JackDaydream wrote: ↑February 1st, 2023, 4:37 pm
Your perspective is interesting and probably fairly unusual in the twentieth first century. I do wonder how so much is about what is taking place on the level of intent rather than simply in action. In deontological ethics there was an emphasis on intentions rather than mere ends of action. This may have resulted on a sense of virtue as a goal in itself, whereas utilitarianism emphasises consequences as an end. However, they may be both sides of the same coin. I do wonder to what extent intent in itself operates on tangible consequences, with intent having an influence in it's own result. This would give rise to consciousness being seen as having more of a role in the causal process than most people acknowledge and I do wonder if there some truth in this, with mind itself having an influential role at the core of human life rather than simply being secondary to the material processes of causation. That is how I am seeing your viewpoint, if I am interpreting it correctly.
To understand Psi-related phenomena, especially apparent trans-etheric influence, it has been necessary to realign my thinking away from my training as an engineer. As a director of an ITC-oriented organization, I have encountered a wide range of thought by supposed parapsychologists to self-proclaimed skeptics. For instance, I have learned that a parent grieving the loss of a child approaches ITC very differently than a person seeking spiritual maturity. Skeptics tend to be delusional. scientists tend to be myopic. Laypeople tend to be like Munchkins with the Wizard of Oz. Radical political conservative tend to make choices that seem more like animal survival behavior than informed citizens.
We all think in the same information field, yet we often arrive at very different points of view. It is in trying to understand the differences that has guided my perspective. Here are some of my guiding thoughts:
Moral codes are generally written to protect organizations while personal codes of ethics tend to be a potent tool for self-improvement. Morality tends to be local while ethics tend to be universal.
People typically feel justified in their choices. The problem is not evil, it is education and fairness.
Seeking is examining assumptions. If a person does not understand the implications of their assumptions, they should resist making a choice until they do.
The one sin is Seth's
Do not violate others.
It is useful to model the etheric as conceptual space as opposed to the physical objective space:
Think of attention as the gathering of potential to do work. Intention is the steering mechanism for attention while focus defines the force.
From my studies, it appears that intention is the only influence we have on the formation of perception in our mostly unconscious mind. That does not appear to be a direct influence, but a "turn toward"
wants.
The problem I have is learning how to communicate these concepts. While they are not New Age, they are frontier and require the thinker to understand basic concepts.