At the moment I am reading this fascinating yet disturbing book by Barbara O’Obrien (pseudeonym) entitled "Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic” It has also been recently mentioned in the Cs session from January 30th and as there isn’t a dedicated thread to this book I thought to begin with collecting some of the quotes already on the forum and see where things go.
A brief overview:
Further discussion about adrenaline and the adrenal gland is HERE
From the standard materialistic perspective schizophrenia is considered to be mental illness, but in fact there is much evidence to suggest that it might be an ability to perceive other dimensions:
Further comment in the same thread:
And the quote from the 30 January 2010 Cs session where Operators and things was mentioned :
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As was already mentioned this are just some points made on the forum that seem like a good starting point :)
A brief overview:
Los said:… Barbara O'Brien's book, Operators and Things, which is a personal account of six months of acute paranoid schizophrenia. The book is written with two main parts. The first section delves into her experiences with 'Operators', a type of entity who psychically controls and operates normal people, who are termed Things. In the second section, an analysis of her condition, O'Brien explores a variety of theories for the causes of the onset as well as her cure of schizophrenia. Jung's hypothesis of there being some role of the adrenal gland's malfunction in the disease strongly appeals to her. She describes how in her recovery during schizophrenia she was transformed from a 'horse' back into her former state of being a 'bronco':
Barbara O'Brien said:I knew little about the adrenal gland except that it had something to do with the fighting, aggressive instinct in man. I discovered, after some more poking around in the library, that adrenalin was a secretion of the adrenal gland; that the secretion was vital to human life; and that it supplied mankind and a variety of nonhuman forms of animal life with the kind of sudden explosive energy that made it possible. for instance, a bear to defend itself in an emergency against a mountain lion, and for a man, facing an enemy, to banish fear under a flood of adrenal anger.
The story of the horse and the bronco was what was bothering me and I plodded through the conversations of the Operators again. I had been a natural bronco, the Operators had said, a kicking bronco. The experiment of the Operators, one of the Operators had told me, although it was not being entirely conducted for my benefit, would have one concrete value for me; it would change me back into a bronco.
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The adrenal gland. when you had a healthy active one, one that spurted up quite automatically at times of stress, how did you live with it? (When the bear found himself unexpectedly facing a mountain lion, I learned from the library, the bear's adrenal gland automatically started spurting violently, making the bear furious. The mountain lion, on such occasions, after getting one snappy look at the bear coming at it spilling its fury all over the place, just as automatically got out of the way as fast as it could.)
If you forcibly, consciously controlled an active adrenal gland, and refused to permit its secretion from finding its way to your tongue or your fist, what happened? Did the secretion stop secreting? Or did the secretion, not being able to escape into tongue, fist, or hysterics, go somewhere else in your body? In my case, had the detouring adrenalin caused the kind of toxic poisoning which Jung suspected?
Further discussion about adrenaline and the adrenal gland is HERE
From the standard materialistic perspective schizophrenia is considered to be mental illness, but in fact there is much evidence to suggest that it might be an ability to perceive other dimensions:
Laura said:Have you read all of The Wave series? I believe that I touch on that there. (It's been awhile since I wrote it so I can't put my finger on where). It is certainly mentioned in Secret History where I point out that there are many "abilities" that people are born with that seem to be 4 D type abilities and it has no relationship whatsoever to their spiritual development. It is, basically, just a result of the roll of the dna recombination dice.
We have talked here on the forum in a few places about the possibility that schizophrenia is related to perception of other realities that are REAL. If you haven't read "Operators and Things," do so. It is discussed here on the forum.
Then, in Adventures with Cassiopaea, which deals with John Nash, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, the topic is discussed also.
In other words, there is a lot of material both on our website and here in the forum that discusses this issue. Bottom line is this: we speculate that a lot of so-called mental illness is, indeed, perception of other realities. However, even if the perceptions are real, the fact that the person can't separate that reality from this one and deal effectively with either or both is crippling. It also means that such abilities - including abilities that have been put forward as evidence of advanced spirituality - are not, in fact, such evidence. As I mention in Secret History, I knew of a man who could stop a hemorrhage with his touch, but had to be dragged out of a bar, drunk, on occasion, to apply his ability in emergencies. He also regularly beat his wife and children.
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ou may also find some clues in the thread about Hancock and "The Supernatural."
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Lúthien said:Laura said:In other words, there is a lot of material both on our website and here in the forum that discusses this issue. Bottom line is this: we speculate that a lot of so-called mental illness is, indeed, perception of other realities. However, even if the perceptions are real, the fact that the person can't separate that reality from this one and deal effectively with either or both is crippling. It also means that such abilities - including abilities that have been put forward as evidence of advanced spirituality - are not, in fact, such evidence. As I mention in Secret History, I knew of a man who could stop a hemorrhage with his touch, but had to be dragged out of a bar, drunk, on occasion, to apply his ability in emergencies. He also regularly beat his wife and children.
Here's the extract:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/matrix_dna_illusions_alchemy.htmOne thing is clear to me after all of these years of study: psi phenomena, whether it is healing or manifestation of matter or bi-location or whatever has almost NO relation whatsoever to one's state of spirituality. I encountered a family line that could "stop the flow of blood" with the touch of a hand, yet nearly every member was alcoholic, promiscuous, abusive to partners and children, and generally what one would consider to be ethically deficient. Yet, certain members of this line had this interesting "power" and were often called upon by neighbors and friend to save lives - even if they had to be hauled out of a bar dead drunk!
Another relevant extract, from the Wave:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/wave12e1.htmShamans are born AND made. That is to say, they are born to be made, but the making is their choice. And, from what I have been able to determine, the choice may be one that is made at a different level than the conscious, 3rd density linear experience. Those who have made the choice at the higher levels, and then have negated the choice at this level because they are not able to relinquish their ordinary life, pay a very high price, indeed.
A shaman stands out because of certain characteristics of "religious crisis." They are different from other people because of the intensity of their religious experiences. In ancient times, it was the task of the Shamanic elite to be the "Specialist of the Soul," to guard the soul of the tribe because only he could "see the unseen" and know the form and destiny of the Group Soul. But, before he acquired his ability, he was often an ordinary citizen, or even the offspring of a shaman with no seeming vocation (considering that the ability is reputed to be inherited, though not necessarily represented in each generation.)
At some point in his life, however, the shaman has an experience that "separates" him from the rest of humanity. This Native American "vision quest" is a survival of the archaic understanding of the natural initiation of the shaman who is "called" to his vocation by the gods. A deep study of the matter reveals that those who seek the magico-religious powers via the vision quest when they have not been "called" spontaneously, generally become the "Dark Shamans," or sorcerers; those who, through a systematic study, obtain the powers deliberately for their own advantage. (Again, Don Juan's distinction between the Sorcerer and the Warrior who practices to be Free.)
The true Shamanic initiation comes by dreams, ecstatic trances combined with extensive study. A shaman is expected to not only pass through certain initiatory ordeals, but he/she must also be deeply educated in order to be able to fully evaluate the experiences and challenges that he/she will face. Unfortunately, until now, there have been precious few who have traveled the path of the Shaman, including the practice of the attendant skills of "battling demons," who could teach or advise a course of study for the Awakening Shaman.
The future shaman is traditionally thought to exhibit certain exceptional traits from childhood. He is often very nervous and even sickly in some ways. (In some cultures, epilepsy is considered a "mark" of the shaman, though this is a later corrupt perception of the ecstatic state.) It has been noted that shamans, as children, are often morbidly sensitive, have weak hearts, disordered digestion, and are subject to vertigo. There are those who would consider such symptoms to be incipient mental illness, but the fact is extensive studies have shown that the so-called hallucinations or visions consist of elements that follow a particular model that is consistent from culture to culture, from age to age, and is composed of an amazingly rich theoretical content. It could even be said that persons who "go mad," are "failed shamans" who have failed either because of a flaw in the transmission of the genetics, or because of environmental factors. At the same time, there are many more myths of failed Shamanic heroes than of successful ones, so the warnings of what can happen have long been in place. Mircea Eliade remarks that:
... The mentally ill patient proves to be an unsuccessful mystic or, better, the caricature of a mystic. His experience is without religious content, even if it appears to resemble a religious experience, just as an act of autoeroticism arrives at the same physiological result as a sexual act properly speaking (seminal emission), yet at the same time is but a caricature of the latter because it is without the concrete presence of the partner. [Eliade, Shamanism, 1964]
And the quote from the 30 January 2010 Cs session where Operators and things was mentioned :
Laura said:(Burma Jones) Yeah, you only see him under controlled circumstances when his handlers are around. This is kind of a silly question we were wondering about the other day, about the machine elves of Terrance McKenna and his DMT experiences?
(Ark) What what?
(L) The machine elves that Terrance McKenna saw during his hallucinogenic excursions, and I've seen something similar but not under the influence of hallucinogens. I was just extremely exhausted. My theory was that they were metaphors for energy.
(Burma Jones) And my thought was that they were metaphors for aspects of the mind.
A: Energy is closer, but that energy is also connected to a consciousness, i.e. "cryptogeographic" being.
Q: (L) We know about those cryptogeographic beings!
A: Remember "Operators and Things".
Q: (L) Did you read Operators and Things?
(Burma Jones) Yeah.
(L) That was CREEPY!
(Burma Jones) Very creepy.
(L) So what's the difference between the critters I saw and the living light that I have seen on occasion?
A: Living light is exactly that: light of life.
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Yossarian said:My understanding, since reading Operators and Things, and after this session, is that the Operators, or "cryptogeographic beings" are 4d sts, the 4d marauders, our "controllers," especially if we are of the psychopathic or organic portal persuasion. Is this interpretation correct, or are the C's and Laura talking about something else?
Also, assuming the 23% psychopath number is correct for the US, that sure explains a lot of things. Like why the workplace is living hell for the most place and why life here, if one is awake, is living hell. A friend told me that as a child she looked around herself and said, "This is Hell." I thought that was one of the most profound and aware statements any person could make and this information confirms it.
I think it's significant, because it means we're in deeper than I realized before.
It also ads depth to the term "frequency fence" We're locked into a cage filled with creatures of the lowest possible frequency!
Yossarian said:A brief study of the word "crypto geographic"
crypto:a secret supporter or follower; cryptography; secret or covert
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crypto
geographicGeography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geographia, lit. "earth describe-write" ) is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic
We have secret or covert describer--writer about the earth, i.e. a world controller. It looks like my idea is correct, these, the "operators" as described in Operators and Things are the Universal Law, 4D sts controllers.
As was already mentioned this are just some points made on the forum that seem like a good starting point :)