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The
Last Tremendous Breakthrough
It
was April 1952 when he made the last
tremendous breakthrough into the quiet
state.
"Can it be only three short months
since I was dying?" he wondered.
It
was hard for him to believe all that
had happened to him in such a short
span
of time. It seemed as though a million
lifetimes had gone by and yet it
seemed
like only a moment.
His
sense of time had changed radically.
When he thought about it, he realized
that,
from where he was, in the quietness,
there was no time. There was an
ever-nowness.
Time was relative and had meaning
only in the world of differences,
of separation. Where he was, everything
was the same, made up of the
same substance, the same inexpressibly
beautiful, all-powerful peace which
was
inherent in every atom of the universe.
He
was that peace... his body
seemed small and distant sitting in
its chair. He could see it there
if he chose, but he felt himself spread
across the entire universe;
that body was only an infinitesimal
speck in the vastness that he
was.
He was omnipresent. There was no travel,
only a thought, and he was there.
It
was obvious to me that I wasn't that
body and mind as I had thought I was.
I
just saw it—that's all. It's
simple when you see it.
So
I let go of identifying with that
body. And when I did, I saw that my
Beingness
was all Beingness, that Beingness
is like one grand ocean. It's not
chopped up into parts
called "drops of bodies."
It's all one ocean.
That
caused me to identity with every being,
every person, and even every
atom
in this universe. And that's an experience
so tremendous, it's indescribable.
First you see that the universe is
in you, then you see the
universe
as you. Then you know the
Oneness of this universe. Then you
are finished
forever with separation and all the
hellishness that's caused only by
separation.
Then
you can no longer be fooled by the
apparent limitations of the world.
You see
them as a dream, as an apparency,
because you know that your
very own Beingness
has no limits!
It
was a very interesting trip. I had
never known the things that I
experienced
existed. I had never known there was
such power in the mind. But I
saw
how my mind could trick me so I had
a maxim, "I only know that which
I can do."
When I would ask myself the question,
"What can I do?", it was
a shock
every time. So I would keep experimenting
until I could do whatever it
was.
I
kept that going and great things opened
up. "If I am these things, can
I do them?"
I would ask. "If I am all-powerful,
what power can I exert?"
And powers
came to me. And I proved each one
to at least two witnesses. That's
because
I was trained as a physicist. You
always have to go to the lab and do
it
to prove it, but it's good training.
I'll
tell you the first thing I did. There
was a cup on the table and when
someone
came into the room, I said, "I
can move that cup to the other side
of the
table with my mind. Do you believe
I can?". If they said Yes, it
was instantly
moved; if they said No, it remained
still. I wouldn't impose on other
people.
If they didn't accept it, I wouldn't
bother them. Of course, not having
had
much experience with it at first,
I made mistakes. I even had people
walk away
from me and not talk to me. I learned
to keep quiet and not disturb
peoples'
beliefs and convictions.
Once
he had proven, beyond any doubt, that
he had indeed acquired the powers
he used to scoff at, he saw that they,
in themselves, were a trap if he tried
to
hold onto and develop them for the
amazement and amusement of himself
and others.
They were not an end in themselves,
and so he let go and moved on.
Later, there were occasions when someone
needed a demonstration in order to
break
through his or her own limitations,
and, at those times, unusual things
would
happen. But Lester never felt like
the doer of them. He was only the
clear
catalyst, without ego involvement.
He also realized the source of intelligence.
He saw that there is only one
intelligence
and we all have it. Therefore, unlimited
knowledge, omniscience, is
available to all. And he saw it was
the same with power; we all have
unlimited
power, omnipotence. Omniscience and
omnipotence are within each one
of
us.
Contemplating
the source of intelligence and energy,
I discovered that it too was
available in unlimited amounts, and
that it came simply by my freeing
myself
from all these former compulsions,
inhibitions, entanglements, hang-ups.
I
didn't have to be subject to anything.
Seeing this allowed the power that
was
right behind my mind to flow through
as it had never flowed through before.
I
saw that I had previously dammed this
energy, this power and all I had to
do was
pry loose the logs of the dam—and
that's what I was doing. On discovering
each
thing, I was removing a log and allowing
this infinite flow—just like
a water
dam would flow if you pulled the logs
out one by one. And the more logs
you
pull out, the greater the flow, so
all I needed was to remove the logs
and let
the infinite energy and power flow.
And
there were times when I'd get the
realization of what I am that would
put so
much energy into me I would jump up
from my chair. Then I would go right
straight
out the front door and start walking
and walking and walking, for
hours
at a time—and sometimes for days
at a time! I just felt as though
my body could
not contain that much energy, that
I had to walk or run some of it off.
I
remember walking the streets of New
York City in the wee hours of the
morning
sometimes, just walking at a very
good pace, not being able to do
anything
else.
By
the time he had finished these experiments,
he had proven for himself that the
source of all objective physical phenomena
was the mind; that the mind has
no
limits except those one mentally imposes
upon oneself; and that this is true
for
everyone, with no exceptions. Inherently
each person has the ability to
have,
be, or do whatever that person wills
or desires.
The
realization of the omniscience and
omnipotence of each mind is what
finally
got him out of his chair. He wanted
to share with others what he had
discovered,
wanted to help them discover it for
themselves. He wanted others to
know
the incredibly beautiful, tremendous
Being that each one is.
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