A Marsha Summers Blog

When we go to a typical school, we are told to read the material, memorize it, “learn” it, and be able to pass a test.   When we hear the Teachings, perhaps we associate this with school as we knew it.

So when we encounter the Teaching ideas, many of us think we have it because we read it, memorized the words and can speak it. It’s not enough.  We are encouraged to experiment with these ideas and see what happens.

To experiment with an idea has been said to disprove it.   When we experiment with an idea not only can we experience a difference, the idea can stay with us, becoming a new choice – like keeping the mood up, or contributing to a pleasant mood.   The more we use it, the more it becomes part of our daily life and serves us – we live in what we radiate.

So below are a few experiments that can be run to see what happens. And an experiment means there is no failure.

Experiment #1

Work on seeing all events, circumstances and people (including self) as just fine the way they are.

#2

1. I don’t know what I need
2. I don’t know what ought to be
3. I don’t know who or what to blame (or the cause of anything)
4. I don’t know the future

When the not-I’s take charge and one feels angry, fearful, guilty, insecure, self-pitying – remember and repeat the above. Then WORK with it to discover – what’s the illusion I’m operating from right now?

Excerpt From Santa Ana School Disk 2

I want to see if you have looked at all at what we talked about, ’cause I said it will be absolutely no value to you unless you begin to catch on to the tremendous joke that’s been played on you that you have an absolute certainty that you know what ought to be. And that consequently it leaves you most of your day – not all the time – but a lot of the time that you’re in an inner state of some degree of struggle as to get what ought to be.  Or you’re resisting what is because it’s not what ought to be, or that you are in a conflict because what is, is not what it ought to be.  Now this is not bad, good or any other way, it’s just that it’s unnecessary – totally unnecessary.

Suggestibility is when a person is – we could use the same one here. Could we go ahead and use this one.  A guy going from A to B, and the other guy that’s going here – the traveler.  The traveler’s not suggestible because he’s not trying to get to a goal.

But now if I had a goal or an ideal down the road and you told me there was some way to get it that you’d heard of, huh?   Then I’d be very quick to buy the suggestion that you laid out.

But if I’m just traveling, it really doesn’t matter, you know, so it sounds good.

Some people called me from Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon and told me about a wonderful opportunity they had to invest funds. They wanted to know if I had any and I told them thank goodness I was broke so I couldn’t invest in it.   They can put in a minimum of $5,000 or anywhere up and get 2 1/2% per week return – that’s per week now, understand?  In other words $125 a week to get a return – every week now; they get paid weekly on this.  And then at the end of six months, they get 12% so it’d be another $600 come off of this.  So you get this for $125.  A week for 26 weeks times 6 is $3,250. You’d get back on the $5,000, plus your $5,000 back, ok?

(You get that back?)

Oh yeah, you get the five grand back too. So at the end of the month, you get $8,250 for your $5,000 investment.  Now a couple of them was selling their houses so they could go in heavy – like for $25 to $50,000 (they hold equity in their house.)

(They became trippers.)

They became trippers… well, no they’re very voluntary, they was working hard to get the funds so they could get into it.

Now they were highly suggestible, huh? Some guy come along which we ordinarily… in my terminology would call the shill.  But the shill went around and told them all that he’d put in X number of dollars in this company down in Phoenix and in six months he not only made this, he’d made a big bonus on it.  It was fantastic – he got like some $50,000 back.

Now of course, they couldn’t wait to get in on it. Now if your goal was to get rich, make a lot of money without working, then you’d be highly suggestible.

Now when I listened to this, I thought of a gentleman by the name of Ponzi who did a little game on people some number of years ago that he… Mr. Ponzi offered fantastic returns on an investment and he gave them to a number of people because he was keepin’ new people comin’ in. As long as you had enough new ones comin’ in, why you could pay these fantastic returns on ‘em, right?

Now this guy could do this – if he gets enough new people comin’ in, he could pay several of them; but then of course, you’re five and your suggestibility would go wild and you’d put your house in, go mortgage your house and get all the money you can get – mortgage your apartment house and get all you can on it, borrow all you could from the relatives and whatever else and get in on this thing. Now that is suggestibility, is that right?

But now he was a tripper – they’re all trippers just wantin’ to get on this.   Now I told them a gentle little story about Mr. Ponzi while I was talking to ‘em; but they didn’t want to hear about Mr. Ponzi, see.  They figured that was, you know… I was an old kill joy and so forth like this.  An opportunity of a lifetime to get in on a deal like this, you know.  So there’s only a limited number of people, of course, they can accept as clients.  You understand that also.

(Those that don’t have connections with the police.)

(Yeah.)

Or somethin’, somethin’ like that. But anyway, they were very excited over their great game.  Now I would say that’s being highly suggestible, huh?  Now it is said that a person is suggestible if they have some burning desire of some sort, like to get rich or to do this, or to have power, or have ability, then they are highly suggestible.  Now if you were just a traveler  …..

Excerpt From Half Moon Bay

(Ok, you’re the Empress or whatever and you feel you’re in charge of that and all the people that work under you and that are living in their world are really chippin’ away, chippin’ away, how are are you supposed to not give up?)

I’m gonna stay up there and radiate so nice that they will either be unable to stand it or they’ll change. There’s no time to give up ’cause it’s your world you’re living in, not theirs.  Yes, I agree society is out there trying to make you be a downer at all times.  I know that – how well I know.  I’ve been around this world longer than you have.  They’ve been at it all the time I’ve been here; and I’m sure they was at it before I got here and see they’re gonna keep it up.  But I’m not gonna let them have charge of my world – I don’t care how insistent they are, ok?

There’s a story I heard over in New Mexico I heard one time that a bunch of women met every week to do their little needle work or quilting bee or whatever – the homemaker’s club. (The husbands called it the homewrecker’s club.)  And there was one little lady named Mrs. Brown that every time all these other ladies got to gossipin’ about somebody and really tearin’ ’em up, you know as you said, “chippin’ away with sledge hammers and big chisels and jack hammers,” she always perked up and said something nice about the guy like, “He’s a wonderful provider for his family!” or “He never uses foul language in the presence of ladies,” and on and on and on.  She’d always find somethin’.

One day they were really having a great time tearin’ some guy up and she piped up and said that he was a wonderful provider for his family. He kept all the kid’s cars, he sent them all to college, they were all dressed nice.  And one of the ladies said, “Mrs. Brown, if we were talking about the devil, you’d have somethin’ nice to say about him.”  She said, “Well, you’ll have to admit he’s always on the job.”

(Laughter)

Only if you’re on the job, your kids ______(unclear). We know that but we don’t have to let it dig in ’cause I can keep on buildin’ “up” just as much as they’re chippin’ down, ok?  And it’s my world I’m concerned with, not the other guys’, ok?  Does that help answer your question all right?  When to give up?  Never!  Ok I said you may forget once in a while, but don’t forget too long, honey.

(It seems like if you’re coming from an attitude that’s really up all the time, when you’re in the midst of all these people that are downers you will look at them like they’re uppers because…..)

Oh well I see them as… I said that’s common sense – you see the fun they’re having, ok? I don’t see them as being “up.”  I see pretty well what’s there, but I think how funny it is that they can have joy and peace and everything and they choose to live in this, is that right?  It’s like this guy here.  I’ve known him for years – beautiful, handsome man and he has a wonderful education.  He’s had gobs of opportunities.  But I don’t think how pathetic he is; I think what a joke he is, you know.  And every once in a while, he’ll come out of it for a few minutes when you see the joke and get him up a little bit; but he’s got a private little reason for going (unclear).  People treat you nice when you’re a bambino and you fell down and skinned your knee and tried to fix you up and petted him; so he’s still thinkin’ they might do it; but nobody’s done it recently, have they?  Been quite a long time.  You know we all like to be pathetic because when we were a little kid, mama picked us up and petted us when we got hurt or we weren’t feelin’ too good.  But you know, nobody pays much attention to us gettin’ our knees scratched or not feeling too good these days.   Yes?

Excerpt From Half Moon Bay – Disk 2

(So how much attention or approval – how much of that do we need? How little……)

How much attention and approval do you need? Well, why don’t you give yourself for what you require?  You know, I figure nobody knows how wonderful I am as much as I do.  I know people that disapprove of me just got poor taste and I’m goin’ about my business.  Do you know how much you would need to give yourself?  You see in the ultimate end, it’s your own approval you desire, not mine.  I can come along and tell you how beautiful you are and how wonderful you are and you’ll say he was just doin’ this to try to make me feel good.  Or he was makin’ fun of me.  So it’s your approval, your image of yourself that counts.  So can you give yourself enough approval or do you want some of the rest of us to give it?  You’ll never believe the rest of us anyway, is that right?  But we’ve been taught that we should always put ourselves down.  But if you put yourself down, who’s gonna put you up, is that right?  Or you wouldn’t believe ’em anyway, would you?  Hmm?

(No.)

(8:07 CD 2 Half Moon Bay)

You’ve been told how beautiful you were ever since you was this high, is that right, or before?

(This high.)

You’ve been told that all of your life, haven’t you?

(Well, about……….)

Well most of your life, is that right?  That you’re a beautiful lady.  Do you buy it or do you think you’re a ……

(I think they’re lying.)

Right. So the only approval and attention that really matters is what you give yourself.  Now let’s all get that straight.  Now that don’t mean you’re conceited or anything of the sort.  My mother said there was no conceit in our family, I had it all; but that’s beside the point.  The point is if you can’t approve of yourself, you won’t buy it if somebody else does.  I’ve watched you for a long time, too.  You give you all the attention, all the approval you want and you “grrrr” because you don’t give yourself the attention and approval.  You give yourself the “put down”.

(Yeah.)

Yeah. And you give yourself the put down, is that right?  And so’s about everybody else here.  Now we all give ourselves a put down, is that right?  Huh?  The only attention and approval in the ultimate end that matters is what you give yourself, ok?  And that doesn’t mean that you have to run and tell everybody how wonderful you are, but just so you know it, ok?  You don’t have to tell anybody about it, just so you know it.  Then you got plenty of attention.  If you need a little more today, give yourself a little more, right?  Ok?  Next comment.

Excerpt From Santa Ana School Disk 2

(What’s the difference between an aim and what oughta be when you’re trying to do something?)

Well, an aim is just what I’m playin’. I’m having fun.  I don’t care whether it happens or not – it’s just a direction I’m choosing.  Did you ever go out and shoot tin cans?

(No, I throw rocks at them.)

Ok, same difference. So you aimed at the tin can, but nothing really depended on whether you hit it or not, did it?

(Right.)

Ok, that’s “aim”. And what ought to be, everything depends on it being like it ought to be.  If you don’t believe it, watch everybody scream and holler and the turmoil they go through.  Right.  Everything depends on things being what ought to be.  Now what I intend to do – I’m liable to change my mind before I really get started on it, you know