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When a Voice in a Dream Gives You “The Answer”
{Subtitle: The Codicils: A Vision for 21st Century America & the World.}
© John W. Robinson Dream Awareness Network Oct. 6, 2020
Some definitions of the word "idea" are as follows: [1] a thought, plan, or suggestion about what to do, [2] an opinion or belief, [3] something that you imagine or picture in your mind [4] any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, mental awareness, or mental activity.
With this lead in, I want to present an idea for any explorers that are new to the world of understanding their dreams. This is the idea that you can incubate a dream by suggesting and affirming to your inner self and your conscious self that you wish to experience a dream about a certain topic or more specifically to receive an answer to a question, or to receive practical guidance in the solving of a real life problem.
This is a practice in the art of dreamwork that I have been using for over 50 years with many successes. Jane Roberts, author of the Seth material, refers to it and other practices as becoming A Dream Art Scientist. At times, the practice will take persistence to develop. But if you are disciplined in the practice it will eventually become your expectation that you will receive the information from a dream that you seek. I believe this practice illustrates the admonition to:
• Seek and you will find.
• Ask and you will receive.
• Knock and the door will be opened.
The practice is that of dream incubation, or to develop or produce a dream about that which you are incubating. One of my most recent experiences at dream incubation deals with a concern many people have with the present state of perceived chaos, confusion over a vision for the future, and a lack of a continued movement toward equality & justice for all. These are all indicators that the experiment in democracy that our American culture has been involved in for so long, appears to be evolving. But, it is not just an American experience, it is a global experience.
It is with a history of proving this method in my dreamwork and a belief in its power that one night a few weeks ago, before falling asleep, I suggested to my conscious mind, subconscious mind and inner self that I desired and expected more insight and a solution to the societal anguish and confusion that millions are experiencing at this historical time. How do we as a society move forward?
With that background, I awake from a dream that night with this action taking place. My dreaming self like my waking self is asking the question to another personality in my dream. I am aware of another personality being in the dream event even though upon awaking I could not identify that personality. What impacted me was a voice that stated very clearly – “Reread the ending of Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time and you will discover your answer”. Awakening from this dream and the certainty of the voice in the dream, I felt that I had received the answer to my suggestion, or incubation of the ideas stated above.
Immediately upon getting out of bed, I went to the family room which now serves also as a writer’s office for me. I found the book among the many books authored by Jane Roberts, or books by others sharing their experience with the material. At last count I think it totaled about 35 volumes.
I opened the book to the section suggested by the dream voice and began reading. It did not take long before I discovered the answer to my specific request for the dream incubation.
There it was in plain sight in black & white very clearly laid out. The word is Codicils.
I knew then I had read about the Codicils, previously in the books “Psychic Politics” and “…The Museum of Time”, and at the time had an idea, that I wanted to write a blog about the Codicils because I believed them to be a touchstone in the evolution of civilization and its move toward justice and equality for all while developing humanity’s nature to it full extant.
(Moment Point Press - 2000 edition – Copyright © by Robert F. Butts
© 1976 Jane Roberts (Prentice Hall)
I will now share with you my rediscovery of the Codicils as recorded by Jane Roberts in The Oversoul Seven Trilogy and Psychic Politics. The source I begin with is the literary fiction work The Oversoul Seven Trilogy. The Trilogy was transmitted and written by Jane thru altered states of consciousness. The quotes I will use come from the 1995 Amber-Allen Publishing edition of the Trilogy, published by Robert Butts (Jane’s spouse) over 10 years after Jane’s physical death.
The following quotes are from sections of the referenced work beginning on page 538 and ending on 545 (last page in the trilogy). Open your mind to a new awareness and understanding. To set the stage, passages from the book’s last chapter follow.
“George was always embarrassed for Window when he spoke for Christ or Monarch; he couldn’t look him in the face. Grinning, he said, “the George?” “Well, I’m George anyhow.”
“I’m deeply honored,” “Monarch said.”
“He is the George, “Leona whispered mentally, and he isn’t, I can tell. Something’s …distorted.”
“And then obviously you aren’t trying to steal the Codicils,” Monarch replied to George, with relief.
“Seven interrupted.” “We’re trying to make sure that the Codicils do appear in your time. You must be dream travelers.”
…”George shook his own head. He knew that whatever Window would say was true. But how did he know”?
“Window began: “I use to speak for a personality called Monarch—as you know. Well, suddenly that consciousness and mine merged. I knew Monarch’s life and he knew mine. But his was a world that makes ours really look sick. I’ve never been so happy in my life as when I glimpsed pictures of that world through his mental images. And his world was based on completely different ideas than ours is….”
“While Oversoul Seven was so concerned with finding the Codicils, the words “the Codicils” kept sounding through Josephine’s mind. She sensed some odd familiarity as if she herself had run across that particular phrase in some significant way before. That is, she thought the words meant “appendages to a will.” Yet suppose in this connotation, they meant “appendages to the will” – to man’s will?” {My note added: In this use “man’s will” refers to mankind, or humanity’s personal will in the generic sense.}
“With no particular destination in mind, she walked up the stairs to her small study and found herself examining the piles of books stacked so neatly on the bookshelves. “The Codicils”, she muttered angrily, anxiously. As if by themselves, her hands began rummaging through the books, fingering the pages. Yet she had the odd feeling that her fingers knew what they were doing, that she had in mind some particular goal beyond her conscious knowing.”
“…She suddenly yelled out in triumph and exaltation as she found the phrase, the particular phrase that was so vital. It was in an old book, Psychic Politics, by Jane Roberts, written many years before. There it was – the blueprint for mankind’s future, the blueprint that she was now completely sure was also written in the tissues and cells of the species itself. She read quickly, triumphantly:”
CODICILS
(Alternate hypotheses as a base for private and public experience)
1. “All of creation is sacred and alive, each part connected to each other part, and each communicating in a creative cooperative commerce in which the smallest and the largest are equally involved.”
2. “The physical senses present one unique version of reality, in which being is perceived in a particular dimensionalized sequence, built up through neurological patterning, and is the result of one kind of neurological focus. There are alternate neurological routes, biologically acceptable, and other sequences so far not chosen.”
3. “Our individual self government and our political organizations are by-products of sequential perception, and our exterior methods of communication set up patterns that correlate with, and duplicate, our synaptic behavior. We lock ourselves into certain structures of reality in this way.”
4. “Our sequential prejudiced perception is inherently far more flexible than we recognize, however. There are half steps – other unperceived impulses – that leap the nerve ends, too fast and too slow for our usual focus. Recognition of these can be learned and encouraged, bringing in perceptive data that will trigger changes in usual sense response, filling out potential sense spectra with which we are normally not familiar.”
5. “This greater possible sense spectrum includes increased perception of inner bodily reality in terms of cellular identity and behavior; automatic conscious control of bodily processes; and increased perception of exterior conditions as the usual senses become more vigorous. (Our sight, for example, is not nearly as efficient as it could be. Nuances of color, texture, and depth could be expanded and our entire visual area attains a brilliance presently considered exceptional or supernormal.)”
“Josephine’s glance slid down the page. The Codicils were followed by comments by the author. There was a paragraph called Comments on the Codicils. It seemed to apply to Codicil #1 and to the five Codicils in general at the same time. She read the pertinent passages quickly and impatiently.”
COMMENTS ON CODICILS
“Acceptance of these first codicils would expand practical knowledge of the self, break down barriers that are the result of our prejudiced perception, and restructure personal, social, and political life.”
“Concepts of the self and practical experience of the self must be broadened if the species is to develop its true potentials. Only an evolution of consciousness can alter the world view that appears to be our official line of consciousness.”
I, John, will digress from quoting from the book and say to the reader of this blog that there are two more pages of Comments on the Codicils that are a must for reading and understanding if you hold the view I do that our culture and the world needs to change its current direction, or the survival of mankind as we know it may be in jeopardy. I encourage you from my heart, to seek, find, read, and become aware of these Codicils. The realization of your human potential may be at stake. Now I am returning to quoting from the book to bring this blog to an ending.
“…George the First cried out: “Zounds, what luck!”
“You’ll never know,” Seven whispered to George mentally. “Goodbye, dear friend, at least for now.” He grinned and added, “It’s been a –uh—super relationship. You succeeded in your pursuits far better than you know.”
And Seven knew that it was all right, that everything was all right, always had been all right, that it had only been their anxieties and doubts that ever made it all seem wrong. They were all couched and safe, forever secure, forever jubilant at the heart of their own beings. There was never anything to be afraid of, if only they trusted the great sweet security that forever held the vitality of their beings, for they were all truly splendid, a part of a loving universe that cradled them forever in a safety and love literally beyond all comprehension.”
In closing this great example of the type of information you may get when you choose to incubate a dream, I encourage you to follow my lead. You may become aware of a new worldview that may be in your future now. A future governed by the CODICILS discussed in the two books referenced. Or, you may just become aware of the power of your dreams for releasing dramatic changes in your life. Either way the process is a win-win situation.
Look for more blogs on this site in the future expanding on these Codicil concepts while being related to my personal dreams and experiences or related to the dreams or experiences of others.
(Note: Incubation image courtesy of C4DL Lab)
Appendix
The Codicils were first received by Jane Roberts from her mental library and published in her book Psychic Politics-An Aspect Psychology Book, published in 1976. The Codicils I share above were included at the end of the third book of the Oversoul Seven Trilogy, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time, a fiction novel. This is the reference to which my dream voice first led me, pointing me in the direction of the answer to my question. Jane published the first book of the trilogy The Education of Oversoul Seven in 1973. In 1979 The Further Education of Oversoul Seven was published. The last book of the trilogy Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time was published in 1984.
In the book Psychic Politics, chapter 21, Jane shares how she received the Codicils. She describes the source as a type of psychic library.
“…Finally one morning as I sat at my table, I saw the library transposed against the living room wall. My double sat there, reading a book. At the same time, the word “codicil” kept coming into my mind again. I heard it mentally, at first faintly and then it sounded louder and louder until I wrote the word down and waited. Then I knew that the material to come represented an alternate model for civilization to follow, and that I was transcribing my book from one depicting such a model—a model that we hadn’t chosen in the past. The codicils would represent a fresh hypothesis upon which to build a new, better civilization.”
As Jane reflected and expanded on what she was receiving, she suddenly realized:
“That the rest of the book would deal with an alternate model for civilization to follow based on the codicils I had just received and others to follow”. … “The rest of the material came very rapidly, and I found myself caught up in a vision of the world far different than the one we know.”
“The codicils, followed, would lead to a government as natural, orderly, and spontaneous as the seasons in which each individual brings personhood to fulfillment to the best of his or her ability, and in so doing automatically plays a potent role in the development of the entire society. Such a civilization would be based upon the following codicils, added to those already given.”
Additional Codicils
1. Each person is a unique version of an inner model that is itself a bank of potentials, variations, and creativity. The psyche is a seed of individuality and selfhood, cast in space-time but ultimately independent of it.
2. We are born in many times and places, but not in a return of identity as we understand it; not as a copy in different clothes, but as a new self ever-rising out of the psyche’s life as the new ruler rises to the podium or throne, in a psychic politics as ancient as humanity.
3. Civilizations both past and present represent projections of inner selfhood, and mirror the state of the mass psyche at any given time. We hold memory and knowledge of past civilizations as we hold unconscious memories of our private early current life experiences.
4. From our present, we exert force upon the past as well as the future, forming our ideas of the past and reacting accordingly. We actually project events into our own new past.
5. Each generation forms a new past, one that exists as surely as the present, not just an imaginary construct but as a practical platform—a newly built past—upon which we build a present.
6. Options and alternate models for selfhood and civilization exist in a psychic pattern of probabilities from which we can choose to actualize an entirely new life system.
And so, just as a dream can have a false awakening; an experience where you think you have awakened from a dream and begin reflecting on it, only to find out you are still dreaming when your consciousness in the dream gives you a clue pointing toward that fact; - I will now have a second ending to this report with a quote from Seth (Jane’s teacher) used as the closing to Jane’s book Psychic Politics.
“I am a poor imitation of the voices of your own psyches to which you do not listen. I will be un-needed, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.”
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The Death Experience: A Celebration of Life
Posted on November 10, 2014 at 2:33 PM |
The Death Experience – A Celebration of Life “In my next life I want to live my life
backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in
an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too
healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold
watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young
enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally
promiscuous, and then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary
school, you become a kid, and you play. You have no responsibilities; you
become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months
floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service
on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!”
– Woody Allen If that quote from Woody Allen does not get
your attention, then maybe you aren’t ready for this lesson in the series of
lessons “Creating and Living a Magical Life”; and that’s okay. I just ask that
you hang in there with me, suspend disbelief and let me try to express what
this discussion was to be about as it expanded in my mind. I know it is difficult for
some to arrive at an attitude that the death experience should be a celebration
of life. I know this because it was extremely difficult for me to cement this
idea into my belief structure. I certainly did not have it when my mother was
killed by a gun someone else was holding. I was only 19 at the time and was
looking forward to my mother taking a vacation from her home in Atlanta and
visiting my sister and me in Florida. On the night she was packing to leave for
that vacation, she was killed by a bullet from a 22 caliber rifle. One that the
police file report described as being “accidently” discharged, as her husband
held it while it was pointed toward the kitchen where she was standing, preparing
something for dinner. When I got the call and
learned of this incident I was working. I was immediately overcome with grief
that I previously thought was not possible. That grief and a mental climate of
disbelief stayed with me as my sister and I prepared to make the drive
overnight to Atlanta and meet up with my brother who was flying in from Germany
where he was stationed at an Army nuclear missile base. The trip to Atlanta was
filled with rolling cycles of emotional turmoil and rational thoughts of what’s
next in my life. Prior to that fatal day, as an adult 19 year old, I was
looking forward to getting to know my mother. To maybe gain new insight into
who she was as a person struggling with her own life. The only time I had
experienced some degree of real grief before that, as I remember, was when I
was about 3 years old or younger. I hold a vision of myself as a toddler, on my
tiptoes peering into the player of a stereo cabinet at about eye level. As the record played the song, I was feeling
sad and feeling that something was very wrong. I was bawling my eyes out as I
cried out that “I want my mommy”. Even though I was miserable,
I just wanted to keep crying, and pleaded with my grandmother to play the song
over and over as I held onto the stereo cabinet and watched the record go
around. I am thankful that my grandmother allowed me to release that emotion,
only ceasing when I probably collapsed from exhaustion and was put in bed. She
allowed me to experience that emotion. What was so strange about this experience
was that the actual words to the song were: “Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so
wonderful, Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so good. No one could be, so gentle and so lovable Oh, my pa-pa, he always understood. Gone are the days when he would
take me on his knee, And with a smile he'd change my tears to laughter. Oh, my pa-pa, so funny, so
adorable,
Always the clown so funny in his way. Oh, my pa-pa, to me he was so wonderful Deep in my heart I miss him so today... I could not accept the words
”pa-pa” in my sadness, so I internalized the song as being about my mother who was gone. My mother had left the
family over an incident I only have bits of information about. Later in life,
my father blamed the troubles that resulted in divorce, on my grandmother. In a
different version my brother, shortly before he died, blamed father for the
trouble and for mother leaving. However the drama unfolded, I was a small child
with an empty feeling and an awareness that I no longer had my mother around to comfort me. This
portion of my life experience had an impact on me for several years to come.\ I have friends and have met
others who may have experienced even deeper grief when they lost a son or
daughter for various reasons to natural or tragic deaths. Some have shared with
me how they coped and got on with life. My brother lost a son, so I know from
personal experience, how one’s life can be torn apart in an instant after the
worse of all possible death experiences; the loss of a beloved child’s life. As
for my brother, I don’t think he ever fully healed from the loss of his eldest
son due to some residual guilt feelings for not being beside him at a time of
need, after long suffering with a progressing illness. My brother had only gone
to the store to get something for them to eat. They both, being single at the
time, shared a house. I know how the question can
come to mind – what more could I have done? I had that nagging thought after my
brother made his transition a little over two years ago after struggling with
advancing cancer. I had spent the previous 3 months driving my brother to
radiation and chemo treatment, but was not with him the night he needed to make
an emergency trip to the hospital. I had helped him get into bed, kissed him on
the forehead and said a prayer for him, and then went home to get some rest
myself. Well, by now, I am sure I
have triggered some memories and emotion in some of you, and you are wondering
just how I am going to pull the rabbit out of the proverbial hat and turn this
story around to one of celebration. A
few moments ago, I was wondering about that myself, in the time allotted to
hold your attention. But I did grow and learn that death is a part of life as
many teachers have said. That we can at times, find in the death experience, a
reason to live and a reason to celebrate. We can learn that death is not finality,
but just a transition to another stage and focus of consciousness. We can learn that our night
life and our dream productions can be a stage to share with our departed loved
ones or to receive communications from teachers and guides that may just be
departed loved ones in costume. Or, as Seth explains, during the dream dramas
and adventures that we co-create, we can be teachers and guides for others. The
experiences of the dream time can be even more varied with possibilities than
our waking state. That we can in both states, communicate with ourselves in a
past life or vision ourselves in a future life. As some physicists have said,
time is just a construct to make it appear that everything is not just
happening at the same time. The possibilities seem truly unlimited. Likewise,
the possibilities in our physical life can be unlimited as we explore and
expand our consciousness while dealing with the normal life process we call
death. Only our consciously accepted beliefs make this seem unlikely. The exercises we take part
in during this class will hopefully bring these ideas into focus. For now, I
will share some of the key questions brought up by Seth in his first book, “Seth
Speaks” by Jane Roberts, first published in 1972. These are questions that we
need to honestly answer so that we can make changes to our life if we are not happy
with the answers. Some
Key Life Questions: ·Are
you content with your physical reality; your existence and experiences within
it? ·Do
you wish to discover greater significance, beauty, and meaning in your life as
you now live it? ·Do
you feel that you are experiencing the fullest enjoyment possible in your life
each day, week, month, or year? ·Do
you spend some time each week on relaxation and personal development? ·Are
you using all of your abilities that you now possess to bring you joy and satisfaction
to your mind and heart? ·Do
you constantly wish you could escape the hectic existence you are living? ·Or,
do you feel like you have a handle on life and the “universe” is supporting you? ·Do
you hold on to preconceptions and limiting beliefs about life and death that
create barriers to understanding why you may not be experiencing the existence
you desire? Even though I put this list
together over a week ago, I still say “WOW”
– after typing them, knowing the change in attitudes, world views, and beliefs
that they can lead to if honestly answered. We are talking about living one’s
“dream life” during this present life, not just fantasizing and daydreaming
about something we never expect to live. We are talking about maybe turning our
life upside down and following our true intuitions and impulses that come from
deep within our soul or psyche. We are talking about surprises when we really
learn to pay attention to those intuitions and impulses; to follow our personal
blueprint that is designed to give us guidance in this life journey. It’s instructive to remember
the words of one of the world’s greatest motivational speakers. “I
advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences,
ignore all the hassles, and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames”- Les Brown.
I have been accustomed for a long time now, when I am
preparing for a class, to rely on my intuitions - the messages from my
subconscious to guide me. When I sat down in the living room this morning to
enjoy a cup of coffee, quiet my mind, and be open to ideas, the process
unfolded. I sat in a chair I don’t
normally sit in at the end of the couch, by a lamp table. I glanced down and
noticed the books in the rack under the table top. I would not have been able to tell you which
books I left there some time ago since it had been a long time since I had sat
there to read. I thought “maybe
I will pick up one of those books and just browse while I am waiting for ideas.” I open the book Courageous Dreaming by Alberto
Villoldo to a section that right away I could tell, was the beginning of a
meaning coincidence. According to the
page header, I was in the middle of chapter nine – Be
ready to Die at Any Moment - I turned to the first page of the chapter and there was a
quote by Cato The Censor - “He
who fears death has already lost the life he covets” . I thought: “Wow, that’s bold!” In the chapter, Alberto shared many ideas that I already
hold: · Many
of us have lived in a “flat” world, with ideas and opinions that serve us well
but limit our experience of reality. ·Some
in our culture have become oblivious to the death of the spirit because we’re
terrified of the death of the body. ·A
quote by Socrates – “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” We
need to learn to identify with the soul that transcends death. ·Have
the courage to dream means following your calling today, in some way, despite
the facts in your life that seem to be unmovable obstacles. ·If
your canvas is unfinished at the moment you die, at least you’ll have died an
artist instead of a daydreamer or dabbler who talks about how you would have
liked to live. The last point reminds me of a quote from Seth I used in the
class on beliefs – “Generally speaking, we are here to: Discover, learn, and understand how we create
our own reality….According to our beliefs….Using our beliefs as an artist uses
colors!” …And, to experience Joy and have Fun!” That sums up my intent for
these lessons: learning, experiencing
joy, and having fun – while “Creating and Living a Magical Life.” Are you adding color to your
canvas each day? Each night
we get a glimpse of “the valley of the shadow of death”. It is that sleeping
and dreaming period when our consciousness changes focus while the soul, the
true us, with the help of our inner self creates dream dramas for us to enjoy
and to learn from; if only we pay attention and discover their language. Just
as the 23 Psalm says, we should not be fearful of the shadow of
death, nor death itself. As a soul, we have eternal validity. We are spirit in
“chemical clothes” as Seth affirms. On another posting, I will share some
dreams I have had, or that have been shared with me, that relate to the passing
of others appearing in our dreams. The messages from all those who have made the
transition to a non physical reality can be summed up similar to this: “Celebrate life! That is what you are
here for. You have the power to change what you do not like. But the change
must first take place within you. Love and compassion are to be your guiding
emotions and attitude. The Golden Rule is truly golden – Live your life in that
posture. If you don’t figure it out this time around, you may choose to return
to physical reality to learn the remaining lessons. To learn that Love is the
source of being; that all are connected through universal mind and
consciousness – through All That Is. You have all the energy and power that is
needed available to you from the Source. Trust your intuitions and impulses to help
guide you; they arise from a source within you. Celebrate life and fear not death” Are you adding color to your canvas each day? © Dream Awareness network, John W. Robinson,
June 2014 For additional reading on the subject, I reccomend reading The Boy Who Died and Came Back by Robert Moss. |
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