Thursday, June 22, 2006

The Seth Books

This post has been in draft for a while, may as well publish my babble...

In 2003 I was handed a book titled 'The Seth Material' (by Jane Roberts) by a work colleague. He had purchased the book following the death of his mother in the hope that it would make the grieving process easier. He recommended it to me after a few lunchtime in-depth conversations.
After my initial completion of the book, I felt that it was very interesting however I may have only absorbed 5% of the actual message. I handed the book back and that was the end of it for around 2 years during which my life continued as normal.

2 years later although my life was very hectic with a business, a 3 year old and a newborn, I suddenly felt a strong urge to study a wide range of 'new age' or esoteric information. After sifting through a whole lot of books and online information, I ended up coming back round to the Seth Books.
After reading and re-reading about 6 of the books, I am finally starting to grasp these mind-blowing concepts about the nature of reality, some of which physically hurt my brain in trying to comprehend. On a certain level, the more I read, the more things start to seem familiar, like some lost, profound knowledge that we once knew somewhere in the scheme of things.

The subjects covered include the true nature of our reality, how our physical system is just the outer crust of an infinite number of worlds both physical and non-physical.
I see the world and myself in a totally different way. For example, when we look at things on a mollecular level, everything including us is made of the same stuff which is just vibrating at a different rate. I see thought as a form of energy (just as valid as electricity) which manifests the physical world around us and our experience within it.

I feel comforted to know that there never was a beginning or an end and in death, I will continue to exist...

Monday, June 19, 2006

The Meaning of Life. Here we go again...

Most people at some point in their lives wonder whether there is 'meaning' behind all of this. Are we simply an evolutionary accident or is there a grand design behind us and the physical universe?
I believe the latter personally. That we live in an infinite universe, without beginning or end and we, the loving creation of the divine mastermind. The bible states that we were created in God's image. This is one of only a few original biblical theories I agree with. Most people cannot grasp this concept, but it may just provide the answer to the ultimate question...

God as we think of 'him' was the original creator. If we were made in his image this means that we are also creators. You may have heard the recent hype from one of many sources that we create our own reality, that thoughts are a form of energy and this concentrated energy forms physical matter and experience. I could ramble on about this particular subject however lets just say I believe this theory to be true.

Therefore, the meaning of life is very simply to create (and not pro-create!).

According to Seth, our time in physical reality is to become fully aware of the fact that we create our experience and to utilise this knowledge to its fullest and most positive potential. Once this is mastered, we then have the choice in re-incarnating back into physical reality to develop further or to move to a different system where new skills can be learned.
I could start to pull a whole range of other topics in at this point, but I'll go down the route of re-incarnation and the development of the soul.
Imagine that re-incarnation is possible and that each life we choose enables us to develop certain aspects of ourselves. Imagine that is is completely natural for our soul to seek development and awareness which is gained through experience in both the physical and non-physical environments. For example, after evaluating a previous life a person (or soul) may decide that they would like more experience in compassion. They would then enter into a life or role where the circumstances provide exactly the right environment and this does not necessarily mean a 'good' life in our terms.