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Absolute as the model around which the evolution of time-space revolves to
u l t i m a t e l y a t t a i n a r e fl e c t i o n o f a n d u n i o n w i t h H i m .
That thought model, which
p e r f e c t l y r e fl e c t s t h e e s s e n c e o r " s p i r i t " o f t h e A b s o l u t e fi t s t h e C h r i s t i a n
metaphysical description of the Holy Spirit, F i n a l l y, o u r d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e
universal hologram,
the
To r u s
of
creation
and
evolution
is
neither
new
nor
original. Its use as the figure of the universe, of creation developing in
evolution is found in various stylized representations in virtually every religious
system
of
a n t i q u i t y,
whether
of
eastern
or
western
derivation.
Whether
its
the
stylized labyrinth once popular in the Helenic world, the spiralized version of the
Hebrew Tree of Life or its Hindu counterpart, or the Chinese Spiral Through The
F o u r f o l d P o w e r s , t h e u l t i m a t e m e a n i n g i s t h e s a m e . M y s t i c s t h e w ' c r l d o v e r, i t
seems, have perceived the universal hologram in the same spiral form and have
incorporated that intuitive knowledge in their religious writings from antiquity to
the
present.
3 5 . L e f t B r a i n L i m i t a t i o n s . Tw e n t i e t h C e n t u r y p h y s i c s w o u l d s e e m t o b e r e v i s i t i n g
insights belonging to mankind as far back as written records can take us.' The only
difference is that Twentieth Century physics is using aleft brain, linear,
quantitative style of reasoning to approach the same knowledge which the mystics of
old apparently acquired in aholistic, intuitional, right brain style. As atool
in the hands of our left brain culture. Gateway would seem to be apromising method
for achieving the intuitive, holistic type of interface with the universal hologram
needed to provide the context that thinkers like Einstein have sought in their
l a b o r s t o d i s c o v e r a u n i fi e d fi e l d t h e o r y i n p h y s i c s . F o r p e r s o n s i n o u r
profession whose concerns revolve around strategic issues, tactical questions and
matters
of
managerial
form
and
system,
access
to
anew
world
of
intuirive
p e r c e p t i o n a n d s e l f r e fl e c t i o n w o u l d s e e m t o o f f e r , i n t h e l o n g t e r m , t h e m e a n s b y
w h i c h t o k n o w i n a t r u l y o b j e c t i v e w a y. T h i s i s s o b e c a u s e t h e s e l f - i m p o s e d
limitations to balanced perception and objective logic which our cultural and
personal psychological subjectivity imposes when we use the strictly left brain
thinking style could be offset by the holistic form of perception associated with
a l t e r e d s t a t e s o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s . To t h e e x t e n t t h a t w e c o m e t o p e r c e i v e o u r s e l v e s
fully in the context, of that portion of the universal hologram which is the
r e fl e c t i o n o f o u r s e l v e s , t o t h a t e x t e n t w e r e l e a s e o u r s e l v e s f r o m t h e p r i s o n o f
subjectivity.
36. Self Knowledge. It was axiomatic to the mystic philosophers of old that
K n o w
fi r s t s t e p i n p e r s o n a l m a t u r i t y c o u l d b e e x p r e s s e d i n t h e a p h o r i s m :
thyself.
To t h e m , t h e e d u c a t i o n o f a m a n u n d e r t o o k , a s i t s p r i m a r y s t e p .
achievement
of
an
introverted
focus
so
that
he
learned
what
was
v/ithin
the
himself
before attempting to approach the outside world. They rightly assumed that he
could not effectively evaluate and cope with the world until he fully understood
h i s p e r s o n a l p s y c h o l o g i c a l b a l a n c e . T h e i n s i g h t s b e i n g p r o v i d e d b y Tw e n t i e t h
Century
psychology
in
this
context
through
the
use
of
various
kinds
of
personality
testing seem to be arevalidation of this ancient intuition. But no personality
test, or series of tests, will ever replace the depth and fullness of the
perception
of
self
which
can
be
achieved
when
the
mind
alters
its
state
of
c o n s c i o u s n e s s s u f fi c i e n t l y t o p e r c e i v e t h e v e r y h o l o g r a m o f i t s e l f w h i c h i t h a s
projected into the universe in its proper context as part of the universal hologram
i n a t o t a l l y h o l i s t i c a n d i n t u i t i o n a l w a y. T h i s w o u l d s e e m t o b e o n e o f t h e r e a l
promise of the Gateway Experience from the standpoint of its ability to provide a
portal through which, based on months if not years of practice, the individual may
p a s s i n h i s s e a r c h t o fi n d s e l f , p e r s o n a l e f f e c t u a l i t y , a n d t r u t h i n t h e l a r g e r
s e n s e .
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