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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Epics of Sumerian Kings. The Matter of Aratta

     "As to real time, as presented in the narratives, the three stories diverge. Obviously, the series of seven journeys undertaken by Enmerkar’s messenger in ELA, not to mention the caravan transporting Unug’s wheat to Aratta, must have taken some appreciable time, and the episode of manufacturing a scepter according to Aratta’s requirements is said to have taken a very long time—but this is debatable. In EE also one must reckon with some time for the bewitching of Unug’s cattle to take effect. On the other hand, both magic episodes happen very quickly; particularly the final one (i.e., the wizardry contest) is presented as being instantaneous, so that there is a marked distinction between real time and narrated time. Most interesting in this respect is the use of time in the Lugalbanda stories. The relation of the campaign starts off sedately and in strictly linear time, but then Lugalbanda’s tribulations, as revealed by a close reading of the text, take only three days (two nights) to elevate the hero from the deepest misery, indeed from the jaws of death, to the heights of his status as savior.  The practical effect of Lugalbanda’s exaltation to sainthood consists of impossible speed anyway: in a single day he travels from Aratta to Unug. Yet the situation of the army encircling Aratta specifically mentions that a long time has passed. Instead of regarding this as narrative clumsiness one might interpret the contradiction as pointing to an important difference between “natural” time and “supernatural” time. After all, the hero’s wanderings take place in a region that is not bound by the rules of physics. These regions may therefore be regarded as another kind of space also, and time seems to be relative to the kind of space one inhabits—and vice versa."  (Page 5)


The difference between 3rd dimensional and 4th dimensional space. Or, as the Cassiopaean's call it, Densities.
So, lately I've been experimenting with the different, how do you call it? You can't call it time, because I've found it is not the kind of time we here experience. There is a timelessness about it and things are constantly moving, changing, growing, expanding. It works with your own state of mind. When one is attuned to the 4th density, it is always on. So, my next step is to learn how to enter it even more, without disappearing from 3rd density. Of course, not the same as teleportation because it's not going from one physical place on 3rd density to another physical place on third density. It is more like hopping UP into another density, and experiencing both of them at the same time....like I was talking about in my other blog, about the space between rainbow colours. It may be a little space, or place, but in it, one can see both of them from this side to that side. One step at a time. I really like the fourth density. Nice place. All kinds of interesting beings there. So is this where the elementals and elements are at? I'll find out.


“There is significant modern literature as to its possible location; the consensus seems to be that it was a region somewhere in central Iran and had an important role in the lapis lazuli trade. Yet for the understanding of our stories this seems totally irrelevant. Aratta belongs to what Michalowski felicitously called mental geography and will never be found on any “real” map. It is known outside the cycle, but the relationship of the rare and stray mentions of Aratta, if any, to the cycle is limited to the use of the term to indicate anything that is proverbially rich or sumptuous—and unknown. The same consideration applies to the intervening wilderness: although the stories give some points of reference to actual places, these seem to be irrelevant to the story as such. “

Well so far, I've seen or heard, these beings that I already know about; lizard beings, big-foots, fairys, all kinds of shapeshifting demon like beings, with beautiful eyes, oh my goodness, you should see those eyes. Totally awesome. So much beauty over there, it's difficult to look! You have to have purity to go over there. It's like shedding the human skin, haha. What don Juan talked about. Same stuff. They were talking about a slit in the sky, or something like that. But really all it is, is a certain perspective, and once you have it, then you're over there. It's so cool! I love it! I just have to make sure that I'm anchored here, so I can check it out first. It's kinda 'heady' over there...like really light stuff...you know? Like ouch! Boy that human skin sure has a lot of density in it. Anyway, it's all good. Great learning ground.

It's like don Juan the sorcerer from the Carlos Castaneda books said. Once  you have found your true self, it is very delicate, vulnerable and shy of everything. So the thing would be to get used to things and strengthen up a bit. But I also found that, what you think, decides what appears in that world. So when you stay gentle and innocent, then you get to see it for what it is. When you insert any negative, then it (the scene) also changes to suit that aspect of thought. That's why they teach to "know thyself," and to have a good control over your mind, such as stilling it, focusing it. This is the best adventure I ever had. Haha. Picking up from where I left off at age 17. Now I have more knowledge of that place, so it's better. The Cassiopaean's say that you have to know someone on the other side before you can pop in and then pop out. I don't know about that stuff yet. I'll just have to get to know some of those beings. I especially like those Sasquatch beings. They're so awesome. Very pure. They have the coolest voices. I bet they would make awesome musicians. They're really nice beings.


Here is an excerpt from Zhuan Falun Volume II, by Li Hongzhi  It tells about the true self versus the false self.


"Buddha Nature
A notion, once formed, will control you for the duration of your life, influencing your thinking and even the full gamut of emotions, such as your happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy. It is formed postnatally. If this thing persists for some time, it will become part of a person’s thinking, melding into the brain of that person’s true self, at which point it will shape his temperament.

The notions that are developed will obstruct and control a person for the remainder of his life. A human notion is usually selfish—or worse—and thus generates thought karma which, in turn, controls the person. A human being is to be governed by his master soul (zhu yuan-shen). When your master soul becomes lax and is replaced by notions, you have unconditionally surrendered, and your life is now under their control.

The self that is you is the innate self, and it does not change. But a human being tends to easily form notions when perceiving things, and that notion is not you. If you can manage not to form any notions, when you look at something you will have the perception of your own kind, innate nature—the view of the true you—and look at the matter charitably. The more the true you comes to the fore, the higher your plane of thought is and the closer your thoughts are to being True, and thus the greater the extent to which your thoughts embody the realm of your innate, kind nature. The extremely, extremely microscopic particles that comprise the human body make up the nature of a human being, something that never changes. When the boundaries that confine a person’s thinking are removed, man’s kind disposition, temperament, character, and traits become readily apparent, and that is the true you.

The master soul will not change on account of the person having developed a notion. The master soul will not change its intrinsic qualities on account of the notion that the person developed. It can however be the case that, owing to various human notions and forms of karma, a person’s innate nature is buried, covered up, fully encased, and unable to shine through. But it will not change. That is because karma does not have matter as fine or as tiny as that in it. Karma is produced among ordinary human beings, so it is a substance of ordinary man. It’s not possible for that material to be so microcosmic, whereas when the life of a human being is created, extremely microcosmic substances are used. That is why karma cannot penetrate it. It is merely that the person’s original nature has been buried. One’s original nature has its own way of looking at things. If you can truly remove the notions formed after birth and recover the perception of your original nature, that will be where you came from, the earliest notion that you formed—that is, the notion you had at the place where you were first created. But it is very hard to vanquish thinking and notions acquired after birth, for that is what cultivation is all about.

The Fa has different manifestations at different levels. At a certain level, it has its manifestations at that level. If you are a being born at that level, your thinking is going to mirror the notions of the Fa at that level. When your true original nature returns, that will be the level at which you will grasp things, and that standard is you, yourself.

Karma doesn’t have the standard Zhen Shan Ren; it evaluates things according to the standard held at the time when notions were formed. It may turn a person into what ordinary people call a “cunning fellow” or “worldly” person. When this happens, it is a case of different forms of thought-karma acting up, produced as a person cultivates, and they will impede cultivation. If people were not impeded by karma, cultivation would be easy. Karma such as this was formed under specific circumstances and in the context of the moral standards of the past few years, so it evaluates things in light of those standards. If large amounts of this material are formed, the person will be under its sway for the rest of his life. When the notion that was developed thinks that something is good or bad, that person will think so as well and think that things should be done accordingly. But his real self no longer exists. His real self is completely encased and smothered by his unkind, acquired notions. He no longer has his own, true standard for telling good from bad.

A notion is formed inside the brain’s thoughts, and the thought karma generated by a notion is a cluster of karma that takes shape atop a person’s head. What about a kind thought (shan nian), then? Shakyamuni’s school has taught that the mere starting of a thought means karma. And in fact, what is referred to as a “kind thought” is seen to be otherwise if measured with a higher standard, or against the requirements of the higher standard of Zhen Shan Ren.

This means that an ordinary person who inhabits this world cannot find himself. And such a notion controls a person for not just one lifetime, but continually onward. Only when a change takes place will it be eliminated. Failing that, it will continue to exert control. When the notion gets progressively stronger, the person’s real self will truly cease to exist. It is now said that the karma is piled up layer after layer. And it has indeed reached that point. Just look at ordinary people. They know not what they spend their days on, nor for what they live!

People have different spiritual potentials (gen-ji) and powers of insight (wu-xing). That’s the idea. Some persons can come to realize these things, which means the person’s Buddha nature can be recovered, and there is still hope for him. Some persons cannot realize them, however, and that means that he is buried too deeply in acquired ways of thinking. There is no hope for him, in that case."

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So, in other words, if you read my words up top this, and you judged the Lizard or the Big Foot or the Demons to be something bad, then that is the false self because you were taught that stuff when you were growing up, and therefore attached feelings of fear or repulsion or anything of that sort to it, so you won't be able to see it for what it is when you look at it. In order to reach your true self you have to rid yourself of all that you were taught, like don Juan said, you have to discard the "human" before you can reach the higher self. So we're basically stuck in this human way of perceiving, and that keeps us situated on 3rd level, and prevents us from going up into the other higher levels, such as 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. Therefore, it's a really good exercise to meditate every day on who you really are, versus all that unnecessary stuff you picked up while in this 3rd density.

I have noticed that there is an edginess to this human way of being, which obviously was instilled by the reacting to all kinds of competition, rude criticism, the unthinking ways of others who just dump their garbage on each other, so you develop these self-protective coatings and then you generally lose touch with what your true self is, under all those defensive coatings. When you find your true self, you recognize all this to be a stranger to your self. It seems to be that it's all programmed into your physical structure and  you can look at it going on in your body, in the thoughts of your mind. That is when you must begin to remove all those things. That is what Li Honzhi means when he says "cultivating." So when I noticed this angry like attitude when I lay down, I wondered where the heck was that coming from. That is when I realized I had allowed that to be programmed in me in order to deal with the surrounding humanity who were just the same. But to get out of this 3rd density, one must recognize all that as refuse, and begin to remove it. Just like Carlos Castaneda was told to "recapitulate." Same as "cultivating." So there are many ways of doing things, not just one way. All that is required is fine tuning into your true self and observing everything that presents itself, and then by being aware of it, one can eliminate it. Just stick with it, and it cleans up.


"When the notion that was developed thinks that something is good or bad, that person will think so as well and think that things should be done accordingly. But his real self no longer exists. His real self is completely encased and smothered by his unkind, acquired notions. He no longer has his own, true standard for telling good from bad."

It's like don Juan said. They gave us their mind. The predators gave us their mind, and when their mind says something, it agrees with itself, and therefore they have no one to disagree with them. But when you're paying attention to all of this, you separate yourself from that way of thinking, and observe. That's how you find your true self again.

“The Predator of Man”





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