Mar 09 2007
About
This blog is about you, or rather us.
I was well into middle age before I discovered what I knew all along had to exist somewhere. Even when I was very young, I knew that human life as we commonly experience it is not right, is strangely not the real thing.
When I was 24 I happened upon a science fiction novel by Colin Wilson called The Mind Parasites that expressed perfectly what I was feeling: the mental and spiritual powers commonly unsuspected in our benighted society were our birthright, but had been somehow lost. It took more than 20 years before I found the key to recapturing them, but I did find it — or rather, I found them, for there are different doors for different types of people, and we each can enter only the ones for which we are fitted. But the important thing — the thing worth shouting from the rooftops — is that the doors, and the keys, exist!
Your life has meaning, and with sincere effort you can find that meaning. When you do you will realize that it is the pearl of great price: You will gladly sell all that you own to obtain it.
If I can do for you what Colin’s book did for me — if I can encourage you and point you in the right direction — I will be well pleased.
Frank DeMarco,
This is well stated. The Mind Parasites changed my life and your writing has as well. You were an Egyptian Priest in a past life and I hope this blog touches billions of lives in an empowering way. Best of luck!!!
Frank, what a wonderful picture of you and what a wonderful gift your blog will be.
Hi Frank,
I tell people I am the least spiritual person they will ever meet, for our society has a tendency to associate spirituality with religion. I believe that the answers or understanding that we seek about who we are cannot be explained in a book, or a blog.:) Yet I continue to post on my website because people testify that it has helped point them in the right direction, and express gratitude for my efforts.
Are there any real teachers, or are we all in the same classroom with different but equally valid points of view and levels of understanding? If we learn what love is, how to apply it to ourselves and those around us, have inner peace and confidence in who we are, what more can one ask for?
Hi, excellent reading and links on the website.
I was wondering if you knew about a practice of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints? It sounds very close to what could be described as soul retrival. One of the ordinances performed in the Temples is something called baptisms for the dead, where worthy members are baptised by proxy for their dead relatives as a way for these spirits to enter the Celestial Kingdom.
Thought this may interest you.
Jeff
It does interest me. Tell us more.
I have had most of the encounters you write about. I will enjoy reading more of yours. About real teachers - yes, they do exist - at several levels. The highest being- Teachers of Light. Each time you are given a new truth, you must learn and practice it before you go on to another truth. Teachers of light appear along the path. No advertising or big groups here, just the few who have traveled far. Joan
Hey Frank,
As you know, I’m a recent interloper to this site, so forgive me if this is a topic you’ve discussed previously. I’m wondering how familiar you are with “A Course in Miracles” and what your thoughts are on it.
Reading your Hemingway dialogue reminded me of Helen Schucman’s claim to be channeling the consciousness of Jesus Christ. I’ve been reading ACM for about a year now and, while I don’t agree with everything in it, much of it appears to resonate truth.
I was just wondering about your thoughts on it. … No need to post this to the blog.
Hi Frank, long time no see. Remember me, from Monroe Institute back in 2001, I was the guy who wrote that Gateway Journal and posted it to the Voyagers mailing list. Lot of water under the bridge since then… drop me a line willya?
Hi Don. It took me a while to notice that you had left a comment!
Sure I remember you. If you would ever like to post something about your various TMI and other experiences, you’re more than welcome to do so. Let me know.