By Suzanne Deakins, H.W., M.
In the study of consciousness, it is obvious that we are responsible for and must encounter our reactions, feelings, and perceptions of life. We know that consciousness is a causer, and progenerates how we encounter life in general. This leaves us with an underlying question. Are we the pivot point in a misfortune, tragedy or is it collective unconsciousness? What The Prosperos teaches and uses is holistic healing. Based on an inclusive idea that body/mind/spirit are one beingness. This means we cannot see the body and mind as separate entities or separate from consciousness. But does this mean we are the causer of tragedy?
When I first started teaching in The Prosperos I thought I was creating all tragedy and as consciousness we are. Then my daughter died. Quickly and expectedly, I had to face my thinking that I had somehow wanted this to happen as the causer and consciousness. From many Prosperos I received notes telling me it was my consciousness, that I wanted it, that there was a prebirth agreement about the death, etc. My heart was broken, how could I live with the idea I had caused this death in my consciousness?
Translation and RHS are not tools that lay blame, but tools that allow you to move from one layer of reality/consciousness to another. Thane was very clear on this in his Transcendental talks in the 1970s. The tools awaken you… to a larger vision and understanding of principle and its interaction in you. I went to a crisis counselor and a psychiatrist after the death of my daughter. I was looking for a straw anything to explain how this had happened. When I called the disease evil and chaotic the psychiatrist said no, the disease was principled and acted exactly as it was created. This simple idea headed me in the direction of healing.
I found that I was not the causer, I was a participant in the consciousness of this virulent disease and its principled action in life. I came away from my daughter’s death enlightened. I learned that all disease is Truth, all happenings are Truth, principle at work. That I cannot, nor anyone, stop principle from working. We can miss see Truth, we can react badly to Truth (principle), we can stumble and do foolish things, but we don’t cause principle to work. It works no matter what. All actions or perhaps inactions are principle working.
I have had to go back and do some serious work on my dealing with early clients in my counseling sessions, where I had told them they were the causer of their rape, of their pain. As a holistic counselor it is not my job to put salve on their wounds nor is it my job to increase guilt and shame. It is my job to take a client to the next level of reality, to help them see that Truth is principle, always working no matter how blinded we are by our own prejudices and guilt.
No mother is guilty of her daughter’s death. For Principle and Truth have their way and cannot be stopped by perception. As a Mentor and High Watch member I have pledge to allow Truth to have its way with me. We cannot judge the pain depth of another, but we can be compassionate and help. them move to a higher level of reality of consciousness, Truth.
© Suzanne Deakins