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WRESTLING WITH THE TIME
SERPENT
by Roza & Margarita
Riaikkenen
Partly published as “Control over Time – is it Possible?”
in Australian Theosophical Society Newsletter N87 December 2005
What is Time? What is our Time? Is it an outward
condition beyond human control? Or maybe it is an inner state that we utilize
somehow? If the latter is correct, then maybe
we can control our Time? If we can control Time, then it is possible for us to change
our inward condition that defines our age, creative abilities and even perhaps the
length of our life!
Everyone will have noticed that sometimes, in
different situations, for a certain interval of time, the usual flow of events
changes. It seems that this particular interval lasts longer than others,
depending upon what we are doing/thinking at the time.
We used to live in the countryside at one time in our
lives. We noticed that the time of a seed is different at different stages of
its existence: time flows slowly, almost unnoticeably for weeks, and then a
sudden explosion – the seed sprouts! The same with a plant, a
leaf, a flower. Months of slow preparation – and a sudden leap into a
different condition!
We began to examine different manifestations of nature
for the same phenomenon. Any observation of life within and around us provided
us such examples of changes in time. The experience of giving birth: the developmental
“clocks” of a baby in the womb are ticking visibly faster than the “clocks” of
the surroundings, looking at the speed of the baby’s growth and development.
The amazing change from the condition when baby isn’t yet born, and after an
instant – it is here! As the baby grows, it develops and learns at a much
higher pace than an adult. Also, our experience was of appearing in a different
time condition when being in a state of intense creativity, such as painting a
picture, writing a book or playing music.
We came to understand that Time is not an even
coordinate flowing from the past to the future, as most people picture it. Its
flow possesses more or less condensed areas. Let us imagine multi-dimensional
Space and the source of Time in Space. From this point of view, Time can look
like waves spreading from this source in all dimensions.
As we know, certain events of life become repeated and
form cycles like the cycle of a seed growing into a plant, which produces seeds
that return to the soil, sprout and form plants again. Of course, something
changes from one cycle to another – either the quality or the quantity of new
plants and seeds - but the cyclic process remains intact. Looking from this
angle, we can “stretch” the waves of Time into a “serpent” rolling its coils through
multi-dimensional Space.
As we understand it, Time originates from the source
of all Existence (we call this source Spirit), and it is an uninterrupted flow
of waves, or coils of the eternal Serpent of Time. Time as a Serpent is leading
to the cyclic-spiral way of development for all living entities, from universes
to human beings. The pressure of Time waves’ density produces “standing” waves in
certain regions of Space, where life forms
human civilizations, which develop and grow old, and become destroyed and
replaced by new younger civilizations.
Within the source (Spirit), Time possesses endless
density. With Its Fire and Light, and the waves of Time density Spirit creates
(projects) the holographic universe, and forms in this universe separate
objects – separated by Time that can be also understood as an “envelope” of any
object, as this is explained in the teaching and book Kalagia by Alexander Naumkin. Density is different in the “envelope” and in the
inner “core”. The “core” is connected with the Spirit, and in fact is Spirit of
itself. There is neither past nor future there –
everything exists “now”. Hence, we have found that from the “core” it is
possible to control Time!
The Seeker, whose spiritual conditions are advancing,
though continuing movement along the common flow of Time, simultaneously moves
closer to the “core” (Spirit) that carries infinite potential, including the infinite
density of Time.
If we agree with the statement that we are
projected by Spirit as holograms, as we depicted in our book The Laws of Life*, in which we have also made references and translations
from Kalagia
(that was available only in Russian), then we can understand that our time is the
inner property of our hologram, and we consciously or subconsciously influence
it when we make changes in any aspect of our hologram’s condition. To be able
to consciously control time and change its condition would lead to that what most
people would call a “miracle”. For example, to be not hit by a bullet that
flies directly towards us just because we have slightly changed our time and
the bullet missed us. It sometimes happens spontaneously at the moment of
greatest danger, when we intuitively apply to our inner spirit, or God, to be
saved or to fulfill the duty that may be more important than life at that
particular moment.
We call these things “miracles” because we are yet
unaware of our ability to work such “miracles”. In reality, control over Time
is the ability that any creator has to open for himself
or herself. We can guess that the giants of mind like H.P.Blavatsky
(founder of the Theosophical Society) or Leo Tolstoy (famous Russian author and
philanthropist) have done so. If we were able to align our inner time with that
of their advanced consciousness, then the seemingly impossible, meeting with
the spiritual world of such giants, could become the possible.
How can we master the ability of controlling our inner
Time? Obviously, we can do it by changing our state of consciousness that
affects any condition of our life including the properties of our personal Time.
The advancement of consciousness is a spiritual path in itself. So, what are
the obstacles on this path which prevent us from gaining control over Time?
It appears that the main obstacle is our desire to be
attached to the definite condition of existence that suits us and is connected
with a definite position in Time. We desire to be anything in the time we call
“our time”: to have our status in this time. To feel ourselves comfortable, we need to be
“visible” and recognized by the society of our time, to possess our niche in
the social formations of this time. Our status is made out of our reflections
in the minds of other people of this particular time, and for this purpose we
tie ourselves to the moment of recognition. We desire to be approved by other
people and social formations, whose opinion seems to be important for us at
that time, and we make decisions attaching us to their desires. We become the “slaves of Time”, and are drifting
in its flow without any conscious awareness.
Usually, when we are identified and recognized, we
feel safe – we have landed in a definite spot of space and time. But our desire
for a tranquil and decent life can play tricks on us. Sometimes we don’t even
recognize that our “niche” has in truth become our cage, a prison for our soul.
In this prison, we are caught by Time; we ourselves fix
it, cling to it, and tie our “balloons” of endeavour
to it so that they lose their ability to fly. We identify with our imprisoned
condition. We accept the definitions we have received from society, and begin sincerely
thinking of ourselves as we see ourselves in its mirror.
Our time is limited by daily plans and achievements. At
the very least, it is limited with the length of the existence of the physical
body because we think that the end of our physical body means the end of that
what we understand as ourselves. In such a way we produce an image of an
interrupted time of our existence and imprint this image in consciousness and our
behavior patterns. We want it all and we want it now! We don’t care about the
possible long term consequences of our deeds. We don’t feel responsible for
them. We know exactly where we are, what we possess, and we can guess with a
great probability when we will achieve the goals of our plans, have a good rest
and then die, finishing our Time. Do we
have any other option? We have found that we have if we are willing and able to
reorient our consciousness, to transfer its attitude from the outward aspects
of our life to its inner spiritual meaning.
The concept of reorienting consciousness opens for us
humans a way of working with Time, of changing and controlling its density. It
opens for us the possibility of “squeezing” time and changing its condition for
creativity. It also opens the possibility of letting our mind to travel “out of
time”.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes people rearing children
or working with them look younger than we could expect them to look at their
age? It happens when adults adopt the children’s natural ability to learn and
develop. Children are yet unattached to their social status. In fact, their
status is fast changing together with their growth and learning. For example:
yesterday you were the oldest and strongest in the kindergarten, and today you
are just prep at school! In normal conditions, children willingly accept their
new roles and undertake the challenges that come with them. They are interested
in anything new.
If we, adults, were also ready to undergo constant
changes with their challenges in our life and to constantly renounce our obsolete
knowledge and achieved statuses for the continuation of learning, then we could
align our time to the time of a child. In this case our time would be denser
than the personal time of an ordinary adult who is confident that he already
knows everything necessary to maintain his or her status and habitual way of
life.
There is a multitude of opportunities and techniques
of working with consciousness, and consequently with time, at our disposal. For
example, a follower of Zen Buddhism detaches himself from the outward time to
appear in the condition “out of time”. An eager inventor (writer, painter or
musician) receives the purpose of creativity from the Spirit within. He/she
concentrates on the perceived idea, and “squeezes” time, penetrating to the
“core” to fulfill the purpose. Spiritually advanced people, like Leonardo da Vinci, an artist, inventor, engineer, architect and
writer simultaneously, multiply the dimensions of their creativity and appear
in the multi-dimensionality of their inner Spirit, changing their personal time
in this way.
There are different techniques of “squeezing” our
personal time. In different ways, we can change its density and achieve
significant results in our field of endeavour. For
this purpose, we can apply the power of our human will and also the power of
modern technology at our disposal. If this power is in harmony with the state
of consciousness, which applies it, then everything is all right; but if not,
if we use this power without the preliminary purification and alignment of our
consciousness and physical condition to the condition of Time where we appear,
then we cannot exist in it, and our body begins to suffer. We in fact destroy
it by exposing to the conditions with which we are not in harmony. It relates
to any power which desires to quickly come to its goal at any price – it
destroys itself!
Working with Time is a way, a spiritual path, where achievements
come by the way, at the right time. The most significant achievements are the results
of intense life of devotion and sacrifice through many incarnations. We have
heard of the highly advanced spiritual Teachers who abide in the
These enlightened beings show us the endless
possibilities of control over Time on the Path of enlightenment. In fact, life
provides any human being with the possibilities of existence and advancement in
the uninterrupted eternal flow of Time. In the process of reincarnation, a
human being transfers from the physical condition to a different state of existence
and returns into the physical form in the following embodiment. In any
incarnation, there is a possibility to move to the “core”, to the inner Spirit,
and to let the results to manifest in the uninterrupted flow of Time.
Let us remember the immortal artifacts which have been
created centuries ago, and some of them required more than a lifetime of one
person to complete. The Mayan and Egyptian temple complexes, the Masonic works
in Europe etc. We have the opportunity of enjoying them now, but what
influenced their creators, what forced them to work hard though they knew that
possibly would not finish their creations in a lifetime or at least would be
unable to enjoy the “fruits” of their efforts?
We can guess that, perhaps, they understood their life
as an uninterrupted lifestream. Perhaps, with their
creative work they could send a message through the Time to their own future
incarnations. At least, they made the civilization’s culture continuous and
uninterrupted. And if we, contemporary people, will manage to detach ourselves
from pursuing immediate goals and prefer to fulfill our spiritual purpose as it
comes to us at any moment in life, maybe we will make our lives continuously
purposeful, excluding in such a way the very concept of interruption?
You can say that not everyone is capable of creating
immortal masterpieces of art. Maybe, but everyone has a spiritual purpose to
fulfill, and one of the most common and most important purposes, aiming for the
uninterrupted continuation of life in time, is rearing, educating and
supporting children. They maintain the spiritual treasures of the civilization’s
culture, and they continue its development. They form the young offspring of
the “wave of life” that makes possible its uninterrupted existence.
So, possibly, the uninterrupted immortality for a
human being begins from the understanding of our participation in the “wave of
life”. As parts, or particles, of this wave, we move with the wave and
continuously go into its depths and rise to the surface again. What we will
meet when returning depends on that what we have prepared before. If we have
prepared cruelty, violence and selfishness, we will face them again and,
possibly, this time as victims will be obliged to balance our past karma by
suffering. If we have prepared the “golden era” of unity and brotherhood, then
we will enjoy its appearance. It is up to us!
·
We described some of the aspects of working with
personal time in our books The Laws of
Life and The Return of the Prodigal
Son, where we discussed the possibility of replacing the Summer,
Autumn and Winter stages of life with the Eternal Spring. Also, we meditated on
the possibility of transmuting every aspect of “death” into the growth of our Spirit.
Such transmutation may eventually lead us to turn into a new being like a birth
of the butterfly inside a caterpillar.