Phat Talks

After 6 years, it seems time for a reset. This is it.

If you've listened this far and still need a description something is amiss somewhere.

Here we examine man's duty to the Truth realized and accepted as the only way to fulfill his destiny and complete his being.

Dr. Nicoll cites different examples of higher states of consciousness available to man that transcend time. Our ordinary states of consciousness block our access to these higher states.

When Jesus says, "I am the truth" what kind of understanding do we have concerning this interesting statement? Pilate said, "What is truth?" It's a good question. MacDonald explores the idea of truth in depth.

Continuing with the examples of states of consciousness induced through anesthetics a pictures is drawn of a universe within man.

MacDonald exposes us to an interesting study of a well known verse that opens new meaning to us if we're willing to receive it.

Dr. Nicoll notes some interesting experiments in altered states of consciousness where Time, as we ordinarily perceive it, is changed. The result is higher states of consciousness and a different reality from what is ordinary to us.

MacDonald asks how many people today would recognize Jesus if He were to show up in our town. He answers the question himself, and it's very interesting indeed.

Dr. Nicoll brings in others to help bend our minds to a higher reality concerning our Time psychology and its limitations. It can be tough going so hang in there.

MacDonald addresses the primary relationship between God the Father and Jesus the Son and how affects man and the universe of which he is part.

We begin to bring together the many different ideas about Time and our imprisonment in it as well as the ideas about Eternity as a way out of our current condition.

This second half is blistering. People dedicated to their church more than to God and His Christ are going to feel the heat. As if they'd be listening to this in the first place.

Changing, or raising our level of being is a Herculean task complicated by our current condition of sleep and imagination. Gaining new meaning concerning Time is a crucial step in raising our level of being.

Sometimes I think the reason these sermons were unspoken is because MacDonald knew they would fall on deaf ears. This one challenges the would be Christian to obey, one of the most difficult areas for the "churched" Christian to comprehend.

Esoteric literature is full of illustrations of how the phenomenal world is a shadow of a higher world of which we are not presently aware. Our task is to become more aware of the world behind our perceived world.

The biggest problem with self is self-love. It's like a cloud in front of the sun. It keeps so much that we need to be happy from getting to us so we may benefit from it, and benefit others.

As we labor with ideas that don't fit in our limited view of the world Dr. Nicoll gives us examples to help us get some foundational ideas from which to extrapolate.

MacDonald tackles possibly the most misunderstood idea in Christianity. That of self-denial and its ramifications. The self about which he writes must be properly understood before he can be put aside.

Dr. Nicoll continues to address our limited conceptions concerning time while building the groundwork for us to be able to extract new, higher meaning from the idea of Time.

MacDonald finishes up with the justification of Job and his proper alignment with his new knowledge of God's love, mercy and justice. Job's prosperity is more than just physical as he comes to better know the ways of God are far above the ways of man.

Dr. Nicoll discusses the impermeability of the Life in Time. It's taken us a while to get to this point because of the need to deconstruct our illusions and limitations about Time as we perceive it.

If Job was righteous, as the prologue states, what was his shortcoming? When God speaks to him out of the whirlwind, what is the meaning. Is it a rebuke or a reminder?

The fact that our ordinary consciousness is so limited by pride, vanity, self-love and imagination makes Living Time tedious. Through spaced repetition and analogies Dr. Nicoll drags it up bit by bit. Let's cooperate with higher ideas.

Part two has MacDonald giving the traditional churches a spiritual spanking for their heresy of hiding the Father's love for His children. Instead they ignorantly teach of hell and torment.

Dr. Nicoll brings the full force of ancient teachings to bear on our erroneous, limited conception of Time. The result is an exercise designed to blast the wrong concept to pieces so we can move into a higher state of awareness concerning the reality of Time outside the third dimension.

MacDonald addresses himself to the book of Job with a passion. This first part treats Job fairly compared with how poorly the story is misunderstood by many today.

Dr. Nicoll continues to hammer the idea of Time as a dimension above the third, in which we live. A dimension, if we are able to conceive it, that has the ability to liberate us from the spiritual restrictions of the third dimension we call home.

MacDonald vindicates God of blood sacrifice in every form by shedding light on the nature of our spiritual ignorance. Those who have ears to hear, and hearts willing to understand will find this Unspoken Sermon touching.

Because we are Time blind we must have parables, analogies and allegories to help us grasp the ideas that can help us understand the fourth dimension, Time. Only in this way can we begin to develop a new level of being.

MacDonald assault the idea of sickness, decay and death with life, life and more life. He makes a powerful argument for the old saying, "Down seven, up eight."

Dr. Nicoll traces higher ideas regarding time from ancient texts to recent authors showing a common thread running through all of them. He also gives some excellent examples to help us grasp, what for us, are difficult concepts.

For some the idea of being adopted by God is a stumbling block. MacDonald was one of those. He tears into Scripture to represent God as a loving Father and not just some nice guy who picks up strays.

We explore some images to help us grasp the, invisible to us, fourth dimension of time. Giving our attention to the ideas may help us begin to see our world in a new way.

If the universe will allow us to get away with something, the real fool is the one who does what he could get away with not doing. If not, we must pay what we owe, even to the last penny.

We begin to explore the idea of Time as an invisible dimension connected to the three dimensions which we can perceive through sense. Though the idea is simple it opens the way for greater meaning of our relation to higher states of consciousness.

MacDonald hammers out an image of prayer as revealed through the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana. His perspective is so refreshing and heart felt it is remarkable in its loveliness.

Dr. Nicoll overlays teachings and experiences from Pythagoras to Tennyson to show us the consistency of the teaching of man's potential and primary errand while trapped on the time line.

MacDonald addresses himself to the parable of the unjust judge, and reveals a delightful angle to an often poorly understood, or misunderstood story. He brings light without compromise.

Dr. Nicoll continues to explore the older teachings about man, the universe and our ability to change our feeling of I.

Spiritual stupidity is pandemic in our world today. It's so prevalent we don't know when we suffer as a result. MacDonald goes after the cause rather than the symptom, which is simply brilliant.

Dr. Nicoll shows the similarity of Plato's and Augustine's philosophy arising from their experience of states of consciousness higher than our ordinary states. These states of direct experience through internal senses, apart from our five senses, are the object of esoteric teachings.

MacDonald spanks the rich in this one, but before you gloat it would be a good idea to understand what is meant by rich and just how much we fall into the category.

Dr. Nicoll continues to painstakingly build on the foundation of ancient wisdom to bring us closer to an understanding of the universe and our place in it. His aim is not difficult to guess. He wants individuals to awaken to and manifest their innate potential.

There has been much talk about the way, the path and the like for a great many years. I've never heard anyone talk about to what the way or the path would lead one. MacDonald makes it very clear in this Unspoken Sermon, now given a voice.

After dismissing an outer, scientific method of transformation as impossible, Dr. Nicoll begins to sketch out a scientific system found internally. He touches on esoteric Christianity as a viable alternative.

If God is a God of the living and not a god of the dead, then we have every right to expect a resurrection. The question is, what is, what kind of resurrection? MacDonald explores the idea.

You might think after all Dr. Nicoll has had to say about materialism there wouldn't be much left unsaid. Not so. He continues to elucidate the trap in which we will find ourselves if we continue to work at it.

Probably the most difficult Christian concept to practice. More would be Christians become unconscious liars or self-righteous hypocrites around this than any other admonition. MacDonald brings the foundation of this practice into sharp definition.

Dr. Nicoll continues to hammer at our materialism in an attempt to break up some or our sense based notions that block our path to inner evolution. If we can crack the granite like blocks some light could enter our inner darkness and begin the process of setting us free.

The second part of MacDonalds Unspoken Sermon based on, love your neighbor as yourself doesn't conclude as much as lead us into the next challenge.