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Leyla, you're preaching to the choir here.  Most of us (SD included if I might add), already agree that there is a feminine element to the realities above us, and that sex can be part of spirituality (if done in a balanced manner).  For instance, usually whenever I pray I use the term FatherMother, and I have an interest how sexual alchemy might enhance spiritual development.  However, the way in which you talk about the God and Goddess seems to be reducing them to an anthromorphic level.  The essence behind human sexuality does indeed exist at higher levels, but not in the same way we think of it.  I think this was part of the misunderstanding that came about when SD said that the Goddess is a seraphim.  And based on the research I have done up till this point, angels and Gods tend to be more so androgynous than anything, with the male and feminine being aspects of their nature.  

quote:It made you feel silly, so you decided to make some (highly emotional) radical insults toward the Goddess.

She forgives you MJ,
I'll pray for you.

[B)] The element of the universe called the Goddess does not need you to defend her anymore than the wind or stars do.  Also, although the Catholic church did drive many pagan religions which worshipped the Goddess underground, this had more to do with other factors and a striving for control, and not any evil male conspiracy to destroy the feminine element.  They destroyed many religions which weren't necesarily goddess based as well.  Furthermore, worship of the Lady did still go on in the church in the form of Mary, Mother of God.  Infact, in many places her veneration was second only to that of Jesus, and sometimes even higher, with the Father coming in at a distant third.  The Western Hemisphere was not the only part of the world to promote celibacy either, celibacy was the norm among most Buddhist monks, which made up a huge part of the world's religious distribution.

Got a couple more:

1. Is becoming a vegetarian at some point necessary to spiritual progression?

2. What is your opinion on the Goetia?

3. Do beings in the higher sphere actually suffer more than we do in order to help those in lower spheres, just that its completely voluntary on their part?

4. Was there actually such a place as Atlantis.  Did it disappear all at once or over a long period of time?

5. During our lifetime, how much of an increase in psychic powers could we expect to see as a result of the pole shift?  Since evolution usually takes a very long time, I'm wondering if it will be much slower and more subtle than people are thinking.

Okay, I got another round of questions for Michael.

1. Is there a lot more going on behind the scenes of our world that official history doesn't know about?  Have their been many instances were unknown individuals, initiates, high level spirits and their disciples changed history or shielded us from threats we didn't know about?  I heard from someone recently that some initiates and disciples have far more power than we might think, just that they're restricted from using them.  Is much of this kept secret in order to keep our evolution balanced and restrict abuse of the occult?

2.  Your answer on monads made me think of how on our most basic level, we are all divine potentiality.  Even if someone's soul/monad is completely returned to base chaos, since everything is a unity, can the various experiences and essence that made the boundaries that form their self eventually be put back together or recycled into other people?

3.  Is the self ultimately defined by boundaries that limit its consciousness and identification, but because of the law of love it will always exist on some level?

4.  Were did most demons come from exactly?  I'm guessing they aren't necessarily demons in the usual christian sense.

5.  Is Samael a archdemon with his own purpose or is he still serving the greater good in some manner?

6.  Is was thinking lately about the way people were tortured during the middle ages, and began wondering, are there many imperfections in karma, and does it not always work the way it should?  It seems to me that there is no reason anyone should have to go through such an experience.

7. I'm guessing this is something I need to understand on my own, but I'll ask the question anyway.  What is consciousness exactly? What is matter?  I've noticed when you really get right down to it, we have no way of describing what either of these actually is.

8.  Are matter/energy and consciousness variations of the same thing?

Recently I was studying the writings on this website and it raised some deep questions in my mind.

www.laurency.com

One of the things explained on it is that there are basically 49 atomic types (not to be confused with physical atoms) which make up all manifestations of existance in our universe.  The physical level is atomic number 49, the astral plane is 48, the mental/causal 47, the buddhic 46.  According to this author, the ascended beings which oversee our evolutionary development are on levels 45 and higher.  My questions about this are as follows.

1. The author says that an archangel such as yourself is somewhere on level 43-38.  Is this correct?  Are these descriptions of various atomic levels only symbolically true, since consciousness on that level is beyond our comprehension?

2. The author states that the planetary hierarchy/government which oversees our world can only be found at level 45 or above, and that except for advanced initiates (who never reveal that they are anyway) the hierarchy does not have dealings with beings on the lower levels such as the astral plane, except on very rare occasions.  What are your thoughts on this?

3. Did the beings above "level 45" make an exception to this rule by revealing esoteric information to people like Madame Blatavasky in order to help with the next phase with our evolution, and will not be making a reappearance until after we have adjusted to the new age of aquarius?

4. The astral plane (emotional consciousness) has often been called the realm of illusions. Going along with the question above, the author says that the ascended hierarchy of our world generally does not look for disciples on the astral plane since it is so easy for people to be decieved by astral matter.  He states that the astral plane is probably the worst of all dimensions for finding objective knowledge about anything, and that many occultists have been decieved by it.  Is this true?

5.  Is there very little we can learn in the astral plane after we die, with the majority of our knowledge having been gleamed only from our former  physical existance ( and the ones before that)?  Is this why some guides seem to be so ignorant as of late?

6. Are some guides thought-form extensions of the higher self which carry the knowledge gleaned from former reincarnations?

7. According to the author, the reason our caretakers in the higher realms do not give out more information is because it tends to be abused, and that the most important thing we can do is seek to understand each other, since we are not yet able to comprehend true knowledge.  Is this correct?

8.  I've noticed that you talk alot about seeking understanding more so than knowledge, which seems to agree with some of the things this author was saying.  Is the reason for this the fact that we cannot gain true knowledge until we attain causal consciousness?  Is it better to work on understanding through emotional empathy because at our present stage of evolution that can mystically connect us to our higher self more quickly than striving after mental/causal consciousness along with reason?

9. Will it be several million years before our race as a whole reaches the mental/causal level and gains true knowledge?

10. Can the most powerful members of the black lodge transmit themselves to the higher levels (33-22 I believe) and thus avoid destruction when the solar system dissolves?

11. In the case of extreme evil, can a soul go through second death and have to start over again?

12.  Are monads basically raw potentiality?

13. Are the actual Akashic records on level 44, and the akashic records that most people find on the astral plane merely a record of what people merely thought or believed about our history rather than the actual knowledge, and thus should not be taken for truth?  Can symbolic information useful to our current spiritual development still be gained from it?

quote:Geez even my best friend is doubting me again, this kind of thing on this forum has to stop.

Just to avoid any misunderstanding, SD is refering to me here.  I didn't particularily agree with Michaels answer either, although I don't want to make a definite statement either way.

quote:For one, something so close to God (Michael) would not state something so obviously one sided. To blame someone because of their preference, to as what is slowing them down is...caca.

quote:M: This is difficult to answer in human view. Yes and no. If you think of homosexuality in terms of humankind as one going through what might be called a "phase" then no, it is not. On a personal level you are screwing your base chakra's up a lot by doing this. It will not completely inhibit spirituality, but it will slow it down quite a bit. Some people experience this urge because they held onto something from thier past lives somehow, and this is a bad thing in these cases.

It doesn't seem to me that Michael is making a one sided statement.  One thing that should be taken into consideration, is that what Michael mentioned about homosexuality and base chakras goes against the opinions of probably 99% of the people on this site.  If he was trying to manipulate us, I doubt he would say something that would turn the majority of us off.  Also, as one who prefers to play the role of mediator, I've noticed that debates over "moral" issues such as this tend to become very one sided.  I.e. either you agree think abortion is wrong or you don't, either you think being homosexual is wrong or you don't, you either believe that we evolved or were created and can't take a middle view.  I believe that part of what Michael is saying is that the answer is not so clear cut as we would like to think and depends on many factors which can vary according to the individual.  So, the answer is both yes and no.

BTW SD, I don't think you should drop this thread, and if you do, ask Michael to make some sort of final comment about showing tolerance inspite of the different morals or paths we may take.  

Some more questions for Michael which might help clarify this:

Can heterosexual physical sex also be a hindrance to spiritual development (at least one some level)?  Is it also a phase of evolution that humankind will eventually move beyond (I've read some theosophical and gnostic sources which suggest this).

quote:Some people experience this urge because they held onto something from thier past lives somehow, and this is a bad thing in these cases.

This answer left me feeling a bit confused as well.  I know that we aren't always the same sex every life time, did you mean that people may have so much desire for the opposite sex that they have trouble letting go when they reincarnate again?

quote:I don't think a angel would say anyone was screwing up their chakra. We are whom we are suppose to be, be it gay or not. Having a certain sexual preference has nothing to do with ones chakra, now maybe they drink or do drugs..THAT can mess with your chakra's but not being gay.

I don't think Michael is so much saying that a homosexual couple can't have a loving spiritual relationship that should be respected by others, but rather that the mixing of same the poles of a magnet can make it difficult to raise the kundalini, i.e. the sexual principles in alchemy.  Not impossible, but a difficulty.  Karma isn't always perfect after all.

Either way, I'm going to ask Spectral to do a mediation again tonight so Michael can clarify some of things he said, Spectral was actually sort of surprised at Michaels answer on this as well.

One other question I almost forget.

I've noticed that despite how big a role it plays in cosmological theory, there's very little direct evidence for dark matter.  It is claimed that dark matter makes up 99% of the matter in the galaxy.  Is this and the gravity-centered view of cosmology in error?  I read a theory which postulated the idea of electricity playing a much bigger role in space than initially thought.

Ok, I've got a whole boatload of questions now. []

1. I am curious as to your opinion on the practices of Pure Land Buddhism.  Their belief is that by continually chanting the name of Amitabha, they will be reborn in Amitabha's pure land and be able to achieve enlightnment without having to go back to samsara.  Is there any accuracy in this?  Is this practice simply a useful tool for focusing the mind and taking away fear of death, or does it give the soul a more spiritual existance when it leaves the earthly sphere?  I'm wondering becuase I rather doubt that this practice would cause one to be reborn from a lotus flower in a heaven in a different galaxy.

2. What is the connection between the concepts of Archangels and Dhyani-Buddhas?

3. Were you a single person who achieved enlightment in a former embodiment of the universe, or are there many souls who ascended and now make up the principles you embody?

4. You mentioned earlier that I am a son of Raphael.  What did you mean by this?

5. What are Seraphim and Cherubim and what is your relation to them in the divine hierarchy?

6. What are your thoughts on Samael Aun Woer and his teachings on sexual alchemy?

7. At times in my dreams I have seen something called the "Mouth of Hell" in various philosophies.  Once I even flew into it and saw people being tortured in hospital rooms.  What was the meaning of this?  Why am I able to bring out the effects of this within myself?

8. What new role will you move onto when your role as archangel is finished?

9. Do the lower orders of angels which serve under you have free will?  Were some of them humans who were enlightened, or are most personifications of various energies?  Are they too varied to really give any generic definition?

10. Are you limited to this solar system or does your power extend to other systems?

11. In regards to the concept of fictional stories having their own reality in other universes/ideations, are there ways I can deepen my connection with these universes in my writing?

Ok, now for the big pole shift questions SD wanted to get too:

12. What exactly will happen as the pole shift takes?  Will people begin to develop increased psychic abilites, and will entities on other levels be able to manifest?  Also, although on one hand I yearn for such sweeping changes, I'm guessing that for a time it will bring great suffering to our lives, and survival will initially depend more so on who has the most power rather than on how loving we are.  Is this correct?  How such we go about preparing for this event?

I have a couple questions for St. Michael.

1. Not that long ago, I was saying a prayer to ArchAngel Raphael to help someone.  Focused intensely on the prayer, I kept repeating it over and over.  After a while, my body started going into a series of convulsions, my thoughts seemed to throb and my aura began shifting.  Besides being rather surprised, I was a bit worried.  Although I recieved confirmation that my prayer helped, I'm worried that I did something wrong.  Are convulsions like that normal?  Was I focusing to hard or not relaxed enough?

2. Until one year ago I was a Jehovahs Witness, and believed that God would soon wipe away all the world's problems and make everything perfect.  Although I have moved on after learning of the corruption in that religion and finding a new path, my mother is still dealing with her own spiritual crises on a number of levels.  The thing she is still attached to the most, if I'm correct, is the belief that if God is loving he will initate Armageddon and wipe away the worlds problems.  I want to help her with this, but I don't know how to go about formulating a satisfying answer without bringing in mystical explanations that she would neither understand nor accept.  Anyway, I'm wondering what your thoughts are on the idea of God fixing the the world permanently through a sudden upheaval.  How might I good about explaining these things to my mother?

3. Is it true that we have to elimanete our egos to attain enlightenment, or is it more accurate to state that we must transform and gain better control over them?  Also, does ego still function on the level of angelic beings?

Well, I agree that many of the recent arguements got far to heated.  But the thing is, message boards need to have big debates every now and then in order to keep them going.  I've noticed in the past that on forums where everyone agrees and no debates are allowed, the board eventually descends into fluff posts and dies out.  So, debates are an inevitable part of online communities.

Terms such as "negative" and "positive" get used way to much in these discussions, to the point where they become ridicolous.  An approach or attitude that seems negative to others could be perfectly rational at the time for the one who carries it.

Besides, the term negative, as generally used in new age lingo, irritates the hell out of me.  Every time I see it used I get an image in my head of a bunch of hippies running away in fear shouting "NOO!!! Negativity!  My spirituality is eroding!!  ERROOOODDDDIIINNNG!!!

I have a question for our Zeta friends.  I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on the late mystic Samael Aun Weor and his teachings that we have 3000 cycles of 108 human lives in which to becove enlightened, and also his claim of being the avatar of the age of Aquarius.

Another thing that works well is to do a chi kung pattern (especially a dynamic moving one) followed by what I call a chi flow.

I have a question, is there any validity to channeling at all. [?]

*Whistles loudly*

Cyro_Optics is officially a man!  Now I'm just that much more determined to OBE. []

The only thing though, is how do you know this entity wasn't some old granny who was projecting? []

Everybody needs a healthy dose of bunny love! []

If these negs are the spirits of dead people, then personally I would be wary thinking that they simply want help.  Murderers, rapists and tyrants aren't going to be any more loving in death than in life, and probably aren't particularily interested in our help either, except in the sense of using our good intentions against us.

Still, using the "slash and kill" approach to deal with criminals is probably not the best approach.