As for your synchronicitous observation with the “Quantum Leap” star just after reading a blog that mentioned quantum leaps, I’d say you’ve officially crossed the threshold into conscious manifestation, where the more clues and connections you observe, the more you will receive! I’ve come to believe that we create these clues ourselves, for ourselves. There’s no going back now! But if you keep an open mind and enjoy uncovering these clues, they can lead you in a direction that will help you succeed at the task you were put on this world to achieve! Congratulations and thanks for letting me know!

On another note, I JUST finished reading your post and looked up to see the TV in the background. At that exact moment on the screen was the actor Scott Bakula from the TV show Quantum Leap!!!!!! I had never watched the show and haven’t seen that face is YEARS but I recognized him immediately.

I’ve been pointed in a particular direction about the human mind, and the concept of journey, hidden patterns, paths, doors, etc.

Our mind is designed to make order out of chaos. We are the quintessence of evolved life designed for the world we live in right here, and right now, whenever. Our brain looks for, and finds patterns. Sometimes when they are not even there, we imagine patterns and set out to prove or disprove them.(science?)

At the same time we have built in limitations, (i.e. ability see and hear only within a limited bandwidth, as well as our limited ability to process data through other sensory organs) which create human subjective experience. In the book “Sleight of Mind” by Sandra Blakeslee, this is laid out exquisitely. As she explores how magicians exploit these limitations to create illusions.

We have an uncanny ability to believe just about anything, if the narrative is constructed in a way in which our brain, along with our enculturation, and personal mythology can digest it. In fact we can believe it so totally that we allow those beliefs to effectively enable us to create the future.

I love stories, and I have become increasing vigilant regarding the stories I find myself using to create my future.

This path is simply the most direct route to where we want to go. It has plenty of challenges and problems, but they are looked at honestly and dealt with as swiftly as possible, unlike the world of today where we keep trying to fix problems by dealing with their outcomes instead of the roots, and where most people blame the problems on others and get caught up in distractions so nothing substantial is ever really done.

I would agree that this world’s purpose is not to make us happy. I’d say its purpose is to challenge us so we grow. If I want to grow a muscle, I challenge it, work it out, pump it. The society we live in now would take steroids and then wonder why it has all these health issues.

Despite the film setting us off course, I do believe we will still receive course corrections. Unfortunately though, since we have taken steroids for so long, we need to go back to the basics and get healthy first, then rebuild our society from this more healthful and productive perspective. No magic necessary.

Yes, “shamans” (or artists or prophets…) give us guiding messages and inspiration. But they’re human nevertheless, and they can fail (and they do), with no “dark force” necessary. It’s just part of life’s constant change.

Your viewing “The Phantom Menace” as the event creating a series of consequences, look to me the need to have a simple explanation to life.
Something like “If it wasn’t for that event, everything would be better and we would be happy”; a kind of salvific, messiah-like belief.
The idea that heaven on Earth is possible, but something “went wrong” thus we are in a “Paradise Lost” (see Milton).

IMO, sometimes shit happens and life sucks, no matter what. It’s just reality, because reality is not made to make us happy.
Yes, sometimes humanity enters a phase of idealism and renovation, and the world change accordingly (or not so much), but it never becomes a perfect heaven.
Think about Renaissance; French Revolution; the Sixties and “Peace and Love” (way before Star Wars): there was great ideals, turmoil, changes, improvement… and yet, humans remains limited and failed.
History repeat itself (as the Architect points out in the 3rd Matrix movie), because humans keep their basic flaws.

Life is not made to be “perfect”, but it evolves in steps.
Hence, “Phantom Menace” was just a disappointing movie (and Lucas a prophet who lost his touch), not some “magic” that would have changed the world forever.

Look, not even Jesus made this world perfect!
And nobody will.
Instead, humans slowly and humbly work to make it better a step at a time.
That’s what good humans do: we don’t need “magic events”, we need good men and women who do good things.

As far as the link, it works but it’s slow the first time it loads. Click on it and leave it be for a few minutes. It’ll come up eventually. If not, when you send me the email let me know it didn’t work and I’ll copy and paste the info for you.

but it did not work! can you check it again?

I like that you use the “layman” approach. I am going to do a similar concept as live theater at a public happy hour (like improv anywhere, but deep topics. Do you have any interest in joining me for a live webcast from the venue in midtown? You could promote your book. I will be there tuesdays and thursdays this month and into April. If anyone other than Marc also wants to stop by and chat about such things… just contact me on facebook!

Jordan Schachter

The reason I write without this dualistic perspective is because this site is for the layman (myself included), and can get easily confusing when getting into such esoteric concepts. However, next summer’s post will touch on this perspective using a simple parable that I hope will make it more understandable.

I would also say that there is no need for a paradox in order for our stories and ourselves to be evolving simultaneously. Since time is an illusion, I believe all our stories and ourselves already exist at all levels. As we become more conscious of these evolved stories, we jump into the reality where they already exist, thereby both we and the stories have caused one another to evolve since in this new level, we will now have access to a higher-level story.

Interesting thought about the sun revolving around the earth. I do believe that we see what we are ready to see. Perhaps the sun did revolve around the earth then, but I’d also say that it was always the destiny for us to discover it as it is today. Just as we soon may discover that we can discover the smallest of vibrating string particles of the universe, but studying the make-up of galaxy clusters since everything connects. I’d heard once that when Columbus’ ships approached the new world, the Natives couldn’t see them since they didn’t have a mind-frame of reference for such things.

From where are you getting these color-coded memes from? Sounds like the time periods assigned in the video for Ian Lungold’s Secrets of the Mayan Calendar. Also reminds me of chakra colors, but wouldn’t they go the other way, faster vibrations would be closer to blue/violet?

As for the paradox of being infinitely small yet central, I would say that it doesn’t need to be a paradox either. Think of one of your body’s cells. It is incredibly small yet part of a greater whole. It’s just like in Hugo, every part, no matter how small, has a role and is important. This is a person crusade of mine. I feel there are no paradoxes in the universe at all. Whenever we encounter one it just means there’s something we need to evolve to understand. By believing this, I think it helps us reach this level even faster. Experiment for yourself! Your contribution will be even more powerful than mine since it would require a change for you. I am not saying that this perspective is right, BTW, but if given an option between a paradoxical or simple universe, I choose the latter.

I definitely agree that we are co-creators of this reality, or the programmers of the videogame.

As for Adyashanti’s comment, I’d say that he is living as a spiritual teacher at all times, and that he steps on a crack as a spiritual teacher, analyzing why he does so. This is different from how the typical stock broker would step on a crack, or a child, or bum, or anyone. He will notice things others do not, his whole life is filtered ad created through a lens of what he believes. That’s why I’d say it’s so important to live your highest level. As a gear in the great machine, you will turn either way, but if you are functioning at 100%, you are a well-greased gear that can make the job easier for others to get the entire machine cranking.

I do not believe that is the goal of most people to figure out the mechanisms of this reality. However, I feel that it is mine, just as it is David Wilcock’s.

I would agree that there is nowhere to get to. But I also believe there are levels, and I’d like to see us move onto the next in my lifetime since I’d love to experience it as who I am now. I write about what I consider to be the trap of our meme which is losing your mind as you begin to see meaning in everything before realizing that you may be controlling that what you are assigning meaning to.

Perhaps the next stage you describe is next for us, but I think it’s more than a one stage away. I remember really digging what this dude has to say about what’s coming next: http://despertando.me/2012/01/08/messages-of-light-20120107-what-do-you-mean-the-3rd-dimention-is-going-away/

Anyway, I have no doubt that what you wrote was part of the meaning of my life to read and my response part of yours, and your response to that, and my response, and yours, but anything after that, I’m not so sure! I also think that perhaps we had met at some point at Usdan but it didn’t take depending on where we were at our lives at that time, but since we came back on a path we were closer to at that time, the universe had us cross paths again. It’s all pretty cool. Thanks for being apart of my current versions meaning of life. Namaste!

Once again it’s like we have the same mind with just one variation. I hope you don’t mind me adding that final tweak that moves it from a dualistic frame (we are a character inside a video game/ film / dream) to a paradoxically dualistic and non-dualistic… we are the one experiencing… AND writing the dream …. AND neither.

So when you say, “…one of the reasons why we are evolving is because our stories and modern-day myths are prodding us to do so.” I would say that is true and the opposite is paradoxically true, our stories (and I’d say our science) may be evolving because we are.

Just as you speak of our myths evolving, if we see science also as a myth, taken to the crazy edge, this would mean that the sun did revolve around the earth until consciousness saw fit (in the form of Copernicus and Galileo) that we needed a rude awakening! That’s perhaps why when the religious leaders of the day, peered through Galileo’s telescope they did not see what he saw – because they were in a different universe (i.e. a different dream universe).

It was a great indignity to the ego to suddenly not be the center of things, and it only got worse when we realized, or we caused the reality, that we’re on the edge of an insignificant galaxy in a vast universe of galaxies.

So Galileo catapulted us from the “Blue meme” (religion) into the “orange meme” (capitalism/science) in spiral dynamics – where there is no divine and the world is seen as totally real and we are completely insignificant and ephemeral …. so the culture chases wealth on earth (in the video game) rather than seeking to transcend the game…. but now we are entering the “green” and “yellow” meme – this flips us to the other extreme — where people like you and I come along and say the universe is all created for us to experience. Those in the “orange meme” think we’re nuts.

But what if both extremes are true? We are infinitely insignificant and paradoxically central to all of creation. Maybe we needed Galileo to shock us out of complacency but now people like you and I (and those brothers who made The Matrix”) need to shock us again.

This would all illuminate the “yellow” (integral) notion that God is both who we are *and* not who we are. Modern gurus use the reference “you” and “You” to illustrate this or “self” and “Self”… but it’s a shortcut as the “Self” is the whole with no parts (thus Self includes self)…. We are both the key and the lock, the player and the game itself, the dreamer and the dream itself.

Those speaking of the universe as a video game/ dream / movie will say, just as the Blue Meme religious folks declare, “I do believe that this illusion exists for a reason.” – and we spend lots of time trying to figure out that purpose. They add, as you say, “The key is to focus on the goal. Put all your mind, heart, and soul into whatever it is you want to do and the path will form under your feet.”

And this gets us very close to the Green meme, “The Secret”, Wayne Dyer’s “Power of Intention,” and “A Course in Miracles” – but yesterday I was listening to Adyashanti and he said something like “If I thought the meaning of my life was to be a spiritual teacher, then I’d be fine for the hour where I am up hear babbling to you folks, but what about the other 23 hours? Am I just waiting around? No, the meaning of my life is whatever I am doing. If I am washing dishes, or stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, that is the meaning of my life.”

If we take this approach, what a relief! It’s not about solving the video game, or the mystery, but it’s about living each moment fully – not as a means to an end. I wonder if the “means to an end” approach is the trap of the “Yellow” meme – where it’s all about evolving. And the thing about evolving, like infinity, we never get there. Because there is no there to get. “Man’s reach must exceed his grasp, else what’s a heaven for?”

As you write, “And once we get bored with experiencing that, we’ll just create another game to play in.” – But my investigation is perhaps we are entering a stage which is beyond trying to get something, avoid something, solve something, or even entertain ourselves. It is a state of consciousness that cannot be described, nor fixed. And when I say fixed I mean both repaired, and I also mean it cannot be located or cemented. It is in constant flow. But this flow is unlike the evolution of consciousness conversation which has us focus on purpose and meaning – this flow is just free. This flow is our true essence.

Or this might all be crazy talk. Or it might be paradoxically crazy and sane at the same time. Either way, it was the meaning of my life to share this with you and the meaning of your life to read it!

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Neil

You really don’t have to know anything about them to get their wisdom. Before going to sleep at night, ask a question to the universe. Keep doing it until you get an answer. Just be aware that the answer can come in many forms. For expert advice on spiritual guides, I suggest you contact Stephen Popiotek or DreamingBear Baraka Kanaan , both on Facebook.

Great article! I found myself quoting your directions throughout the read. It is refreshing and responsible. Responsible is a word that has often left me feeling irritated! What I mean in this case, is the lift one is encouraged to adopt as a life choice.

I will get to your Green Lantern notes next. Kinda remember it being more goobly stuff like 2012 the movie, which I consider entirely irresponsible. Okay. Enough ranting.

Thanks for the helpful, hand holding read!

So, putting it together, you are a rare spiritual person trapped in a material world where you aren’t quite comfortable. You have a special talent you aren’t fully utilizing because you are afraid of something that is prevent you from achieving it. You can continue living the life you are, and be quite comfortable, but never truly fulfilled.

The star coordinates are likely your soul traveling through the heavens as you sleep. Since you know you cannot fly in space, use these dreams as a gateway to lucid dreaming and you can ask questions in your dreams and get more specific answers.

The gigantic brown serpent can be so many things—the illusion of time, your beast to conquer, or even your fear of men.

Anyway, see if that makes any sense to you.

WHEREAS, MANY YEARS AGO I HAVE DREAMED OF A GIGANTIC BROWN SERPENT LOOMING FROM THE NORTH. I’VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. IF YOU COULD HELP MEI WOULD BE GRATEFUL.

Thanks so much for the info Gary! I vaguely recall hearing about that before. So intriguing how the Mayan knew about something from 10,500 BC, or would be able to predict its return. Makes me wonder if they had alien connections, had a better understanding of time travel, or were from another world or time themselves.

With this new information, I’d say that our Green Lantern with the long green tail he emits as he flies (see http://images.wikia.com/greenlantern/images/1/1f/Green-Lantern-color.jpg ) would be our mythological representation of the comet Macholz, just as Quetzalcoatl was for the Aztecs/Mayans.

Weird how we both posted about this around the same time. Guess we’re listening to the same frequency.

Good luck with your new book. Sounds very intriguing!

The “return of Quetzalcoatl” has been fulfilled by the return of the comet Machholz, a blue-green comet whose tail entered the Pleiades. The Pleiades were known as “the rattlesnake rattles” by the Maya. Thus this “sky serpent” or comet received its “rattles” when its tail entered the Pleiades. More importantly, a rattlesnake uses its rattles as a warning. What is this comet supposed to warn us about? The last time this comet came around was in 10,500 BC. The Earth’s last great mass extinction occurred at this time when the megafauna such as mastadons, woolly mammoths, etc went extinct. You can learn more about this here:
http://therealmayanprophecies.com/comet-machholz-and-the-return-of-kukulkan/

“David Price is reputedly the only known Chabad-Lubavitcher to fly for a major global airline, and his take on the volcanic ash that disrupted air travel recently is—it’s a sign from above not to take flight for granted. The 47-year-old veteran, Air France pilot says that the ash cloud was truly a marvel of God’s creation. Said Price, ‘I have no doubt that this is a sign from Heaven to teach us.’ As a senior level pilot and an observant Jew, he says he’s able to request a flying schedule that enables him to remain grounded during the Sabbath and major Jewish holidays.”

I found this awhile back but never got a chance to put it anywhere. Thought this article was a good place.