The Monad

You've heard me talk of such things as Souls, Oversouls, and Spiritual Selves, of Personalities, Egos and bodyminds, of Earth, planes, dimensions and worlds, of God, Divinity and Creative Consciousness, of Rays and Forces and chi, of Will, Power and Sacrifice, of Knowledge, Higher Mind, Active Intelligence and information, of Love and Wisdom, Beauty and Truth. I hope that you feel pretty clear in your understanding of what those concepts mean and refer to. I would now like to introduce you to a word and concept that might be new to you:  "Monad."
     The Monad is that singular yet illusory form or entity of First Individuation. That is, the Monad is the embodied consciousness that is one step removed from God-Unity. It is the first step away from God-Consciousness, the first step into the Illusion of Separation, the first commitment to the illusory world of Creation, into the idea that we or anything can be individual, independent, or separate from the Creator God. The Monad is the actual name for the True Essence of Independence that we each use for experiencing things 'outside' of God--that is, from within the Illusion of Separation, from the infinite realms of Creation. When I refer to the concept of the Soul, I am actually referring to a creative construct of the Monad. The Soul is the Monad's sub-form which is intended to host the Plan devised by the Monad and its counsellors and collaborators. The Soul is really the template or construct for carrying forth a version or portion of one's True Self--one's Monad--into another dimension or condition of experience--an experience usually of lower vibratory tone. The Soul is one and the same with "the Plan" that the Monadic Self and its team of spiritual counsellors and community members devise as a guideline of goals and commitments for an adventure into another form of dense 'reality' more deeply imbedded within the Illusion of Separation. The Monad invests a certain arbitrary and variable amount of energy and attention into the Soul and its adventure while at the same time it remains actively involved in other pursuits, experiments, and attentions within other aspects and dimensions of the Spirit World.
     Psychologist Michael Newton (http://newtoninstitute.org) has published a book entitled Destiny of Souls which is based upon his review and interpretation of thousands of tape recorded hours of Life-Between-Life sessions from his 25 year practice of hypnotherapy. In Destiny of Souls it is revealed that the Monad or Oversoul can make the mistake of investing too little energy into a Earth Plane-type of adventure. Dr. Newton's research has also revealed that the Monad can even make the commitment of investing its energy into more than one Earth soul at the same time, but that this is apparently rare and very risky because once that measurement is made and committed to it cannot be changed--and an under-energized human can get into the disappointing trouble of not accomplishing its Soul Plan.
     It is also important to note that each individual Monad is as distinctly "its own" as is every human being, every cloud or every snowflake. Each Monad chooses, gathers and accrues its own "collection" or "library" of experiences, strengths and preferences. Each Monad is the sum of all of these experiences, preferences, strengths and weaknesses. Each Monad is on its own individual course or path and is free to choose each step on that path according to its interests and desires. Of course, the level of a Monad's Conscious development will also determine what kind of experiences it might be interested in. For example, some Monad's might be interested in the challenge of "deep" immersion into the Illusion of Separation situations like that offered through the human Earth School experience, while others might desire to grow through the management of celestial bodies or other cosmological processes, while others might prefer more "behind the scenes" type of work in the Spirit World like that of a Spiritual guide, counsellor, planning facilitator or any of the infinite other systems support choices available or imaginable.
     With over seven billion humans on the planet today it is my belief that many Monads have chosen to invest in the Earth School experience at this time because of the extraordinary amount of growth available to the individual here at this time, under these particular circumstances of trauma and emotional hardship. With the overwhelming flood of information and emotional experience advancing our way in the very near future due to the life-threatening consequences of global climate change, each human present during this 'event' of the demise and extinction of the human species will be afforded much grist for processing and for testing one's Self in the face of great pain and suffering. If a Soul in human form can rise above the Ego constructs during this time of 21st Century human history then it will have achieved a great deal, to be sure. Any goals or tasks it fails to conquer this time around will, of course, be available for repetition in other forms, other adventures.
     The Monad is an entity whose form and energy change on a much slower pace than that of the Soul. A Soul just leaving a human bodymind is still rather wrapped up within the deep illusions of the human Earth-based experience and will often be slow to let go of the familiar constructs of space-time even though it is fully free within the Spirit World. The sluggishness with which each individual Soul detaches from its Earthly constructs and patterns is greatly dependent upon how deeply immersed or how Ego-dominated the self was into the Earth illusion. This is why many recently disincarnated Souls experience the vistas and other Souls within the Spirit World with such Earth-familiar forms, constructs and names. This is also why a few Souls have such trouble disengaging from the Earth Plane and unwittingly remain "behind" for some time as observers, ghosts, or disembodied spirits. As described previously, the detaching experience is a process of both shedding the weighty 'baggage' of the physical, emotional, and mental experience while also recharging the Spirit form or 'refilling' it with a full tank of its Spirit Energy. The self-imposed "limbo" or Purgatory period that a soul may create for itself is wholly dependent on how attached that Soul is to the heaviest emotional baggage from that or cumulative lifetimes. Once a Soul is able to work through its 'stuck' issues it will return to a more Light-based version of itself. Sometimes the Soul gets so 'stuck' in the emotional baggage of its Earth-like experiences that it actually uses more Earth-type experiences to try to work through the persistent or recurring issues. Some Souls find so little value or interest in the lessons available to it through the Earth-type experience that they may incarnate once and then move on. The commitment to try out the Earth School level of deep Separation is bold, brave and sacrificial--and not necessary! There are many, many Monads, Spirit entities, Souls, who never choose to make the plunge into the emotional tar pits of the Earth School experience. Again, the commitment into the physical-emotional heaviness of the human form can be quite scary:  it is one of the furthest separations or deepest immersions an Individuated Spark of the Divine can choose in which to experience the 'horrors' of the Illusion of Separation. Some might go so far as to claim that the Earth School experience is not unlike a voluntary trip into Dante's many levels of Hell. The biggest difference is that the way out, the return from the deepest depths of despair and desolation are in the power of the Self and the Soul and how well the Monad and it's Spiritual Community planned. An "unsuccessful" trip (of which there are no such things as it is all just an illusion--part of the Illusion of Separation from our Divine Source) might lead to further returns with new and, hopefully, 'improved' Plans. God, It's infinite number of "individuated" Forms, are all timeless beings and thus have "eternal patience" and infinite capacity for and interest in experience and entertainment. And remember:  even your most Highest Individuated Form, the Monad, is but an illusion--will one day recognize the illusory nature of itSelf and the Games it participates in and then perhaps re-member and/or re-join in the Unity Consciousness of the Causeless One. Until that 'time,' all Monads are trying to experience the fullness of the infinite forms and possibilities of The Great Cosmic Game of the Illusion of Separation as creatively and as diversely as they possibly can. There is no right or wrong, no good or bad, no better or worse, and definitely no hurry. There is just imagination, variety, and choice. Even Truth, Beauty, Love and Joy have infinite versions and variations. Your latest versions of Truth, Beauty, Joy, and Love are always temporary, always subject to choice and change. The only absolute is that everything--every single thing--can be perceived as true, beautiful, joyful, and loving. If you choose. It's your choice. It's always your choice--and your choice alone. Just as it is always your choice to change your mind, to choose again, to make a different choice.
     The Monad and its Community has set you up for a certain probability of experiences in the hopes that you might make some choices that lead you back to Spiritual Consciousness. It is no real "failure" if you don't achieve all of the goals the Monad has proposed in your Soul Plan--there will be plenty of other attempts, other Plans, other adventures. However, the Monad co-created this Plan with it's purest, most recent version of its Highest Understanding of Truth, Love, Joy, and Beauty and had every intention of achieving success--of being able to expand its own versions of Truth, Joy, Love, and Beauty through your Earth School experiences. So, keep the faith! You're doing great! You are doing the best that you can at this time with the knowledge and wisdom that you have. Just remember to try to remain open to your Imagination, to your Intuition, to the Voice of the Soul, to the Grand Scheme of the Cosmic Game as played out within the Great Illusions and especially the Greatest Illusion of them all:  The Illusion of Separation. YOU ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM THE DIVINE CREATOR. S/HE IS YOUR DIVINE SOURCE, THE UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE FROM WHICH YOU CAN NEVER BE SEPARATE. All evidence to the contrary is but part of the woven veils of the illusions that you yourself have had a role in creating!
     The veils of Illusion are yours to use, yours to manipulate, or yours to discard--at any and every moment that you choose. So, use them. Have fun! But, then, occasionally try to take time to remember them for what they are:  Illusions. They are but illusions. They are not real. They are fabrications that we co-created in order to entertain and test our selves. The good news is that these are tests that you can never fail, that you can re-take as many times as you want (or need), or that they are tests that you don't even have to take! Ever! (Though as a volunteer to the Infinite Worlds of Cosmic Creation you have kind of agreed to participate. But, you can change your mind. Again and again and again.)