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Schizophrenia, Bi-polarity, and the path of Human
Evolution
The Dawn of a Spiritual Awakening
Dale G. Cox
Let me introduce you to
the world of spiritual
science.
Before we get deep into our topic for today, lets take a moment to look
at the nature of Material Science in the effort to better define the
term "Spiritual Science". Simply put, the basis of material
science is any medium we have created a machine to measure. Thus,
the field of material science is flawed. Before the microscope
was invented in 1590 by Zacharias Janssen and his father in Holland,
cells did not exist. Before Isaac Newton observed an apple
falling from a tree as phenomena around 1665, gravity did not
exist. In 1803, the British scientist John Dalton improved upon
Democritus' idea of Atomos and developed the first 'atomic'
theory. This theory stated that all matter was composed of tiny
particles called atoms. Prior to Dalton's "discovery", atoms did
not exist, even though Democritus thought they did 2200 years before,
and Dalton merely explored the idea. This has been the progress
of material science. Decrying the wisdom of the past merely for
its lack of "proof". If science can't prove it mechanically,
it doesn't exist. Every time we made a great discovery in
measurement, we discovered our theories about the universe were
wrong. Material science simply adjusted accordingly, and it again
reined supreme as the definer of knowledge. Prior to at least
1200AD, practically every religion on the planet, including
Christianity, believed without a shadow of a doubt that our material
world was based upon a world of spirit that reined supreme. Today
humanity has been metaphorically, "lost in the wilderness", blinded to
the true nature of our reality. Spiritual Science is the
scientific study of the phenomena our machines cannot yet
measure. The study of the human spirit, and its origins in a
divine world of spirit.
As
a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear
headed
science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my
research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter
originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the
particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar
system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the
existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix
of all matter.
Max
Planck, The
Nature
of Matter, speech at Florence, Italy, 1944
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The key limitation we
must note in regard to
material science
is that it can only measure outward expression. Monitoring the
chemical changes in the body is watching the outward expression, not
the inward. The inward expression is what stimulates the glands
to create chemical reactions in the body that material science can then
observe. What effects the inward expression that causes it to
affect the glands, to create a reaction or expression that material
science can then observe, is not observable by material science.
Material science cannot yet measure or observe the dimension of
feeling,
emotion, or spirit that sends reactions into the body that become
visible in a person's expression. This is the realm the bipolar
individual navigates without the aid of material science.
Material man does not experience the spiritual and emotional world
outside of his own inner dialog. To all intensive purposes he
lives in a
box. He believes his expressions are reactions to stimuli he
receives from the external world. He does not experience what is
internal in others, or what part of his feelings are actual reactions
to the invisible thoughts and feelings of others. Bipolar
syndrome is a reaction to stimuli received from this invisible,
spiritual and emotional world. This simple difference in
perspectives between the material person and the bipolar individual is
one source of the disorientation the bipolar individual feels, living
in a world where most of those around him are blind to the world he/she
experiences. The simple concept of experiencing the material
world from a deeper spiritual and emotional perspective is enough to
drive an unprepared individual insane. Being exposed to the world
of spirit in this way, adds an incredible amount of depth to the
experience of the soul within a bipolar individual. The
unprepared soul must become accustomed to this different perspective of
social interaction. This, modern science cannot understand,
because it cannot measure the internal bipolar experience with an
external machine, at least not yet. All the medications material
science develops to "cure" bipolar syndrome are designed to deal with
the outer symptoms, not the inner cause. Thus, I encourage the
bi-polar individual to seek a different path to understanding where
he/she is, the path of Spirit.
Modern science has made
great strides in
understanding how the
physical human functions. It just doesn’t seem to understand why.
Because modern science cannot "measure" the spiritual human, it is
reluctant to admit the spiritual human exists. This is the great
failing of science/medicine in our time. The spiritual human is
the why in what the human body does. Thus, all of modern
science's postulations about what we are only embrace the
observable. This limited perspective greatly affects the success
of modern medicine. It is also an issue with modern
psychiatry. It is limited to trying to glean internal human
structure from external observation, when it is quite easy to mask
internal structure with external expression. This concept is the
nature of the lie. It is because materialism degenerates our
human experience, that we think our lies, our inner expression, are
invisible. Lying has now become a stable concept within the
context of our human nature. We build the structure of our
personality "masks" based on our ability to perfect the external lie in
self-defense. We only tell the truth within ourselves where we
think no one else can see. But sometimes even there, we fall for
our own lies, and we develop the habit of lying to ourselves, hence
denial. This is a source of frustration for the bipolar
individual, having to live with the lies he or she cannot get their
loved ones to face. The bipolar sees a world of lies, and a host
of liars saying it isn't so. To make matters worse, the liars
want to "fix" the bipolar individual so he/she can't see their lies any
more. So the materialists can go on feeling comfortable their
lies are hidden. Until modern science can observe the world of
spirit, it will never truly understand humanity and our path.
A Human Being is formed
from the world of spirit
into the world
of form. Thus, what we are exists as energy first, then that energy
interpenetrates matter and creates our physical form from the molecular
level up. To observe the marvel of human life, one only need
study the phenomena of human conception and birth. Science thinks
the human body forms itself, and the human spirit enters sometime
later. When in reality, the spirit is the author of the form and
steers its design from molecular conception. The human is a
multidimensional being capable of much more than we can perceive at
this point. The mental limitation of the materialistic
perspective often prevents us from realizing we're in a constant state
of evolution. The human body reproduces practically every cell
within it every seven years. The body is in a constant state of
molecular activity. Human consciousness only really recognizes
the passing of time from the reference of the material world. We
watch our bodies change and grow old. Otherwise our perspective
feels as if it has always been where it is, and what it is. The
physical body is
a locality of phenomena for its spiritual occupant, but we are not the
body. What you experience as life is a direct result of our
expression towards the universe. In other words, the karma of our
actions. As a human being you are directly involved in a
journey of evolution, going through incarnation after
incarnation. Thoughts are
not limited to the physical brain. Feelings and the expression of
spirit, extend beyond the boundaries of the physical body, sometimes
without limit. The human organism creates karma in three
ways. Through thoughts, feelings and actions. This plane
where our energies intermingle has been
referred to metaphorically, as "a sea of emotion". It is in
this turbid sea that the bipolar individual swims, sometimes without
knowing, often as if in a
storm.
The fact that the full
realization of the
individual is
impossible with physical science exposes the fully ineffectual nature
of modern science and psychiatry in relation to bipolar syndrome.
The science of Psychiatry seeks to define the very inclinations of
human behavior by observing the individual in relation to the life
history the individual has accumulated from current birth up to the
current moment. Not taking into consideration that past life
experiences and karma create a pre-existing psycho-social disposition
within the individual at birth. Karmic circumstances that have
brought not only the individual, but almost everyone he/she knows into
the field of that individual's life for the purpose of individual
evolution. Lately, material science has taken to reducing our
human experience to the simple chemical interactions in our body.
Thus, trying to promote the illusion the the human being is nothing
more than a biological robot that can always be chemically
repaired. This perspective eliminates at least 70% of the basis
for any given human experience. It effectively eliminates any
notion of
predisposition in the origination of a soul. Presuming every soul
to be a clean slate from birth, and relegating psychiatry to nothing
more than human auto mechanics. It is clearly observable from
life
that every individual will react differently to any given
situation. If this is so, how can one speculate as to what the
reaction or inclination of any given individual would be in any given
situation? The reaction would be exclusively based on the field
of experience that soul had encountered throughout the entirety of its
many incarnations on the planet earth. Thus, every reaction to
every external stimulus would be different to the power of seven
billion, the estimated number of people on the planet at this
particular point in time. How can modern Psychiatry presume to
imagine specific criteria with which to classify the behavioral
reaction of seven billion "different" people? Psychiatry is
usually
ineffectual in stopping relational violence before it happens.
Because the motive within the individual is invisible to materialism
until it manifests as an external action. The bipolar individual
sees the truth of human depravity in the motives that emanate from
people on a constant basis. Materially, most of us seek to mask
the, sometimes, unbridled fear and/or wrath we feel on a daily
basis. One day we will all stand naked before each other and this
will no longer be necessary. But the process of coming to terms with
our individual truths will be interesting. Today, only the
bipolar individual
gets the rare privilege of encountering this truth. This
realization will eventually come crashing in upon every human being
alive. Today, the bipolar individual is the evidence of a
continuing human evolutionary process. If we all truly understood
the implications of that concept, it might change the world we live
in. Some people don't want that realization to occur.
Wading into a sea of sympathy's and antipathies.
Let us begin with some
clarification of
terminology. The
term"bipolar" is simply the clinical description bestowed upon this
seeming affliction, by material science. In all actuality, the proper
term should be "initiate". This is a term used in the esoteric circles
to describe an individual who has crossed the "threshold" of
realization to behold the world of spirit. In almost all of our ancient
spiritual streams, there have been rituals designed specifically to
take an individual across this threshold of realization. From ancient
shamanic rituals involving herbs and mushrooms, to the more modern
temple rituals in Egypt. Individuals seeking firsthand knowledge of the
spiritual world have engaged these rituals, to experience in some form,
the inner nature of the spirit world that surrounds us. Thus, the
term "bipolar" really is a modern degeneration. The proper term
for these individuals should be "initiate".
Today's modern
Initiate is on the front edge of a
cresting
wave of human evolution. To see the truth of the human souls that
surround us is both painful and enlightening. Behind our masks of
materialism, we indulge ourselves in flagrant emotional debauchery,
vanity and petty egotism. Our selfish natures rear large in the
seemingly hidden world of our imaginations. But this is the real
world of spirit, and we are naked before god. No masks! The
expression of your heart is the most profound contribution any
individual makes to the Universe. Our buildings will crumble in
time, but the tone of our hearts sends a far-reaching signal into the
universe, and it hears. That signal is then reflected back at us
and we experience it as karma. The modern initiate is exposed
to the naked truth of the human heart. In this respect the human
being is still a wild animal. The barbarity of our hearts is the
invisible inclination for all manner of violence in the world. We
smile externally and hate internally. Say we love, but lash out
with the violence of rejection. As humans, we are an enigma unto
ourselves. But in arrogance we proclaim that we are certain we
know who
we are. We are the false gods we worship, and we fill the world
with our iconography. The modern initiate exists in this world
of our emotional largess. The
fear, pain, rejection, anger, that we feel is broadcast into the
energetic space that exists between us. It fills the
"sea"
with storm. The modern initiate has no filter for
this
environment. We see what is most heinous in humanity and we are
terrified. We see what is so divinely beautiful and innocent, and
it brings
tears to our eyes. The raw extremes of this reality weigh heavily
upon
the heart. The distance between these two extremes is
enough to strain our emotional resolve.
In reality, humanity is
what I would call a unified
field. We are all connected. Like in a small pond, you
can't piss in one side of the pond and expect to drink fresh water from
the other side. It should also be noted that we exist in what I
would call a cause and effect universe. Meaning for every action,
there is a reaction. Not necessarily an opposite reaction.
As regards the human aspect of this dynamic, I'd say more of a
reflective reaction. If you promote hate into the field, you will
eventually meet that hate. If you promote love into the field,
you will eventually meet that love. In anger and fear our light
is distorted, corrupted, and cold. In love and patience our light
is
warm and embracing. In our intimate relationships we are drawn
and
addicted to the warm light we see radiating towards us from
"other". Thats because this warmth is our desired
environment. We
are naturally drawn to the warmth, to the extent that we become
violent when rejected by it. Not necessarily in a physical way
initially,
but in an emotional way against ourselves. Later, when we can no
longer sustain the pain, it can become physical violence.
Responding
defensively, we fear the
loss of the warmth, we don't want it to move away from us. We may
forcefully seek to control it, only succeeding in crushing it and
turning a part of someone else dark. To look at a flower is to
allow
its beauty to exist in freedom. To pick a flower is to possess it
selfishly for only a moment, killing it in the process. We covet
the
warmth, and seek to draw it within ourselves, to fill a void made empty
by our own imaginations. In the name of our broken heart, we
wreck such horrid
violence upon each other.
Love can only be given, it cannot be taken. We are a society of
surface
platitudes, and subsurface strife. This is the world the modern
initiate exists in.
Historically speaking,
this is not an entirely new
environment
for us. At the end of the Atlantian epoch, we all experienced a
natural clairvoyance. As we descended deeper into materialism
this ability faded. In the early cultures of our current
civilizational epoch, the physical world was to us more dreamlike, the
spiritual world more real. We witness this today when we are in
the presence of a newborn child. We spend most of our first few
months
sleeping, as our consciousness transitions its focus from the spiritual
world to the material world. We are drawn into the material
world by our repeated exposure to it. But, initially, it must
appear to us as dream. As it appeared to us many thousands of
years ago. Back then we saw the spiritual world and interacted
with it. What we prefer to view today as Mythology, was indeed
reality. We saw spirits in the wind, spirits in the trees, and a
host of other spirits moving about in the world around us. The
deeper we fell into materialism, the more this "sight" faded from us,
until eventually we could no longer see the spirit world. That
doesn't mean that world ceased to exist, no, it has continued to
exist. Now our consciousness is beginning to see that world
again, just not in the same way we did before. We are several
thousand years older now. As a species we have changed, and we
are in the process of undergoing yet another major change.
Many modern initiates do
not know they have crossed
the
threshold until it just
gets to be too much. This point is different for everyone, and
occurs
at different points in life. For most modern initiates the
potential is a karmic predisposition, not a chemical imbalance.
The
downside to this is that most modern initiates have gone through a long
process of internal conflict.
Trying to
sort out the wide variety of feelings they experience as their own,
before coming to this realization. We
seek to understand why "we" feel the way we do, because we think
everyone is just like us and has gone through the same process of self
realization. We initially don't understand that everyone else
isn't
like us, isn't going through this, or that we are experiencing everyone
else's
emotions. We take this heavy burden upon ourselves and try to
rationalize why we think so poorly of those closest to us. Having
our boundary's unknowingly compromised
makes it
very difficult for us to determine just who "we" are, in the crowd of
emotions flowing through us. In the case of the Schizophrenic,
those boundaries are completely overwhelmed. To the extent that the
schizophrenic can no longer focus on their day to day life, as they
become an intersection for a variety of entities both physical and
corporeal. We must find the space to get away
from the
crowded "sea" out into stiller waters, to come to a safe understanding
of who "we" are. Good supportive friends are usually helpful to
this
process. They can give us a "truthful" place to be. There
is
also a variety of meditations that will help us clear our space of all
the
extraneous emotions. There we
must learn to
reinforce our sense of self, so that we can
navigate the waters without losing ourselves in it.
The modern initiate can
experience emotions much
the same way
other
people
experience rain or a sharp wind. We must become accustomed to
this new
environment. In time, everyone will follow this path,
we will set the way. We are the first wave of humanity to come to
the
harsh realization that evil does exist in the human heart. We are
the
first generation to cross the "new threshold" in a non initiatory
way. As human beings we
are
one of the more dynamic expressions in the universe. A whole host
of
spiritual beings surround us on a daily basis. They seek to
influence
us because they live through us, but they cannot be us. Even
people
who have not crossed the threshold, are influenced by these very same
spirits every
day, and don't know the difference. Thus, being an initiate
doesn't make
you any more susceptible to the influence of these spirits, now you
just get to understand that they are there. It should be noted
that
while this seems like a novel experience. It can give the modern
initiate a false sense of power, as not all of the "spirits" you may
come in contact with will have your best interest at heart.
Indeed,
quite the contrary, many of those spirits will only seek to use you, to
your detriment. Resisting there influence merely
means coming to
terms with who you are, and understanding that their presence doesn't
change the rules. You are still responsible for your life and you
will
always either suffer or benefit from the consequences of your
actions.
Having a firm set of morals and values
helps in this process. You all know the drugs do not help.
The drugs
may numb the body, but they only frustrate the soul. We cannot
hide
from this. I know how painful it is. Just remember, your
karmic predisposition is not an accident. This will not get
easier, but
we will get better at dealing with it. Seek to flee the storm and
it
will blow you along with it. Turn and face it and you will get
stronger
in your resolve, and you will move through the storm quicker.
Understandably, every
modern initiate will
experience this
in a way unique to their soul's experience, and their specific social
environment. This will be sort of easy for some and difficult for
others. The world beyond the range of the physical senses is
active and engaging, and may present itself in a myriad of forms.
Our
journey is through the heart to a higher degree of love. The safe
path through this experience is through forbearance and compassion for
those we experience on a daily basis. Being critical of the lies
we see around us will only make us cynical and add to our
isolation. Being critical of the lies will only draw conflict to
us. The rest of humanity is sleeping, soon they
will awake, and we will be there. We already are, we just need to
come
to terms with that and accept what we are. You are not alone,
though
often it may feel like it. It is my hope this essay will add an
alternative understanding to the experience many of us are
having. In future writings I will attempt to illuminate the path
we tread. How you approach it must be your choice. I don't
presume to offer an alternative to any existing therapies, just the
choice of knowledge. Knowledge that doesn't seem to be currently
available from material science. This is not a disease, it is a
blessing and a revelation. The revelation that we really aren't
just
clever monkeys. We are spiritual beings on a journey of
evolution. A
journey that traverses incarnation after incarnation across time.
We
do not end in darkness. On the contrary, we continue on into the
light. There is a real and magnificent purpose to our
existence. For
you this realization has just begun. Just remember to breath.
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