Main Concepts: || Mental Psychology || Mental Layers || Correspondences || Dying and the Resuscitation Process|| Regeneration || Self-Witnessing ||

References: || PSY 459 Home Page || Dr. Leon James’s Home Page || PSY 459 Lecture Notes ||

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PSY 459- Theistic Psychology

Fall 2008 Generation 28

UHM Instructor- Dr. Leon James

Mental Psychology

Mental psychology is an academic study that looks at how the physical world, mental world, and God are related to one another. The physical world is what you are more than likely most familiar with; it is everything that you can see, touch, hear, and smell with your physical body. The physical world deals with physical things only. Then what about the things that are not physical but still exist? Things like thoughts, feelings, and sensations are real and occur all the time. The mental world or “mind” consists of those things which are real but not physical. The mental world, or as sometimes called the spiritual world, is the explanation to the existence of things that are not physical. In a simpler way of explaining it, the mental world is the cause behind the effect manifested through in the physical world.

Mental psychology is also based in theism, “The belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/theism) Mental psychology accredits God, here after referred to as the Devine Psychologist, as omnipotent and omnipresent. The Devine Psychologist is also responsible for providing us with opportunities to develop and mature ourselves mentally (our loves/ desires) via management of the vertical community, discussed in further detail later in this report. Mental Psychology is a science separate from religion or culture that uses God or the Devine Psychologist to explain the some of the aspects of science left unaccounted for.

According to Wikipedia’s online definition of religion it “encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology.” Mental psychology does not use, rely on, or express the views of any culture. Mental psychology is not based on is not based on history nor does it relate to any mythology. Mental psychology is not a religion, faith, cult, or sect of any denomination; it is an objective science, which gives “scientific meaning to God in both the physical and in the mental worlds” as quoted by Dr. Leon James in his book The Organic Mind Discovering the Mental World of Eternity. As a science mental psychology is a non-partisan, rational, academic study of phenomena such as mental processes, perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships utilizing dualistic conventions in place of underdeveloped traditional monism.

In my personal opinion it is not only feasible but almost impossible to not use God in conjunction with science to properly study things that we see and understand in the world around us as well as the things we do not see or understand. Mental psychology does not use God to promote any religion, race, or ideology. The definition and existence of God in terms of mental psychology is used to simply explain the source and ultimate explanation behind all phenomena that occurs in the mental and physical worlds.

Mental psychology uses a theistic approach that allows for a positive bias in science verses a negative bias which has long since been the tradition when dealing with science. A negative bias in science purely analyzes the physical and rationalizes that those things such as feelings and thoughts, which are not physical, are produced by the physical brain. But the a positive bias in science analyzes these non-physical things (feelings, thoughts, emotions) from a non-physical perspective the mental perspective; keeping in mind that when I say “mental” I am not referring to the physical brain but the mental world and mental body.

The idea of a negative vs. positive bias science is very similar to the concept of monism vs. dualism. Mental psychology uses a dualistic philosophy in arguing that there are two worlds not one. Monism states that there is only one world which is physical, but then how do we account once again for those things which are not physical and how did the physical came into existence? Dualism explains that there is not only the physical world where all things wither away or come to an end but that there is also the mental world where time does not exist. Substantive dualism encapsulates both the physical and the mental; it looks at the whole picture whereas monism only looks at a fraction of it.

One of the most valuable and important things that I have come to learn from studying mental psychology is the role that our “loves” or desires play in defining who we are and where we ultimately find ourselves in this physical world and in the mental world of eternity. Understanding that there is a motivation behind every action and that the motivation is either rooted in a good (heavenly) love or bad (hellish) love has given me a clearer perspective on what is important. Mental psychology teaches how to identify these heavenly and hellish loves and how to overcome our hellish loves through the process of regeneration.

I believe that if or when mental psychology is shown to be biological and free of religion it should be taught in public schools along with lifestyle skills and mental health for several reasons. We already educate children in school about how to take care of and develop their physical bodies it is only appropriate that we begin to teach them the importance of developing healthy their mental bodies. And more than likely children will have less difficulty understanding how mental psychology works in comparison to someone older. They would not have been as drilled in a monistic negative science bias perspective as most adults have. Teaching mental psychology in public schools would provide children with the opportunity to build a broad foundation to further their education upon. The traditional education children receive is a predetermined path that does not allow for independent development the same way mental psychology does.

Mental layers

In understanding mental psychology one thing must be very clear: every person has a mental body as well as a physical body. Without a mental body what would control the physical body? Perhaps the simplest way to think of it is that the mental body is the cause and the physical body is the affect. The body is affected by the mind and the mind by the body. Then mind is correlated with every part of the physical body point for point through correspondences.

The mental body is shaped the same as the physical body and is composed of organs just as a physical body is. The organs that make up the mental body are the affective organ, the cognitive organ, and the sensorimotor organ. Each of the organs in the mental body corresponds to organs of the physical body. The affective organ in the mental body is responsible for feelings and desires such as love, pleasure, interests, and motives. The cognitive organ of the mental body is responsible for our thinking, reasoning, and intelligence used in every aspect of daily life. Then there is the sensorimotor organ of the mental body that is responsible for sensing and carrying out actions in the physical world.

Because the mental body is not physical time does not exist in the mental world. Time requires a physical context to exist of which there is none in the mental world. Therefore, the mental body is eternal and immortal, having no end never dying, where as the physical body is temporal and subject to death or a time when it must end (see dying). And so the word eternal or eternity as used in mental psychology is means not pertaining to time and anything physical; it is without end.

Now following the same rational as mentioned earlier that the mental body is the same as the physical body in shape and form, the mental world is also in the same shape and form of the physical world. Our minds use the physical world around us to project a mental world that is identical to the physical world around us. The mental world is comprised of our loves or things that we seek out and find pleasure in here in the physical world. Remembering this helps us understand that our intension or loves determine not only what we feel and experience during our mortal existence but also how we spent the rest of eternity in the mental world.

Something you may have asked yourself by now is “What is the mental world made of since everything that is real must be made of something?” This is a good question and to answer it we must again examine how the mental world mirrors the physical world. What is the physical world made of? The physical world is made up of matter that originated from the sun. Pieces of the sun that have spun off into space have cooled to create stars and planets. The mental world is made of the substance from the spiritual sun (see diagram below). The spiritual sun equates to the Divine Psychologist and the Divine Psychologist or spiritual sun gives off spiritual heat and light which are eternal. The spiritual heat and light combine to form spiritual either. It is this spiritual/mental either that forms the mental world in the same way that matter forms the physical world. Again, it is because the spiritual light and heat are eternal that the mental world and our mental bodies are eternal; they are all composed of spiritual heat and light from the spiritual sun a.k.a. the Divine Psychologist. I have created a little diagram to help picture this:

The mental world and mental body are arranged in layers. These layers are categorized or divided based upon functionality and characteristics. The following diagrams, taken from Dr. James’s book, shown below demonstrate what each layer represents in the mental world of eternity:

From studying these diagrams we can see that layers 12,11,10 serve as receptacles or vessels that are physical and spiritual (mental) that contain the remaining layers. Layers 9–7 pertain to our mental state and layers 6-4 pertain to heavenly states. Layers 3-1 pertain to God and creation. Within layers 9-7 there are three layers; the affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor layers. People who think at a level 9e use only concrete objects or facts to base their emotions (the affective layer), thoughts (the cognitive layer), and daily behavior (the sensorimotor layer) on . Layer 8e describes a mentality of one who still thinks based on concrete objects or facts but can incorporate abstracts thoughts rooted in that corporeal reasoning found in layer 9e. In layer 7e our thoughts are no longer confined to materialism or concrete thinking. In layer 7e we are able to perceive the truth about the mental world and are ready to begin the process of regeneration.

I use the notation “e” after the number of the layer to represent the idea that this is the level at which a person is at before the process of regeneration has begun; during the process of regeneration the layer will be identified with an “i” after the number of the layer. The mental layers occur in a sequence of progression from layer 9e to 7e and once the process of regeneration begins 7i to 9i. Each subsequent layer is built upon the previous layer, so for example layer 7e cannot be obtained until layer 8e is and layer 9i cannot be obtained until 8i is. Layer 7i is a stage at which a person recognizes and accepts the fact of co-presence with the Divine Psychologist and that He manages us; this stage is called “Affective Theism.” Layer 8i is called “Cognitive Mysticism” and is obtained when we accept all that the Divine Psychologist does but we do not understand it, along with the mentality acquired in all previous layers. In layer 9i “Sensorimotor Innocence” we believe in anything even if we do not experience it by means of the sensorimotor organ.

The mental layers are not something that can be fully developed within a set number of years. The mental layers are somewhat associated with our physical age and maturity; as we grow older we are more likely to advance through these layers. This does not necessarily mean that someone of the age of ninety is at the layer 9i, some people may only progress to a certain level than stop. Unfortunately as people grow older they also become more set in their ways and are unlikely to make any drastic changes in their lives. Unless one studies mental psychology they are more than likely not going to progress past level 7e and this is one reason why it is so important to at least be exposed to the concepts that mental psychology teaches while you are still open minded and not as rigid as time may make you.

It is important to develop these mental layers not only because you will be happier and not as limited in your thinking but also because once we have become set in our loves and die we can no longer go back and forth between different loves. Once we die we must decide on a ruling love that will determine whether we will be in the Grand Human or Grand Monster. What is the Grand Monster and the Grand Human? I think of the two as Heaven and Hell. The Grand Human represents Heaven and the Grand Demon represents Hell, the difference is that these places are actually in the anatomical forms of a human. The parts of the Grand Human and Grand Monster are made up of societies of people who have different ruling loves. Those with ruling loves join a society within the Grand Human to form an anatomical part of the human and those with ruling loves that are Hellish join a society within the Grand Monster to form the an anatomical part of the monster.

These societies are then located throughout the body of the Grand Monster or Grand Human based upon the different kinds or types of Hellish or Heavenly loves we have. For example if your ruling love involves helping others then you would be in the Grand Human in a society of other people who enjoy the same things such as helping others. So, unlike the traditional view of Heaven and Hell there is not “Day of Judgment” where God appoints you to a Hell of fire and brimstone or cloudy Heaven where everyone is playing the harp, instead you make the decision of what your ruling love is and you spend eternity with others of similar interests or desires.

Perhaps you are asking yourself “If there is a God and he is just and perfect then how can there be a Grand Monster?” Well, think of it this way God or the Divine Psychologist is altruistic, in other words He does what He does for his sake and the sake of others. Selfish love, the opposite of altruistic love, is doing something for the sake of self alone. Therefore, everything he provides is composed of altruistic love and his creations, us, take this altruistic love and either maintain it or change it into selfish love. Nothing exists without the Divine Psychologist’s altruistic love and it can only change into something else like selfish love; it cannot disappear.

As mentioned earlier in this paper the Divine Psychologist through co-presence is always connecting us either to societies in the Grand Human or to societies in the Grand Monster, this is called vertical community. The process of vertical community is how the Divine Psychologist provides us with opportunities to grow and develop mentally or in the mental body. When we are feeling the desire to hurt someone or something we are at that moment connected with a society within the Grand Monster whose members have a ruling love of harming others. When we feel that desire we can either give into it or resist it. By accepting or giving into that Hellish love we tip the scale more in favor of developing a ruling love that is Hellish. Having a ruling love that is Hellish means that you find less pleasure in doing heavenly things and as a consequence you do less Heaven things and more Hellish things. Again, it is our ruling love that determines where we end up in the mental world of eternity; either the Grand Human or the Grand Monster and which society within those beings.

To me the idea that the ruling loves acquired in life determine which society we end up at in the mental world of eternity makes sense. If we follow the line of logic that God or the Divine Psychologist is just it further supports this idea of societies segregated by ruling loves. Think about it, if one of your ruling loves was to watch birds in the park and you had to spend the rest of eternity with someone who has a ruling love of shooting birds in the park it would be a nightmare. But because God is just there is a society designated for everyone in order to provide everyone with a comfortable environment. Murders will live among murders and pacifists will live among other pacifists. This just makes sense.

To be honest the only concepts within mental psychology that I do not agree about completely is the idea that the societies literally form a being. This is perhaps due to my lack of understanding or the fact that I have been raised my whole life to think one particular way about the afterlife. Obviously, I have not progressed or regenerated to a level 7i mentality but I like to think that mental psychology is helping me to begin the process to get there. I think by studying the subject in further depth and letting loose of my corporeal mindset I could come to better understand some of the issues that I have not fully resolved within mental psychology.

Correspondences

Now when we speaking about correspondences it is important to remember that mental psychology requires a theistic perspective because human anatomy and physiology follow spiritual cause-effect laws. It is these laws of cause-effect that are called correspondences. Think of the physical body as a shell containing our mental bodies. For that shell to do anything sense, act, perceive, or speak it requires the mental body to perform the task and then through this cause-effect relationship (correspondence) the physical body does the action. So for example, it is really our sensorimotor organ in our mental body that detects the changes in the environment around us not our the physical body, the physical body only reacts because the mental body perceives.

As mentioned earlier on in this paper there are the three main organs of the mental body and these ultimately control the physical body. There is the affective organ that corresponds to the circulatory system of the physical body. There is also the cognitive organ of the mental body which corresponds to the respiratory system of the physical body and the sensorimotor organ of the mental body that corresponds to the neuro-skeletal system of the physical body. We can see evidence of these mental body and physical body correspondences everyday but it is just a matter of being aware of what they mean. Listed below are some examples of these body (physical)-mind (mental) correspondences you may be familiar with.

· Darkness = confusion/not knowing – “I was left in the dark about the meeting scheduled for today.”

· Light = clarity/understanding – “Thank you for bringing light to the subject.”

· Heat = passion/anger

· Cold = ignore/no feelings for – “He gave him the cold shoulder.”

· “Stink eye” (a local expression) = strong dislike – “Did you see how she was giving him the stink eye?”

· “Pain in the neck” = annoying – “He is a pain in the neck.”

· “Fishy” = suspicious – “Something fishy is going on here.”

Notice that these correspondences are things that we typically describe as physical but are really mental operations. It is kind of fun to try and think of and list these body-mind correspondences, although it can be difficult as well. I have listed some neoligistic (new and original) examples of some body-mind correspondences below see if you can understand the relationships between the two categories:

Body Activities Mental Correspondences

His thoughts were beans	His thoughts were small or simple
She spoke mentally	She thought to herself
He had a black heart	He had dark and evil intentions
He has a metal brain	He is stubborn
His blood was warm toward her	His love was strong for her
The dog was flat	The dog was out of energy
She was shiny	She was excited
The boy’s motives were glassy	The boy’s motives were clear and easy to understand
He had a solid thought	His thought made sense
His lecture was twisted	His lecture was unclear and confusing

The concept of substantive dualism, as mentioned earlier in this paper, supports the concept of body-mind correspondences. Using logic from substantive dualism we learn that there are two distinct and separate worlds, the physical and the mental, and that these correspondences as described above can be seen in both worlds. If not for dualism how else would we explain some of the terms and expressions that we come across on a daily basis that imply a non physical aspect using a physical description?

Again, an important thing to remembering that kind of brings a lot of this together is that the Divine Psychologist is co-present in our “minds”. Among several other things He also helps in controlling and understanding the correspondences that occur between the mental world and physical world. You can think of the Divine Psychologist as a partner making the functions of daily life possible; without Him there is no way anything could be accomplished. The Divine Psychologist is not only responsible for creating life, both mental and physical, but also sustaining it from moment to moment.

So by now you might be asking yourself “What is the importance of learning about correspondences?” Well to me it seems important because through exploring and understanding these correspondences we can begin to learn more about the mental world and mental body while still conscious in the physical world. Normally we cannot be conscious in both the mental world and the physical world and so that makes it kind of tough to learn about the mental world because obviously we are in the physical world, but studying correspondences makes it possible.

Some of the benefits we can derive from knowing and studying correspondences are as mentioned we can learn more about the mental world and in turn be more prepared for the mental world of eternity. People can also benefit from knowing and studying correspondences by being able to better understand the behaviors and intentions of others improving one’s ability to effectively communicate with others. Just understanding that there is a cause-effect relationship between the mental body and physical body can answer so many questions left unanswered by conventional mainstream traditional science.

If correspondences are shown to be universal, which I think it only makes sense that they are, I believe they should be taught in schools as a part of biology and psychology. I believe correspondences are universal because they describe the relationship between the mental body and the physical body and since all normal health people have the same physical form they should have a mental form that reflects that. Sure, there are differences to be found from individual to individual or else we would not be very human at all but there are similarities or statements of fact that can be applied to everyone regardless of culture, geographical location, or race. It is the same as any other science taught in schools today in the fact that generalizations are made when teaching a subject so that it can be applied universally.

Dying and the Resuscitation Process

One of the greatest questions in life has always been “What happens after death?” To better understand how mental psychology answers this question we need to examine what is meant by death or what is dying. As Dr. James explains in his book, The Organic Mind Discovering the Mental World of Eternity death is the surgical separation of the two bodies, the mental body and the physical body. Who we are is not what you see every day in the mirror, we are mental beings housed in a temporal body and when the body ceases to function or “dies” we do not end. The mental body is eternal; it has a beginning but no end. Death is merely a transitioning from one environment to another, from a physical environment to a mental or spiritual environment.

Life in this physical world can be thought of as a time to develop our minds or mental bodies through exercising choices between Heavenly loves or Hellish loves. When this physical life is over we go through the dying process which takes about thirty three hours until we become resuscitated. Resuscitation is when our mental body becomes fully conscious where as during our mortal existence our mental bodies were in a state of unconsciousness. People can experience consciousness of the mental body from time to time during mortality but it is often through our dreams or visions, but these experiences are brief and often quickly forgotten.

So when awaken from this mental unconsciousness, and find ourselves in the resuscitation zone, we will not be alien looking or totally unidentifiable but we will be the same as we are now the only difference is that we will not have physical bodies. Remember that all that we experience now in this physical world is really sensed and processed by the mental body, so as we cross over into the resuscitation zone the only change we will experience is a loss of the physical body but we will still be who we truly are. This means that we will still have all the same desires or loves that we had while “living”. The ruling love and sub-loves that we developed during our mortal lives are at this point, the deciding factors in where we spend the rest of eternity.

During our mortal lives, we first experience different loves through the vertical community as discussed earlier in this paper and we use these experiences to develop our own loves both sub-loves and a ruling love. We develop both Hellish loves which are sourced in the Grand Monster and Heavenly loves which are sourced in the Grand Human.

In the resuscitation zone our mental body separates itself, based on our ruling love, from all other conflicting sub-loves ejecting them or purging itself of conflict. For example if my ruling love is sourced in the Grand Human such as being friendly, helpful, and kind to everyone then all other sub-loves that are sourced in the Grand Monster such as a sub-love of loving to not floss my teeth will be purged. Now just for clarification your ruling love is your main drive motivating you in your life and your sub-loves are the many different little reasons you do the things you do. Using the example previously given you can identify being friendly, helpful, and kind to everyone you meet as being a ruling love because it is a main defining characteristic apparent in a person. And the love of not flossing your teeth is a sub-love because it is something small that is not a defining feature but instead it is like a fragment.

One way I think of it to make it easier to identify the difference between a ruling love and the sub-loves is to think of the ruling love as a car. Generally speaking you can look at a car and tell what kind of car it is, is it a two door or a four door? Is it a S.U.V. or a mini-van? The sub-loves are like the parts of the car or items that make up the car. So again referring to the example mentioned above the car is a ruling love of being friendly, helpful, and kind to everyone you meet because it is highly visible and guides the rationale behind most of your actions. The sub-love of not flossing your teeth is like a rear view mirror of the car, it is a small thing that influences you from time to time but does not affect your overall behavior.

We are also aided in this process of acknowledging/ determining our ruling love by people who are in layers 6, 5, 4 which are in the Grand Human as well as from people in layers -9, -8, -7 from within the Grand Monster there to try and persuade us to join them in their societies. When the final choice is made to follow a ruling love either sourced in the Grand Human or the Grand Monster, while in the resuscitation zone, this is called “second death.”

When we enter this “second death” we become part of the Grand Human or Grand Monster based on our ruling love. Our sub-loves that are in agreement with our ruling love determine which society within the Grand Human or Grand Monster we will end up in for eternity. Although my descriptions may sound bleak, this is not something to fear. People feel “at home” upon entering their designated society. The society one enters is comprised of others who share similar interests and desires; they derive pleasure from the same things. This to me is one of many reasons why God or the Divine Psychologist is attributed as being just and fair. Shown below is a diagram from Dr. James’s book demonstrating the progression from birth to second death where one then joins a society in the Grand Human or Grand Monster.

To get a better understanding of what qualities comprise the different societies within the Grand Monster and Grand Human I have included some quotes taken from Dr. James’s book they are as follows:

“Those who are willing to live only in the Grand Human form the societies of sanity, reason, humanity, altruism love, truth, and all virtue and power. Those who are willing to live only in the Grand Monster form the societies of insanity, irrationality, degraded humanity, hatred of any altruism love, hatred of all truth, and devoid of all positive virtue and power.”

Regeneration

Regeneration is the process of rising our level of consciousness or awareness. The Divine Psychologist uses vertical community to provide us with opportunities to regenerate. We are given the power to make choices between hellish and heavenly temptations and hopefully in doing so we become more mentally conscious of why we are doing the things that we do and alter our behaviors as a result, this process has also been called spiritual combat. The process of regeneration is a lifelong process because we as humans experience different loves that can change from moment to moment. One minute you can be petting dog, a heavenly love, and then the dog might innocently make a mess and you become enraged, a hellish love. These two different loves take you to two different levels of consciousness in the mental body. Referring to the example given, when you are petting the dog you are perhaps at level 8e where you experience joy in ideas such as the dog cares for you and is your best friend but when you experience anger because the dog made a mess you are back in layer 9e. This anger brings you into level 9e because your love of being angry is based on a corporeal thing, the mess.

I think it would be wise for me to list again what the levels of mental consciousness are so that you can have a better understanding of what I am about to discuss in further detail. These levels are listed in order of progression starting with 9e.

• 9e = sensorimotor corporeal: we think of everything as concrete.
• 8e = cognitive materialism: we think of things in terms that are less concrete, less materialistic, and more abstract but these thoughts are still rooted in concrete thinking.
• 7e = rational consciousness/affective humanism: our thinking has escaped the need for concrete thinking and we are able to understand the dualism proposed in mental psychology but do not acknowledge the co- presence of the Divine Psychologist.
• 7i = affective theism: we acknowledge the co-presence we have with Divine Psychologist and accept mental psychology.
• 8i = cognitive mysticism: we accept the Divine Psychologist completely but do not understand his works.
• 9i = sensorimotor innocence: we no longer need any input from the sensorimotor organ to believe anything.

**Each layer is also composed of the affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor. A person’s affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor can be at different levels. For example, affective can be at level 8e, which would be labeled 8eA, and the cognitive and sensorimotor can be at level 9e, which would be labeled 9eC and 9eS. But it is necessary to remember that the affective and cognitive produce the sensorimotor, so in order for the sensorimotor to be at level 8e, for example, the affective and cognitive must both be at least at level 8e.

“e” Is used to signify the level of consciousness that exists in the exterior of the natural mind. The exterior of the natural mind describes all the affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor process that we carry out in relation to the physical world. “i” Is used to signify the level of consciousness that exists in the interior of the natural mind. The interior of the natural mind describes all the affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor process that we carry out in relation to the mental world.

Something important to understand is that regeneration does not actually occur until we reach level 7e. Layers 9e, 8e, and 7e are all layers that are unregenerate whereas layers 7i, 8i, and 9i are layers that undergo regeneration. It is not until we reach layer 7e that our minds are prepared to be taught and accept the principles found in layers 7i, 8i, and 9i.

Regeneration is what I believe to be one of the most important concepts of mental psychology. It is a process in which we actively self regulate or monitor our thoughts, actions, and desires. Regeneration promotes a healthier lifestyle. Think about it; if you are constantly monitoring yourself you will be less likely to make others upset or become upset. Through the process of regeneration, you are constantly trying to improve upon yourself and elevate your level of thinking.

Although as previously mentioned, it is important to study mental psychology while you are still relatively young because as the saying goes “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” People become set in their way of thinking and their loves become more solidified or unchangeable with age. Regeneration provides a way for us to prepare for the mental world of eternity after death and if we do not regenerate then we will find ourselves unprepared. In addition, as mentioned earlier, people from societies within the Grand Human and Grand Monster will be there when we are resuscitated after death in the resuscitation zone. They are there to help us make that transition into second death, but we cannot expect to end up in a society in the Grand Human if we have spent our lives developing hellish loves and refusing to regenerate.

People who do not regenerate during this mortal existence have not activated the spiritual layers 7i, 8i, and 9i. During second death after resuscitation, they will be restricted to societies in the Grand Monster in layers -7, -8, and -9 because they have only a natural mind (they did not develop their spiritual or mental mind, layers 7i, 8i, and 9i). The process of regeneration requires vertical community with societies in the Grand Human in layers 4, 5, and 6. Through vertical community with people in layers 4, 5, and 6 we learn and develop the same kind of loves they have and become prepared to enter into one of those societies after second death.

Self-Witnessing

The process of self-witnessing is a lot like regeneration except for the fact that it is only used to advance through the levels of consciousness in the external natural mind. Self-witnessing is kind of like an exercise on managing the corporeal mind (level 9e), the materialistic mind (level 8e), and the rational mind (level 7e). Through self-witnessing we first begin to recognize our hellish loves or traits; the things that we do for the sake of self alone. Then we can try and modify our behaviors and substitute our hellish loves for heavenly loves; the things we do for the sake of self and others.

When we are self-witnessing we are thinking about what we are doing and why we are doing it and then we improve upon it. Self-witnessing like everything else in mental psychology promotes a health mind, a health out look on life, and healthy relationships with others. We can avoid common problems by practicing self-witnessing and learn more about others and ourselves. Self-witnessing is a tool used to help achieve a level 7e mindset in preparation for moving onto levels 7i, 8i, and 9i where regeneration is used. I kind of like to think of regeneration as training wheels used on a bicycle to help a person practice riding a bike.

My experience with self-witnessing has been great. I can only describe it as beneficial for not only me but also for those around me. Every now and then I try and dedicate at least five minutes to self-witnessing especially when I am at home. When I do I feel much better and surprisingly I communicate much better as well. Family members recognize the change and I when I self-witness and its almost like I am studying what is really going on around me from another perspective that I have never considered.

I think that self-witnessing should not only be taught in schools as a part of literacy and lifestyle training but to any one of all ages. Self-witnessing really helps a person to prioritize things and put life in a completely new light. Along with everything else in mental psychology, self-witnessing broadens the mind and helps discipline the body.