From: boutell@isis.cshl.org (Tom Boutell)
Subject: Re: THE DIVINE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Labs
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:51:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.180818.3309@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>     Although the following article is on the subject of religious studies, it
>illustrates some important facts about the Universe:
>     (1) The physical universe is ONLY the LOWEST of at least a DOZEN major
>levels of existence.

1. Some people will believe anything and come up with quantitative values
for it to boot.

>     (2) Certain phenomena which seem to have no physical origin result from
>INTERACTIONS between the physical universe and HIGHER LEVELS.

Subluminous ether, again. 

>     (3) It is possible for INDIVIDUALS to PERSONALLY explore the Universe,
>including our Solar System, using forms of "SOUL TRAVEL".  Some of these forms
>are also known as "out-of-body travel" and "Astral projection".  [This is
>DANGEROUS without the protection of a Perfect Living Master as described
>below.]

This is dangerous without the protection of a Member of the Priestly
Order of Non-Working Leeches On Society as described below, as otherwise
you may have your legs broken.

>                      THE DIVINE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
>
>               Most Christians would agree, and correctly so, that 
>          Jesus Christ was a perfect living Master, and a projection of 
>          God into the physical world, God Incarnate. 

...

Anything most Christians would agree with I'm real real confident of.

...
>               Secondly, and more importantly, after a particular 
>          Master physically dies and leaves this world, there is 
>          NOTHING that He can do for ANYbody except for the relatively 
>          few people that He INITIATED while He was still physically 
>          alive.  (That is simply the way God set things up in the 
>          Universes.) 

How do you happen to know this? Why should we believe this?

>               Therefore, all those Christians who worship Jesus, and 
>          pray to Jesus, and expect Jesus to return and save them from 
>          their sins, are only KIDDING THEMSELVES, and have allowed 
>          themselves to be DUPED by a religion that was mostly 
>          MANUFACTURED by the Romans. 

Well, now, I'll give you that.

>               And emotional "feelings" are a TOTALLY DECEIVING 
>          indicator for religious validity. 

So are manufactured "facts." No matter which half of your brain
you're deceiving, it's still baloney.

...
>               Thirdly, the primary function of each Master is to tune 
>          His Initiates into the "AUDIBLE LIFE STREAM" or "SOUND 
>          CURRENT", (referred to as "THE WORD" in John 1:1-5, and as 
>          "The River of Life" in Revelation 22:1), and to personally 
>          guide each of them thru the upper levels of Heaven while they 
>          are still connected to their living physical bodies by a 
>          "silver cord". 

Dungeons and Dragons: you've played the game, now give all your
belongings to the religion!

>               True Salvation, which completes a Soul's cycles of 
>          REincarnation in the physical and psychic planes, is achieved 
>          only by reaching at least the "SOUL PLANE", which is five 
>          levels or universes above the physical universe, and this 
>          canNOT be done without the help of a Perfect LIVING Master. 

Let me sleep all night in your soul plane...

Five levels or universes. REMEMBER, folks, he has NUMBERS and 
CAPITALIZES THINGS which means that they are FACTS. QED.

>               One such perfect Master alive today is an American, Sri 
>          Harold Klemp, the Living "Eck" Master or "Mahanta" for the 
>          "Eckankar" organization, now headquartered in Minneapolis, 
>          (P.O. Box 27300;  zip 55427). 

Who do I make those checks out to? I want to get this right the
first time. Does he take plastic?

Is Prince a member?

...
>          the "Anti-Christ", which is or was to be a temporary world 
>          dictator during the so-called "last days".  But the Masters 
>          don't ever rule, even when asked or expected to do so as 
>          Jesus was. 

Well, that rules out Bill Clinton.

>               People who continue following Christianity, Islam, or 
>          other orthodox religions with a physically DEAD Master, will 
>          CONTINUE on their cycles of REincarnation, between the 
>          psychic planes and this MISERABLE physical world, until they 
>          finally WISE UP! 

The psychic planes: a nice place to hang out if you're an astral
being. Me, I'm a human being, so.

>          RE-INCARNATION
>          
>               The book "HERE AND HEREAFTER", by Ruth Montgomery, 
>          describes several kinds of evidence supporting REincarnation 
>          as a FACT OF LIFE, including HYPNOTIC REGRESSIONS to past 
>          lives, SPONTANEOUS RECALL (especially by young children, some 

The book DESCRIBES the RAPTURES OF faith in WHICH MEMBERS of our
organization CAPITALIZE THINGS under DIVINE INFLUENCE.

>          Baptist was the REINCARNATION of Elias.) and John 9:1-2 (How 
>          can a person POSSIBLY sin before he is born, unless he LIVED 
>          BEFORE?!).  [ ALWAYS use the "KING JAMES VERSION".  Later 
>          versions are PER-VERSIONS! ]  Strong INTERESTS, innate 

Per-versions, eh? You said Christianity was manufactured by the Romans
in the first place. Yet you give short shrift to attempts at serious
scholarship aimed at sorting out the original intent. But who needs 
consistency? It's a blind-faith thing, bub, you wouldn't understand.

>          TALENTS, strong PHOBIAS, etc., typically originate from a 
>          person's PAST LIVES.  For example, a strong fear of swimming 
>          in or traveling over water usually results from having 
>          DROWNED at the end of a PREVIOUS LIFE.  And sometimes a 
>          person will take AN IMMEDIATE DISLIKE to another person being 
>          met for the first time, because of a bad encounter with him 
>          during a PREVIOUS INCARNATION. 

YES! Now you can be blindingly prejudiced against people you've JUST MET
and have a JUSTIFICATION thanks to OUR NIFTY and TOTALLY UNVERIFIABLE
BELIEF SYSTEM! Hate those DIFFERENT folks TODAY!

>               The teaching of REincarnation also includes the LAW OF 
>          KARMA (Galatians 6:7, Revelation 13:10, etc.).  People would 
>          behave much better toward each other if they knew that their 
>          actions in the present will surely be reaped by them in the 
>          future, or in a FUTURE INCARNATION! 

In a future life you will be forced to read inane religious postings.

...

>          PLANES OF EXISTENCE
>
>               The physical universe is the LOWEST of AT LEAST a DOZEN 
>          major levels of existence.  Above the Physical Plane is the 
>          Astral Plane, the Causal Plane, the Mental Plane, the Etheric 
>          Plane (often counted as the upper part of the Mental Plane), 
>          the Soul Plane, and several higher Spiritual Planes.  The 
>          Soul Plane is the FIRST TRUE HEAVEN, (counting upward from 
>          the Physical).  The planes between (but NOT including) the 
>          Physical and Soul Planes are called the Psychic Planes. 

We have NAMES for them. We have worked out MINUTE DETAILS. 
Ergo they exist. QED.

>    
>               It is likely that ESP, telepathy, astrological 
>          influences, radionic effects, biological transmutations [See 
>          the 1972 book with that title.], and other phenomena without 
>          an apparent physical origin, result from INTERACTIONS between 
>          the Psychic Planes and the Physical Plane. 

It is likely that your delusions result from INTERACTIONS between your
brain and your anxieties.

...

>               The "SOUND CURRENT" manifests differently for different 
>          Initiates, and can sound like a rushing wind, ocean waves on 
>          the sea shore, buzzing bees, higher-pitched buzzing sound, a 
>          flute, various heavenly music, or other sounds.  In Eckankar, 
>          Members start hearing it near the end of their first year as 
>          a Member.  This and other experiences (such as "SOUL TRAVEL") 
>          REPLACE blind faith. 

"I can hear the buzzing! I can hear the sounds in my ears! I can-"

THUD

Sigh. You really shouldn't listen to the SOUND CURRENT while
DRIVING.

>               UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this 
>          IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED. 

Oh well.

>                                           Robert E. McElwaine
>                                           2nd Initiate in Eckankar

                                            Tom Boutell
																						Publisher's Clearinghouse Finalist

-T

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