Printed
in the Conscious Creation Journal
April-May 1999, Issue 5
Multidimensionality
by Daniel Jacobs
Each of us is a multi-dimensional person. We exist in many different
"dimensions" at once. Though we appear to be focused only HERE,
there are also many alternative forms of THERE in which we also
function -- in bodies that are every bit as real as the one you
see here.
The
Multiverse
The
determination of what is "real" is a matter of perception rather
than existence. Everything exists, but not everything is perceived.
Our senses are not "windows" to an objective universe. They are
really filters, blocking from the conscious mind what we have no
desire to see.
OUT-THERE
exists a limitless warehouse full of possibilities. That is
because "out there" we find ALL THAT IS. But now,
we are speaking about in here, where you are. In here, there
exists only you.......and you are the Creator of your own experience
of what is "out there."
Every
person is his (or her) own universe. Uni=One. He is
the Creator of that uni-verse. As a Creator, he is the
interpreter of All That Is. His perceptual mechanisms are
the viewpoint through which all things are defined. Like Adam
in the Garden, all the "animals" are paraded past him. Whatever
he chooses to call them is what they are to him. Since each
of us can only form our perceptual interpretations from our own
basic essence and fabric of being----all of our Creations (our perceived
sensory data) will be in our own image.
In
truth: "We don't view the world as it is. Rather, we
view the world as we are." (Anais Nin)
Each
of us is the Director of a vast and wonderful "movie" that is being
run upon the screen of his awareness. He gets to choose where
the camera points its lens. And, if he so chooses, he can
block certain elements from his own awareness, while exaggerating
and highlighting something else.
Everything
is REAL, everywhere it appears. In order for something
to "appear," it has to be perceived. When it is perceived,
that Creator becomes the SOLE AUTHORITY that is required to establish
its existence and its importance within the scheme of all beingness.
A
universe is not something you exist within. It is ALL OF YOU.
It is a Self-Portrait that is painted in continually expanding,
repetitive patterns, that go out in every direction into infinity.
Even the God who "supports you and sustains you" is an aspect of
you. In order for his "support and sustainance" to reach
you----it, too, has to pass through your perceptual "grid" and be
interpreted. That does not diminish his magnificence. However,
it does increase yours. It MERGES you with him---even as it
simultaneously maintains your sense of distinction from him (within
this universe). In fact, you are his eyes and ears here,
within the context of your experience. Within other
universes........you get to view things differently. And it's
all true-----because, really, there is only one of us here.
The
storehouse of all these individuated "universes" is called The Multiverse.
It is a compilation point for every possible/probable viewpoint
that ever was or ever will be.
The
Multiverse is a vast archive that is like a Cosmic Video Store.
Each "Movie" that is created by each "Director" is stored there
for all eternity. Once a person is able to extricate himself from
his own immediate "production," he will discover that he is also
able to access and enjoy many other productions that he has done
(or is doing---depending on how one is choosing to measure time).
Every
viewpoint has its correspondent variation. If you ask three
people their opinion, you are likely to get FIVE opinions.
Each of these "viewpoints" is a display rack that is freely available
within the Cosmic Video Store. Want to check one out?
Go ahead, your name is on file! Afraid you'll turn into stone if
you admit there are other universes to watch? That's okay,
keep the card so you can use it another day.
Here,
for example, is a movie of a house. Here is that house in
the rain. Here is another movie of that same house when it is empty.
Here is another movie of that house filled with children.
Here is yet another movie of that house occupied by a sweet little
old woman. Everyone of these houses is real. Everyone
of them stands, within its own context, as tangible and solid as
any other.
It
goes on and on and on. ONE HOUSE----made manifest in every
possible/probable way that it can be. CINEMA MULTIPLEX.
In
the Lobby of the Multiverse.......there are "snapshots" that are
on display. They are like trailers for coming attractions
that will soon play at the theater. Each of these snapshots
is made up of a now-moment that was taken from several different
"versions" of the same movie. When this Multiversal Scrapbook
is displayed in the lobby------each image is laid out
LIKE A COMPUTER SPREADSHEET........showing snapshots for all of
the variations of story plots that are on currently available for
checkout.
Do
you want to change your movie into something else? Go ahead,
grab some snapshots.
In
reality, each of these little pictures symbolizes an entire context
of reality that is playing in one of the theaters. If you
wished, you could step into that theater and even jump up on the
screen and become one of the actors. After all, you're a Multiversal
Being. You've been in the "acting" business since the
Industry began. You've got EXPERIENCE, baby!!!!! <smile>
Go
ahead, now----grab yourself some snapshots.
Take
one from here, one from there, and even one from way over there..
Now,
shuffle them. Decide how you want the storyplot to unfold.
Do you want the butler to have done the murder? Go ahead,
put him at the back of the deck.
After
you've arranged all of the possibilities into the SEQUENCE you want
them to transpire----and arranged your deck in the exact order that
suits you----begin flipping through the cards, like an animator
might do with his cartoon drawings.
What
you will produce there will be the Illusion of Continuity.
You will make things appear to occur in a set order, a sequence.
Do you not like the sequence? Well, go ahead: RE-SHUFFLE
THE CARDS.
Your
little "cartoon" will run as you decide it should. After all,
in the Multiverse---there exists all the necessary "stuff" that
you would need to make anything happen...........It's like Multiversal
CLIP ART, isn't it? Cut, paste, and POOF........you're in the biz.
We
must remember that your "Director" Self always exists off camera.
That is because he must be able to look at each scene from all angles
to decide which one is the best shot.
As
an actor, within your Multiversal Drama----you may sometimes feel
impotent and trapped within your script. You may even petition
the Director to have the writers come in and do some "touch-up"
to the dialog or the actual progression of one of the scenes.
In the end, however.......... the Director gets to call the shots.
The
harmonization of "pre-destination" versus "free will" is found now,
within the Multiverse. A glove has no power to move, except
through the motion of the Hand that fills it. However, both
you and that hand are ONE and the SAME. In the Multiverse,
we focus upon our reality from different levels---limitless variations---on
and on and on.
Multidimensional
ME
What
does it actually mean to be "Multidimensional?" Is it something
strange and wonderful, or could it just be some rationalization
someone is using to explain his or her latent schizophrenia? <smile>
Well, I suspect it's probably a bit of both. But it's also surely
a whole lot more.
The
first discussions about Multidimensionality came through Seth, an
entity who was channeled by Jane Roberts back in the 1970's. There
were other references, I'm sure, but Seth was the one who took the
whole topic of Multidimensionality mainstream. At the time, though,
it seemed that humankind was ready to deal with the matter *only*
in an intellectual way, and not very easily at that. Now, 20-some
years later, we are on the brink of discovering exactly what Seth
was talking about, and a whole lot more!
Discovering
the Meaning of a "Dimension"
In
its most basic form, a "dimension" refers to the measurement of
a spacial relationship which exists, either within one object by
itself or between two or more objects in space. It can either refer
to the actual size and shape of an object, such as a man or a house---or
to the location and arrangement of a number of objects or individuals
that exist in relationship to it.
The
former type of dimension is called a "measurement," while the latter
type of spacial allocation is called a "configuration." Of course,
there are many other terms that could also be used synonymously
here. Though these terms might seem basic or tedious, I assure you
they will take on greater meaning very quickly.
If
I am standing in a room, surveying its contents, my PERSONAL VIEWPOINT
becomes the foundational element or *plane* against which all of
the other factors that exist within that room are compared. I am
the surveyor of my reality, and what I say about that reality is
what must be truth.
In
the Biblical account of creation involving the Garden of Eden, we
are told that at one point in time, the Lord God caused all of the
animals to parade themselves before Adam so that he could name them.
The Scripture says: "Whatsoever Adam called every living creature,
that was the name thereof..."
In
a spacial dimension, whatsoever the surveyor of any of the objects
within a configuration says about them and their relationship to
him (or to each other) becomes what is *true* for that dimension.
It is that viewpoint which *establishes* that dimension through
his own personal *belief* in the accuracy and veracity of his assessment
of what is there. It could easily be said that a person's belief
*is* the dimension in which he (or she) lives.
People
who process reality from a vantage point that is alien to the Mass
Consciousness intersecting with them are often said to be suffering
from "dimensia." Actually, they are simply using different mental
software than the generally accepted kind. In such a case, the term
"schitzophrenia" may be just a rationalization which we have developed
to deal with obvious evidence of Multidimensionality that crops
up in our physical universe. More about that later. Back to our
defining of "dimensions" in general.
If
I am standing in a fixed position within a room, I might measure
the physical distance (for example) that exists between myself and
the T.V. Then, I may measure the distance between the T.V. and the
coffee table. Finally, I may count to myself how many steps it would
take if I walked from where I currently am, then over to the T.V.,
and then turned from there and walked to the window. In all that
I do and all that I calculate, I am the *authority* for the entire
dimensional layout. I am, that is, until someone appears on the
scene to contradict me.
Let's
suppose, hypothetically, that YOU now come into the room and stand
at the other end of it facing me. I say to you that the T.V. is
five feet away. Am I right? Well, yes I am. However, you shake your
head in wonder. You count the distance carefully and decide that
the T.V. is surely much more like *ten feet* away! Then,
you listen to my figures about the table, look over at the window,
and you shake your head again in disbelief.
What
is happening between us is a *crisis* in the delineation of *authority*
concerning whose dimensional measurement is the one which establishes
that dimension. As ridiculous and petty as this conflict might appear
to us when it is laid out in this manner, the essential nature of
the dispute does not change when the dimensions are measuring different
things (like spiritual beliefs). It merely becomes more complicated,
and therefore more obscured.
The
Many Facets of Multidimensionality
It
was channeled once, quite clearly, that a dimension is like a jewel
with many facets. Each facet is like a *window* that looks into
the core essence of that dimension. Each window is a *vantage point*
from which that same one essence can be seen.
In
our original survey of this legendary room, we were measuring physical
distances between the objects that exist there. However, having
completed that survey, we could begin a new one based on how the
*colors* of all the objects in the room harmonize (or clash) with
the *colors of the clothes* one of us is wearing. This dimensional
comparison gives our survey a whole new agenda.
A
dimension, then, is established through the will of the surveyor
(or the observer) and becomes *trued* (declared to be true) basically
because he or she says so. That "truth" continues to dominate until
someone else comes along to dispute it. And even then, their dispute
may be *denied,* allowing the original dimension to simply remain
the predominant truth forever.
Or
does it? That all depends. It depends upon through *whose viewpoint*
the whole situation is seen from that point on. If I hold a truth
to be unshakable, but you flat-out deny that it even means anything,
what happens to that object of dispute? Good question. I would submit
to you that what happens to the object at that juncture is: it SPLITS.
It fragments into however many variations required to validate the
viewpoints of the surveyors who have cared to name it.
To
be a DIMENSIONAL PERSON is to believe in a set of tangible "facts"
about the existence and nature of a certain configuration of energy.
In a single context, the predominant authority calls the shots.
There are ONE-dimensional people who cannot see or hear anything
other than the counsel of their own hearts concerning any issue
that comes before them. The box they exist in can be rather small.
TWO-dimensional
people usually listen to their own counsel but *occasionally* might
surrender that power to someone else *providing* that their "other"
meets with the approval of their personal list of qualifications.
At that point, the two become PARTNERS, as they *agree to agree*
concerning what exists and what does not. This process expands the
reality box quite a bit.
And
then, in our world of today, there are THREE-dimensional people
who might allow for a *harmonization* of facts that are made up
of any two differing viewpoints, thereby drawing both of those viewpoints
into a point of CONVERGENCE. In such a situation, the hybrid offspring
of the two becomes a TRIANGULATE for the other two. That point of
being sufficiently captures the essence of what both of them are
trying to contribute and embodies that mixture for all to see and
appreciate. Now expansion becomes the rule rather than the exception.
The
Beginning of the Beguine
The
first level of Multidimensionality is discovered when a person begins
to interface with his (or her) "other" within a unit of tangible
space. We call it the beguine-ing .... <smile> .....because that
term refers to a kind of "dance." That is what Multidimensionality
is, a dance. One partner leads, and the other partner follows. Then
the second partner leads, and the first person follows. Finally,
a Dance Instructor joins in, and both the partners learn a new step.
"When
a man loves a woman......" (as the song beautifully says!)...
.....he
has gone from a one-dimensional existence into a two-dimensional
one. Isn't that an interesting way to put it? "A two-dimensional
ONE." In truth, that man is now, always was, and ever shall be......SINGULAR
within his reality. The only reason he even entertains the idea
of another person is because he chooses to. And that choice is always
HIS, and his alone. And isn't *that* an interesting way to put it?
Alone. All One. The former is a contraction, the latter is an expansion.
The first is inward and fearful, the latter spreads out and enjoys
the SEEN-ery.
The
Dance, therefore, is a pretend journey into a world of FRAGMENTATION.
It takes the original ONE and divides him into TWO. The music starts,
the lights go down, and Fred and Ginger start to twirl across the
floor.
A
Dance Party, By Invitation Only
When
any two viewpoints agree to agree about what is real and what isn't,
they are said to exist *within the same dimension.* When this happens,
their realities become *conjunct.*
Those
of you who watched Fox's series, "The Visitor," on Friday nights,
will probably recall a very distinctive scene in one of their shows.
It was the scene where a sighted man, Adam McArthur, put both of
his hands on the head of a blind woman and projected his sightedness
into her. Even though she had been sightless for 30 years, she suddenly
was able to see his face very clearly. Then her eyes went dim again.
When questioned about the amazing thing that had just happened,
Adam said to her: "I just made my eyes your eyes."
This
whole illustration became a "dream within the dream" for all of
us who watched. If you are currently reading my series called "Dreams
of the Mass Mind," you will follow exactly what I mean by this.
When realities become conjunct for two (or more) individuals surveying
a scene......in other words, when all people involved agree- to-agree
about what is there....there is a functional *blindness* that occurs
in the eyes of all but *one* of the many viewpoints there. In short,
that one person makes *his* eyes into *their* eyes too.
Opening
Our Closed Eyes
There
was a very memorable scene included in the summer blockbuster movie
called "Men in Black." Tommy Lee Jones was sitting on a park bench
filling Will Smith in on the *real* facts of life on planet Earth.
As he was doing this, he was making some statements about the evolution
of the idea of what was commonly accepted as *truth* over time and
history.
In
this ultra-fun movie, Mr. Jones said to Mr. Smith: "Several
hundred years ago, every *knew* that the world was flat. Only a
few hundred years ago, everyone *knew* that it was impossible for
man to fly. Yesterday, you *knew* that humanity was *alone* on Planet
Earth. Can you imagine what we're all going to KNOW tomorrow????"
To
become Multidimensional is to OPEN to new levels of KNOWING.
It
is free ourselves from the BONDAGE of set ideas concerning what
is real and what is not. That doesn't mean we don't have any set
ideas about what is real. It simply means that we cease to be in
*bondage* to those beliefs.
It
is no wonder that Nostradamus prophesied that the end of the world
was coming. From the limited viewpoint in which he channeled, it
only made sense. He lived in a time when men *agreed to agree to
be blind* about certain things. How could he translate images about
a future wherein all of the people at the party opened their eyes
and began to see at once? To him, that meant only one thing: destruction
of the physical dimension in which we exist.
Happily,
however, humankind does not have to purchase a lot of earthquake
insurance yet. Our degree of conscious expansion has paved the way
for lots and lots of transformation in the area of defining what
is reality and harmonizing those beliefs with each other. We are
open-ended now, and if we choose to do so, we get to come out of
the narrow "boxes" that once held us so tightly in our limitation.
We
are truly a Universal Oneself. It is this realization that binds
together all that we see and keeps us from doing what Nostradamus
felt we had to do! A person is not one of many. He is really
many of One. To exist within a universe (uni=one), we subscribe
to a single "story" about how things work and what they mean to
us. We accept upon ourselves the yoke of *congruence* which takes
a single computer and attaches it to a defined database or network.
At that point, a personal statement that tentatively declares "I
could be" becomes the all-powerful statement of "I am."
Sometimes,
however, our inner interest in diversity cries out to be satisfied
as well. And for this reason, the Multiverse (a gathering place
for all of the many dimensions or universes) becomes our new playground
and our joy. Let it be so for us as we begin this sharing.
"How
ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Par-ee?"-Maurice
Chavalier
Simultaneous
Parallel Existence
Just
about the time when much of humankind has managed to entertain,
with some degree of comfort, the concept of Reincarnation---along
comes our own personal Counsel of Reconnections to offer a more
expanded, and somewhat more intimidating, form of that same idea.
One
of Spirit's first messages to me, and the stimulus for much growth
and personal examination, was the simple phrase "You are more than
you think you are." In contrast, the basic premise of Reincarnation
has always been "You were more than you thought you *were.*"
It
only makes sense that Spirit would choose to introduce these new
ideas to the Mass Mind in an incremental fashion, gradually acclimating
us to the Greater Presence that exists just beyond the Veil of Forgetfulness
which surrounds our conscious mind. In this way, there can be a
gentle awakening of the higher senses, and an avoidance of trauma
such as was experienced in Atlantis or Lemuria as they attempted
to integrate higher knowledge too soon and without adequate inner
preparation.
Multidimensionality
is real, and it is happening *now.* Knowing about it does not make
it happen, and not knowing about it does not prevent it from continuing
upon its infinite course of exploration.
Pandora's
Box. 'Twas originally a gift of wonders, but it was also believed
to have unleashed chaos and eventual destruction to those who dared
to open it and look inside. Dare we to look inside ourselves?
The
Veil of Forgetfulness is a semi-permeable membrane which surrounds
the consciousness of a single Soul Fragment, lest he (or she) should
remember his connections to All That Is, and lose his focus within
the context of reality that he has chosen to visit.
We
are our OWN form of Pandora's Box. Our limited concepts of who we
are and why we exist are our shelter, our comfort from the torrent
of feelings we might experience if we opened fully to see what is
there inside.
An
Individual Soul Fragment is a specific replication of a single idea
that is exploring its many ramifications within the spectrum of
possible/probable beingness. It is a piece of a greater puzzle that
also carries a whole personal saga within the jagged edges of its
form. Fit together within a larger picture, the piece does not lose
this original significance. Rather, it gains additional significance
because of its role within the bigger picture.
One
possibility which is explored in physical form becomes a stone that
is dropped into the waters of All That Is. Each possible variation
of that same idea goes out like a ripple from the original expression.
Each ripple becomes a universe unto itself, though it also bears
meaning within a larger picture as well!
Knowledge
is like fine wine. Are we ready to stop drinking from the Ripple,
and start tasting of the wine of an even Higher Self?
The
Multiverse could be seen in many ways. In your computer jargon,
it could be seen as an Infinite Spreadsheet, exploring all the possible/probable
manifestations of what has been, what is, and what could ever be.
Each "cell" of the Spreadsheet is a universe unto itself, complete
and whole. Locked inside its "cell," it is happily oblivious to
all the similar "cell-ves" that co-exist just beyond the Veil.
The
Imagination is a buffer zone that separates the physical/emotional
self from his or her mental/spiritual connections with the rest
of All That Is. If one is not ready to explore the endless possibilities,
he will surround himself with cynicism, and claim "It is all *just*
in my imagination." This will insulate him from the knowing. Then,
when you are ready to journey further, he will change his statement
to something like: "It is right here, *just beyond* (and through)
my Imagination." At that moment, a door will open to him and he
will begin to believe.
Physical
Reality is a crystalization of focus that is achieved from within
a single viewpoint. The density of any manifestation is contingent
upon how solidifed or explicit that idea must become before the
observer is willing to believe in it.
There
are no ideas or manifestations that are inherently "dense" or which
are inherently "celestial." All ideas, concepts, essences, and fragments
of beingness are emanated from the same energy that binds together
the Center of All That Is. However, each observer (traveler in time
and space) varies the vibrational frequency of any idea to the degree
that he (or she) desires to examine or experience it.
HERE
is often experienced as solidified matter. THERE is often held to
be etheric and remote. However, when HERE eventually becomes THERE,
the density seems to change. The memory of HERE becomes the snapshot
of THERE and the solidification factor reverses. Or does it? Is
it real or is it Memorex?????
In
truth, My Dear Friends, it is BOTH.
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All
Soul's Night (excerpt)
Midnight
has come, and the great Christ Church Bell
And many a lesser bell sound through the room;
And it is All Souls' Night,
And two long glasses brimmed with muscatel
Bubble upon the table. A ghost may come;
For it is a ghost's right,
His element is so fine
Being sharpened by his death,
To drink from the wine-breath
While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.
----W.B.
Yeats
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In truth, both HERE and THERE exist simultaneously. Time is illusion,
an initiation of the conscious mind to place a single particle of
Is-ness upon a slide and place it under the microscope of the NOW.
What
appears as a "ghost" to us in one physical context, is also a fully
solidified physical person who is living within another dimension.
Just as "ghosts" appear upon a television screen, they also appear
within perceptual reality as well! However, each "program" continues
irregardless of what the audience experiences. Everything IS, because
Oneness IS.
By
installing a "there" and a "then" to our Now, we give it form and
texture. The elements of past and future become the frame around
the portrait of the Now which we are painting. If we like, we could
change the frame and thus alter the picture. Such an action would
not make it any more or any less "real." It would simply add a new
dimension to our experience of that idea.
THE
PRESENT IS NOT THE PRODUCT OF THE PAST! Rather, the past is ordained
to be real and made meaningful within each present moment that examines
it.
Every
NOW is created, 100% in the NOW. The illusion of continuity is a
magician's trick! Go ahead, allow yourself to be fooled by it! Have
a wonderful time! But then, when the show is over, feel free to
set aside your props. At such a time, there is nothing left to do
but come HOME........and return to the Oneness of All That Is.
Your
comments and questions are welcomed. Our experience of each other,
sharing from our unique viewpoints, becomes the greatest resource
and priviledge we can experience out here on the Net!
©Copyright,
1995-1999, Reconnections, Inc. Printed in the April-May 1999 Issue
of the Conscious Creation Journal. (Feel free to duplicate
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Daniel
Jacob is a writer, and a student of Spirituality since the early 1970s.
He is a Bio-Energetic Bodyworker, specializing in Muscular Rehabilitation
and Stress Management . He owns and administrates Myo-Rehab
Therapy Associates, a multi-therapist facility in the Greater Seattle
area of Washington.
In
1991, Daniel had a profound spiritual experience with a group of
spiritual entities who call themselves The Reconnections.
Since that time, he has been actively engaged in writing for the
Internet and teaching about the new paradigm of Universal Oneness
and Multidimensionality. He has lectured in the U.S.
and Canada, as well as at the Whole Life Expo in Seattle.
He is the author of "Reconnections: The Return to Oneness."
In
1995, he founded the Worldwide Transmutation Network, an online
resource for people dealing with the physical, emotional, and spiritual
effects of what he has called "Global Acceleration Syndrome."
For more information about Daniel's teaching, or to join the Transmutation
Network, visit The Reconnections home page at http://www.aa.net/reconnections/home.html.
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