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Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
by Jonathan McGregor Bethel
When we walk through the world and look around ourselves, we see turmoil surrounding us in many guises: disease, starvation, poverty, illiteracy, and so many others. Like the Buddha upon learning of sickness, old age, and death, we each hold the desire to rid the world of these travesties. Is there any one act above all others that will help bring aid and relief to this seemingly unending suffering? The kabbalistic mystics of the past utilized a philosophy of rectifying the world to its intended glory, bringing aid and relief to this state of disarray and inadequacy; they called this notion "Tikkun Olam," literally meaning "repairing the world."
Some may ask why the world must be repaired when it is made of the archetypal perfection of god. This is an age old dilemma that has captured the minds of many people who have contemplated its facets, for it is obvious to any thinking individual that although that world contains many beautiful and divine creations, it also contains many instances and things that are grotesque and inharmonious, like death, violence, hatred and disease. It is to this aspect of creation that Tikkun Olam is addressed.
Kabbalists believe that before the present configuration of the sephiroth and the tree of life, the primal processes of creation created a scheme whereby the light of Ain Soph, God, poured forth and was contained in consecutive vessels of creation, the sephiroth as they were before. However, an instability occurred, and the vessels shattered, light spilling out and the lower dimensions being created. The shards of the broken vessels became matter and the physical cosmos, and the light also became locked in the dimension of the dark tree of life as evil intelligences, the qlippoth. These are truly demonic minds beyond our worst nightmares and are the source of our negative behavior and the evils of this world. Tikkun Olam seeks to rectify this situation and lift this physical plane to the heights and archetypal synergy it was intended to know, thereby repairing the world and ending an ancient and ongoing torment.
Tikkun Olam is performed through an action that even a child can perform, simple acts of kindness. It can also be performed by true Agape, spiritual love, and sharing with the world knowledge that will aid in its' rectification, or it may come through an individual performing the required preliminary steps in resolving any conflict that may have presented itself. These intentional causal acts will have many effects that bring peace, wellbeing, gratitude, health, prosperity, and all of the things that this world so desperately needs.
Those well acquainted with the metaphysical scene know all about the concept of a light-worker. These bearers of the light seek to bring harmony and divine sustenance wherever they may wander, and they seek to rectify any wrongdoing as they travel; these are Tikkun Olam specialists by another name. They spread the essence of love and wellbeing, the qualities that this universe was intended to display.
And that brings up a very interesting question: Are we repairing a broken universe, or have we been and are we groping our way toward perfection, working out the kinks as we go? Does the fact that the universe intends archetypal perfection mean that is broken and missed the mark, or as many kabbalists presume, are we moving toward a perfected state that has never yet existed?
You may have read in my previous articles how I am very much a manifestation enthusiast, in that I believe that mind is creative and affects our physical cosmos. I realize I just lost all credibility with anyone with a scientific bent. But in actuality, science is bearing out the fact there is a relationship between our mind and the physical cosmos. At any rate, mind is very creative, and it is crucial at this juncture in time that we set up the right causes. As systems theory and complexity dynamics have surmised, in late 2012 humanity reaches a bifurcation point in its evolutionary trek. It either goes the way of self-destruction and decimation or self-liberation and enlightenment. What will it be, folks? We hold immense power in determining the course of events; we need to step up to the plate and hit a home run.
Never before has so much been riding on our collective actions and intentions. What will we do? Can you feel it? Can you feel the mystery of it all bearing down on us? It's spring 2007, and that target date is bearing down on us and is not far off, 12-21-2012, what will we do? Utilizing the principles of Tikkun Olam in such tumultuous times is the only sane thing to do, and it is the right thing to do! Blessings to all!
For an article I wrote about what we may be facing in 2012 go to www.jonathanbethel.com ~ there you will find an article I wrote for John Jay Harper's upcoming book, "Science of the Soul." The article is entitled, "2012, Doomsday, and the Omega Point."
by Jonathan McGregor Bethel
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
Matt 6:22 KJV
If someone were to ask you where the “I” you realize about yourself is centered in your body, you would undoubtedly say behind your eyes. Well, that of course makes sense because our brain is in our head, and this is the place from where our mind looks out upon the world. However, esoteric thinkers have thought for a long time that the pineal gland has many mystical qualities and is the place where the “I AM” consciousness of our soul enters our body. Rene Descartes is the one who first called this gland the “Seat of the Soul,” but a general esoteric understanding of the head chakra being tied to divine wisdom goes back much further.
Two deep esoteric strands of thought both place the heaven world, the Nirvanic realm, within the head of man. The Kabbalistic middle pillar of the tree of life and the Hindu chakra system both place stacked energy centers along the spine culminating in the mystical energy center of the Head. Both systems show how the grosser material tendencies are subsumed in the more rarified higher centers of the head. These two systems can be utilized to facilitate a complete integration of the personality under the aegis of the higher self, as lower personality energies are sublimated into the higher centers of the head.
The pineal gland is a pea-sized gland located in the center of our brain, and although the pineal is not exposed to the outside world, the gland is photosensitive; one of its functions is to regulate our circadian rhythms, our internal natural clock, using light to govern the pineal gland's melatonin production.
It has also been discovered that the pineal gland secretes several very intense psychedelic compounds, notably DMT. Dr. Rick Strassman has discovered that this compound is excreted by the pineal gland in large amounts at birth and at death. It is thought that this substance is the center piece in people who have had near death experiences, abduction scenarios, out of body experiences, and mystical peak experiences, not to mention he found high concentrations in schizophrenic patients.
This seems to be evidence that when it is fully open, our pineal gland is indeed a gland in the perception of the great hologram of the universe surrounding us. It is the third eye that sees into the spirit realm, the hologram of the Zero Point field, the mind of God. This third eye, this pineal gland, can be activated and fully opened through deep meditative practices and trance work.
Remote location viewer's focus on the third eye in the head when attempting to sense and project into the etheric realm surrounding us - they seek to travel the holographic etheric image of reality. There is really nothing magickal about it; we have just evolved to a point where we can now utilize hyper-spatial techniques and travel the etheric hologram.
Some 2012 eschatologists besides me, such as Geoff Stray, propose that the pineal gland is a future organ of perception. It is currently in a latent phase of operability, but that can change with reversal of the geomagnetic field. It is believed by some that a magnetic pole reversal on earth could trigger a mass production of these molecules in people all over the globe, a molecular vehicle whereby one travels to a new dimension, an ascension to a new plane of being.
None of us know for certain what will happen in 2012; this is just wild eyed speculation. However, the next major wave of sunspot activity is set to occur in 2012. In addition, solar activity has been on the increase since records started being kept. And scientists recently stipulated the earth is hotter than it ever has been in 1 million years. Sure, the burning of fossil fuels is adding horribly to global warming, yet the real culprit in the mounting earth changes is the solar activity. Not to mention, there are many anomalous activities occurring all over our solar system caused by increased solar activity. A solar magnetic field reversal in 2012 during an extremely active cycle would undoubtedly cause a magnetic polar reversal here on Earth.
So, it is possible that all this hoopla about 2012 is intuitive foreknowledge of a radical geomagnetic field reversal that will cause us all to excrete large quantities of the spirit molecule DMT, thereby creating mass telepathy worldwide, the full crystallizing of the noosphere and dawning of the Omega Point.
I must state that I do not prescribe to a any certain set of circumstances for 2012, as I try to be open to any new interpretations about our future; however, there is strong scientific evidence that supports this hypothesis. For a good overview of this and other 2012 related topics, Geoff Stray's “Beyond 2012” is an impeccable source; he is a friend and has created a magnum opus of 2012 related ideas.
Jonathan McGregor Bethel
Writer, Researcher, Lecturer
Founder, Omega Point Institute
by Jonathan McGregor Bethel
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
Matt 6:22 KJV
If someone were to ask you where the “I” you realize about yourself is centered in your body, you would undoubtedly say behind your eyes. Well, that of course makes sense because our brain is in our head, and this is the place from where our mind looks out upon the world. However, esoteric thinkers have thought for a long time that the pineal gland has many mystical qualities and is the place where the “I AM” consciousness of our soul enters our body. Rene Descartes is the one who first called this gland the “Seat of the Soul,” but a general esoteric understanding of the head chakra being tied to divine wisdom goes back much further.
Two deep esoteric strands of thought both place the heaven world, the Nirvanic realm, within the head of man. The Kabbalistic middle pillar of the tree of life and the Hindu chakra system both place stacked energy centers along the spine culminating in the mystical energy center of the Head. Both systems show how the grosser material tendencies are subsumed in the more rarified higher centers of the head. These two systems can be utilized to facilitate a complete integration of the personality under the aegis of the higher self, as lower personality energies are sublimated into the higher centers of the head.
The pineal gland is a pea-sized gland located in the center of our brain, and although the pineal is not exposed to the outside world, the gland is photosensitive; one of its functions is to regulate our circadian rhythms, our internal natural clock, using light to govern the pineal gland's melatonin production.
It has also been discovered that the pineal gland secretes several very intense psychedelic compounds, notably DMT. Dr. Rick Strassman has discovered that this compound is excreted by the pineal gland in large amounts at birth and at death. It is thought that this substance is the center piece in people who have had near death experiences, abduction scenarios, out of body experiences, and mystical peak experiences, not to mention he found high concentrations in schizophrenic patients.
This seems to be evidence that when it is fully open, our pineal gland is indeed a gland in the perception of the great hologram of the universe surrounding us. It is the third eye that sees into the spirit realm, the hologram of the Zero Point field, the mind of God. This third eye, this pineal gland, can be activated and fully opened through deep meditative practices and trance work.
Remote location viewer's focus on the third eye in the head when attempting to sense and project into the etheric realm surrounding us - they seek to travel the holographic etheric image of reality. There is really nothing magickal about it; we have just evolved to a point where we can now utilize hyper-spatial techniques and travel the etheric hologram.
Some 2012 eschatologists besides me, such as Geoff Stray, propose that the pineal gland is a future organ of perception. It is currently in a latent phase of operability, but that can change with reversal of the geomagnetic field. It is believed by some that a magnetic pole reversal on earth could trigger a mass production of these molecules in people all over the globe, a molecular vehicle whereby one travels to a new dimension, an ascension to a new plane of being.
None of us know for certain what will happen in 2012; this is just wild eyed speculation. However, the next major wave of sunspot activity is set to occur in 2012. In addition, solar activity has been on the increase since records started being kept. And scientists recently stipulated the earth is hotter than it ever has been in 1 million years. Sure, the burning of fossil fuels is adding horribly to global warming, yet the real culprit in the mounting earth changes is the solar activity. Not to mention, there are many anomalous activities occurring all over our solar system caused by increased solar activity. A solar magnetic field reversal in 2012 during an extremely active cycle would undoubtedly cause a magnetic polar reversal here on Earth.
So, it is possible that all this hoopla about 2012 is intuitive foreknowledge of a radical geomagnetic field reversal that will cause us all to excrete large quantities of the spirit molecule DMT, thereby creating mass telepathy worldwide, the full crystallizing of the noosphere and dawning of the Omega Point.
I must state that I do not prescribe to a any certain set of circumstances for 2012, as I try to be open to any new interpretations about our future; however, there is strong scientific evidence that supports this hypothesis. For a good overview of this and other 2012 related topics, Geoff Stray's “Beyond 2012” is an impeccable source; he is a friend and has created a magnum opus of 2012 related ideas.
Jonathan McGregor Bethel
Writer, Researcher, Lecturer
Founder, Omega Point Institute
