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Absolute as the model around which the evolution of time-space revolves to

u l t i m a t e l y a t t a i n a r e fl e c t i o n o f a n d u n i o n w i t h H i m . That thought model, which
p e r f e c t l y r e fl e c t s t h e e s s e n c e o r " s p i r i t " o f t h e A b s o l u t e fi t s t h e C h r i s t i a n
metaphysical description of the Holy Spirit, F i n a l l y, o u r d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e
universal hologram, the To r u s of creation and evolution is neither new nor
original. Its use as the figure of the universe, of creation developing in
evolution is found in various stylized representations in virtually every religious
system of a n t i q u i t y, whether of eastern or western derivation. Whether its the
stylized labyrinth once popular in the Helenic world, the spiralized version of the
Hebrew Tree of Life or its Hindu counterpart, or the Chinese Spiral Through The
F o u r f o l d P o w e r s , t h e u l t i m a t e m e a n i n g i s t h e s a m e . M y s t i c s t h e w ' c r l d o v e r, i t
seems, have perceived the universal hologram in the same spiral form and have
incorporated that intuitive knowledge in their religious writings from antiquity to
the present.

3 5 . L e f t B r a i n L i m i t a t i o n s . Tw e n t i e t h C e n t u r y p h y s i c s w o u l d s e e m t o b e r e v i s i t i n g
insights belonging to mankind as far back as written records can take us.' The only
difference is that Twentieth Century physics is using aleft brain, linear,
quantitative style of reasoning to approach the same knowledge which the mystics of
old apparently acquired in aholistic, intuitional, right brain style. As atool
in the hands of our left brain culture. Gateway would seem to be apromising method
for achieving the intuitive, holistic type of interface with the universal hologram
needed to provide the context that thinkers like Einstein have sought in their
l a b o r s t o d i s c o v e r a u n i fi e d fi e l d t h e o r y i n p h y s i c s . F o r p e r s o n s i n o u r
profession whose concerns revolve around strategic issues, tactical questions and
matters of managerial form and system, access to anew world of intuirive
p e r c e p t i o n a n d s e l f r e fl e c t i o n w o u l d s e e m t o o f f e r , i n t h e l o n g t e r m , t h e m e a n s b y
w h i c h t o k n o w i n a t r u l y o b j e c t i v e w a y. T h i s i s s o b e c a u s e t h e s e l f - i m p o s e d
limitations to balanced perception and objective logic which our cultural and
personal psychological subjectivity imposes when we use the strictly left brain
thinking style could be offset by the holistic form of perception associated with
a l t e r e d s t a t e s o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s . To t h e e x t e n t t h a t w e c o m e t o p e r c e i v e o u r s e l v e s
fully in the context, of that portion of the universal hologram which is the
r e fl e c t i o n o f o u r s e l v e s , t o t h a t e x t e n t w e r e l e a s e o u r s e l v e s f r o m t h e p r i s o n o f
subjectivity.

36. Self Knowledge. It was axiomatic to the mystic philosophers of old that the
fi r s t s t e p i n p e r s o n a l m a t u r i t y c o u l d b e e x p r e s s e d i n t h e a p h o r i s m : K n o w

thyself. To t h e m , t h e e d u c a t i o n o f a m a n u n d e r t o o k , a s i t s p r i m a r y s t e p .
achievement of an introverted focus so that he learned what was v/ithin himself

before attempting to approach the outside world. They rightly assumed that he
could not effectively evaluate and cope with the world until he fully understood
h i s p e r s o n a l p s y c h o l o g i c a l b a l a n c e . T h e i n s i g h t s b e i n g p r o v i d e d b y Tw e n t i e t h
Century psychology in this context through the use of various kinds of personality
testing seem to be arevalidation of this ancient intuition. But no personality
test, or series of tests, will ever replace the depth and fullness of the
perception of self which can be achieved when the mind alters its state of
c o n s c i o u s n e s s s u f fi c i e n t l y t o p e r c e i v e t h e v e r y h o l o g r a m o f i t s e l f w h i c h i t h a s
projected into the universe in its proper context as part of the universal hologram
i n a t o t a l l y h o l i s t i c a n d i n t u i t i o n a l w a y. T h i s w o u l d s e e m t o b e o n e o f t h e r e a l
promise of the Gateway Experience from the standpoint of its ability to provide a
portal through which, based on months if not years of practice, the individual may
p a s s i n h i s s e a r c h t o fi n d s e l f , p e r s o n a l e f f e c t u a l i t y , a n d t r u t h i n t h e l a r g e r
s e n s e .

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