Karmic Acceleration
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93 All,
I am curious if anyone here can tell me or give there best guesses as to why our lives speed up once we make a conscious choice to apply ourselves to the Path of Return? i.e. The Great Work.
Long story short. I followed the Thelemic Holy Season this year and I didn’t stop at ATU-0 The Fool. I just started over again with ATU-21 The Universe and kept on going. What has happened since I began is I have been going down the road at about 93 miles a hour!
I am not complaining.
I just don’t understand the process.Love is the Law Love under Will.
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It's really simple and really complicated at the same time.
By that I mean that the decision, as you put it, isn't necessarily causative of anything at all. Nor is work, per se. Specific actions are required. On the other hand, those actions can be interior, and sometimes unconscious, so it may look like nothing at all was done.
The most obvious cause is the taking of a magical obligation. The right obligation in the right context will impel the next karmic step. For example, a true commitment taken before the H.G.A. is an alignment of personality choice with Will. This is, by itself, transformative, and such an oath will be fulfilled notwithstanding any limiting factor in the universe.
OTOH, it may not require a formal oath if, in fact, the personality manages otherwise to align its position or choice with Truth, i.e., Will. If this happens, the result is the same.
That a f'rinstance.
PS - Sometimes (magick aside), just getting off your duff and doing something frees energy. Energy released moves to a new state of equilibrium as quickly as it can.
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93,
Thank you for your reply Jim."Quote Jim
The most obvious cause is the taking of a magical obligation. The right obligation in the right context will impel the next karmic step. For example, a true commitment taken before the H.G.A. is an alignment of personality choice with Will. "Aha. That is what it was Jim.
I have been using affirmations that I personally wrote for each of the ATU's. The affirmations have been more in line with the nature of an Oath."Quote Jim:
This is, by itself, transformative, and such an oath will be fulfilled notwithstanding any limiting factor in the universe. "Oh man, I think I just guaranteed myself a fast ride!
Love is the Law Love under Will
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@Metzareph said
"I believe this is also an accelerated evolution that includes the body..."
Surely you have a story to share
What gives you this belief?P.F. Case and his school talk a lot about actual physiological changes resulting from spiritual practice, and the idea intrigues me. This is an empirical claim, one that could be verified if true, but those who advocate it don't offer any evidence.
There is some recent research that found permanent changes in brain structure resulting from a certain type of meditation. (I don't recall the details or have a citation handy, but maybe I can look it up.)
"What nature changes in hundreds (maybe millions of years)"
Probably somewhere in between, on the order of hundreds of thousands of years.
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@gmugmble said
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@Metzareph said
"I believe this is also an accelerated evolution that includes the body..."Surely you have a story to share
What gives you this belief?"I'm referring specifically subtle changes in the body. I've been practicing yoga and meditation for almost 20 years and I can say that my body has changed in a way that "acommodates" for the spiritual experiences better. I has become more receptive.
@gmugmble said
"P.F. Case and his school talk a lot about actual physiological changes resulting from spiritual practice, and the idea intrigues me. This is an empirical claim, one that could be verified if true, but those who advocate it don't offer any evidence."
Check out Mantak Chia. He has a very comprehensible approach to work with the energies in the body. As long as you stick with the program, I'm sure you'll be able to see transformation. But that is one path. All paths are designed to produce the same physical, mental, psychological and spiritual transformation.
@gmugmble said
"There is some recent research that found permanent changes in brain structure resulting from a certain type of meditation. (I don't recall the details or have a citation handy, but maybe I can look it up.)
Are those changes to the Pituitary Body?
"What nature changes in hundreds (maybe millions of years)"
Probably somewhere in between, on the order of hundreds of thousands of years."
Big changes take hundreds of thousands of years. I was referring to subtle changes in the brain. If you think how much the human race has changed in the past 300-500 years, you'll be surprised. The IQ has been changed, the average Joe/Jane has more pathways activated in his/her brain than their counterparts from 1500's. I see an acceleration. The changes are happening faster and faster. One individual is exposed to more information in one month to what was available to one a lifetime of a person in the 1700's or so.
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@Metzareph said
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@gmugmble said
"P.F. Case and his school talk a lot about actual physiological changes resulting from spiritual practice, and the idea intrigues me. This is an empirical claim, one that could be verified if true, but those who advocate it don't offer any evidence."Check out Mantak Chia. He has a very comprehensible approach to work with the energies in the body. As long as you stick with the program, I'm sure you'll be able to see transformation. But that is one path. All paths are designed to produce the same physical, mental, psychological and spiritual transformation."
Recently (say, last 10 years) research in neurology has shown that neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain the grow and reshape itself and repurpose areas to new functions - continues far into adulthood. It's no longer theory, but redundantly demonstrated fact, that intense, concentrated learning - including just about any repetitive practice of intense concentration, as well as the repetitive undertaking of new physical tasks - physically alters the brain in sometimes dramatic ways.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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Recently (say, last 10 years) research in neurology has shown that neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain the grow and reshape itself and repurpose areas to new functions - continues far into adulthood. It's no longer theory, but redundantly demonstrated fact, that intense, concentrated learning - including just about any repetitive practice of intense concentration, as well as the repetitive undertaking of new physical tasks - physically alters the brain in sometimes dramatic ways."Of course this is one of the things Jim talked about in his recent lecture here in NY... and also talked about the nature of the thelemic path specifically... as Karma Yoga.
Jim can obviously expand on this, but as far as I understood, and I'm able to experience, if you don't do anything, you don't "accelerate".
You have to do the things that you are here (on this plane of existence) to do.
In other words, do what thou wilt... -
@Jim Eshelman said
"Recently (say, last 10 years) research in neurology has shown that neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain the grow and reshape itself and repurpose areas to new functions - continues far into adulthood. It's no longer theory, but redundantly demonstrated fact, that intense, concentrated learning - including just about any repetitive practice of intense concentration, as well as the repetitive undertaking of new physical tasks - physically alters the brain in sometimes dramatic ways."
Hi Jim, 93.
I see this often in children who, due to physical handicaps, have no frame of reference for new movements or skills. I pattern new things into their motor memories with repetitive movements or tasks and this changes (and expands) their scope of what is possible and sets up a new section in their neural grid. Those who focus and participate "get it" and move on to more. There's no doubt in my mind that this principle generalizes to other things as well. Thanks for that insight!
93s,
Donna