The Possible Hitchhiker

The mind and Master only have the brain-body at hand with which to work; whatever limitations exist are as a result of this fact.

In writings of The Fourth Way, various body types are identified.  It becomes clear to me that this is an attempt to recognize the possibilities as well as the limitations that are available to the mind in achieving aim.  A person weighing 200 pounds might want to see himself as a jockey and, although he may be able to ride, he will never compete; so too are the limitations put on what can be accomplished by a body type and the capability of the brain.

Early conditioning by parents and other authority figures also plays a major role in what the mind is capable of achieving as a servant of Master.  But a more perspective look at what we are and what we do may yield some different results.

We live, we work, we die.  What we do when we work is the result of many complex factors.  It is the result of choices made as a result of using imagination and reasoning, conditioned as they are by physiology, psychology and perhaps some other influences of which we aren't totally aware.

It is possible that we are vessels for a spiritual world that exists outside of our ken.  This spiritual world may be made up of entities that are living but not in a brain-body.  Entities that inhabit us at some point and influence our development as part of life on Earth.  Entities that have inhabited others in the past and will inhabit others in the future.

Some may be permanent inhabitants of a person, staying with him/her for a lifetime.  These may be conjoined with a being and, should they lose the colossal struggle for who satisfies their desires during a lifetime, could bring that lifetime to a premature end in order for them to move on.  These permanent inhabitants use the person for their own development in their quest for higher Aim; that is an ability to exist permanently in the spiritual world.

Thus there are two who are seeking fulfillment; the mind, who makes conscious decisions to guide his actions in development and Master, the spiritual entity that is seeking his development for whatever purpose that may be.  And if his development is not complete at the end of the life of the brain-body, he moves to another and continues his development.

Then there may also be others, free spirits, who sort of hang around the place of their previous experience and "step in" to use and even enjoy the experiences of a person as they pass through, much like a hitchhiker who rides along but doesn't replace the driver of the vehicle.

The new idea here is the sharing of the person with transient entities that may be lingering in the neighborhood.  It is intriguing to think about this possibility and it would explain the feelings of deja- vue that sometimes occur.  It may also be why some horrific crimes are solved; the victim "stays around" to inhabit another whom he then uses to bring the perpetrator to some kind of justice.  It is all to deep to fathom but it is interesting to think about it like this from time to time.  I would certainly not pronounce any of my ideas as dogma but I find them interesting.