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Lesson 19: Reincarnation and Other things

Okay, in this lesson I will be covering three topics. The first is going to be Reincarnation and how it interacts with OOBE, the second will deal with "shared projections" and the last will be a short essay on Shields and Wards (to go with last lesson's topic of Astral Combat.)

So, Reincarnation and OOBE.

Here we go off into subjective areas again. Bear with me.

Remember back several lessons ago when I was talking about how with the perspective of the Gods, we can see more of the future and the past than we have experienced? Well, that perspective is on the Astral Plane.

Many occultists and projectors have theorized that there is no time or space, that those concepts are only projections of our mind to allow us to function in this world. Quantum physics (from my understanding) has proven basically the same thing to a point. However, on the Astral Plane you already know that time/space does not exist.

With that, it becomes really easy to discover that there is more to time that one thought.

Here's another analogy I use all the time to explain how time does not exist. If one thinks of all time as being recorded on a tapestry, with the far upper left hand of it representing the "Big bang" when time started, and the bottom right hand corner being the point where time ceases, then you have the perspective to see how things interact with each other.

Now, granted, we are but a small dot on that tapestry, but assume that it is capable of infinite resolution until you are alive and interacting in a time/space continuum.

Standing back from the tapestry, you can see the entire saga of time as it is recorded in the tapestry. You can see the patterns the threads make, you can see the images contained in that tapestry, and you can see how THIS section of the tapestry relates, compliments and supports THAT section of the tapestry, even if they are removed from each other by several feet.

Upon approaching closer, and looking at an Eon rather than the entire picture, you start seeing details. The Rise of man, the subtle colors and weave patterns that were not apparent when you were back a way from the tapestry. Coming closer still, you start seeing small patches and threads of the tapestry, and eventually you see only one thread, with all the fibers sticking up, the small discolored stain on the thread, the place where it is worn away, but you don't see the overall pattern any longer. You can no longer see how this thread is important in the overall picture, nor how it affects the tapestry as a whole.

Coming to life here is like moving in and seeing only one thread. You have a very narrow perspective of the overall work, and you become concerned only with that small section of the tapestry. In fact, it is entirely possible that you loose the sense of being in a tapestry at all, since all that you see and perceive is other threads, weaving in and out of each other, with no sense of order or pattern. If you are very lucky, you can see some general patterns that are repeated (this thread goes up and over this one, then dives beneath that one, then over the other thread and under the next thread and so on) but that's about it.

When you are on the Astral Plane, you gain the perspective to see much more of the tapestry. You may not be able to see ALL of it, but you can definitely see more than just the little corner that you are on.

How does this relate? Well, you can start by seeing that if time/space is just a function of our mind, then there is no past or future, all times are now. There are no past lives, no future lives, only lives you are living now. And since space is contingent on time, all places are HERE. So by just being able to see into the Astral Plane, you can meet and talk to yourself from any incarnation you choose to. You can be in any location and any time you wish, to interact or to just observe.

Really advanced shit, huh?

Now, one of the things that was discussed in past is death and what happens next. I gave some of my theories and I will go over them again here, for the benefit of those who didn't have a mailing list to send questions in on. LOL

The original question was "what is the 'real outcome in the end" once we die.

My answer:

I believe (and have checked this through those who have died and I spoke to after ALL their incarnations died as well) that once we are dead that all the lives recombine into one.

As you know, the spirit and soul is what leaves the physical body upon death. The soul recombines into one soul, rather than staying in 100,000,000,000,000,000 pieces. But the Spirit does stay in as many pieces as were left when all the bodies died.

Here's what I think happens next. All those spirits are put into a "data bank" that the soul can access at any point, with each spirit being separate and unique. I liken it to having a hard drive and putting 100,000,000,000,000,000 one kilobyte files on that drive. Pretty quickly it fills up and you keep putting more files in to that drive. Each file is unique, even though they may look the same. However, I can access those files at any time I need to. It's just a matter of finding the right file.

After a while, I decide to index those files. In that indexing, I find that 44% of those files have the line "Was born in California". 22% of those files have "was male" 77% of those files say "married with one child" and so on. The point here is that the majority of the "lifetimes" led by those versions of me have a child, a majority of them are female and a majority of those lifetimes were started in someplace other than California.

It's that average which determines which lifetime "wins" as the predominant lifetime. When accessing past lives, you get the lifetime that has ALL those majority components and that is what is examined. It is possible to examine some of the unlikely lifetimes, where something really odd happened, but the majority lifetime (henceforth called the default) is what is normally looked at.

That default life is also the one that determines if you learned the necessary lessons that you chose for yourself. Think about it, if you have 50.1% of the lifetimes that you led learning to be patient, that is a majority of sorts. You can choose to learn that lesson again if you want until that percentage is somewhere around 75 or so, but that's enough. That lesson has affected the soul to the degree that it does not need to learn that lesson again, because in those 100,000,000,000,000,000 lifetimes, 50.1% of the soul you now have from all of them rejoining know how to be patient.

Understand?

Which brought up the question of how those lifetimes are rejoined once they are dead. Whether or not it's all at once, or one at a time as bodies die from might-have-beens.

To which I say, pick one. If there is no time, then the rejoining of those souls and spirits into one again happens instantaneously upon death. In fact, looked at that way, our lifetimes here are nothing more than the blinking of our eye. We could, even be going through this lifetime chronologically, in which a certain nexus is reached in one lifetime, and a choice is made, and upon death we decide to "rewind" this life till we get to that nexus and we decide to explore a different path. And THAT is what creates the might-have-beens. Or so one could surmise.

If, however, they are joined together upon death (and assuming that each lifetime ends at a separate time) then I would assume that they collectively wait until they are ALL dead before contemplating what they did and didn't learn. At which point they can go back to any point on the tapestry and enter a new life, perhaps even one close to this lifetime (one or two threads to the right...)

So, no matter how you look at it, they DO rejoin, there IS a period of contemplation, and there is a decision to come back to a physical plane to life another life or to stay on the Astral plane and guide others.

Which, naturally begs the question, does the lifetime in question have to be here on THIS planet? No it does not. We humans assume that since we are the only intelligent species that we know of, that we are the only one. However, I think that there are multiple planets out there with intelligent life and at least vegetable and animal life on them. We could conceivably learn just as much about being a piece of seaweed on Alpha Centauri as we could from being a piece of seaweed here on Earth. And that's not all.

Each might have been also has a history and a tapestry, along with it's own inhabitants. Upon death, I could decide to live a lifetime as a female dominatrix in a world where that behavior is normal and my services are highly sought after, while taking care of the president of the American Republic (encompassing the North and South American continents) and so on. But that is a world that could be a might have been, or completely created by me to teach me the lessons I need to learn. And, ultimately, does it matter? I get the lifetime I need to learn what I need to learn, no one is harmed or killed in the making of this "movie" and there is no foul.

But, this is also my own belief. Your mileage may vary.

One of the things that needs to be thrown out rather quickly, is the belief in a time/space. Once you die, there is no more time nor is there space. So, you can literally go to any time you choose and any place you decide. You can live there and interact with the people, or you can choose to be aware of only that existence.

Some choose to move through the worlds and retain knowledge of their previous existence and retain knowledge of the overall tapestry. Some choose to only know the little thread they are on and forget everything else. Here, on this planet in this physical form, we have forgotten that tapestry and know only this existence. However, with AP and all that I have been showing you all, it is possible to get a wider perspective of the tapestry than just our little section.

Okay, having blown you all away with this, I'm going to talk a bit about shared projections.

Is it possible for two people to share one projection? Is it possible for two people to be witness to the same accident? Yes, it is possible, but once again your own perceptions will come into play and change it somewhat.

I know of some people who are supposed to be able to awaken AP abilities in others by pulling them out of their body while they themselves are in an astral state. They lift the soul of the person up to their level, and start showing them the wonders of the Astral Plane. It can be done, and I have done it once with another. However, while many things for both will be similar, this is only effective for those who are doing a full body projection rather than a remote viewing.

I don't know much about it, but since both people are in a state that is exactly the same, their perceptions will be similar. In my experience, it is possible for this to be done, but while I have done it on one occasion, I don't know enough about this subject to be able to do more than point out a few things.

First is the problem of remembering the projection. It does no good to wake someone on the Astral Plane and have an entire adventure with them if they can't remember it once they awake in their bed. DeGarcia had several instances of this, if you recall his work.

Second is the problem of physical location. If you know where this person is in this reality, you have a better chance of being able to pull them out of their body. However, there is the problem of "setting up" a time and place to meet, and in my experience that just doesn't work too often.

And that is my collective wisdom on this subject. ;-)

Shields and Wards
(Previously published on an email group called Astral and Beyond)

One of the first things that needs to be assumed when dealing with these protections is that they are real. If you assume that they are simply a projection of your imagination, you may as well stop now. No matter the tradition you are trained in, ALL of them have some variant of protection as part of it's structure. Some examples of this are:

• Wiccans "Casting a Circle"
• Christians "Dedication and Sanctification"
• Native ceremonies of blessing and consecration of the Drum Circle
• Prayers for protection

and so on. Most of these seem to be prayers, very few traditions and religions go so far as to make this a magickal rite in and of itself.

However, when dealing with the Astral World, one must assume that because you are able to interact with that world, that there are things that need to be protected against. Some of them are nuisances, some are curious, and some are truly dangerous. Also you must keep in mind that just as you can protect an area for yourself, so can others. So, if you encounter a wall on the Astral Plane that you cannot get past, leave it alone.

Regardless of the type of protection that is needed, there are a few steps that are similar. First is the preparation; getting yourself into a meditative or ecstatic mindset in which your consciousness is altered enough to allow you to see on the Astral Plane without leaving your body. Second is the visualization of what you want to do. Third is usually the actual construction of the protections (generally with the medium of a god-like being helping or doing it themselves). Last is the assumption that the protections are working and forgetting about them.

The preparation phase is probably the easiest to actually do, since it's the same state that you go into each night before you fall into true sleep. It's a self-hypnotic state in which you can see into the Astral Plane, see the things that you wish to protect against, sense them or what have you. It's a lowering of the mental barriers the most of us have in place on a day to day basis that allow us to function in only THIS plane. Once they are lowered and you are calm and centered, step two can be started.

This is where you decide just what you need. Do you shield yourself or Ward the House you are in? A shield is mobile and will travel with you, and consequently is easier to construct, but a Ward will protect anyone in the home with you. However, to counteract that advantage, anyone on the inside of the wards will be able to invite other beings across.

Understand, a Shield or Ward acts exactly like a force field on the Astral Plane. It will repel and prevent things on the Astral Plane from crossing it's boundaries so long as it is in existence. In addition, anything that exists on the Astral plane inside those protections will be unable to cross those protections to get out, so it could be effective in trapping a spirit that you wish to be contained.

Generally, the mental visualization that many use is a sphere or egg of light, surrounding and encasing whatever it is they want to protect. That sphere is sometimes shrunk down to the surface of whatever is being protected, but not always. In this case, your aura is almost exactly like a shield, the only difference being that the aura itself is completely unconscious protection, and a shield is under conscious control.

A shield or ward can also protect from things like magick and psychic abilities as well. If, for example, you are one of those who feel other people's emotions all the time (also referred to as an Empathy), a shield can keep those emotions out of your perception and allow you to regain a good deal of mental stability.

Many meditations, self-hypnotic tapes and guided meditations take you through this step without you being aware of it. If you have ever listened to any of these, do you remember the part where the person speaking was talking about how your body was relaxed and the light was all around you? That is the set of suggestions that enable you to construct a simple shield around yourself. It usually doesn't last beyond the end of that session, but it still protects you to an extent while you are in this trance.

Now, having determined the type of protection you need, how do you go about creating it?

Most shields and Wards are created entirely with the visualization of the mind. Most times, the caster creates the structure of the protection in his imagination, feeds energy into it from themselves, and releases it to settle around whatever is to be protected. It can be as simple as feeling as though you are wrapping yourself into a thicker and thicker blanket, to standing under a waterfall, to building a brick wall around you, to seeing a crystalline faceted geodesic sphere around your house. It all depends upon your skill in visualizing what you want it to look like.

Normally many people have a good idea what they want to keep out with this kind of ritual, be it intangibles such as thought and emotion, to magickal energies that could be directed at them, to astral beings that are not specifically invited into the wards, to everything. You need to keep this in mind as you construct these wards and shields.

I'll share with you MY shielding/warding spell and tell you about my permanent wards on my house, just to give you an idea. However, this is not all inclusive and there will be links to other articles dealing with this same subject at the end of this essay.

Daven's Wards and Shields

I have two different kinds of shields, really. I have the wards on my home, which I take a part of when I leave it, and then there is the shields that I put up in case I need to do something psychic away from home. I'll tell you about the second kind first.

When I start (we will assume this is a magickal rite, or a spell that I'm casting), the first thing I do is define the area I wish to protect. If it is only myself, as opposed to a Circle in which I invoke the Gods and so on, then all I do is simply see a ball of light deep inside my chest, inside my heart. I see that ball as being perfectly solid, bright and full of energy. I grow that ball larger and larger, until it is solid and filling my chest area. Now, this does take energy. I then tell that ball of light that it will be come a shield around me to keep out ____________________. Because I'm the one creating this, I make sure that the energy understands me and that I have convinced it that it will become a shield. Then I continue to expand that ball, while a hollow place in the center of that ball forms. As the sphere continues to expand, the walls get thinner and everything that is negative in my is driven out in front of those expanding walls of light.

Eventually, I finish expanding it around me. Now I'm in the center of that sphere of light, with it surrounding me and taking it's energy directly from me and my life-force. Usually at this point, I shrink the sphere down so that it is right next to my skin, once again surrounding me and continuing to glow brightly. I dim the intensity of the glow down so that it is not so bright, and thin the walls of that shield until I can sense the things I need to outside of the shield.

That's it. End of the fireworks.

The process is similar for a Ward, and my first ones were exactly the same, save that I kept expanding the shield until it surrounded my house, then shrunk it down to the walls of the house I was in, and then I hooked the electrical power in the walls into the shields so that the ward would be powered by the electricity itself, rather than from me.

Here are links to some other wards and shields I know of:

http://davensjournal.com/TTRoW.xhtml  
Wards  and Guards    
Questions and answers about shielding 
Protecting Yourself
A Simple Warding 
Two Protective Rituals 
http://pagan-home.com/bos/shield.htm  
http://www.tryskelion.com/banishing.htm  
http://www.tryskelion.com/cast_circle.htm  
http://www.tryskelion.com/mirror_shield.htm  
http://www.tryskelion.com/protcone.htm  
http://www.tryskelion.com/spell18.htm 

just to name a few. ;-)

Most often, wards and shields are nothing more than creative visualization, although there are enough times that someone takes it to an extreme and makes a whole rite out of it.

Please note a few things:

1. These do not necessarily get rid of something that is already there, it will only protect from new outside influences 
2. This does not sanctify an area, that is a whole 'nother rite. 
3. People inside the wards (as opposed to the shields) will be able to invite other beings inside, without your consent, unless you take steps to make sure that you are the only one with the authority to invite them in (adding a structure to the ward). 
4. These need power continuously. Most commonly a shield is directly linked into the spine and powered from your energies. A ward is usually powered by an outside source, such as the elements or electricity. 
5. As the creator of them, YOU will know if someone breaches them without consent, but you will have to figure out what that "feels" like.

And finally, a caution. Once cast, you can get rid of the wards or shields by simply believing them not there. So, if you have the occasion to remember your shield or ward, know that they are still there, still protecting you, or you will have to go through the entire rigmarole again.

I'm adding the text of an email I got a while back from a mother who was being haunted by an astral entity, and had written me for help. She consequently wrote back and told me that it worked perfectly and she had no further problems.

Greetings!

Well, this is an interesting problem you have. I can only offer some suggestions, not a solution.

First off, you must understand that a shield like what you tried to erect around your house only keeps out new influences, it does not prevent those that are already there from continuing to occur.

Think of this like you would a building. The Shield or Ward is like the physical walls of this building, and locking the doors will keep out others, but not prevent everything from being stolen by those who are already inside.

You are going to have to cleanse your house. By that I mean you will need to vacuum the entire house, bottom to top, dust and clean everything in your house, including anyone who is living inside. If it helps, use an herbal bath designed for cleansing like you will find in some books or on the Internet under "aromatherapy".

Next, you will have to bless your house. First, raise a "temporary" shield around the house. Think of a force-field like from Star Trek completely enclosing your house, even through the ground. Next you will use that smudge you had to drive out the things in the house. "See" them, in your mind, being driven out of your house by the smoke of the smudge and through the force-field you put up. Go through every part of the house with this smudge, fanning the smoke into the corners and against the walls as well. Start from the center of the room and work your way outward.

Once that is done, turn the shield you have around your house into a permanent barrier. Simply "see" it shrinking down to the walls and roof and foundation of the house and settling there. See the electrical system feeding the energy to the shield to keep it erect and present. That's all you need to do.

This should keep out everything that you do not specifically invite into your home. Your Angels, Guardians, Guides, Teachers, what-have-you will not cross this barrier unless you tell them it's okay for them to be present. Everything else it will keep out.

If none of this works, find a metaphysical shop in the area and talk to them. They may be able to help you more than my email will be able to.

It also sounds like your salt melted. It can do that you know. It usually only happens to rock salt, but I have heard of it happening to table salt in high temperature. But doing this ritual the way I have written should make sure you are never bothered by whatever this is again.

Let me know how this comes out.

And that's all for now.

Take care everyone!

Assignment

Okay, It's time to get serious. Just about everything that I could cover in this class has been. SO,

I need you all to turn in :

1. Any questions or points of clarification you may need. I'll compile them into one document for lessons 21 and 22.
2. An evaluation of this class. I will be sharing this on lesson 20 along with reasons for the exercises I had you do. Include in there an evaluation of me as an instructor 
3. Anything else that I have not covered in previous lessons that you thinks needs to be covered in this class that you may have heard about from other sources. I have a mind like a steel trap when it comes to metaphysics, and I may be able to come up with answers to the questions you have, but I need to know what those are. As far as I know, I have exhausted every topic that I can think of that is part of AP and so on.

To Read: Go back and re-read the lessons starting from lesson 1. If you need to see the anwers that you or your fellows put up for one reason or another, I can supply them too. Only read to lesson 10 because that is what Lesson 21 is going to be about.

To think about: Tell me what kind of exam you want: Multiple choice/True-False answers or essay questions. The Exam will be open notes, although I will be bringing down the lesson site when we actually have it. If Multiple choice and True False, there will be about 100 to 200 questions on the test, and if an essay, there will be about 20 questions to answer (with a minimum word requirement of 50 words each). I can write either. 

 

Daven

 

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