Student:
What should a beginner do?
Mervyn:
A beginner in this work means someone who has begun. It means that
they have begun again where they left off the last time. For each
student this is a very different starting point. This is one reason why
longevity in this work is not an accurate picture of where one stands
in relation to it. Every angle is important, as we do not always know,
or can judge from how deep within one it came from. Some of the
most refreshing angles I have heard are from people right at the
beginning of their re-entry."
Student:
As our machines live out their lives, we observe them. The continued
observation of ourselves in this manner is 'self remembering. That
is the beginner's task.
Mervyn:
Actually this is "Self Observation." "Self Remembering" is
completely different on a cosmic scale. One is the machine watching
and learning about itself, and the former is the Soul watching the
machine and learning about its prison and the guards, and how to hatch
an escape plan."
Student:
What is the difference between "will' and "desire?" Is "desire" a
thing of the machine and "will" of something higher?
Mervyn:
Desire was seen by the ancients as a God called Eros and each
person was given an allocation of Eros at birth. The idea is to
allocate Eros to various parts of the living experience and had to be
directed. If we are not present and therefore do not direct this force
it will sink to the lower parts and leak out as wanting a cream pie more
than anything else in the world. For some Eros ends up in Sex
(Hence the connotation with the word and sex).
One of the things wrong with mans condition is Eros does not
reach the higher parts (because they are asleep) and therefore he does
not awaken because he does not desire it! It is essential to bring Eros
to our work, ie., DESIRE to awaken.
There is a saying, "Eros gives wings to Psyche." Without desire we
will never fly. So check out your desires, where is your Eros going?
If you are in this work and your Eros is going to "Other Parts"
then you will flounder."
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