1 (edited by Sowelu 2007-06-20 17:00:35)

Topic: Transcendence Article On Montalk.net

montalk wrote:

Transcendence Through Intuitive Thinking...

Wow... by far, this is my favorite of your articles, Montalk. I'm in awe of your ability to ground this process through use of words... something I constantly grapple with myself and often leave to those better able. I've never been willing to throw out the intellect - instinctively and intuitively understanding its value and using it where I'm able - but using it to such detail is still something I find eludes me at this point. Kudos and many thanks for this piece! There's a thrill in seeing one's experience of reality described so finely, I must say.

EDIT: Ooops... should I not have posted in this thread? If it should be moved or deleted, please do so.

"The most important decision you have to make is whether you live in a hostile or friendly universe."
~ Albert Einstein

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Marcel Proust

The evolution of humanity is an evolution of the heart. The path is through the heart.

2 (edited by montalk 2007-06-20 17:55:47)

Re: Transcendence Article On Montalk.net

(I just moved your post to its own thread, so no worries. Anyone else who would like to read my latest article, go here)

Thanks, I'm glad you liked this article! It was a tough one to write, but the result is clear and logical. It's actually a simplified version of the first chapter of my next book. The more complex version discusses how the process of intuitive thinking reflects what happens in the quantum world when observation collapses a spread of probabilities into a linear timeline, how doing so rearranges the past just as reaching a higher level of objectivity rearranges prior assumptions. It's an as-above-so-below thing.

As mentioned on another thread, my intent was to combine realm dynamics with quantum physics and the kind of stuff Rudolf Steiner wrote in his book on intuitive thinking to lay out a systematic method of truth seeking that gets one closer to fourth density. Only thing not discussed is the importance of a positive attitude, but other articles on my site covered that. Anyway, great that you had a chance to read it, hope others here get something out of it too.

Acquiring fringe knowledge is like digging for diamonds in a mine field.

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Oh man, that sounds like a book I'll want to read! Awesome stuff, Tom, just awesome. Thanks again.

"The most important decision you have to make is whether you live in a hostile or friendly universe."
~ Albert Einstein

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Marcel Proust

The evolution of humanity is an evolution of the heart. The path is through the heart.

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Admittedly I just kind of skip-read that Tom smile because I knew intuitively what you were illustrating, and I know many people have had that experience either in conversation or reading, when it feels like even though you the reader did not pen it, you just finally saw it put into words the right way, and this absorbtion of the info is instant. You certainly have a knack for that in nearly everythng I've read.

The two main points I got out of your latest:

Science is indeed a system of belief, cult would actually describe that better. And it is vital to be well-rounded as far as the resources and abilities we have at hand, and mind. That no one sense should be relied upon, rather all of them either equally, or knowing the proper proportions to use at any given moment or situation.

And similarly, that no one belief system should be relied on either, I think of intuition as having a bat's 'vision' , few of us could imagine what it would be like to see in sonar, but add that to the normal vision we already have, that's the best mental picture I can draw.

I think I have tried to evenly exploit my own senses, as far as feeling things out, but it is a skill that does require constant use, and for some I imagine it's more of a gift than a skill, there is not much mental work involved for them, it just -is-.

Kudos Tom wink         J

Happy to have been a part

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Thanks for this latest boost in article form, Montalk. I really enjoyed it and found it bolstering. Your writing is getting better and better.
I love its clarity. I intend to dig deeper into it, as I only did one quick read through( I like to read every word slowly  to be sure
I absorb the nuances.) Thanks again for this strengthening contribution.

6 (edited by dreamosis 2007-06-22 07:29:58)

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The article reminded me of a passage from "In Search of the Miraculous" that talked about how consciousness can switch from pilot to automatic pilot, and how the switch is noticeable in a person's voice.  That's something I've been noticing lately in others and in myself--how the mind sort of takes over sometimes and how what you say or do is like dominoes falling.

The piece of the article that stuck with me most, though, is the line about the evolution of knowledge versus mere refinement.  How much of our technological "progress" is just the exhaustive exploration of one idea?  How much of our standard of living has been built on the idea of having many hands put something together while it rides by on a set of rollers?

"Transjectivity" can help us spiritually and materially.   

And whenever anybody mentions noticing that you noticing yourself notice yourself, I get a boost.  My attention pops into the center of my head and I feel the same freedom I feel when I'm dreaming--like I can be anything because "Matt" is just a set of choices that could be changed.

You can't change a tiger's stripes,
but you can avoid its teeth.