The Little Purple Notebook On How To Escape From This Universe
            Copyleft © 1999 by Maximilian J. Sandor
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         The Cosmic Glue - Part 2


     Let's go back to Kashmir Shaivinism, the only source other than Gotamo
     (the 'Buddha') who spells out the problem.

     Note: it is very likely that Tibetan Buddhism also contains this piece
     of the puzzle because it uses several methods similar to Kashmir
     Shaivism. But Tibetan Buddhism is a blend of Hinduistic Tantra and
     Buddhism with the emphasis on the Tantra part and Shaivism is one of
     the basic schools of Tantra and predates Tibetan Buddhism by many
     centuries.

     There are no texts from Tibetan Buddhism about the subject at hand
     known to the author of this article. As mentioned already, the author
     is grateful for leads to texts that address the subject at hand.

     In a nutshell, Tantra as taught in the school of Kashmir Shaivinism,
     aims to break up the 'direct attachment' by evoking a vibration that
     is called the 'cosmic pulse of consciousness' or short 'spanda'
     (Sanskrit for 'vibration').

     This vibration precedes any creation of an emotion, such as intense
     excitation, love, and any form of admiration. On the flip-side, it
     also precedes fear and anger.

     In this 'Little Purple Notebook...', this phase has been called the
     'pre-cycle void' because in 'normal' life this vibration' is usually
     felt as a 'void' and goes completely unnoticed (cp. Chapter 720. The
     Interweavings of Beginnings, Changings, and Endings).

     The 'spanda' vibration during the 'pre-cycle' void can be amplified,
     once recognized, by means of sound.

     Amplification can happen through specific speech patterns (mantras) in
     a language that contains appropriate sounds (like Sanskrit), provided
     that the speaker knows the correspondence of sounds with the energy
     centers of the body (chakras) and produces the vowels and consonants
     of the mantra accordingly.

     It can also be amplified by producing overtone sounds (sometimes
     called polyphonic chanting). This method is primarily known to the
     Western world through Tibetan monks, and, as of recently and thanks to
     Richard Feynman's efforts, through Tuvan, Siberian, and Mongolian
     polyphonic chanting traditions.

     The 'spanda' technique is rather hard to learn, even when a qualified
     teacher is available. Besides the necessity of maintaining awareness
     throughout the process, it also requires the applicable knowingness
     that human emotions are entirely created by the Being itself. This
     means, that the Being must be able invoke emotions at will and discard
     instantaneously any possible (unwanted) emotion that may arise during
     the process.

     Now, having looked at the existing approaches aiming to handle the
     'direct attachment', an alternate process will be proposed.

     It should always be carried in mind that the process of dissolving
     ONLY 'direct attachments' by itself is dangerous and not viable. It
     *has to be* balanced by the process of _creating_ direct attachments
     as well. If a Being would just dissolve direct attachments, it would
     literally 'hang in between worlds' - it would not a viable approach at
     all.

     The Being, in order to be truly free, must be able to create whatever
     it wants. 'Cutting off the roots', as Gotamo proposed, can make only
     sense if the Being is already fully aware of its powers and if it can
     also exercise them under any possible circumstance.

     Now, a lot of people say that to dwell in this Universe or not would
     "only be a consideration". In other words, if one just changes one's
     considerations, reality changes as well.

     While this is a basic truth, it is not viable for practicable purposes
     and generally in succeeding in _doing_ things. The very same people
     usually find themselves unable to do the most basic things in life,
     such as procuring the necessary money for a decent and comfortable
     living.

     They may say now that they are not "yet" able to change their
     considerations or that 'they're working on it'. They often pretend to
     "want" exactly what they can't change. In either case, they can't do
     it. Thus they walk around deluding themselves and others and are bound
     to fail unless they change their approach.

     To understand the process proposed in the following and to be able to
     adjust it as necessary for one's own references, here is a basic
     working model on how attachments seem to actually come about:

        o  a Being finds itself compelled to assume a certain position in a
          playing field that it finds within its reach.

     This position is determined by the progression within a circular
     arrangement (or 'wheel') of identity sequences that can be charted
     with a line plot (to produce a 'line plot' see, for example, The Pilot
     materials linked to in the URL section).

     The formation of the 'wheel' itself is governed by the basic desires
     to be fulfilled. The Being decided upon these desires when it entered
     the game itself and as such they are not subject to change as long as
     the Being remains within this Universe.

     Note: Alan C. Walter coined the name 'codes' for this set of basic
     desires (which he call 'wants'). The existence of 'codes' is putting a
     considerable (sic!) dent into the assumption that 'everything is a
     consideration'(and thus could be changed).

        o In order to assume an identity that is recognizable by other
          players in the game, the Being selects some pieces in the
          Universe that could fit this purpose. The classical case is that
          of a Being's spiritual emanations taking over a human body
          shortly after its birth.
        o In order to bind the particle(s) the Being finds in the Universe
          (the tokens of its game), it embraces the particle(s) with a
          vibration close to the particle's own basic vibrations with the
          undertone of the "cosmic" vibration ('spanda', see above).
        o The result of this embracement is the feeling of "we" (or "us")
          for both the particle(s) AND the Being.
        o Finally, once the identification has been established
          successfully, the Being refers to the new compound briefly as
          'I'.

     This, it appears, is the way a Being descends into this Universe. It
     can only occupy a player's position by binding pre-existing particles
     to itself. This explains, why the Being MUST trap itself, at least
     temporarily and 'for the time being'.

     Note: the assumption that a Being can create any particle as it wants
     (and has done so extensively in the past), doesn't change this
     methodology in the least. The pieces 'we' are playing with now are so
     'old' that they cannot be measured in trillions of years. They are
     from a sequence of earlier (failed!!!) Universes (compare, for
     example, Bill Robertson's GUM (Game-Universe-Model) theory).

     Independently of the above, the following process will get a stalled
     progress on the way to freedom going again:


                  The "We and Us" Rundown

     I. Disintegration of fixed identifications

     1a. Enter a state free of _any_ thoughtform

     or

     1b. Enter a state with a single thoughtform (any and all muscles in
     the body should spontaneously relax upon entering this state of mind)

     2. Descend to the density of the physical body (if the reader can do
     1a or 1b, s/he will know what this
     means).

     3. Emanate the vibration of 'WE'.

     4a.During the first round, the response may be overwhelming and the
     'puncture process' may be necessary: for every 'we', mentally drill a
     'hole' into the evoked Universe, effectively paralyzing (or
     'freezing') the emanation.

     As soon as there are no new responses, RAISE the entire (and by now
     probably quite complex) structure to the NEXT higher level of
     awareness. It will dissolve when raised.

     4b. If there is a single response to the "We" concept, raise it to the
     NEXT higher level of density and it will resolve. (Don't raise it too
     high, as it wouldn't resolve then).


     II. Integration of new identifications

     5. Select an existing, rigid construct in this
        Universe (an easy way is to look at a statue,
        for example).

     6. For each detail (posture, expression, clothing,
        gadgets) originate the "We" emanation (this part
        will also blow off remaining "We" dentifications
        on the current (human) body - so it may take a
        while).

     III.
        Repeat the process using "Us" instead of "We"
       (this is the inflow vector).

     IV.
        Go through I through III using as many
        different languages you can think of (for
        whatever reason, this does make a difference).
        If necessary, invent ('mock-up') new
        languages.


     The end phenomenon of this sequence of processes (or 'rundown')could
     be called 'a clarity on how to create identities'.

     Without this clarity - whichever way it may have been attained - any
     opinions about 'nirvana' or 'freedom of man' are nothing but idle
     words, barked into the chilling wind of time: vain and forgotten the
     very moment they have been uttered.


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                  Copyleft © 1999 by Maximilian J. Sandor