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Robin Williams
A note of regret and appreciation
Aug 13, 2014
While it is not my practice to comment on
various events happening affecting many of us in one form or
another; what I’m referring to, is tragic loss of Robin Williams.
When I heard of his demise a couple of days ago, my first thought was “A
great disappointment upon me and others, and a great loss”.
What made this more tragic is that according to news reports
his demise was by his own hand.
Apparently, he has been battling with depression for many years of his
life. Now, while I
followed many of his movies and some of his antics over the years,
to be that nature expressing the highest qualities of mankind, that
was about the extent of my attention as it is with any celebrity.
Since his death is on the forefront of our minds, I believe it is
important to express a regrets of his loss and appreciation for the
good work this man has done.
I also feel that it is important to examine some the
processes that might cause us to come to some conclusions many would
consider to be completely opposite of what the facts truly are.
There are two terms I want to bring up here. One is perceived and/or
acquired reality. And the second one is Actuality, meaning that
which is actual, and/or the base and or cause whereby by all things
are realized.
One of the difficult things that many people of good nature have to deal
with has to do with the question “Am I doing it right?”, or the
statement “I’m not good enough”.
As you can probably gather by now, to fully cover the subject would
require a small book. So, I am just using a couple of examples to
illustrate a very important point.
So let us look at things a little differently for moment. Now in the
past of my letters, I have made statements “All things are part of
the Whole and no thing separate”, the Whole can be a synonym for
God, for to the best my understanding, most religions of the world
for the last four or five thousand years would agree that God is all
places all conditions and all things. Therefore if the statements
are true, then there is no way for anyone to be outside the light of
God. I wish to state at this time that when I refer to the Whole,
Allah, Krishna, and/or God, it is because I have no better name to
describe the essence by which all things exist.
Now as you can see, this statement causes quite a bit of difficulty as
far as the intellect is concerned. But we have to remember that the
intellect cannot be denied, and will function in such a manner as to
take action and/or draw a conclusion based upon the premise of
protecting the body at all cost.
When we return to the description of Actuality, we are really describing
the essence of God and/or the Whole permeating all things in
bringing its perfection providing a means for all things to exist.
So let us consider for moment what happens for we take that first breath
and we enter into the body. Well we look around, and we see the
universe. Everything we see is direct manifestation of God’s love
and/or light, for without it no thing would exist, especially us.
I think it is fair at this time to propose this question for
contemplation. Why is it the many religions out there, that the
premise of separation is being taught? Now in all fairness, we
cannot discount the many good works exhibited and continue to be by
many of the religions in this world.
To do so would be a grave error.
So let us get back to the time when we took our first breath, looking
around and finding perfection in all that there is, yet the
intellect is limited by the five senses, and as you well know the
five senses can be fooled. Therefore, perfection is not obtainable.
So our natural conclusion is to consider ourselves to be separate
from that which we long for.
The very thing we perceive, yet the intellect and/or method
of calculation has caused us to believe to be separate from
ourselves; were it not for ourselves binding to and being part of
the light of God spoken of earlier?
You see, it is natural for the intellect to determine that it is
separate from all that there is the reason for this, is it the brain
is empty, the five senses are not accurate, and functioning in a
limited world is most difficult at best.
We also have to acknowledge that the intellect itself has a primary
program that is developed upon that first breath. That is, “To
protect the body at all cost”.
In order to exercise this principle and/or condition, the intellect must
gather unto itself all things presented that it may calculate and
attempt to find perfection. But since the intellect is using a
process of deductive reasoning whereby such information perceived is
not perfect (the five senses), then perfection sought will never be
obtained for the source is not realized through the intellect, but
rather through the spirit.
When the spirit perceives, there is no separation. When the intellect
perceives, there must be separation.
The reason that the intellect perceives the separation, as
stated earlier had to do with the method and tools available to it.
That which is formed in the physical and/or the corporal world is in
constant motion and will never be stable. Therefore if you remember
your math, using the Cartesian coordinates to define a square, the
square can only be perfect in theory because all things are in
constant motion from the point of the smallest particle to that of a
piece of iron, no thing is constant.
Now let us move a little to a different way of considering things we
perceive. My previous statements have proposed a foundation to bring
to your attention that many of your realizations are fleeting,
temporary, and are based upon limited information which is subject
to change at any time. With the intellect and its primary directive
to protect the body at all cost, the intellect must attempt to
develop a resolution to all things perceived. Part of the reason for
this, is that if the intellect can find perfection through its
means, then it will find contentment in the belief that it has
succeeded to protect the body. For as a perceived perfection to be
unobtainable, then therefore that which is greater than itself
becomes a threat.
This being the case, we can easily understand how we can get into
thinking patterns that are very destructive. The higher the
intelligence, the harder these patterns are to break. Now earlier I
also stated that the intellect collects information for the purpose
of protecting the body. It does so by virtue of its first directive
realized. As a result, it determines that once it collects
information and/or develops a realization, then it is added to its
defense stores associated with the task to protect the body at all
cost.
Now when we try to remove these various “destructive, and/or untruthful”
realizations (stores), the intellect determines that to allow these
things to be removed would put the body in danger, therefore
violating its prime directive to protect the body at all cost.
So when someone attempts to resolve these particular items, it is not
the fact that their unsuccessful is the issue, but rather it is a
matter of figuring a way to outsmart the intellect.
For example, if you attempt to resolve an old hurt through by various
forgiveness and/or other exercises, you’ll find that even though you
do all the exercises and/or affirmations that are out there, the
hurt is still there. Remember since the intellect is collecting
everything to protect the body all cost, then any hurt and/or
rejection of any form is considered a threat.
Earlier I did not go into detail, since everything is part of the whole
and no thing separate, the whole being Light, then all things are
based upon the perfection of Light, where everything we see and/or
perceive is of Light, while everything we perceive in the physical
is based upon the Law and/or action of Light but has been made solid
by our activities.
As you can see a person’s inability to resolve a belief whether
constructive or not is directly related to their ability and/or
knowledge to be able to outsmart the intellect.
If an individual does not have the tools to accomplish these
tasks, then they cannot be held responsible for the continuation of
some of their activities.
Along with success we must also realize, that failure can only occur if
we have the tools necessary to accomplish the task. An example, if
someone were to give an algebra test to a normal four-year-old, the
four-year-old would not have the tools and/or capabilities to
succeed in the event. Therefore, failure did not occur here. The
four-year-old did not fail. The reason is because there is no chance
of success.
Too often we make the statement that we should have been smarter than
that. That statement is invalid because it is based upon an
assumption brought by the intellect in order to deal with the
un-answerable question. Rather, try considering the following
statement, “if I had different information I surely would have
decided differently”.
You see, one statement seeks your destruction, and the second statement
guarantees your success.
Again, I’m limited by the amount of time and space available in these
letters. If I were to leave you with anything of consequence, is my
sincerest desire that each and every one of you exercises a path of
compassion and love towards others but especially yourself.
After all, there is no way possible that you can be outside
the light of God. You can try to convince yourself such, and that is
your right to do so: But why?
In the bonds of the work,
Charles
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