duty to
the new
And if we
may indeed
human mind. Everything we can think of is thought with the biocomputer we term the brain. How does the brain work? Research
effort is still in progress but at the core we find that the brain
is composed of billions of cell bundles called neurons. Each
neuron could have as many as 10,000 gateways to other neurons. We
know that information is transmitted electro-chemically at about
.07 volts. But we don't know everything yet. And least of all we
don't know why we think what we think.
CyberCraft should be a psychological-religious-political
thought system to meet and support the needs of individuals who
feel both a romantic and classical approach is needed in their
life. These needs should be formatted into solar and lunar
knowledge bases, ie., rational and irrational modes with
relational processes sitting midway betwixt them. These should be
used to a maximal degree.
Humans are discovering that there is pity poor little
difference between political and religious systems. In fact
religious systems replace the tribal chief or monarch with a
discarnate chief or monarch. This eases the task of governing the
populace through the revelations and commandments of the
discarnate and absent ruler from on high. Humans always fear most
what they cannot see, understand or comprehend. And we always fear
the invisible punisher; the inner punisher who knows our greatest
fears. Consequently religious systems are political systems of a
supplementary order. Political systems should be considered
metareligious systems in that political concerns lay at the base
of or stand behind religious concerns. Religious systems are
political systems of an inner nature.
Understanding our thoughts should become a little easier in
the solar (daylight consciousness) and lunar (twilight
consciousness) framework. Additionally many other modes of
consciousness could be mounted which straddle these tropes. These
should be termed the relational or relative processes.
Electronic and chemical assistance for modifying
consciousness might be useful in helping to determine how
individuals might drive ethically chosen programming deep into the
psyche. But once the message is received we should hang the phone
up on chemical boosters. A new generation of brain machine is on
the market today. Recently we have had the opportunity to test
drive a model of the audio-visual and suggestion type. The
experience was positive.
CyberCraft should incorporate many of the concepts contained
in Humanist Manifesto II.
Secular humanists have pioneered many valuable ideas needful
in today's ever evolving political and social environments.
CyberNauts should augment some humanistic concepts with high
technology answers to pressing personal questions. And in applying
technology to human service systems we might make a difference not
only in our little corner of the planet but elsewhere.
CyberCraft should foster a new class of technology termed
GreenTech. GreenTech should be those technologies which recycle
and/or conserve the Matrix's natural resources.
Organization
CyberCraft should attempt to incorporate proven techniques of
cell or smaller group management while retaining intimacy.
CyberCraft leaders could be of either sex, of any sexual
preference, bt must be emotionally sound. They may choose their
own names and titles. Or CyberCraft may assign a title in order
to establish a somewhat formalized but unrestricted tradition. We
suggest these classifications:
Aspirant
The
The
The
The
Imprint
Circuit I
Narcissistic Soft Narcissist
Relationship to Mom/Body/Food
Circuit II
Emotional
Hard Militant
Relationship to Pop/Family/Society
Circuit III
Rationalistic Philosopher
Relationship to Abstract/Speech
Circuit IV
Moralistic
Lover/Parent
Relationship to Sex/Lover/Parent
Circuit One--Oral
Circuit One is the center which most closely approximates the
perspectives we have about our bodies. Should a bodily threat
occur we automatically and completely retreat into Circuit One
operations. "I didn't think about it, my body just moved," the
pugilist says. When such a retreat into Circuit One happens, all
other centers are bypassed instantly. Circuit One is the first and
oldest circuit to operate. Some call it the reptile brain. Its
earmarks are complete automatic movement and unthinking reaction
to a physical influence.
At birth the first imprinting is that of Mother. Anything can
be imprinted as Mother. Wild animals have been known to imprint
such things as animals of other species, Ping-pong balls and
Jeeps. Accidents, intrusions and intended events can all affect
imprinting at this level. Additional imprinting can occur later in
life when a bodily threat occurs. Areas of interest for Circuit
One are the health fields, martial arts and any interest which
stimulates or depresses the human body.
Sometimes this circuit gets out of control. We leave the
psycho-stat turned fully on or nearly off. Then it is possible to
imagine threats to the body that have no basis in reality. The
results can be quite tragic.
Circuit Two--Anal
Circuit Two is the next imprinting stage. Once the child
learns to move around it encounters others. The immediate Circuit
Two imprinting involves authority. Typically this is symbolized by
Father. The child first imprints its relationship with Mother,
sharing bodies and food. The second imprinting is of its
relationship to Father. Now there aren't two things in its
universe, there are three. Along with the imprinting of Father is
authority conditioning. If the child does something "good" or
"bad" it learns that Mom and Dad can do something. From this
triangle political situations arise. How quickly the child learns
family politics!
Authority effects personal elimination--potty training.
Personal elimination requires more precise control of the body.
Mom and Dad use their power and authority to condition the child's
personal elimination. This circuit is normally extended out into
the great big human world with rules, regulations, laws and
politics. Bodily excretion is replaced with ink and electronic
excretions. It's appropriate to refer to this as an anal stage.
And it's not surprising that military and political personel refer
to themselves with "shit" or "ass". "Gotta' get my ass outta'
here", "cover your ass, pal," "you asinine idiot," and "you shit
head" are typical references to the self and others. Where
authoritarian or political concerns arise the human mind retreats
into Circuit two for instruction. Areas of interest for Circuit
Two are of course authority structures, the family, the penal
system, the military and politics in general.
Generally Circuit Two social problems are dealt with by
threatening Circuit One, either with bodily incarceration or by
threatening removal of bio-survival tickets (money).
Conclusion
What the Thinker thinks the Prover proves. Whatever our
perspective of our bodies, our reputations, or our philosophical
stance and our sexuality we prove to ourselves that what we think
is accurate. Fortunately we now know what affects the internal
programming. That makes it much easier to modify our very beings
for a more optimal life, more enjoyable existience.
The above descriptions are of the lower four Circuits. The
intent of the article was to inform. Much work needs to be done
in the way of positively integrating these ancient centers for a
better life. It's time we took control of the reins of our lives.
Long have the medias, the political-religious propaganda machines,
our peers and loved ones manipulated us toward goals previously
selected. The task of the CyberNaut is to holistically and
positively reimprint, recondition and relearn toward a purpose of
their own.
Between the lower and upper circuits lays a period of doubt
which we term Darkmoor.
------------In the next article we will review the Upper Four Circuits.
They are:
5.
6.
7.
8.
The
The
The
The
--Tao Te Ching
Finally, yet another hint from a Zen parable:
Buddha told a man in a sutra:
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger He fled,
the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold
of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the
edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the
man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was
waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started
gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near
him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the
strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
Circuit Six: The Collective Neurogenetic Circuit
Circuit Six is operating when the information archived in our
DNA becomes consciously accessible in the waking state. The RNADNA "dialogue" begins broadcasting messages to the central nervous
system from within each neuron. Descriptions of experiences of
this circuit typically include "past-life memories,"
reincarnational themes, concepts of immortality, the idea of
akashic records, or a realization of something like the Gaia
hypothesis, which views our entire planet as a conscious organism,
with all life upon it inextricably linked. The music of Beethoven
paints quite an accurate picture of this realization; large doses
of LSD inevitably trigger a temporary similar awareness.
Gurdjieff called this circuit the True Emotional Center.
Various cultures have given different names to sixth-circuit
states throughout the ages -- Hindu "Atman consciousness," Greek
"vision of Pan," Chinese idea of the Tao, etc. When Circuit Six
is initially activated, personified archetypes usually arrive in
the personal philosophy, interpreted as "Gods," "Goddesses,"
and/or "Demons." Jung's theory of archetypes from the collective
unconscious describes this phenomenon well. These archetypes
commonly appear in the world of dreams; they become more immediate
still when Circuit Six is flipped on, often humanizing the circuit
as an image of the "Higher Self" such as the cosmic Fool, the Holy
Guardian Angel, dwarves, the Green Man, etc. If the circuit
remains activated, the perceptions usually move into more direct
visions of a consciously evolving, unfolding evolutionary scheme
of increasing self-awareness, including awareness of the entire
Gaia biosphere, past developments and future possibilities alike.
Death is no longer to be feared, since not a single life but a
continuous framework of lives and deaths becomes the operating
reality.
Circuit Six processes, probably operating from the right neocortex, use the many-layered language of endless associations and
connotations conjured up by each concept -- language similar to
that used by James Joyce in his Finnegans Wake. When a plethora
of synchronicities emerges in daily life, the sixth circuit is
definitely alive and well, mirroring this language of simultaneous
concepts in everyday events.
CircuitFive.
Circuit Four should be used with circuits Five, Six and Seven
to produce newer personal mythos replete with viable mythopoetic
structures ready to serve WoMankind.
Immature Circuit Four struggles indicate an unwillingness to
integrate ones nature within the Matrix. It suffers from guilt
tripping in Circuit Two. And is confused by the holistic
information in a mature Circuit Three. Circuit Five exists to
liberate Circuit Four but present conditions in American society
lend poorly to complete liberation.
Circuit Four can be accelerated by getting in touch with our
own emotions and bodies. Rituals should be written to liberate
Circuit Four for more integrated emotions and sexuality. Guilt and
shame must be jettisoned to make room for healthy, holistic
emotional and sexual lives. Circuits Three and Four compliment
each other. Some rituals are needed to integrate the airy and
sexual.
Switching Gears into the Programming Circuits
Circuit Five Relationships
Circuit Five is the Holistic Neurosomatic circuit. Circuit Five
conflicts arise over what it takes for the individual to feel
good. This circuit is the first attempt at taking control of ones
own life. Knowledge based upon the holistic integration of the
previous circuits enable the CyberNaut to proceed smoothly through
times of personal and social stress. All lower and upper circuits
can be processed with this circuit. If it's not fun why do it?
Circuit Five is the springboard into the other upper circuits. And
through Circuit Five we can take that long first step toward
understanding and achieving our short and long term goals.
Rituals should be written that include Circuit Five inflections
for all other circuits.
Circuit Five is the most important of the upper circuits for
the novice CyberNaut. Antero Alli refers to Circuit Five as Chapel
Perilous. When the novice first ventures through the previous
Circuits they form stable relationships between themselves and
their world. However Circuit Five has the tendency to change
previous programming. This Circuit upsets the apple cart. A
seemingly instantaneous realization occurs that things aren't what
they really seem to be. Now everything is in doubt. Nothing is
sure. Only the brave and mature should venture into Chapel
Perilous. But as can readily be seen, life seems to propel us into
Circuit Five whether we are ready or not.
Circuit Six Relationships
Circuit Six is the Collective Neurogenetic Circuit. By way of
Circuit Six we can begin writing and integrating personal
mythologies concerning what we are and where we want to go. This
circuit allows us to explore the hidden spaces of our aspirations
while hinting at intelligent, ethical control of our psychicselves. This circuit should be combined with all other circuits in
ways that allow deep penetration of personally chosen data into
human psyches. Circuit Six will apply mostly to the mid and low
domain.
Priestesses we know tell us of the emotional and energetic
charge they receive when performing the Charge of the Goddess. In
Drawing Down the Moon Circuit Six is in full operation. Through
the Charge of the Goddess this Circuit offers a neurogenetic link
to Circuit One. In doing this we gain a mythopoetic view at our
pasts and futures.
For men we have a ritual called Drawing Down the Sun. Circuit
Six offers men access to neurogenetic links which offer the same
insights but from the God's aspect of Circuit One.
Circuit Seven Relationships
Circuit Seven is the Metaprogramming Circuit. This is the
second most important circuit for the novice CyberNaut. In Circuit
Seven operations the CyberNaut can and will discover, analyze and
repair all previous circuit disfunctionalities. As with Circuit
Five it should be associated with all other circuits. This circuit
is critical when accelerating and decelerating circuits.
Circuit Eight Relationships
Circuit Eight is the Metaphysiological or Non-Local Quantum
Circuit. Here circuit tasking is a little different. The goal of
Circuit Eight activities is to escape the model itself, freeing
the entity to experience as clearly as possible non-local
existence. Typically Eight is used with all circuits to step
outside the framework for new perspectives.
Circuit Eight is the walk way to higher states of being. As
life extension and personal research enable new personal and
common vistas this circuit becomes more important.
External and Internal Faces
All the Circuits involve open and hidden aspects. But what is a
hidden aspect? The hidden aspects are modes or techniques which
may be viewed as extremely negative by our culture. CyberCraft is
a continuation of knowledge which was not received well by our
contemporaries. Consequently any practice which may bring
prosecution or unusual persecution should be considered an
internal aspect. This is to protect the CyberCraft.
As examples--followers of Lyndan Larouche have already
penetrated certain neoPagan and Magickal computer networks, gained
information and published pamphlets publicly branding the
networkers as Satanic devil worshipers utilizing a nationwide
Satanic computer network designed to help facilitate the stealing
of innocent children from the Christian enclaves. Is it presently
rumored that some reportedly armed right-wing organizations are
collecting names and addresses for their databases. The South
Western Radio Church has long been on an anti-newage campaign and
can't be far behind. Some federal agencies have penetrated
networks of pedophiles and gathered names of suspects from the
owners and users of the network.
Under no circumstance is a public access computer network to be
his concerns about the divorce. Both Jim and Alisandra made it
through their problems by using circuit 5, the holistic neurosomatic pleasure circuit. By indulging themselves in pleasure they
found that their previous relationship was pretty shaky from the
beginning. Since they both are fairly independent their new
lifestyles are much better than their old one.
For them, in their need, circuit 5 worked well. They had no
idea that circuit 5 existed. But they naturally used the processes
of this circuit to help them get through. Sure it was tough, but
not nearly as tough as others.
Alisandra is 14 years my junior. I tend to "worship" youth
and beauty. So I surround myself with people I think of as
youthful and beautiful. In my social intercourse my friends and I
deal with people our age down to college students. Since I have no
survivng family and Alisandra's fundamentalist parents in
Tennessee think she is "possessed by the Devil" (by me??) neither
of us have older, cranky parents to deal with.
Currently for us circuit 5 is the main circuit. We take our
pleasure any-when and where we desire. And with anyone we desire.
Sure we have our little spats but we both know the rules of
communication. We deal with the little stuff before it pile up.
She knows about my minor blood sugar problem so we don't get into
arguments when my body decides to do something different. (I've
been told by lovers "You're cranky in the morning." Isn't
everybody??
Sometimes I wonder how the grasshopper felt. Did he really
think that winter wouldn't come?? If we take our pleasure
constantly will we miss some other important event? Yes. Tim Leary
writes that people _stuck_ in circuit 5 think having fun is too
important to be weighed down with commitments and progress. Those
stuck in circuit 5 find it extremely difficult to even notice the
upper 3 circuits.
The general warning is that there is always something else to
learn, to experience. Till things go "non-local", "exponential"
and/or "non-linear" in circuit 8 we always have another circuit to
experience.
One other important point. Infact it's a large consideration.
Health, no not just sexual health, but health in general.
Exploring circuits takes time. Without a healthy body and mind the
fun of exploration is diminished, perhaps even precluded.
In this model life extension is a vital part. Writer Paul
Bragg, who influenced Jack Lalane, made it to 96 with all his
teeth and normal vision, running 5 miles a day and swimming a mile
on occasion. Alas due to an unfortunate accident Paul Bragg is no
longer with us.
There is no reason why we can't live to 100 or 150. Health is
part and parcel of circuit 5. What does it benefit us to be kings
and queens if our health is failing? Yet with good health of mind
and body even paupers have the opportunity to become wealthy. With
the emergence of micro- and nano-technology in 50 years or so, we
may have the tools to extend life to 2-3 hundred years. Some
visionaries tell us that because technology is exploding
extension we can also say that the human mind is more machine than
metaphysical entity. A truly advanced, conscious and replicating,
self-modifying, amazing machine, but a machine it remains. This
disturbs many metaphysical minded folks because it has ominous
consequences, the most ominous being that if WoMankind is
basically a machine then what about an afterlife? According to
this model unless some vehicle is generated to contain human
consciousness there is no life after death.
Continuing on... Just like a computer we can program our
minds. School is the primary place of programming. Learning is
taught very little in schools. Students are supposed to open their
minds to let the teacher pour in the socially accepted, accredited
programs. It's no wonder our children hate school. They have the
genetically driven need to learn, but they perceive they are being
programmed. Programming and learning are not the same thing. Our
children perceive the hypocrisy. I rebel against the idea myself.
However ethical self-programming is a different item
altogether. Folks like Leary, Wilson, Alpert, and Lilly, tell us
that some techniques can indeed change our minds. Techniques like
focused meditation, positive visualization, brain machines and
chemical alteration are powerful tools for brain change.
Personally I've used positive visualization to some success.
Focused meditation is probably the best current legal technique.
More powerful techniques are brain machines which use a feature of
the brain to train the brain into semi-discrete states while
listening to motivational tapes. The most powerful and most
dangerous tools are psycho-active drugs. These are generally used
to demolish existing emotional structures which might compete with
the newly forming, more delicate emotional structures. This
wrecking crew is composed of any of the psycho-active drugs
available. The most popular are LSD, 'shrooms, XTC and pot. All of
these drugs tie back into circuit 5 so there is a double whammy
involved with their usage. For some people demolition of emotional
structures works well. Others would just freak.
Currently these drugs are illegal. Our society has some
difficult problems to face with respect to mind-altering
substances. The primitive (and now our contemporary) shaman has
used plant substances to alter brain chemistry for some 30,000
years. I have a fairly extensive reading list for these
metaprogramming substances. Perhaps this is subject matter for an
addendum.
Brain machines and disciplined meditation seem to be the most
powerful legal tools. These are able to softly rearrange the minds
programming without demolishing whole structures. As time marches
on brain machines will progress. I presume that at some point, the
most powerful models will become illegal. Figures.
Circuit 8 experiences...
Circuit 8 is
difficult. I have
because Mike is a
person so maybe I
for me is
probably
8 circuit
<tee hee>
I'll just mosey over and put it back where it belongs. Oh yeah,
the front door is open. Bye. Don't make a mess on the way out,
will ya'? This stuff is hard to replace. Where'd that infernal
book go?"
Ok, to continue from the previous paragraphs. Quantum physics
has been bringing us some strange information. Mostly it says that
our views of the universe affect our perception of the universe so
what we think we see is really something else. Or something like
that. You'll have to get the information yourself. There are some
good and bad books on this subject. Be careful of what you pick up
at the bookstore. Somehow those books jump right off the shelf at
you saying buy me, read me. You'd think there was something magic
about it all.
Experiencing good synchronicity is a good example of circuit
8 being active. Jane Roberts, another aspecter of fame, has a lot
to say on following one's impulses. Of course Jung is the one who
coined the term Synchronicity.
The Cyber Lord and Lady
The CyberLord
Since this article is being written in the late Fall we'll
start with the Lord first.
Who is the CyberLord? In Wicca the horned Lord is the Consort
of the Lady. His seasons are from Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal
Equinox. Typically He represents life cycles, birth through death.
But since CyberCraft is an interpretive metaphor we will try to
get a little closer to Him.
CyberCraft holds that the Lord is the divine natural pattern
of all men. His appearance and lifestyle would depend upon the
culture in which the CyberNaut lives. Skin color, language,
lifestyles are all dependent upon one's culture and need.
We are told by our predecessors that we don't create the
Gods, we name them. Yet some might pursue a natural manifestation
that is a little too far or distant for the individual to maintain
a solid psychic link with. Mireca Eliade tells us that supreme
Gods generally always are replaced with more local, more relative,
lesser Gods. Therefore we offer the Cyber Lord as that more
relative and personal deity.
His home is the homes of men, His loves the loves of men. He
is the complete and perfect pattern of all human males. He is the
best of all possible human male entities. His abilities are the
highest that mankind can ever hope for plus a little to keep us
guessing. And He is complete in his animalness. Raw viral power is
His to command. His keen, perceptive, piercing intelligence tracks
the quarry from birth to death. His building and engineering
skills are sufficient to take mankind from dank cave to reliable
inter- stellar, inter-galactic transportation systems.
He is the seed-bearer. His semen can fecundate while His
powers can decimate. Half the information codes that terra-form
new Gaias frolic within his divine form. His nature is of fire and
Changelings
From the effects of the Lord and Lady come the progeny who we
call the Changelings. Those who are mutating the minds are the
mental Changelings of the Divine Couple. And as time progresses
our bodies will change as the Lord and Lady prune, shape and
nurture the human species. We are involved in a labor of love in
creating a framework to benefit our children and our future
selves.
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