Summary: "C" stands for consciousness 118: 21st Century Koans link: http://crossingpointoflight.blogspot.com/2008/02/comet-17p-holmes-was-shown-in-crop.html There are a couple of places in the intro in which the completely wrong word came out of my mouth. I didn't notice until I went to edit those bits, and by then my window of quiet time had passed, so I didn't go back and re-record. Hopefully, I will return to "normal" cognitive function in the near future. Here are a couple of emails of the sort that I like to read on the show. I just didn't leave myself time to do so this week: Hi KMO, I just sent you a Paypal donation from my other email account. It's not much, but hopefully it won't be the last one. It sounds like you can use as much as you can get right now. Speaking of your current situation... you've always done a good job on the C-Realm of adhering to classic principles of journalism: keeping out of the way of the topic, overtly expressing your personal positions only insofar as they clarify or enhance the information, and warning your listeners of when you do "get personal" in an interview. As a former editor and student of media and society who is appalled by what passes for journalism in the mass media today, I've deeply appreciated this..... but it does mean that many of your listeners know very little about your ongoing personal situation, myself included. I'm assuming that those who were lucky enough to attend ceremony with you in Peru know what's up, but maybe you could edify the rest of us? I tend to think (idealistically, I'm sure) that the community of C-Realm listeners is, in fact, a community, albeit one that doesn't get to meet face to face very often. And people in communities help each other out. I know I alone can't possibly contribute enough money to pay your rent, or convince your wife that the C-Realm is a legitimate and highly needed enterprise worthy of your efforts. However, if Maryland doesn't work out, I'd be happy to engage my social network to help you find work, housing, or even just someone to take care of your cats. And I'll bet I'm not the only C-Realm listener whose wealth lies more in connections than in dollars. Be well, katuah Hi KMO, Just sent you a donation, because I know moving can be expensive! But it's small because I just moved too ;) Very much enjoyed this week's podcast about aliens. It seems like a good time to point you to some material I've found to be particularly interesting: http://www.lawofone.info/ The body of work is essentially an interview with an extraterrestrial, spanning several years in the early 80s. The interviewer was Don Elkins: a pilot who had seen a UFO and, in the course of investigating the phenomenon, was lead to channels who claimed to be in contact with them. The interviewee was RA: the 'social memory complex' that evolved from Venus, as channeled by Carla Rueckert and transcribed by James McCarty. While admittedly an extraterrestrial, RA stressed the relative unimportance of UFO phenomena. These visitations are described as wake up calls for those who need to be reminded that mystery underlies existence. Having occurred throughout history, they take whatever form the current culture is prepared to accept - as UFOs, spirits, angels, gods, etc. There are many different beings visiting us via several different mechanisms, and each experience is tailored to the individual's expectations - hence the wide variety of reports. I laughed out loud hearing of McKenna's encounter... so perfectly his! RA was not manifest on earth during the interview, but describes visiting the ancient Egyptians in a bell shaped craft and walking among them for an extended period. RA worked with the priests of that culture to create the higher arcana of the Tarot (as a tool for meditation on archetypes) and built the first of the pyramids there (as chakra balancing centers).
