Wandering, at least you were wise enough to end contact immediately. Others, notably the more flaky or darker variety of New Agers actively seek out these contacts and are happy to find an "ascended master" to tell them what to do. Funny thing is that ascension means graduating to a higher density, and 4D or 5D STS have certainly done that, so they are quite rightly called "ascended masters" --- which I guess would imply those who follow them are "unascended slaves".
Has anyone here experienced the consequences of trying to contact the grays or lizzies? As I mentioned in another post, once I was naive enough to ask the grays for a sign that they were real...that opened the door and they barged right in, abducting me that same night and giving me a hairline scar on my upper right forehead. Apparently, once they're in they are very stubborn guests to leave.
Another thing I noticed is that having hatred or spite toward the dark side also invites it in...as if by psychically hitting them you get close enough for them to hit right back. That's why the "love your enemy" is a smarter thing to do.
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BB wrote:I think after being inspired into a spiritual-route, the M-O-S-T important thing is to start "the Work". Reading Castaneda, Osho, Gurdjieff (+ his many side-kicks), and learning self-observation, self-stalking, and learning the art of 'cessation of the mind', disrupting 'internal-dialogue' and enslaving the mind (intellectual center) to its proper place below your higher-centers. Once this is done, you need not fear any negs, for your 3D self will be structured.
That's good advice, though there is one caution:
Structuring the 3D self is like tilling the soil. If you stop there, then only weeds will grow. In other words, although tilling is necessary - and thus self-observation, balancing your shadow side, stalking your programmed reactions to button pushing events, and quieting the internal energy-wasting chatter are all good starts - these are not sufficient to actually grow a good crop. You also need the seed, sunlight, and water.
For some reason, Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) interpretations of "the Work" leave out these last several ingredients and focus almost exclusively on the "tilling." There's almost nothing about planting the seed (locating the silent observer within you, the Real Self that comprises the heart of your soul) or watering it (aligning your thoughts with the Real Self, with the principles of intuition, wisdom, and discernment) or having sufficient sunlight (raising your emotional vibration to align with the Real Self, with the frequencies of love, compassion, and understanding).
Since we're discussing progress and protection, notice that STS forces fear those with knowledge (because it makes them less predictable) and are repelled by higher frequency emotional energies, so the logical equation would be:
Higher Frequency + Awareness = Protection
Since protection comes from strength, and growing means becoming stronger, another logical equation would be:
Striving toward Higher Frequency + Seeking Awareness = Progress
If you leave out the first term in these equations, as some interpretations of "the Work" do, then protection and progress will suffer.
To summarize, besides being aware and structuring your 3D self, be sure to also locate the Real Self within and think/feel/act in accordance with its calling, which is how you raise your frequencies and thus catalyze your progress and reinforce protection.
Acquiring fringe knowledge is like digging for diamonds in a mine field.