The One

[kanader]

Hi all,

Considering the state of humanity today, with what we see/hear on the news and that the "time" is short to awaken. considering the vast amount of books that we now have in our disposal, from the "easy" read of the wave series to the more complex understanding within the Secret History pages, without omitting Gurdjieff and the others.
If you had the possibility to offer a book to someone, just one book, to help that person with his/her quest, which book would be for you "The one" ?

Thank you for your feedback !

 

[Archaea]

If it's just one book, then I'll go with The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living. by Jane Roberts. I read it years ago so I can't remember much of it, but it talks about ways people can live their lives to be more creative and hence unlock the magic of reality... As you can probably tell from the title. ;)

 

[Atreides]

If you had the possibility to offer a book to someone, just one book, to help that person with his/her quest, which book would be for you "The one" ?

This is a particularly interesting question. I would say there is no such book. There is no magic bullet. There is no one prayer, one word, no 14 syllables to make someone fall in love with you, no seven words to comfort a dying friend and so on and so forth. Each person is different, even the best and simplest book won't help everyone, or even most people.

There is perhaps one exception to that, Aesop's Fables is pretty much filled with gold than can be understood by even very dense people. If a person internalised all of Aesop's Fables, they'd be in good shape I think.

The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at one great end and purpose representation of human motive, and the improvement of human conduct, and yet it so conceals its design under the disguise of fictitious characters, by clothing with speech the animals of the field, the birds of the air, the trees of the wood, or the beasts of the forest, that the reader shall receive advice without perceiving the presence of the adviser.

Here is a nice little list. If you've read some of the books we recommend, you might see some surprises:

The Ant and the Chrysalis	    Appearances are deceptive
The Ant and the Dove 	        One good turn deserves another
The Ant and the Grasshopper 	It is best to prepare for the days of necessity
The Ass and His Driver	        A willful beast must go his own way
The Ass and His Masters     	He that finds discontentment in one place is not likely to find happiness in another
The Ass and His Purchaser	    A man is known by the company he keeps
The Ass and His Shadow	        In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance
The Ass Carrying the Image	    They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others
The Ass and the Frogs	        Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes
The Ass and the Grasshopper 	Even a fool is wise-when it is too late!
The Ass and the Lapdog	        To be satisfied with one's lot is better than to desire something which one is not fitted to receive
The Ass and the Lapdog	        Clumsy jesting is no joke
The Ass and the Mule	        An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure-
The Ass and the Old Shepherd	In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master
The Ass in the Lion Skin	    Clothes may disguise a fool, but his words will give him away
The Ass the Cock and the Lion	False confidence is the forerunner of misfortune
The Ass the Fox and the Lion	* Never trust your enemy
The Ass's Brains	            Wit has always an answer ready
Avaricious and Envious	        Vices are their own punishment
The Bald Knight	                Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame
The Bald Man and the Fly 	    You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies
The Bat the Birds and the Beasts	He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends
The Bat and the Weasels         	It is wise to turn circumstances to good account
The Bear and the Two Travelers 	    Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends
The Bee and Jupiter	                Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost
Belling the Cat 	                It is easy to propose impossible remedies
The Belly and the Members	        As in the body, so in the state, each member in his proper sphere must work for the common good
The Birdcatcher the Partridge and the Cock	Necessity knows no law
The Birds the Beasts and the Bat	        He winds up friendless who plays both sides against the middle
The Blind Man and the Whelp	                Evil tendencies are shown in early life
The Boasting Traveler	                    He who does a thing well does not need to boast
The Bowman and Lion	                        Be on guard against men who can strike from a distance
The Boy Bathing	                            Counsel without help is useless
The Boy and the Filberts	                Do not attempt too much at once
The Boys and the Frogs	                    One man's pleasure may be another's pain
The Boy and the Nettles	                    Whatever you do, do with all your might
The Buffoon and the Countryman	            Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing
The Bull and the Goat	            It shows an evil disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress
The Bundle of Sticks	            Union gives strength
The Cage Bird and the Bat	        Precautions are useless after the crisis
The Camel	                        Use serves to overcome dread
The Cat and Venus	                Nature exceeds nurture
The Cat and the Mice 	            He who is once deceived is doubly cautious
The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller	Like will draw like
The Cock and the Jewel	            The ignorant despise what is precious only because they cannot understand it
The Crab and Its Mother	            Example is more powerful than precept
The Crab and the Fox	            Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness
The Crow and the Pitcher 	        Necessity is the mother of invention
The Crow and the Pitcher	        Little by little does the trick
The Crow and the Raven	            Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous
The Dancing Monkeys	                Not everything you see is what it appears to be-
The Doe and the Lion	            In avoiding one evil, care must be taken not to fall into another
The Dog and the Cook	            Those who enter by the back stairs may expect to be shown out at the window
The Dog and the Hare	            No one can be a friend if you know not whether to trust or distrust him
The Dog and the Oyster	            They who act without sufficient thought, will often fall into unsuspected danger
The Dog in the Manger	            Some begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves
The Dog and the Shadow	            Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow
The Dogs and the Fox	            It is easy to kick a man that is down
The Dogs and the Hides 	            Attempt not impossibilities
The Dog and the Wolf	            Better starve free than be a fat slave
The Dove and the Ant	            Little friends may prove great friends
The Eagle and the Arrow	            How often do we supply our enemies with the means of our own destruction

If I could choose one book that represents the culmination of Human understanding to this point in time, and communicates it well, it would be a collection of Aesop's fables. I am perpetually enlightened by reading them again, and edified thoroughly.

That's just my two cents anyway.

 

[kanader]

If it's just one book, then I'll go with The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living. by Jane Roberts. I read it years ago so I can't remember much of it, but it talks about ways people can live their lives to be more creative and hence unlock the magic of reality... As you can probably tell from the title. ;)

Sounds good. i just read the synopsis and a few comment on Amazon and it look promising. Thanks for your input Archaea
Could you elaborate a Little bit more about the Seth figure ? Thanks !

 

[Mal7]

Interesting question. If someone is on a genuine quest, I like to think that they will have a tendency to meet something that will aid them in their quest, whether that be a book, a person, or some kind of experience or event. If they are not on a quest, you could give them, if such a book existed, "The ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything" and it would not do them any good.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen seems quite fitting to our times.

Your post also reminded me of something I came across recently in an essay "On the Choice of Books" by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881):

One remark more about your reading. I do not know whether it has been sufficiently brought home to you that there are two kinds of books. When a man is reading on any kind of a subject, in most departments of books - in all books, if you take it in a wider sense - you will find that there is a division of good books and bad books - there is a good kind of a book and a bad kind of a book. I am not to assume that you are ill acquainted with this; but I may remind you that it is a very important consideration at present. It casts aside altogether the idea that people have that if they are reading any book - that if an ignorant man is reading any book, he is doing rather better than nothing at all. I entirely call that in question. I even venture to deny it.

It would be much safer and better would he have no concern with books at all than with some of them. You know these are my views. There are a number, an increasing number, of books that are decidedly to him not useful. But he will learn also that a certain number of books were written by a supreme, noble kind of people - not a very great number - but a great number adhere more or less to that side of things. In short, as I have written it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls - divided into sheep and goats. Some of them are calculated to be of very great advantage in teaching - in forwarding the teaching of all generations. Others are going down, down, doing more and more, wilder and wilder mischief.

 

[kanader]

I just realize that maybe I should have post this thread on the book section..? Sorry mods !
Newbie mistake i guess...

 

[kanader]

This is a particularly interesting question. I would say there is no such book. There is no magic bullet. There is no one prayer, one word, no 14 syllables to make someone fall in love with you, no seven words to comfort a dying friend and so on and so forth. Each person is different, even the best and simplest book won't help everyone, or even most people.

I totally agree with you.There is no Magical recipe. But when one ask for help, for a starter, for a book that can help with the opening of one mind

If I could choose one book that represents the culmination of Human understanding to this point in time, and communicates it well, it would be a collection of Aesop's fables. I am perpetually enlightened by reading them again, and edified thoroughly.

Very interesting ! Never heard of these fables. There even is a children version of it !
Thank you so much, i will take a look at it.

 

[Ninas]

I would choose Political Ponerology. I just wish there was a simpler version of it. It's difficult to understand sometimes...

 

[Archaea]

If it's just one book, then I'll go with The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living. by Jane Roberts. I read it years ago so I can't remember much of it, but it talks about ways people can live their lives to be more creative and hence unlock the magic of reality... As you can probably tell from the title. ;)

Sounds good. i just read the synopsis and a few comment on Amazon and it look promising. Thanks for your input Archaea
Could you elaborate a Little bit more about the Seth figure ? Thanks !

Seth is a discarnate spirit who was channelled in the 60's and 70's (I think) by woman named Jane Roberts. She used trance channelling where Seth would talk through her, and in this way Seth was able to dictate books word for word to Jane's husband Robert Butts. The method used for channelling is similar to the way the Ra material was delivered through Carla McCarty, however the books aren't in the form of questions and answers but are straight dictations.

For me the Seth material seems to resonate in the same way as the Ra and C's material, and since Seth is just talking about whatever he feels like, the subject seems to me to go beyond the channelers questions, whether or not this is a bad thing I don't know, the C's seem to only comment on questions that have been asked because they don't want to interfere with free will.

However, I think if you start reading the Seth material that it would be a good idea to maintain critical thinking, as with all channelled material, and see whether or not what is said fits in with your experiences of reality.

 

[kanader]

Interesting question. If someone is on a genuine quest, I like to think that they will have a tendency to meet something that will aid them in their quest, whether that be a book, a person, or some kind of experience or event. If they are not on a quest, you could give them, if such a book existed, "The ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything" and it would not do them any good.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen seems quite fitting to our times.

Your post also reminded me of something I came across recently in an essay "On the Choice of Books" by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881):

One remark more about your reading. I do not know whether it has been sufficiently brought home to you that there are two kinds of books. When a man is reading on any kind of a subject, in most departments of books - in all books, if you take it in a wider sense - you will find that there is a division of good books and bad books - there is a good kind of a book and a bad kind of a book. I am not to assume that you are ill acquainted with this; but I may remind you that it is a very important consideration at present. It casts aside altogether the idea that people have that if they are reading any book - that if an ignorant man is reading any book, he is doing rather better than nothing at all. I entirely call that in question. I even venture to deny it.

It would be much safer and better would he have no concern with books at all than with some of them. You know these are my views. There are a number, an increasing number, of books that are decidedly to him not useful. But he will learn also that a certain number of books were written by a supreme, noble kind of people - not a very great number - but a great number adhere more or less to that side of things. In short, as I have written it down somewhere else, I conceive that books are like men's souls - divided into sheep and goats. Some of them are calculated to be of very great advantage in teaching - in forwarding the teaching of all generations. Others are going down, down, doing more and more, wilder and wilder mischief.

hmmm, that's an interesting choice. I suppose that beside being a children book it has some deeper mining behind it ?

 

[kanader]

If it's just one book, then I'll go with The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living. by Jane Roberts. I read it years ago so I can't remember much of it, but it talks about ways people can live their lives to be more creative and hence unlock the magic of reality... As you can probably tell from the title. ;)

Sounds good. i just read the synopsis and a few comment on Amazon and it look promising. Thanks for your input Archaea
Could you elaborate a Little bit more about the Seth figure ? Thanks !

Seth is a discarnate spirit who was channelled in the 60's and 70's (I think) by woman named Jane Roberts. She used trance channelling where Seth would talk through her, and in this way Seth was able to dictate books word for word to Jane's husband Robert Butts. The method used for channelling is similar to the way the Ra material was delivered through Carla McCarty, however the books aren't in the form of questions and answers but are straight dictations.

For me the Seth material seems to resonate in the same way as the Ra and C's material, and since Seth is just talking about whatever he feels like, the subject seems to me to go beyond the channelers questions, whether or not this is a bad thing I don't know, the C's seem to only comment on questions that have been asked because they don't want to interfere with free will.

However, I think if you start reading the Seth material that it would be a good idea to maintain critical thinking, as with all channelled material, and see whether or not what is said fits in with your experiences of reality.

Thanks for the clarification Archaea, that was my first impression but i just needed your confirmation on this. As a reference, this book will be more close to bringers of the dawn than the Ra material
Thanks !!

 

[Archaea]

Thanks for the clarification Archaea, that was my first impression but i just needed your confirmation on this. As a reference, this book will be more close to bringers of the dawn than the Ra material
Thanks !!

Ah, yes, I haven't read bringers of the dawn but I'm certainly keen to, especially after reading Pophistorian's channel static 008 and 009 on this forum.

 

[kanader]

Thanks for the clarification Archaea, that was my first impression but i just needed your confirmation on this. As a reference, this book will be more close to bringers of the dawn than the Ra material
Thanks !!

Ah, yes, I haven't read bringers of the dawn but I'm certainly keen to, especially after reading Pophistorian's channel static 008 and 009 on this forum.

that's the book that brought me here...it was by reading it and searching the net about spinning that I found the Cs.
Bringers of the dawn was at the time the answer to so many question about my life, the reason why I felt something was missing...a must read ;)

 

[Lindenlea]

Quote by Atreides:
If I could choose one book that represents the culmination of Human understanding to this point in time, and communicates it well, it would be a collection of Aesop's fables. I am perpetually enlightened by reading them again, and edified thoroughly.

The above caught my attention because I received Aesop's fables from Amazon 'free' when I downloaded another copy of The Horns of Moses to my PC 2 (for travelling) a couple of months ago. I knew the title from eons ago, but couldn't remember much about it and didn't have the time to check it out, but I certainly will now. Thanks Atreides :)

For those interested in having this book (on kindle), I think it would be in Amazon's free kindle list.