Mathew-

thanks - an insightful response (as ever). I think the point I was trying to make was one of guarding against the idea that 'good' and 'evil' are equivalents of each other. 'Good' qualities such as empathy,love,compassion etc. are based ( I would suggest) on spiritual/metaphysical truths i.e oneness ( a conclusion reached by masters and quantum physicists alike)while their counterpart 'negatives' derive from a fundamental ignorance of those truths.Therefore, rather than anyone having a core nature of 'bad' I would replace that with a core of ignorance, which to me at least, seems a lot less fixed because there is always the possibility of enlightenment. The basic tenet of 'like attracts like' I agree with.

Dave

Thank you Matthew.  Btw, i enjoyed reading your recent posts.

  I hear you James, and i was speaking to the many in my last post.  I like to simplify things to their core essence, and i figure if people get the PUL part right, it will lead them to figuring out the rest in a helpful manner if they live the PUL part.

  Yes, it is quite interesting how so many sources agree on some aspects and yet disagree on other ones.  In my experience it can be both fun and frustrating at different times to perceive these discrepancies. 

Whether the differences are innately teaching us something intrinsic which is helpful, i don't know.  I figure there are various factors and variables of why various sources don't quite fully agree on the details.   I suspect that sometimes these differences aren't that important or crucial.  I can appreciate the differences in some cases.   

   But, i would posit that this also sometimes (or often?) relates back to PUL in a general, holistic way.

Not all sources are on the same "wavelength" so to speak for there are relatively lesser or greater attunements to PUL with different sources.

This, i posit, is the most important and overriding factor in how universally accurate and helpful a source is or not. 

  And, ever like attracts and begets like. Sometimes people are attracted to sources because it's what they need at that time (and they were led to it by guidance levels) and other times because it's what they are already resonate with on a more personality level and so it tends to keep them stuck at that level.  These two main factors explain so much about this whole equation in the general, though i suspect there can be and often are more minor, temporal variables at play.

  There are some rather popular and well known "psychically derived" sources out there, which even before i really learned all the specifics of the belief system, for whatever reason or reasons, really turned me off and i felt an essential "offness" about said sources.  Later on via more deeply/consciously sought guidance i learned it was because there was a definite lack of attunement to PUL within those sources. 

  Methinks it's not a mere coincidence.

  So, i guess what i'm saying is that it really depends on the individual situation or source, and it's probably a good idea to keep a sense of discrimination when it comes to outer sources especially in relation to degree of PUL attunement or lack. 

  It's this degree of PUL attunement or lack which is what determines what Monroe called "maturity", and what other sources called spiritual developement.  To me, it just makes pragmatic sense to try to seek and listen to the more purely PUL attuned sources more so whether speaking of outer sources or even inner sources. 

  See, i think Monroe's Gateway affirmation is essentially helpful, but also a bit shorted sighted and limited and that was because of his own lacks and issues.   Had Monroe had more humility and less pride (dude was a Scorpio Sun with a rather strong dose of Leo), he might have left out the "equal to" part of his asking for guidance help. 

  If he had been completely pragmatic (and possibly more humble), he would have formulated his affirmation to say something like, "i deeply desire the help, guidance, etc. of (only) the most spiritually mature, helpful, aware, etc sources..."   Cutting through and passing over the middle men and quagmires so to speak. 

 

  I agree bout adding the loving part in that affirmation James.  I have and enjoy the "Opening the Heart" set from TMI.