The Free Radical

Firstly, yes I do edit the questions for clarity and brevity. However, I still appreciate the lengthy explanations so that I know exactly how the questions are intended. Also, I do consider this to be very important– the answering of questions– because nothing is more important than everyone’s better understanding; that’s how worlds are changed, after all.

Q: How do we change human nature? Your whole approach seems terribly naive!

A: This question begins in misconception. The assumption is that humans are flawed creatures; we are careless, greedy, manipulative and conniving; that’s just how we are by nature. Um… bullshit!

Last year I spent some considerable time exploring the work of Daniel Quinn, author of the rather famous novel Ishmael and its sequels. Quinn’s main character, Ishmael, a 500-pound telepathic gorilla, makes a very compelling case that human nature cannot be accurately judged based on the last ten-thousand years of our history. What occurred at that time was the agricultural revolution which marks the beginning of history and our current form of “civilization.”

Our type of agriculture is totalitarian and genocidal in nature. Farmland utterly disregards Nature’s wishes and efforts; a potential farmer comes into an area and effectively says “I don’t give a flying fuck what Nature has been doing with this land for millions of years; I’m going to eradicate everything natural here and plant my preferred monocultures instead.” That attitude is ultimately what our current form of civilization is based upon. Then, as tribal peoples were confronted with the expansion of our totalitarian ways, they were either mercilessly assimilated or exterminated… in all cases.

The other side of the coin, the side laying exposed in prehistory, shows a very different attitude, a very different animal. Humans have been around for approximately three million years, so ten-thousand years is but the tiniest fraction of time on which to base our judgments. The anthropological consensus depicts tribal humans as primarily loving, cooperative, wise and balanced. If you throw a bunch of rats in a cage and restrict their access to the basic necessities of life– holding all of the food and other resources under lock and key– the situation is going to bring out the very worst in their natures. That’s exactly what we’ve been doing for the last ten-thousand years in this stupid rat race.

We don’t need to change human nature; there’s nothing wrong with human nature. We need to shed our limiting and aggressive belief systems (BS) in order to allow our true natures to re-emerge.

Q: Whatever you might be trying to explain, you tend to frame it or at least attempt to support it with your own experience. Most recently you’ve invoked a framework involving quantum physics. What is your experience, if any, with quantum physics?

I’m going to kind of combine this question with the next one too.

Q: How do you stay positive?

A: I’ve been fortunate… and daring… or perhaps a bit of both. There have been some very unique experiences in my life which I believe directly support a “quantum view” of reality. I have found them to be rather convincing.

The first such incident is something I wrote about long ago in a piece called A Religious Experience Courtesy of My Friend the Mushroom. The experience therein described is actually a fairly common one among sensitive seekers; it is the experience of oneness. Our typical mode of consciousness is geared, at its most basic level, to view the world as a collection of separate objects, and especially separating ourselves from the environment we inhabit. That moment of oneness which I was fortunate enough to experience turned that view around 180 degrees. It simply cannot be overstated how profound such a shift in perspective is once it’s actually experienced, felt and understood.

Now, what does that have to do with quantum physics? What Einstein referred to as “spooky action at a distance” describes the entanglement of quantum particles. Briefly, entangled particles react to each other instantaneously no matter the distance separating them– which violates the speed of light limit for how quickly information can travel through space.

If you tug on one end of a very long rope stretched out lengthwise, how long does it take the far end of the rope to respond to your tug? It occurs instantaneously; it takes no time at all because the rope is one continuous thing. Entangled particles too are part of one continuous thing: consciousness, or if you prefer, the field. Consciousness does not exist in time and space. Time and space exist within consciousness. It doesn’t make sense to ask the question: How long does it take a thought to travel from one side of your mind to the other? The thought is everywhere at once in consciousness.

The shift in perspective that I was lucky enough to experience was a shift from viewing the world of matter, energy, space and time (the objective universe) as having an independent existence of their own separate from my perceiving consciousness to the instantaneous realization that consciousness itself was the continuous backdrop upon which all experience gets played out. I have to say that any description offered here is a very poor substitute for the actual experience itself. (But read the story anyway.)

The next aspect of quantum mechanics which I’ve been fortunate to encounter is the concept of objects being in a state of superposition. Essentially this means that a particle can be literally in two places or states at one time, or bi-located. In previous Newsletters I’ve also written about my experiences of being in two places at once. This somewhat uncomfortable experience was the result of smoking 5MEO-DMT, an incredibly powerful hallucinogen. All I can say about this is that our language is wholly inadequate for describing the sensation and direct experience of being in two places at once. It’s a little disorienting to say the least. DMT can place humans in a superpositional state… and it’s really quite something!

Having actually had these experiences is a far cry from merely acknowledging the possibility intellectually. I wanted to have these experiences because experience is really the only compelling thing when it comes to shifting our world view. So how do I stay positive– in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? I fall back upon these experiences, knowing that I know there’s a far richer perspective to which we do have access.

There’s also another aspect to keeping positive that I need to mention… and it also ties in with the previous question. Long ago I realized that there is a basic dichotomy to the world of my experience. There is the man-made manufactured world of modern civilization, and then there is the larger natural world of pristine wilderness in which our civilization is couched. I prefer to view pristine Nature as the “real” world, the lasting world, the world of balance and wisdom. Without my constant contact with and immersion in Nature’s wildness, I would not be nearly so positive. I literally cannot go for more than just a few days without going for a three-hour hike in the woods, or else I go completely batty and get downright depressed.

I sense that far too many in the “lightworker” community are utterly entranced and transfixed by the civilized world and all of its flaws. Our current civilization is a temporary thing; Nature is not. My heart aches for all of my “starseed” friends who refer to Earth as a total hellhole. Yes, the man-made matrix reality is an unsustainable piece of shit, but personally, I absolutely love this Earth and my experience of it because my total focus is on what’s real… and not on what’s passing. My advice: Connect with that which is eternal and beautiful… and leave the rest to die an ignominious death.

Oh, and just one thing more: You can’t use “ascension” as a means of escape; it doesn’t work that way. You can elaborate that nugget through your own contemplations… but it’s perfectly true.

Q: You have emphatically stated that scientific materialism is dead, and yet you yourself have offered a plethora of health advice which can only be placed squarely within scientific materialism– i.e. specific nutritional advice. How is this NOT a contradiction?

A: Good call! And good question.

Although the quantum enigma unambiguously informs us that the objective universe does not exist independently from our perceiving consciousness, our experience is such that it does. We experience an objective reality because of the agreements we hold within the collective– the Holy Ghost (remember the Holy Ghost?)– because that’s the way we set it up for ourselves. We created this perception of separation just so that we could explore that type of experience. Objectively, it’s not real… but we still perceive it as such… and so we are well-advised to treat it as real– this separation.

Within the collective consciousness of Earth we have what I have previously referred to as “default settings.” These are things like: french fries make you fat; smoking causes cancer; spirulina is good for you; vitamin D is the foundation of healthy immunity… etc. None of these things is absolutely objectively true. They will be experienced individually as the objective truth as long as we don’t have sincerely held beliefs to the contrary. Our individual beliefs are able to “override” the default settings of the collective as long as we truly believe them, and especially if our contrary beliefs lead to greater growth potential. Remember that the collective is skewed toward assembling events which tend to augment the greater good.

So, when I give health advice which seems objectively based, I am pointing out the discovery of the default settings in these specific instances. Sometimes it’s much easier to just take a vitamin D supplement and a spoonful of spirulina every day than it is to genuinely change your beliefs about health without such supporting props and levers. If you can honestly convince yourself that you’re superman and that you can live on nothing more than sunshine and love, then go for it. There is nothing objectively blocking your success in this regard… but it still tends to be a rather difficult thing to do.

I hope that’s clear. (I’ll be sure to hear about it if it’s not!)

Q: You say it’s all about consciousness– or specifically, awareness. But how do you measure consciousness? How can you know if you’re making progress?

A: The expansion of consciousness is accompanied by the expansion of choice. A very limited and closed consciousness will experience very little choice in life. It makes continual excuses: “This is the way it’s always been; this is the way it has to be. Some things never change, so don’t bother trying. There’s only ever one right way…”

As consciousness expands, however, new possibilities come into focus. A growing awareness perceives increased potential. As you take steps to expand your mind, you can’t help but to create new possibilities for new kinds of experiences. It’s pretty much that simple.

Again, I think I’ll leave it there for today. There are still a few more questions… and I’ll get to them shortly.

Tomorrow, March 30th, is the first New Moon of the new astrological year. It is the time to ask our dreaming doubles to enter into true unity consciousness at the level of the collective. Simply intend that it be so upon retiring to bed… and soon enough we’ll see what happens.

There will be another report in a couple of days.