A dictionary definition of a habit, naturally isn’t at all difficult to come by:

Habit: an acquired behaviour pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/habit

Of course,  “how to break a habit” can’t be found in a dictionary.

So there we have it a “behaviour pattern”.  Ultimately, almost everything we do is a behaviour pattern isn’t it?  There’s a great speech by Jiddu Krishnamurti, where he speaks of our daily routines; waking-up, showering, cleaning teeth, having breakfast, going to work etc.  He says these things are habit, because we do them robotically without thought.  That’s not something I can argue with, I look at my own life and see the truth in his words.

So is life a habit?  Well I think that all depends on whether or not we go about life ‘consciously’; that is to say, “with lucid awareness of each of our actions and thoughts”.  That sentence brings us closer to a distinction between ‘mind’ and ‘consciousness’.  If we go about life ‘robotically’, then sure – life becomes a habit – the mind takes over and we run on autopilot.  Conversely, if we become conscious of our own actions – then we start ‘watching’ our own mind.  We pay attention to what it is thinking, and the actions it is causing our body to perform.  There’s the key then…right there…

Who is watching the mind?

After all, if we can ‘watch’ our own minds…then it follows that the ‘watcher’ isn’t the mind but something external to it.  Is perhaps the ‘watcher’ somewhere deeper in the realms of our consciousness?  What if we sit and watch the watcher then?  That is – watch ourselves watching our mind.  Think about that one.  Or don’t think.  Perhaps thinking can also be considered a habit; “How long does it take to break a bad habit?”, “How to change bad habits?” – and so on.  These thoughts and questions in themselves eventually become routine thought based habits.

So…how to break a habit?  Well for me, the process always has started with stepping ‘outside the mind’ – into that location where we find our ‘watcher’.  The watcher is indifferent to habit and routine, these things are of no consequence to the watcher as such things are entirely bound within the constructs of the mind.  When we become the watcher – we immediately become ‘aware’ of our thoughts and our actions, and that also means that each ‘habit’ becomes a conscious action because we are watching it and aware of it.  The instant we are aware of something, we gain the option of choice; ‘free will’.  Thus we start to move with more seriousness and awareness into our own consciousness.  This can be done without habit and without routine based behaviour patterns.

This is where so many people make a mistake.  When they attempt to break or change a habit, they do so through an effort of thought; they attempt to think their way out of the habit.  Or alternatively, they re-program their mind with new behaviour patterns.  The latter option is slightly more effective, however this too can be carried out without much awareness.  This is because when we live inside our minds, we are bound within the walls of our mind; tied into its rules, beliefs and behaviour patterns.

Becoming aware of our behaviour patterns doesn’t automatically make them ‘easy’ to change.  However, what does happen, is that we begin to move away from automatic ‘robot-like’ habit based behaviour, and into conscious awareness.  And this can make all the difference in the world.

So I’ve gone that bit extra and followed this Hurricane Bill tracking, and appears to have reduced somewhat in temperament.   That doesn’t mean a whole lot in itself though I guess.  Anything can happen, and stranger things certainly have happened. I guess a lot of people will still be watching those tracking satellites.

Incidentally I find it somewhat amusing that Hurricane Bill tracking shows Hurricane Bill potentially approaching President Omaba’s vacation location.    Life is full of symbolism and hidden messages…so I have to ask what the symbolism here may be.  Interesting stuff.  That said, with the potential of Hurricane Bill tracking downgrading the storm to a “tropical storm”, there may also be a form of symbolism in that.

Anyway here’s that video I mentioned.  And let us hope that Hurricane Bill proves to be unremarkable.

…there must be some way out of here…

…the 24hr news stream echoes through every room.  Pandemics, Economic Collapse, Government in Disarray,  Global Warming…change is in the air.  There is indeed too much confusion for any and all who have invested heavily into the old reality tunnel.  Madness rides in that direction.  Holding tightly onto the freight train that refuses to shift into the new paradigm – maybe these tracks end with mental breakdown, or maybe with awakening.

…but you and I, we’ve been through that, and this is not our fate…

Life isn’t what we have been shown, this realisation is dawning.  A new age approaches, a new time – and a question emerges; do we remain, or do we change?  Consciousness shifts, the intellect kneels in recognition and awe.  Feeling imbues our being and with it comes understanding of the new world.  Of Emergence.

…so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late…

The light gleams ahead, beckoning with passion, compassion and destiny.   A well of power arises within; faint…indescribable – beating with strength.  Through the dark mists of our past emerges clarity.  Knowing.  Feeling…

As if a broken mirror the world shatters into a million pieces, every part catching that knowing light – illuminating…

…everything…

Each fragment becomes a life of its own, drifting with pre-determination in the seeming black void of space.  Fertile ground; a true world.   Reality without the scales of illusion.  Acceptance.

…outside in the distance a wildcat did growl…

Finally our nature is revealed; dark, powerful, primal.  Finally our nature is revealed; aware, perceptive, compassionate.  At last the dust settles and the two become one.

…two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl…

Reality trembles at what is to come.  We face no one now but ourselves; the mirror is shattered, the illusion irrevocably removed.  Now we see the way of things, and we are ready…

…for Emergence…

Add this to the continuing economic woes – which are still getting worse, along with the startings of a food safety crises, then the mix is starting to bubble quite well.  The average Joe-Public would be forgiven for wondering what the hell is going on.  The answer is clear, just take a look at Obama’s recent reversal of policy.

Someone, somewhere is shaking the cages of society and those who believed themselves to be in the higher echelons of power, appear to be feeling they are now on rickety grounds.  The mid-level ‘power-classes’ of Prime-Ministers and Presidents are getting caught up within their own shenanigans.  The problem with this, is that they will need to tighten their grip in order to maintain control.  After all – no one knows what is around the corner – the power-structure may well present a different field in the future.  Will there be a place for the current crop of minions?  They maybe hedging their bets – but they will try anything to ensure they are still needed.

But bear with them, there is a lot more to come – the show has barely begun.  The vast clambering cage of society is showing its antiquity.  And whilst its decaying carcase is being heaved and chained into the 21st century it appears the coming age simply will not accept its presence.  So – here we stand at the beginning of a transition unlike anything in recorded history.

So, what’s next?  Well it appears we have moved pretty much squarely into the world the conspiracy theorists have described – let’s take a look at that for a moment.  The current US Government admits to US torture – 10 years ago that idea was ‘conspiracy’.  The media has blown many things out of all proportion, in fact very few people I know actually believe the flying-pig flu ‘hype’ – so the media outright lie – 10 years ago that was ‘conspiracy’.  In 2009 we have the food regulations agencies saying they can no longer monitor the safety of food, it wasn’t long ago a person was considered a bit of out an outsider for having distrust in commercial foods.  It’s also become blatantly obvious that the economy has been manipulated for a very long time – now there is very nearly a state of ‘common knowledge’ regarding the vast economic con-game that has been played out.

What does it all mean?  Well the wheels are falling off aren’t they.  The juggernaut of society is collapsing in upon itself, those still in denial are hidden within the coming wreckage, whilst those ‘conspiracy-theorists’ are clambering all over society’s failing shell prising it apart with much glee.  Unfortunately – when it all finally fails – both groups are going to be caught in the wreckage, as both groups require the system to define their knowledge and understanding.

To anyone with half a brain who has watched all this unfold – they will have realised a good while ago that the time to get off this ride is long past.  The game is up.  Let’s move onto something else.  If we have learnt one thing from this entire catastrophe – it is that we must not put our individual power in the hands of others.  We simply don’t play their game.  We don’t work their jobs on their terms, we don’t buy their food on their terms, and most assuredly we don’t do anything so inane as protesting against them.  Step away from it all completely and let it takes its path…

…and then choose your own path…

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Following on from Battlestar Galactica: Symbolism and Mythology, I wanted to write another piece on some of the many other subtle themes contained within the series.  First I want to take a moment to explain that neither my previous piece on Battlestar Galactica nor this piece are intended as a ‘Galactica Deconstruction’; there are many things around us that are more than the sum of their parts, and when you ‘deconstruct’ them you lose that special essence.  This is the same with nearly all things in life; however if you simply watch the dynamic flow of reality then you will see.  There is a vast difference in perspective between those who categorize, label and compartmentalise, and those who notice the connected flow that life has.  Both of my Galactica articles are written from this latter perspective. 

Mathematics

Nikola Tesla, was perhaps one of the greatest minds in modern history.  The inventor of AC/DC current, radio, radar, and many other such things.  He wanted to give the world free electric via towers that broadcast energy wirelessly, this was nearly one hundred years ago – he had the technology working but lost funding when investors realised he didn’t intend to make any profit from the technology.

Tesla once said that if you can understand the numbers 3, 6 and 9 than the mysteries’ of the Universe unlock themselves to you.  The knowledge of sacred numbers isn’t unique to Tesla, but goes far back into antiquity.  Numbers also form a part of the foundation of many secret societies, one of the most well known being the Freemason use of the number 33.

The connection with numbers in Battlestar Galactica is well established.  In fact the first episode of season one is titled simply, ‘33’.  In the final season, Anders calls mathematics ‘perfection’, which allows him to connect into the wondrous flow of the Universe.  It is also implied that the Hybrids have vast knowledge due to their connection with the data-stream/universe.  However such a connection lifts them to an entirely different plane of existence; they see reality very differently.

Mathematics is seen by many as a way to ‘deconstruct’ or ‘analyse’, whilst the truth is far from that.  Mathematics allows you to see the flow of the Universe.

Understanding mathematics is one of the keys to reality – there are two other keys.

Music

The ancient church also understood the power of the numbers.  Before the modern diatonic scale of music, another scale was much used – it was called the Solfeggio Scale, and was employed by the church within many of their Gregorian Chants.  Very specific frequencies were used in the Solfeggio Scale, each dividable by 3, 6 or 9.

Each frequency/note was said to possess a specific attribute.  Remember that this was understood many centuries ago; the note ‘Mi’ of 528hz was used for healing and ‘Transformation and Miracles’.  Today that very same frequency – 528hz – is used for DNA repair. 

Again Battlestar Galactica shows us the important of music upon the human race.  It was music that ‘activated’ the final four Cylons, just as it was music in its mathematical form that led the thirteen colonies to Earth.

Geometry

Maths, Music and Geometry; these are the foundations of the Universe.  Geometry and Time are necessarily connected, as time is inseparable from space.   The effects of time dilation have played key parts in the story of Battlestar Galactica.  Anders mentions in the episode ‘No Exit’ that when the Final Five travelled from Old Earth to the Twelve Colonies they were travelling at relativistic speeds,– hence they aged only a few years whilst thousands of years passed in the outside world.  The same effect occurred during the exodus of the 13 Tribes from Kobol.  Time dilation also may play a part in the return of Starbuck after she had been missing for two months, yet had only experienced a few days herself.

When Chief Tyrol was in the Temple of Five, he knew there was something he needed to understand about the temple.  Temples, Churches and other such buildings are all constructed to specific measurements which take into consideration the connection between mathematics, geometry and music.  This is known as Sacred Geometry.

Spirit and Soul

Traditions from the ancient East, speak of sacred energies within the human body.  These are often referred to as the Chakra system.  The energy which flows through the Chakra points of the body is known as Kundalini Energy, this energy is tied directly into sexual energy and is studied in the Tantric practices.  Kundalini energy travels along the spine and up into the Crown Chakra at (or above) the top of the head.  Cylons are shown to possess this same (or very similar) energy during a very early scene between Six and Baltar as well as a scene between Helo and Sharon.

Perhaps one of the most important aspects of the show is how it depicts artificial intelligence and its relationship to the human condition.  The human is a funny thing; it is unknown what makes us tick – we have an aspect within us that cannot be measured nor grasped yet we all experience it.  We cannot tell another person what it is to experience life, no one can be told what it is – yet we all know because we each experience it.  Some call this the ‘soul’.  But the label is largely irrelevant.  Within the series Six often claims to have a soul, as does the cylon Leoben on more than one occasion, this naturally causes much contention among the humans.  After all how can machines have souls?

Yet the possession of a soul is not measureable.  In one of his final talks, the philosophical and spiritual speaker Jiddu Krishamurti discussed this very subject.  He pointed out the machine like activity of his listeners – asking that his words not be taken offensively – he points to each of our daily routines which are carried out without thought.  Machine like.  Later he talks of genetic engineering and then the development of artificial intelligence.  He asked his listeners to consider what may happen when these two areas of technology finally meet; that the arrival of aware machines is inevitable.  What then, he asks will be the difference between these machines and you?

‘And don’t say that you have a soul, because the machines will say that too.’

The possession of a soul is not measureable – it can only be experienced.

Eve

It is implied that Hera is the Mitochondrial Eve, the most recent common ancestor for all modern humans.  Every one of us on Earth today can trace our genetic hereditary back to the Mitochondrial Eve, one of the first anatomically modern humans whom lived around 140,000 to 150,000 years ago.

The Bible speaks of the sons of the Elohim descending from the heavens to unite with the daughters of man.   

It is only the rational mind that discounts the gap in the fossil record – the so called ‘missing link’.  There are many who have long believed that the missing link is that there is no missing link.  There are many historical documents which give this same account again and again.

There is a period of time in far history, when humans suddenly and unexplainably leaped from hunter-gathers, and settled down to construct habitats and learned to cultivate land.  This is still a disquieting and unexplained phenomenon.  Consider that during those times of pre-history, before humanity learnt to grow food there were no useable plants to take as crops.  It is known that the first settled agricultures sprung up spontaneously at different points on the planet.  It is also known that the wild plants which were then available could not have been used to create edible grain.  The modern explanation for this is that before humans became agriculturalists – whilst we were still hunter-gatherers we learnt how to crossbreed various wild plants to develop the modern grain.  This is a process which we still cannot achieve with modern technology.  And it has been estimated that even by using the ‘cross-breeding’ method of wild plants – achieving an edible modern crop would have taken approximately 3,000 years.  That’s quite a long-term plan for a people without language or symbols.

It is just as interesting to note that modern archaeology shows that all cultures on earth ‘suddenly began’.  There is no evidence to support a gradual development of culture.

The world of Forbidden-Archaeology is literally littered with hundreds of unexplained cases like this.  It is worth taking time to look into the many ‘out of place artefacts’ that have been discovered.

Something Greater

Baltar:  ‘There’s another force at work here, there always has been. It’s undeniable, we’ve all experienced it, everyone in this room has experienced events that they can’t fathom let alone explain away by rational means…!’

Is reality infused with something hidden, intangible but greater than all of us?  Is the universe merely a result of uncounted interactions of matter and energy, all explainable by the rational mind?

Is it both?

There are many things in reality that are more than the sum of their parts.  When you deconstruct those things – you lose their essence.  You cannot find the radio signal by deconstructing the radio.  The static mind of those that analyse blind themselves to reality; Baltar a man of science displays a character entrenched within his own world view.  A world of compartmentalization, rules, systems and science; these are the systems of humanity.  Baltar mistakes his tools for reality.  Science then is a way of describing something – but it is not the thing that is being described any more than a resume is the person.

Baltar: ‘Whether we want to call that God or Gods or some sublime inspiration or divine force that we can’t understand, doesn’t matter…doesn’t matter!  It exists…’

Years later, after experiencing events that are beyond the rational mind, Baltar has learnt to step away from his tools and more importantly has escaped the all encompassing grip of his Ego.  He starts to see the dynamic flow of the universe.  He sees the essence of the universe – the essence which is greater than the sum of its parts.  Everything is connected.  Baltar begins to see the intangible, un-measureable lines which create those connections.

We live in a flow of seemingly disparate events – each of which can be analysed, broken down or labelled.  We look outwards at the world, from the events that are nearest us to those that are furthest away.  Thus we attribute the closest events as the most important and the distant as least important.   Surely it is the opposite that is true.  The events of the solar system – the current changes it is experiencing – events in the outer laying universe as stars, planets and entire galaxies move.  These things are immeasurable against which our daily concerns are inconsequential.  Thus Baltar turns his gaze, and starts to look from the outside, inwards towards his inner-being.  Attributing more importance to those large unexplainable things which hold all of humanity within its hands, and then moving his focus inwards towards the events which are occurring around him and within him.  Suddenly everything takes on an entirely new context; reality becomes understandable.  He understands finally that just because something can be understood – it doesn’t follow that it can be explained.

Reality is immeasurable, it can only be experienced.

Thus the rational mind of the ego learns its place in the scheme of things – and the true Baltar emerges.  A man of compassion.

Galactica shows us how to perceive the metaphysical world.  A world that is dynamic, a world full of the unexplainable.  A world that is not confined to the static mind of labels, analysis and rationalisation.   Galactica then draws the lines which connect the invisible world into our lives, so that we may experience both the invisible and unexplainable as well as the visible and explainable.  It turns reality on its head, throws everything into disarray causing us confusion – breaking our egos – until we finally realise that this is exactly how things are meant to be.

It tells us how we have become so absorbed with our tools and systems that we have lost our connection with reality.  And as these systems are torn away over the course of the series, the survivors of the thirteen colonies finally understand.  They cast away their technology, their ships, their systems and sciences.  They cast away the collective ego of humanity and break the cycle.  Returning to the tribal world of the past, except carrying with them all the knowledge and understandings their experiences have brought them.

Yes, they are preparing the US Population to accept a return to the Gold Standard…

So we keep our focus on where we want to be, and where we want to go.   Or else we follow the crowd and get pulled along where ever they are heading.  It appears the ‘crowd’ is growing in size, emotions are rising – there’s that latent energy charging within the crowd, and it gives silent promise of a large and sudden expression.  The media, governments, ‘alternative news sites’ are unconsciously and unintentionally feeding that energy, constantly peddling the dynamo, round and round and round.

It’s a reactive situation, so the key is to not be reactive.  Instead we can come from the inner processes, being mindful and aware of what is occurring around us, whilst at the same time taking control of our life and our direction.  Remember, the economic and political upheaval are symptoms of a problematic system.  Be clear in awareness that you are not that system.  We don’t have to be reactive.  We simply move our awareness to a different place.  Consider where you envision society being in six months, one year and one decade.  Then take action that moves you towards preparation for all that.  No need to view this in the ’survivalist’ sense – that too is a part of the old paradigm – view it instead as you would if you were moving home to a new country or culture.  It’s simply a transition to a new way of life.

In short, in the new paradigm we are to learn how to be responsible for our own path, for our own learning, for our own way of being.  It has been conclusively proven that systems do not work.  So now we work from the inner world.

Sci-Fi was a massive influence on me as I grew up.  Even today it is one of the only fields in media that willingly explores esoteric, mystical and philosophical ideas.  Perhaps the greatest work of inspiration to me was Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’, which works on so many levels and has such amazing depth.  In fact Frank Herbert’s own term of ‘Wheels within wheels’ can be applied to the novel.  Every time I re-read the book, an entire new slant and perspective emerges.

Interestingly it is no longer just the area of Sci-Fi which is dealing with esoteric and philosophical concepts.  Leading edge science is now treading that same ground, as they return to the ideas of ancient times, taking with them the combined knowledge and technology of the modern age.  I like the way Battlestar Galactica merges ideas of a spiritual nature with the scientific possibilities.  And that stuff is going on right now, here’s a great example: