The Alexander Material by Ramon Stevens
Issue No. 10
Q:
I just received a wireless modem from my provider so I can get a higher
internet speed! However in your answer about dementia you put wireless internet in the category of
electromagnetic influences to consider before allowing it into your field. I know that
the results of some studies suggests that wifi and mobile phone radiation may stunt the growth of
young plants but these results are questioned and not supported. So the obvious question is why you
put wireless internet in the to consider category, what do you have against wireless
internet? You also mentioned the Noosphere but I got the impression that the Noosphere
is wireless. (W.B.)
A:
We have nothing against wireless internet per se; our host sits before a
wifi‑enabled laptop (though he prudently disables the antenna when not in use!). Our point
is to
encourage you to consider the effects of bombarding your body with a plethora of radiation
frequencies to which the human body was never designed to be exposed. Then consider the rise of
civilized diseases like cancer and heart disease, hardly known in the aboriginal world.
Cancer especially, the mutation of previously healthy cells into malignant enemies of the host
body, is a fine metaphor for the modern world; for a race that develops foods, chemicals, and
technology damaging to its own health.
We offer no blanket proscription against wireless internet use; simply an awareness of the soup of
radiation in which you daily swim; and suggest you take steps to minimize that radiation whenever
possible. Carry your cell phone in a briefcase or daypack, for example, rather than in a pocket
against your skin; and disable the wireless antenna when not online.
Q:
On Steve Jobs's deathbed, as related by his sister who was there,
Jobs's last utterance was, Wow, oh wow, oh wow! Alexander, do you have any inkling
of what Jobs was seeing? (A.W.)
A:
One would expect a visionary to die seeing one final vision, no? We have
written elsewhere of the drama that may be staged at death, where loved ones, religious
figures key to one's faith, etc., appear to assemble to welcome a passing soul. In the case of
a brilliant visionary, who might see right through such a staging, or be bored by it, a more
elaborate hallucination of light, color, sound, and symbol would be more attractive; akin to the
efflorescing visions of mystics. To directly answer your question: no, we don't know what Jobs
was seeing.
Q:
I understand that time exists in our physical universe but not outside it
in the realm where the higher self exists. Yet there seems to be something time-like there, in the
sense that entities develop rather than remain static. (For example, this quote from issue #9:
if in our continuing development we discover a Meta-Source beyond the Source, we will send
back a postcard!) Can you say anything about this seemingly time-like quality that will make
it clearer to me? (R.A.)
A:
Consider water flowing through a pipe. At its end the pipe forks into two
outlets. Each outlet may be fully open, partially open, or completely closed. As one outlet closes,
the flow of water shifts to the other; and vice versa.
This is how space-time operates: a given event—a matrix of energy—may be expressed
mostly in time and slightly in space; in equal intensities of time and space; or mostly in space
and slightly in time. Space and time are the root parameters of the physical dimension, the outlets
through which events flow. The reason that events are regulated in their expression, trickling into
time and space, is that your nervous systems could not handle the sudden arrival of an event
matrix all at once. You can perceive and process only so much at a time; so
events feed gradually into the physical dimension.
Outside the physical dimension, events still unfold and express, but differently.
Space exists here also, but on a massive scale. There being no physical creatures, no
entity here suffers limitations on the reach of its explorations. Instead there is a sense of
boundless expanse, limitless extension. Within this vast space are varying frequencies
or tonal qualities that mark various regions. These frequencies reflect the nature of the entities
and their work in a given region. An entity grows or develops by
extending—flowing, really—into a new region, absorbing the extant knowledge of the
entities there (to the limitations of the inquiring entity); adding a new tonal quality to its
range of frequencies.
This process is often directed by overseers; that is, a given entity may be studying
under a master entity which directs the process of information acquisition in accordance with the
growth plan of the acquiring entity.
Now, to return to your point, while this process plays out in a space of
sorts—though it has no edges or physical laws, being more of a boundless forever—time
as you know it plays no role. Just as the space involved has a sense of deep infinity, so is there
an expansive Now moment in which all events are both potential and manifest; aborning
and maturing; ideation and completion.
We are reaching the limits of language, and your ability to crawl out of your neurological wiring
and expand your awareness to absorb what we struggle to express. Perhaps you have known moments of
sudden inspiration when an entire complex idea—for a project, a song, a book—was
there in an instant, fully formed. Such moments are oblique insinuations of the
dimension of which we speak, in which an infinitely expansive Now moment contains both
all potential and all fulfillment.
Q:
After reading your material I am wondering: If everyone starts fresh
each lifetime, how does an old soul become old? And along the same lines: When you say that
the unique ego with its unique life history will not return to Earth would that mean
the Buddha (who recounted hundreds of past lives) was actually tapping into the awareness of his
higher self? And further, would it be more accurate to say that he became the higher self?
(J.S.)
A:
First let us clarify that our model of reincarnation does not posit a single
soul recycling from body to body, lifetime after lifetime. This is not to say that the
learning gleaned in a given lifetime, or karmic braids incurred, may not be embedded in
the matrix of a soul moving toward incarnation. No one is born a blank slate. But the root
identity, the blend of soul qualities, the set point on various spectra, the higher
self's intentions, the personality, etc., are unique for each incarnation.
An old soul is one which carries the memory traces and learnings of a sequence of
souls, without being the actual reincarnation of those souls. Just as a wise old man has seen,
done, or heard just about everything, with the impetuous passions of youth mellowed to gentle
wisdom; so an old soul carries the memory traces of young and mid-aged souls, fostering a mellow,
tolerant, wise personality immune to the strivings, the graspings, the gropings, the ambitions of
younger souls.
Buddha, as an enlightened being, had direct recall of the soul traces embedded within his
personality matrix. That does not mean he was those individuals, rather that their growth
and development, from baby soul to old soul, coupled with his pursuit of enlightenment, allowed him
to transcend the limitations of the flesh and achieve realization while in human form.
Q:
I am a neonatal ICU nurse, though it has been a challenge, to say the
least, working within such a traditional system for so many years. I do so like being around
babies, sick or well. When working night shift, I sing to them (I can sing), play carefully
selected music and at times talk to the soul of that wee one. I whisper in the babe's ear that
it is so dearly loved no matter what path it has chosen and to remember who it really is, knowing
the veil of forgetfulness will soon be in place. There are some babies who astound me with their
awareness in recent years. Am I imagining this? In many dire situations such as drug-addicted
babies, is there more that I could be doing besides the conventional treatment? Does the energy
that I am make a difference? From your perspective, why are there more and more premature babies
being born? Thank you for your answer. (C.)
A:
Perhaps our readers have had the experience of meeting a baby's eyes
and, just for a flash, making a profound connection with the being behind the drool; as if a wise
old soul were peering out through its eyes. As our correspondent notes, soon the veil of amnesia
will draw closed and the baby's awareness of its true nature will fade.
In one of our books is an essay about the rise of Savages and Starbabies—souls on either
pole of the spectrum of consciousness—and the reasons for their prominence in present times.
It may be that your ward is blessed with a healthy proportion of Starbabies, peering at you from
heads swimming in the stars. Nurture them well, for such are the seeds of a brighter tomorrow.
Drug-addicted babies are born with scrambled wiring—neurological, biological, and energetic.
They struggle because so little makes sense; information is filtered through damaged neuronal
channels. If you are not already doing so, massage is highly beneficial, especially along the
spine, following the neuronal pathways from brain to waist, then to the feet. Always start at the
head and gently run your thumbs along either side of the spine, then each thumb down one leg
simultaneously, being sure to vigorously massage the soles of the feet for 10 or 15 seconds. This
mirrors the flow of neuronal impulse from brain to body, and will help to restore proper neuronal
functioning.
As to why more and more premature babies are being born, see our previous answer about wireless
internet!
Q:
I am interested in what superstition really means in human thinking. Is it
just a logical error of primitive people (man becomes irrational when he can't explain the
rational), or mere compensation in situation of uncertainty (man adopts magical thinking when he
feels insecure)? Or does magical thinking mean some kind of tapping in deeper truths and wisdom
like interconnectedness of the universe, due to which one symbolical phenomenon (e.g. playing
cards) mirrors another one (human life)? (R.G.)
A:
Let's just say the search for a Grand Unified Theory started early. It
is the nature of human consciousness to search for connections, relationships, sympathies, among
various phenomena of nature. That is because behind the manifest universe lies a deeper reality, a
realm of consciousness in which precisely those networks of connection and relationship do exist.
As discussed in a previous answer, the realm of consciousness operates on tonal values,
frequencies, with sympathetic fields naturally attracting and blending. Like attracts
like is a fundamental principle, then.
What applies freely in the realm of consciousness may not, however, carry over into physical
reality. To some extent the principle of sympathetic resonance is reflected in the
physical system, but in much diluted potency. If a witch doctor puts a curse on someone, that
negative energy may find its target, but is impotent to induce harm unless the targeted individual
already suffers a compromised immune system; in which case but the slightest effect will be felt.
We have written elsewhere that the purpose of a camouflage physical system such as yours is the
privacy and primacy of your experience: no one can read your thoughts. Such a system is
tuned to ensure the integrity and inviolability of the individual mind/body matrix,
meaning it is largely immune from the thoughts of others. Imagine if it were otherwise, and a wish
to inflict harm on another was quickly followed with actual harm. The human race would destroy
itself in minutes.
Belief in magical thinking, therefore, reflects an awareness of how reality works on the
other side, and a desire to command the power to impose one's will on others. Children
and aboriginal peoples—who have yet to learn to distrust their intuition—are thus the
main practitioners of the dark arts.
Q:
I have perhaps a complex question about consciousness and our body. In your
book Conscious Life you describe the Source as the creator and
organizer of all consciousness. This must include the consciousness of DNA. So in our body all
material entities are a physicalized expression of consciousness and if I understand correctly this
is all part of the electromagnetic blueprint coming from our higher self. So my question is in the
process of creating an electromagnetic blueprint for the first time, who then creates
the consciousness of DNA or organs, our higher self or the Source? Since it must be the Source how
then is this accomplished? Does the Source simply participate? (W.B.)
A:
First, let us make a clear distinction between your
consciousness—meaning the focal point of identity and uniqueness that you would identify as
you—and the consciousness of individual organs and systems within the body.
Your consciousness is self-aware, active, receptive, fully engaged in the give-and-take
of life.
Your cells, your organs, your DNA enjoy no such expansiveness, no such liberty of action. Their
awareness is limited to sensing the spark of life animating the body, realizing their
place within the larger system—though that realization allows for no independence—and
feeling the flow of life vitality.
No one creates the consciousness of your body's systems. Consciousness cannot be
created. It already exists, always and everywhere. A given cell, molecule, or organ, given its
constituent elements, produces a tone or frequency. That frequency in turn attracts a
sympathetic consciousness; or taps into a field of sympathetic consciousness.
When a species is established on the planet, the physical beings tap into a twin field
of consciousness which animates and supports them. There is a generic anteater
consciousness, a generic capuchin monkey consciousness, and so on; with DNA, bodily
systems, and brain linked to the corresponding field of species consciousness. This has
implications outside your question, such as new learning by one member of a species passing by
diffusion—through the species-specific field of consciousness—to other members.
Consider how discrete human populations around the world all passed through phases of development
at roughly the same time—the various Ages of Man—and how civilization first
arose in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and South America within a relatively brief span of time.
So the consciousness animating your cells and organs is a hybrid, really: the higher self pulses
the body's blueprint into physical expression; the elements of that blueprint emit distinct
tonal frequencies; those frequencies attract sympathetic strands of consciousness from the
species-specific field. A fabric of frequencies and consciousness sustains each individual:
holding you
within the parameters of your species, but allowing your uniqueness to shine.
Q:
What is the best habitual exercise to cleanse the soul & channels in
preparation to receive?
The best meditation to further encourage psychic attunement for receiving clear and
useful information? The steps to follow to facilitate easier connection and strong communication
with each meditation? (W.P.)
A:
There is no best method applicable to everyone. All meditation systems aim at
clearing the active mind, suppressing the ego, and forging a waking link with realms normally
accessed only in sleep. Be careful not to want certain outcomes, such as
receiving clear and useful information. You may or may not be set up for such a flow
of insight. Don't cloud the process with egoic desire. Maintain a discipline of daily
meditation and whatever potential lies within you will unfold.
Q:
I have terrible headaches with barometric changes, earthquakes, power
outages, storms, volcanic eruptions—what is best way to utilize this gift to help
others? Best way to properly attune this ability? To make clear and reliable use of this info? What
is the ultimate source and the best use of this info so it is not wasted? (W.P.)
A:
If the imminence of these events triggers a headache, it means your body-mind
channel is compromised or clouded. Your body is reacting violently, as if taking onto itself the
energy released by the event. The first step, then, is to restore a clear, pure body-mind
connection. The meditation suggested above will help. Once your awareness of impending events
arises as a tingling awareness rather than pain, and when you can link those thoughts to events
specific in time and place, you will have a useful gift to share with others.
Q:
I know a wonderful, bright healer who teaches aura reading through all your
senses. She maintains an Enlightenment list. This list is comprised of humans of all
walks of life who she has determined, through reading the balance of their auric fields (no stuff),
that they are enlightened. They may experience challenges etc., but because of their ability to
maintain and live their frequency, debris does not become lodged in the energy field. She also
teaches others to do what she does. Is it possible to read enlightenment in the aura or are there
other factors in consciousness at work here? Is there a real value in the maintenance of such a
list so that others can see what is possible for others? I feel that it is possible for one to get
to the place that one experiences emotions, but are not ruled by them, that one can access and live
the frequency while they are still in human form, but it seems to me that there is something beyond
what is seen as total auric balance. Could you comment on this? (C.)
A:
Those who can read auric fields can tell at a glance the relative physical,
emotional, and spiritual health of an individual. Whether merely not allowing oneself to be
controlled by emotions constitutes enlightenment would be a matter of debate. There are very, very
few individuals, now or ever, who are or have been truly enlightened while in human form. It may be
that your friend's list contains those individuals with relatively clear auric
fields; old souls disinterested in the strivings and graspings of younger souls.
We would note that a truly enlightened individual would feel no emotion at all—for emotion
arises from the frustration or fulfillment of desire; and the enlightened have no desires.
Q:
From the last Q&A:
From our perspective, there is nothing beyond the Source, or Universal Mind. If everything
originates from the Source, what more could lie behind it? However, if in our continuing
development we discover a Meta-Source beyond the Source, we will send back a postcard!
From Conscious Life:
The Source Itself is unknowable. No consciousness of any level or realm is broad and deep
enough to fully apprehend and fathom the very Source of all Creation. Knowing this, knowing that at
best we can perceive only fragments and hints of the greater Source from which the universe
springs, we find Its tracings etched upon the fabric and design of your world.
My questions are:
If we cannot apprehend and fathom the Source, how is it that from your perspective there is
nothing beyond the Source? It seems you would have to know all of the Source to know there is
nothing beyond it. From where you are, what makes you say there is nothing beyond the Source? Is
this a known fact at some levels of consciousness, or is it as far as your perception has
information about? (A.H.)
A:
This appears to be more a matter of semantics than metaphysics. It is like
asking, Where did God come from? The Source, by our definition, is the
ultimate Field of All Consciousness, in which all lesser systems are contained. By that definition,
how could there be anything beyond that totality? If you suggest there could be
something more beyond the Source, you have created a Meta-Source, but one which exists in words
only, not in reality. Set the words aside and absorb the concept of a unitary field of
consciousness which contains all smaller units of consciousness (including all universal systems).
That we call the Source; and by definition nothing can lie beyond it.
Q:
Understanding that you find Darwin's views to be absurd and lacking an
understanding of intuitive cooperation and Divine Grace; is there anything to there being
some kind of biological adaptation to the environment that happens that helps explain
the variations within one particular race and the ones between the other races (of course,
it's all one human race), like do variations occur because races migrate to different places
and eventually evolve to adapt to their new environment? In other words, Is there a biological
evolution that is a non-survival of the fittest? (T.W.)
A:
We have written elsewhere precisely this: that evolution,
meaning the suppression and activation of potentials held within a species' genome and field
of consciousness, does occur. But evolution meaning the changing of reptiles into birds, and birds
into mammals, and mammals leaping into the sea to become whales and dolphins, does not occur. You
need only observe the differences in bodily qualities of Africans, Asians, and Native Americans, to
see that adaptation to environment does occur and direct the course of development.
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