Where is your favorite base location? Do you have a destination in mind when you join a new PVP server? I always go to G10 in The Exiled Lands, the ruined tower east of The Great Dam, where the Lemurian Lore #6 is found. The space is fully enclosed, one needs only seal the entrance and build within. On the Isle of Siptah, I always go for the cave with 2 entrances under the mountain in the north part of E8.
I tried for years to learn meditation in my 20s in the SF Bay Area in the 90s. We had awesome retreat areas, a fabulous Zen center near Muir Beach and regular classes. Everyone around me would sit perfectly still, perfect posture with placid smiles on the faces. Many would one up each other with their mystical experiences, visions, and their superior enlightenment.
After years of trying, I NEVER got past sitting in a very uncomfortable position, bored out of my mind, thinking about all the things I should be doing other than sitting uncomfortable and bored. Life took some turns and I gave up on that "hippy-dippy" New Age stuff. I became convinced that they were all lying about it, were just as bored and uncomfortable as me, while trying to be cool in alternative circles.
30 years later, life changes steered me back into it again. I've been at it now for 3 years. The cliche lotus position trope is even more painful than ever, so I sit in a chair. However, I'm much better now at calming the mind, batting away trivial thoughts like floating balloons, while I focus on breathing and discovered that if I am fully in the moment just aware of my breath, I am not bored at all, it's almost a trancelike state. It gets easier and easier for me. That was always the hardest part and finally I can do it. YAY! No visions, no remote viewing, no psychedelic epiphanies, no vibration going up my spine or anything like that, just sitting, totally spacing out with little to no thought. Okay, great. I guess this is meditation? It just feels like sitting and spacing out. It is useful for falling back asleep when I have insomnia, but otherwise I'm confused about all the hype.
So is that it? What's supposed to happen? Just sitting there, watching my breath, trying not to think and . . . what was the point again? I forgot.
Archons get too much press time, in my opinion. I am intrigued by their celestial counterparts.
I love the idea of the Divine Spark within each of us, like a conduit, a link back to The Source, The Monad. In some Gnostic books, they speak of Aeons; like the opposite of Archons.
They are from the Pleroma, forces of good and light, divine beings within their own right. Some are named and take on roles of inspiring people, delivering epiphanies, healing, abundance and such. There could be Aeons of art, music, math, building, sciences, comedy, creative storytelling, etc.
However, following that logic, are these "benevolent" beings doing so out of compassion or do they, like The Archons, feed on our loosh? Archons, from what I understand, feed purely on negative emotions, lower vibrational states, suffering loosh. Perhaps the Aeons feed on the higher vibe emotions of hope, inspiration, creation, laughter, epiphanies, fun, companionship meaning, belong, love.
I really like this idea. It reminds me of The Tale of The 2 Wolves
The Tale of the Two Wolves
An old Cherokee Indian chief was teaching his grandson about life.
“A fight is going on inside me,” he told the young boy, “a fight between two wolves.
One is evil, full of anger, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity and false pride.
The other is good, full of joy, peace, love, humility, kindness and faith.”
“This same fight is going on inside of you, grandson…and inside of every other person on the face of this earth.”
The grandson ponders this for a moment and then asks,
“Grandfather, which wolf will win?”
The old man smiled and simply said,
“The one you feed.”
The Gnostic gospels that speak of Prison Planet, Apocrypha of John, Pistis Sophia, etc., are even later pseudepigrapha(textual forgeries written under false names to gain authority) than the canonical gospels, (which I dismiss because they appear to be forged to look like apostles' writing, but are late to the game Greek additions that inject "prophecy" into Paul's teachings that either refute him or support him. I admit I am cherry picking simply because PPT makes more sense to me than any other theory, but they ALL still stand on the shoulders of fabrication that stood on the shoulders of fabrication.
I've spent decades looking at the books of the New Testament that mention Jesus and was disappointed by the glaring lack of evidence for Jesus's existence in general. It's all built on a foundation of literary borrowing and unverified rumors, not eyewitness history. I mean, we have documentation of eyewitnesses of eyewitnesses and oral tradition telephone game for decades before it got written down and the Gnostic stuff is no different.
Matthew and Luke simply copied and embellished Mark’s narrative decades later, while many of the Epistles are confirmed cases of pseudepigrapha. John got even fancier and seems to be influenced by some Gnostic ideas.
Even secular "proofs" like Tacitus or Josephus only recorded the hearsay circulating among early Christians long after the fact. It’s a collection of theological myths, not a factual record. Gnostic Christianity is built on a faulty foundation to begin with.
I just want it to be true, because its cool, gritty, alternative, exciting and makes me feel like I live in The Matrix or something. The reality is most likely that it's all made up too.