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Re-VISION

On the morning of December 16th, as I often do, I queried the Book of Change, asking what I should be aware of NOW. Its answer puzzled me greatly.

So I set it aside and moved on with my day. Only then came the Aha!

Following that, a flood of implications washed over me, each hastily jotted into my journal to capture the vision while still fresh.

What follows is the record of that process.

As an aside, it reminded me of conversations with my Ed Admin thesis advisor, Howard Wakefield, way back when. After being stymied by his colleagues, who rejected my topic of choice (the origin and future of universities), I was stuck as to what to do next — until the breakthrough moment when the puzzle pieces finally assembled and fell into place.

He was delighted. An avid sportsman, he compared the process to a hound circling the ground, sniffing to get the scent. Once it honed in, off it charged. No stopping it.

That’s what writing The Quantum Solution has been like. The timing felt off. Something seemed missing. Until things finally clicked. And now, the necessary re-vision is clear.

The hexagram received was this:

Aha! Thanks to Trump’s new approach to organization, THIS will be the quantum model of federal government going forward.

Picture it this way: a wise leader at the center of the Life Wheel. Clear and fair rules at the c=light level. Mutual respect and trust at the middle, e=energy level. And sincere self-sacrifice at the m=mass surface of tangible, material results.

This model allows for wheel-like organization with sectors like pie slices radiating out from the center. Many qualified leaders are each given responsibility for a particular sector, each contributing their unique gifts, strengths and abilities, but acting cooperatively, unified by central core values and common goals.

With this in mind, I’d just finished listening to former and future Trump staffer Sebastian Gorke’s podcast. He repeatedly referred to the political movement now afoot as MAGA — Make America Great Again.

That didn’t sit right with me. For one thing, in the Trump 2.0 administration, the definition of “great” will be much expanded, resulting in an America even greater than before.

Going forward, “great” will include both quantitative and deeper qualitative dimensions. Yes, it will be great again in terms of material wealth, prosperity and political power on the m=mass level. But in addition, It will include a deeper commitment to American values. It will honor ethical integrity and bring a metaphysical dimension to what “integrity” means. This bodes a re-vision of the Constitution, bringing it into conscious alignment with quantum dynamics.

Repeatedly coming back from adversity, DJT has been likened to a phoenix, rising above apparent defeat to prevail, setting an example of resilience and self-transcendence for the rest of us to follow: the quantum Phoenix Response.

However, keep in mind. This archetypal dynamic recurs throughout history, common to all humanity, not just one nation or place in time.

Be that as it may, given that Trump is assembling a team along quantum lines, it seems more appropriate than ever to call the emerging organization the Unity Party. During Trump 1.0, he operated as the single star in the sky. He knows better now, assembling about him a full constellation of stars, creating a bigger, cohesive picture in the sky.

So. To be fully successful, from the onset of the Trump 2.0 administration, it will be extraordinarily helpful for its members to be aware of the emerging underlying shift to the Quantum Paradigm.

This includes not only internal but external dynamics as well. Because, by extension, the Quantum Life Wheel dynamic operates on every scale of magnitude. It serves equally well as an appropriate model for international relations. Recognition/acceptance of all life being ONE at the center allows for mutual respect and harmonious, cooperative relationships across the globe, free from the fragmenting dynamics of interference and aggression inherent in the old, obsolete control and dominance, either/or, invasion, take-over and exploitation model.

The international piece will take time to evolve, as the next generation of leaders across the world comes naturally in to place, affected in their views both by Trump’s carrot & stick example, as well as by education along quantum lines facilitated by internet access.

DISGUISED BUT INVALUABLE BLESSINGS

While pro-Trump patriots are filled with joy and hope for the future, consider on balance the opposite side of the coin. DC swamp rats are experiencing stone cold dread, knowing full well that “interesting” times lie ahead for them. As Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville tells Sebastian, “The rats are running for the hills.”

But — potentially — something positive if unforeseen is in store for them as well.

For quantum wisdom has much to say about the upsides of loss. When status and lifestyle suddenly disappear, ignorant materialists who’ve lived selfish lives exclusively on the surface of the Quantum Life Wheel have the option of a better response than despairing of life and jumping off the top of a skyscraper.

Because all is not lost. When surface comforts disappear, access to formerly untapped inner strength found in the e=energy middle level of the Life Wheel emerges. Deeper still, forgotten connection with wisdom emanating from the c=light level can arise to be reclaimed.

In two different oracle decks, medium, teacher and author James Van Praagh addresses this possibility. In The Soul’s Journey, he says about ADVERSITY:

Challenges are the best way to learn. No one ever said that life was going to be easy. Obstacles are presented to you so that you may overcome them.

Ouch!

I find that bit harsh. (Aren’t there are better, easier ways to learn?)

Perhaps. Softening his view, in Messages from the Guides he advises to ACCEPT STRUGGLES AS LESSONS:

Once you accept that the hardships that you encounter are merely set before you in order for you to learn and evolve, then your journey here will become much easier.

Bottom line. Changes coming down the pike don’t have to be an either/or experience. Depending on one’s chosen point of view, they have the potential to yield soft-landing win-win results for everyone across the board.

In this vein, Lao Tze’s Tao Te Ching, a world-loved off-shoot of I Ching wisdom, adds a merciful perspective to future potentials. In essence, whatever one’s past mistakes, it’s never to late to change for the better.

As OA encouraged students who despaired that their lives were hopelessly messed up, “God don’t make no junk.”

In other words, no matter how enmeshed in conflict on the m=mass surface level; no matter how traumatized at the e=energy level with PTSD and the full range of negative emotions, the essential True Self of every individual remains unaffected: pure and eternally hopeful.

Each and everyone of us is made in the image of God the Creator. We each retain the innermost potential to restore (with intention and determined effort) our unchanging quantum pattern to its original wholeness. It remains our inalienable birthright.

Further, in accordance with the Way of the merciful Tao, Trump et. al. will wisely be focused on and committed to unifying and restoring harmony across the board. Their followers can trust that in humility, quantum leaders know to forsake Judgment and retribution, which belong exclusively to God.

In his speech at Charlie Kirk’s Arizona Turning Point USA AmericaFest in December 2024, President Elect Trump states this view clearly:

It was a beautiful thing to watch. They just said, ‘We lost.’ And we want to try bringing everybody together. We’re going to really give it a shot. The thing that brings people together is victory.  (56:33)

In repeatedly expressing this inclusive attitude of reconciliation, may DJT serve as a role model for future world leaders to follow. For this is the path of the genuine, long-lasting peace and good-will on Earth of which the angels sang on Christmas night.

Magic Is in the Eye of the Beholder

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What we know as science today would have been considered magical in the days before the operations of electricity were discovered and harnessed. Automobiles, airplanes, and computers we take for granted today would have seemed phenomenal in days passed.

Much of science fiction depends on tricks of changing technologies over time. For example, I remember the story of a hero who saved the day by astonishing the natives with a solar eclipse. When the critical moment arrived, with a flamboyant gesture and incantation – “hocus pocus” – he vanquished enemies by the apparent power to make the sun go dark.

Now, it seems, we have magic in reverse. We have so much come to depend on technology, that the inner workings of our potentially powerful psyches and our connection with the forces of nature seem like “magic.”

We are haunted by distant memories of who we once were and could be again – that deeper, truer intangible part of ourselves. Modern “education” rules out our latent, subtle powers and potentials, as if whatever cannot be measured and quantified cannot and should not be.

Yet we are enchanted by fantasy and science fiction which tease and lead us to remember.

hist of magic

The science (meaning “with knowledge”) which explains the magic of synchronicity demystifies this method for reconnecting with our larger mind and its place in the universe.

When people use a term like magic, they give little thought to the full range of possible meanings it might have. It might be a good idea to rethink what we see as magic – all the uses and abuses which have accrued over time.

To that end, I offer the following Essay on Magic.

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ESSAY 37. MAGIC

Magic is the art of manipulating the unseen forces of nature. A white magician is one who is laboring to gain the confidence of the powers that be. A black magician is one who seeks to gain authority over spiritual powers by means of force rather than by merit. The white magician’s motto is: “right is might.” The black magician’s motto is “might is right.” — M.P. Hall, Magic: A Treatise on Esoteric Ethics

One must distinguish between ordinary magic and consciousness of the harmonic relationships of nature — the philosophy of magic — which is the right gesture at the right place at the right time. Its applications, often excessive, and falsified by popular greed and ignorance, have given birth to superstitious magic and crude sorcery. — Isha Schwaller de Lubicz, Her-Bak: Egyptian Initiate

Taoists say, “Know magic, shun magic.” They mean that through the cultivation of knowledge, you can know precisely how natural calamity and human enmity can be avoided. You can know all the ways in which you might be affected and be able to meet crisis on the challenger’s own terms. The Taoists do not mean that you should learn the ways of others in order to be like them, only that you should learn the ways of others to avoid being manipulated by them. — Deng Ming-Dao, Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life

THE FRONT

Webster’s defines magic is the use of charms, spells and rituals in seeking or pretending to cause or control events, or govern certain natural or supernatural forces. It can refer to anything mysterious and seeming inexplicable, or to an extraordinary power or quality (the magic of love). It refers to producing baffling effects or illusions by sleight of hand or use of concealed apparatus. Used as a verb, it means to cause change, or to make disappear.

Of all dictionary definitions, magic is the most incomplete. Little is known of its pristine meaning. The word occult explains why the public knows so little about true magic. This knowledge is intentionally withheld from the unprepared.

“Occult” is defined as hidden, secret, beyond human understanding and therefore mysterious. (Webster’s shows empiricist bias, saying occult designates alleged mystic arts, such as magic, alchemy or astrology.)

In fact, as Hall’s Treatise details, magic is a systematic discipline based on Natural Law. Practitioners are competent to direct natural energies at will. However, few have the courage and compassion to make the personal sacrifices required to pursue this path of knowledge.

Even fewer attain the wisdom to use such power wisely. Prudent masters therefore keep their traditions as carefully guarded secrets, safely away from unqualified seekers who, as Hitler wanna-be’s, would abuse what they could.

For the general public, it suffices to know that such powers do exist, so that when they are used, the possibility of what’s going on is recognized. An appropriate question to consider is, “What color is the magic?” According to Hall, there’s not only positive white and negative black, but yellow and gray as well. It depends on how intentional and extreme the capacity for either good or evil.

Patanjali’s yoga sutras outline the preliminary stages of magician training.As the ancient compendium  of Natural Law, The I Ching (Book of Change) is the necessary complement of all self-awareness disciplines. Exercising conscious awareness of and control over one’s own internal energies is the necessary first step in white magic schools.

With time, mastery over nature comes of its own accord as a by-product of self-knowledge. Because one’s potentials mirror and resonate with those of the entire universe, as one becomes competent to change one’s own internal states at will, one spontaneously begins to influence nature and others.

By his own admission, Aleister Crowley is a black magician. His teachings bear distorted resemblance to occult knowledge. However, his credo, “Do what thou wilt” is the antithesis of the white magician’s prayer, “Thy will be done.”

Witchcraft is incomplete. Practitioners take natural law out of context, seeking occult powers rather than self-mastery, sometimes without social conscience, sometimes in defiance of Divine Law. Seductive claims aside, being incomplete, no witch practices white magic.

Rarely do white magicians announce their presence. They don’t have to. They quietly think, and, as Lao Tze put it, all is accomplished. Christ was an exception to the rule. He was competent to change water to wine. He also performed the ultimate miracle, resurrecting the dead. Such acts, however, were not self-serving. They were done to serve the Father, to teach and to quicken faith.

THE BACK

Miracles are events without natural cause. They are different from magic, which operates within the bounds of natural change. Miracle is defined as an event or action that apparently contradicts known scientific, natural laws, and is therefore attributed to supernatural causes . . .  an act of God.

Special movie effects, card players’ sleights of hand and illusionists’ feats are accomplished by cleverness, manual dexterity, or computer technology. Though they’re irrelevant to bona fide magical powers, they tease the imagination and stir forgotten knowledge of latent potentials and what is truly possible.