What I Learned about the
"Black Sun" from this situation.
(Email to Sean Prophet October 13, 2006)


 
----- Original Message -----
 
From: Homeward Bound Journal
To: Sean Prophet
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:06 PM
Subject: What I Learned about the "Black Sun" from this situation.

Dear Sean,

I would like to explain to you what I learned about the "Black Sun" in the course of responding to your threat of using the court system to take from me, my constitutionally protected rights, of free speech.

As I said before, I took your threat very seriously. In fact that threat was delivered to me with a very strong forcefield of fear associated with it. The forcefield of fear puts strong pressure upon the imagination to produce scenarios of defeat. And those scenarios of defeat further amplify the energies of fear, which in turn has the very strong effect of intimidating the target into a posture of retreat or non-action. I felt that pressure, very strongly, and my imagination did produce those scenarios of defeat. And I admit that I felt considerably intimidated by those scenarios of defeat.

Yet, there was also a strong counter-force operating in my world, in terms of a very clear vision of the truth, a vision which I have made an effort to communicate to you, in general and specific terms. In general terms, in regards to a clear and unambiguous sense that my communications fall well within my free speech rights as protected by both federal and state constitutions. And in specific terms, why it is that the laws which you would have to invoke to carry out your threat, sections of the California Code, contain specific safeguards that will not allow those laws to be used to infringe upon constitutionally protected activity.

Notwithstanding my clear sense of the truth in this matter, during the entire course of making this effort to explain the truth to you, my consciousness was always surrounded by the powerful projection of fear and intimidation associated with your threat, which would have the effect, at some points, of completely consuming my view of the truth, in other words, under this pressure my view of the truth would periodically collapse, and the only thing that would be inside of my mind at those points, would be these scenarios of fear and defeat.

Indeed, I marveled at how this pressure of intimidation could be so stubbornly present, juxtaposed to a very strong sense of what the truth is. And I also marveled at this phenomena where I saw all the inner courage and peace associated with the vision of the truth repeatedly disappear as the pressure of fear and intimidation caused my vision of truth to collapse and vanish, leaving me cowering before the aforementioned scenarios of defeat, me soul quivering in puddle of anxiety.

My calls to the Masters would always restore my vision of the truth, and consume the pressure of fear and intimidation, and out of that restored vision, I was able to articulate the vision of the truth to you in a detailed manner. But invariably, the pressure of fear and intimidation would return, and I would find myself again in that inner domain of struggle, barely able to hold my own. And I mean barely.

During my walk the other day up and into the open space area, which is a regular prayer ritual for me, because I am making continuous calls to Archangel Michael as I walk, my mind was going through this flip-flopping process, between a vision of the truth at one point, experiencing that state of total certainty associated with it, and then the (dark) counter force would appear, the force of fear and intimidation would all of sudden rise up all around the periphery of my awareness, and the pressure of that fear would succeed in bending my mind into conformity with it, causing me to lose sight of the truth, and thus leaving my mind totally consumed by the scenarios of defeat, resulting in the experience of anxiety.

I could see clearly that these two conditions of mind were opposites, in other words they both could not be true. Either I had a hold upon the truth, or I didn't. And if I had a hold upon the truth, then this fear pressure had to be composed of the very substance of falsehood itself. But even if I could intellectually understand that the fear pressure was composed of the substance of falsehood, that, in itself, did not set me free. I was still under the influence of it. And as my calls to Archangel Michael continued, even as I was bowed down under the heavy canopy of this fear-based pressure, my consciousness searched for the key to eliminate the process of this flip-flopping between the one and the other.

At one point, when I had returned out of the open space area, and down to the Wendy Drive parking area, where I take refuge under a tree, I think it is a weeping willow if I am not mistaken, a very old tree, and as I was stowing my camera in the carrying case, and putting my shirt back on, and so forth, I was given a profoundly penetrating revelation.

I was shown that I was indeed facing one of the most fundamental tests on the path, where the soul had to choose between the authority of the true Sun of Light and Truth, and the black sun of fear, doubt, and intimidation. That test is always presented within a highly detailed structure of current circumstances and situations.

(As far as the sun-center of truth goes, at times, as noted, the sun-center of truth was clearly before me, that I had an obligation to defend my right to speak freely, and that the law could not be used, legitimately, to cancel those rights. And that if it came down to it, that my rights in this situation would prevail. But then, all around that was the force of fear, pressuring my mind into general scenarios of defeat, triggered by the simple though aggressive suggestion, well what if you do not prevail? This suggestion would trigger an avalanche of dark energy, and my mind would become totally absorbed into the prospect that Sean Prophet could indeed twist the court system to his purposes in this regard. A more clearly differentiated juxtaposition of opposite forces I could not hope to have operating upon my soul.)

I was shown that the soul had to choose which one of these it would allow to control the working of the mind, and thus the freewill expression of the entire being. I was shown that I must stand in the midst of the truth, I must choose to be the defender of the truth within the context of my own temple, for there was nobody else to do it, and that I must not allow this avalanche of fear and doubt to occur within the province of my own mind. With the truth championed, it has its own associated logic, and its own program and path of action clearly outlined. And the mind becomes the willing instrument of that path of truth-related action (as the content of my emails on this subject demonstrate). But if the soul allows the avalanche of fear and doubt to occur, allowing the mind to become populated with the associated scenarios of disaster, then this has another logic entirely, and that opposite logic lays before the soul an entirely different course of conduct, in this case, sit down, and shut your mouth (or else). In this regard, the forcefield of fear and doubt becomes a false center of authority, a false center of wisdom, thus, the principle of the BLACK SUN, is illustrated.

And I was shown that this is where you (Sean Prophet) had made your mistake on the path, in fact, the forces of the Black Sun, which had pressured you so heavily to bow down before it, was now being projected through you, in this situation, at me, attempting to pressure me to bow down before it as well.

What is the Black Sun? It is the composite, or aggregate effort of the forces of darkness, to pressure the soul to accept the logic of fear and doubt, and the illusion of authority it presses upon the mind, in lieu of the logic of the Christ, and the truth which the Christ represents (victory over darkness). Once the soul accepts the authority of that logic of fear, then the forces of darkness have an inroad into the mind of that soul, through additional projections of fear. If you can be pressured to fear one thing, you can be pressured to fear anything. And using this lever of fear, the forces of darkness can control the soul very much like a puppet, in terms of directing its feet this way, or that way, depending on their agenda. But while the force of fear itself is used to establish initial control, the force of hatred and animosity are also used to reinforce this control, because what a soul is made to fear, a soul can be made to hate as well.

(Look at radical Islam for a good illustration of this).

No one, in a objective state of mind, is going to judge you for bending down before what was a tremendously powerful pressure of fear and doubt projected upon you by the forces of darkness. There intent was to project that great pressure of fear and doubt upon you for the purpose of destroying a key element of the divine plan of this church. You were on the front lines, and you were one of the primary targets for this pressure, receiving a hundred times more pressure than anyone else in the organization, perhaps with the exception of your other family members.

I have a much greater sense of that pressure now, being caught, as described between these two powerful opposites in this situation. It is an amazing experience to have such a solid sense of the truth at one point, and to be able to feel all the courage, conviction, and peace associated with that truth, and then to come under such a pressure of fear and doubt, that would bend my mind into alignment with a vast scenario of defeat, reducing me to a quivering state of anxiety.

I was also shown that the end to which your mother came, in terms of the loss of support of the Brotherhood, in terms of them not standing any longer in between her and a debilitating physical condition, was because she did not pass this test either. At some point, in some situation, or perhaps in more than one situation, she gave authority in her world to the force of fear and doubt, and after that choice was made, and I suppose after she had been given a sufficient opportunity to reverse that choice, that the inroad of control, fear projection, and hate projection, was established (by her own freewill), and her mission came to a very surprising and quick end.

This could have been in any area of her life. It could have been associated with church business, family business, or personal business. It does not matter. Once the soul has the taste of fear, and has labeled that fear "wisdom", they are now open for further manipulation.

Once the false hierarchy has established an inroad of fear into the world of an individual, they can drive greater and greater quantities of fear, and as noted, the energy of anger, hatred, contempt and disdain. Over time, under this constant pressure, the soul can be moved a very great distance, in terms of its overall loyalties.

As there is no soul in embodiment who does not start out with this problem of being manipulated through fear in one way or the other, you can imagine the difficult and complex situation the Ascended Masters face in choosing an embodied soul as a messenger.

In the next phase of my walk, down the Wendy Drive grade, and past the rebuilt street light, in the midst of my ongoing calls, I pondered all of these things, while still searching for the key that would finally defeat this fear pressure, and set me free from it, so that the truth could live in a stable and uninterrupted manner within the fabric of my consciousness.

As I came within view of the Wendy Drive and Borchard Road intersection, before my mind the truth became a hundred times more clear and distinct. These quantities were as tangible within my mind, as anything physical is to the touch. I had before my awareness the sun center of truth, which bore witness to the fact that in this situation, I have done no more, or no less, than exercise my constitutionally protected free speech rights, for a legitimate purpose (as I have described to you). All around this sun center of truth, was a very large forcefield of dark pressure, the substance of fear and doubt, attempting to collapse my mind into a state of anxiety before the panorama of defeat that "surely" awaits me if Sean Prophet carries out his threat. And emblazoned upon this two-fold juxtaposition of opposites, was the principle, "To Light Alone I Bow".

I said to myself, "That sound's familiar. Hmmm. To Light alone I bow." But I could not quite place the source of it at that moment. And I would not place the source of it for awhile yet, because, as I contemplated this principle, seeing clearly that this principle required me to stand for the truth only, to allow the truth only to control the content and quality of my mind and emotions, all of a sudden, my entire world was filled with the Power of Divine Paradise, right there as I was walking along the sidewalk in the direction of the intersection. The pressure of fear and doubt immediately vanished. This was as tangible on the inner has having a 100 pound sack of cement removed from its heavy perch on top of your head. It had totally vanished. All the sensations of weight and struggle associated with it vanished as well. But moreover, every cell of my entire being was made to glow with the buoyancy of sublime comfort and beauty, beauty like unto the softness of rose petals, and I felt like I was being lifted and supported by divine hands at every point of my being. It was like every cell of my body had a pair of wings attached to it, and those wings were catching the very breezes of paradise, and I had been lifted up into the trackless air. And no power on earth could set me down.

Immediately, I thought of all the times I had taken a piece of limp celery out of the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator and placed it in a glass of water, and how over time it would become again dynamically alive, standing up straight, and rigid with life once again. (You can do that with broccoli as well.) This experience of resurrection had happened to me in one instant of time. And at that moment I was totally free.

Of course, this is not a new experience for me. This has been my experience before the altar, in the sanctuary, more or less every day for about the last two years. In answer to our calls, the Power of Divine Paradise can descend into the temple, wipe away all fear and doubt, and restore the soul to a posture of victorious activity. Yet, I had never experienced this during my walk, and out on a public street. God our Father and the Masters had reserved the appearance of this power in my world for this occasion, and for your benefit, as much as mine.

And it underscores an important truth. There is only one way to be genuinely free of the pressure of fear and doubt which the forces of darkness can project upon you, upon me, upon anyone, and that is to first devote yourself to the truth only, the truth as God defines it, and then to make the CALL, which will allow God our Father, and the Masters who work with Him, to send the Power of Divine Freedom into the temple. Of course the chalice must be prepared. But invoking and receiving the Power of God into one's temple, is the only way to be actually FREE from the power of the dark side. The receiving part does take practice.

Now, I would observe that this freedom is the birthright of every Child of God. If the Children of God understood this, they would reach out for it quickly, understanding, inherently, that they have nothing to lose, but the pain and suffering associated with those life choices forced upon them, by the pressure of the darkside. In other words, as the forces of darkness pressure the children of God to accept the force of fear and doubt into their worlds as a legitimate authority, they are tricked into formulating their thoughts and actions based on that fear and doubt, and thus, they bring upon themselves great pain and suffering. This is why chaos and conflict are more often the experience of human beings, than is peace and harmony.

Nevertheless, this is true. The soul in a state of slavery and oppression to the forces of fear and doubt, is the same soul that can live in a state of total freedom from fear and doubt. Let me put it this way. The soul can choose to live in what amounts to a cess pool in the middle of a trash dump (intellectually and emotionally speaking), or the soul can choose to pitch its tent beside a pure mountain lake, and drink from pure mountain streams. It is the same soul. The only difference between the soul in one condition or the other, is the choice which the soul makes. If the soul will allow the Ascended Masters to teach it how to become free from the clutches of fear and doubt, and how to rise into the midst of the divine campsite at will, I can assure you, that the soul will choose to remain in the divine campsite. In the divine campsite, the soul has an unobstructed vision of a galaxy of opportunity, which was heretofore hidden from its eyes while it lived within that much smaller compartment of existence illustrated by the cess pool and the trash dump. The Love of God the Father is clear enough to the consciousness of the soul then, once it experiences the divine campsite, because there is no doubt, that once the soul has been cleaned up, and anchored in its divine home, it can go wherever it wants, throughout an infinite universe of unspeakable beauty.

Sean, all of us have been tricked by the heavy pressure of the forces of fear and doubt, and then anger, hatred, and animosity, to turn our back upon the path that would lead us to freedom. This has happened many times, over the course of many lifetimes, to all of us. God our Father condemns no soul for its inability to bear the weight of darkness that the false hierarchy will indeed try to heap especially upon those who volunteer to hold leadership positions in the battle for freedom on earth. That means that the opportunity to turn around and absorb into your mind a true understanding of what has happened to you, is before you at all times. No recriminations. Simply understand that your current state is solely a product of the heavy pressures of fear and doubt the false hierarchy has heaped upon you, and return to the path that will teach you how to overcome that pressure, and thus walk this earth in the true power of your own individual sonship before the Father, your own christhood before the One Father. In this way, you can truly become a beacon of freedom for millions.

Indeed, all of the forces of fear and doubt, the heavy pressures associated with them, and the false-logic associated with those forces, taken together, forming what we call the Black Sun, that false center of inner authority, is not real. In other words, it is not natural. It is not a Creation of God. It is not God's desire for any of his children to be under the influence and oppression of those forces. The apparent staying power of those forces within the consciousness of man, is simply do to the heavy projections by the members of the false hierarchy, representing an outside alien force, that has no claim nor right to inflict such influences upon the soul. The soul remains open to receiving the energies of oppression by the orientation of its mind. The Black Sun represents a state of pressure, control and subservience inflicted upon souls by the false hierarchy. Their desire to impose the authority of the Black Sun, internally, within your mind and heart, must be opposed (from within). The Path of Initiation sponsored by the Ascended Masters, has been anchored in the earth so that the children of God can learn the truth, so they can learn how to oppose this influence, and defeat it. This can be done. Though, at this point, I understand that you need a point of internal comparison.

I would simply reiterate, that an intellectual knowledge of this, even a nose-to-nose experience of this inner phenomena of control and oppression, by the projection of these very heavy forces of fear and doubt, is not enough to gain freedom from them. The soul must learn to invoke the Power of God, and the temple must become a place where the Power of God resides. God our Father desires and intends to give to each one of his Children, of every race and culture, including you, the Divine Power that would make them totally and completely free from these projected forces of darkness. The Teachings given by the Ascended Masters, can be understood in this simple context, as simply the technical criteria which the soul must learn to adhere to, for that Power to be Transferred. This technical criteria deals only with the building of a vessel that will not spring a leak, and the tutoring of the soul, in terms of how to keep the energy in a state of purity, and how to identify and avoid those projected temptations, that would cause the energy to be corrupted and polluted. Not that corrupted or polluted energy is "bad" as such. It is simply that when the energy is corrupted and polluted, it no longer has the capacity to defeat the dominating pressures of the false hierarchy.

To derive the Power of Freedom from the Power of God, that power must be maintained in the temple in a pure form. This is possible within the context and framework of appreciation and gratitude.

The goal is freedom. God our Father simply desires to teach his children how to be free, and how to live in freedom, even forevermore.

As you can see from my own testimony, my strength to stand fast in the truth, derives only from the Power of Divine Paradise, the power of freedom, which God our Father sends down in great abundance into the very chalice of every cell of my being, yes overturning all contrary forces, in answer to my calls.

As we make our conscious choices to stand for the truth, our conscious choices not to bend down to the forces of fear and doubt, God our Father, in conjunction with the Ascended Masters, our heavenly brothers and sisters, will bring the reality of His Power of Freedom ever closer, making it ever more tangible. True it is, that the soul goes through a metamorphosis in this respect. At the starting line, the soul sees the physical realm as the only primary reality. As the soul completes the necessary number of laps around the track, indeed after many beautiful inner experiences, and as it approaches the finish line, it comes to understand that the world of Divine Reality is a million times more real, and more tangible, than the physical by itself.

When we consider the reflection of many majestic peaks on the still water of a very high alpine lake, the image on the water is like unto the full scope of the physical realm. All the actual mountains, surrounding forests, and expansive heavenly regions above, and of course, all the abundance of light which projects the image of the mountains onto the water, all of this, is, by comparison, reflective of the much larger domain of power, truth, and divine activity which exists beyond the physical.

For example, this morning, as I prepared myself to continue with the drafting of this work, I have before my mind's eye, a high mountain valley, from which radiates a great power of beauty and comfort and peace. My attention is held at that level without effort, and because of it, the pressure of fear and doubt associated with this situation, does not register on my consciousness at all. Where does this come from? It is gift of great power from on high, projected into my world, for the purpose of manifesting a stable condition of freedom. The energy of peace and beauty is flowing into the mind like a constant beautiful breeze. It is quite remarkable. Even though I have never had this kind of experience before, no, not once, the experience is perfectly natural. And there is no alarm connected with it. There it is right before me, the mountain valley, it is right there, and the beauty and peace flowing from it, I both see and feel it within the full scope of my mind, and my mind is lifted up to embrace this breeze of comfort and freedom, even while I am working on this letter.

As you can see, our brothers and sisters, the Ascended Masters, working with God our Father and Mother, have a great power and mastery which they can apply for the support of the good and the true.

This is what you have to look forward to. This is what every child of God has to look forward to.

However, in your current state of mind, I don't believe you can be expected to make a choice for the right, unless you are given this internal experience of freedom and power. And that is why I believe you can expect the same kind of Saul-Like epiphany experience which the Master Jesus Christ can give.

Yet, you must be prepared to receive it. You must be prepared to comprehend what it means when you do receive it. I am quite sure that I am inspired to keep up a dialogue with you for that reason, that you can be periodically reminded that this experience is in your future.

I will make every effort to encourage all members of the church to pray for the acceleration of this epiphany experience for you.

Now, I did finally remember where that idea came from, "To Light Alone I Bow." Of course, we find it in the fourth line of our most basic Violet Flame decree.

 

I am the violet flame
in action in my now.
I am the violet flame
to Light alone I bow.
I Am the violet Flame
in Mighty Cosmic Power,
I Am the Light of God
Shining Every Hour
I Am the Violet Flame
Blazing like a sun,
I Am God's Sacred Power
Freeing Every One.
 

The use of this decree provides the very foundation of freedom of which I have spoken. I would encourage you to consider taking up the use of this decree once again, if only on an experimental basis, to see how close your brothers and sisters, the Ascended Masters, will approach, to see what blessings they are ready to pour out to the prodigal son.

Let me reiterate this point. If you knew that a hundred dollar bill was taped to the bottom of the marble base, you would not throw the box away without first retrieving that hundred dollar bill.

May you pass every test.

Always Victory!
Sincerely,
Your Little Brother,
Steven S. Showers
 
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