ASCENT
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SPIRITUAL ANTHOLOGY
Dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Who continues to be my Guiding Light
“You are a child of God, and it is your God-given role to help others to remember that they are also children of God”
[Divine decree received 2010]
‘Energy cannot be created or destroyed;
It can only be changed from one form to another.
Everything is energy and that is all there is to it.
Match the frequency of the reality you want,
And you cannot help but get that reality.
It can be no other way.
This is not philosophy;
This is physics’
[Albert Einstein]
Why these Writings?
On completion of building the Labyrinth in the middle of a paddock here at Jacaranda Haven in 2010, I walked it on my own for the first time and then stood – silent and empty – in the centre. A loud voice spoke telepathically to me:
“You are a child of God, and it is your God-given role to help others to remember that they are also children of God”
Prior to this, Sai Baba had gifted me a pen and vibhuti (sacred ash) when I was leaving Puttaparthi in 1999 (and, after all, what is a ‘pen’ used for?), renowned psychic Joan Moylan had told me in 1998 that ‘Spirit’ wanted me to write, and I had received another Divine decree in early 2022 (whilst on the ride-on mower!!) that psychic Jennifer Starlight was to do a reading for me: she conveyed to me from Spirit that I was meant to write… but what ?
And then I realised that all I could write about to assist others on their paths were my own experiences, teachings and learnings in order to “…help others to remember that they are also children of God”. Hence these autobiographical writings… May they also inspire others to help yet others that all are, in reality, children of God. Thereby, the ripples of understanding/awakening will continue to expand outwards from the ‘pebble’ of these writings that I (as so many others have & continue to do) have thrown into the pool of human consciousness… and thereby I will continue to discharge what I have been Divinely commanded to do…
Modules
This is but one ‘module’ in this collection of autobiographical writings that I understand I am to call ‘modules’. Each one stands alone, but some cross-reference others. A completed book is a static thing once finished: however, these modules are flexible in that I can add to them/edit them at any time should new experiences/information comes to hand, and the reader can pick & choose which particular modules attract them. The collection of modules thereby constitutes an’ anthology’, and one that only focuses on my spiritual path: hence it is truly an ‘autobiographical spiritual anthology’.
The intent of writing these is to share experiences and teachings that I have been blessed with along the way of a human incarnation – the ascent of consciousness – such that the reader may also possibly benefit to illumine their own path/ascent to the ultimate inevitable goal for all humans: that of ‘self-realisation’.
The Modules
To date (February 2024), 17 modules have been produced. They are, in no particular order:
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- Introduction (ie this present doc.)
Appendices
Belief vs Truth
As a precursor to reading any of these Modules, I feel that it is important to clarify the difference between ‘Belief’ and ‘Truth’: one may ‘believe’ eg it is raining outside by the sound on the roof, but when you actually see the rain falling/walk out and get wet, you actually then ‘know’ it is so – ie it is ‘true’, and so ‘belief’ about that instantly ceases.
Many go through life accumulating fixed ‘beliefs’ about people/things, and, as Krishnamurti taught:”… the moment you arrive at a conclusion/form an opinion/a belief, you block the possibility of further enquiry and discovery”.
The Sharings Begin
So, a hot air balloon called ‘Ascent’ awaits: I invite you to climb into its basket with me, throw overboard the ballast of all those accumulated ‘beliefs/opinions’ you have acquired to feel safe, and therefore allow this balloon to rise free and drift to destinations unknown…
Because, otherwise, some of what you read herein may sorely challenge your accumulated beliefs…
Everything recounted within the Anthology is absolutely true, unless I have qualified otherwise.
John Stephen Butterworth