On the Laws of Life XIII: The Law of Resistance - Hugh McCague: transcript
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This RosicrucianTV presentation by Hugh McCague is the thirteenth talk in the On the Laws of Life series, focused on the Law of Resistance. It opens with a guided meditation (beginning around 9:17) that uses breath work, a rising-through-the-cosmos visualization, and a silent Council sending love and healing, before the main presentation starts at 35:29. McCague illustrates resistance through the story of the Little Girl Giant marionette performances in Liverpool (the 2012 Sea Odyssey event drew an estimated 800,000 people), then draws analogies from physics and engineering: light bulb filaments, Ohm's law, inertia, and friction. He connects these to everyday life, arguing that resistance, friction, and inertia test our dedication, sincerity, worthiness, and preparedness, and that overcoming them builds maturity and appreciation. He also discusses labyrinths as a metaphor for life's circuitous path, the immune system, resisting temptation, and healthy resistance to technology overuse, concluding that when the veil lifts in Cosmic Attunement we will be ready and responsible.
Key points
- The talk is part thirteen of the On the Laws of Life series, titled The Law of Resistance.
- A guided meditation runs from about 9:17, with the main presentation beginning at 35:29.
- The Little Girl Giant marionette shows in Liverpool are used as an example of the law of suggestion and of resistance in puppetry.
- The 2012 Sea Odyssey event in Liverpool was estimated to draw 800,000 people over three days.
- Light bulb filaments, Ohm's law, inertia, and friction are offered as analogies for resistance in daily life.
- McCague says resistance tests our dedication, sincerity, worthiness, and preparedness so we can mature.
- Labyrinths, such as the one at Rheims Cathedral, illustrate life's circuitous path toward its center.
- He suggests a healthy bit of resistance to constant cell phone use, citing Imperator Claudio Mazzucco.
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greetings everyone it's great to be with you again it's great to be learning with you our presentation today is entitled on the laws of Life 13 the law of resistance often may we wonder why nature seems to Veil its laws and principles and life seems so securious and cryp I in its meaning the knowledge and application of the law of resistance gives a whole new perspective on these matters our dedication sincerity worthiness and preparedness are constantly tested through this law and this manner we can mature and be appreciative and responsible when in Cosmic Attunement the veil lifts we'll continue to explore today then Ros ausan laws and principles and their application for self-mastery and service in particular the law of
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resistance prepare ourselves for the presentation and our meditation I wanted to share with you a most uh remarkable uh image and performance I think you'll see now before you very intriguing figure she's known as the little girl giant you can see the sunlight on her face she's looking in the distance searching she's actually a huge marionette
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takes about 24 puppeteers to operate her here's another image of her you'll see the various figures around her the puppeteers are known as Lily pans after the characters in golier travels novel by Jonathan Swift there's a very poignant story um about a 10-year-old girl named uh May McMurray who in 1912 wrote a letter to her Father William who was a bedroom Steward who worked on the ship the Titanic um and did not survive uh in a mortal way when it sunk the lir did not arrive until after the Titanic sailed so it was returned to the cender and all eventually made its way on display at the Liverpool's Maritime Museum
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and the world elects Street Theater France it's artistic director John Luke cour Colt uh took this as of inspiration forming this story it's referred to as the sea Odyssey the giant spectacular was Street Theater and puppetry held in 2012 in Liverpool England there was approximately 800,000 people came out of over the 3-day event and the Giants covered a distance of about 23 mil uh 37 km through the streets of Liverpool you can start to get a sense of the tremendous draw of humanity of all ages in a way we see here is rosac crucian an application of the law of suggestion well the figure takes on a life of its own and a tremendous attraction and we're highly intrigued
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and it's a story of reuniting because the um giantest or little girl Giants Uncle uh he's a diver and he doed down where the record the Titanic was he was said to have found the letter as if it had been delivered in the story and then he would take back the news what happened to the Titanic uh to his niece when he came to uh Li Liverpool he would set out in search of her and the the little giant girl she also wakes up in a park uh in this event in Liverpool and she starts to search also for her uncle in a way it's a metaphor of our great searching and we reunite with our true nature and our our own lives she has a scooter she goes through
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the rain and her rain uh jacket you see the crane that the louisians are working to keep her Movement we see the applied here the law of resistance to the various police systems there's the inertia to resist movement that has applied through puppetry and with marionett and their strings I know on occasion too there's the powerful metaphor of the marionette of the puppet I remember an earlier Amor advertisement um that are we puppets in our own lives are we truly following the dictates of our deepest part of our nature or are we just following customs and actions in a way the puppet is a very strong metaphor for that I know for some of you it is often mentioned to us that when we see various images often will remind us of something we remember from our distant past if remember being involved with puppets or being in a particular place um May struck as such as liverpol get hear now an even greater
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sense of the all the people are drawn on to come and see the little girl giant Royal Deluxe has performed throughout uh the world there's been uh many performances done in Africa there's been ones that were done in Germany I'm showing you slides or images from Liverpool and also from uh other parts of of Europe here she is seeking out her uncle here is a diver coming up in the earlier diving suit he's going to rise up and find her uh in Liverpool or whatever city they're they're in at the time and get a hear again a sense of the tremendous GA crowds Gathering and fascinated to see the figure as if is as if alive it takes 31 Lou pans or puppeteers as well as his large crane to operate the uncle giant you get a sense too here of him
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looking at one of the Lily pans with their special harnesses on in a way the figure comes alive for us the way they've done it so poignantly also in some of the performances uh of this there it was done as a sea Odyssey giant spectacular in 2012 in Liverpool where there was estimated 800,000 people over the 3-day event um the uh later was done two years later again in Liverpool held memories of August 1914 where there's an estimated 1.5 million came out to the 5day event here the little boy uh giant helps the little girl giant to find uh her uncle there's also Zolo the dog who's a giant as well they move through the city and finally there's the re the reuniting that's a very touching scene of the two
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giants together here here's a performance in Germany where they they reunited she's asleep in his his uh his lap and ultimately in the performance uh here in Liverpool they go back out into the water towards the ocean and they're they're reunited here they are with their dog Zolo and we have that way great story of humanity the searching through all our trials and struggles and joys and happiness to that deep sense of reunion to our true nature and that deep sense of fully growing up as a human being that direct experience of God which is mysticism the full maturation and evolvement into what rosans call the the rose quas State the various stories of our lives in a way help us remind us both these Impressions to the outer mind have that deeper sense of what the inner self is always working to tell us with this in mind and this
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inspiring image and this reunion let us perform our own reunion and meditation now or in a way meditation is an act of Union and reun Union I invite you at this time taking in the inspiring scene and story of the reuniting of the little girl Gant and her uncle just as our inner self reunites with her outer self and with the entirety of creation and all of existence may wish now to close your eyes we'll begin our meditation period help us prepare us further for our presentation and discussion and you're seated in your or your chair or lying down however you're situated think you'll find it helpful to have your spine straight so you can breathe in an unencumbered form whether it's vertical horizontal or otherwise and just take some deep
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neutral breaths you're holding inhalation or holding the exhalation just enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath incoming of the breath the outgoing of the breath is a wave action it's a vibration it's all part of the Ros is referred to as the great Cosmic keyboard as we grow on learn in our weekly studies in the rosean order all the exercises and the ways of applying them in life in a way we become great pianists play all the octaves Cosmic whatever is called for in a particular situation inspired by this metaphor all the laws and principles Encompass in the cosmic keyboard let us
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continue our meditation incoming and outgo of the breath I invite you to to extend your exhalation to intensify the stimulation of the Vegas nerve important part of our nervous system the autonomic nervous system and the Vegas nerve is automatically stimulated by ex extending our outgoing breath there's the one wondrous action of the relaxation response we become calmer calmness that is necessary to heal our body functions as best when we're calm our mood is boosted our heart slows up it's working more efficiently we move towards heart rate
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optim optimal range that is a balancing of the sympathetic parasympathetic nervous systems help us move towards a state of enlightenment more calm you can think clearly you can remember better move into into an integrated state or to by psychologists move towards what rosac crucians refer to as a profound state of peace peace profound all this and more wondrous actions take place within the Holy Temple that is our body and within her mind and our overarching spiritual nature with the incoming of the Breath You may wish to spiritualize the action think of the rise of the master
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within the divine within in this we see a very simple meditation technique but a highly effective one if you find find your mind wandering just lovingly and gently bring it back to the discipline of the breath we know that as we concentrate on the breath strengthen our intentional control we move deeper and deeper into our spiritual state in nature now there can be a certain amount of resistance you may experience to do
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meditation now and regularly but is reminded on the great value of meditation that great healing effect it has for us it can help spur us to meditate also with a certain persistence in each meditation session we'll find it becomes quite enriching quite enjoyable and we may even not even wish to stop our formal period of meditation feel so ennobling and healing meditation is a profound Act of non-avoidance a way we're being more and more fully ourselves when we do it we build up what you could call a mindfulness Med meditation momentum the rest of our
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day each period of meditation has a cumulative effect over our lifetime transforming our brain how it works in a healthy way but also making it easier for us to make contact with the divine within our true guide in life come more and more identified with the divine within the master within are all Central actions to the Mastery of Life mysticism ofers and sores and participants let us continue our meditation period Now by applying instructions in the rosac
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crucian meditation booklet entitled Libra 777 we'll give you a re resource list towards the end of the presentation the links to the bookl Libra 777 and purified ourselves with this discipline of the breath let us perform another Act of the law of purification falling inv vacation I invite now to you stay with me May the Divine Essence of the cosmic Infuse my being and cleanse me of all impurities mind and body I may enter the celestial sanctum in tune in pureness and in
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worthiness so M it be now FRS and sores and participants let us use all our inner psychic capacity and imaginative ability to picture ourselves rising up from wherever we're situated up from our room or office over our home or dwelling building seeing our neighborhood below system and Order of the streets all the action and life going on there let us rise up faster and faster over our city or geographic area enjoying the exhilaration of the ascent going faster and faster using great inner spiritual Force to rise see below our Province or state or great nation or country see below the the seash shores
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and the Lake Shores the mountains the hills the farmers Fields whatever land forms are applicable to your great nation or country great weather systems let let's continue to rise up and see our continent and even our hemisphere the North or the South now even the entire globe of the earth beautiful blue Jewel rotating about its axis then let us look up going faster and faster moving Way Beyond this speed of light now seeing the great fiery ball of the Sun planets revolving about their elliptical orbits it's continue to rise up higher and higher that's Myriad
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Stars Stellar phenomena the Pulsar the quazar the Supernova the asteroids rogue planets black holes help balance universe pass by Myriad stars and nebula comets joying the exhilaration the scent transcending space and time now since the large structure of our local Galaxy Milky Way galaxy in great spiraling arm that we exit from now and look back the when under a structure of the Galaxy Sense it rotating in its great spiral arms around its Central axis look up and see other
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galaxies some in spiraling formation some other structures which continue to rise up higher and higher taking in the vastness of the universe see Myriad stars and galaxies and even clusters of galaxies now even super clusters of galaxies which are clusters of clusters of galaxies taking all the great range of the vibrations in the Octave of the cosmic keyboard with a physical and psychic nature the great music aspiring artists and musicians on Earth the harmony of the Spheres the
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Divine music of the cosmos sense now too how the cosmos itself is revolving about a great Cosmic axis stupendous action and motion Harmony and order we sense the Ros of Christian's is referred to as the cosmic that is the universal intelligence back of the cosmos imbued in every cell in our bodies the Holy Temple the cosmic refers to all natural and spiritual laws that we apply now see about us in operation let continue to rise up higher and higher faster and faster towards the mid point of the cosmic axis by the law of Correspondence spatters and sores and participant as we
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go higher and higher into the cosmos which toward its very center we go deeper and deeper within ourselves to our very center As Above So Below and as you come towards the midpoint the cosmic axis slow up there let us dwell there a while taking in stupendous motions and actions all the octaves of the cosmic keyboard Your Divine music aspired and uplifted let us further imply the instructions of the booklet lra 777 picturing our Sacred Space there fill in the sights and sounds all the psychic and physical Impressions inspiring Sacred Space maybe an aspiring temple on Earth aspiring place in nature the very View All About You of the center of the
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cosmos may wish to picture there Seekers with us today or C Seekers throughout the cosmos the visible invisible masters Grand Lodge officers and Grand masters of our order paror of the order may be conducting special sacred convocation while we dwell at the to the celestial sanct this as we felt the degree of exhilaration the rising up to the heights of the celestial sanctum let now feel a degree of inner exhilaration as we fill in the picture our Sacred Space this our Celestial sanctum and when you're ready ERS and sers participants just release your
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visualization of your Celestial sanctum and through the subconscious mind to the cosmic mind let us dwell for a while find the lost silence and quietude now e just increasingly surrender to the
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divine within Master within other words be receptive to the higher spiritual forces of the cosmic let us continue our period of meditation with another spiritual operation of the work and worship of the rosu order am let us I invite you now to join with silent Council in conjunction with the Council of Solus the Grand Lodge of The Rose Krishna order
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Amor let's radiate love and well-being to all those who petitioned Grand Lodge of the Rish order for guidance and healing and let us radiate love and wellbeing to all those who petitioned rosaran affiliate bodies guidance and healing now let us radiate love and well-being to all those we know who are need guidance and healing let us radiate love and well-being to all sentient beings throughout the cosmos are in need of guidance and healing start the flow of of the love and well-being You may
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wish to picture in the height of some high Mountaintop or Hill the vast view or some deeply loving experience you've had that suggests tremendous power and strength of Love or some Cosmic communion you've had we live that experience now to help Kindle inner spiritual fire and then radiate the love and well-being like a great Spotlight a flood light or flow a fountain a great bursts of light from Supernova to all those in need graciously surrender to the divine within as you do this for it knows how this is done you may feel a certain degree of exhilaration as the love and wellbeing
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flows out your heart and mind it flows feel a cosmic atun increasing I think you'll find at a certain point you no longer need to make any conscious effort for the flow to continue as it speeds up and you know that its wondrous actions are helping in liveen healing forces within all those in need when that occurs just let the flow continue increasingly surrender to the divine within rers and S and participants will soon
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formally close this period of a work of the silent Council in conjunction with the work of the Council of Solus of the Grand Lodge of Ros Krish but we'll continue our meditation period a while longer to close this period of sending of metaphysical Aid invite you to stay with me now if it pleases the cosmic it is done so M it be let us continue dwell Heights of the Celestial sanctum the radiations of love and well-being continuing it's a way of life as we dwell peace profound the center of the cosmos the center of our being e
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soon we'll begin our descent from the heights of the celestial sanctum enriched and ennobled this period of cosmic Attunement feeling more fully ourselves and one with the one this time you may wish to apply the law of gratitude express our thanks to all those who've taught us well all who've loved us well all have sacrificed on our behalf the rose chushan order for officers and Grand Lodge
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officers and the imperator this wonderful opportunity be rosac crucian students know of the rosac crucian in the way of self-mastery Al thrs and sores and participants let us begin our descent from the heights of celestial sanct moving a tremendous Speed Way Beyond the speed of light enjoying the exhilaration of The Descent that's the super clusters of galaxies clusters of galaxies the Galax sees themselves Myriad Stars Stellar phenomena alars of the quazars Supernova the black holes in Balance the universe sensing again the Great Divine
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music the harmony of the Spheres the great work of all the octav cosmic keyboard and all natural and spiritual laws within us and around us in operation and we see in the distance the great spiraling arms the Milky Way galaxy are home let us plunge into it our local arm move past the Myriad Stars comets and rogue planets and asteroids nebuli and see in distance the beautiful elliptical orbits of the planets the solar system our home by great fiery ball of the sun beautiful blue Jewel of the earth as we come back to the hemisphere where we left off continent our
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great country or Nation our Province or state our city or local geographic area let us say again another prayer and invocation before we formally close this period of cosmic Attunement invite you to say with me May the god of my heart Sanctified as the Tomb in of self with a Celestial sanctum so mod it be let us continue to ascend on our neighborhood the dwelling home or building where we left off room or office where we were how we were situated and when you're ready rers and Sor participants May a stretch and open your eyes and we'll continue the work in worship the rosu order and Mark today and always feeling reborn rejuvenated reintegrated all the more fully
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ourselves the outer self working with the inner self thank you everyone great to be sharing with you Now by continue our presentation I want to say some more things about resistance and the law of resistance it's great value to us we work the Holy Temple of our body that is the master within and we work in the great laboratorium that is the cosmos around us now resistance takes many forms we'll apply what can be referred
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to is the law of anology to see how these various manifestations in the great laboratory laboratorium of the cosmos applied with immediate environment of Our Lives as well as the work and actions of the divine within the Temple of the the Holy Temple of the master within you'll see before you now the light bulb one of the resources I'm going to give to you there an article that appears in the master of the Rose cross book U Bo Dr H Spencer Lewis and having many of his writings one of the Articles written by Dr H Spencer Lewis past imperator is entitled judices and in it he mentions the importance of the law of resistance for example we use the law of resistance in electronics electrical engineering and physics that I know many of you are work in and are very well vers in fact along with past imperator a Spencer Lewis he encouraged us in many
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ways to be aware of of laws Electronics electricity because they have many anal analogical or anist actions our own lives example when we attune with the cosmic you know we were applying ideas is similar to the Attunement of a radio with fre levels of frequency of the cosmos the radio channel in the case of radio but also as pass imperator uh H Spencer Lewis points out that light bulbs evolve uh resistance because in their filament inside glass tube there is a resistance the low or the current electricity and that causes the filament to heat up and even in proper materials to glow and shine forth
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here for example you see uh before us an early carbon and Rod filament of incandescent electric lamps who were made by the English chemist Joseph Swan um around 1878 1879 now um before and during the work the reown inventor uh Thomas Edison in the United States people are at work on electric light bulb which Edison helped his extensive experiments move towards something that could be more widely made commercial and perfected L with his work in later we also find the law of resistance in a variety of ways if you have an electric stove uh and oven there's another wonderful application for cooking our food um we see before us now an electric diagram with i for the current R for the
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resistance and V for the voltage is over the positive electric charge this could be like for example o over the filament of a light bulb uh coil for heating in top of a stove or some other form of resistor is used now voltage times resistance and uh current is act is equ an equality and hence we find then that current is voltage divide by resistance to degree is resistance resistance is voltage divided by the current all these things are very helpful knowledge as an a knowledge is way uh in our own life for example in our lone lives at times we may feel that there's a lot of resistance that things aren't happening as quickly as we'd like to have them and that can be a matter of us maturing
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which I'll elaborate in many ways and we may think that life is putting up a lot of resistance it seems so secure to us it seems like we have to do these whining and twists in our life why don't things happen more directly um I know that uh Yan psychologist once mentioned that if we keep track of our dreams in a way they're like these individual patterns that you'll see here that showing from our great artistic work from the early medieval period sometimes also not only learn what we learn from our dreams but our experiences or why did we have to have all those twisting things happen in our lives and meet those people and learn of those lessons of learning that we may ultimately life find life embracing why did I have to experience those things and we'll find over time you see is there a system and order to it or is it just seem to be halfen Chan we may may Wonder these various circumstances our
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life like like these various IM I'm showing you their twist it's hard to get a sense of their meaning and purpose and what all do they add up to in various parts over our lives over years and decades in the course of the day and we put them all together which is what our rosac crucian lessons help us to do on a weekly basis we see that actually they start to fit together we start to have more make more and more sense just like the young yang psychologists that talked about the great diagram that I'm about to show you that are pieced together different segments and lessons in our life so too um in this sanctuary of Self book by past imp paror Ralph M he talks about our mystical experiences are a bit like um seen a a film he was referring to days when there was a series of images were shown each mystical experiences takes up with the last frame where we left off and there's a great system and
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order that is the is the movie itself and it's story and plot line just like here we see before us um the great Cross or design that's associated with the gospel of Matthew and the uh lindar gospels that's part of the British Library all the twists and terms form this wondrous shape see the underlying unity in it indeed as we grow and mature and come to know more of the rran laws and principles uh of life we see by the law of and knowledge ology here all the underlying geometry and action there's a tremendous system and order you see within ourselves and throughout the cosmos there's relatively few laws to give this great diversity of action another analogy with all the things that are going on in our lives is that of the labyrinth and I know we've talked about it on occasion with our um our
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Department of Instruction teleconferences here I show you a DI in a diagr diagrammatic or diagram form a labyrinth associated with Rams Cathedral and you'll see in a way it has a visual optic effect of that seems to be alive with pulsating energy the way that's an illusion but it's also the way that our sense Impressions take in vibrations you notice there's an entry point here when one walks a labyrinth whether it be at rosac crusan Park or Charter Cath Neal and so forth when you get in there in movement you start to see where are we all going I think I'm going to the center um there's actually certain keys or laws and principles about how labyrinths are constructed uh that'll help us in this for example you notice in this diagram here I've taken out where the twists and turns are I've formed uh patter on the four directions
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to form a cross and we see actually uh taking out the twist we have concentric octagons we actually if you take the individual lines there 12 of them you take the CL between there's 11 of them and like with the Ram's Labyrinth there's been the octogonal pods that still discontinue flow of the concentric octagons now one of the keys in how you move through a labyrinth whether it be an amons or Rams or chartas also is where the twist and turns place in fact if you know where some of them are you can actually predict where the others are if you have enough of them and let me show this to you you'll see here by the grain line segments which close and then open where the twists and turns are if we do that we can actually find we know where the openings have an entrance of the entrance Central entrance will
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need to work on this lab on this Labyrinth here by anology as well if we just know the upper half here including across the lines where the line SS here we can figure out what has to happen here or if we know the left half here including the vertical line and the actions here we know that we can figure out that is here that means that if we now come back to our labyrinth in the way we're pictured here with our candle that we can see when we go and walk in elbin and all these twists and turns and we go s get in close and move out if we know if we see observe where the with the twists and turns or these line segments are we know where we're going we know what the pattern's going to be you notice here how there's there's a closing oops let me back up sorry just a moment there is a clo closing two closing here an open two
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closing here an open two closing here an open two closing here similar there's a similar action here but an opening two closing opening two closing two openings two closing opening there's a similar pattern that goes around the Labyrinth that helps with its intricate flow and similarly with this Labyrinth at a certain point you come in close to it and then you go way back before you ultimately come back in and often that's the way in our lives we may have the illumination experience that takes us in close to the center our goal then we're seem to be thrown back out but we come back through the Obscure night and come back in with a mystical Union phase similarly this is how the law of resistance operates in our lives you know we also find a very interesting concept associated with iner resistance both in physics and in the
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general use of the English language and that is uh inertia and by inera we mean resistance to movement or change into existing movement and be fitly is based on the work of a traditional rosac crucian Isaac n in his first law of motion also known as the principle of inertia so too in our own life we may be sluggish to change or slugish to do our lessons or to do our meditation periods or to embrace important lessons that we mean you see an essential part of our life uh is learning lessons so we behooves us daily to be on the lookout for them just as we move through the Labyrinth of life and come sense it its deep Center which is always within us so too um that we have to be careful that we're not resisting lessons but if we do resisting lessons nothing wonderful happen we have a crisis in your life it allows us to have a purifying
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breakthrough and and bracelate we learn an even important lesson not to ignore lessons our conscience is always there as in our God guide to know to act and learn and practicing meditation daily helps us to be more sensitive also I can mention another concept that often comes to mind the law of resistance is that of friction which we both use in physics engineering but also the general term in life as well and friction is that force that resists a relative motion of could be of solids could be of fluids sliding against each other and friction can have various Wonder ful applications because it can lead to thermal energy being created uh it can also be used to keep things in place uh we can also experience friction from other people uh or situations ourselves that allow us heat up the situation to help like an alchemical transformation where we TR learn to use
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that friction to transmute the situation to learn and grow we find resistance is also used in a variety of ways I'll take down our slide now that uh I know many of you are quite active in exercises one form of exercise of physical nature is resistance training can also be uh known by other names uh such as strength training or weight training where we apply gravity or uh counteracting forces such as through isometrics and again that in a very simple way is another example how valuable resistance is to us in our lives just as a past imperator he Spencer Lewis mentions to his his article of uh on judases now um we can also think about we have a system of resistance within our Holy Temple part of that is the immune system
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in fact meditation our well-being boosts our immune system allows us to be resistant to diseases um having regular sleep meditation as I mentioned diet exercises living conditions and environment they harmonious and good mental attitudes all allow us to be resistant the diseases to have a robust Health also we think about uh resistance as to resist temptation part of being a Mystic is developing the virtues and various times our odor nature will be tempted talked uh earlier this month about the um uh dweller of the threshold who's a symbolic tempter that we have um and is a certain form of Consciousness within us that allows us to experience the law of resistance and experience temptation
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to purify ourselves and develop the virtues and have that strong Foundation to have the Purity to take the cosmic Consciousness even more within our our minds and body and uh Fully live out the action of the master within also sometimes we talk about taking the path of reach resistance now that's a good application physics we have to watch in our own lives and sometimes the path to re reach resistance is only for the short term took the easy way out and we actually may have gone against our conscience and we follow our conscience we'll find that sometimes yes the self is challenging in the short term but in the long term it'll always be easier and then we'll be truly on path of least resist resistance in in a spiritual and inner way and in the long term now it's striking that the law of balance that we've often talked about uh is associated with the law of resistance
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too I noticed for example in the um the book I saw your light from Far recently release by our beloved imperator uh claudo mizuka he has a a some wonderful articles in there uh listing the over the years that he did them and there's one from November 2019 of new technology where he talks about people that may be at a restaurant and they're they're looking down at these small electronic rectangular devices uh called cell phones and so forth and they're they're fully engaged in their inner World on that not really involved with sharing glances and um uh holding hands or suggesting find Sentiments of emotion to each other again one has to balance the proper use of the technology compartive mizok talks about but he also ask a poyant question uh where he where he says how about a healthy bit of resistance to all this and that's a that's a good question for
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us all we experience resistance sometimes there's a healthy amount of resistance is is needed to do what's right but also I want to culminate with um resistance we experience within ourselves the lessons of life but sometimes even uh when when we're trying to learn the lessons of life we seem to have a certain resistance and that's part of the law of resistance in a very deep way as well and we may find that why is the life so certain Securus like we talked about but from the time frame of the outer self it may seem like that from the time frame the inner self uh it's just a flash just like when we have powerful mystical experiences in a few seconds we can take in more learning than formal learning over years both are important and that resistance in a way is an inner testing it's like the friction heating up uh it tests our dedication tests our sincerity our worthiness and our
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preparedness if things are not given easily we have a then we have a more Fuller appreciation of what's been given to us our parents have often done that for us and not made things too easy us so when we have to do things more on our own we don't feel that we're we're entitled or priv so privileged we in a way we're owed nothing and this is part of the law of resistance to come into those degree of friction and that degree of inertia that we have to overcome and show our worthiness that we're ready and we be fully appreciative and we know how to handle those higher levels of forces our autonomic nervous system is designed to take them but our outer nature needs to learn to work with them that's why in meditation we talk about surrendering to the vine within it knows how to guide us and then outer self when it speaks to and works with the inner self then we have a perfect working duel is ultimately a Unity which is truly
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oursel we'll see then um also we we are prepared when we are sincere and we've been tested that the veil of lift as our earlier Luke has talked about in this way we'll be responsible and appreciative and know how to apply what we've seen it's important when we have the cosmic put it into application to emulate it past imperator um Ralph M Lewis always emphasized to us and we won't be overwhelmed when the veil is lifted just like the person coming out of Plato's Cave was temporary blinded we won't be temporarily blinded by being tested by the law of resistance we'll be ready we'll be able to handle it and we'll know what to do so at this time before I conclude I'll ask Karen to post in the chat for your resources for you and also uh put them in there as a PDF document for you which you may find
- 55:34
easiest to take down and while that's happening you're getting resources if you wish them I'll give my concluding statement I'll say again often we wonder why it seem nature seems to Veil its laws and principles and life seems to be so so secur cutus and cryptic in its meaning the knowledge and application the law of resistance gives a whole new perspective on these matters our dedication sincerity worthiness preparedness are constantly tested through this law and in this manner we can be mature and be appreciative and responsible and in Cosmic attunment the veil is lifted so in this way again FRS and Soros participants we've explored rosan laws and principles and their application for self-mastery and service I thank you so much in all the things that you do in this manner e
Questions
AI-generated, and answered only from the transcript.
What is the main topic of this video?
It is the thirteenth presentation in the On the Laws of Life series and focuses on the Law of Resistance and its application for self-mastery and service.
When does the main presentation begin?
According to the description, the presentation begins at 35:29, after an introduction and a guided meditation that starts at 9:17.
What example from street theater does the speaker use?
He discusses the Little Girl Giant marionette, operated by about 24 puppeteers, and the Sea Odyssey spectacular held in Liverpool in 2012, which drew an estimated 800,000 people.
How does the speaker connect resistance to physics?
He cites light bulb filaments, electric stoves, Ohm's law relating current, voltage, and resistance, and Isaac Newton's principle of inertia as analogies for resistance in life.
What does the speaker say resistance tests in us?
He says our dedication, sincerity, worthiness, and preparedness are constantly tested through this law, helping us mature and become appreciative and responsible.
What does he say about the path of least resistance?
He warns that taking the path of least resistance may mean going against conscience; following conscience can be harder short term but easier long term.
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