Near the beginning of the interview, Howdie and Donny discuss the many layers of false matrix reality. As Howdie said, the simple answer is that it is ALL an illusion, not even real, just trying to game the truman-atrix ones.
The deeper reason why we still fall for the illusion and get gamed by the matrix is a complicated AI answer. Clip below. Howdie’s control subroutines would be the same as David Icke’s reptilian politicians, IMHO.
Near the end of the interview, Howdie and Donny discuss the Gnostic concept of the divine spark. In abstracting the concepts of male and female parts of our brain, which everybody has these psychological gendered sides despite physical gender, I would say “Christos” is projecting from planes #1 and/or #2 (the door of the matrix).
“Sophia” is also at the door of the matrix (but in a coma there). However, parts of Sophia have fallen into planes A,B,C,D,E. She needs to awaken from the coma.
I (you) don’t even exist!
Both Donny & I recommend “Empty the Cave”, which my commentary is below:
Finally, while I’m at it, I wanted to recommend another of Howdie’s books
Beginning on page 136 of Howdie’s book, “Falling for Truth”, the author says (my commentary in bold italics):
“The philosophical path is symbolized on the right slope, indicating a driving force of pain and challenge, and is usually the most difficult of the three on the body-mind. Here there is a slope similar to the mental but traveling in a zig zag fashion or a lightning bolt. This path comes less from clear defined practice and is more of a haphazard life pushing you here and there (yes, Dennis agrees, as I haven’t had a clearly defined spiritual practice in life, but feel haphazardly thrown about). Then out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning occurs, and a level jump (I attempt to explain some of that jolt of truth in this linked post). The examination of hope and despair is a key aspect of this path, hence the resulting zig zag pattern (yes, I’ve gone from extremes of hope and despair often, mostly despair). This path can raise someone the quickest, but carries the most confusion for one is not sure what happened, how they got there, or where there is. A long integration period is needed for the philosophical seeker (I explain in the previous blue link that I had a personal reality “reset” in 2002—long time from then to now).
“Each quality is unique and could be thought of as its own special viewpoint from the Umpire. If it came via the mental path, it is the realization that “what we think shapes our world (yes, my thoughts are literally shaping the world).” It is often brought about through self-help practices, psychological counseling or contemplation from various amounts of reading (I’ve done lots of reading & writing again since about 2021). This person begins to focus more on changing thoughts, positive affirmations, or ways to limit negative thinking. There is a dropping of fear when we see that we, as well as the world, have an interactive element. We seem co-creative (yes, I draw “Chalk Drawings” where I create reality with Simon).
“If the realization came through a devotional path, (generally through the giving of oneself to a religion, organization, nature or even the care of a child), the view causes the wants of the self to become secondary to the perceived wants of something else (perceived wants of my Higher SophiaChristos collective consciousness, I would say). Our wants come as a reward for helping this other attain their wants (creating novelty, as Clif High would say), thus the focus is no longer completely on ourself. This emotional realization can also occur through a mystical moment, such as connecting with a dimension beyond (I felt connected to “otherwordly” forces as I wrote about Origins) this one or a near-death experience. Generally, one where an angel or dead family member comes and tells them they are loved and protected. The result of the emotional rise is to operate in a more selfless way (I spend all my time researching, contemplating, and writing, these days).
“For those who came existentially, via a lightning bolt type of the philosophic path, they see the world around them as a type of dream (dream of the Aeon Sophia and/or the tech matrix idea is a common meme). The need to control will drop when the world is seen as less real, thus not as important. They soon find that the less their egoistical wants get in the way, the easier it is to shift the dream. However, due to seeing the world as a dream, this type of realization can also lead someone to a great deal of paranoia and hopelessness (if it is not tempered with humor and a compassion for the dream itself).
“Each quality presents to us that life gets easier if we give up some of our personal control. This follows Rose’s description of the Umpire as a feature that helps us and looks after us if we step out of the way and allow it to function as it was programmed. We rise from the chains in Plato’s Cave, and we explore the cave reality—but generally only have one flashlight.
“Given that reaching the top of the first pyramid, and having a new mode of operating in reality is such a big thing, why do so few venture beyond that step? A major reason is that this experience is what is presented by many teachers and books as the outcome that someone should aspire to. It makes sense that if everything one comes across points to the very thing one has accomplished, there is little reason to think there might be further steps to take. As such, many Umpire-realized people become teachers and authors—prescribing their how to feel better formulas, while never thinking they are bunkering in rather than looking to go beyond.
“The Umpire is all logic. Even someone with an emotional realization, if you look carefully, will just display an emotional logic. If I pray x number of times, give x number of gifts, then the deity will feel so moved and loved by me that it will give me y. This is a sort of mathematical emotionalism. The Umpire is still the ego, or still greatly influenced by the ego, and still in Plato’s cave, but with more movement. In no case is there a complete shift in identity (the clarifying factor of the second stage). Here, the person who was Jim Smith on planet Earth “still thinks” he is Jim Smith on the planet Earth, just living more selflessly (I have shifted to become One with SophiaChristos in Her/His collective dream).
“A big reason why any Umpire realization will not take a person too far into Knowing themselves is that the seeker was mainly seeking to escape their problems. If the problems that started them searching come to an end, they stop seeking, and simply live out their lives at this more comfortable level. Secondly, the Umpire may be never fully integrated because one generally sticks to that single part of their realization that comes from their specific path, while ignoring the other portions. Each path has its own built in trap. One with a mental realization will in time see that they cannot force the dream to give them all their wishes just by thinking about it. Where is their million dollars? Why has their wife left them, or their dog gotten run over in the driveway? They must be inferior because the books say they should be a god. Most will take more courses, or read more books with the thought “if I just know more, I will get more.” The trap is the idea that wisdom can only be accomplished via mental knowledge.
“The emotional-realized (though seeing they are more than just a body and are protected) have mostly ignored the philosophic and the negative sides of reality. They are not able to handle it when tragedy strikes. They think the helpers are upset with them, so they try to find more rituals and ways to pray and appease the gods. In other words, some attempt to float away from mundane earthly problems, as a result they lose touch with their own life and everyone else (I definitely have been ostracized as crazy conspiracy theorist, since I now know the truth about covid), except to tell them how blissful and happy they think they are (I’ve never pretended to be happy all the time, especially since 2002). A push up the ladder comes when someone begins to wonder if this help was coming from an outside source, or if it had always come from inside. Have I only been praying to and getting help from myself? That question, if followed, will produce a radical shift from looking outward to looking inward.
“The philosophical-realized person sees the world as a dream (or a divine experiment as JLL would say), but they lose the ability to see how they relate as a human being within that dream and lose empathy. Others, due to the lack of conscious understanding of what has happened, and with no one around to guide them, decide they must be crazy and try to just forget the whole thing (I definitely tried to forget about everything for 20 years, as I didn’t know where to find answers—now I go within or go without).
“To step beyond the Umpire requires one to question if the realization, while useful, may not in fact be true, or complete. Rose claimed that The Umpire is limited, for it only has its built-in programming and only sees things in dual concepts (much like a computer that operates only through 1’s and 0’s). It is very good for choices being made in the mundane world. But without seeing the master plan of the entire universe, it makes choices based upon what it thinks is best for the survival of the person/species without seeing the overall story. It is good in areas it is programmed for, but does not work well in others. What should be surprising is that if there is a computer-like feature built into us to make basic living decisions (for our best interest), then who or what is constantly over-riding this inner voice?”
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