| Postings from July 2006 to Present |
| Posted, January 1, 2006 |
| Posted, July 9, 2006 |
| New Year 2006 Message This year in 2006 we observe the half-way mark to the year 2012 and the great transition now unfolding around the planet. But, we should not overly concern ourselves with predictions about the future nor burdens of the past. Instead, we need to focus on the present or Here & Now! The past is a terrible burden because it traps us in grudges, revenge, and a desire to relive past glories. The future is really based on the concrete things we say or do now. Last year is gone and all that remains are our memories and unfulfilled desires. We can not worry about the future or what will happen in 2012 because we might not even be alive at that time. What we must focus upon is doing NOW what we must do. To merely make New Year resolutions is not enough. The UN often makes resolutions when it is unhappy with a rogue nation state. The governments of numerous nations often make resolutions on one issue or another. But, it is only by ACTION that such words have effect. For example, the American incursion into Iraq was an action taken based on previous resolutions. That ill-fated war has now cost almost three thousand American lives and countless death and suffering for the Iraq people. Why? Because, actions were taken based on resolutions which were never carefully researched or thought out. Likewise, as you make your own resolutions this week please take the time to really assess their relevance or value for your continued spiritual growth. The seeds you plant today can either bear the fruit of abundant life and merit or the roots of self-destruction and demerit. I pray that we all take time to think about every step we take and every breathe we take and know that the Most High Lord of the Universe watches over us. As always, With Great Respect & Great Love, I Welcome You All with All My Heart! |
| An Inconvenient Truth This film is a must see! All we can think about in watching this film is perhaps how different things might be (Iraq, terorrism, global warming) had the U.S. Supreme Court not installed the monarchy of George Bush in the Presidency. In contrast, the Core was a film that had great potential like "Day After Tomorrow" but missed the marked. Celestine Prophecy This film (small budget production) was in and out of theaters so quickly (April) unfortunately I didn't see it. However, I did read the book a few years ago. Imagine, the number one box office hit is a film like "Nacho Libre" but a film of this type doesn't see the light of day. Contact is an imaginative film that sparks are awareness that we are not alone and ranks as my top best films. Get Rich or Die Tryin' I honestly could not bring myself to pay to see this film in the theatres when released. However, I recently viewed the DVD. To my surprise, I found the film much better than I thought and it gave me a better understanding of "50 cent" and the Gangsta/Thug culture. But, just like New Jack City, this film is like a hardcore "training film" for wannabe ganstas and thugs. While, there is some moral redemptive aspects to film, nevertheless, the overall message is the same -- you black folk, solve your problems by finding "Jesus," being drafted by the NBA, or make a hit rap/hip hop CD. The same themes played out in all these neo-black exploitation films like New Jack City. The Five HeartBeats / Panther These are two under-rated films that give an alternative positive message beyond the "box" of most hollywood productions. The Five Heartbeats unlike many films dealing with music does not trivialize the characters. We really get to go deep into the psyche of those that most 'sell themselves' to us for a hand clap or two. Panther is a rarity in film. It struck a balance between art and reality without becoming a docu-drama. However, the ending of the film was poorly executed and little is done to help us understand the deeper underpinnings or battles fought by the Black Panther Party of the 1960s. Star Gate / Mummy I almost vomited watching 'Star Gate' -- it started off brilliantly and had a novel story-line but then degenerated when it depicted the most sacred deity in Kemetic (Egyptian) 'gods' - RA, as an evil destructive pedophile. When will the Jews, Christians and Muslims realize that the root of their religion does not reside with Abraham, but what was before him the sacred MDU-NTR (sum total of the words of God -- Kemetic Scriptures). Equally, the sci-fi melodrama "Mummy" remake portrayed the great Kemetic genius Imhoptep (designer of Step Pyramid and great healer) as evil and as corrupted as the depiction of RA in Startgate. |
| Posted, January 11, 2006 |
| The holiday season is now behind us once again. A new year has begun and there is growing uncertainty about the future given the state of world affairs. The frightening prospect of a global bird-flu pandemic alarms even the most cynical and those impervious to the pain or suffering of others in the world. But, humanity has faced such challenges constantly throughout history and survived. What really matters when we face such challenges is how we individually react and do we take time to care about those facing hardships. It is amazing that the victims of the tragic earthquake in Pakistan and the hurricane Katrina are still largely homeless and without much hope despite the onset of winter. The Bush administration continues pouring billions into a war effort in Iraq and to rebuild the civilization it destroyed while leaving Katrina victims to fend for themselves. The US media celebrates the humanitarian effort to save one Iraqi baby ("Nur") sent to Atlanta for an operation. While, thousands of Iraqi children die with ongoing US military operations without mention. Such misguided values and social mores are common when human consciousness is not elevated. It is imperative that we strive to realize our highest potential. To achieve this we must seek a path of applied transformation technology that gives us deeper insights as to the causes of human suffering and how to resolve the deep seated conflicts that center in the family, community, nation and global society. Recently, I visited with my own family members in the USA and readily saw how deep the canyons of disharmony, disintegration, disaffection and disingenuous behavior can afflict those that are linked by bloodlines. Some of them even questioned my own spiritual development. But, I quickly saw that this venom is merely a reflection of the lack of transformation in consciousness. I realized few of them would ever heed that call and yet they would continue to ridicule myself for even making the attempt. I felt more than ever that there is an epidemic more frightening than the bird-flu -- that epidemic is the sickness of human envy, greed, avarice, jealously, anger, hate and malice. We need a vaccine! MEDITATE! -Adisaji - Posted, January 11, 2006 |
| Posted, January 21, 2006 |
| Part One In the New Testament Bible of the Christian religion it is written in Galatians 6:7 that we "reap what we sow." This is what some call the 'golden rule.' This is an idea, which is equally enshrined in all the other enlightened scriptures and philosophies of the world. For example, in the Buddhist religion the concept is known as the "law of Karma" and is believed to be the most important teaching offered to us by the Buddha. The idea of "cause and effect" or that for every action there is a corresponding action, reaction or consequence is an important precept for any serious student of spiritual or transformation technology to inner-stand. However, according to what was revealed in the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life much of our current understanding about "karma" is misguided and often simplistic. This is despite the volumes that have been written on the subject from the likes of the Dali Lama down to the proponents of 'self-help' and inner growth new age teachings. The Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life advises us to inner-stand that 'karma' is not a linear concept that we can apply in a 'tit for tat' way. For example, many Buddhist monks or scholars teach that we should monitor our daily actions to avoid generating future karma. But, this way of thinking is linear and simplistic. If you hurt someone's feelings it doesn't necessarily mean you in turn will have your feelings hurt based on this action. The Nine Principles advise us that there is in fact a micro, meso and macro analytical integrated process theory that operates as 'karma.' A process, which is not dissimilar to the operation of the three gunas (constituents of nature = tamas, rajas, sattvas) that according to Sankhya (Samkhya) philosophy are intertwined and operate juxtaposed to the Purusha (individual). Therefore, we should inner-stand that 'karma' is a complex process and our everyday actions have a deeper meaning than just mere stimulus/response interactions. In this series of articles I will attempt to share with you the understanding of 'Karma' as identified in the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life and why an understanding of these processes is so important to our ongoing transformation and spiritual evolution. I hope you will take time to share your own views after this three-part series of articles has concluded. Part Two In Part One of this series, we spoke about the basic ideas surrounding the subject of ‘karma,’ or the ‘cause and effect’ relationships that are understood in most religious or spiritual traditions to be the basis of our relative existence. Karma is best defined as ‘action’ but more appropriately it is the ‘actions, we perform that have a consequence.’ In Part Two, I hope to explore precisely how the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life pictographs help us to explore ‘The(se) Law(s) Karma’ in an operational and methodological way so that might gleam how best to chart our decision making processes in life. In the pictograph (Contained in the ‘Nine Principles of Life’) entitled “The Path of Ikologiks” (It is also presented as the ‘Path of Inner-standing Life Principles, or Science’ or ‘Ankh Consciousness’) we are instructed on how to begin an examination of the relationship between the individual (Purusha) and nature (Prikriti). This dualist approach to understanding ‘karma’ is found and clearly elucidated in the Samkhya Philosophy, which was introduced by the sage Kapila around 700 BCE. However, similar concepts are expounded in the ‘Hermetic’ Philosophy or the Teachings of the Nile Valley/Kemetic civilization some several millenniums prior to Kapila, as well as, other traditions around the globe. It is the precise interaction(s) displayed between the individual and nature that help us to observe the playing field for the operational ‘law(s) of Karma’ or how they come to manifest. In the context of the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life we innerstand that these relationships operate on a micro, meso, and macro level of experience forming a triad that sees karma as a force that operates on the individual, global and universal levels simultaneously. On the micro and meso levels, the preceding conceptualization is not dissimilar to the ideas expressed in modern Sociology. In social science research this concept is known as ‘causal complexity’ (Ragin) or the ‘comparative method’ as a movement beyond qualitative and quantitative approaches to research methodology or the understanding life processes. In addition, the ideas expressed by George Boole in Boolean algebra or the operational principles used in qualitative comparative analysis established by Boolean algorithms can assist in our understanding of the science of causality or spiritual ‘karmic’ activity. The Boolean system consists of ten basic applications, which are best summarized as the use of binary data, use of ‘truth’ table to represent data, Boolean addition, Boolean Multiplication, combinatorial logic, Boolean minimization, implication and the use of ‘prime implicants’, utility of ‘De Morgan’s Law,’ factoring Boolean expressions, and finally, the establishment of necessary and sufficient causes. . . (continued from main page) The Boolean principles, coupled with ideas expressed by other modern social theorist like Max Weber, Karl Marx, Theda Skocpol, Alex De Tocqueville, Hegel, Charles Tilly and Immanuel Wallerstein, Reinhard Bendix and Immanuel Kant all give us perspectives that help us to understand causality on the Micro or Meso-Levels in accordance with ‘Ikologiks Theory.’ However, such levels of analysis or the research methodologies that support them are at a loss to explain the deeper cosmic mysteries that operate on the Macro Level associated with the ‘laws of Karma.’ Consequently, ‘Ikologiks theory’ helps bridge the gap between the scientific and religious communities, the metaphysical and science based communities, or phenomenal versus noumenon (Kant) reality. In this context, the ‘Path of Ikologiks’ ideographic principle affords us a detailed glance or road map into the combined micro, meso, and macro analytic processes that are the basis of ‘karma.’ It affords us a paradigm that helps explore how the micro, meso and macro interplays determine how we come to experience life. How? The pictograph helps to innerstand our own individual life-span in the context of the dynamic interplays between the individual and nature. This interplay is juxtaposed to the creations within our own mind or consciousness. For example, we individually define and label the world (objectification) based on our own emotional and sensory unbounded fabrications that arise in our minds as we attempt to make sense of the world. Therefore, we objectify the phenomenal world based on dualistic notions of ‘right and wrong,’ ‘good and bad,’ ‘hot and cold,’ and then we inculcate these self-deluding or illusionary processes that we have experienced through our cultural framework of religiosity, belief, and dogma. These ongoing processes contribute to feelings of sin, guilt and suffering that mirror the demons or desires generated in the mind. Moreover, this constant objectification and dualistic thinking actually creates our sense of suffering and is the generator of karmic threads based on the attachments we form with both animate (family, friends, etc.) and inanimate (consumer products) objects. In the summertime we feel ‘hot’ and wish to be ‘cool,’ but in the winter we long for the ‘dog days of summer.’ In each case our unsettled minds and dualist thinking traps us in defining ‘hot and cold’ when neither of these states are real except in our own minds. We are only reacting to the sensory stimulation felt in our body as pain or joy. Consequently, we ‘suffer’ in the summer and ‘suffer’ in the winter with this type of thinking until we extinguish the idea of seeing these differences in our mind. When we come to accept things just as they are with no attachment to either feeling or condition than we are experiencing what is without definition. We can rise above the delusion(s) created by comparisons and relative conditions in our mind by stilling the mind and avoiding the constant fluctuations. This perspective is held in the Mahayana sect of Buddhism and other traditions. Consequently, our experience of so called “bad karma” is merely a continued thread being woven by our own self-deluded minds in our feeble attempts at seeking happiness and rejecting suffering. But, all along we create only more suffering by seeking pleasure or ‘happiness’ based on the attachments and impulsive mental activity. To grasp why we must still or calm the mind is a major focal point presented in the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life pictograph, entitled ‘The Path of Ikologiks.’ The total ‘Nine Principles’ pictographs help us to innerstand that ‘Karma’ does not operate solely on the micro level (individual). But, it has equal accord with the meso-level or macro-level combined. We explore how this integrated ‘process theory’ and holism is underpinning how the micro, meso and macro levels of causality are intertwined and mutually affective. How else might we explain the obvious contradictions in our traditional understanding of the ‘laws of karma’ espoused to us by Buddhism as identified in the Mahayana, Zen, or Theravada traditions. For example, if we are to believe that the Dali Lama is the ‘best teacher’ and embodiment of the ‘dhamma’ than how can he also appear to exhibit negative or bad ‘karmas’ associated with his own prior actions. For example, the current Dali Lama was exiled from Tibet by Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese communist. The Tibetan region continues to this day to be under the domination of the Chinese communist party. Is this somehow a collective karma that caused the suffering of so many Buddhist and the Dali Lama himself? Is it a simply result of his individual past Karma? No, indeed! However, this example gives us a clear representation of how these processes are much more complex than often taught in the Buddhist sangas around the world to neophytes. The teachings of the venerable Vietnamese Zen and Mahayana Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh echoed the need to more deeply examine our understanding of Karma. So eloquent was his teachings that the late American Noble Prize winner the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated Thich Nhat Hanh to the Noble Prize committee. Unfortunately (fortunately), due to political pressures the nomination was rejected. Again, the Christian understanding of ‘golden rule’ found in the verse ‘you reap what you sow’ or in the numerous references found in the Bible make it clear that causality is the most important concept to understand in our spiritual and material life. Thus, Dr. King as a Christian could easily embrace not only Thich Nhat Hanh but the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. Another example of insufficient approach to teaching about ‘karma’ might be expressed this way, can we also suggest that the suffering of Nelson Mandela or most black South Africans under apartheid is just their ‘karma?’ In fact, I could name numerous other issues and examples that defy the simplistic teaching of ‘karma’ to the laity by most religious traditions. Instead, it is important for all serious students to delve much deeper into causation whether from a religious, spiritual, or scientific perspective as described in this article. In the ‘Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life’ we are conclusively shown how the micro level in karmic expressions is operating in one’s individual or personal life. Second, we are shown how the meso level of karmic based in social theory, cultural phenomena and geo-political-economic relationships determines how our communities, nations and global consciousness is shaped, reformed and evolved. Finally, we learn in the ‘Nine Principles of Life’ that the most complex of this triad is the macro-level processes in shaping karma. The macro level of analysis is based on a universal spiritual expression and affixed to the quantum physics, String Theory and Unified Field Theory that help us to examine the visible and invisible universe (s). To understand the Macro-Level requires an understanding of the concept of ‘Neti-Neti’ (Not this, Not that), which is elucidated in the Upanishads, Vedas and other scriptures of the Indus Valley civilization. Of equal importance, is the term ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ which is found Chandogya Upanishad and means ‘That Thou Art’ and is one of four major pronouncements of the Dharma (Hindu Thought). The same concept is held in the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures with the popular revelation made to Moses (PBUH) “say to them, “I AM THAT I AM.” Collectively, these very high teachings are merged into the “Nine Principles of Life” in a way that helps us to transcend the limits of each and at the same time discover the common thread or coherence they embody. We must innerstand that these micro, meso, and macro relationships are not solely linear or distinctive in structure or function. But, they are equally integrated and multifarious when they form a composite that shapes the dynamic interplays responsible for ‘karma.’ As such, to fully understand the ‘law(s) of karma’ is decidedly to go beyond our current levels of comprehension and the narrow ideological perspectives rooted in religions or modern science. If we limit our understanding to intellectualism and do not take up the practice of meditation as the gateway to higher consciousness we can never fully grasp the significance of these ideas. When we come to innerstand that we are equally ‘children of God,’ ‘Embodiments of Divinity’ and the manifestation of the remnants of ‘Star Dust’ simultaneously than we are approaching the innerstanding afforded us in the “Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life.” While, many will continue to argue about the existence of a ‘creator God’ as exemplified in the debate between the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism or in the diatribes of Christian zealots versus atheist. The true seekers will rise above such intellectual debate and discord and discover within (meditation) themselves a higher consciousness or scientific inquiry to discover answers to what seemingly evades us on the intellectual level. In Ikologiks theory we innerstand that a “clearing process” is required in order to realize such higher wisdom or knowledge. There are many schools and paths of meditation that can assist in that clearing process. In the Iko-Meditation Technique Levels 1-3 we offer a carefully devised mechanism, which is based on the “Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life” in order to bring a student into an awakening of their own inner “truth.” For example, if we have an apartment that progressively gets cluttered and dirty over time. We may eventually lose things that are important or dear to us like our keys, birth certificate or driver’s license. In order to find these lost items we will have to clean our apartment thoroughly and remove waste and obstructions. Similarly, if we are to enter into higher consciousness we must remove the debris and dirt of accumulated karma, samskaras, attachments, delusions, and other obstacles to finding our keys, which opens the door to meditation and our ‘birth certificate’ or statement of origin. The keys and birth certificate help us to claim our Divine Nature. The driver’s license is our identification card, which we must show the police (‘gods’, Neters, Orishas, etc.) when we are driving our vehicle (body) along the roadway (life) as we seek to arrive at our destination (home) or heaven (nirvana, paradise, Samadhi, etc.). Thus, in Ikologiks theory and by practicing the Iko-Meditation Technique we are given specific tools to clean our house (mind/body) and to rediscover the valuables we may have lost due to the clutter of our acquired material possessions (pleasures, habits, addictions, attachments and desires). When this cleansing is done we can more quickly forge ahead and return to an innerstanding of our true source, nature and being. In the third and final part of this series I hope to share with readers some final pointers and thoughts on how to more skillfully deal with karmic interplays in our lifestyle pattern on a practical level. It is clear that most of us do not have the time to delve into a detailed intellectual understanding of such complexities as even represented in this article series. Therefore, we must see how the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life can offer us a short-cut or a precise roadmap that imparts the wisdom necessary to more skillfully orchestrate our life and soul evolvement. I look forward to your comments and questions about this three-part series. |
| The films I've represented above are just a "drop in the bucket" in relation to the thousands of films that have impacted our consciousness and perception of reality in recent decades. In the context of the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life we innerstand that consciousness is deeply affected by the images that we interface with daily, which are being absorbed subliminally in most cases. The specific Ikologiks principle that focuses on this issue is titled "The Dialectical Mind & Its Undialectical Expression" and is a cornerstone in how concepts of 'self-power,' 'meditation' and 'transformation' are conveyed to students of Ikologiks theory. In this principle we are led to innerstand that our brain "computer" utilizes a complex interplay of "signs" and "symbols" which generate our unique abilities to reason, communicate and be introspective or self-analytical. The term dialectical, which is related to the word 'dialect' (part of language) means the art of debating or investigating the truth of opinions. This specific conceptualization was further developed as an important philosophical school in the 1800s and later became internationally visible when such ideas were incorporated by theorists like Karl Marx, Hegal and others in what would be labeled Dialectical Materialism. However, in the context of the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life we are brought to innerstand that the mind itself is the citadel of this process of evaluating the 'laws of opposites' or 'two truths' that manifest throughout the visible universe. In Ikologiks theory this analysis becomes conveniently tied to our innerstanding of the '3 Gunas' (three constituents of nature) that are enshrined in the philosophical teachings of the Indus Valley civilization. Ideas that are detailed and fully explored in the book 'Ultimate Mental Power' (pub.1999, AKU Press International). The Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life identifies that there are three main modes of human expression that can be labeled distinctively and interrelatedly as "Art," "Language" and "Music." The writings of the famous psychologist and philosopher Dr. Carl Jung focuses on these relationships and deals specifically with how dream archetypes and ideographic symbols shape or define our human expressions in consciousness, behavior and personality. Carl Jung helped us to innerstand how important the power of the mind is in determining how our dreams, cognition, imagination and creative visualization shape human culture and social mores. Thus, the power of the imagination as expressed in films or story-telling is not only expressive of consciousness, but it can directly shape or define it in others, as readily seen in current research studies following in the footsteps of Jung. In the Ikologiks principle we are given an ideograph/pictograph that displays clearly how actions emerge from our thoughts and how thoughts emerge from consciousness. But, this by no means expresses itself as solely a linear progression. Instead, it is an integrated process that relates to how the individual (purusha) engages his environment or nature (prikriti). Consequently, our actions may directly be emergent from consciousness, or our consciousness may be influenced by the actions of others, or thoughts may impinge our consciousness, while simultaneously impacting our actions. These complex interactions and interplays are examples as to why it is almost impossible to fully understand the human mind or why people "do the things they do." However, there are certain predictable phenomena that exist because of the programmable nature of the human mind and behavior. The programming that takes place from our exposure to media and films is clearly making human behavior more controlled and predictable. Movies are divorcing us from this critical relationship and process found in our creative imagination by pre-defining or determining how we think and act or by delimiting or devaluing our own human imagination and creative abilities. This tampering with our human faculties is no greater being felt than in the recent myopic digitalization of music into a binary codification that is locking our youth in a trance state of hip hop poly-rhythms that fosters material addiction and spiritual asphyxiation. Consequently, the average rapper, spoken word artist, or poet may be creative in the mixture of words and beats, but the mechanism in how these ideas are conveyed to the audience creates digitalized zombies. Thus, great lyrics or poems that we think should elevate consciousness and inspire transformation instead have minimal affect on human transformation or self-development. A factor, which when recognized by mainstream corporations made them eager to employ such digitalized brain-washing into their TV commercial jingles to foster a "mass psychology" of conspicuous consumption or consumerism. Most hip hop/rap artist are oblivious to the science or deep impact of these processes that are impinging on the dialectical mind and its undialectical expression. Instead, they are focused on the commercial marketing of their audio wares and selling that new CD or video and promoting their ego-filled dreams of being the next top hip hop artist. So as each of you continue your daily mental saturation with the drug of media hype, please be aware that your freedom is slowly being extorted. While going to a movie can be a fun distraction from the problems we all face in life, it is not the real solution, but a "reel" solution. The theatre darkens and the screen lights up and for two hours we are taken to the realm of fantasy. The projection of these images, however, last much longer than two hours and for many of us shape how we respond to situations outside the theatre. However, I offer an alternative to you. Think of the empty theatre and the plain white screen devoid of images of the projector of illusion. Now close your eyes and see that basic white screen in your mind's eye (third eye). Next, breathe and relax, as you let all the thoughts of the day escape you and even the thought of the white screen slides away into a void of darkness. Observe the breathe, feel the experience of letting go and await the real drama that will now unfold as you go deeper into what we call the innocent act of being the eternal witness in MEDITATION! Copyright 2006, Adisaji Maina Omar, All Rights Reserved. |
| Posted, February 18, 2006 |
Part Three - Karma As promised, in this third part of my three-part series on ‘Karma’ we will focus on practical ways to deal with cause and effect issues in one’s life or ‘Karma.’ The Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life collectively instructs and helps guide the student on how to best achieve an awakened state of ‘immortality’ or liberation by facing their karma head on. The specific principle called the -- ‘Path of Ikologiks’ (The title of one of the ‘Nine Principles’) helps us to inner-stand how our basic socialization processes emerging from different cultural milieu can often impede our ability to deal with these cause and effect relationships. Because, we are all impregnated from birth with cultural values, norms and beliefs associated with various religious, ceremonial, gender, racial, ethnic and nationalities we can not see clearly. The ‘Path of Ikologiks’ principle displays an ideographic paradigm on how best to empower the student in order to move beyond such cultural trappings. But, more importantly, it defines how to graduate from the cycle of rebirth (reincarnation) through the process of transcendence, transformation, and transfiguration in the attainment of Immortality. This state of immortality is what most religious traditions make us understand or label as ‘Samadhi,’ ‘eternal life,’ ‘paradise,’ or ‘nirvana.’ To become immortal is rise above the veil of illusion and delusion that is an embedded aspect of the karmic web we weave throughout the life-span. In order to achieve such high states of consciousness or immortality we are usually instructed by religions that we must reduce or eliminate our negative karmas or “sins.” However, in Ikologiks theory we inner-stand that these precise cause and effect relationships labeled as ‘karmas’ are indeed not our ‘enemy’ as we are so often led to believe. Instead, they are a mere mechanism (s) that allows us to learn or realize our true nature. These karmas are the road that must be traveled (personal journey) to achieve ‘liberation’ from the cycles of birth and death. To know that ‘karma’ is our friend and not our enemy is the first step and lesson students of Ikologiks must grasp. When this lesson is grasped by the student he or she is no longer dominated or confused with feelings of sin, guilt, remorse and regret for the actions they have taken throughout their life span. Furthermore, students of Ikologiks theory are guided to explore how cause and effect relationships are not only necessary, but can be manipulated for the benefit of the development of the individual (Purusha). Consequently, while most religious traditions make seekers often feel neurotic or guilt ridden about their past deeds (actions) as part of the life-span. In contrast, the Ikologiks students maintain a healthy inner-standing of the science of causality by obtaining “proper knowledge” and advancing their inner wisdom or higher consciousness. (*This is the main reason why the IAIAS, Inc. uses the term “Advanced Studies”). Students of Ikologiks theory are given instruction on how to use the “Nine Principles of Life” pictographs in a way that helps them make their everyday actions “mindful” and with a meditative focus. In this sense, Ikologiks is not different from the main idea utilized by Buddhist monks in practicing “mindfulness meditation” or ‘vipassana’ meditation. Where, the goal is to approach every moment of life with the higher meditative mind (Buddhi). The students of Ikologiks theory are also taught to inner-stand that actions already taken at some point or time in the past remain in the past. These actions have their effects mainly in the past and can not unduly impact us in the present and future unless we repeat the actions. Repetition of behavior or actions that harm or are hurtful (negative karma) to others establishes a mental current within the individual’s own consciousness that ultimately consumes the individual leading to their own self- destruction, as well as, others they contact. Thus, in a real sense we do “reap what we sow,” but the effect(s) is relatively immediate and does not impinge on life times to come as some religious traditions attempt to burden their followers with in order to maintain converts by coercion. The Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life helps us to see that the two prong fork of ‘control and coercion’ is the most lethal weapon being utilized by religions, governments, nations and societies to keep the masses of humanity enslaved and ignorant of their true nature. Consequently, Ikologiks theory suggests that what a person has done (action) in the past can be done differently in the future and that these subsequent actions negate long-term affects or effects of prior actions. Thus, the individual should not feel guilt and we are not doomed to ‘fate’ or the idea that actions taken in the past will haunt us forever, because we can always change and learn from our mistakes. The concept of redemption held in the Christian teachings is similar to this perspective. However, in Ikologiks theory the idea of redemption is strengthened and more deeply integrated into the life process of the student. In my book ‘Ultimate Mental Power’ (Roger M. Davis, 1999) a full examination of the concepts of ‘proper knowledge,’ ‘right action,’ ‘the Golden Rule’ and other concepts relevant to our understanding of Karma are provided. I really suggest serious students of Ikologiks theory read this book. Today most spiritual seekers are not taking the time to fully understand the nature of existence and instead allow some cult leader or cult religion to ‘think for them’ and instruct them on how to lead their lives. Although, Ikologiks theory offers some tips and pointers – it is not the goal of Ikologiks theory to offer yet another dogma, ideology or religion to follow or dictate. Consequently, the “Nine Principles of Life” and most of the instruction offered by the IAIAS, Inc. is designed to empower the individual to take charge of their own lives. These tools should not be construed as dogma, ideology or that mindless acceptance of them is required. I have maintained this focus and practice after over twenty years of being a spiritual teacher. I firmly believe that not asking students to “follow me” or adhere to some dogma is the hallmark of Ikologiks theory and what makes it vastly different than the proliferation of ‘new age’ cults or existing religious cults. Why, is this so? Because, I realize the great crime being committed on a daily by such religious cults or cultic leaders, which prey on the naiveté of their ‘flock’ in order to seek money or power. Ikologiks never extorts money from our students nor does the IAIAS, Inc. imposes excessive demands on students beyond giving them a full insight about the decisions they must make in their lives. Sometimes that “mirror” I have shown to my students regarding their ‘karmic threads’ causes them so short-term feelings of guilt, anger, or fear. But, in the end, they are guided to obtain and attain ‘proper knowledge’ in order to clearly see the clutter in their own minds. I never force or compel a student to follow my dictates or accept aspects of Ikologiks training until they are truly ready within themselves to face the challenge of ‘self-mastery.’ The downside of this practice of mine over the years is that Ikologiks often lacks funding support and does not attract the zealots’ characteristic of most religious cults that fanatically (missionaries) attract new recruits. In conclusion, this series on Karma is by no means definitive or exhaustive. However, the main thrust of this series was to help students realize that karma is a complex subject and not easily trivialized or reduced to simplistic precepts that some religious groups have advocated. However, there are some basic ideas that should be kept in mind when dealing with karma. First, before taking an ‘action’ think about it prior to acting and the thought should be rooted in the higher mind or field of consciousness. Secondly, ‘don’t burn bridges’ that one day you might need to cross over. No matter how angry we become with friends, relatives or business associates we should not lose sight of the fact that one day we might need their assistance. Third, ‘keep the air fresh, and the channels clear.’ Often, we make mistakes by not taking adequate to relax or reflection. We also should periodically clear our mind of dogma and allow ourselves to receive rather than transmit. Our mind is like a radio receiver and transmitter, but we often forget to listen to others and their advice since we are consumed with talking and sharing our own ideas or insights. Finally, we should ‘always see the highest good‘ within all the people we meet and the world we live in. Yes, there is so much war, conflict, anger, deceit, greed, avarice and injustice in the world. But, it is truly when we learn to see the ‘lotus flower,’ that rises above the mud and slime in the water, than we are practicing true vipassana (mindful meditation) and realizing that despite the troubles of the world we can still be in absolute peace. Hotep, Shanti, Paz, Salaam, Shalom, may PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL! I hope this three-part series was helpful and I’d love to hear your views or replies, at this website or my personal ‘Blog.’ WWW.IKOLOGIKS.BLOGSPOT.COM |
| Posted, March 9, 2006 |
In a very short time the world is about to witness some quite amazing things. We will finally come to realize that we are "not alone" in this universe and that our lives have much more meaning than we have been told by the merchants of greed. The day is soon arriving when humanity will begin to reclaim our sacred responsibility to safeguard this planet from environmental degradation, global warming and the horrors of war. Moreover, we will witness a great cleansing of the 'old archaic male dominated thought-forms that are enslaving humane consciousness. Woman are about to reassert their rightful place in the cause of MAAT, DHARMA or RIGHTEOUS not as mere "wo-men," but WOMYN. The imbalance of our testosterone driven hierarchy of nation states is soon to transformed and receive the transducer of a DNA/RNA level melanin conversion to produce a profound new era of human POTENTIAL. What is the basis of such words and esoteric claims? It is the recognition that we are living through some very critical and important prophetic times on this planet. While, it can be said that each of us is certainly fulfilling our own person journey, nonetheless, their is also a collective journey all humanity is experiencing. If you simply meditate you will easily attune and connect with the unfolding process. There is no need to mechanically force it or push it. Instead, just allow the gestation period to take place. In the final moments of this process a more violent action will emerge as the contractions (hatha yoga, Chi-Gong, Reiki) and breath (pranayama, mantra, hekau) are merged to commence the birth -- the new cycle will awaken. Globally and individually this motion will help unleash a cycle of great spiritual transformation and awakening. Although things may seem obtuse and disjointed at this time of unprecedented political strife and instability don't be troubled. My students, friends and even opponents don't despair or be alarmed by these words. A storm is brewing and the 'shock and awe' we will shortly experience is only to quicken our attuning and readiness for the transition process. Soon many may depart you (myself included), but please recognize these departures are preordained and are the sacrificial rites that must be made by those who need to serve on a different level (hyper- dimensionally). Soon I will begin embarking on a new chapter of the IKOLOGIKS message and leaving my present surroundings. Stay tuned to the important messages to come! Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved. |
January 9, 2006: The boom
of thunder and crackle of
lightning generally mean one
thing: a storm is coming.
Curiously, though, the biggest
storms of all, hurricanes, are
notoriously lacking in
lightning. Hurricanes blow,
they rain, they flood, but
seldom do they crackle.
Surprise: During the
record-setting hurricane
season of 2005 three of the
most powerful storms--Rita,
Katrina, and Emily--did have
lightning, lots of it. And
researchers would like to
know why.
of thunder and crackle of
lightning generally mean one
thing: a storm is coming.
Curiously, though, the biggest
storms of all, hurricanes, are
notoriously lacking in
lightning. Hurricanes blow,
they rain, they flood, but
seldom do they crackle.
Surprise: During the
record-setting hurricane
season of 2005 three of the
most powerful storms--Rita,
Katrina, and Emily--did have
lightning, lots of it. And
researchers would like to
know why.
Above stories and
photos courtesy of
www.NASA.gov
visit:http://science.nasa.
gov/headlines/y2006/09
jan_electrichurricanes.
htm
photos courtesy of
www.NASA.gov
visit:http://science.nasa.
gov/headlines/y2006/09
jan_electrichurricanes.
htm
| Posted, April 2, 2006 |
| Recently, a member of the IAIAS, Inc. asked me a question about their being any special significance to the colors used in the 'official logo' of the AUM-IAIAS, Inc., which was created in 1991. I realized that very little has been written or said about this most important symbol of the Ikologiks movement and theory. Therefore, I hope in this brief statement to help our viewers innerstand the esoteric meaning behind this logo. The logo/flag of the AUM-IAIAS, Inc. is placed on a 'black' background to symbolize that the source of all creation resides in blackness. The womb of the mother is black, the universe is layered and convoluted in a tapestry that is black, dark matter and black holes. However, the Ikologiks logo/flag is also represented in 'white' background to symbolize the 'law of opposites' and to demonstrate that white & black are merely two sides of the same coin, but with different expressions based on energy principles in physics to complex to explore in this brief article. At a later date, I will explain the 'white' form of the logo in more detail. The inner part of the logo/flag contains five elongated triangle shaped cones that are supposed to represent corn as the symbol of life. Remember, the term 'ikologiks' means a "system of reasoning or logics about life processes or Ankh Consciousness." In the ancient cultures corn or other grain were symbols used to mean life. The five ears of corn are represented in the logo as black, yellow, brown, white, and red to represent the five races of hue-manity. Thus, the black corn is viewed as the root or origin from which the others have been derived and is made slightly larger than the others for that purpose. The five pillars/corns relate esoterically to the 'five pillars of faith in Islam' or the five extreme points of the hueman (2-hands, 2-feet, & head) body or even represents the five pointed star, as well as, other numeric representations found in religious and philosophical systems around the world. The five corns are placed on a background of green in order to represent the life giving power of the sacred earth mother and her agricultural bounties. However, the field of green is supported by the purple background, which is designed to represent the esoteric power of hueman transformation and spiritual growth that is open to every hueman being. Finally, the entire placements described above are supported under a rectangular white and black frame that represents equality. Ikologiks theory was founded on the premise that all huemans beings are equal and strive for justice and equality beyond limitations of class, caste, race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation or lifestyle preferences. It is the goal of Ikologiks theory and the global mission of the AUM-IAIAS, Inc. to awaken a global ethic and path of self-transformation that helps UNITE rather than divide, helps TRANSFORM rather than just inform, and helps us to ADVANCE, while not retreating into dogma, ideology or glorification of prior accomplishments of hueman civilization. It is hoped that the symbol/flag/logo of the AUM-IAIAS, Inc. is an inspirational code for those seeking to recreate a global consciousness.
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| Posted, May 29, 2006 |
| Many of you have heard the saying, "the glass can be viewed as being 'half-full' or 'half-empty'" as being a useful analogy helping us realize that how we experience life is based upon our individual perception, outlook, perspective or attitude. In this arcane sense, each of us has substantial control over how we perceive the challenges, disappointments, successes or blessings that await us at every crossroad along the roadway of our personal life journey. We can view the cup/glass being half-full as representing our cherished goals in life as "being almost there" or attained. Alternatively, we can take the perspective that we are "losing ground" or defeated in the belief that the glass is half-empty. The choice is clearly ours in determining these two sides of the same coin. However, in Ikologiks theory we innerstand that this dualistic principle and dilemma should not pose an enigma to us. Instead, we should grasp the clear lesson it brings and then take the next step towards a deeper innerstanding. The next step being to transcend either perspective and to realize that the perception of the glass being half-full or half-empty is itself illusion. We should begin to realize that struggling to see things as positive (half-full) regardless of the situation or to dwell in depression (half-empty) are equally rooted in our self-deluding state of consciousness that affixes itself to the material illusion or the addictions we acquire. Again, this is a concept, which is equally embraced in Zen Buddhism as well as the Ikologiks: Nine Principles of Life. It is also known in the ancient Vedic tradition as "neti-neti," which is also a primary focus in those studying the IKO-Meditation Technique at the IAIAS, Inc. We must also begin to innerstand that the glass we hold in our hands is neither "this or that" -- it is just what it is -- at any given point in time and space. Consequently, when we approach periods in our life filled with challenges we should not automatically put on our "be positive hat" or force ourselves into finding the latest "self-help" book to calm our disharmonious state and to assure us that the glass is half-full. Neither should we find ourselves seeking shelter in our depression by seeking out the drugs, cigarettes or food to quell our manic feelings about our lives. Finally, even forcing or not forcing ourselves into either of these dualistic camps of thought, can be just another trap. I remember what was said to us in an old Beatles song of the 1960s entitled "Let It Be." Perhaps, that song was an influence from their shared embrace of the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (founder, Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement). In the song it states "when I find myself in trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be ..." To let things just be, is to just silence the agitations of our fickle minds. To let it be, and to know the answers unfold with or without our constant interference is a sacred lesson. For almost thirty years now, I have observed the glass of "Ikologiks" as being 'half-full' since there is seldom success or support for this serious Dharma that occupies my life. In contrast, some often urge me to see the glass of "Ikologiks" as being "half-full" telling me that support is "just around the corner" or "you never know maybe Ophrah Winfrey will learn about the Ikologiks Dharma." I have come to laugh these days about each of these outlooks, because deep inside of me is a core that says "let it be, let it be ... there will be an answer, let it be!" So I close with this last admonition to all of you visiting this website. Search the glass that you each have been given to drink from in this life and make an effort to transform your own state of consciousness so you too one day can say ... LET IT BE! Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved. |
| "Fill your cup with the Nectar of the Divine & not the illusion of worldly sense pleasures. When you drink of that nectar you will thirst no more, for desire is the fertilizer of illusion." -Adisaji 1/06 - |
| Posted, January 30, 2006 |
March 9, 2006: NASA's
Cassini spacecraft may
have found evidence of
liquid water reservoirs that
erupt in Yellowstone-like
geysers on Saturn's moon
Enceladus. The rare
occurrence of liquid water
so near the surface raises
many new questions about
this mysterious moon.
Cassini spacecraft may
have found evidence of
liquid water reservoirs that
erupt in Yellowstone-like
geysers on Saturn's moon
Enceladus. The rare
occurrence of liquid water
so near the surface raises
many new questions about
this mysterious moon.
| "Drain your cup of the disharmonious ideas, attitudes, beliefs and perspectives that inhibit your recognition of your innate Divine nature. When you empty your cup you will suffer no more, for verily suffering is the fertilizer of illusion." -Adisaji 7/06 - |
| 'From the 'reel' lead me to the 'real!' |
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Innerstanding Teachings of Adisaji - 2006