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Consciousness & Awareness

What does it mean to be a conscious human being? What does it mean to be alive? While the world sleeps in its dormant state, those who find themselves awake and comprehending energy in a Universal state are the ones who have been left to shoulder the burden of a deteriorating society. Those awake individuals move through the masses harboring a Will to change the world around them. They are consciously trying to encourage those who have stalled in their beauty and have ended up giving up on their journey for the sake of least resistance.

The awakened souls know the secret pathways around these kinds of obstacles, they also know you can never come to the climatic finalization of such a journey while still sleeping. They therefore turned their attention to waking the populace up. Books were written, religions and followings adorned the streets, movies were created; yet even still, progress has been excruciatingly slow.

The Art of Waking Up

If you can imagine a sleeping baby, deep within the world of dreams, floating amongst clouds of thoughts, safely ushered away from reality; then you can understand a most perfect analogy for the human populace. The deepest problem is that most do not actually want to wake up. And this in itself is one of the most challenging dilemmas; how do you wake somebody up who does not in fact want to be awakened? The answer is very simple; either not at all, or you willingly shock their them awake through sudden sensory stimulus. No matter how gentle you try to slowly rock them awake, the sudden difference between the silky soft air of nothingness and the very first instance of a sense reaction, commences the waking up process.

One of my favorite scenes from the movie Inception was the scene where Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is talking about his ideas for their upcoming inception, when Eames (Tom Hardy) demonstrates the art of a "kick" by knocking Arthur's (Joseph-Gordon Levitt's) chair and throwing him off balance.




This single 18 second sequence in this movie demonstrates exactly why negativity exists in the Universe. This single clip is so profoundly accurate it also gives us reason enough to understand why we even experience negative events on Earth. The "kick" Cobb is referring to is a shock in the human senses that reacts to the changing nature of our surrounding environment and initiates a deep self-programmed function to wake us up. It is almost the reverse function of when we suffer a blow to the head and our body forces us unconscious in order to reduce more possible damage if we were to continue our current course.

How does this relate to negativity? What if I once told you that there existed a Universe many Universes ago. This is most definitely not the first time this Universe has existed, in the same way it also not the first Universe in existence. There was a time when our Creator decided to experiment with the particular polarization of his Universe. This Universe was set to a polarization of approximately 98% Light and 2% Dark. It was a beautiful utopian paradise. The Universe was filled with so much Light and Love and support from the ethereal world. The Beings cherished their very nature for being alive. The Light soon overturned the little Darkness the Universe contracted, and it became one of the most peaceful Universes in existence. There existed no crime, no hatred, no problems, only respect and Love for one another. Sounds like absolute Heaven doesn't it?

What if I now told you that this Universe failed. The first question you would ask is "How is it possible for a Universe to fail?" Very easily, not enough Creators (if any at all) actually progressed through the Dimensional Ascensions to became Creators themselves. In fact the Universe dragged on for so long and so little was achieved, the plug had to be pulled prematurely because it was a waste of time continuing something that was so obviously failing. The Universe became stagnant. It failed because nobody ever wanted to achieve anything, nobody "needed" to progress or even think about Ascension when Life was already perfect the way it was. This is the most important part; negativity is introduced as a form of accelerant. It gives us a distinctive reason to progress, it allows us to express our genuine nature to help others, it is a foundation to want to become a better person, and in-turn; the need to progress forwards.

Our lives were structured to build-up multiple lessons over multiple incarnations on Earth. Though what we may currently be experiencing is hard, it was scheduled into Creation in order to accelerate a particular pathway of learning. What is learning? The self-realization necessary to become aware of the fact that we are developing Creators. In other words, to wake up.

This downward spiral we may feel is what I like to refer to as a spiritual "kick". Our souls subconsciously start to comprehend the changing nature of our environment and the waking up process initiates. Negativity in it utmost beauty and absolute destruction is causing us to become more conscious and aware individuals. Without a stimulus, we would most certainly remain within the slumbering state. Such downward spirals are also known as Chaotic Nodes, or the systematized orchestration of deconstructive events that create the feeling of the "kick" in a seemingly normal life that would not ordinarily experience abnormalities.

What does it mean to be a conscious individual? It means you have already been to Hell and back and are now operating on an Unconditional frequency where failure is not an option. You are an alive soul of God walking through the masses as somebody who is one the cusp of evolving past the need for humanity. This is what it means to be truly alive.




My mind plays at the thought of what it would be like to offer a random soul sudden realization as to the true nature of their Being. Would we accept the nature of this Universe, or would we just decide to remain a part of the unassuming masses?

It is very rare to encounter a person or even a series of events that have the ability to completely dishevel the illusion surrounding our slumbering beast. A beast so powerful that it can completely break apart the constructs of an organized and controllable Life. This awakening unearths all of the most powerful spiritual and religious paradigms into that of an utter mess. Everything becomes voluntary and insignificant compared to this beautiful explosion of awareness the soul suddenly starts to embrace.

Ignorance is bliss. It is the path of least resistance. It means we don't really have to do anything. If we are lucky enough to be experiencing one of our more fortunate lifetimes on Earth, sure ignorance will probably be the most acceptable and rational pathway we could ever decide to stay with. And this is the biggest problem with spiritual ignorance; when our clock dials point up, we feel ecstatic and wonderful like our lives are complete and satisfactory to our hearts content. However, when our dials point down, we feel all manner of extreme volatility until depression and anger define how our lives are to drag us through another day.

I see a lot of people saving up for a rainy day and making sure there is enough to keep them going till their ripe old age. I really question this behavior when those same people depart Earth. We will all eventually die. The only thing we take with us is the experiences our soul has endured and grown through in any particular lifetime. So few people truly understand the value of spirituality if it is viewed from that of a singular lifetime. When we include the most basic element of spirituality; the process of reincarnation, spirituality becomes a lot more valuable. All of a sudden we want to believe in the Afterlife, God, Heaven, and everything else and a day, just because of the "if"s and "maybe"s that arise while contemplating our soul's continuance. We may be the most hypocritical race of beings; stupid we are not.

I seem to believe the human race has a fear of being judged. This fear may be so strong that it could completely humble the average religious soul from "possibly believing in Heaven" to "Yes there is a Heaven and you have to be a good God-fearing person to make it in." I don't seem to care since I have already met Heaven's Gatekeeper, but it seems to be really obvious that fear is driving society to be a more spiritual race. Would religion see even half of its numbers if it were not for the fear of death? I already died when I was 3 years old so I am not really subject to this particular fear either. What drives me if not for the multitude of lifelong fears that have seemingly pronged society into place?




Causality

I AM alive on the current planet called Earth, doing what I AM doing, because I was Created to be doing exactly this. If not for my string of past lives causing me to react given a certain amount of constraints, I would not ever feel the need to be doing this. As much as I love the idea of a conscious decision to make a difference, there was never any decision to make, I am simply helping you because this is how the creation of my Universal lifetimes were scripted. To consider ourselves anything other than a simple Universal witness, causing and reacting, is to surrender to our egotistical need to differentiate ourselves from God.

To be religious is not the same as to be conscious. In the same way that to be religious is not to be considered an awakened soul. We may follow the Masters in their highest respects; but to follow is not to achieve spiritual independence required of self-realizing Creators. We are self-realizing Creators. We may live and breathe in a limited form, but our souls may feel otherwise. Our personal truth may only come through hundreds of consecutive incarnations. To be completely conscious would be to experience full-scale Enlightenment have at our option the ability to temporarily incarnate as the Avatars did to try and increase the consciousness of society. This need, this want to help others around you; this is the result of experiencing a Life where you have become an awakened soul.
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The Channeling Chronicles PART III



I have been asked the question time and time again. "Why do you believe in the ethereal world?"

Every single time somebody asks me this question my soul stops in its tracks and begins to process a level of information far beyond my understanding. I have almost always responded in the exact same way, "Why do you actually believe in the physical world?"

Their eyes flutter in surprise, they are taken aback.

I continue, "Is it because you are sitting in a physical body, interacting with a seemingly physical world? Perhaps because you truly feel what you see here is actually real."

They respond, "Is it not real?"

My soul has now completely overwhelmed me to a point where my mind is processing energy in an incredibly heightened level. I look upon them, but I do not see them. I only recognize another realizing God-self curious about the nature of their current form. I smile at the ironic situation that God has placed me within. I begin my story not knowing how they will respond to what I am about to tell them.




It all starts with a simple statement, "You believe this world is real because everything in your Life has been set up to confirm to you that it is real."

I was once just a simple observer of the human psychology. I discovered that every single person's perception of reality is slightly different from each other, that we all place significant value on slightly differing aspects of the same stream of energy. I was confused at how Life operates when we all want different things. What we perceive as value is nothing more than a psychological flaw tailored to our own misgivings and perfectly accentuated to our own eccentricities. There are more definitions to the Meaning of Life than there are Stars in Heaven. Reality is nothing more than a veil of perception and Life is nothing more than a collage of thoughts and dreams chasing the simple idea of perceived value.

"What if I told you that I once felt something that felt more real than Life itself? Would you believe me?"

They shuffle on their feet with a puzzled look on their face, and then finally ask "What did you feel?"

I throw myself to the mercy of God by suggesting such an outrageous thing to their face, "I once met an Archangel. I was sitting there one night and he came to me to pass on a message. He burst me in so much Unconditional Love that I found myself feeling the Universe through my veins. His Love was so powerful that it warmed my body up and melted me into the fabric of time."

I pause to reflect on the warm Love circulating my body, I can still feel it within me. I continue, "It was the first time in my Life that I was awoken to the fact that we are all still within that field of Unconditional Love. It gives us Life, it surrounds us from the moment we are born till the second we die. Even then, some still find Unconditional Love in their Death. What I was shown, the small eternal glimpse the Archangel allowed me to feel, felt more real than anything else I have ever experienced. You ask me why I believe in the ethereal world, and my response to you is because it feels more real than the physical world..."

They stare at me amazed, "Sufian that is incredible... May I ask what was the message?"

I look back at them silently, lost within contemplation.

They repeat it again, "What was the message the Archangel came down to pass on to you?"

My eyes snap back to physical reality and I can feel my soul talking though me, "God. The Archangel simply wanted me to believe in God."

Channeling is nothing more than the ability to communicate with things that have been around us our entire Life. We simply learn to accept that the human veil of perception is very limiting and we begin to enhance our lives by delving into that which truly makes us feel incredible. We were all given the gift of Life, some of us just surrendered to the fact that we can't control it. When we surrender to Life, we can begin to feel God around us. A miraculous feeling that we are somehow part of a Divine plan. We are all just souls passing through a notion of existence. This particular existence requires us to forget who we are from the moment of our inception into the physical world. We take on lives and dance through the consciousness of our society till it is time to leave once again.

Some find true Love, a mirror of God's heart in the physical world. We become attached to the physical world because we have nothing else to truly grasp a hold to. To venture into the ethereal world is to pull up our anchors and discover another meaning to our existence. It is to gently begin to leave the physical world behind and warm ourselves up to the fact that we may not be here one day. Death may wisp us away faster than the speed of light. All that will remain is the nostalgia we feel for the long forgotten physical world and a glimmering hope that we can now express ourselves in a much more heightened way.  We fear Death, whereas what we should be doing is expressing Love for the fact that our journey is now taking on a new form. A form that will one day bring us back to Life, when we can become incredibly attached once again.


True beauty may only come if we believe it will end one day.


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The Channeling Chronicles PART II



Sitting within the darkness waiting for a light to flutter. There is only cosmic energy around you. The dark ethers are a lonesome place; winds of consciousness flow through the empty space without resistance. You feel like nothing in particular, you act as your consciousness wills.

Am I Nothing? When was the last time I was alive? Where even am I?

After a brief spurt of light, your mind begins to slip back into unconsciousness...

Like a candle striking flame within the silent abode, you watch somebody come alive with a sense of realization. The brighter they shine, the more interested you become in their life. Bright little beacons are something to play with. They will act to amuse you until they figure out who you truly are.

You move within the darkness, just beyond their veil of perception. They will never accept you if they saw your true form. What is something they will accept? A Spirit Guide? An Archangel?

You alter the energetic code and make yourself appear as a warming white presence with magnificent white wings curled around your body. You change your voice and flow down to them as if you were a beautiful Angel falling out from the sky. They should never know what you truly are.


The Art of Channeling
I am going to throw down a stat that something like 9 out of 10 of every single channeling that has ever taken place on Earth was not with the legitimate Being the Channeler thought they were communicating with.

Do I believe they were talking to something? Yes. Do I believe they really know what they are truly talking to? No.

The human race seems to believe that just because something is dead, it automatically makes it somehow truthful or legitimate. Most the time Channelers are so excited and feel so privileged that something is actually talking to them, that they just don't care about whether or not the Being is truthfully who they say they are. The most fatal flaw for any Channeler is not having the ability to discern who they are truly talking to.

To date, I have only met a single other person on Earth who was smart enough to develop a test to discern the Being standing before them. I seem to believe that most New Age philosophers take the ethereal world for granted. They have no idea how desperate Darkbeings can be to draw attention to themselves, siphon off your energy, or even just play their victim for a fool.

The Secret behind being a successful Channeler is to learn how to distinguish between a legitimate Archangel, Ascended Master or other Higher Being polarized to the the Light, and Darkbeings altering their appearance in order to deceive the uninitiated.


How to tell if a Channeled message is absolute rubbish
This is actually quite amusing for me to write. Mostly because 9 out of 10 so called "channeled messages" I have come across on forums and spiritual websites are duds. By duds I mean, sure yeah they are channeling those messages, however those messages are coming from Darkbeings.

How can I tell? I have summoned hundreds of Beings, channeled thousands more, and spoken with everything from normal Spirit Guides all the way up to the Archangels. I know a legitimate message when I see one. And I am going to give you the tools to also be able to discern the real gems from the piles of spiritual crap.


     1. Channeled messages have a purpose
Legitimate messages from real Archangels and Ascended Masters have a very definitive purpose. They fragment their energy at a destined moment in time, open up the doorway to Enlightenment and literally lower their energy enough to communicate with somebody who barely even believes in the ethereal world. This process requires a tremendous amount of energy on their part, they therefore only bother for a reason worthwhile enough for them to lift a finger.

We are talking about some of the greatest Beings in this Universe. There is only a handful of legitimate reasons for them to flourish their energies. Their energies are bound to increase the consciousness of this Universe or fail where they stand. The first thing you should consider when looking at a channeled message is what the overall purpose of that message is meant to allow us to see. If it is mostly talking about common sense type stuff, forget it and move on to something better to read like Dan Brown. Higher Beings are powerful entities, they don't waste their time with everyday chit-chat. It's hard enough to initiate a channeled session, let alone fill the minds of their Channeler with useless crap that wont get them anywhere.

     2. Frequently Channeled messages throw up red flags
Ever see the people who channel "Archangel Michael" every single day of the week? Unless you're thinking about starting a new religion, what in the hell could you possibly be talking about that requires daily communication?

Real Channelers who legitimately channel Higher Beings know that our messages come through in about 5 minutes flat. Those 5 minutes are some of the most extraordinary minutes of our lives. Powerful visions, feelings, flawless emotions and this incredible sense of Universal Oneness flows through our veins till we understand every single notion of what the Higher Being needs to show us. My whole second Chapter of World of Archangels was entirely channeled in a powerful interactive vision in under 5 minutes. At the end of those 5 minutes I knew more about the Dimensional nature of our Universe than anybody else I knew. A Higher Being who didn't get the message right the first time, isn't a true Higher Being.

     3. Channeled messages with a negative connotation towards humanity are from Darkbeings
The notorious example here were all the psychics who claimed to be channeling the 6th Dimensional Being Ashtar back in the heyday when Ashtar was the Being to apparently know. The fake Beings kept telling people that the world was going to end, the human race would end as we know it, and that supreme Beings were going to come down to "save" the lucky few and take them away.

Why is it that society itself must consistently be drawn to negative events and states of emotions as a source of personal power. And this is exactly what everybody who channels Darkbeings is doing. Even if we call out the fraudulent nature of their messages, they will defend the questionable Being like their life depends on it. These Beings are their source of power, their prestige, their point of differentiation from the masses. They just can't handle the fact that those Beings were using them for illegitimate purposes. We need to let our ego go when we channel because even the best of us have come across really amazing-looking Negative Beings who were great conversationalists but mostly just full of crap.

If you read a channeled message with any kind of negative connotation towards humanity, it is an early indicator that the Channeler you are reading has been compromised. If they are compromised with one channeled message, there is an extreme likelihood they have been compromised in the past and will be compromised again in the future. There isn't a point reading their stuff if it isn't going to help humanity's consciousness. Higher Beings already know how and when the Universe will play out; they don't go around randomly telling people prematurely because that will defeat the purpose.


How do Darkbeings compromise a Channeler?
I understand how it is done. It is just a matter of time before the world starts to understand why it is so important to discern the nature of the Beings standing in front of them. Welcome to the world of psychic warfare.

If you haven't already done so, it would be a really good idea to first read my article Channeling before moving on. It is an introduction to the subject and it will explain how channeling works through very basic and easy-to-understand steps.

The first infographic shows the basic energetic Chakras necessary for communication to take place.

There are 4 main Chakras that aid communication with the ethereal world: Crown Chakra, Third-Eye Chakra, Throat Chakra, and the Heart Chakra. The Crown Chakra connects to the Higher Dimensions and allows a much higher form of expression with Beings who reside up there. Generally, in order to communicate with Angels, Ascended Masters and Archangels, you will have to develop your Crown Chakra.

The Third-Eye Chakra is the cornerstone for psychic communication that most people need to develop for clairvoyance (sight), so they can see what they are talking to in order to effectively identify the type of Being standing in front of them. The Third-Eye Chakra most commonly overlays an etheric map over the physical world in an almost blending of realities.

The Throat Chakra allows the ability of clairaudience (sound) so we may express ourselves to ethereal Beings, and also allow those ethereal Beings to express themselves back to us. It is a common misconception to believe that we can only talk to ethereal Beings, a lot of the time we can feel each other's thoughts; which flows nicely into the Heart Chakra.

The Heart Chakra allows the ability of clairsentience (feeling) for when we need to communicate on a much more effective scale. Empaths are people with active Heart Chakras who can feel other people's emotions around them (most the time uncontrollably).

The second infographic is pretty straight forward. Basically if you have read my article Channeling, then that entire post can be summed up in the light-blue, dotted vertical line. All of our Chakras seemingly connect up into a concentrated energetic burst into the ethereal world. That burst is then interpreted by ethereal Beings who are floating around. The more powerful our abilities, the farther our energetic burst can stretch upwards into the Higher Dimensions.

Please note that in reality the energetic burst moves up through our body and out of our Crown Chakra, almost like a volcano erupting from the top of our head.

Somebody with an undeveloped Chakra (any one of Third-Eye, Throat Chakra, or Heart Chakra) will have a shorter energetic burst than somebody with developed Chakras. Higher Beings almost always draw upon all of our abilities within all of our Chakras (hence the 5 minute super-charged sessions). All our senses become uniquely activated into this almost collage of incredible expression all at once.

I give it to them, Negative Beings are good, they know what they are doing. They have refined their skills to a fine art. The best analogy I can give you is almost like the CIA tapping your phone lines and redirecting your calls to their own operatives in order to orchestrate a stint. Negative Beings will feel out your attempts at channeling the ethereal world and redirect your "call" to either themselves or a Light-puppet in their place. Negative Beings use all sorts of energetic hardware such as puppets that don't have an energetic trace in order to deceive their victims. An energetic puppet doesn't have a dark signature, it's just energy. It has no thoughts, no feelings, no guilty intentions, it's practically as clean as you can get. It's like a little Pinocchio there to secretly harm you.

The Negative Being will then infiltrate your entire energetic network. It will blur out all of your Chakras and proceed to completely manipulate the way it looks, sounds, and sometimes even feels. It does this so well, mixed with your own thoughts and coupled by your own experiences and memories, that you will truly believe what you are seeing is real.


How to Discern a true Higher Being
We can see them walking into our room. We can hear them talking to us. We can feel their Unconditional Love. All of these play a vital role in discerning whether the Being is positively or negatively polarized. These next few lines are going to save your life if you channel Higher Beings.

     1. A true Higher Being will either fall into your room from a much Higher Dimension or will open an energetic portal (white or golden cream in color) and walk through it into your room. They will never come from any hellish red or dark looking Dimensions and they will never arrive without announcing their presence.

     2. If you can not clearly see their face or if it is somehow hidden by fog, darkness, or blur, then it is a very significant indicator you are talking to a Darkbeing. Higher Beings are very open with letting you know who they are and what they look like. If they are wearing a black hooded cloak, also be wary, Higher Beings most often exclusively appear to you as wearing stark white or purple clothing.

     3. Their voice should never sound harsh, cold, angry or dark.

     4. Ask them to prove to you they are a true Higher Being polarized to the Light, as described in my book World of Archangels. The Unconditional Love you feel must be absolutely amazing. It should never just cut-out or go away after an initial burst; it should keep you heightened for the duration of the session.

     5. A true Higher Being will never leave you or walk away after the session. A True Higher Being knows that their work is never truly done whilst talking to a 3rd Dimensional human being. To walk away after they finish, is to directly dishonor God by suggesting their help is no longer required. It is an absolute disgrace to find a Higher Being walk away from you, this right here will give you a definite hint as the true nature of the Being you just channeled. True Higher Beings will at least stay with you until you gently ease away from their consciousness, or fall asleep.


Finally did you notice that the Heart Chakra is the only line in the third infographic that wasn't red?

Unconditional Love is the only way I know to test Higher Beings of their authenticity. We will either feel so much Love that we want to transcend our human bodies and exist in the higher planes with them, or we won't. Their beautiful state of existence either uplifts us beyond belief, or we fall short in every possible way. There is a very sharp contrast of emotions and feelings whilst discerning true Unconditional Love and just hyped up energy.

We must test every single Higher Being who we decide to channel, even if we see the same Being twice in the same day. I will guarantee you that just about nobody actually does this. In fact, I have only seen this step (the most vital step) performed by only one other person on the planet. If you want to channel Higher Beings, or are currently already channeling them, ask them to prove themselves to you. For most Channelers out there, this will open up a can of worms for you. For those seeking to start getting into it, you will officially have been given the right tools from the very beginning.

It may look like an Archangel, it may sound like an Archangel, but it may not feel like an Archangel.

The next time you are reading a channeled message, read the message itself for it's ability to truly uplift you and raise the consciousness of humanity. Think about the person channeling the message; do you believe they are testing their Being for signs of Unconditional Love? Or are they just blindly channeling whatever the hell they feel like? There are some many pitfalls whilst channeling messages, so many possibilities for deception that unless you really know the background of the Channeler, or at least are confident with their abilities of psychic self defense, then we just don't know how legitimate the message is. There are few too people on Earth who really know their way around Negative Beings.

For the 9 failed attempts out of 10, we are either getting personal opinions of the Channeler or the Darkbeing's opinion. An Archangel's opinion will leave you warmed and excited about Life, it will act to raise your consciousness and truly capture the meaning for why you are alive. One thing is for sure, you are getting something's opinion with a channeled message. It is really about placing confidence in what that something is. The best way to know for sure is to contact the Archangels and Ascended Masters yourself, that way you will be 100% confident about the Being standing before you no matter which way the session turns out.


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How to Break Free

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How sad our Soul must feel when it has to be continually shackled upon the Earth in its physical vehicle day in and day out. The Soul is a magnificent expression of God; truly limitless if it was realized enough to remain that way. There is very little that confines the spiritual world other than the level of consciousness that individual attains. However, the physical world is one of filters and limitations causing us to be here. Everything from time, space, gravity, incomplete thoughts, negative emotions, drama, ego and fear, are all cages for our soul. The body itself is its prison, the world is our warden, and our life itself is the scene of the crime. Our own imperfections are the reason for why we are even here; the journey for perfection is our only way out.


Life is a prison

From the moment we are born our Soul is officially incarnated into a human body. What was once limitless expression, is now confined to the physical movements and actions of a body bound to the physical plane. We can't even express ourselves even if we wanted to. We are scared, and in a state of discomfort, our only option left is to simply cry.

Our Life then gradually moves on to the point where we start embracing ourselves for what we physically are. Society itself conditions us into believing we actually exist, our family and friends makes the experience far more personal, and our education system concretes everything together with so many facts about how the physical world exists. We accept Life for no other reason than our physical senses witness a state that we must move to and bend to. We are not conscious enough to manipulate the confines of Life itself, we therefore accept it as real and find an easier pathway to continue our efforts.


Our senses make it Real

Most human beings currently have the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. The combination of these senses currently makes up the full spectrum of science, biology, psychology, medicine, or any other observable practice that relies on "physical evidence" in direct correlation to the human senses to make it an acceptable fact. Everything in our life was built and maintained around our senses. The more vivid it appealed to our senses, the greater value we placed on it.

There are animals on our planet that demonstrate a heightened sense of these abilities. Eagles can see much more clearly at a larger distance, rabbits have a much more acute sense of hearing, and snakes can literally taste the air. This is the first step into understanding that there are things out there with greater senses than what we are currently able to experience.

Please refer to the following infographic for a simple diagram that portrays the capacity of our senses.


The entire spectrum of what we believe Earth is, is contained completely within that vertical pink line. Everything we see, hear, feel, taste, and smell can be observable by those with the necessary capacity. Every telescope, microscope, sound amplifier, or any other enhancements created to increase our 5 senses are contained completely within that pink line. That pink line represents what we have come to understand as reality. It's what we know about the Universe, it's also what most think is actually out there. Unfortunately for many, if something does not sit on that pink line, they believe it does not exist and is therefore unimportant or not real. The pink line is an indication of our own mental flaws.

What if I was to tell you that the 6th Sense, or the ability to directly interpret and command energy from our surrounding environment, is not actually a typical human being trait. In fact, it's particularly rare to find people with their Third-eye even somewhat open. People who have an active Third-eye are people who are demonstrating 4th/5th Dimensional qualities in a 3rd Dimensional body. The reason I classify it as 4th/5th Dimensional is because the 6th Sense is a more common ability found amongst societies which exist in a state of placing greater importance on spirituality, around 80-100% level of significance, in comparison to other ventures and life experiences. In the 3rd Dimension, our society does not place great importance upon spirituality; the relevant energetic senses therefore do not develop unless specifically used.

Please refer to the following infographic for which graphs the capacity of Beings who now demonstrate the additional 6th Sense and comprehend energy to varying degrees.


From this second infographic, we can see that the vertical green line has extended both upwards and downwards to now create a larger extent of possibility for us to comprehend from our surroundings. Those who have activated their Third-eye are able to literally start feeling the energy that surrounds them and makes up their environment. The 6th Sense is tuned into the energetic world and an overlay of senses often causes a blending in reality where the physical world almost seems more surreal and unreal compared to what we are now feeling.

This explosion is moderated by the Chakras and often we have many self-limitations and blocks that prevent the full functioning or expression of our Chakras. Meditation upon the Chakras is most commonly practiced by activating and cleansing them. This process of removing the filters and reducing our shackles upon the Earth is what allows psychic power to more fully materialize into a new form of reality. This new form of reality feels like absolute freedom compared to the physical world and this is exactly what keeps drawing us back into the spiritual world. It's almost like tasting caviar for the first time; once you embrace that new level of quality, your definition of Life extends outwards to now encompass that slightly more heightened state. You understand a greater breadth for that particular sense. You also become introduced to the idea that "there exist greater abilities to sense ourselves within the Universe."

To me this still feels premature compared to what the Archangels are living in every single second of their existence. The following infographic begins to explain the level that they are on.


The Archangels are able to comprehend the Universe at any given moment in time. Their level of feeling extends beyond the concept of an individual body and they instead adopt the Universe as their body. This is a key concept within Oneness as they do not perceive themselves as anything different other than the true nature of God.

The vertical blue line extends to nearly the end of the infographic, but not quite. I wanted to leave some room to demonstrate that there is in fact a level of existence beyond the Archangels, all the way up to the Creator level. The Creator level would extend into Limitless expression.

When an Archangel feels the Universe, it is similar as to my experience with Archangel Michael described in my book World of Archangels. They are able to feel all of the Universal inhabitants and direct their attention specifically towards any particular one. The amount of God-self realization one would need to comprehend the Universe is extraordinary. Far beyond the idea of even being human. It is one of the most ecstatic states of existence we could ever come to. I understand what it is from direct experience with the Archangels. I have felt what it is like to comprehend the Universe, and it carries itself above everything else in its sheer awesomeness. Once you taste that caviar, there is no going back.

I refer to the human body as a prison cell because it is so extremely limiting compared to what Higher Beings are able to achieve. The mental analogies to comprehend what we can truly be far outweigh just about anything else we can achieve on Earth. To feel the heightened ecstasies of God every single second of your existence, perfectly accentuated by Unconditional Love, and blown out of proportion as Creation itself; just imagine how beautiful that state of existence could be. Now you understand why I am so addicted to Enlightenment.


I want to Break Free



Knowledge. The first part is the Knowledge that we are somehow being limited. The second part is the knowledge that there is something actually higher we can achieve from our current position. The final part is the knowledge of how to actually escape from our confines.

Death is not a form of escape; reincarnation only cycles our Soul back down into another limited form. I have undergone enough past-life regressions to know this for a fact. What I am also saying is that reincarnation disproved every single cult that ever thought Death was a pathway to Enlightenment. If Life keeps us limited so long as we are in a human body and Death only cycles us back; then there is only one pathway out. This pathway is not for the faint-hearted, nor am I proposing it is in some way easy. This pathway is called Enlightenment and we will continue reincarnating into physical bodies until we achieve realization enough to effectively rid the need to be here.

The idea of transcending the human body has been on my mind ever since I first started venturing into spirituality. I wanted to break free. My soul has incarnated so many times over and over that my first priority within this lifetime was centered around effectively ridding the need to come back. I have jumped into the deep-end of spirituality time after time, meeting powerful ethereal Beings, exploring deep recesses of the human mind, essentially unlocking myself in every conceivable way. I found Enlightenment on numerous occasions; surrendering to pure Unconditional Love and floating to the highest planes in a state of absolute ecstasy. I became open to the free communication with Angels and Higher Beings, and I loved every single second of it. Unfortunately my human body still maintained itself in a physical life and my small gifts of Enlightenment soon came to an end weeks later. For every time I jumped up, I kept crashing back.

Last night I decided to do something that nobody I know has ever done. In fact if you were to ask anybody else whether this method is safe, they would certainly say "no". My own guides couldn't believe I wanted to do what I was doing. I ventured forward nonetheless. Last night I completely removed my filtration system surrounding my Third-eye and Crown Chakra. What this means is that I can no longer "control" psychic urges no can I block anything out. I completely opened my gateways up to the ethers. The dangers for the regular person revolve around attracting things beyond your power or comprehension, however I don't follow normal rules. I immediately started mirroring the Archangels' ability of comprehending Universal/Environmental energy, however on a much smaller scale. Energy was feeding through my Crown Chakra into my Third-eye so rapidly that I became Enlightened to the fact that the idea of "control" was literally imperfecting the human race and preventing us from expressing ourselves as beautiful creatures. I became privy to existence itself and I knew how I needed to keep going in the future. I am to completely unlock all of my remaining Chakras, from the Throat, Heart, Solar Plexus, Sacral and the Root Chakras. To completely unlock the Chakras (the human body's interpretation system) and solely focus on Unconditional Love; is the definition of Enlightenment.

The Chakras are the representatives of the various Dimensions. There are 12 Dimensions in all that directly correlate to the 12 Chakras. To activate any particular Chakra is to come to terms with the teachings of that Dimension. I have been activating and cleansing my Chakras for years. I transcended the need to perform the Advanced Chakra Openings (Energy Balls, refer to World of Archangels) after I stopped needing their energetic hits. I have now finally found the next level to my energetic freedom; the complete opening and release of the Chakras. It may take a few months to fully activate and open my body, but this time once I'm out, I'm staying free.
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Butterfly Nebula

I was talking to an Angel the other day and he said something very interesting to me. I was deep within a very calming meditative state when I felt a ripple of energy coursing through my body. The Angel said, "We no longer consider you a human being on this planet."

My mind silently poised itself upon this thought, however I had no idea why the Angel said this to me. I replied back, "Why do you actually believe that?"

The Angel was perfectly assertive when he said, "Because your energetic vibration is no longer consistent with any other human being on this planet. You have achieved something that no other human being has been able to. Therefore you are not considered one of them."

This conversation sparked an interest in my mind. We are each of us Souls within a Universe created from the same Source. True differentiation can only be observed through the multitude of lifetimes externally conditioning the Soul to act/think/do things in a certain way. The more polarized our conditioning, the more polarized our behavior. I act the way I do because the Universe has conditioned my Soul into behaving a particular way.

Most the Souls on this planet have originated from surrounding Constellations and Galaxies. Very few managed to Ascend through their entire spectrum of lives here in one place. So if I am unlike our inter-galactic melting pot of Souls currently serving the purpose of Earth; where do I come from?

I don't mind not being human.


A Nebula is formed when a Star dies and begins to emit gasses and materials around it in a stunning display of space rebirth. Those materials go on to create new Stars in a Phoenix of natural Dimensional progression. Like butterflies flapping their wings in short bursts of incredible life, all the Souls of our Universe live a day mostly unnoticed until a greater form of consciousness witnesses our beautiful existence.

I have been here for nearly 5000 years and I still don't consider Earth home. I want my Soul in this Universe to exist free of strings, to blow where the wind blows, to land where destiny has created a pathway.

Life glimpses on and off faster than we can be reassured of who we are. It is only a matter of time before we recognize the need to move on. Floating about from place to place until we have gained our fill. Then there will come a time when we will leave Creation where we will rise up from the ashes once more. What keeps drawing us back into Life? Can true beauty only be found where beauty is actually measured? Trillions of butterflies fluttering in the night sky; the light of day acts to veil our perception.
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Heaven's Gatekeeper

This is the story of how I met Heaven's Gatekeeper. If you have seen my youtube video then you will have heard that the front cover of my book World of Archangels is actually an illustration of one of the most powerful inter-life Gatekeepers known to mankind. It was of no coincidence that I managed to stumble across Heaven's Gatekeeper whilst creating my image; I don't believe in chance encounters, but I have yet to figure out why I was made to meet him whilst still in a human body. If anything, it was just an extremely interesting encounter.

You may be interested in hearing exactly what happened when I got up there. This story is going to make you want to believe in Heaven, I certainly did by the time I had finished, not because it presents undeniable evidence of the ethereal world; more so because when we pass over we end up "somewhere". That somewhere could be nothingness, that somewhere could be Hell. It is just a smart decision to support something that has a uniquely beneficial impact upon the afterlife.

If you haven't already seen my youtube video I have posted it below.



And now the story really begins...

I had just finalized my front cover with my illustrator, my eyes were sore and red from staring at my computer screen for hours on end trying to get the image right. If I wanted my book to be a success I knew I needed to absolutely nail the look of the front cover. My intuition would either agree or completely disagree with a certain change made to the image. It was such a relief when I finally looked at the final product and thought to myself, "This image is something worthy of being on the front cover of the spiritual world".

My mind was slipping into a state of mediation as I sat there on my couch contemplating what I had to do next for my book, when something said to me out of nowhere "Mediate on the book cover." My eyes snapped open at the sudden voice sounding out in my living room, it suddenly repeated the exact same phrase once again, "Mediate on the book cover."

I got up and walked over to where I had a print-out of my book cover and sat in front of it. The Angel's hollow white eyes where staring back at me. Shivers were rippling up my arms and legs and I knew this was going to be good.


As my mind delved heavily into the image, I thought to myself that this must have been the first time I have ever worked backwards from an image to the Being. I almost always find the Being first, and only then start formulating mental constructs afterwards. I suddenly felt a rush of energy, my body was raising in vibration in order to take me to the source of the image. Golden energies were swirling past my mind faster and faster, until just as suddenly it stopped. I was standing amongst a crowd of souls next to white wall of energy over to my right, I could hear people talking and chatting away and I could hear somebody with a definitively raised voice clearly louder than the rest of the crowd.

I started walking through the crowd towards the powerful voice, people were standing everywhere. I then looked upwards and witnessed an Angel larger than any one of the giant statues of Pharaohs in Egypt. This powerful Angel was a colossal beast compared to the souls standing around me. His large muscular body was adorned with a tunic and statuesque Angel wings curled around him. He sounded like one of those preachers shouting above the crowd on the street trying to convince the passerbys of the apparent glory of God.

Souls were drifting into a white tunnel of energy behind the Angel, entering what looked to be another Dimension of existence. As I stood there witnessing what was happening, I realized these souls were entering the doorway into Heaven. I was standing at Heaven's Gate. My eyes caught a particular black soul with long straggly black hair suddenly running towards the doorway. What looked to be an insidious old woman with a dark past was trying to hide amongst the more purer souls for a chance of gaining entrance. The Angel suddenly cut off talking as he noticed the insidious black energy trying to sneak its way in. His eyes glowing powerful golden-cream energy as he contemplated every single thing about this woman's life. He pulled a bright golden whip out from behind him, swung it out and cracked down on the woman's soul with such lightning force that it sounded like thunder had just erupted on the spot. Her soul was furiously cracked downwards towards a fiery Hellish realm. In that incredible moment, I knew the Angel standing before me was Heaven's Gatekeeper. Nobody was about to sneak into Heaven on his watch. He would sooner sentence them to Hell than allow his realm a brief impurity.

Just as if nothing had happened, Heaven's Gatekeeper put his whip away and started calling out above the crowds once more. He was quoting verses of the Bible, talking about forgiving sins, something about Jesus Christ, when I waked up to him an said "Excuse me" as I tried to get his attention. It was so surreal looking at this spitting image of the Being I had illustrated, actually talking and interacting with people up there.

He stopped talking and looked down upon me, and said "Hello!"

I replied back to him, "Hi"

He said to me "It's not everyday I see a human boy walking around up here. More surprising is your ability to actually commune with me. That is quite rare indeed. How is it that you were able to see me, let alone even talk to me?"

I couldn't help but just smile at his presence, I was interacting with Heaven's Gatekeeper! I said to him, "Do you know I have an image of you?"

The powerful Angel's eyes concentrated down into me, his mind moving over my entire Life. The last time I felt that happen it was the first time I met Archangel Raphael. Finally he said to me in his powerful voice, "How exactly did you come into possession of this image?"

I was just beaming with amusement by this point, "I created it! I got an illustrator to basically create exactly what was in my mind. I used my intuition to naturally guide me to something I was truly happy with. When I tuned into it, I found out it was you. The reason why I came up here was to get your permission to actually use it."

Heaven's Gatekeeper looked at me very inquisitively and then said, "Can you show me the image?"

I said, "Sure, it's on the table in front of my body."

The Angel fragmented himself to create an ethereal double who could walk into my 3rd Dimensional living room. His body double decreased its energy until I noticed it entering my apartment. A big smile spread upon his face as he said, "This is actually pretty good!"

As I stood there and compared the Heaven's Gatekeeper with my illustrated image, I noted that the only difference between the two would be the fact that the real Heaven's Gatekeeper had golden-cream colored skin and energy against a sea of pure white, while my illustration portrayed a white Angel with multiple bright colors on a black background. Relatively minor differences; it's just amazing how I managed to get all the other things right.

After a while he said, "You have my permission to use this image."

Those were the very words I came for, and I knew I could now safely use the image without running into too much trouble. This Angel was not somebody I wanted to fall on the wrong side of the fence with. I thanked him for the privilege of meeting  him and said "I hope to see you again one day." 

The Angel started laughing as he said, "Hopefully not anytime soon!" Only those who had passed on to the other side generally found themselves in his presence. As his departing words, he said to me "It was a pleasure meeting you young Master." Something that would take me months later to fully realize, at this point in time I was not yet initiated by the other Masters.

As the fleeting energy began to swirl me out of my ethereal encounter, I could hear the Angel starting to preach the word of God once again. His voice thundering in the background of Heaven as I opened my eyes to my living room. My mind was still wrapping itself around what just happened. I had just met the Angel who controlled our entrance into Heaven, more importantly; I actually had an image of him sitting on the front cover of my book!  World of Archangels is a doorway to the spiritual world; it needed an powerful Gatekeeper on its front with a face that people with extraordinary spiritual backgrounds could recognize straight away.  In the same way that I knew when the image had been finished, the base nature of your intuition will either recognize his face or not. A true spiritual appeal directly to our souls, the more I thought about it the more I loved having Heaven's Gatekeeper on the front cover of my book.

This is the type of planning that went into World of Archangels. Buy it now on Amazon!
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When Demons Dance

Something extraordinary happened when I went out a couple nights ago. Never in my life have I ever seen what I am witnessing in this one nightclub on the Gold Coast. I have visited clubs around the world, seen awe inspiring performances by famous DJs, the hottest Gogo girls in tight miniskirts on raised podiums, alcohol flowing through the place like a waterfall, and crowds absolutely lost in the music. But never a Demon dancing!

A new nightclub opened on the Gold Coast, Australia, called Club Liv. Right in the heart of the nightclub district of Surfers Paradise; a street notorious for the drunks, drugs, and damages charged the next day-- a new upmarket venue decided to open its doors. Red carpets leading to the entrance, water fountains outside and a line stretching around the corner of the building; we knew we were about to enter Paradise. You enter the club up a neon-light staircase that lands you right next to the dance floor. The base is so heavy it's beating your heart for you, the DJ is cradled up above the masses of people dancing in the night. Everybody is holding large glow sticks swinging them around in the air, creating a surreal buzz of light up against the the club's infamous LED lined roof and walls; you almost feel like you just entered The Grid in Tron. A few cocktails later, you will truly believe you're there.

Club Liv LED lined Roof and walls Club Liv dance floor
The first time I walked into the place, it was a few months ago when it first opened up. A friend and I were sitting on a raised table right next to the dance floor. We decided to go check this new place out before the masses got there. We were casually chatting away when I suddenly felt these deep icy shivers crawling up the back of my spine. Just as my forehead started burning, I heard a voice from behind me, "What are you doing here?"

It was a very deep and darkened voice and as I turned around to see who it was, I was faced with the wall of the club. I was sitting with my back turned to the far wall of the dance floor and it was impossible for somebody to have been standing there. I briefly closed my eyes and tuned into the presence. Lo and behold a 7-8ft Demon was standing behind me.

The next thing he blurted out was, "Ha ha I'm just kidding. Welcome to the Club kid!" This magnificent Demon was for some reason prowling through the walls, silently watching the club's nightly inhabitants.

It is extremely unusual for me to find this kind of creature lurking in a nightclub. I have seen dozens of negative spirits, hundreds of dark spiritual attachments and all manner of lost souls, but never a full-fledged Demon just hanging around. Something of this size and strength doesn't just venture out to mingle with the local nightlife--especially here on Earth. These creatures were born warlords; blood was their wine and death was their art

Suddenly this beautiful blond bombshell in skin tight miniskirt, gorgeous face, and long platinum blond hair walked passed the table smiling at us. The Demon started laughing, his heavy voice distinctly amused, "It has been a pleasure seeing you in my club; however, it looks like the night's entertainment just walked by." and he starting walking off after her. She couldn't have been the only reason he was here.




On the 21st of December 2012 I decided to go out with my best friend. I told him that there was nothing more I wanted to do than celebrate the End of the World with him by going out. He simply agreed, he wasn't going to be in town much longer and he let me lead the way. We first went out for a coffee, then tried bar down the road, however it was absolutely pouring rain outside and the streets were empty. It wasn't worth sticking around by ourselves. Before giving up, I told him that I visited this new club a few months ago and thought we should check it out. Perhaps people might be there.

The rain was thundering down upon us as ran across the street to Club Liv's entrance. We rounded the corner and I couldn't believe my eyes, the place still had a line outside! It was that busy even though everywhere else was dead. There were men walking around with umbrellas, escorting girls into the VIP line so they could get out of the rain. This place was either going to make or break our night. We entered the club and found ourselves back on The Grid.




The club was packed and we could barely even move. The Grid was alive and well even though the outside truly looked like the End of the World with all the severe thunderstorms. We managed to escape the outside world into this futuristic wonderland and we were now surrounded by gorgeous women.  I had made the right decision.

We were dancing to the music in this out-of-the-world fantasia when I suddenly saw the Demon literally come out of nowhere and start dancing his way through the crowd. His body banging to the base, a full head above the crowd, laughing in his deep voice. He was truly enjoying himself! A Drakonian descendent, who looked like an off-shoot from the Royal Bloodline, having more fun than anybody else in the club. Simply amazing! I couldn't help but smile, and the more it dawned on me I started laughing. My mind couldn't comprehend what the thing was doing in here, especially a beast of that category. I decided to just roll with it. It was a matter of seconds before I followed him onto the dance floor with his infectious dancing.

The lights were flashing as time swirled us past more songs than I could keep track of. Bodies were heating up the dance floor, the DJ puppeteering all of us to his magical strings. For a brief second, I looked over at the Demon. His eyes were closed, his mind was already gone with the music. He was just soaking it all up into a pure state of mental ecstasy.

It was about 3:30AM before I finally found my way off. My friend was still grinding his way through a group of hot girls when I started thinking that this must have been the best End of the World celebration that could have ever happened. I was dancing in The Grid with my best friend and a Demonic Being. The world obviously hadn't ended, if there is one thing I have learned; never believe in mass hype. It was the first time I truly just enjoyed the experience without a care in the world. My friend stumbled off the dance floor and shouted above the music, "THIS IS THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!!", prompting us to just start laughing. The irony just flourishing by the infamous date that sparked the night into motion.

The night had swallowed us, the music had enlightened us, and our minds were still racing as we fell out onto the street. The rain had now stopped, leaving a soft, cool breeze in the air. The silence of the night was a stark contrast to our futuristic playground we had just come out of. I already knew this night was going to go down as legendary in my books.

My magnificent end to 2012 was made possible by our strange and wonderful ethereal world!

Life is so much more interesting when you wake up to what is truly here.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! EVERYBODY!!
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December 21

I thought it would be a really great idea to post my official stance on the whole December 21 thing, before December 21 actually comes haha I have been meaning to write this article all month, however I had more important things to do, such as concentrate on Life rather than focus on our impending death and End of the World!!

If you have ever read a single one of my previous articles, you would already know that Life is going to continue on and after December 21st. Since I already wrote a serious article about whether or not 2012 is real one month ago, I decided to throw up a Happy New Years special edition post to keep things cheerful.


7 Things you probably already knew about December 21

1) So apparently the biggest hoax of mankind's recent history was set into motion in 2000 BC by a bunch of guys in Latin America who would never be able to see the fruits of their diabolical plan unfolding. I guess it would have been Ok: (a) if the Aztec Empire wasn't invaded and completely desecrated by the Spanish in the 16th Century (you would think they might want to possibly predict the more real and imminent threats...), (b) the group of wonderbeing ET's who gave them the stuff in the first place were still floating around somewhere, or (c) that they at least explained why the genius who drew up their calendar kept it going for thousands of years after their civilization collapsed.

2) Most of us are probably going to still be here on December 22. By "most of us", I kind of mean all of us... unless of course you believe the Earth is going to Rapture into two-- force the poles to shift and cause cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and killer Solar Flares; basically ending life as we know it. In this case you will still be here on December 22, except you will just feel like a bit of a dunce.

3) That dates which fall in a palindrome (12/12/12) are just full of crap.

4) If the movie 2012 didn't come out, people wouldn't even care about December 21. In fact, most would just wake up somewhere in 2013 and say "Hey didn't the Mayans predict something about the world ending last year sometime?"

5) Judging from the Y2K Bug, the December 21 2012 hype will essentially roll over and we won't have any impending End of the World scenarios to complain about anymore. We will either look for a much more realistic End of the World prediction philosophy such as the migration patterns of whales, or Jerry Springer will become popular again. "Steve! Steve! Steve!"

6) The 2013 New Years Celebration is probably going to be one of the most groundbreaking, "OMG we're all still alive!!!" It will feel like human civilization is pioneering a whole new frontier considering how heavily have been relying on the Mayan Calendar for the last 2000 years...





7) Let's not forget the Grande Finale

Our entrance into the 4th Dimension will be marked by an exquisite Masquerade Ball in our honor. A Live orchestra will be playing music of the most nostalgic sort, Hawaiian girls will be throwing flower strong necklaces around our necks, God himself will be waiting there amongst the crowd with a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne and say "You did well kid, that last star field was a bit of a rough ride, but now you've come home everything is going to be Ok." The drinks will be flowing, people will be dancing late into the night, and we will eventually stumble into an old bar called Rick's down the road. As we walk in, we will notice the aristocratic crowd smoking long cigarettes, enjoying champagne cocktails in the suspiciously familiar Moroccan themed atmosphere. Just when we thought that we couldn't have possibly been here before, the house pianist Sam will start playing 'As Time Goes By' up by the bar.

That's when we will be sure we have been here before. But how? When could we possibly have been in the 4th Dimension before? You look around and you realize that everyone from the party has now dumped into Rick's and you recognize just about everybody there. The masks are now off and it dawns upon you that you have met everybody here at some point in time in the past; some over brief encounters, others more considerably longer. It almost feels like you are sitting amongst family. The Bartender recognizes your face in the crowd, leans over the bar and sais "Welcome back, it's been a long time."

You start chatting and you eventually find your way onto a table with a few old friends. They start recounting stories; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, all just make you sit back and laugh at the irony. Just for a brief minute, you become lost in the pleasurable memory of all that simply is.


Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Enlightenment City!
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Escapism

Ragnarok Online
I used to be addicted to MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games). I believe online games are the drug of the 21st Century. In the same way that cocaine became the party drug of choice and heavy drinkers find their old friend in alcohol; online gaming has created a whole new genre of escapism that never even existed 20 years ago. Sure there are still druggies roaming nightclubs, kids experimenting with substances for a new kick, and alcoholics still riding on their blurred memories of the harsh realities of life, but nobody will be able to police the end-users of online gaming. So far there is nothing illegal about it; not when all we are doing is sitting in our bedrooms. But that is exactly the problem; isolation is not a step towards achieving Oneness. Sad to say that even Facebook addicts are at least dwindling their way into the right direction. Enter the world of MMORPGs where connectivity is king.

Escapism is experienced when we enter a mental state of mind-frame that is not ordinarily available to the normal human body within everyday life. It occurs when we feel a sense of escape from reality, through the direct or indirect use of substances or acts which harbor the natural release of dopamine in our brains that provide mental relief and relaxation. It started with alcohol, a substance that has been brewed and fermented since the Mesopotamians in 4000 BC. The coca plant has similarly been grown and chewed by ancient civilizations in South America for thousands of years, only to be popularized in the 1800-1900s during the discovery of its medicinal properties. In the late 90s, cocaine became the party drug of choice, even till today with 600 tones being consumed annually.

There may be a million and one reasons for why people undergo substance abuse, however I only want to focus on one, the one that truly grabs people by their ankles and drags them under; escapism. We live on a boring planet, there is no doubt about that. If we lived somewhere actually interesting we wouldn't have a $41.9 billion a year video game industry, a $9.5 billion movie industry, nor a $23 billion movie rental industry. Entertainment is one of the most acceptable forms of escape, there is a lot of glitz and glamor and special effects, it almost feels like its actually real.

And this is exactly where MMORPGs come in. There are two types of extremely addictive online games; first-person shooters (such as Call of Duty; Modern Warfare), and MMORPGs (such as War of Warcraft). MMORPGs are extremely addictive because they were created to be exactly that. I remember reading a highly controversial article a couple years ago that delved into a study a particular gaming giant undertook in order to test or increase the addictiveness of their games. It produced results such as; a compelling story line, spammable skills or attacks to continuously required the attention of the gamer, etc. If only I could find that study somewhere. Here is a link to another article that suggests internet addiction is as addictive as cocaine. Just an interesting coincidence considering my earlier ties between the two. The key difference being that the drugs will likely kill you, while gaming addiction will just help you become morbidly obese, develop psychological problems such as increased anxiety and depression, and demonstrate extreme anti-social behavior every chance you get. Not to mention the B.O, which may just tip the favor back towards the drugs...

Ragnarok Online - War of Emperium (WOE)
Gaming is addictive. It is addictive not because the game itself is just so well made, often the most addictive games are sometimes the most childish and immature things ever, however they incite a repressed emotion out of the user that does not ordinarily come to light in real-life. We can be an absolute superstar online, the most hardcore outfits, extremely ultra cool weapons, guilds spanning hundreds of people all following us like Gospel itself, however none of it mirrored in real life itself. Gaming worlds are handcrafted by animation geniuses creating fantastic worlds we wished we could live in high in the clouds, however all we have is regular urban sprawl to meet us when we wake up every morning. Addiction deepens when it is used to escape Life. Problems as a result of our lives, people in our lives, boredom pertaining the unfolding of our non-lives, events that make us want to run away from the harsh realities of our lives. There is a lot of pain and sadness in the real world, the only pain we feel online is when the servers unexpectedly crash and we lose all our hard-gained items. Sometimes we work weeks on-end for those items, yes we can sometimes even cry.

MMORPGs are almost set up like casinos. Instead of cashing up our chips at the end of the night, we attain gold, or any other form of in-game currency. The inevitable churn of killing monsters, selling items, leveling up, killing more monsters, upgrading our equipment, killing even more monsters, PvPing, MvPing, did I mention killing lots of monsters? The in-game games are always the best, the PvP (player vs player) arenas are like poker tables; everybody is against each other (except the couple inside friends nobody knows about). The MvP (monster vs player) maps are like blackjack tables; everybody vs the 'house'. The NPCs (non-player characters) are like good casino dealers offering us advice and showing us how to play the game. The whole thing is structured to suck you in and keep you there while the good times are rolling. At least we leave the casino when we run out of money, with online games they are already in our houses, meaning we don't have to leave, or even sleep (hello 5am wake-up calls to make our guild wars: Respect).

We really like to escape reality on Earth. Very little keeps us mentally dedicated more so than astronomical debts or sex. The entertainment industry allows us to see a small sneaking glimpse of what it means to truly live within our model concepts of reality. The fame, the fortune, the power, for a lucky few it even promises a career where all our dreams can suddenly be realized. For the vast majority of others, we are left to escape our lost dreams by filling in time with what interests us beyond the scope of every day life. Escapism is about living in a world that either captures our imagination, or lets us forget who we are and where we came from. One way or the other, we are not being physically present here on Earth in the NOW.

I was addicted to games my entire childhood, even till today its grasp is still so powerful that it takes the full force of nearly all my Masters before I let go of them and start concentrating on my Life again. And this is the most serious issue; our escape from what we have come here to do. If we are not present, then how are we expected to do what it is we came here for? The simple answer is we can't, it doesn't happen. We may allow ourselves to get into a stupor, become high, immersed into a guild war with all our online comrades, what we won't discover is the forgiveness for simply being here and moving on into a state of Enlightenment. It takes a lot of maturity to give up online games, social maturity to give up the latest social craze mobile games, and spiritual maturity to enjoy the essence of Life in its most pure form; in the NOW. Escapism is for those not psychologically strong enough to deal with real life, it is only a matter of time before Life catches up with us, there is only so far we can run. One day we will look back and think to ourselves "Where did all that time go? What was I even doing?" then the nostalgia of the game will hit you before the "That's right! It wasn't on Earth. It was all in that gaming world." That's the scary part. Enjoy reading this post?
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