The lodge of
the Brotherhood of Light has been created by a process of visualization. The process both creates and stabilizes
images and objects which are created out of consciousness [as a raw material].
The basis of
the process is repetition. If you repeat an idea or image often enough, it can
gain an independent existence. We can
see this in therapy with trauma victims where the initial painful events echo
in a victim’s mind. The more often the traumas of life are repeated, the
stronger they get in the mind and the more difficult they are to heal.
We also see
the results of repetition in human society, where social and political ideas
that are repeated over and over again gain a sort of independent life even if
they are disproved by much objective evidence.
Each repetition hammers the idea in more tightly, thus the efficacy of
the “big lie” in propaganda.
In worlds composed
of consciousness rather than matter, repetition serves a different
function. It stabilizes images or
objects and makes them continue over time.
In the beginning it takes effort to create an image, but over time it
comes to exist and appear automatically [on its own]. This is one way that the worlds of spirit come
into being.
Our visualization
studio consists of volunteers who possess strong powers of concentration. Layer by layer, they visualize the foundations
for our world, like the material layers deposited by a 3D printer. It takes great patience to be a visualizer,
and we all appreciate their work. They
keep the Temples of Wisdom in
existence over time.
In worlds of
matter, one creates in material form. In worlds of consciousness, ideas and
images become the equivalent of matter and they are the substance that artists
use to create new forms.
Many people
understand consciousness to be a sort of shadowy reflection of the physical
world, a byproduct of molecular interactions [in the brain]. That is not how consciousness works here,
where there are no molecules.
Consciousness is a substance malleable like clay that is able to harden
into continuous forms.
We of the
brotherhood are neither gods nor ghosts. We are artists of the spirit.
