"Our  Revels  Now  Are  Ended"

Alan Hammond   August 3, 2014

 

In its present condition the human consciousness has lost all true perspective on virtually everything. It can be very useful for us to begin to let some of our perspective on Being change.

I’m going to quote from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. These words were spoken by Prospero, who was an ancient seer in the play.

       Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
       As I foretold you, were all spirits and
       Are melted into air, into thin air:
       And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
       The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
       The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
       Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
       And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
       Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
       As dreams are made on, and our little life
       Is rounded with a sleep.

There are some useful observations we may glean from this quotation. The words might well describe the human consciousness today as it gradually awakens to the future of the human world—namely, dust.

In the play, this speech marks a pivotal point where the characters turn away from the artificial illusory state in which they have been living, and return to their true characters to play their roles in reality. The speech sums up the experience in all fields of human endeavor—be they religion, science, sociology, economics, art, or any others. Shakespeare’s words are brilliant in describing the human state. What is lacking, are those who can describe something of the true state.

One aspect of the current problem is that human beings think their achievement in all fields is just great—whereas the truth of the matter is, they are abominably terrible. For us, when our revels end, we may begin to experience something new in consciousness, something that accurately reveals our true Identity and Character. The expression of that creates the experience of heaven on Earth.

We no longer speculate, as most people do, about some lateral, distant future. Such speculation is all fantasy—rather, we find fulfillment in our spiritual expression in the vertical moment. That little phrase in the speech—our little life is rounded with a sleep—that’s true, isn’t it? We can’t remember what went before this little life and we can’t imagine what comes after it. To be able to do so would be a distraction from what we should be involved with here and now. Also, as Shakespeare says, our lives are such stuff as dreams are made on. This experience on Earth is a dream, and we shall reawaken in the real world and state.

Everything in the temporal world does turn to dust, whereas the spiritual level of Being is ongoing, eternal. We can gradually awaken to this level by giving expression to the Spirit of that level, and we can, if we will, gradually loosen our grip on current human theories and paradigms. As we know, this isn’t easy to do because the mass consciousness and therefore virtually everyone around us has their consciousness embedded in this almost transfixed state. Nevertheless, this is the direction of our movement in the Current of Life.

In any case, remember that all things turn to dust—even the wonderful things—only in that case, they dissolve in order to make way for the beautiful, new forms emerging out of heaven.

To imagine that the human mind could even begin to comprehend all of Being or truly understand what even a small part plays in the Whole is actually ludicrous. It’s not even logical to imagine that it’s possible. Why is this? Well, merely consider the fact that already there is the suspicion that over ninety percent of the matter and energy operating in the Cosmos is beyond human perception.

We might be reminded of the Hindu parable here, where a number of men were in the dark and told to touch an elephant and describe what the elephant looked like. So one man grasped a leg and said, “The elephant is like a pillar.” Another grasped the tail and said, “The elephant is like a rope.” Another felt the trunk and said, “The elephant is like a tree.” Another caught hold of a tusk and said, “No, it’s like a pipe.” Another caught hold of an ear and said, “Well, no, it’s like a great fan.” Another pushed on the stomach and said, “It’s obviously like a wall.” Just so is the perception of Being way beyond the human mind’s capacity to comprehend!

I was recently in a high building at about the fifteenth floor, looked out of the window onto the street below, and there I saw these little dots scurrying around. Just fifteen stories up, human beings look like little dots. The human form and its consciousness are both very tiny, and the proportion of a human physical form to the size of our planet is a good analogy for the human consciousness relative to the consciousness of the planet. Similarly, man’s emotional and spiritual-expression capacities are also very tiny compared with the emotional and spiritual capacities of just this small planet.

The purely intellectual, self-centered approach utilized by the human mind is not the way to understand how to function in this vast Whole. For one thing, the intellect is only a small part of mind, of consciousness. Emotion is a realm of perception and expression of vibrational currents. In our present state, we are emotionally infantile and tend to mistranslate so many of our feelings. Therefore our consciousness is not receiving accurate information from that level.

For a long time now, we have been suggesting the importance of spiritual expression as a foundation for conscious understanding. Can the validity of this suggestion be intellectually proven? No. But I would suggest that everyone try it and observe the results in their own personal life! Then there’s no need to believe anything. We know the truth of this from experience. Also, we may observe the power and effect of spiritual expression in all the fields of human endeavor—be it religion, philosophy, psychology, healing, economics, ecology, and all relationships. And, if we took time to examine the matter, we would see the power and influence of spiritual expression in the field of science—creative science.

Bearing in mind the tininess of the human consciousness, we can see that the so-called towers (as Shakespeare called them)—the towers of human achievement, are not as lofty as humans think they are. People think they observe much and that they have much knowledge but, in fact, they are seeing very little of the actual processes operating. Human knowledge has affected virtually no creative change in the essential human state or life experience. Human beings are still ignorant of their Identity, of their context and role in the Design of Life. They are still as self-centered and self-serving as they can possibly be. Their towers of achievement, being separate from the organic nature of the Whole and the Design are, in fact, ultimately destructive—in transportation, the means of generating power, weaponry, medicine, and indeed all others. Now, of course many people would disagree and wish to debate such points, but there’s no need to argue. Vibrationally, we say, “Carry on, then.” It seems human beings wish to learn the hard way.

What is animating all this dust? Obviously, it is something that is more tangible, with a far greater IQ and consciousness than the dusty forms themselves. This “Something” is animating human forms, and it is the clear expression of this “Something” that is the true art and science that we can discern behind all the manifest forms of dust.

As previously mentioned, the Tone would be the basis of all true fields of human endeavor, because the Tone has within it all the essences of these creative fields. The Tone is actually at the very core of all human activities, but they have become distorted.

For example, in the arts, the current of Life, the Tone, would move through people’s pure emotions to produce power and beauty. That would contrast with what we have today, where art is permeated with destructive emotions that only intensify the unhappy human experience.

In all other fields too, the true Tone would guide consciousness in spiritual matters—in philosophy, psychology, ecology, and in our relationships with everyone and everything else.

Scientific considerations would still relate to how things work—that’s what science considers. Such inquiry would be motivated by a deep love of the Whole, and a deep desire to enhance, not only the human experience, but the experience of the Whole. For example, there is a vast field of natural science related to the use of the natural Current of Life. Much so-called “energy work” is now virtually an unconscious process. True science, in part, would be concerned with this organic energy and the effect of the qualities of its radiation into the organic Design. There would gradually become an awareness of the nuances inherent in the Current—the nuances inherent in the current of Spiritual expression, also describable as Love. These studies would apply to every field of human activity.

In the field of human health, what little dis-ease there would be (the natural state would be ease), could and would be alleviated with a slight realignment with the natural design. And also, in true medical science there would be a far greater awareness of the value of all the vegetation on Earth. Virtually nothing is known now about its properties, and all the minerals therein.

Also, the effects of subtle changes in consciousness that can have dramatic effect in both the individual’s life and in the greater scene of which he/she is a part would be understood. In such levels and qualities of function, human beings would be integrated with the organic, Archangelic Planetary Consciousness, and out of that would also emerge skills and function now unimaginable.
 

Here’s another piece of poetic prose that may help to gradually change our perspective:

The Eternal Presence

This planet’s life I am,

Speaking through this little form into the realm of humankind.

Ho, little people who read these words,

Know ye not the One with whom ye speak?

I am He larger than any man,

Larger than all parts and capacities of everything upon this world,

For I am the One whose body this earth is,

This planet’s life I am.

Before man was, I am.

In every moment, everyplace,

Through the days and settlements of man,

I was.

Present was I in human form,

Witness of every event, both so-called mighty

And those completely unrecorded, unremembered, now unknown.

No human thought, or feeling, aspiration, sorrow,

No plan or action, whether large or small, was made outside My presence,

For I experienced all.

Before man was, I am.

When man is gone, I am.

This word, now uttered through this form,

Will pass anon.

Posterity does not need immortal words

Fori shall speak what's necessary then.

But in this present moment of My experience

I utter words of love and life and joy.

This is a wondrous time, a wondrous place;

But on time move, all outer clothing changes —And I shall be present loving, living, thrilling

Then, as now.

If any read these words I spake,

Remember you wrote them then

As now you read!

For we are one, eternally.

This planet's life, I am.

Here we are now in this moment of eternity. We are modeling everything in dust. Let us consciously fashion every moment as Divinely and as artistically as we may.

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