Tridean: I don't understand your reference to OPs at all, then. Perhaps you could elaborate? Smiley
PepperFritz,
I'm going to respond to one point or question at a time.
This was simply based on the following from this article
http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/organic_portals.htm
in which I found the following towards the end of page 1
The principal role of the OP is now to prevent the genuine seeker from advancing along the Way.
This is clear when we look at the following:
1. OPs collect soul energy from souled individuals.
2. This energy is transmitted to 4D STS.
3. OPs are intermixed in families with souled individuals.
4. When a souled individual makes the commitment to the “work,” he or she needs to learn to conserve the soul energy for without it the work cannot be done.
5. When one makes a commitment to the “work,” one comes under attack.
6. This “attack” comes from those closest to you: family and friends.
7. “BUT, when someone is in the process of ‘growing’ and strengthening the soul, the Control System will seek to insert even more ‘units’ into that person’s life.”
So my original take on what I read here was that part of the battle was going to take place very close to home, and that there will come a time when one needs rest and a break from it. So this was the only reference to OP's.
The majority of what you said (pepperfritz), when you referenced C's and Ra, and what Joerg and Buddy said certainly makes sense and did basically answer my primary question on spending time away as part of the 'work', as opposed to just finding time for some rest, which I do anyway, although I wish I could do it more regularly, and this is something I can work on.
I don't know what you mean by "many of the body's addictions connected to the mind which are triggered by external stimulus". Can you provide an example of what you mean, even a hypothetical one?
Most of my research on the habitual behaviours of man, and the reason people fail when attempting to succeed at something, spurred on by seeing my parents squander half a million dollars (lotto win), was thanks to a book called 'Evolve your Brain' by Joe Dispenza. It is a scientific book on how our brains are molded and the science of changing your mind. It's a big book, and it goes into a lot of detail on the process of neural (cortical) mapping, which are the central structures of our beliefs, thoughts and habits, and how these neural networks are joined to a process of chemical addiction within our bodies.
Every thought we have, can not exist without a neural network, whether it is something already established or is something being created with the help of already established neural networks. Each of these networks has signatures which correspond to certain chemicals, which when triggered will release chemicals into our body, which are received by receptors on our cells. After a while we can become addicted to these chemicals, and this is why we find it hard to break habits, stop mind chatter, respond instead of react and so on. In fact the majority of our time is spent accommodating the requests of our body cells receptors.
However, many times the brain needs triggering from the use of our senses. If the body can not trick the brain into releasing the needed chemicals by triggering memories (neural networks), it will use the reticular formation (an old term for parts of the mid brain), to scan the external world for something to trigger it off. Likewise, external stimulus accounts for urges through the same process. If a smoker sees someone on TV smoking, it will give them the urge to smoke because it fires of the neural networks formed in the smoker form the process of smoking.
Now this is what I learned from this book. In the last two to three pages of Riding the Wave, Laura basically makes the same case, albeit with slightly different examples and wording, what I got was the same explanation for our habitual ways.
When I referred to this when asking about 'time away', it was merely that I saw the choice of taking time away from everything as a way to clean house. But on reflection, there are two major issues. Habits take quite a long time to break down. There is a theory that at least 30 days is required, not sure if this is true or not, however the breaking of a habit will require the breaking down of the neural networks associated with it, along with the gradual removal of the receptors created for the chemicals, and I guess the stronger a habit it, the longer it would take. The second issue is that although time away may break a habit, there is still the underlying reason a habit is created in the first place, and time away most probably would not address this issue.
I am not suggesting that what I 'know' about bodily addictions connected to the mind which are triggered by external stimulus is correct, but it has sure answered many questions for me over the last year or so, and I'm very open to expanding on this which it seems a lot of the material presented here, including the people on this forum will help do.
tridean,
I can understand having the thought of getting away from it all to get yourself together and digest all the material you have recently been reading. It is a trick being played on you by one of your programs and will result in much wasted time (IMHO). I made this same mistake several years ago, and the results were reading a lot of material and books and not much else. Huh? Without the benefits of sharing and learning from the network offered here, I wasted a lot of time and did not grow or increase my knowledge and understanding much at all.
I first failed to grasp the importance of learning to understand myself first, before trying to work on other things and it was a disaster IMO. I can't stress enough how important it is to read and understand the books related to Psychology:
Mask of Sanity - Hervey Cleckley
Trapped in the Mirror - Elan Golomb
Unholy Hungers - Barbara E. Hort
In Sheep's Clothing - George K. Simon
Operators and Things - Barbara O'Brien
Myth of Sanity - Martha Stout
These books will help you gain a better understanding of yourself, and networking with the forum will allow you to get solid footing to move forward.
I think it is one thing to separate oneself and take a moment to collect ones thoughts and a whole different thing to withdraw from this world and try to do it all alone. One thing that I was able to finally figure out is that this is not a race or contest. It is a process and a long one at that. So take it from someone who has been there and done that. Just relax and do what you can to grow your knowledge and awareness, and take full advantage of the networking available to you here. It's called the 'Work' for a valid reason. One builds a house correctly by building a strong foundation first and then continues with adding one board or brick at a time.
FWIW,
gwb
Thank you. I am starting to see a pattern already. I am following too many links for starters. Take this example, I started on the Cassiopaean Experiement introduction, which I have yet to finish, but in the same browser, I have a tab linked to the post Depression as a stepping stone, Organic portals, psycopaths, SOTT, and its getting too much. I don't know whether to follow each link and then spend the hours required to read it, often forgetting what sent me there, or just ignore the links, go back to reading the Experiement, and take it from there. However, if I didn't follow the link to the OP's article, I wouldn't have started this post (at least not yet), but I am glad I did.
But regarding doing too much reading and not enough doing, I can say that I am at least doing work. I have recently caught myself getting down and then being able to determine what triggered it, and then having a handle on what was causing it, although I know this needs much more. I'd like to be able to at least read some of the material first before sharing my 'work'.
Thanks guys
Dean
Without the benefits of sharing and learning from the network offered here, I wasted a lot of time and did not grow or increase my knowledge and understanding much at all. 
