1. Re: The Beauty of TROM PFCC & various issues -(TROM Digest,
Vol 136, Issue 23) (The Resolution of Mind list)
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A beautiful day to all beings on this list,
If we care to endeavor to dig into the secrets of our existence
we find various attempts to create "working models" which explain
the universe and our relationship to it. Those are always just
representations for the real thing. Anybody who tries to convey
the intangible essence of an idea to a reception point by means of
language will experience the use of symbols (which the words are)
as a limiting factor. Those who have mastered their system of
abstraction (e.g. language, mathematics, logic, ...) have a chance
to use it in order to bring something to resonate within other sentient
and conscious beings around. The literal message itself is only the
catalyst which can make a latent truth ring in the receiving terminal.
As an other limiting factor we sooner or later have to recognize that
our minds are optimized (= limited) to handle problems of a 3(4)D
environment (the universe we usually perceive is a four dimensional
construct if you subscribe to the idea of three spacial dimensions
plus time as the fourth dimension - in other words: space-time).
Regarding the "working model" we operate with a wide range of concepts
like "holographic projection", fractals, a.s.o. And more esoteric
ones like e.g. "frequency ranges of vibrations", multidimensionality,
densities, a.s.o. Regarding the inner truth content of them they are
interchangeable to a high degree. To which one a being feels drawn
to, seems to be a matter of individual preference, or "taste" so to
speak.
As I see it, the amount of truth residing in a certain concept,
philosophy or believe system correlates directly with what we use to
call "beauty" or "aesthetic".
The dear reader now may already have started wondering how the above is
related to TROM. Well, as a matter of fact everything in this co-crated
universe is in some way or other connected and thus related to each
other
(Ref.: Charles Fort "The Book of the Damned").
No, that is not how I intend to conclude the issue. The circle will
close itself in a minute where I'll attempt a possibility of a reply
to two of Colleens recent statements.
The first one is the issue of "beauty" in Dennis Stevens
"Postulate-Failure-Cycle-Chart" (PFCC). I found TROM as a whole
appealing just because of Dennis logical approach in order to
resolve the mind. Logic as a part of mathematics is beautiful in
itself because .... it is so clean, logic, pure, sublime, sane, ... ?
I know many will disagree. The beauty does not reveal itself easily.
Those who hate logic will certainly be repelled by TROM.
I certainly do not see TROM as the "holy grail" of mental or spiritual
development. There are other good things out there so that finally
anyone can find his way out of the trap. Perhaps TROM is ahead of its
time and will someday get the proper recognition.
Regarding the PFCC it was actually the aesthetic of this chart that
hooked me to TROM in the first place. It took me quite some time to
develop a deeper understanding of the chart. But already before that
it made something resonate inside me that felt "true" or "right".
Despite being human, having a mind, being entrapped due to the raw power
of self-conviction in MEST and other hardships we still have preserved
the ability to recognize truth whenever we encounter it. Isn't that a
wonderful trait!? It is indeed!
So I started figuring out what it is all about with the PFCC.
Dennis gave some subtle clues. He mentioned how it took him quite some
time to get it right, how difficult it was to remember the chart. He
suggested to print it out on cardboard in order to carry it with you
so you can ponder it any time. Further he omitted (and I think he
did that on purpose in order to let the reader do the exercise himself
and thus claim the win) to fill in the pan-determinate postulates (PD).
I struggled along the line of drawing PFCCs in Excel in many versions.
Some in colors (e.g. green for "self", red for "other". Other colors
for the both postulate types). They were really beautiful to look at
with the colorful regular patterns developing before my eyes - it almost
reminded me on those artful carpets they used to weave in oriental
countries.
But it was not until it occurred to me to fill in the PDs into the empty
fields that I got the hang of it. I think the key-out I experienced had
lasted a couple of days afterwards. Completing the chart with the PDs
immediately crashed any previous confusion I have had with the damned
thing.
It clearly showed how the PD in case of overwhelm literally annihilates
the opponents postulate, pushes it off the games-board while taking its
position in an effort to replacing it.
For those who have not yet managed to figure it out with paper and
pencil
I suggest to try demonstrate with small objects on a large piece of
paper
where you sketch the PFCC structure on. It brings some mass and activity
into
that otherwise significance-loaded subject. If necessary do it in clay
as they do in Scientology.
(The reason why the PFCC is seemingly hard to grasp is that the reactive
mind fears nothing more than the truth contained in the PFCC and does
everything in its might to prevent being as-ised. That is why a case
close
to the "point of no return" will not make it without initial help from
an
auditor.)
Well, think a moment about the C.o.S. "Grade Chart" or what is commonly
known as "The Bridge". Now compare that to the PFCC. How is it similar?
How
is it different? (Ok, you may say that I'm comparing apples with pears
here.
I agree with you; let you have your point ... but continue along that
line
anyway ;-)
Now, in all honesty, which kind of representation - "The Grade Chart" or
the
"PFCC" conveys more truth, less complexity, is more logic in its
structure,
is closer to the point ... in other words appears more aesthetic to you?
Did not Dennis claim in one of his tape lectures ("The Philosophy of
TROM"
I think that was) something I would paraphrase as follows: TROM embraces
Scientology.
When I heard that at first I thought "What an arrogant person he
(Dennis)
is. When I just look at the amount of words LRH had published and
compare
that
to the TROM material the claim sounds ridiculously out of proportion."
On second thought however I reminded myself of a proverb in German
language:
"Papier ist geduldig" which means "you can say what you like on paper,
you can write what you like."
And another proverb says: "Small is beautiful".
I hope that sheds some light on the question what Dennis could have
had in mind when he talked about the "beauty of the PFCC".
That brings me to the second and last point of this post.
The issue of RI and its "complexity" (it may be valid for other
kind of processing as well).
I quote from Colleens recent post:
"For example, my TROM clearing partner simply puts things all around him
holographically, end of story. Nice and simple."
I could not agree more.
Most everything I've said above regarding beauty and simplicity is
applicable
here. Her clearing partner has got it right. No add-ons no
complications,
no
ornaments, no Q&A. Just what the book tells. Simply nice and beautiful.
If one intends to take on the hat of a researcher in the field of
personal,
mental, spiritual development, well then it might be a good idea to be
creative
and fancy. Or if one is very interested in the structure of all that is,
like
our scientists, then it is of course a different story.
However for us as beings who just struggle to get free and create the
universe
around us to our own liking it is not efficient to get lost in
complexity.
It may be a fascinating thing to figure out where the mind is located
and
things like that. But is that really on purpose? I don't think so.
It is good enough for me to understand that the mind is just held in
suspension
in space-time due to a bunch of lies it contains. So what, I could not
care less
whether it is around me or inside me or dispensed all over the universe
...
Once it is resolved it is gone anyway (until I decide consciously to
mock
it up once again) and thus as a consequence it's location - wherever
that
may be - is gone as well.
Regarding the efficiency of all activities aiming for spiritual
development
be it study or precessing or else I am very concerned. I had and sill
have
a long
term agenda which goes far beyond this lifetime. I have created and
organized
this lifetime in a fashion that allows me to dedicate the remaining
current
body-runtime mainly to the task of personal development in a wider
sense.
That means statistically I have about four to five decades left for that
task.
There is even enough time left to play some fun games - e.g. writing
this
:-)
If I think about this for a moment, I see that this is both: fun and
part
of the development. Actually it's quite some work.
The good thing about writing is that it forces one to reflect more
conscious
and more responsible about a certain subject as in comparison to just
thinking
about it for oneself.
How did I achieve that? Well, I've been working hard and with sufficient
success
(success in terms of MEST-world standards ;-)in what Scios call the
wog-world
for the first half of this lifetime. So I could afford to buy my own
real
estate
in a beautiful rural area in the middle of nowhere (actually it's in the
middle of
Europe), being mostly self sufficient, undisturbed and with plenty of
time.
There had been times when I was extremely upset about all the corruption
going on
in politics, economics, the finance industry, the senseless bloodshed in
the name
of stupid believe systems and ideologies ...
I realized how this started dragging me down the tone scale. Somehow I
managed
to get beyond that. I keep myself informed what's going on on this
otherwise
beautiful planet by occasional checking on alternative media. But
otherwise I
keep the negative things strictly out of my life.
It is _not_ part of my universe any more. And that feels extremely good.
What helped me a lot was the idea in TROM to put up complementary
postulates.
I thought at first that this is impossible; if one does that he would
always
end up as the big idiot, the perfect loser. It may take some time until
the
beauty of this approach toward life unfolds for a being. But it
definitely
will. Just do not force it, apply it by gradients in order to avoid
falling
on your face.
Eventually I found reading James P. Carses's book "Finite and
Infinite Games" (A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility) a perfect
supplement
to Dennis Stevens complementary postulate approach.
(On top of that Carse's prose - IMHO - is just wonderful.)
That putting up complementary-postulates is definitely a working
strategy
to successfully avoid conflicts, overcome obstacles of various kinds and
finally get what you aim for can be proven by anyone who really wants.
It is even well documented in our history as, very rare but the more
impressive,
track records of personalities like Mahatma Gandhy and others.
ARC
Robin
P.S.: Thanks Colleen for pointing out Walter Russel to me. Have not
heard
of him
before. Checked his bio out on the web. Interesting character.
Still have some 5GB of data in my PC waiting to be digested and searched
through
for gems. So W.R. has to wait in line.
