19. The Game

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Winning the Game:

Learning and Using the Laws of the Universe

Lecture based Questions:

1. Describe the ways in which the following behaviors attract blessing:

A. Meditation & Prayer

The aura becomes bright and porous during these behaviors. When an aura is porous, it allows Divine Light and blessings to enter it.

It is with great pleasure that we contemplate someone who is practicing one of these. The Crown Chakra expands and fortifies itself. The colors of the chakras and the aura become clear, bright, sparkling, and beautiful.

When the motive is sincere—namely, not for an ambitious purpose, but for the reason of collecting the self or helping a friend—then there is a general relaxing in the person and all the bodies. This allows good events to manifest!

B. Affirmation

Heals the Astral Body. Also changes core beliefs. Saying words out loud facilitates their manifestation in the physical dimension.

If we use a metaphor for the way that the Astral Body works, we can liken it to a car that has many dents and holes in it. It takes some work to get it all smooth and beautiful. A sheet of metal is very much like the obduracy of the Astral material. It can take much rubbing and pressure to smooth out metal that has been dented and damaged. Similarly, it can take much repetition of the correct affirmation to heal and straighten an Astral Body that has been misinformed and traumatized. Be patient and be persistent.

C. Suspension of Personal Will

Allows the fabric of the universe to move in the correct order. When we are full of willfulness, we try to change things on our own. This get things out of order and it takes a while for things to get right again. When the right thing comes at the right time, everything is smooth and easy. Blessings are easy to come by.

2. Describe how the following obstruct blessing:

A. Fear/Worry/Anxiety/Control

What we focus our minds on, we cultivate and attract. If you are worried about something, your mind is focused on it. It will probably come to pass as you fear, because your thought energy gives it life and strength. Also, fear uses adrenaline energy—the most potent attractant in the universe.

The antidote is faith—faith that you can command good things to happen, faith that you are divinely protected, faith that angels surround you constantly, and faith that your life is a reflection of your spiritual condition.

B. Need/Pathos/Victim Consciousness

Now this is the opposite! This neediness pushes away what you desire. Your Astral Body extends itself like a big finger in the front of your body. It reaches for its object of yearning, but it pushes everything away. This is one of the most repellent emotional energies.

The Victim Consciousness is like putting a “kick me here” sign on your butt. No matter where you run, if you believe that you are a victim, your neurosis will find a perpetrator willing to oppress you. To clear yourself of this, watch some warrior films or shows such as Beastmaster, Xena, Buffy, or Angel. This puts suggestions into your subconscious mind of some strong ways to walk through life.

C. Anger/Hubris

This is the opposite of gratitude. Gratitude heals everyone. Anger wounds everyone. The aura looks like a dirty red explosion. Everyone is repelled by it, and what you feel that you were entitled to having is pushed away by the explosive energy.

Hubris can be expressed in indignation, blame, forcing, and oppression. These negative behaviors result in lack of connectedness. It repels what you want. because hubris encases your aura in a hard shell that doesn’t let blessings in to your life.

D. Jealousy/Resentment/Criticism

This pollutes the body and the environment. People you like will avoid you. Your body will retain the yucky stuff in weak organs, which will develop health problems. More than anything, these three generate free radicals in the body. As you know, free radicals weaken the immune system and create the environment for many pathogens to harm the body.

A special note about criticism is that sometimes we catch this thought-bug from other people, just like a germ! You can tell that it isn’t yours if you start chewing away at some cranky thoughts that are diverging from where your previous thought stream was going. Criticism is also one of the conditions that create an attack upon your person. So whenever you are feeling cranky, remember that you are setting yourself up for attack. Then you can cut the cables that attach yourself to the object of your critical thinking. After that, you can cleanse yourself of all negativity, doubt, criticism, and fear. Phew! It’s good to be free from all that junk!

E. Escapism/Addiction/Compulsion

Reduces functionality and order in your life, which are needed to feel peaceful and happy. These neuroses also cause you to sidestep what you really want in life. Escapism includes procrastination. These behaviors are a reaction to stress and feeling overwhelmed. A lack of serotonin in the brain is partially the culprit. This can be balanced by adding more complex carbohydrates (whole grains & squashes, especially oatmeal) to your daily intake. More sleep during dark hours will also help, because the feeling of being overwhelmed is in part from exhaustion in the body.

The energy that you spend in the behaviors that put off success can be redirected to a replacement behavior. This is easier said than done, but start small and let your life structure grow naturally into a palace of success. You can start by creating a daily ritual of orderliness in your house and your grooming habits. This gives you a sense of accomplishment before you have even started your day.

After you have established this, focus on setting in one good habit after another, addressing only one habit at a time!

Also, acknowledge the fact that you are accountable for your quality of life. Nobody else can save you, but you can affirm for good friends to give you what you need to redeem your life.

3. Exercise: Perceiving Activity of the Will

First contemplate an object of desire. Perceive the energy around the lower mask of the face stretching outward like a large beak.

Then say, “May only that which is in the Divine Plan for my life manifest. May all that is detracting from the Divine Plan now go its own way with my good will.” Perceive the energy of the lower mask relaxing.

4. Exercise: Casting the Burden

Contemplate a situation that is a “problem” to be solved in your present life. Stop worrying. Acknowledge the specific areas needing resolving, say, “I cast all burden on the Christ Within. My harmonious life, my vibrant good health, my success, and my financial abundance are all affirmations of my faith and trust in Divine Mind, made manifest.”

5. Scrying Exercise: Chinese Astrology

Divided into groups of twelve (represented by animals) and sub-groups of five (represented by Chinese elements) the lunar years and hours of a day construct a profile of personality interests and expected behaviors. You can read about your tendencies and people you would find most compatible in a book of Chinese astrology. Theodora Lau is one of the best authors in this field. Find your year and month on the chart, then refer to the appropriate chapter.

6. Why and how does this work? What would be the most appropriate use of this technique?

This acts as a map for your physical body. Meaning, it describes the personality of your body and the karmic challenges that you have programmed into it. At the beginning of the Chinese New Year, you can read the forecast for that year and contemplate the best way to meet the challenges presented.

7. Draw or describe one of your helpers.

Your Guardian Angel can connect you with anything you need to know, to anyone you need to learn from. She would be a great choice today for your meditation.

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Small Is the Gate

Enter through the narrow gate,

For wide is the gate and broad is the road

That leads to destruction,

And many enter through it.

But small is the gate and narrow is the road

That leads to life,

And only a few find it.

—Matthew 7:14

The Tides of Light and Power

Within the streams of daily existence, we find that the laws of cause-and-effect run deeper than simple mechanical physics or even karmic backlash. Invisible to us yet felt as presence, the powers of energy-exchange move all thought, environment, potential for development, transformation, and the very fabric of life.

The clairvoyant perceives the living thoughts and feelings worn and supported by people. This is an advantage in giving example to attractive or repellent behavior. However, only through understanding the flows and directions of energy can any of us attain mastery over the physical realm. By this, I mean true ability to change the landscape, affect the weather, heal the sick en mass, end famine, raise the standard of life for all living things, and create new avenues of beauty in expression.

Yes, we can and we will do these things, as we must in order to achieve the next step in spiritual evolution for ourselves and for mankind. The daily application of focused thought is the training ground for these achievements. Persistence in keeping to positive thought is the way of success. The effort is not to force the world into complying with one’s expectations of how it should go, but to daily intone through the spoken word and through action that all living beings (beginning with myself) exist to manifest the Divine Design of kindness, patience, abundance, empathy, and truth.

Master G’s Acolyte

Florence Scovel Shinn taught Metaphysics during the early decades of this century. Most of her insights and her phrasings bear the hallmark of Master Gamaliel, the Master whose favorite philosophical activities have always been the coining of affirmations. Shinn’s books are still available through DeVorss & Co. or Fireside Books. They are easy to read because of her anecdotal style of writing. Unfortunately, one cannot open her book and zing right to an index for a specific need, although she did make some short attempts at listing a few affirmations.

From my personal experience, I can say that the deeper and mystical meaning behind these laws is simple yet contrary to the hormonal instincts. It takes persistence and watchfulness on many strata to retain the vision of the Divine Plan and apply it to every moment of this earthly life. We will discuss more profound layers to the meanings of these laws at a later time.