Steven Joshua
Truth: The laws by which something works.
Iamai wraps physics and metaphysics into one big package and puts a cherry on top. The book takes the strong points of religion, mysticism, and science and unites them. Iamai regulates physics laws/truths to being a special case of metaphysical laws/truths. At the same time, this book uses science’s hands-on approach and applies it to the spiritual.
It is written Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is within you and without you." The same can be said of the laws of physics. Gravity is ‘within you and without you.’ Accordingly, so are the truths of motion, harmonics, thermodynamics, etc. They are all ‘within you and without you’.
This book introduces you, the reader, to the basic cause and effect relationships behind mysticism and metaphysics. Iamai familiarizes you with the basic concepts behind all spirituality and psychic phenomena.
This book’s hands-on approach can be beneficial to the established contemplative as well as the curious.
At an early age, the author began to take his toys apart to see how they worked. He soon turned that inquisitiveness to inside himself to see how his mind worked. At the age of eleven, he began experimenting with not thinking.
He learned the truth perception exercise in Chapter 3 at the age of fourteen and jumped on it like a drowning man on a life preserver. He co-joined the exercise with the logic of geometry he had learned earlier and began his research in to the occult.
He has experimented with meditation, chanting, raja yoga, magic, music, truth perception, and various forms of ESP. Over a period, his ‘experiments’ became deeper and broader until they literally killed him.
After this, he thought that it might be a good idea to find out what other religions and mystical thought systems had to say about what he had experientially learned.
In his sojourn he has been a waiter, a salesperson, a soldier, a merchant seaman, a maid, a cook, a television repairman, energy auditor, electrician, water distribution operator, deadhead, and in the last twenty years has done maintenance for communal living situations (growth centers, monasteries, half-way houses, etc.)
Over the years, he learned that many religions and mystical philosophies had excellent points; he also perceived that they had some ‘blind sides’ to them and excluded major critical ideas that could be found in other philosophies. No philosophy he found was totally inclusive, so he decided to write Iamai.
He has taught several courses that have varied from Magick: Preparation of the Operator to Mysticism and the Moody Blues to being a Course in Miracles group facilitator. In addition, he has been working with the application of music to mysticism for over thirty years.
Despite the fact he detests writing, he wanted to write a book he wished had existed when he began his studies in earnest.
The following is a brief summary of this book:
Truth being Eternally constant, dictates that there is nothing new in this book. It is in the presentation of the metaphysical subject matter as a science class that makes this book somewhat different.
- The first chapter is an overview. It shows that the idea of the use of mathematical logic is not new. It does this by introducing the reader to Pythagoras and the Pythagorean mystery schools, plus the two mathematical proportions of π and the golden section. From there, the second homework assignment is given – make your own mandala. Mandalas are to be made in preparation for mental exercises in Chapter 6.
- In the second chapter, a thought construct going from the ‘top’ down is introduced. It gives language terms precise meaning, treats these terms as if they were mathematical expressions, and assembles them into a set of postulates and theorems. It introduces concepts like 'Absolute Love has an Absolute Logic', a 'Truth Matrix and Creation', 'the creation of untruth', 'relationships of Truth to untruth', etc.
- The thought construct of Chapter 2, plus its implications, is continued in Chapter 3. This chapter continues the theme of going from the ‘top’ down. It takes the information of Chapter 2 down to physical form. In this chapter, physics theory and the metaphysics theory are united with the introduction of the concepts involving Correction, the Mirror, Bubbles of Temporal/spatial Reference (BTRs), and their matrices. This chapter illustrates how all form consists of BTRs within BTRs, from atomic particles to galaxies, from people to amoebas. Mid-chapter a long-term homework assignment is given -- truth perception by jumping parallels. At the end of Chapter 3, there is an introduction to the Eternal-temporal interface mechanics -- time folding.
- Chapter 4 concludes the thought construct started in Chapter 2. It examines in detail how truth and untruth exists in the human thought matrix. It discusses the realities involved, the limits of perception, and the predominant elements of the human BTR mind/matrix and Perceptual Lens Array. It discusses Storage categories, Focus control, and a breakdown of the interactions between the elements within the human matrix. Comparisons are made between the human matrix’s operation and a camera. Also in this chapter, are some time and space exercises using the imagination to expand the ‘mind’s eye’. This chapter also works with some levels of Truth ‘ringing’ within a human matrix.
The rest of the book pertains to usage of the thought construct introduced in Chapters 2-4. Chapters 2-4 are concerned with the transition from God to Man. While, Chapters 5-10 are occupied with the transition of Man to God.
- Chapter 5 takes the components of the human mind/matrix, treats them as numerical values, and produces a general Formula of Effectiveness for all human situations. The chapter familiarizes the reader with the front end of their matrix (Perception/Desire Lens) with a number of motivational analysis exercises.
- Chapter 6 concerns itself with a number of different homework meditations and labs, both traditional and non-traditional. A short list would be: breathing, chanting and their basic categories, empty mind exercises with and without an external focus (mandalas), and several ways mentation can be used to get out of mentation. Each exercise is related back to the human matrix and its elements of Chapter 4. What you are doing with these exercises, to your mind/matrix, is explained.
- Once a person has been doing still mind exercises for a period of time, psychic phenomena begins to occur naturally. This is the realm of Chapter 7. Chapter 7 simplifies things by defining all psychic phenomena as communication within One Mind. We perceive these psychic forms as a form of telepathy – either Mind-mind or mind-mind. The chapter gives brief definitions of some of the major manifestations of ESP and the routes taken through the human mind/matrix (Chapter 4). Relating information given in Chapters 4 and 5, it introduces the reader to a number of exercises that can help cultivate psychic information flow through their matrix.
- Chapter 8 is an extension to Chapter 6. It expands on how empty mind exercises are easier if done with short bursts of blankness. This chapter discusses the use of tools and specifically the music tool to help us. The chapter will also give labs and homework assignments to accommodate this.
- All the information of the previous chapters is pulled together in the ninth chapter – Concerning Magic. It defines the five kinds of magic – Black, White, Grey, Silver, and Gold, plus the four rules concerning magic. Chapter 9 discusses the Eternal to temporal mechanics (Chapters 2 - 4) of magic. It relates the human mind/matrix (Chapters 4 and 5) to Truth Matrix mechanics (Chapters 2, 3, and 7). This chapter presents patterns and parallels (it parallels the magical operation to an architect building a house), and relates the operation back to the Formula Of Effectiveness (Chapter 5). This chapter is the springboard to the last chapter.
- In Chapter 10, the concept of Gold magic is extended into miracles. This chapter gives a short synopsis of world religions. The book finishes by taking the introduction and the first chapter of A Course in Miracles© (The Principal of Miracles) and cross-references the ACIM material to the material in Iamai: A Journey into the Unseen.
