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Reason

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May 30, 2023

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Inspiration

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JANU:   To employ reason in the midst of disorder begins with perception of one’s own thoughts and processes. The question is “What works for you? What is practical? What stimulates insight, breakthrough understandings?” It is a relationship, whether conscious of or not, between the personality, the ego, the incarnate mind, emotions, and other qualities and the True Nature and its perception and relationship with the Larger Life. Any unreasonable reality seems not in harmony with this. In other words, it doesn’t work for you…yet.

You will find that as you mature in wisdom and experience, the line between reasonable and unreasonable shifts. One’s consciousness matures as awakening becomes more inclusive. One can perceive the relationship of everything to everything. For as one forms distinctions between the two, one must grow in openness to be more inclusive in the range of perception as life as it is and is becoming. Final conclusions of observation must be in motion as well, to evolve in wisdom. Namaste.
Feb. 28, 2023                                                             Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

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Encouragement

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May 29, 2023

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JANU:   The reality of encouragement takes many forms, with many needs for it. Encouragement’s source isn’t just one person to another or life circumstance or angelic force. It can be self-inflicted or processed from within someone. The observance of the success of another, their understanding and application through their basic ego-personality, life and lifestyle, through an insight from within from Life itself. There are blessings to be experienced everywhere and many go unnoticed.

Encouragement does not have to wait for the support of another. One can choose to be motivated and encouraged to try again, to understand more deeply, to benefit from insights into success or the stages thereof. Even from observing the creatures of the Earth and how they survive. Even the playfulness of animals and their beauty.

The message and music of a song that touches you, inspires you, brings a memory that you or another finds in a moment of living and of loving. The majesty of a symphony, of a flock of birds in formation, the rising and setting of the sun every day. Every chance to bring a smile to another, finding peace, encourages continuation.

The forms, the sources, the opportunities are endless. Reach into your vast resources and encourage someone, including yourself. Namaste.
Mar. 29, 2023                                                    Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

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Conscious union & identity expansion

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May 26, 2023

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Elements of Awakening

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JANU: The transition to conscious union  is a major expansion in identity. And even that identity, though extensive, is not the end of the journey of evolution, for even the True Nature, you see, is evolving. So the early footsteps of this journey is expansion of identity. This is a guided journey, not just by the True Nature, but by the rest of life, for everything—every level, every reality—is connected through the Source of Life. Being alone in your singular identity is a limited illusion, serving a purpose in the early steps of evolution.

This does not mean that the focus of identity is the only focus for this journey, but a basic one. It opens the door to many others. So we start here. The phrase “I Am” is a beginning key. Who or what is “I am”? “I am” refers to the expansion of being. We are one in this. Namaste.
Apr. 11, 2023                                                       Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross
There are many previous attunements on the theme of conscious union. Several are included within Human Potential and the Larger Life. 

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The journey

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May 24, 2023

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Elements of Awakening, Inspiration

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JANU: Striving to ordinary social structure, order, is only part of the journey of experience in this world. Awakening through to the truth behind it all, its many nuances, layers, meanings, realities, evolutions, is the journey. And the journey includes service, enrichment, the elevation of peace, intelligence, maturity, and even love. There is much it fulfills and rounds out. The opportunities, even they are evolving.

Life is in motion everywhere. So be in motion, as your guidance, your insight suggests. Look for opportunities appearing on your doorstep, such as these journeys together. Every day, a journey of some kind, to varying degrees. Continue with this. Discover its path. Be attentive, committed, and open. Namaste.
Apr. 9, 2023                                                     Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

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A vision for human civilization

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May 22, 2023

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Service, The Human Condition

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JANU: Recovering principles once established takes a willingness to change, to let go of the distractions called ‘power,’ personal aggrandizement, conflicting ideologies that separate rather than unite. Fundamental principles and philosophies, whether in government, commerce, religion, the arts, divide rather than coordinate capabilities, wisdom, intelligence, and caring.

There are geniuses and wisdoms, experiences, motivations for excellence scattered throughout humanity. Supporting and encouraging each other, let each skill support each other bringing about opportunities not anticipated or envisioned.  Competition to exceed, to excel, must be perceived in a different light, with a fundamental motivation to advance individual and collective civilization. Each one’s dreams can contribute to opportunity.

Let this be a driving force and watch hunger, deprivation, disease, hopelessness, frustration, self-condemnation fall by the wayside. Hope and opportunity must be real and understood more and more by those in all walks of life, in all degrees of achievement, in countless dreams and visions. This direction of thinking and being and expressing is a new path and adventure for many but it is within them to achieve. All of life supports this. All of life benefits. Begin today. Namaste.
Mar. 11, 2023                                             Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

 

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Exploring memory 

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May 19, 2023

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Exploring the Richness of Life

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JANU:    We are prepared, if you will, for today’s journey, as you have stated or requested, the creation of and access to memory. This begins with embracing the faculty as something to be valued, desired, embraced, assimilated, and nurtured. Become one with this. Reach into it. It is Life attracting to itself.

Explore the value of recall. What value understanding with no memory of it? What value relationships with no record? What value communication without memory?

Equally important is the integrity of its creation. What value misrepresentation of the Truth of Life? Accurate memory is a sign of wisdom, service, integrity.

Practice the creation and recall of specific memory.  Exercise this faculty. Allow it to become integrated consciously with your incarnate life. Explore memory not limited to this sojourn or any other and, when mature enough, the memory of others and beyond.  But begin with your own, even today’s. Practice, understand, be there in value. Allow it to be practical and enrich the life. Namaste.
Feb. 26, 2023                                              Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

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Individuality and oneness  

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May 17, 2023

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Exploring the Richness of Life

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JANU: The sense of individuality seems to give purpose to existence. The sense of individuality is part of the incarnate experience due to the veil. The reason for this is focus and the evolution of life itself. The individual, so to speak, is motivated as the driving force for evolving. The True Nature and the monad are the evolving life principle throughout the creations occurring in the realms. The sense of individuality is a healthy vehicle to experience evolution.

The isolation of the veil allows for the assignment of failure and frustration as to the nature and actuality of these outcomes. But this is a limited perception. Allowing reality to unfold in a peaceful but committed manner allows for continuation.

See identity, then, as not so much a separation from the rest of life but as an expression of the Larger Life, the source of being. Namaste.
Mar. 5, 2023                                                          Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

Based on reading of A Textbook of Theosophy by C. W. Leadbeater.

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Identity of mind to universal oneness

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May 11, 2023

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Exploring the Richness of Life

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JANU:     Mind is a term for ‘collector of life impressions’ but is limited to the incarnate experience and sensory input. Let us explore a concept of that reality with new meaning, larger meaning.

Consciousness is a state of being, of perceiving. But what is conscious? The term ‘mind’ does not embrace this. It’s an incarnate expression and perception, concept. What is conscious is ‘true nature’ and functions differently than incarnate mind. This is consciousness, this ‘true nature’ is more in the direction of oneness, the intimacy of oneness that leaves ego separation, any sense of borders or limits, to the incarnate perception. The True Nature is a more universal reality than the word ‘mind’ can embrace. Pure being is pure oneness. It becomes the reality experienced, perceived, understood in the sense that it is its oneness of being.

Higher and lower mind, so to speak, do not embrace this reality. They are a result of it, with a purpose of exploring an experiencing a part of life. Individuality as such does not apply to universality. But universality is. Putting your attention upon this connects you to it, liberating your identity from limitation into the connection of oneness and unlimited intimacy.

We will explore this further, as needed. Enjoy the beginning. Namaste.
Feb. 25, 2023                                                       Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

This journey follows directly upon the previous one.

Higher and lower mind comes from the writing of C.W. Leadbeater in A Textbook of Theosophy. 

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Shedding light on the nature of mind

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May 9, 2023

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Exploring the Richness of Life

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JANU:   Assuming an assembly, the criteria for the rite of understanding, let us begin by saying: the discourse* is a reflection of another’s experience in understanding. Perspectives on the truth of this vary.

In our case, for instance, we are awakening to the larger truth of being through the formlessness of light and the love of life. True experience in this direction encompasses, embodies much more. The discourse in the literature can be a small trigger or catalyst to a fuller truth. Experiencing this is a diverse reality occurring in stages, the elements of which occur spontaneously due to life experiences and processes. The answer to your query is “Yes” but a qualified one.

These discourses tend to tie things together with a ribbon that cements the discourse as a complete understanding. It is not, but it has value for it stimulates inquiry. Higher and lower mind is a misrepresentation or, should we say, a limited one of the reality of oneness, of union, of the reality of awakening. In a larger perspective, the entire being is awakening, for the entire being is one but is also many elements of reality. Registering these insights has reference and opportunity.

Continue as we have. Read as you will. Return for clarification, illumination, insight, and application. Namaste.
Feb. 24, 2023                                                       Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

*The ‘discourses’ under discussion come from C.W. Leadbeater’s book A Textbook of Theosophy. 

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Who or what am I?

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April 12, 2023

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Exploring the Richness of Life

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JANU: Your query “Who am I?” or “What am I?” has been heard. The response is more in the line of  “What can you be?” For who you are and what you are is in motion. Every part of life is an option, and this includes beyond incarnate life. In fact, especially this, for all of life is not manifest. It is still evolving. So, perceive your being more in the direction of ‘becoming’ than ‘what you are.’ You are life in motion, returning to peace from a long journey in order to embrace potential. To describe ‘being’ in the terms of your query is a limited perception, which can be entertained, but to what end?

You are becoming. Life is becoming. Enjoy the journey of becoming Life. Be at peace with this.  Be open to a growing understanding and diversity of experience. Embrace the wisdom that is gained. Be an inspiration by evolving. Relate to others with love and respect and the patience and wisdom growing within you. Namaste.
Feb. 18, 2023                                                     Copyright © 2023 by Joshua Ross

For more on the concept of identity being in motion, see  Experiencing the Flow of Life .

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