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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 the Labyrinth 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”
Sai Baba had gifted me a pen and vibhuti (sacred ash) whilst leaving Puttaparthi in 1999, renowned psychic Joan Moylan had told me in 1998 to write, and psychic Jennifer Starlight conveyed to me from Spirit in early 2022 that I was meant to write…but what ?
And then I realised that all I could write about to assist others on their paths was my own experiences, teachings and learnings in order to “…help others to remember that they are also children of God”. Hence these autobiographical writings…
Modules
This is but one ‘module’ in this collection of autobiographical writings that I choose 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 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’.
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 benefit to illumine their own path/ascent to the ultimate inevitable goal for all humans: that of ‘self-realisation’.
Belief vs Truth
As a precursor to reading any of these Modules, there is a need 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”.
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
The Journey Continues
It is said that to be born into a human life is a great privilege, and that it is only as a human that one can achieve enlightenment – moksha or final freedom from the cycle of birth and death.
Yet in Western society, there is generally a lack of knowledge about this: that the purpose of each life is to learn the lessons not learned in previous lives ie about rectifying the karmic balance – as it were. Research into Near Death experiences plus the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism reveal meetings with light beings/a Council of Elders that assist the soul concerned to examine how they have conducted their current life and how they can ‘ do it better’ if given a second chance – and then they’re back in their physical bodies with mostly a very different perspective on the purpose of a human life. Likewise those that experience ‘miraculous’ healing…
Any previous focus on self-centred materialism and just satisfying the physical desires is replaced with genuine concern of being of service to others including the Earth/Nature and a knowingness from their first hand taste of ‘…what awaits on the other side’. Including taking the utmost care of body, mind and spirit…
And so it is for all of us: here at Jacaranda Haven, we continue to nurture mind, soul and body for ourselves, the land/Mother Nature and allcomers – living a sacred life fully focussed upon ‘Loving All, Serving All’ (to paraphrase Sai Baba’s famous exhortation).
I trust the writings I continue to share via this website continue to inspire others to such…
The journey continues…