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Author's Preface from 'Transform Node' The Metaphysics Of Adventure and Mystical Illumination, Second Edition Expansion.

Transform Node is the first of my published books, As its title and subtitles imply, it is an array; a mystical matrix of adventure, generated by personal development. An Author's Preface, and the entry entitled, The Sufi Project, provide the expansion of the first edition. I remember the day I began writing this work. My lady--now my wife--and I were on public transport heading for Atlantic City. My attention was focused on the flatscape of the surrounding terrain, when internal visions of a mountain range in the Central Asian steppes appeared in conscious awareness.
The spirit of adventure surged in my soul and I began to write the opening lines of the title story, Transform Node:
"Scaling a mountain can be a tedious task for a lone climber in treacherous terain..."
In retrospect, I realize that the opening statement is a reflection of my journey of ascent toward Higher Nature, on the Path of Enlightenment. Most of my work, regardless of content, is oriented in this Way. My intention is to influence and facilitate human conscious evolution whenever, and wherever possible.
My journey encompasses several types of intense, as well as relaxing, and enjoyable goal oriented activity, including climbing, diving, fishing, and para-sailing. Regardless of any particular action, there are three major faculties that come into play. One major area involves actions whiuch are related to the tuning and enhancement of the Self, in terms of the body.
Another is related to the Heart with respect to emotional energy. A third effort which ends this triplet is focused on development of the Intellect, in terms of perceptive range.
Within this context, I am a practitioner of martial arts, and other mind-body disciplines, as well as an aspiring actor. These particular activities place demands on the human psyche which require a sustenance of concentrated disciplined action, in order to achieve levels of high performance relative to one's capacity.
The stories evolve out of a singular action, inspired by a universe of internal imagery, stemming from the polymorphous capabilities of the human mind. Within my experience, new learning and development begins to occur when one's disciplined capacity is immersed in practice, to the point where practice evolves into an ongoing meditation. Gaining access to some activities is not always easy.
For example, travelling to the Caribbean for a diving adventure may occur once per year; however, planning the trip, reviewing the necessary diving physics and physiology, and ultimately experiencing the immense beauty of the ocean realm is not only physically thrilling, but emotionally uplifting.
A similar sense of physical Presence is encountered whenever I am fortunate enough to work as an actor. This work partly requires submersion of one's ego in an ongoing concentration on the character one is trying to model during any given performance. This process is also a form of meditative work which often allows for opportunities in controlling internal emotional energy, as any given case may demand. Since detachment from ego is, to a certain extent, effective in practicing conscious evolution, in similar fashion, performing as an actor aids good personal development, if one's intention is correct.
Working in alternate dimensions, or practicing on the Path within the possibilities that are open to us, not only places the body-mind-spirit at enhanced performance levels; this also helps one in entering new pathways of perception. The metaphysics of adventure emerges while travelling the Path of Wisdom. The objective in creating this literary matrix is to articulate those factors, in personal experience, which seemed to generate life enhancing internal sensitivities. This articulation also had to be presented in a malleable design, potentially influential on, and useful for, people interested in enlightened existence. It is inspired by the Sufi scatter technique. This demands a multidimensional structure, which serves as a catalyst for a multiplicity of beneficial, non-linear impacts on the human brain.
As a youngster, I had a sense of curiosity about the awesome vastness of an external universe, and my relationship to it. This sense of things came to me at different times. On occasion, it would surface when I sometimes stood on top of a lengthy sea wall in the tropics, gazing at the open spaces of blue sky that encased the vast water world around me. As a youth, growing up in Central Latin America, I was exposed to the elements of jungle, rain forest, and oceans; the Atlantic and Pacific, early in life. I remember my Dad teaching me to swim in deep water. I would place my hands on his shoulders and frog-kick behing him, as he swam away from shore, using a breast stroke. When we reached the deep, he showed me how to execute the breast stroke, and tread water, before he taught me the Australian crawl. My fear of the potential dangers of predators below, like barracudas, sharks, and the giant mantas, was abated by my Dad's encouraging words, and his immediate presence beside me in the water.
Inspiration for my manuscripts partly comes from the stories of classic adventure, and ancient heroes, which my father instilled in me as a youngster. I felt Mom's quiet mystical sensitivity, and delicate beauty as illumination. My intention modulates the inspiration, by way of exposure, study, practice, and training in the psychology of sacred traditions. This includes many years of martial arts praxis. Sometimes I like to think that I stem from many eons of a Samurai lineage, or some such warrior tradition, an immortal who appears from time to time, in order to assist human conscious evolution. My childhood dreams were filled with strange indications of such events.
In any case, part of the pattern of my work is found in the sense of having freedom to create designs in the service of humanity, through the implemantation of inspirational energy.
My academic and professional efforts have been oriented toward developing a useful applied synthesis of science and mysticism.
Transform Node is unigue in that it has several dimensions. It has a dimension which puts forth the Teachings of Enlightenment, from the Sacred Traditions. It has a science fiction dimension. It has a metaphysical dimension. It has a dimension of esoteric adventure that moves beyond the boundaries of our conventional three dimensional continuum. It also has a dimension of subconscious impact on the human mindfield, and mental operations.
The stories stimulate both hemispheres of the brain. The left hemisphere is affected by the partial linearity of the stories in themselves. The right hemisphere is affected beneficially through the excerpts from the Teachings of Enlightenment. These precede each prolegomenon, or personal, introductory, 'real-time, in the world' narrative to the stories. The matrix of the telling, or scattering of forms, is designed to deliver information to both sides of the brain simultaneously. The text is a container of mindfield templates.
The possibilities herein may be conceptualized as relative subsets of Reality, or symbolically as, r! = f(R).
Enter the matrix, contemplate the mysteries, enjoy the journey.
posted by Ronn 07:47