Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00063)

Morten,
Thanks for your reply and comments. Well, one reason I posted about Cleve 
Backster and his modern day research is it reflects Blavatsky's origination's 
about how the various Kingdoms come into manifestation in the process of the 
rounds and globes earlier than the appearance of the root race. Cleve 
Backster's acclaimed cognitive thought that occurred for which he is famous was "That 
Plant read my mind!" It was this cognition that spurred his research and he 
arrived through it to the conclusion that Life and Consciousness is ubiquitous 
and inseparable the same as Blavatsky. The major second cognition he premised 
was this, "You can't lie to the Absolute!" He postulated that the more simple 
organization of plants and other life forms he experimented with had a direct 
connection with the Absolute uncluttered due to it's simplicity. Also he and 
others by direct empirical observation produced science that indicated that space 
and time were absent in the reactions and distance as for millennia stated in 
the Yoga did not impinge upon transmission of effect. Also he, as others have 
found that Intention, Emotion and sincerity plays a significant part in the 
process. Also in a very Adwaita manner in terns of "self-recognition" he also 
states it is beneficial to say "thank you" when receiving a response, this is 
the fundamental communication cycle action. To me it is very interesting that 
he discovered that "plants are sensitive," but even more important is what he 
has to say about the Unity of Consciousness itself in which all mankind has 
participation and activity validating Blavatsky and her sources.

Morton, I agree there is much change that is in process, there are 
liabilities galore and benefits though the thought seems strange, green house gas 
increase is postulated to benefit the plant kingdom and even increase it's growth. 
On the other side it will negatively impact man and organized society. About 
25 years ago a billionaire named Ludwig sunk a vast portion of his personal 
fortune into an immense project in Brazil. he tried to create a vast plantation 
of forest for commercial use. It collapsed, the soil was too lacking in 
nutrients and he made a major error in choosing the species of tree's to introduce 
there, he lost his fortune. I have been tracking Climatic Change since about 
1972 when I read then formal Reports that indicated a major Climatic change for 
the Northern Hemisphere that was ongoing and incremental in process. It was 
then postulate that the indication were a possible shift of potentially 12 
degree's Fahrenheit median average temperature for the Northern Hemisphere, if this 
happens major geographic, social, political and agricultural upheavals would 
come into play, as well as extremes in weather particularly during the 
dis-equelibrium periods of the transition. Since 1972 this process though 
incrementally slow, has continued. Change is a process and I think we have gone through 
this many times in the globe cycle. When a crop matures there is the Harvest. 
Yes, life-force is released but is there any net change of the Life-force 
itself? Solve et coagula.

John


Here is a link to a Theosophical Journal about Cleve Backster and others:

Sunrise Magazine April/May 1987
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/brother/br-jvmj2.htm





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