Rainbow Remedy - The Book

Introduction

The reasons for writing this book began with a few very simple observations and deductions surrounding the behaviour of light. Observations that I personally felt had been completely overlooked in terms of their simplicity and huge potential power to raise our awareness to that illusive, yet ever-present phenomenon we all share: mind.
How is better comprehension of light energy or a rainbow going to give an unparalleled insight into our minds where so many other attempts have failed? The first and most obvious answer lies in the fact we dream. Dreaming is resounding and undisputable evidence our brains enjoy projecting light energy to create exceptionally high quality ‘holographic’ images that are so crystal clear and convincing we always seem to wake up totally surprised they appeared so real. Indeed even dumb struck to find these images were only fictional. While the quality of our own light projectors are clearly vastly superior to any equivalents so far produced by modern technology.
The projection and processing of light energy plays an important part in our brains’ activity, not only at night in the form of dreams, but also during the day. We all ‘colour’ to some degree what we see, hear and feel. In much the same way a child will colour the outlines in a colouring book, our daily lives are spent colouring in and projecting onto our surroundings. For example: a person jumps back in alarm at seeing a snake, only to find it was a piece of rope; ten people can enter a room and look at you, yet they all see a slightly different thing. Everyone will colour you in slightly differently and arrive at their personal version of ‘what is you’. This colouring process appears to clearly occur inside our brain after the outlines have entered our eyes. So it is not that we actually project directly onto the outside world, only onto the outlines after they have entered our eyes. Thus we repeatedly mistake creations of our mind for objects that simply don’t exist in the outside world.
Hence the piece of rope that was thought to be a snake existed only in the mind where it was conceived, not in the outside world as it first appears.
How we colour in our outlines appears heavily dependant of course on previous experiences we have had with similar sets of outlines in the past. If I had a good experience with a person who looks like you then this will significantly affect my perception of you somewhat unavoidably. As we all constantly draw upon our experiences to project onto and colour the outlines that enter our eyes and senses every day. Partly as a survival technique to help us avoid things that may do us harm (or worse still kill us), as well as lead us to objects of pleasure so we can satisfy our senses.
Our daytime colouring techniques are also prone to the censorship of governments and everyday people alike, who play a key role in suggesting the ‘correct’ methods to employ in interpreting differing situations. The hope is that we will feel more relaxed and comfortable if our neighbour is in perpetual agreement with us about how the world appears to them. It is the pack mentality and feeling of reassurance that ‘everyone’s colouring the world in the same way we are’ that leads us to assuming we must be right; and after all how can millions of people be wrong?
Nevertheless, looking back over human history we can also see how our colouring techniques have naturally evolved with the passage of time and clearly changed quite radically over the centuries across a whole spectrum of different subjects. These changes have not come easily; as it appears one of the easiest ways to upset a person is by exposing a possible error in their colouring techniques, even if it be only a small one. For example when people assumed the earth was flat, many of our other consequent thoughts and actions were based upon this principle being true. Thus it must have come as a nasty shock to find out it was round and that we had to rethink many of our other assumptions that were built upon this rather dodgy foundation.
Furthermore our societies have also shown a strong link between our tendency to deviate from set standards of colouring techniques and the subject of criminality. Any political deviance throughout human history that has actively encouraged people to challenge traditional state conventions and interpret a little reality for ourselves on issues such as our basic human rights or freedoms of expression, has landed many a man and woman in jail for lengthy periods of time. As it clearly appears that if one person is colouring the world differently from the crowd this may deeply upset people around them. And worse still may even encourage others to think again about any flawed reasoning behind their own colouring techniques and interpretations. Such outbreaks in the past have turned into full-blown bloody revolutions surprisingly quickly: revolutions of new colouring techniques and freedom of thought.
Governments and everyday people alike can get very upset to discover other people are interpreting things differently from themselves. In this way our societies appear to have tried very hard to alleviate this annoying problem from every conceivable angle, to encourage us ultimately to see everything the same way. Needless to say this is a hard goal to achieve and in reality, surely, an impossible one; which is fortunate in light of how boring it would be if we all actually did colour our surroundings identically to our neighbour. After all is it not our birthright to colour and interpret the world as we chose if only to encourage a more diverse and interesting world to live in? Regardless the pressure is always on, as an old Japanese proverb reminds us that: the nail that stands out…shall be hammered down. Displaying how the tug of war between diversity generation and conformity keeps a tense balance not just in the human society, but all over the natural world.
Consequently our daytime colouring techniques, alongside our night time dreaming provide the first powerful reminders that we can be easily fooled right around the clock on the subject of light energy, its patterns of projection, and our own minds.

Given that our brain is 77-78% water and clearly uses the qualities of water to refract and separate the various components of light energy in order to function, the process of rainbow creation and exploding light into its component parts suddenly becomes very relevant. Lending us a highly unexpected glimpse into the world of energy projection and simultaneously into the subtle ways in which our minds behave. As time passed it quickly became apparent that these observations and connections between mind, light and projection were undoubtedly noted, studied and well understood within the context of ancient Eastern mysticism and religions dating back many thousands of years. As well as playing a key role in the very instigation of these religions. Given also that in a world devoid of technology, TV and the distractions of modern life, simple teachings and stories involving analogies that incorporated the patterns and rhythms of nature into their fabric were a very likely source of inspiration at the time.
Next it emerged from a very different angle that recent studies in atomic physics investigating the nature of matter, light and energy also have a key role to play. The reason for this lies in the extraordinary number of similar conclusions drawn from these scientific studies, to the conclusions that were drawn by ancient Eastern mysticism thousands of years previously. What also quickly became clear, somewhat inevitably, was that any undiluted and genuine information surrounding the nature of mind and human existence ultimately empowers a person from a position of chronic weakness and dependence, to a position of lasting strength and permanent independence. This irreversible transformation shows that when our awareness is raised it is a one-way process, like a one-way valve, and it can’t just slump or slip back down again: like a child that has grown it is well nigh impossible to reverse the process. Immediately posing a serious problem for governments of all kinds if genuine and truthful information relating directly to the essence of mind can translate so easily into self-empowerment.
It is therefore fairly predictable that an aggressive response from the heavy handed governing regimes of our past was the order of the day, as political leaders took strict control of both the flow and the nature of any truthful ‘mind-information’ within their borders in order to keep power for themselves, instead of in the hands of the people. Given that knowledge of ourselves translates so easily into self-empowerment the aggressive, if not brutal methods used to extract and destroy the relevant material do not leave a lot to the imagination, while any confiscated information deemed suspicious in content was certainly placed under lock and key, if not destroyed all together. Hence ruling classes would even go to the extreme of inventing an entirely new language they would speak strictly between themselves, such was their determination to keep certain information ‘safe’ from the majority. For example, ‘Sanskrit’ in India was originally spoken and taught to only the most affluent and elite in the Indus Valley region of India from about 1000 BC. The elite used Sanskrit while the common people used what scholars call ‘North Western Prakrit’ or language of Gandhara. Sanskrit, not so surprisingly, was also the language chosen to keep certain information and texts that related to the nature of mind and spirituality well out of reach from the common people. Helping to divide and rule the people very effectively, and ensure a growing salary for governments of the day.
In view of the fact all that we are, and so much of our surroundings are all a direct product of what we have thought, shows all things...begin in the mind; so the logic goes that if we really wish to get to the root of a problem, this is probably a sensible place to begin looking. This is where this book comes in to attempt to shine a brand new searchlight on the subtle, yet surprisingly simple mechanisms of our own mind that consistently keep fooling us and catching us out. At the same time helping to unearth the roots of ancient psychology to deal with modern day dilemmas in a slightly unorthodox, yet surprisingly effective fashion. Working on the strict principle that if any information is likely to empower us and raise our awareness, it will also be simple and truthful information that relates directly to the very essence of mind and its processes. Helping us to ultimately fully comprehend, and in due course fully enhance our mind’s capabilities.
It appears the very subject of mind is quickly and very surely coming to the foreground of humanity’s challenges as we stand on the verge of mankind’s arguably most exciting and momentous discoveries. We have made huge strides in the world of technology but surprisingly little in relation to the subtle secrets of our own minds. Consequently there is every possibility that the next century of discovery will involve huge advances of an entirely different nature than the ones we have become used to. If these advances initially help us to work together more efficiently in a world of dwindling resources then they will not have come a moment too soon.
Our minds adore projecting and playing with light, day and night, from most likely before birth as a foetus, till the day we die. While the irony is we can’t help it. It is the foundation to our entire lives and precisely what all human beings have in common! Being one of our most underrated shared experiences and ‘under-noticed’ common ground, in a world where all our attention is focused upon only our differences. For it appears we are too easily tricked, over and over, by those who wish to draw attention to our skin colour, age, nationality, language, health, background and so on as an excuse to draw dividing lines. While conveniently and consistently omitting to remind us of what makes us human.
Therefore this book also marks an unusual archaeological adventure of a spiritual nature in terms of recovering one of our oldest and most valuable treasures: a treasure beyond what we call ‘material wealth’ but a treasure that can lead us to the gold that is our soul, our identity, and our connection to the Divine. Discovering how our forefathers arrived at these revelations from undoubtedly humble beginnings, and the impact these discoveries have had for millennia to come.
As with all valuable treasures (even those of a material kind) they are not only prone to the censorship and control of governments but also the greed of everyday people. Like a pack of dogs around a piece of fresh meat each dog fights to tear off a piece to bring home and share with his or her family. Sadly while researching this book it has become very clear that in this same fashion, the simple and truthful words of our few genuine prophets appear to have been very consistently torn to shreds, over-complicated and sold back to us in various ‘bits and pieces’.
However in spite of the wrath of governments and greed of people there are many clues that survive to this present day that can help us re-assemble the original message and re-discover it’s meaning. In a wide variety of ancient Eastern religions and mysticism, (and to a lesser extent Western ones too), there are numerous indications that point to detailed and prolific studies into the nature of light energy and rainbows. Clues that have been consistently overlooked as a common denominator that can trace the roots of so many different religions, from both the East and the West, all back to the same source.
This is therefore an attempt to lift the fragile pieces from the ground of a very ancient vase and put them back together so we can see, more clearly than ever before, what it used to look like. What emerged initially is the study of light appeared to coincide with the first notion of viewing the universe as a ‘whole’, and all the pieces in it as part of that whole. In the same way an assortment of rainbows all emanating from the same crystal are also pieces of a whole that coexist separately. Allowing mankind to glimpse through this analogy the possibility that our own existence could well be of a very similar nature, where we have noticed the separation, but not what binds us all together. Or even the fact we are bound together.


‘Limbs are cherished because they are parts of the body; why then are other people not cherished because they are parts of humanity?’

Shantideva