude, the power, the intelligence, of the mind which created it.

     The second point to be made concerning this mountain of evidence which connects things "made" to a "creator" principle, is that God our Father did not go to all of this trouble to present this mountain of evidence, without providing an inner mechanism that would affirm the correct analysis of this evidence. And so it has always been, that the thought which gives God credit for the creation of the world, does not reside within the mind of man as a neutral power among the population of thoughts therein. No indeed. There are ministering angels which accompany all of us through life, and when that idea comes into our mind, and we entertain it under the microscope of analysis, the angels will shine a spotlight on it, and it will glow with a sense of value and importance, above all other things. True it is, that the light shown in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. Yet for most people, they register this inner self-evident truth, that this thought form does indeed have a much higher level of importance attached to it, in comparison to all others. On the other hand, those who make war against the idea of God cannot really get the benefit of this, because the reaction of the darkside is so quick, flowing through them like a heavy spring-loaded hammer that smashes the tiny yellow flower into the ground. In other words, the forces of darkness smash the flower so quickly, that the soul does not get an opportunity to study its radiance for any length of time. That is certainly a dilemma. Sean continues.

"Fractal geometry, chaos theory, and the Mandelbrot set of functions are simply a special case of the larger field of biomimetics. This is engineering of new processes and products, based on the processes observed in nature. A byproduct of this research, is reverse engineering of nature, figuring out the building blocks of life. The complexity of life is largely reducible to the execution of relatively simple DNA instructions."

     Here we go again with this propensity of Sean Prophet to throw sand in our eyes in the form of a jumble of techno babble. Fractal geometry, chaos theory, and the Mandelbrot set of functions are simply a special case of the larger field of biomimetics. This is another version of "name dropping". You know how people who go to Hollywood parties like to drop the names of celebrities that they know. This is what Sean is doing here. This is engineering of new processes and products, based on the processes observed in nature. Ok, but so what? How is that supposed to relate to your argument that no creator is required to make the things in nature? "The complexity of life is largely reducible to the execution of relatively simple DNA instructions." This is supposed to explain the existence of the sun, and the moon, and the solar system in which we live? This is supposed to explain why the earth is positioned in exactly the right spot that will sustain the biosphere? This is supposed to explain the weather patterns on earth? This is supposed to explain the presence of water, ice, oxygen, and all the elements? This is suppose to explain how DNA itself came into existence? This is supposed to explain the origin of the atom? This is supposed to explain how molecules combine in organic organisms? This is a statement made from a very high degree of blindness when it comes to the larger framework of the creation.

In "The Blind Watchmaker" Richard Dawkins showed how random DNA mutations (when evaluated for their efficacy through the feedback loop of evolutionary fitness) resulted in beneficial changes to the life form. Dawkins has not claimed to show that life, beauty, or symmetry evolved from "nothing." Dawkins has only shown us the mechanism through which such evolution could occur from basic chemistry.

     Actually, it is true, that this is exactly what Richard Dawkins is all about. He wants people to believe that the entire creation just sprang out of nothing. Note the use of the word "random" there. The word "random" is taken to mean, no divine directing influence, or no God, i.e. nothing. We know for a fact that Richard Dawkins is the planet's most vociferous Atheist, and the only thing on his mind is proving that God does not exist. Non-existence is just another word for nothingness. If you draw a picture of God on a page of your notebook, and Richard Dawkins erases it, leaving nothing there, that illustrates the nothingness that he stands for. Everything that Richard Dawkins does, everything that he sees, is to that end. The creation is filled with evidence for the existence of God, yet Dawkins willfully and studiously refuses to see it. If he saw God face to face, he would look at the face, and make the following note in his journal: "I just saw a whole lot of nothing." You know that this is exactly what he would do.

"But that's a hell of a lot better then the empty circular claims advanced by creationists."

     "But that's a hell of a lot better then the empty circular claims advanced by creationists." The creationists throw sand in our eyes from one direction, reasoning from a pre-renaissance point of view, and the Atheists do it from another direction, reasoning out of the darkness of the pit of nihilism into which they have fallen. The Ascended Masters offer a middle way, one that is accurate, and truthful, that gives us a good preliminary explanation for the way things are today, with God our Father as the Creator of the physical universe as a system of redemption into which many rebellious evolutions have been assigned, like unto a huge leper colony in relationship to the vast stretches of divine civilization which extend out in all directions out beyond the perimeter of what can be seen with our physical eyes, wherein, i.e. herein, where souls are given numerous opportunities for incarnation over a vast stretches of time, opportunities for self-cleansing, opportunities for healing, providing a firm conceptual foundation for us, upon which we can build to bring forth more exacting answers in the future, leading to ever greater levels of understanding, and thus, to the realization of such levels of victory that have never been seen on this earth before.

     What do the Atheists have to offer? A bitter and sour view of life that leaves the soul totally and completely empty handed when it comes to the great treasures God our Father is ready even now to extend to each one. The Ascended Masters offer a valid path to the realization of that treasure, even a shining future. And you wonder how one could actually choose the one path over the other. It would be like choosing to live in a garbage dump, when you have an opportunity to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. No one in their right mind would ever make such a choice. And I think this proves an important point. Whether they realize it or not, a soul does not choose the path of Atheism by free will, any more than a steer chooses to be roped and branded. All of them have been inducted into an underworld of spiritual slavery and they feel the harsh lash of their task masters upon the open flesh of their minds, every time they try to think about truth, and God. Let us figure out some way to help them get free.

     May you pass every test.

Friday, July 21, 2006, 2:48 AM PDT

     In my last blogger entry, I took to task the Lebanese people for being spineless and cowardly when it comes to confronting the Hezbollah terrorists in their midst, a problem they share with the Palestinian people generally I might add, who refuse to confront the Hamas murderers in their midst, who allow their minds to be twisted by the logic of fear into taking a stand of total agreement with the terrorist murderers, and who will argue the blame of Israel day and night. And I would reiterate here, that this is understandable, because the moment they show any opposition to the terrorists, they are marked for certain death.

     We have pockets of this kind of psychological decay in some of our own metropolitan areas in America where gangs have control, and the common people are too frightened to even walk out of their houses at night. Do they talk to the police about who is shooting who? Not if they want to live into the next day they don't.

     This is the core problem in all lands where terrorists have become entrenched. The good people are terrorized into doing nothing, and terrorized into a posture of agreement with the agenda of the terrorists. This is also how Saddam Hussein controlled the population of Iraq, i.e. by terror.

     (And so, the Iraqi people themselves were stained by this psychology of fear, which made them spineless, more or less, in the face of the terrorists who populated the Saddam Hussein regime. And in this respect, was freedom a possibility for them, without the greater power of the intercessor? I think not.)

     In the midst of this world-wide focus on the flare-up of violence in Lebanon, all of a sudden, right on my own doorstep, a problem that I thought had been long solved, in relationship to the behavior of a neighbor, playing music so loud that you could hear it in every room in our house, reared its ugly head again. Even out of the blue. And I had three choices before me. To be totally spineless, and do nothing. To confront the neighbor directly. Or to call the sheriff.

     I have faced these choices many times before, over many years. I went through the process of personal confrontation on many occasions, efforts that proved fruitless. And then I went through the process of calling the sheriff on many occasions, which brought the situation under control, but only after many calls.

     This has to be one of the most distasteful things a human being has to do, i.e. to confront a recalcitrant neighbor, whose stubbornness is legendary. And I thought, and really hoped, that all of this was behind me. It had been more than a year since I had to deal with this.

     And here again, the problem was upon me one more time. And my whole being was consumed with a strong distaste for the whole situation. I did not want to confront this person yet again. And I did not want to call the sheriff yet again. Yet how could I allow this home invasion to continue unopposed?

     And in the midst of my hesitation, I considered what I said about the Lebanese people, who were so spineless, that they would not even confront KNOWN MURDERERS in their very midst, and look at me, filled to the brim with incapacitating hesitation, when it comes to defending my own home from this auditory assault by a neighbor's stereo. If I can't defend my own home from the assault of a neighbor's stereo, and to do it with a sense of equanimity and courage, then how in the world could I find fault with the Lebanese people who have to confront people who they KNOW will try to kill them the moment their back is turned?

     What is at the root of an incapacitating hesitation? It is fear. What was there to fear for me in this situation? Was there a fear of physical violence? No. Was there a fear of confronting a stubborn person who will not cooperate? Yes. In this respect, this was not fear of the unknown. It was a fear associated with being put into the situation where I would again have to call the sheriff. What was there to fear about that? Again, this was not fear of the unknown. Calling the sherif by itself, when it comes to a stubborn person, does not accomplish much. (I.e. prior to the hour of 9pm when a county noise ordinance comes into effect, where the sheriff can simply write the offender a ticket). In the afternoon, since there is no county noise ordinance in effect, one must sign a complaint under the statewide disturbing the peace penal code, and in that way, open oneself up to being sucked into the court system, one way or the other. (This is certainly something that I never wanted to get into, and always refused to sign a complaint because of it).

     But here is this problem again.

     My entire psychology was whirling around and around with this one unified sentiment, I don't want do it, I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it. And it was the Lebanese people that finally showed me the way out of that circular prison house.

     I finally had to conclude, if the Lebanese people must stand up, and do what's right, and not count the costs, which is the only thing that would have saved their nation from the current fate of war and destruction, and this is the only thing that will save the future of the Palestinian people, and this is the only thing that will save the future of the Iraqi people, who all face much steeper mountains to climb than I do, then I must do the same in my situation. I must simply step up, and do what's right, and not consider the costs. It was the Lebanese people who helped me see very clearly, that the fear factor must be eliminated once and for all. And when you don't consider the costs, this is one large step towards eliminating the fear factor. Of course, the other part of this equation is that because of your devotion to God, you have faith, that when you decide to step out and do the right thing, that God will step out with you, providing you with what you need to succeed and prevail. In God We Trust.

     And so, on this afternoon, I walked over to my neighbor's house with my mind made up. This was a first. During all the confrontations with this person that I had experienced before, my emotional body was always saying, "please don't make me call the sheriff. Please don't pull this thing into a court room." But on that day, I walked over there ready to face each eventuality, ready to call the sheriff if need be, ready to sign that complaint if need be, and perhaps too enthusiastic to do it, and if that effort sputtered, and it might if the District Attorney chose not to prosecute the complaint, ready to spend whatever time or money it would take to get a court injunction against this person pouring music through the walls of my house. Certainly, a court injunction based on the proposition that if a person has a right to peace and quiet anywhere, it must be within the walls of his own house, was not completely nor totally out of reach. Here was a mind that had finally come to terms with one of the greatest truths in the world, that the problems that we face personally, we are expected, by God, to give our lives to solving them, no matter how insignificant those problems might seem in the larger scheme of things. In this respect, we each have a unique and particular path set before us, through which and by which, we face our fears, and with the help of God and the Masters, we overcome them.

     If you have an entire population who will face up to the tasks which are within their personal reach, then the situation in the society will never spiral out of control to such an extent where such decisions, whether to do right, or wrong, will come to be associated with a near certain sentence of death, as you see in Lebanon and in the Palestinian territories today. This equilibrium associated with the state of civilization itself, it seems to me, can only come to fruition within a population devoted to God and obedient to his laws, because it is only by the Power of God, through Christ (the mediator), that fear can be overcome. And that power of freedom can only be released (by the mediator) to those who are making an effort to understand the laws of God, and are making an effort to be obedient to them.

     Whenever we have a clear task set before us, something that must be done, something that divine principle demands that we act on, and we find that we are immobilized by hesitation, use the example of the Lebanese people to help you overcome that hesitation, and the fear that is behind it. Remember the lesson they are giving to the world, in regards to the escalating negative consequences associated with indulging your fears. Problems do not disappear, but become larger and larger, and larger. Use their example to understand the bane of fear. And in that state of understanding, throw off those chains which immobilize you, which bar you from taking right action. Hand in hand with God and the Masters, face what must be done, face what the circumstances require, with a new confidence. And do the right thing.

     May you pass every test.

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 6:13 PM PDT

     Israel has no choice but to defend itself against rocket attack by the Hezbollah terrorist organization entrenched in Lebanon. The "innocent" people of Lebanon will pay a heavy price unfortunately, but they have brought this on themselves.

     Yes, the people of Lebanon have brought this on themselves, by cowering in fear before this terrorist organization, and doing nothing to disarm them. The people of Lebanon are in fact harboring a terrorist organization, and have voted members of this terrorist organization into their own parliament. Lebanon therefore qualifies as a terrorist state itself, giving aid and comfort to the region's most vociferous terrorist entity.

     Why did the Lebanese people do nothing to disarm this terrorist organization? They have had many years to do that. The least they could have done was to stop the stock piling of these offensive weapons, these rockets that are being launched into Israeli territory. But they didn't even do that. Why?

     They have not lifted a finger to oppose Hezbollah because the people of Lebanon themselves fear death and destruction at the hands of Hezbollah itself. If they oppose this mad dog, they are sure this mad dog would turn and rend them, so they feed milk and honey to this mad dog, and stand by and do nothing as it rips and tears at the flanks of the Israeli people. These rocket attacks have been going on for years.

     The people of Lebanon are therefore the facilitators of this chaos, so they should not be the object of anyone's sympathy.

     And now, what they feared most, i.e. their own death and destruction, has come upon them. Even death and destruction. And still this fear of Hezbollah rules their minds. Consider the words of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in response to this situation. (See CNN for 7/15/2006: Israel strikes militant stronghold in Beirut). In response to this crisis, the words he should have spoken, should have been directed at Hezbollah, at least demanding that they stop their rocket attacks on Israel. But those are not the words he spoke. He blames Israel for this situation, with no mention of Hezbollah.

     If some leftist organization headquartered across the U.S. border in Tijuana started to launch missiles into San Diego California, the U.S. Military would jump on that situation with both feet. If the Mexican government stood by and allowed a terrorist organization to declare war against the United States, here is a situation where the U.S. Congress would declare War against Mexico, and we would march in there, and we would destroy that terrorist organization. This is the situation which Israel faces. But of course, Israel is not making war on the people of Lebanon generally. They understand the spineless nature of the Lebanese people, and have some compassion for their dilemma. But the situation has forced them to go after Hezbollah. And that is what they are doing. They will try to surgically excise that Hezbollah cancer out of the body of Lebanon, though it will be a messy task.

     Here is a life lesson for all of us. When a problem is not dealt with, and quickly, the problem gets worse, and the "solution" to the problem becomes more messy as time goes on. Perhaps America itself should have bit the bullet and kept U.S. forces in Lebanon as President Reagan had originally planned in 1982. How would history have been different, if America has stayed the course then? Something to think about. Clearly, if U.S. forces had maintained a presence there, Hezbollah would not have an arsenal of 10,000 rockets with which to threaten Israel today.

     And that lesson can certainly be applied to Iraq today. America pulled out of Lebanon, after the bombing of the Marine barracks, based on the argument that we should not take sides in a civil war. But when the good guys are weak, they need support, and if they don't get support, the bad guys win, and we can see, in Lebanon, what happens when the bad guys win. They become entrenched and more powerful, and they will reek more chaos on the world than we could have ever imagined. We were foolish to pull out and let the bad guys win in Lebanon. (And while we are on the subject, we can say that it was foolish for President Carter, in 1979, to withdraw support from the good guys in Iran, leaving the way open for the bad guys to win there.) It would be far more cataclysmic for us to pull out of Iraq and let the bad guys win there. Catastrophe would be written all over the future of our nation and world.

     In the final analysis, while this current chaos is the last thing anyone would want, we should have no doubt about the responsibility of America to stand by Israel in this crisis.

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, July 13, 2006, 8:15 PM PDT

     There comes a time, as the next step towards the completion of his, or her training, and this is after the child has been given as much instruction as the law will allow, that he or she is shown the deep end, and is given the encouragement to enter therein. In other words, to prove that one can swim, one must enter into the deep end, where there is no possibility of placing one's feet on the bottom.

     And after a long period of time wherein the child has shown signs of indecision and hesitation, wherein the child has been given as much encouragement as the great law will allow, but still, will not venture forth, the law itself will throw that child into the deep end, and he, or she, will either have to start swimming, or sink. Invariably, after overcoming its initial terror, the child will discover that he, or she, knows how to swim. And thus, this experience of seeing that fear is unreal, and this experience of realizing that one can actually swim, is added to the manifest identity. And of course, the child is better off for it.

     Of course it is true, that all those who are genuinely and sincerely interested in the progress of this child, will gratefully receive reports of progress, for example, as the child swims the English Channel, we would all love to hear about it. As the child swims the length of Lake Erie, we would all love to hear about it. As the child goes over Niagra Falls in a barrel, we would all love to hear about it. As the child swims across the Sea of Tranquility, we would all love to hear about it. And so forth.

     Here are a couple of very interesting links which I discovered recently.

• (U.S. Bodies of Water)
• (Int'l Bodies of Water).

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, July 13, 2006, 3:46 AM PDT

     I have left this entry here, as record to indicate when I began this post. I did not complete it until July 22, 2006. Instead of burying the text here, I decided to create a new entry for July 22, 2006.

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, July 13, 2006, 2:44 AM PDT

      One of the most detesting things we ever have to deal with are rats. At my house, which is in a suburban area of Southern California, we don't have a big problem with rats, but every now and then a rat will take up residence in our garage, and you can tell easily enough, because they leave their droppings on the doormat in front of the door that leads from the house into the garage. And you can't just ignore this. At this point, you must become a hunter, and get that rat.

     In the past, I have used very large regular Victor rat traps to catch them, but during the last rat visit, I had the most difficult time setting the trap. It was getting old I suppose. You try to get the little rod positioned just right under the lip on the trap trigger plate, and slowly release hand pressure and pray with all of your heart that the rod will hold, and the big arm won't swing closed with a startling snap. With small traps, this is not such of an issue. With the big traps, when the trigger plate lip won't hold the rod, and the kill arm flies shut, it does so with a tremendously loud WHACK! Which is really unsettling. and if you have your finger in the wrong place, it could actually break it. The last time I had to use the large traditional trap, it took me about five or six tries before I got the trap set. That means I had that thing trigger in my hands five or six times. WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! The ever present looming question, of whether the trap will snap closed in your hands, before you can set it safely on the floor, is clearly anxiety producing, and this is not a good thing. And so, I decided then and there to spend some money on a different approach, one that didn't require setting these large traps, and I turned my attention to the Victor Electronic Rat Traps that I had seen advertised in catalogs. I ordered one on the Internet, and if I remember correctly, it cost about $50.00.

     The new electronic trap arrived, but it sat in the box for about four months, because as I said, rats don't move into the garage that often. But about a week ago, I noticed that a rat had taken up residence in the garage, and so it was time to take our the Victor Electronic Rat Trap. It takes four (4) C size batteries to operate it. The Victor people suggest peanut butter as the bait, which was what I have always used with great success. Rats love peanut butter.

     I put a lump of peanut butter down inside of the trap where it was supposed to go, and spread some on the outside of the back, as they suggested, to get the rat interested. I set the trap out in a place where droppings were evident, and waited to see what would happen. The rat would eat peanut butter off the outside of the back of the trap, but after several days, it appeared that he was not going to go inside. It was obvious I needed to change tactics.

     What I did, was to place a blob of peanut butter about two inches out in front of the Electronic Trap. And I placed a blob of peanut butter on the front lip of the trap. And then I placed a blob of peanut butter about an inch inside of the trap. And of course, the main blob of peanut was well inside the trap where the Rat had to go if he was to get electrocuted. That was four blobs of peanut butter in all. And I stood back, and watched what happened.

     This is certainly like catching a rat in slow motion. On the first day, the rat ate about half of the blob of peanut butter which was two inches in front of the trap, and called it a day. The next day he ate the rest of that blob, and went away. The third day, he came back and cleaned up whatever was left of that blob. On the next day he sampled the peanut butter on the front lip of the trap. On the next day he finished that blob. On the next day he cleaned that up really good, and started on the blob which was about one inch inside of the trap. On the next day, he finished that blob of peanut butter, but left traces. On the next day, he came back and licked that spot clean, and still, he had not gone all the way into the trap. Is this a dainty rat or what?

     Having consumed all of the other peanut butter, there was nothing else to do, but go in and get the rest, but a day passed, and he had not gone in to get the rest. I was in a certain state of despair I must admit. I was almost resigning myself to the possibility that this electronic rat trap was not going to work, when I just walked by the trap, and there was this tail sticking out of it!

     Gotcha!

     There's this rat laying peacefully inside of the trap, which is quite a different scene, when you compare it to the smashed heads, and so forth that you see with the violence of the traditional large traps. All I needed to do was to pick him up by the tail and drop him in the trash. This was much simpler than having to pry the mechanism of a traditional trap apart to get the rat out of it. This is a much cleaner approach, no pools of blood on the floor, and I think that it is more humane to the rat himself. He gets three good meals, and finally he gets electronically zapped, with no pain.

     Admittedly, this is my first "kill" with an electronic rat trap, but I think this experience illustrates the unique requirement of this kind of enclosed trap, where you have to lure the rat inside, by placing that trail of peanut butter out front. Again, one blob about two inches in front of the trap, one blob on the front lip of the trap, another about one inch inside of the trap, and finally the main blob down inside of the trap where the rat must go if he is going to be successfully electrocuted.

     With this strategy, this appears to be a good alternative to the traditional snap traps. No more anxiety involved in the baiting process, and after you get the kill, it is much cleaner.

     May you pass every test.

Monday, July 10, 2006, 2:14 AM PDT

     July 4, 2006, is a day that we should remember, not because it was just another Independence Day holiday, but because on that day, the national security delusions of the Democratic Party were laid bare for all the world to see.

     On that day, the North Koreans launched seven ballistic missiles, six medium range, and one long range. The long range missile was of central importance, because this is the one they hope will one day reach the western shores of the United States tipped with a nuclear warhead, and that is the reason why President George W. Bush, and the entire international community, said to the North Koreans, stop this foolishness, and don't launch that missile, as if it were possible to reason with them. No, they want power, and that's that.

     Now, the obvious thing about this whole situation, is that if we had a National Ballistic Missile Defense, able to shoot down whatever missile the North Koreans could produce, this would be a total non-issue.

     But we don't, and that's the point. We do not have a workable and reliable defense against ballistic missile attack, because of the long running National Security delusions which plague the minds of most members of the Democratic Party. They think they are for national security. At least they want the American people to believe they are for national security. And they might even believe their own posturing in this area. But their policy positions always produce the fruit of increased weakness and vulnerability. And that is what the multiple missile launch on July 4, 2006 underscores and highlights, even seven times. It has been the Democratic Party which has virulently opposed the development of any kind of defense against Ballistic Missile Attack, ever since President Ronald Reagan first proposed it (SDI) way back in the early 1980's. Over the course of 20 years, the Democrats have consistently and enthusiastically, derided, ridiculed, mocked, laughed at, and in every way tried to derail any such defense program with every ounce of their political being.

     The Congressional Record is filled with volumes, and volumes, and volumes, of this long winded oppositional verbiage.

     What little ballistic missile defense research was accomplished over those years, was because of the insistence of the Republican Party, always against the howling opposition of the Democratic Party. But even these minimal research efforts were always hog-tied by the fact that nothing could ever be tested in the field because of the restraints of the ABM Treaty, a 1970's (Brezhnev) era agreement with the old Soviet Union, which actually banned the development of ballistic missile defenses. This treaty was part of the outdated MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) framework.

     For the U.S. to test any component of a Ballistic Missile Defense System, i.e. to take it out of pure research, and to actually start engineering a workable system in the field, the U.S. would have to make a decision to back out of the ABM Treaty.

     But the Democratic Party consistently opposed this, and during the time that Bill Clinton was President, 1992-2000, nothing could be accomplished on that front, even though the Soviet Union itself had disintegrated (in 1991). The Democrats, to a man, wanted to honor a treaty with a totalitarian entity that no longer existed! And that tells you something about the depth of their passionate opposition to the idea of Ballistic Missile Defense. I mean, they hated this idea.. They really hated it. And thus in hating this idea, they were passionately embracing a level of greater vulnerability for America. A degree of vulnerability that was made manifest before our eyes on July 4, 2006 by the launch by North Korea of those seven ballistic missiles.

     If their opposition had prevailed, we would have nothing at all in the way of a workable defense against ballistic missile attack today.

     But, today, we do indeed have an embryonic (minimal) system deployed that had a fair chance to shoot down that long range North Korean missile if it had come our way. Because the system was not fully operational, the possibility of shooting the missile down was questionable, but those familiar with the system gave it a 50/50 chance. And the only reason we have this capability, is because President George W. Bush pulled the United States out of the ABM Treaty, which cleared the way for the deployment of a defensive system. Once the ABM Treaty was no longer in the way, Bush pushed the Defense Department to quickly start deploying some kind of a defense against ballistic missile attack.

     But, that's right, the Democratic Party opposed him every step of the way. Their howls of opposition could be heard from sea to shining sea. And you can be sure of this. If it was required by the Treaty, for the U.S. Senate to weigh in on this question, whether to stay in, or to get out of ABM Treaty, the Democrats in the U.S. Senate would have blocked any attempt to get out of it, and we would still be constrained by it today. And today, we would have nothing. Yet, because the Treaty puts that decision in the hands of the Command in Chief alone, President George W. Bush could make that decision, and thereby, decades of Democrat obstructionism were swept aside by the stroke of his pen.

     The launch of seven ballistic missiles by the North Koreans on July 4, 2006, our Independence Day Holiday, capturing thereby the attention of the entire world, should be remembered by every American, as the day the North Koreans exposed this truth, that America's Defense Establishment could not guarantee a shoot down of any of those missiles, because of the decades-long obstructionism of the Democratic Party. Indeed because of a pathological blindness in the area of National Security that has been a key feature of the Democratic Party for decades.

     And now, how about some icing on the cake, in terms of the poetic sweetness of this exposure?

     As you know, U.S. Spy Satellites identified the long range North Korean missile sitting on its launch pad, being fueled, and prepared for launching, some weeks ago. And the Bush Administration made this information public. And the whole world knew about it, and the newspapers were filled with various statements of various officials warning the North Koreans to not launch that missile.

     This long period of public discussion gave several Clinton era Defense Officials some time to think about the situation. And what was their solution to this problem?

     Leading up to the launch of these missiles, three former Defense Department officials within the former Clinton Administration argued in an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, that the United States should destroy the long range missile on the launch pad, all of them quite blind to the high probability that this would instantly initiate another full fledged war on the Korean peninsula.

     Not only did these officials, as loyal members of the Democratic Party, do their level best, in previous decades, to oppose every move towards the development of a ballistic missile defense, and thus prepare the way for the full flowering of this problem in the present moment, but when the problem fully flowers before us, their best judgment is to react in such a way that would indeed throw the entire Korean Peninsula into another full fledged war.

     And so, let us take this opportunity to learn an important lesson.

     If you want a politician to hold your hand, and cry with you, and commiserate with, concerning all of the problems you have in your life, having at hand a box of Kleenex the size of refrigerator, then vote Democrat. But be forewarned, the box of Kleenex will not stop ballistic missiles from hitting America.

     On the other hand, if you want a your Congressional Representative to have a clear vision of what is necessary in the area of national security, and the fortitude and courage to take action in the present, which will deliver us from profound national security dangers in the future, then vote Republican.

     This is the lesson we must take from the events of July 4, 2006.

     But this is nothing knew. Ronald Reagan had a strategy to defeat the Soviet Union. Launch a military buildup that would not only deter the Soviet Union from ever messing with America, but would bankrupt them as they tried to keep up. The Democrats opposed him every step of the way. But the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The Democratic Party, in general, is simply not fit for any serious national security task. That should be clear enough, I think, when you read the banner that flies above this loud chorus, singing all the songs and anthems ever written to inspire man to cut and run from the field of battle. What does that banner read? It reads, "The Democratic Party".

     May you pass every test.

Friday, July 7, 2006, 11:37 PM PDT

     Take from the book shelf, one of those thick and ponderous physics text books. Open it up, and tell me if there is anything alive in there. Most people would say no, there is nothing alive in there. It is all so much gibberish. Now, close the book, and invoke the Mind of God. Open the book up again, and now tell me what you see. It is the same book, filled with the same detailed expositions. But what is different now, is that the Power of Understanding fills your mind. Everything in the book comes alive with meaning. What was totally dead to you just moments before, is now a veritable oasis gushing with the vital and dynamic flowers of truth.

     Nature, indeed, all our physical surroundings, is very much like that book.

     Wherever you are, look around, and tell me what you see. Most people will describe various objects, their physical appearances, and how they are situated in relationship one to another. A very one-dimensional world. Very surface oriented. Take your kitchen, for example, as a substitute for the physics book. Open it up, and tell me if you see anything alive in there. Most people would say no. It's just the same old kitchen that has always been there. Now, close your eyes, and invoke the Mind of God, and then, open your eyes again, and tell me what you see. Because your mind is now filled with the Power of Understanding, what you see as you look around your kitchen strikes you in a completely different manner, because what you see is the Presence of God your Father, everywhere.

     What you see is the truth, that God your Father created every single atom that comprises the structure of the objects in your field of vision. And not only did he create them, he consciously maintains their existence by a force of His will. What you see, is that they all exist because he desires for them to exist. The field of his desiring in this regard, is clearly laid out before you.

     And so, it was rightly said long ago, that the fool says in his heart, there is no God.

     At some point on the Path, the Student will have ready access to the Mind of God, which will allow the soul to live and have its being within the midst of that Power of Understanding. Admittedly, that is a rather advanced state of attainment, and it is probably not a common feature of the average student's experience.

     But, long before we reach that level of attainment, the Master El Morya can share his Power of Understanding with his Chelas. In other words, in moments of communion with this Master, the student can find himself in a state of awareness that communicates to the soul exactly what I have described above. And the Master accomplishes this transfer of the Power of Understanding in a completely seamless manner. In other words, when you find yourself in the midst of it, it will feel like the most natural state of mind, the most natural way of perceiving the world. And truly, this is so, because the truth is now pouring into our awareness, and our surroundings take on a depth of majesty that increases the dynamism of our lives, the magical enchantment of our lives, several hundred percent.

     My friends, it is wise to make every effort to take seriously what this Master has given us in way of Teaching, in as much as each point is simply intended to form one molecule of the chalice of divine being that can contain and hold steady this Power of Understanding. With every word the Master El Morya has given us, believe this, that behind every admonishment, is a passionate longing to place the treasure of divine perception in your chalice. And in this way, assist you in discovering what it means to become fused to your own Christ Identity.

     May you pass every test.

Thursday, July 6, 2006, 11:56 PM PDT

     The earth is like a diamond ring. You have a very large diamond, beautifully cut and polished, and of great value, set in, and upon, a golden band. And God our Father wears this ring on his finger.

     There is something very important for us to understand about this ring. If all the people were removed from the earth, this would be like taking the diamond out of the diamond ring. Without the diamond, the ring has value still, but only as a setting for another diamond.

     Every ring made that has a jewel mounted in it, whether it is a ruby, a sapphire, an emerald, or whatever, reminds us of this important principle. It is the people on this earth which are of ultimate importance and value to God our Father.

     May you pass every test.

Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 9:49 PM PDT

     I received an email from George Tucker, asking me to post a message to this blogger, which Sean Prophet refused to let stand on the Black Sun Journal. Did you ever notice that the initials for the Black Sun Journal, i.e. BSJ, could also stand for the BS JOURNAL? I am too refined a person to actually spell that out. Isn't it interesting that Sean would have chosen a title for his journal that fit so nicely with the most prominent American slang for something that has NO VALUE? Freud wasn't totally full of BS, we can see that.

     At any rate, George, I am happy to post your message, and I will offer the Daily Blogger here at the Homeward Bound Journal for the posting of anything that Sean Prophet deems unsuitable for the eyes of his BSJ readers. In his upside down state of mind, whatever he bans, is sure to be pure gold, or close to it. After all, didn't Sean have a fit when I posted an article about Sierra Club Founder John Muir's relationship with God? Indeed he did. And I say to that, CASE CLOSED! And I think that George's statement fits the definition of pure gold, or at least something very close to it.

     Just one last thought on this. I have personally brought to Sean's attention that the Anti-God ideology that he has married himself too (for the time being - though I am looking forward to the divorce proceedings), makes him quite vulnerable to the charge of hypocrisy. And here is a case in point. On the one hand he wields this very narrow top-down hierarchical judgment upon those who post to his blog, Mr. Tucker's case being Exhibit A, yet at the same time, he finds fault with top-down hierarchical judgments, a statement that appears at the top of his blog right now. (See BSJ for July 5, 2006: "The Problem With Authority").

     Is that not laughable, or what? The only people who will applaud this blatant self-righteous hypocrisy of the Atheist mind, are other Atheists. This is another reason why Atheism will never gain a large following among educated people. And I speak here of the education of the heart, as much as the mind. They remain inside of their own little echo chamber, and the very din of intellectual dishonesty that emanates from them routinely, which they are totally blind to themselves, makes the general population turn around and walk the other way.

     May you pass every test.

Tuesday, July 4, 2006, 4:22 PM PDT

     I am still working on this (7/19/2006). This has proven to be more of a comprehensive treatment of the subject than I had at first anticipated, making it too long for a simple blogger entry. I have decided to post it on the front page for July 2006. This will require that the previously planned content for July 2006, will have to be held over for the August 2006 front page.

     May you pass every test.

Monday, July 3, 2006, 2:17 AM PDT

     I would like to place onto the record the original email that I sent to Sean Prophet, which elicited the response that he made in his blog. (See BSJ for 6/14/2006: Argument for Design (Ad Absurdum)). As noted in the first entry of the series below, (See HBJ 6/24/2006: Dear Sean, Greatly Loved Son of the Most High God), I intend to respond to his post, paragraph by paragraph. The text of my original email was as follows.

Saturday, July 1, 2006, 1:37 AM PDT

     Judy Sue Christenson has been leading a decree effort on behalf of the Messenger now, for several years. (See: Mission Victory). And what has been the fruit of that effort? Elizabeth Clare Prophet has now been diagnosed with breast cancer. This was the message given to us in the latest health update published by co-guardian Erin Lynn Prophet. (See: Health Update June 2006).

     I suppose that most members of this church would consider this observation to represent the epitome of sacrilege. But for those steeped in a delusion, the truth is always seen that way.

     Hasn't anyone figured this out yet? Let me help you. The Messenger defined her life in terms of this organization. That's the first point. And therefore, it is quite clear to any objective observer that her body has internalized the problems of the organization itself. And moreover, that the way to the healing of her body, is for us to take steps towards the healing of the organization. And so, we can see that the prayers for her healing are all mistargeted, as hundreds of people pound loudly upon the Gates of Heaven itself, for the marching of the legions of the healing ray on her behalf, while at the same time, the members of the organization turn a blind eye to the presence of the cancer of rebellion within the highest levels of leadership, and who, moreover, indulge a state of abject denial when it comes to the bane of forgetfulness, in terms of all fundamental path principles, which overlays the entire body of the membership like one large wet blanket.

     The Church Manager, Rev. Linda Worobec, who trampled upon one of the most important Teachings of the Masters, when she performed a Beatles tune on the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court during the Freedom Conference, July 4, 2003, and who never admitted any wrongdoing, never repented, but who filled the airwaves with self justification only, and who continues in the Office of Church Manager, will be giving a presentation during this Freedom Conference, on Saturday afternoon, titled, "Freedom Through the Guru/chela Relationship."

     During this presentation, there will be no Ascended Masters present in the Court, nor any of their angels. Take the opportunity to feel the darkness. It will be like a cloud passing in between the sun and the earth, but the darkness will be upon every heart. For every angel that departs the court when Linda Worobec begins her presentation, a demon representing the false hierarchy will take its place. And how long it will take to clear the court after that, will be anyone's guess.

     My friends, this one event represents a sign of the presence of the most virulent cancer of rebellion within the highest leadership of this church, and it exposes this bane of total and absolute forgetfulness within the general church population as to what the Path of Initiation is all about.

     As the historical record makes clear, Linda Worobec has broken all fundamental path rules. In this she has set herself apart from the Path of Initiation. And therefore, it is impossible to define her as a "chela", and most importantly, it is impossible for her to have any understanding of how the Guru/Chela relationship produces this treasure of freedom. She simply cannot know this. It represents a tremendous mockery of the Teaching itself, to have her give a presentation titled, "Freedom Through the Guru/chela Relationship." And to do so with the entire worldwide membership listening.

     As she speaks, feel the energy rays which emanate from her heart, not of light, but of the inky black darkness of hypocrisy. For this is one of the most awesome presentations of hypocrisy the earth has ever seen. This is an event that will make her a hero in Hell, as she persuades the world's most important lightbearers to develop a taste for this poison of hypocrisy, which is always a path killer.

     The leadership does not have a clue as to the depths of rebellion into which they have fallen. They have not held her accountable for her prior offenses, they have allowed her to stay in the Office of Church Manager no less, they have ignored the Teaching completely in regards to the consequences of her rebellion, they have ignored the Teaching completely in regards to the consequences of their own complicity, and they have allowed her to continue to the mock the teaching from the Altar of the Holy Grail in King Arthur's Court, not just during your average Sunday Service, but during major conference events like this.

     What we have here is yet another illustration of that age-old phenomena, wherein the blind purport to lead the blind up the mountain of victory, yet they lead them into yet another ditch of failure. The people can't see it. And that is the unfortunate dilemma. Their minds continue to indulge a taste for false promises, and that will be their undoing.

     And so, the Messenger speaks up, and she tells us, "This organization is my body. Not only is the mind of this body descended into a state of total forgetfulness, but now my body has cancer."

     What is the fruit of all of this interest in the healing of the Messenger, what is the fruit of all of this prayer effort for the healing of the Messenger, while ignoring this state of rebellion within the leadership, and this state of willful ignorance as to the implications of this rebellion on the part of the congregation? Their healing prayers have not been answered, and the rebellion in the church leadership has become more entrenched, and now threatens the life of the body.

     May you pass every test.

Sunday, June 5, 2005, 9:29 PM PDT

     I Am the pearl of God realization that you wear on your finger. A man should be able to say that to his twin flame. Though I suppose, that years ago, this would not have been true, in as much as a pearl takes time to develop, incrementally, as it has been said before. In this work of art, the diamonds, 12 in number, signify the purity of the Will of God manifest on each of the twelve lines of the Cosmic Clock; even as indestructible determination. How else can all the layers of the pearl represent purity and luminosity? It is the only way.