| I think we are all ensnared in a very tangled and | | | | focus and concentration by exercising an aspect of |
| convoluted trap of our own making. We are struggling | | | | their mind like a weak muscle that is getting better |
| against ourselves and in all of the struggling and | | | | through expectation at projecting their thoughts from |
| wiggling and kicking lies only the fear fed phenomenon | | | | their subconscious mind? |
| tightening its grip around us. This is what I think. You are | | | | The other Red Flag or clue that I suspect is the |
| permitted to think otherwise, of course. | | | | causation of conflict whence all of this is talked about |
| The Trickster (Human Collective Subconscious Mind) is | | | | in a public forum is everybody, including myself, thinks |
| at work at such a subtle level that we don't even | | | | that they have an angle or a perspective of some sort |
| recognize our own projected attributes as we | | | | with the illusion of clarity on these issues. I suspect that |
| confront them. The turmoil, the infighting and the mental | | | | everybody indeed, does without exception. The conflict |
| cannibalization of brother against brother and sister | | | | arises when we can find little to no corroborative |
| against sister, it is all there in front of us to clearly see | | | | camaraderie in our fellow man who has shared the |
| but we do not. | | | | experiences with quite the same details you did. |
| Encapsulated in our own fear-based constructs, we | | | | Everyone has a unique experience in regards to the |
| wander aimlessly about in an accusatory manner | | | | Paranormal. To muddy up the waters further, you now |
| toward each other all the while the brilliantly ingenius | | | | have researchers and theoreticians like myself that |
| subtle nature of the Trickster Mind revels in its ability to | | | | throw their tidbit of information out and more often |
| justify its existence through the chaos it has created | | | | than not it doesn't match what anybody else is saying |
| within us. | | | | or thinking and so more conflictive frustration arises |
| You see, I think we have never not been in constant | | | | and the Trickster within has a Field Day as it skips |
| contact with the very things that have us searching. | | | | about in glee with its mission accomplished. Viral |
| The saucers, the cryptids, the apparitions, the | | | | Memetics works similarly only at a social or group level |
| disembodied voices and the bizarre phantom entities | | | | but the mental disease is the same with the same |
| are only decoys or subconscious mental projections. | | | | outcome of conflict and frustration because only the |
| We fall for the bait every single time. We have always | | | | guy who came up with the idea gets it while his |
| hunted that which we fear. We have always killed that | | | | followers are blindly believing him with only their own |
| which we fear. We are tormented by this Trickster | | | | mental translations of the originators teachings. The |
| Element because we can neither hunt it nor kill it. We | | | | two are completely different and so again, conflict is |
| are constantly seeking it without and so we blindly | | | | inevidible. |
| pursue the thing that all along dwells within. | | | | Even the closest of research partners cannot come |
| Do you want to know what I really think the | | | | together completely on anything Paranormal. Nothing. It |
| Paranormal is? It is that forgotten source within us that | | | | is always a variation of agree to disagree. So where |
| becomes the phantom projections of our darkest | | | | am I going with all of this? Why do I keep harping on |
| imaginative machinations buried deep within our | | | | the topic of conflict amongst ourselves when trying to |
| subconscious mind. We chase these phantoms saying, | | | | share and come together on any aspect of this field? |
| "I've seen a ghost!" or "I saw a strange craft land over | | | | Because I believe we never will and further more it is |
| there!" and then get frustrated when those whom | | | | impossible. Why? Brace yourself for this and this is |
| failed to have the same experiences have now | | | | only my opinion in the mix of EVERYONE's opinions. |
| labeled you as a kook. That is the Paranormal! It is that | | | | So, why? |
| subtle reptilian brained, fear based catalyst residing | | | | Because your reality is entirely subjective whether it is |
| within that has a voracious appetite for conflict and | | | | manifested from your subconscious mind or not and it |
| confusion. The acts of hostility and disorientation both | | | | is the belief in the manifestations from your |
| feed it and perpetuate it and we stand duped with | | | | subconsious mind that you have projected outward |
| mouths agog in abject frustration because we can't | | | | that is causing all of the conflict everywhere and at |
| catch the phantoms that are causing the frustration. | | | | every level of human existence and in every system |
| Place yourself in a straight jacket. Lock it up and throw | | | | of our established lifestyles and societal management. |
| away the key. You, in my opinion, have now caught | | | | So long as we do not consciously remain present and |
| the Trickster! | | | | attentive to our thoughts, actions, beliefs and emotions, |
| Here is a variation of the old Zen Koan that asks if a | | | | shift happens and anomalies arise. |
| tree falls down in the forest and nobody is around to | | | | You can no more share your Paranormal Experiences |
| hear it, does it make a sound. Of course it does. But | | | | with any kind of accuracy with one another than you |
| how about we change the flavor of this age old | | | | can share your heart and hope to stay alive. You are |
| question. | | | | doomed to deal with your subconsious manifestations |
| Does Paranormal Activity occur if there is nobody | | | | ALONE. You are Source and Observer. Turn your |
| around to observe it? This includes equipment left | | | | attention onto yourself. Really look deep. All of this |
| behind such as cameras and recording devices so in | | | | crazy stuff is in there or else you couldn't see it out |
| effect, you are still there with the machines listening | | | | here. |
| and watching vicariously for you. It's still the Observer. | | | | This brings me back to my Psychoterrestrial |
| You are still there. Remove you completely and | | | | Hypothesis once again. I think we are experiencing the |
| entirely from the picture. In other words, you have no | | | | cumulative effects of what happens when the Human |
| thoughts at all being directed to any given area. The | | | | Collective Subconscious Mind rubs or connects with |
| area is not an object in your awareness. Would | | | | Gaia or Universal Consciousness and thereby creating |
| Paranormal Activity occur in such an environment? | | | | subjectively observable phenomenon unique only to |
| We know that where ever attention goes, energy | | | | the observer at the Touchpoints of Consciousness. |
| flows. Well if your attention is not fixated upon a | | | | They are for you, of you and by you soley and you |
| certain area or space, would any anomalous | | | | are afraid of one thing only; yourself. |
| affectations still occur? | | | | And so now that I put this out there, I can now expect |
| It has been said that when Ghost Hunters first start | | | | conflict because of the very nature of this material |
| out trying to gather EVP (electronic voice | | | | being subjectively observable with any accuracy by |
| phenomenon), that they are for the most part, fairly | | | | myself only. Ha! The Trickster reigns supreme! |
| unsuccessful but should they continue with an avid | | | | Once we learn as individuals, to stop projecting our |
| interest at attempting to collect this type of data for | | | | fearful images from our subconscious mind onto |
| three months or more, the EVP begins to come in | | | | everything by being brave enough to observe them |
| clearer and with more frequency. Now is this because | | | | directly, the projections at that point will then become |
| they think that the "Spirits" are getting used to them | | | | extentsions and thusly recognized as Self. |
| and they are therefore showing some sort of trust in | | | | This is only food for thought by a thought for other |
| the investigator by giving them more and more | | | | thoughts. From one idea to another... |
| communications or is it the investigator through their | | | | |