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Following on from his recent Guest Post on here ‘To BE a Spiritual Warrior’, my good friend Sef has sent me another wonderful article which I present here with the most sincere thanks

Finding a Way

A friend of mine asked me the other day, “Why do you take expensive whisky to the club only to give it away?” when discussing an evening I’m particularly fond of with a bring-your-own-booze policy, where I am known for offering around fine single malts. My first response was to be taken aback by this question, as it seemed perfectly natural to me, but then I realised that not everyone would do the same. As I tried to explain – failing terribly – I came to the conclusion that perhaps my mind worked in a different way to hers; perhaps in a different way to most people.

The simple answer to her question is “Because I feel like it.” That however is blasé and quite curt, and would not make for a good article; the true answer is “Because I have something to give to others which they might not experience otherwise.” Yes, it’s lovely when I walk outside to see the smokers and am greeted with “There he is! Sef, the guy I told you about with the really good whisky! He’s great!” but that’s not necessarily what I’m about. I find myself in a situation, I see that I could improve it for others, and I go about the task.

This translates right across the board, and I realised over the weekend that it isn’t the normal way of doing things. My friend thinks of the initial outlay for the whisky, which we shall say is £20, and then the fact that I don’t even get to drink all of it! Everything in her considerations is what I stand to lose, and it goes from the material up; that is, the physical affects her ideas, the mental aspect of the situation. I however tend to think in terms of what I stand to give, because I like making people happy and helping out. In this way, I flow from the mental down.

The universe has a hierarchy of planes, four of which we will go into now, the lower ranks as it were. Each plane is as a plateau, one may see the planes beneath but not those above from whichever vantage point.

The elemental level is at the bottom of the tree as it were. This is where what might be called elemental spirits reside, but it is the preserve of atoms, electrons, quarks, gluons, and other elementary particles/waves/’what have you’. These come together to form microscopic items, which bond to become macroscopic items.

Above this is the familiar physical plane, where things exist on a macroscopic level and go about their daily lives, with animals and people making little plans for the future and seeing if they come true or not.

The astral plane is where these plans live, as thought-forms waiting to happen. Everything which could happen is a thought-form of varying intensity according to probability. It is also the medium through which magick happens, and through which people meditate to access the mental plane.

The mental plane is where the mind resides. When it is not tied down to a physical body and thus the physical plane, a mind will move to the mental; this incidentally is how déjà vu comes about, by the mind seeing (during dreaming) from the mental plane the astral thought-forms likely to happen to it in the near future – these cannot be brought back to the physical but upon manifestation of the thought-forms a feeling of “I saw that before!” kicks in, as the mind remembers.

Now my friend works on the premise that the universe works in that order: that things come together on the elemental to make physical items, which go together and make plans which create thought-forms on the astral, which give birth to ideas on the mental. This is a fallacy, and easily disproved at the first hurdle: Quantum Mechanics clearly states that until someone (on the physical plane) observes base particles, these particles don’t know what they’re doing! Okay, it’s more involved than that, but you get the idea.

In reality, an idea is formed on the mental plane. It emanates into the astral and gives rise to thought-forms. These are all the possible routes to that idea, and when the time comes the most likely thought-form will manifest onto the physical. This means that the idea is all-important, and without a strong idea nothing may be achieved. It also means that if enough Willpower is thrown into an idea, it will happen no matter what.

I understand this is easy enough to write, but sounds ludicrous. I shall therefore give an example as a case study. A friend of mine, Mark Olly (through whom Damian and I met) was giving a talk the other month in Stockport, and all I knew was the name of the venue. Working through the planar model, the idea on the mental plane was that I would get to the venue. This emanated into the following thought-forms as means of achieving this end, in the following order:

1. Getting directions from Mark.

2. Calling the venue and getting directions.

3. Asking in a local shop for directions.

4. Checking the internet for directions

I tried to manifest all these in turn, but I couldn’t follow Mark’s directions in the car and got quite lost, so the person giving me a lift had to leave me in the middle of Stockport and I then found the number from directory enquiries. Unfortunately, nobody was answering, so I tried the cinema, bowling alley and even Subway for directions. The guy serving at Subway however tried to access the internet for me to check the directions, but the internet connection for his terminal was broken.

Now, this is where most people would probably have given up, but I refuse to do this. I have done many things in my life and picked up a lot of information, but something which has stuck with me from a particularly silly job was the term “Find A Way”, which means that no matter what there will always be a way to save the day, literally in some cases for me.

Thus, another thought-form was made: Unexpected help (or Divine Intervention some may say). I made a conscious decision that I would see Mark, and as I stood watching the clerk at Subway look at the broken Ethernet cable, my phone rang. A friend I hadn’t spoken to in a year or so had called me from a number I did not know, and she knew Stockport and was able to direct me to the venue. Sure enough, I turned up in the nick of time (a subject for another article) and met Mark, and we had a very good night.

The obvious question is: why am I writing this down for people to read? The answer many readers will have by now is that I enjoy self-aggrandisement and like to brag, but I am trying to give examples to illustrate my point: thinking differently from most people can have surprising outcomes. Just as I am happy to give whisky away even though I lose out, by concerted effort of will it is possible to achieve all goals no matter how impossible it may seem.

So please, take heart, and continue fighting the good fight. Remember that it is your ideas which shape the future, and that enough willpower will create the situations you need to carry forward your goals. Giving of yourself means that sometimes the universe will give a little back, and help you find a way.

-Sefriel

Many thanks again for that Sef, we’ll have you setting up your own Blog before too long - but until you do you’re always welcome to post on here

That offer is always open to any of YOU too - especially if you haven’t yet taken the plunge and started your own site - use the Contact Form to get in touch and as Sef says “ Giving of yourself means that sometimes the universe will give a little back, and help you find a way” - Hmmm, sounds like an article I wrote a while back, ‘Writing for Positivity - Receiving from Giving’.

Take care and BE the Change,

Damian