This is in response to a comment that Jai (Zed) made to the previous blog thread:
" www.projectsanctuary.com I can't figure out why people don't simply do what they say they want to." --Jai

Silvia Hartman's Project Sanctuary, in its 3rd edition now, is a wonderfully imaginative project and process for tapping into an absolutely powerful plane of inner existence and realization. I'm glad there's finally a methodical approach toward understanding and taking advantage of the opportunities which arise from making skillful changes from within. Construct your inner universe from the ground up. For those of you who are amused by or record your dreams, imagine having conscious ability to experience any dream or imagination vividly whenever you choose.You can spend hours exploring your self-made sanctuary which changes, grows, and evolves along with you. For those of you who have wondered about the potentials of VIRTUAL REALITY, try Project Sanctuary--it's the REAL THING.


DEVELOP OUTER & INNER KNOWING--DO NOT EXCLUDE ONE FOR THE OTHER
I do wonder if the EXPERIENCE of a concept in the material plane the very basis or a prerequisite for the subtleties of understanding it. One may do well to read or hear or imagine or visualize or intuit or etc. ALL the information and meaning of a thing.These processes may PREPARE the subject for the actual experiencing--and the power of that time-binding possibility is nothing short of extraordinary. I argue that there is a level at which the truly conscious person must be willing to be totally introverted and totally extroverted--to somehow find balance in these often exclusively portrayed attitudes.

Just think about it, no matter how much information you gather about an orange (the fruit), you never truly have the meaningful episode of experiencing the essence and subtle layers of ORANGENESS, until you see it ripening on a branch, pick the fruit with your hand, feel the bumpy skin, smell it, peel the skin off the fruit, take apart the segments, and take many bites of the fruit--each gives you a subtle shift and differences regarding the orange until you build a whole picture. Now, having done so, you have an entire universe of sensation and meaning attached to the language and concept of the orange. When you imagine or intuit the orange AFTER EXPERIENCE, you now have a much more accurate, subtle, and rich object of the imagination COUPLED WITH THE SENSE RECORD of memory. When one NOW deals with the EXPERIENCED object CONCEPTUALLY, the METAPHORICAL properties of the object completely filter through the logic, imagination, language, and memory circuits--achieving a dynamic harmony.


MOVING TOWARD A UNIFIED FIELD...
The innerworld and the outerworld are manifestations from the same metaphorical tree--one must be thoroughly submersed in a picture of the whole in order to be balanced and fully aware. To a large extent, people are quite versed on the modes and methods of the outer world. I think the problem has been an OVERWHELMING FOCUS ON THE OUTER MATERIAL PLANE of reality. It is a PART of REALITY, just NOT the ENTIRE REALITY. When we condition these concepts back into the intuitive, imaginative, CREATIVE MIND, we take dominion over these concepts in a powerful way. It is a COMPLETION OF THE INNER-SPIRITUAL-EMOTIONAL PLANE and OUTER-MATERIAL PLANE CIRCUIT. When the communication between these realms of reality are bi-directional, then thought conditions experience and experience conditions thought--the picture of what is really happening is far more complete. We have a million schools and sciences for exploring the outer conscious level, but thank goodness Silvia Hartman has finally given us the tools to explore the innerworld.

When the outer and innerworlds are properly conceived of as CONJOINED, changes in one almost indefinitely affect the other. We must strive for a fair understanding of both (or many) planes of existence and their own subtle interconnections. People are always so amazed when intentional inner-changes produce such vast adjustments in the outer-material plane. And equally, they seem confounded by the fact that physical plane matters are remaining unresolved and negative when inner-plane affairs are totally unresolved and negative. I say, start expanding your notion of reality. You've lived in many different levels and depths of the TOTAL reality your whole life--whether or not you been taught to repress or limit yourselves or to escape from your perception in such convoluted ways. As always, "take it for checking;" try out a few of these methods and see if any of your desired results occur. And, like most things, give yourself time to develop the requisite skills and abilities before concluding that the system is flawed. Take it out for a test drive.

Remember, this is a territory that most people are NOT immediately familiar with or used to accessing--even though it's an inherent function that's been lying dormant inside us for years. We often begin unskillful, but Silvia is a good teacher and most people pick up the knack for constructing and exploring their sanctuary. It is a "game" that offers its players a real opportunity for personal growth; it's a fun passtime and people seem to take great pleasure in doing the innerwork through such an enjoyable vehicle as Project Sanctuary.

Complete, unlimited creative freedom dwells within you, it simply awaits a fully conscious realization on your part. Enlightenment, most likely, is still many thought-adjustments away for us all, but each time you become more aware and more awake, another piece of freedom integrates into your being and you feel happier, better, and lighter. There is always a FELT SHIFT, a sense that something has resolved, is now possible where it was not before. This marked, personal shift will accompany all true realizations. Sometimes the body will literally freak out somatically--and you will undergo all sorts of feelings and sensations. I know some sensitive folk who shy away from self-realization for that very reason. But once you learn to welcome the state, fully love and accept it, there is always another trap door for you fall through to the next level.

And typically, a sense of joy or tranquility is just moments away--provided you DO NOT STUFF THE FEELINGS back down and run away from them again. Sometimes, fully experiencing the pain or sorrow for 3-5 minutes completely changes things. I think it's more that people feel the underlying feeling for one second and then run away from it for days or weeks or build an entire scaffolding over the feeling to avoid it. It become the fear of feeling and the need to escape that rules their sorrows and grief--and none of the underlying triggers are touched. It's a self-defeating cycle. You could change it. Will you change it? I totally agree with Jai on this one: start doing what you say you want to do with YOUR life. Start handling your experience and taking full responsibility for it--are you not the owner of your experience?!

And don't forget: your own fully-realized self consciousness is with you at every level and depth. Your spirit is recording every action of your total being; from the seat of the Ultimate, you will find yourself laughing when you get to review the tapes of this ego-identity's sense record.

I'd like to hear what you think! Check out: www.projectsanctuary.com -- "The Greatest Virtual Reality Game in the World"