HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART THREE

Shakespeare recognised something when he wrote: "All the World is a stage and all the men and women merely players". We are indeed actors playing out a cosmic drama.


The Cosmic Drama

This drama appears real to you for you are in your physical bodies and are personally involved in it, but you must have perspective of this drama and recognise it for what it really is. The drama has a purpose. It is to teach, to evolve your consciousness. Everything that happens on the plane of Earth happens not by chance but because either you as individuals or the World as a whole have drawn it unto yourselves through your behaviour in this or in past lives.

Using Spiritual Consciousness

Tap into spiritual consciousness which you possess and use it. Use it to transform not only yourselves but the World as a whole and by doing that you will be fulfilling your divine potential, for you are one with your Creator. The force of Its love and Its energy flows through you at all times. You are never alone. Your prayers never go unanswered. You are forever attuned to the planes of life beyond your understanding. Recognise the physical reality and serve it, but also recognise the greater picture. Do not be swamped by the little drama that is being played out at this time on the physical stage of life. Hold to your faith. Hold to your consciousness.

The Twelve Planets

The Creator of our Solar Body, that Being whom you call God, creates on the vibration of twelve. You have, therefore, twelve planets within this Solar System, some of which you still have to discover. Each of these planets supports what we call a plane of life, a plane of existence. If, for example, you were to look at Venus you would say that no life exists on Venus. This is because on Venus life does not exist on the same frequency band that life does on Earth.

The vibratory rate of each planet is different and so manifests a different plane of life. It is just the same when you die and leave your physical body. You move onto a higher frequency, into a higher body. You can still move around on the physical plane of life but no one sees you. Remember that there are the angelic and the devic kingdoms operating around you right now, but you cannot see them because they too are operating on a different plane of life, a different frequency.

Levels of Life

There are twelve planes or levels of life in our Solar Body and the purpose of your spiritual existence is to achieve Mastery, as the expression goes, on each of those planes of life. The total destiny of your being is to achieve Mastery on all twelve planes. Let us, for example, consider the case of someone like the Master Jesus. He had achieved Mastery on only seven planes of existence. There were five planes on which he still had to learn and evolve. You, at your level of consciousness, are aware only of the seven lower planes which are a part of your physical understanding. The remaining five planes are beyond your comprehension, indeed, are beyond my comprehension even though I dwell on a higher plane than you.

So for the time being let us just say that there are seven planes which you have to master, planes which are sometimes called the physical, etheric, astral, emotional, vital, mental and spiritual planes. You live on each of these planes even whilst you are present in your physical body. You face challenges and tests on these planes in just the same way that you face them on the physical plane of life. Each of these planes is a different reality, a different World. You visit them in your sleep state but for the most part you do not remember your visits on your return to physical consciousness.

The Ultimate Life

What is the ultimate life?? Obviously I can only give you my opinion. My understanding of life, and I talk now not just of physical life but of the essence of life, is that although we have been given individualised consciousness by our Creator, we are all unique, at some time in the future our destiny will be to surrender that consciousness back to the whole, to our Creator, and to merge our individuality in the Oneness of that great Being. We therefore possess our individuality for only a short time, on a cosmic scale anyway, and then of our own free will we will surrender our individuality back to the source, our Creator. This will not be demanded of us. It will be something that we will want to do, to surrender our individuality for the good and the well-beng of the whole. But that is, for most of us, a long time ahead in the future.

Highly Privileged

One of the things you have to understand is that Humanity, and I use the expression to mean human consciousness both on the physical and the higher levels of life, is a very special species of cosmic being. Humanity´s evolutionary path can be likened to an experiment and this experiment is being watched with great interest by many, many great Cosmic Beings from universes beyond your comprehension. Humanity is an experiment in creation by a great Being. To this end you have been given cosmic gifts which very few other beings possess.

Planet Earth is a very special place. You are highly privileged to incarnate on her, to be part of the school of Earth and to advance your spiritual consciousness through the exercise of your cosmic talents. There are many beings on other planets who are not permitted to achieve consciousness in this way. You have been given the supreme gifts of the God-head: Its own divinity, Its own creativity, Its own free choice. You are, in essence, gods in the making and planet Earth is a school for gods.

This article is from "The fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART TWO

In life today, for the most part, you tend to ignore your spiritual consciousness, the wisdom that you have gleaned over many, many lives on many planes of existence. Remember that not only have you lived thousands of lives upon this plane of Earth but you have lived thousands of lives on many other planes of existence.

 
The Totality of Life

Life is not just the physical reality of which you are aware. A true understanding of the totality of life is beyond your comprehension at this time because you are limited by the physical body in which you are temporarily dwelling, but released from that body, living on the higher planes of life, you can truly experience cosmic consciousness. You can see the Universal Whole for what it really is: millions upon millions of beings, on many planes of existence, all exhibiting consciousness in the service of the one God of Whom we are all a part, the God in Whom we live, move and have our being.

Group Consciousness

You incarnate on the plane of Earth to evolve both your consciousness and the group consciousness of Humanity. This is achieved through the practice of right thought, right speech, and right behaviour. Recognise that sacrifice, on many levels, plays an important part in your life. Indeed the example of all the great Masters who have come on the plane of Earth is that one has to sacrifice, sometimes even one´s life, in order to evolve human consciousness.

Understand that you incarnate to serve: to serve the plane of Earth, your fellow human beings and, above all, this planet, the Goddess, on whom you live for your short lifespan. She has offered you her body as a school of life. So realise that your own physical body is part of that Goddess and that you will return it to her at the moment of death. It is a sacred temple, a fitting reflection of the spirit that lives within it. It is truly divine and worthy of your respect, and if you respect your own body then you will surely respect the bodies of other people in everything that you do in thought, word and deed.

Christianity and The Goddess

There are many in the Western World today who do not celebrate the festival of Beltane (May-day). This is because it is not recognised as a Christian celebration. But the Christian religion is only one small aspect of the total consciousness of Humanity. Christianity has existed for only centuries whereas the festival of Beltane has been celebrated for milleniums, for it is an Earth festival, a festival which links Humanity to the Earth, to the Goddess.

Why do we have, why do we need such festivals?? It is not just to mark the seasons of the year or to bear witness to the dogma of a particular religion, no matter whether it be Christianity, Mohammedism or Buddhism. It is to link Humanity with the Cosmos, to make Humanity aware of its own mortality, of the passage of time, of the brevity of physical reality compared with the eternity of Nature, and of the need to tap into that reality beyond the physical.

Eleven Other Planes

We of the Spiritual Hierarchy recognise that the plane of Earth is but one twelfth of the whole. There are eleven other planes of existence which Humanity can experience through its higher bodies. It is your birthright to know of these planes, to witness them and to dwell on them, to be at one with them. That is the birthright of your spiritual consciousness. You incarnate with this knowledge, this reservoir of learning, the experiences of past earthly and cosmic relationships. Why, therefore, when you encounter the conflict of Earth do you surrender to that conflict and become a part of it?? Why do you not go within yourselves to seek the aid of the cosmic wisdom that you possess??

The World is in crisis because you as individuals are in crisis. The world crisis is but a reflection of your own inner struggles, your own desires, your own weaknesses. If you wish to resolve World crisis you must first resolve personal crisis. This can be done only through consciousness, through an understanding of the true nature of your being and of the God of Whom you are a part. This means going within yourselves. This means listening to your inner wisdom and not to the dogma of others. In quiet moments, such as you are experiencing now, attune to the cosmic forces, to the reality of life, and just for a short time release the unreality, for that is what it is, of physical life.

Part Three follows....This article is taken from "The Fantasic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART ONE

We are living in a world in crisis. This situation exists because our world is in political, financial and ecological crisis and, above all, because it is in spiritual crisis.

Intuitive Understanding

Many people in the world today have rejected the discipline of religious dogma but have not yet replaced that discipline by self-discipline, by developing their own intuitive understanding of the purpose of life. They have become so caught up in the physical reality of life, in the struggle to exist, especially here in the Western World where life is lived at such a frenetic pace, that they do not have the time to go deeply within themselves to seek the purpose of their being and the purpose of their life on the physical plane of Earth.

It is not my intention, indeed, it is not possible for me to tell you the purpose of your physical life. That is for you to discover through your own intuitive channel. What I would like to do, however, is to present to you my understanding of Humanity´s consciousness for it is only by changing Humanity´s consciousness that you can change the pattern of human behaviour and so save your troubled World.

Fear of Death

Nearly all of you live in the shadow of the fear of death. This fear is brought about because you do not understand the purpose of death. If you think about it, if there was no such thing as death, if you did indeed live for ever and never died, if you were in fact like the sailors in the legend of the Flying Dutchman, condemned to live for ever on the plane of Earth, there would soon come a time when you would beg for death, when you would pray to be removed from physical life!! If you did but recognise it, then, death really is a saviour. It is for you the means of transition back to a plane of reality from this plane of unreality. You dwell for the most part on higher planes of life, on higher planes of consciousness, on planes of reality, and you incarnate on Earth, manifesting aspects of your spirit, in order to join this school of life and partake of its lessons.

Of Lasting Value

A wise man once placed money in its correct perspective by saying that you cannot take it with you when you die. After death money is of no significance whatsoever, and that is also true of all physical matter. When you die you cannot take it with you. You incarnate onto the physical plane of life with spiritual consciousness, and that alone, and when you leave that plane you take nothing with you but that spiritual consciousness. Now that is not to say that there are not some beings who after passing over onto the higher planes of life are still so caught up in the material aspects of life that they are unable to release them.

Such people look down on the physical plane of Earth which they have recently left and watch with great concern what is happening to their so called "possessions", to all the material things they acquired on Earth and have not yet released. They can spend much time wathcing and waiting when they should be moving on to other planes of living, to other lessons of life. Most people, though, gladly release everything physical at death in just the same way as they release the higher planes at the moment of their physical birth. If you would be recognise it, therefore, the only thing of lasting value to you is your CONSCIOUSNESS.

Lesson of Physical Life

You incarnate onto the physical plane of Earth to evolve your consciousness. That is the sole purpose of your physical incarnation, the reason for you being in this school of life which you call Earth. Now that does not mean that you can ignore the physical reality of Earth. You must be responsible for the physical body in which you dwell, your fellow human beings, the society in which you live, the material possessions which are placed in your guardianship. That is all part of the lesson of physical incarnation: to handle the Earth plane with consciousness. But that is not the total lesson. You must learn to handle your physical reality with responsibility, but you must also learn to ground and manifest your spiritual consciousness. You must learn that your consciousness is a tool for you to use on Earth, a means by which you can express the deep cosmic knowledge which you possess.

Part Two follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

CORRECT EATING -- PART TWO

If you wish to raise the vibration of your body, you should eat only the finest foods, the foods of the highest vibration.

A Few Guidelines

So far we have not discussed the question of what you should, or should not, eat. Each of you will have to decide according to your own consciousness how you should change your eating habits. What would be right for one would be wrong for another, and in this article I can do no more than point out a few guidelines. If you wish to raise the vibration of your body, you should eat only the finest foods, the foods of the highest vibration, which are to be found mainly in the fruit kingdom -- the fruits, nuts and berries which exist in profusion upon your planet. Therefore it is desirable, and note that I say only desirable, that a spiritual person should become a strict vegetarian, that they should eat only the fruits of the Earth.

If you are fully aware of life around you, if you have evolved to the point of consciousness when you do not wish needlessly to destroy anything, you will want to eat only of the fruits of the land, for by doing so not only will you be destroying nothing but you will also be aiding in the dispersal of the seeds of the fruits around the land.

All Life Is Sacred

It is not necessary, or desirable, that you should destroy or in any way use the Animal Kingdom for food. That is not to say that you cannot do it, for you do today, but as you are the most evolved being on this Earth you should not have to ask the Animal Kingdom to make that sacrifice. Although the Animal Kingdom does make the sacrifice for you, for that is the nature of life on the Earth, you do not need to eat the flesh of animals. All life is sacred.

You cannot create life and therefore you should not take it. Life is not yours to give and take: it is your Creator´s. Everything on this Earth belongs not to you but to your Creator. You must learn to be responsible for the Animal Kingdom, and as animals are less evolved beings you should look on them with love. You should try to help them for, truly, they look to you for an example.

The Lowest of Vibrations

Animals feel pain just as Humanity does. They experience fear just as Humanity does, and the emotions of animals which are killed are held within their bodies. The vibration of fear is a coarsening vibration, and when you consume the flesh of animals you are partaking of that vibration. Furthermore, all the diseases of an animal and the polluted food it has consumed are contained within its flesh, hence when you eat of that flesh you are partaking of those diseases and of that pollution. So, from the food aspect, the flesh of animals is the lowest of vibrations, and if you are to walk the spiritual path you should avoid it at all costs for it will degrade your body spiritually.

You are, no doubt, aware of the nutritional values that allegedly come from eating meat, but all of them can be found in other foods if you will but look. Because when it first incarnated on Earth unevolved Humanity did not know any better there was some excuse for it killing animals for food, but today Humanity should be much more aware. You could find the correct foods to eat, and you could cultivate them if you so desired, but you do not, for much money has now been invested in the breeding and production of meat for the table.

Linked To The Creator

I ask all of you who do eat meat just to consider, just to realize, what it is that you are doing. You are eating the flesh of a living being. Maybe the animal is not so advanced as a human being, but it is still linked to your Creator for it has red blood flowing through it, and anything that has red blood flowing in its veins is with soul. Look upon animals as your less evolved brothers and sisters who need your help, your guidance, your example, your love. They do not need to be slaughtered by you. As you sit at your table think of what you are eating, think of the pain that the animal went through, and consider whether its slaughter was really necessary. Remember that you are taking on its karma, its fear and its animalistic instincts, and that you are absorbing its many impurities caused by the use of Humanity´s drugs and chemicals, which do so much harm to the physical body.

Humanity, of course, also eats the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea. Their point of evolution varies according to the individual species, but they all have red blood flowing through them. No matter what biologists may tell you, birds and fishes do feel pain to various degrees. I repeat, all life is sacred, and Humanity can and should live without the sacrifice of the birds or the fishes.

A Higher Vibration

You may say that it is not possible to live without eating flesh of some description. This is not true. Your "experts" today might convince you that this is the case, that Humanity has been a meat-eater since time immemorial, but that again is not true. There are many people today who are vegetarians, who live quite happily, quite healthily, who produce beautiful children and thus destroy this myth. Indeed, if you are vegetarians you should be healthier, you should have healthier children, you should be more aware, you should be of a higher vibration. You should be able to enjoy every aspect of life far more than your meat-eating friends around you.

Part Three follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

UNIVERSAL MAN -- PART TWO

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First Incarnations

When a soul incarnates on this Earth it will obviously not exhibit as high a state of consciousness and evolution as those who have incarnated for many thousands of lives. Therefore do not try to impose on an unevolved soul a way of life that it does not understand, comprehend or even need. Respect the individuality of all people. Regard them as your brothers and sisters and help them as best you can. Ensure that with the responsibility of a more evolved soul you help them as befits their point of evolution and that in no way do you disrupt their path towards consciousness.

Imposing Western Ideas

One of the greatest errors of recent centuries has been the imposing of western ideas, western religions, western beliefs, on the natives, as they are called, of the colonised countries. Great karma has resulted, which will have to be repaid. Just as individuals incarnate with a destiny, so do countries. That is why, as a whole, some countries suffer and others do not, why some countries are involved in great wars and others are not.

The Law of Karma applies as much to countries as it does to individuals, an therefore the effect of what a country does in one generation will be experienced by those who live in the next. For example, the present generation of Americans is having to pay the karma for the error of those who shipped many thousands of black slaves from the coast of Africa to America, who took them away from their true environment, from the country of their evolution, and placed them in a false and hostile environment.

Patriotism is Nationalism

Mentioned earlier was the fact that the one force which can seemingly unite people in time of war is the emotion known as patriotism. In war people are prepared to make great sacrifices for their country. They are, perhaps, not prepared to die for much else, but they will sacrifice their lives to preserve their country. Patriotism, like a diamond, has many facets, many aspects. I am not going to say that patriotism is an undesirable emotion, although one can point to many examples where it has been abused and used to persuade people into sacrificing their lives in the name of their country.

It is interesting to note, though, that the people who sacrificed their lives usually believed in the cause for which they were fighting. They died, believing in their cause or their country, even though others standing outside the actual conflict could see the error in the actions of those countries who were fighting.

Excuse For Much Evil

Patriotism, sometimes called Nationalism, has often been used as an excuse for much evil. When a country sets out to conquer another country, to enlarge its empire, to gain new possessions, the emotion of patriotism is often generated. You can kill for your country, you are told, because your country demands it. It is not your responsibility. You are only doing what is expected of you. You are fighting for your country.

Likewise, when a country is being attacked, the men and women of that country, who normally would not fight or kill anyone, unite together and are prepared to kill to defend it. They can now justify what, before, they would never have considered or approved of. Moreover, the few people who say they are not prepared to fight, the people whom you call conscientious objectors, people who are not prepared to kill, are despised and held up as objects of ridicule and, indeed, are usually imprisoned.

Level of Soul-evolution

You will judge patriotism according to the level of your soul-evolution. If you are truly an evolved soul and recognize the Earth as a whole and all the peoples on it as one, then you will not be influenced by that emotion. You will not be influenced by lower feelings of patriotism and nationalism, especially when they are used as a means of comparing one race with another, of placing one country above another, of dividing people, of creating hatred and distrust between them.

You will view the emotion of patriotism according to your level of consciousness. If you cannot identify with the Earth as a whole, with your Creator and with the Higher Beings who influence this Earth, then you will of course try to identify with your country. You will say that you are English, French, or American etc., and that will give you a feeling of security, of belonging. Yet, even within a country, you can still have people who regard themselves as not belonging to that country but only to a small part of it. They will say that they come from Wales or Scotland, from the Northern or the Southern States of America, from the East or the West coast. They will think of themselves as belonging only to the smaller unit and will not recognize the whole. You can also have people who regard themselves as belonging only to a city. You can even find people who will not identify beyond their own family.

The Greater Whole

So you see how important it is that, whilst recognizing the significance of the individuality of each and every being, you should also recognize that together you form a greater whole. Every one of you should look at what you consider to be the whole and then take one step further beyond that, for as you evolve you will realize that your concept of the whole is limited. As you advance so you will begin to think not of your town, of your state, of your country, of your race, but of your Earth, and when you think of your Earth then you will begin to think of the Solar System and of your Creator, and of Solar Systems beyond it.

Realize that World Government actually exists within your Solar Body. The other members of the Solar Body practise World Government. Because Humanity on the Earth has not yet evolved to the required state of consciousness it will not, and cannot, participate in such a government. Humanity is still struggling to identify as a one, to realize that it is a one. When that day comes when the Earth as a whole unites in one harmonious vibration and takes its seat in the Chamber of Representatives of the Solar Body, then it will be fulfilling the purpose which its Creator intended and will be displaying the power of its true vibration : Universal Love.