For John Powell-- A List of Recent Articles and Breakdown of my Writing Topics May 3, 2001
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For John Powell-- A List of Recent Articles and
Breakdown of my Writing Topics May 3, 2001
John L. Waters
May 3, 2001
Copyright 2001 by John L. Waters. All Rights
Reserved
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I've printed out the TITLES of most of my writings
this last month. I will copy the TITLES here. The
most recent TITLES are at the beginning of the list.
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TITLES ARTICLES WRITTEN BY ME SINCE MARCH 29, 2001:
(with brief thesis-idea in parentheses)
1. Drawing from the Heart of the Unconscious
(Suppose I say to you that a lightning bolt is
like a tree. What I mean is that the lightning bolt
has a crown, a root, and a trunk, and so does a tree.
There is a basic image which fits both the lightning
bolt and the tree. As living words)
2. Letting the Little Child Lead
(Everyone has the positive memory inside. This is
the reality of providence. Everyone has the messianic
comfort inside as a first memory. When a boy feels
free, the boy feels free to do what is in his heart to
do. When something inspires the boy, he feels free to
follow his inspiration. When the spirit moves him, he
doesn't resist. He is carried by the inspiration like
a ribbon of smoke is carried by the wind.)
3. Tapping Into the Unconscious and Living at the
Peace Center
(Drawing on the first memory is helpful to self
and to others. Womb life is expressed in spontaneous
kinesthetic art both before birth and after birth.
Images and thoughts that we can recall readily are
represented by a mountain of ice that is visible above
the sea. What is relatively inaccessible is
represented by all the ice we can't see. But why does
the modern psychologist-poet emphasize all that
frigidity? Is the iceberg model of the whole human
mind really a good metaphor and mnemonic device?)
4. Suppose You Were Neurologically Handicapped
(This article helps you see my predicament. Take
a walk in my shoes. Suppose you meet a man who almost
never makes eye contact with you. Do you intuit that
he isn't honest? Do you imagine that the man is
suffering inside? Do you assume that this person
isn't intelligent because he rarely says anything?
Moreover, if you were an employer, would you hire this
man when there are five non-handicapped applicants
for the same position? If in fact you did hire this
person, what would all your friendly and sociable
employees think of you?)
5. Understanding and Sensing the Continuum
(The connecting link a spiritual master projects.
Direct contact with every point in space and every
point in time. In the line on our imaginary
blackboard, the point A might represent a galaxy and
the point B might represent a galaxy which is seventy
million parsecs away from galaxy A. (A parsec is how
far light travels through a vacuum in one year.) On
the other hand, the same points A and B might
represent the endpoints of a single angstrom unit.
The mathematical structure of these two intervals is
identical. This structure is called the continuum.
The continuum is independent of physical measurement.)
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6. Introducing the Art of Finding Yourself
(Kinesthetic drawing movements help you think and
create. "Learning from the inside out" should be
considered as a complement to the traditional methods
of learning. This intuitive art is already being used
when a person improvises at the piano or wanders about
in the garden when baffled by some difficult problem.
However, as a person remains seated while drawing
spontaneously, the inside-out learning process remains
active in the dominant hand which does the writing
associated with thinking.)
7. The Universal Sense of Space, Time, and Number
(Defining the connecting link in rational terms.
People are accustomed to think in terms of what is
visible and tangible. Moreover, those persons who
concentrate their attention on what is visible only
see physical objects at varying distances. In
compensating for their chronic handicap, blind or
partially blind persons can develop a keen kinesthetic
sense of space and time. )
8. Spontaneous Kinesthetic Art and Creative
Intelligence
(Kinesthetic art is produced as children move
their bodies without premeditation. This art is the
record of one or more drawing instruments held in the
hand or hands of a child as the little person lets his
or her hands move without thinking and without
negative emotions. What is tapped is the internal
intelligence of the child, which has been called the
subconscious or the unconscious.)
9. The Intelligence which Civilizations have
Continually Suppressed
(Consistent negative social conditioning causes
many school children to suppress the bodily
kinesthetic intelligence as defined by author Howard
Gardener. In defining what is best, educational
philosophers and moralists haven't taken this blockage
of intelligence into account. However, certain
unusually creative persons have described their own
use of kinesthetic intelligence during periods of
increased productivity.)
10. Research on the Second Coming of Christ
(The real Messiah has to explain clearly what the
higher realm is, so that millions more persons can
actually study this subject and learn the theory of
how a person is transformed.)
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11. Space, Time, and Number
(Introducing my research on kinesthetic sensing in
space and time. Argues for integrating kinesthetic
sense of space and time with the present model of
space and time.)
12. Emotional Development in a Nonvisual Artist
(Introducing my research to Bettye Elmore's class
in Childhood Emotional Development, May 8, 2001)
13. What is Driving Human Society
(In this paper I am presenting examples which
reinforce the idea that modern humans, just like the
humans of past generations, are driven by the syndrome
of "emotions and intellect out of balance.")
14. When I talk About the Bees
(In regard to insects and people, It's known that
moths use ultrasonics in their antennae and in other
parts of their bodies, to get information from their
environment. So does this mean that because humans
aren't insects, humans can't ever manufacture and use
ultrasonic devices? Obviously this logic is faulty,
because humans do make and use ultrasonic devices.
And so, if this logic is faulty, then even thought
humans are not bees, humans can learn from the bees
and benefit from the lesson of working cooperatively
which the social bees teach.)
15. Frankly Franklin
(As far as being the MESSIAH is concerned, Frankly
Franklin has this to say: "There IS a man whose
Christian name is Franklin Jones whom thousands of
wealthy people say IS the MESSIAH. Therefore, if
Franklin Jones and Frankly Franklin could just get
together and agree to combine Frankly Franklin's BRAIN
with Franklin Jones's HEART, then HEY! this thing
would really HAPPEN.)
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16. Eumenes Fraternus, and Frater Cogitator
(Useful art in animals. Human arts. Jug-building
wasps. The human artist, of course, is paid to create
a number of decorative works. The female wasp labors
without being paid a cent. She labors because of an
inner compulsion. Some artists also work at their
craft even if other people see no value in these
creations. But generally a human being works to
please other people, and if a man makes things which
are perceived to have no value, then people expect
that he will stop doing that and take up some kind of
work for which he is paid. Even so, you can think of
a number of creative persons who continued to work
even though no one saw any value in their activity.)
17. Introducing myself and FAST
(FAST is a new non-profit organization designed to
help unusually talented individuals who have chronic
disadvantages such as poverty, poor health, a learning
disability, or who have an outstanding talent and
dedication. I have identified a number of persons who
qualify for special help.)
18. Killing the Healing Serpent
(Your brain has this vast hidden wealth of wisdom
inside, and a little bit of this knowledge is starting
to slither out out from its hole deep inside of you.
As the head of the healing serpent emerges, you are
sensing your original human sense, which was and is
attunement to the world, plus total freedom from
anxiety, care and hurry.)
19. A Speech by Aquarius The Water Bearer
(A seeker of thickets like the rustic poet John
Clare, as a youth my father-to-be Robert Waters often
withdrew into the wooded lot next door and wrote.
Like John Clare, Robert grew up in a very small town
with a nosy and very practical 1890's Kansas attitude.
No one in Bonner Springs could understand what the
young man was doing and why. Moreover, as an adult
writer and philosopher, Robert never found a
publisher. His writings are cryptic. He was
intrigued by his own nonlinearity but he never came
close to solving this problem. His inspiration truly
baffled people.)
20. The Act of Counting
(Describes integration of kinesthetic art and
verbal reckoning. To produce my theory of unity I use
abstraction. I generalize over many cases of
individual acts of counting. For example I observe
that in counting objects a person touches each object
he or she counts, and moves on to the next object.)
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21. Nonlinear Inputs and Inducing the Mystical
Autistic Rapture
(Describes nonlinear inputs as inducers of
euphoria and nonlinear thinking. Note One: To
enhance the euphoria-producing effect, add a number of
these inputs together. Do not just use one at a time
but use two or more at the same time.
Note Two: To enhance the euphoria-producing effect,
make the stimulation full spectrum, not just one
frequency. For example, do not just gaze at the blue
sky, but gaze at the sun itself. Do not just fill
your ears with one frequency of sound, but fill your
ears with the sound of a waterfall or the sound of
rolling thunder.)
22. The Lost Sense of Transpersonal Identity
(Now as the bus is rolling along I begin to write
more cogently...you know... the sentences are more
connected. But still... we are not talking smooth
transitions here! This is very nonlinear! It is
broken up into pieces, and it's hard to write all this
very coherently.)
23. Prelude and Fugue
(In 1963, when I had this rapid thinking, my mood
was so highly elevated! I wasn't my usual timid self!
I walked downtown with the sense that I was being led
by a higher power. It was like my conscious self was
a passenger on a fast train. My thinking was carried
forward by that mighty vehicle.)
24. Illustrating an Idea of Jesus Christ
(There are these two orders. The conventional way
is to plan your work and work your plan. The genius
breaks this conventional way of working, but fails to
teach this fact to other people. Or, if the genius
teaches some other rule, the rule isn't defining the
two ways of thinking balancing the two ways of
thinking so that people get the message without a
doubt.)
25. Today the Morning dawned Bright and Clear
(The strong thought I had this morning, the
thought that I felt was so compelling is that when I
sit in my chair and feel the sun all over my face,
chest, belly and legs, it is like a quadrillion times
a quadrillion trumpets are sounding a mighty fanfare
and each one of the cells in my body is hearing the
heavenly sound!)
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26. The Process Came Upon Me
(Describing the process of inspiration and how it
comes on me: The process came upon me and filled me
with an incredible euphoria. I felt lifted up like a
ball filled with air rises rapidly to the surface of
the ocean when it is released.)
27. Upon awakening this morning at Four-Thirty
(Upon awakening this morning I was met with a
compelling memory. It was the memory of being carried
around the large old oak dining room table by my
grandfather as he sang in a very jolly voice which
would remind you of Santa Claus if you heard it.)
28. Aquarius The Water Bearer
(A young person is brought up to often act, think,
and feel the same way his or her siblings do. For
example, in New York City a dance party features
modern songs and dances from The United States of
America. The language is probably English. However,
in New Zealand a dance party of natives features
traditional native songs and dances, and the language
is Maori.)
29. A Speech by Aquarius, the Teacher of Peace
(Looking without trying to see; listening without
trying to hear; feeling the warmth of the sun on your
skin all over, not just paying attention to one spot
of comfort or pain; not spending any time looking at a
book and reading the fine print with enjoyment; not
focusing upon the taste of honey, the fragrance of a
rose, the taste of a glass of wine or a cigarette, or
even the taste of a sex partner's warm and wet mouth;
as you learn to feel this way, the inputs from inside
of you and from outside of you become integrated. In
every part of your body you sense blessedness!)
30. A Person or Poet is Judged
(A person or poet is judged by what he says and by
what he writes. Let him utter just a few dubious
statements, and cultured people raise their eyebrows.
Their jaws drop. Their faith in him is shattered.
They expect that a wise person always says or writes
what is 100% true from THEIR point of view.)
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31. The Extra Sense of the Divine Man or Avatar
(Example of Adi Da. His transmission of the
divine unitive sense. Molly Jones, a disciple of The
Avatar Adi Da, describes what she sensed in the
presence of Adi Da: "Everyone was singing and gazing
at Avatara Adi Da. He looked fiercely around the
room, resting His Gaze on different people as He
slowly moved His head. I felt His love absolutely,
without qualification"(page 27).)
32. The Language of the Divine Man or Avatar
(Gazing. Scrying. Use of kinesthetic intelligence
by individuals regarded by many as divine.)
33. The Transmission
(What is the coherency in this article? What is
the man's thesis? Why is he writing this article?
What is the point of it? The clear-headed, rational
thinker wants to know. But when the man is lying
there on his back, looking up at the dimly lit
ceiling, he has little thought. His eyes are filled
with light vibrations, and there is a strong taste of
God in his mouth. As he turns his gaze to the window
and looks out into the redwood tree as evening is
coming on, the tree is filled with vibrations and
sparkles of light. If the man had just begun seeing
in this way this evening, he might have blamed this on
his recent change of diet. But he's been seeing these
effects now for over twenty years.)
34. My Delight
(When I was twelve I really was devoted to a
certain hen. I'd raised her from a day-old chick
purchased at the local feed store. She definitely was
my delight. I even took a photograph of her and had
the picture enlaged so that it filled a frame that was
sixteen inches square.)
35. Religion has been the Great Separator
(Religion has long been the great separator and
the great inspirer of fierce men. Young people
raised in different socio-cultural traditions often
can't see eye-to-eye in spiritual matters. Some
intellectuals even take pains to avoid the subject of
God and the Higher Power. It's been hard for people
to be sensible and reasonable about this subject.
Many persons consider this topic to be sacred and
quite beyond the range of intellectual understanding.
Adi Da calls it "The Heart.")
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36. Examples of Direct Contact
(Jiddu Krishnamurti was recognized by many persons
to have a tranquilizing, healing quality. In the book
"Krishnamurti's Notebook" the man describes many times
over the sense he calls "the immensity" and "the
benediction.")
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Notes on my Research 1963-2001
May 2, 2001
THE FOUR MAIN THEMES: THEME A, THEME B, THEME C, and
THEME D
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THEME A: The use for self-healing and inspiration of
exposure to strong nonlinear inputs, for example
1. Bright sunshine on the skin. Regular exposure to
sunlight on the body,
2. Nonlinear audio inputs, for example the roar of a
waterfall or the roar of the ocean surf. The roar of
motors as in the laundromat, babbling brook, many
birds twittering in a tree, many bees humming in a
flower garden.
3. Nonlinear visual inputs, for example gazing into
the blue sky, gazing at a starry night sky, gazing at
the cloudy sky, gazing at a blank wall, or at a black
mirror. Scrying. Even gazing at the sun.
4. Repetitive body movement as in walking, using hedge
clippers, breathing, heartbeat, vigorous aerobic
exercises, jogging, swimming.
5. Other intense nonlinear inputs include lying on a
bed of nails, fitting yourself into a tightly fitting
enclosure (a method Temple Grandin used), using the
ganzfeld technique, scrying by gazing into a crystal
ball or a black mirror.
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THEME B: Balancing and integrating the linear with
the nonlinear for example
1. Writing or speaking at the beach as I'm absorbing
nonlinear inputs through my skin, my hearing, and
through my eyes. Writing and speaking are linear
outputs. Using a tape recorder to record my
extemporaneous speech.
2. Music. Listening to music or playing music. For
example a melody with a drone note as in a sitar, a
bagpipe, or an organ. Writing while listening to such
music. Doing art while listening to such music.
Working or meditating while listening to such music.
A good melody is linear output. But repetition is
non-linear. Repeated beats, chords, or drone note are
non-linear.
3. Setting lyrics to this music. Combining melody and
lyrics with the background nonlinear musical
accompaniament.
4. Old and new metaphors in poetry. Reading poetry
and writing poetry. Integrating mathematics and
metaphor, science and poetry, the objective with the
subjective.
5. Celebration of nature and nature's providence in
poetry and in song. Integration of the non-linear
with the linear.
6. The integration and fusion of science and
religion. Understanding inspiration.
7. Drawing. Painting. Making art assemblages at the
beach and at other places where there are strong
non-linear inputs.
8. Kinesthetic learning. Integrating mind and body.
Spontaneous drawing. Kinesthetic art.
9. More harmonious integration of human life with
animal life. The preverbal intelligence of
protohominid animal humanity integrated with the
verbal-rational intelligence of modern humanity.
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THEME C: The old concept of Messiah-Savior. "Teacher
of the new social order" Peacemaker. The mythical
return of God. Prophecy explained in a way more
useful to more persons.
1. Prophets of The Messiah, in Israel, in Egypt, etc.
2. Jesus of Nazareth as The Messiah
3. Other individuals believed to be The Messiah
4. Modern spiritual masters and their followers.
5. Other inspired persons
6. Examination of spiritual masters and other
inspired persons. Their habits. Their ways of
teaching. Their personal history.
7. A theoretical and experimental art/science of
inspiration and mind-body integration and healing
WITHOUT denying the rational intellect.
8. Direct perception of the spiritual energy. How
does it work? Why does it work? Where does it work
best? Psychoses and the treatment of psychoses.
Using this healing art/science to treat chronic
physical disorders. Using this healing art/science to
treat chronic mental disorders. Testing the theory.
Other peoples' use of this method.
9. The basic Messiah rule. What the rule is. How
can you apply this rule. How this rule has led to new
ideas and new science.
10. The Eco-module or Demonstration Peace Center. A
large piece of real estate on which to build an
experimental healing community.
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THEME D: My personal history 1939-2001, for example
1. What got me into this research? My chroic
sensitivity. My physical weakness and illness. Need
for self-treatment. My psychotic episodes. The
location of my home near a "power" place (Patrick's
Point State Park.)
2. Articles/poems about my own responses.
3. Articles/poems about my own life, my family, my
friends.
4. Other articles/poems 1956-2001
5. My kinesthetic art.
6. My songs and other music.
7. My helping other persons.
8. My self-treatment. My medical history.
John L. Waters
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