1 – Being

Are we mere fabrications of Eternons?
No, we are not some machines fabricated by Eternons. We are not agglomerations of matter shaped and animated by Eternons. Our matter is Eternons. Our mind is Eternons. We are Eternons

How many of these Eternons are we?
It takes countless Eternons to form a simple atom, and billions of atoms to construct a single cell. We are made of some hundred trillion cells and a truly immense number of Eternons is gathered in us.

Are we these same Eternons for all our human life?
Eternons constantly join and leave us as we eat, drink, breathe, and eliminate. Eternons also come and go as radiation we absorb and emit. Almost all the Eternons that make our body are periodically renewed. Only high level Eternons leading crucial organs, such as our brain, remain with us during our entire lifetime. (see: “Your Eternal Life”).

How can we be an individual if we are a mass of countless, mobile Eternons?
Each one of our particles is an energy field encompassing the fields of all the Eternons who form this particle. The same applies to our atoms, our molecules, our cells, our tissues, our organs, and to our entire structure. Eventually, our countless and mobile Eternons are summed up in the energy field of the unique and stable Lead Eternon that we are.
It is as this Lead Eternon that we feel our oneness.
It is as this Lead Eternon that we experience our life as a unique and separate individual.
This Lead Eternon is our real “I.”

What makes our Lead Eternon so special?
Their level of consciousness distinguishes Eternons. Less conscious Eternons carry the least information and lead the simplest structures. More enlightened Eternons having accumulated greater information are responsible for more elaborate structures.
We are such an enlightened Lead Eternon. The Eternon who rules our body and  energizes our mind. The Eternon who brings to our present structure a cosmic wisdom acquired through earlier ones.

Where in our body is our Lead Eternon located?
Eternons are not little things. Eternons are energy. Every structure they create is a  combination of energy waves. The whole universe is an undulatory phenomenon and so are we. Our Lead Eternon is the sum of the waves of all our other Eternons and is everywhere within our body. More exactly: it is our body.

How does this wave concept agree with the reality of our physical existence?
Physical reality is based on matter. But what we call “matter” is only an interpretation of energy by our human sense perception. No doubt that physical reality appears totally different to an atom or to a cell that lack our senses.
The world of dense and colored matter we may touch and see is only vibrating energy. This somewhat illusory aspect of physical reality does not mean, as we often hear, that there is no such reality or that all is mere creation of the mind. Ultimately, the energy we interpret as matter is real.

How did we become the specific human we are?
We began with a female egg and a male sperm, the Eternon gametes of our parents. At the time of their encounter, these rather common Eternons had no previous experience of building a human. Their fusion formed our complete set of genes, but the knowledge for using this set had to come from a far more experienced Eternon. We are this Lead Eternon. The one who has assembled the human we are from the DNA blue print supplied by our mother and father Eternon gametes. (See: “humanization”).

What about the humans conceived with the intervention of modern medical science?
Sperm banks, in-vitro fecundation, surrogate mothers and clones,  all have to do with fighting infertility or bringing together genetic material.
But again, reproductive cells are not the decisive elements in starting a new life. The body produces them in quantities and they are replaceable. Sperms may be frozen and eggs may be lost in menstruation with no further consequence.
Quite different is the situation of the fertilized egg. Here, we already have the presence of the indispensable Lead Eternon. Here, we have a true new life. Whether this life begins to develop in a test tube, a foreign womb, or elsewhere, is secondary.

Then, what is the real influence of our parents?
Besides our Lead Eternon, our structure combines many other competent Eternons. None, however, are as influential as our parental gametes. These gametes carry our genetic heritage. To them, we owe the physical and spiritual traits we share on both our mother’s and our father’s sides. In addition to their biological contribution, our parents have a profound educational impact on us during the years we spend together.
No matter how strong their influence may b, we are not a continuation of one or both of our parents. We all are born as the materialization of a distinct Eternon. This is why siblings may have so different personalities even when they look alike and are raised together. This is also why exceptionally gifted thinkers, scientists, statespersons, and artists may be born to the most obscure parents.
A child is far more than a product of genes and familial environment. A child is a unique Lead Eternon with a unique identity and a unique history.

How do we relate to our own children?
We do not survive through our progeny. Our “I” is not split if we happen to have children. Nor does it vanish if we have none. Parents and offspring are separate Eternons with separate destinies. Like our parents did to us, we transmit to our children pages of genetic information. These pages are our sole material relation in the great book of life.
We have obviously spiritual connections both with our parents and our children, but these we may also have with any other Eternon.

If we are the materialization of an experienced Eternon, where does this Eternon come from?
The Lead Eternon who made, and is, our present human structure has existed since the creation of the universe. It has participated in many former structures. It has already assembled and guided other human structures from conception to dissolution.

 

2 – Thinking

Why is the consciousness of our Lead Eternon different from our ordinary human consciousness?
The duality Lead Eternon + human structure is the reason for this difference. As made evident by the following schedule, we exist on two different planes:

Our “I”, as a Lead Eternon Metaphysical realm A unique life field Spiritual essence Soul, psyche Insights Intuition Impulses Innate awareness Psychic powers Extrasensory perception Cosmic memory Eternity

We, as a human structure Physical domain Many energy waves Material form Body, brain Thoughts Reason Voluntary acts Acquired knowledge Bodily functions Physical senses Lifetime memories Mortality

Does that mean we are split in two?
We are not split. Rather, we are both the Lead Eternon and the human structure that this Lead Eternon has constructed. All their attributes are ours.
We are a temporary gathering of Eternons called a human. Our brain functions according to the common laws of nature. Our elementary consciousness operates within the universe we are familiar with.
We are also an indestructible Lead Eternon. Our psyche transcends the ordinary world. Our higher consciousness belongs to a realm not readily accessible to our human mind.

How can there be two different realms of consciousness?
A human structure and its Lead Eternon may be compared to an association and its charismatic founder.
The association starts with the founder then expands as new members join. Various services are entrusted to gifted individuals. A hierarchy is created. Some members leave because of age, sickness, or death. New ones join. The skilled management of the leader ensures continuity and progress.
Outsiders may considered the association  as a single entity. Still, the consciousness of the entity cannot be mistaken for the consciousness of the leader who animates it.

How do Leader and Association merge in a being like us?
Humans have always sensed there was more to them than their thinking body. They did not invent the idea of soul or spirit; its reality has imposed itself.
We are aware of the presence of our Lead Eternon. We experience its distinctive consciousness embedded within ours. We may say “our” Eternon as if it were a companion distinct from us.
The being who eats, sleeps, works, reasons, suffers, or enjoys, is only a part of our whole. It is a probe sensing and transmitting live information about the surrounding reality. It has a limited understanding of the higher consciousness for whom it operates.
The other part of our whole, our soul or spirit, is our Lead Eternon. Its superior knowledge permeates the rest of our human structure. We may verify it in a number of ways. For instance when:

– insights flash into our mind.
– intuition guides a large part of our voluntary acts.
– innate mechanisms dominate our body functions.
– psychic energies heal our organism.
– cosmic remembrances enter our human memory.

We hear of unconscious and subconscious. What are they?
Philosophers and psychologists like organize consciousness into rigid compartments: the subconscious, the unconscious, the superconscious, etc. Eternism tells us otherwise. Consciousness does not jump from one state to another. Instead, like complexity, it rises from a spark of awareness in primitive particles to the bright intelligence of superior structures. It is best to speak of the gradient and planes of consciousness.

How do we distinguish these planes of consciousness?
There are no clear boundaries from one plane of consciousness to another. People dream in the borderland of wakefulness, they talk and walk in their sleep, they fall into trances and have visions when awake. Coma, stupor, lethargy, alertness, ecstasy, meditation, all are nuances on the same palette. Each offers a unique shade. Each is a path toward one’s Lead Eternon.
We spend most of our everyday life on a low plane of consciousness. We do not remind our lungs to breathe, or direct our legs to walk. We carry out our activities, even working or socializing, with little self-awareness. We just do it. Our brain is functioning as the electrochemical interplay of some of our Eternons.
From time to time, though, we rise to other planes. We have flashes of great lucidity and become more attuned to what happens. We observe and evaluate our own attitude as if from the outside. We may even enjoy rare insights and creative inspiration. Our mind has entered the realm of our Lead Eternon.

What relation is there between brain and consciousness?
Aristotle thought the brain served to cool the blood and had nothing to do with consciousness. It is only in the past hundred years that our understanding of the nature and functioning of the brain has markedly improved.
From early animals till us, Eternons have preserved the general architecture of the brain but evolution has been dramatic in size and working capacity. The knotty extremity of the nerve chord in primitive worms has become a brain of tens of billions neurons in the human skull.
Neurons are lead by Eternons with superior skills and are among the most notable cells in our body. They are virtually the only ones we keep our entire life. Different neurons handle touch, audition, motility, logic, language, and other tasks, but nothing is clean-cut. A good portion of our brain is without specific assignment and a same function may be processed in several areas.
Our brain is made with the same elements as the rest of our body. The substances it produces are regular chemicals devoid of any psychic powers. Consciousness is definitely not a mere secretion of our cerebral mass.
Instead, our brain serves to integrate the individual consciousness of our countless Eternons. Without the orderly work from stable neurons, our human mind would be a hodgepodge of individual Eternon waves. In the brain, our Lead Eternon can sort, process, and store the mental objects that create our human thoughts, emotions, and memories.
Thus, when physicians look at a flattened electroencephalograph, or EEG, they may assert that the patient is totally unconscious, but that is not so. The absence of brain waves proves the absence of brain activity, not the absence of consciousness. When Eternons separate at death, consciousness does not vanish any more than broadcast waves disappear when a TV set is destroyed.

How does our memory work?
Memory is the indispensable support of learning and therefore of evolution. Like consciousness, memory is a property of Eternons and is found in all structures.
Ordinary matter has memory. The way it respects physical laws proves it. Cells, microorganisms, and plants too have memory. Like animals, they are able to learn from experience. Obviously, more complex beings, encompassing more Eternons, also have a greater memorizing capacity.
Science has no real explanation for the memory process. Researchers have checked if memorized knowledge was kept in some brain substance. They have taught rats simple tricks, then used their ground brains to feed other rats. The experience was inconclusive, and “memory molecules” are yet to be identified.
Neurologists have also looked for “shelves” where the brain would stack memories. They have destroyed brain sections and observed how it affected the storage of information. No area appears to be dedicated to memory. It looks instead as though memory is distributed throughout the brain.
This scattering of memory has led to the holographic theory. Holograms are photographs taken with laser light. Any fragment of a hologram will store the whole image. Likewise, any small fragment of brain seems to store whole memories.
Eternism explains the above. All our Eternons are involved in the storage and retrieval of information and, thus, memory is both localized and spread out.
Our personal memory is localized and split among specific groups of neurons. It orients our human thinking and voluntary behavior. The loss of parts of the brain, the deterioration of neurons like in Alzheimer’s disease, and the use of drugs, all affect this personal memory.
Our cosmic memory is spread out and permeates our entire structure. It dictates our instincts and the autonomic functions of our body. It also sums all the previous experiences of our Lead Eternon, albeit at a level transcending our immediate consciousness. This is why recollections of our past lives will only emerge when we encounter our superior self, i.e., during dreams, hypnosis, trance, or other altered states of awareness.

 

3 – Transcending

“I was dreaming that I was a butterfly fluttering happily…
Suddenly, I awoke… Now, I wonder who I am …
a man who dreamed he was a butterfly,or a butterfly dreaming it is a man.”
Chinese writer Chuang Tzu, fourth century B.C

 

Why is sleep?
Some aspects of sleep are purely biological. Cells are always active, but viruses can remain dormant for years. Fish seem never to sleep, but bears hibernate for months.
Sleep, though, has far more significance for advanced organisms like us. Sleep is a moment of privileged communication between our Lead Eternon and the rest of our structure. Our mind, freed of its many waking tasks, flows back and forth between our ordinary human consciousness and the higher awareness of our Lead Eternon.
A good sleep improves physical life and enriches our soul. Conversely, when deprived of sleep, our structure loses its harmony and becomes dysfunctional. Sleep is so vital for our Eternons that on average we dedicate to it a third of our entire existence.
Sleep induced by alcohol or drugs is harmful. It scrambles the channels of communication between our Eternons and may lead to addiction and mental deterioration.
Like the ancients, we should revere sleep as a major gateway toward cosmic reality. We should mind our posture, our bed, and our room, seeing to its ambiance, orientation, and magnetism. We should train ourselves to enter sleep trough deep relaxation, and to emerge from it as naturally as possible.

What about dreaming?
The electroencephalograph (EEG) measures electrical energy produced by the brain. EEG ecordings made during sleep reveal distinct phases while our mind scans the spectrum of our consciousness.
During the REM (rapid eye movement) phase, the EEG pen’s squiggles increase. Our eyes move quickly under closed lids. Our breathing is irregular, just as if we were being physically active. When awakened during this phase, we recall vivid dreams.
REM dreams result from the same physical communication among our Eternons as when we are awake. Our mental process is also the same. Our brain does not differentiate between actual sensations and those stored in our memory from previous experiences. It simulates the outside world. Pleasant or nightmarish, plausible or fantastic, REM dreams seems are as real to us as reality itself.
Things are different during the delta or quiet phase. The EEG registers low frequency modulations called delta waves. Our breathing becomes regular and we relax totally. Generally, when awakened during this phase, we feel that for a while we did not exist.
Contrary to REM sleep, delta sleep is dominated by a non-physical  communication between our Eternons. This accounts for a barely noticeable physical activity and for the more regular EEG waves. It also explains why delta dreams seldom leave a trace in our ordinary mind.
The profound delta sleep opens the door to a different reality, with different spatial and temporal parameters. We escape our material structure and rise toward our Lead Eternon. We access the cosmic memories and secret knowledge of our always awakened “I.” We may even establish contact with Lead Eternon of other living or deceased beings.
We rarely have direct awareness of delta sleep experiences. They remain in a secret part of our mind. Now and then, however, they suffuse in our lower consciousness where they become the sources of inexplicable insights.

How should we interpret REM dreams?
All that enters our mind influences these dreams: frustrations, stressful problems, great emotions, even the last film we saw, the book we are reading, or a fragment of conversation. Meals, alcohol, and drugs also have an effect on the content of our REM dreams.
Sometimes, actual sensory perceptions modify REM script. We may dream that we are freezing in the snow if our bedroom window has opened on a chilly night.
Some persons are impressed because they dream of places, people, and objects never seen before. But we all store a mass of information in the hidden files of our mind. This forgotten or repressed material is more than enough to produce dreams which will seem alien to us.
Some REM dreams contain elements foreign to humans. Dreams of flying, for example. Save for astronauts, no one has a first hand knowledge of weightlessness. Still, in dreams, we may experience it with striking realism. One may argue that we are remembering the time spent floating in our mother’s womb, but even fetuses are subject to the tug of gravitation.
The correct explanation is that such dreams filter down from the higher strata of our consciousness. They come from our distant Eternon past, when we were cosmic structures.
Except for such inspired occasions, REM dreams are freewheeling manipulations of memories, random products of the brain. And like all bodily functions, they are attached to our most physical part.

What about delta dreams?
These dreams are encounters with our Lead Eternon. They may bring precious suggestions for our life or provide answers to difficult problems. They teach about our true self, unknown structures and other worlds.
As we said, delta dreams rarely leave traces in our lower consciousness, but when they do interpretation is no problem. Whatever they tell us is loud and clear. All sacred texts make references to them as the powerful visions of prophets and sages.

Are there further occasions when we meet our Lead Eternon, our true “I” or self?
Scientists, philosophers, poets, and artists have all described fleeting moments when intelligence vibrates at a higher frequency. True mystical encounters, however, happen when individuals meet, or better, merge with their Lead Eternon for longer periods.
These encounters occur spontaneously or as the result of a deliberate search. Meditation, hypnosis, fasting, sleep deprivation, seclusion, even the ingestion of chemical substances, may be used to alter one’s state of consciousness.
For many, these “peak experiences” are supernatural events. For others, the fact that physical stimuli induce them, shows that they are plain natural processes.There is no need to oppose mystical and psychological experiences. Every altered states of consciousness can be explained by our Eternon nature. As conscious Eternons, we do not have a mind and a separate body. our is everywhere in our body. We cannot touch one without affecting the other.

How does Eternism explains  higher awareness?
Whatever their origin, all peak experiences present similar features. Hereafter are the most significant ones, followed in italic by the interpretation Eternism supplies :

1. Time and space lose their traditional significance. Eternity and infinity become apprehensible.
Time and space have a different significance for our human structure and for our Lead Eternon. Once we transcend our human perception, we also transcend the usual attributes of the universe.

2. The body relaxes until becoming extraneous. With the loss of usual sensory perception, there is a deep feeling of peace and fulfillment. It often translates into all-encompassing love.
Our Lead Eternon never “feels” the pain of our human structure. It only interprets it. As we escape lower consciousness, we also escape those lower Eternons that make us vulnerable to physical and mental suffering.

3. Consciousness turns into perfect and immediate cognition. No reasoning or pondering is required.
Our Lead Eternon enjoys full communication with the rest of the Creation. Through this lead Eternon, we apprehend the universe in a totally different manner.  New and wide knowledge suddenly turns manifest.

4. Paradoxes and polarities disappear.
Our black-or-white, yes-or-no human mind fails to grasp many subtle principles. By contrast, on the higher plane of our Lead Eternon, we perceive the ultimate harmony of the universe.

5. Our consciousness persists although our identity dissolves.  In intense mystical experiences like those at the core of most religions, our “I” is reunited with an absolute or divine principle.
As we experience the cosmic dimension of our Lead Eternon, our human incarnation fades away. We approach the Absolute, our source and our goal. We realize that we are separate from the Absolute, but are also made from It.

 

4 – Differing

What is the purpose of our Lead Eternon, when creating our human structure?
New structures mean more experience. More experience means more  knowledge. More knowledge means more awareness. More awareness means more creativity. More creativity means more structures… Eternons climb the ascending spiral of cosmic awareness through the increasingly complex and conscious structures they create. Eternons need these structures to carry out their plan of spiritual elevation. As a  human, our vocation is to  employing our advanced intelligence to question and enlighten our existence.

What about the poor and simple humans Eternons have put on this planet?
All humans share in the same heritage of the Eternon evolution. All have access to higher awareness. This has been universally recognized: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,”or “Even in the least of humans, there are potentially all the virtues of Buddhahood.”
Spiritual elevation is not the privilege of affluent intellectuals. Understanding, tolerance, and love are not tied to wealth or education. We may travel to the most impoverished parts of this world and encounter extraordinary humans who fulfill to the highest their mission of earthly Eternons.

Still, many human lives seem unimportant or failed. Why?
Eternons increase their level of information and thus their consciousness,  by their very participation in structures of all kinds. It does not matter how insignificant or worthless these structures may seem to us. For Eternons, there are lessons to be learned in an ant or a blade of grass.
The existence of a human may be short, filled with misery, even brutish or evil according to our social criteria, yet it always provides its many Eternons with benefits. In the pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment, even mistakes and failures are worthy experiences.

Can all Eternons progress?
Cosmic awareness is a resonance phenomenon that evolves as Eternons constantly assemble and separate. A comparison will illustrate this principle.
Let us consider two musicians deciding to practice together for several weeks. One is an skilled performer, the other a novice. During their collaboration, both enrich their own repertoire, adding new pieces to those they already knew. What will be the situation when time comes to part? Surely, the more talented musician will have mastered all the scores they have worked on. The apprentice will be able to interpret only part of them,  but will have made nonetheless substantial progress.
The situation is similar with Eternons. When they assemble, their common  field of consciousness gets rich with new experiences. When they separate, each Eternon retains what is compatible with its own level of knowledge.  For the highest Eternon, this means the entire content of the field. For the lesser one, this means only part of it yet enough to have progressed.
Combining their wave patterns endows complex structures with a higher consciousness and each of the myriad of Eternons forming these structures has the opportunity to grow.

Few Eternons are leading advanced structures and many are lost in trash. Why such differences?
Our universe is neither uniform nor egalitarian. It never was, or else it could not have emerged. It never will be, or else it would come to a standstill.
The universe is made of differences, primarily in energy and awareness. All structures are made of the same cosmic dust, but every speck of this dust pursues its own spiritual ascension. Thus, there is wisdom but also ignorance; excellence but also mediocrity. Thus, to reach supreme enlightenment, “many are called but few are chosen.”
The next time we step upon dirt, we should remember that even the least enlightened human has come a long way. Our relatively superior awareness makes us all the more responsible for living a meaningful life.

Why are there several types of human Eternons?
We hear a great deal of dubious theories about the origin of various human races.
Some tell us that Oriental eyelids have survival value against sand storms. But Asia is not so arid and camels have regular eyelids.
Others say that a dark skin protects from the sun. But dark colors absorb tremendous heat and evolution could have selected a better protection.
Why do we have five fingers? It has certainly no better survival value than six. We have five fingers for the same reason that most cartoon characters have four: because the designers have decided so. Different physical features correspond to different designs from different Eternons. Not all humans have the same single ancestor. Anthropologists and the “Out of Africa” theory will have to come to grips with this.
At any rate, physical analogies or variances between humans are mostly irrelevant. True lives are lived at the level of Lead Eternons, not at the level of a particular type of human structure. When looking at others, we must forget about the human structure appearance and instead always envision the Lead Eternon behind it.

Are there Eternons more evolved than human Eternons?
Humans are the most complex and conscious beings on Earth. But in our universe filled with billions of stars and galaxies, chances are that many Eternon structures are more advanced than ours. We have a good hint of this when we consider those among us capable of extraordinary awareness. These seers and geniuses may have acquired their superior wisdom while participating in structures far more evolved than us.

 

5 – Living

We live imperfect lives. Does that mean that the human structure conceived by Eternons is flawed?
The whole universe is imperfect. It is a work in progress. Actually, this on-going work is the very reason there is a universe. If Eternons had already reached the perfection of the Absolute, there would be no need for soul schools, no need for structures like us, no need for anything.
The human structure remains primitive and incomplete. Eternons are busy refining it, focusing on its intellectual power and spiritual awareness. Already, our cerebral hardware has evolved far ahead from the rest of our structure. In clear, the power of our brain exceeds our current needs. Eternons have designed this brain for higher purposes.
One of them is to expand human knowledge, and this is happening. With every new generation, children are accumulating more knowledge than their parents at the same age. We store and manipulate today a much greater amount of information than our forebears.
Another purpose is to expand human awareness, and this too is happening. We meet ever more individuals attached to social justice, human rights, and the rule of law; more persons believing in health consciousness, in the preservation of our planet, and in spiritual enlightenment.
Global progress is slow only because ignorance still remains widespread.

If ignorance impairs human progress, what are the ways to combat it?
Eternism is unequivocal: nothing is more sacred than the pursuit of knowledge. Only proper education will eradicate egotism and bigotry as well as poverty and violence.
Classrooms are the arenas where the combat against ignorance must starts. Evidently, schools, colleges, and universities ought to be open to all. Teachers, who prepare the future of our species, should receive the full support they deserve. But nothing will truly change until we reformulate what knowledge ought to be.
We must adopt a new planetary curriculum. One that respects local cultures, but embraces all humans on Earth. One that serves the needs of the group, but cultivates the talents of the individuals. One that rids the world of hatred and prejudices.

According to Eternism, what should be this planetary curriculum?
A global curriculum should focus education on the seven following type of awareness:

1. Family awareness.
About every four years, the world’s population rises by a number equivalent to that of the U.S.A. One fourth of the over seven billion humans languish in absolute poverty. Hundreds of millions of children are growing without any hope for a decent life. Religious and political considerations cannot justify condemning so many to desperate living conditions. Family-planning and parental responsibility must be inculcated into younger minds, not as mere advice, but as a condition for the survival of the species.

2. Earth awareness.
Imagine astronauts aboard a tiny spacecraft. Wouldn’t it be foolish of them wasting water, food, and fuel, scattering trash, destroying their equipment, and messing with life support systems? Well, this is the kind of wild crew we have aboard spaceship Earth.
Fortunately, a growing minority has figured it out and works at preserving our environment. But it is the coming generations that will make the difference. Children of the world must be taught to love and respect their common habitat. They must be shown how their home starts in their own backyard and extends all the way around the planet. They must be trained to be ecologically minded consumers and skillful recyclers. Such teaching will have to include both a universal content, to emphasize the solidarity of all humans, and a local character, to respect traditional ways of life.

3. Spiritual awareness.
How can there still be wars of religion? Spirituality should to be the one source of cohesion. Faiths must cease acting as a willing masks for social and economic injustices.
Our times demand an ecumenical understanding of the various creeds. The common values of the great religions transcend their historical differences. These common values represent the moral that must be inculcated into every child and no specific religion should be imposed upon immature souls. Young children should be explained the distinct faiths, and remain free to choose their own form of spirituality when they are responsible adolescents.

4. Communication awareness.
Technology has given humans extraordinary means to get closer. Fast transportation links distant places. Electronic threads join any two places on Earth. But this is not enough. Humans need to share a common spoken and written language
All should learn and love their mother tongue whose words represent a precious heritage. But, in addition, the schools of the world should teach a same language.
Attempts have been made to forge an idiom that every country could adopt without hurting national pride. None has been successful. For various historical reason, there is already a language with limited alphabet and rather simple grammar and already globally tested and proven: it is English. So be it.

5. Personal awareness.
It is amazing! We may spend twenty years in the educational system, from kindergarten to university, and learn nothing about personal powers and how to use them. The discovery of our human potential is left to books and other media we may access in our adult life. Let us change this.
Let us teach children how to improve concentration and memory, how to meditate, how to develop positive attitudes when coping with life’s adversities. Proven techniques exist in all these domains.
Let us also make children aware of the subtle oneness of mind and body. Grasping their own holistic nature, children will live healthier and more harmonious lives.

6. Humankind awareness.
National educational systems rarely attempt to foster the understanding of the human species as a whole. Nowadays, movies, and newscasts do far more than all teaching institutions to inform about the homelands and the lifestyles of others. Let us bring more global images and sounds into every classroom. And let us not limit ourselves at boring historical highlights, geographical clichés, and economic surveys. Every nation on this Earth has much to offer in natural beauty, arts, crafts, traditions, and human genius.

7. Peace awareness.
At the same time that we encourage mutual comprehension, we ought to point out the foolishness of wars. This should not be difficult. Human History is that of countless people slaughtered in the name of forgotten rulers or in defense of obsolete ideologies. School is the place to learn that conflicts, whatever their scale, must and can be resolved peacefully.

Is not society, rather than the individual, the great culprit for our problems?
Society should be the occasion for all to share and grow together. The more enlightened elevate the less experienced. Knowledge and love would be the governing forces.
Instead, society exacerbates differences. Collective madness overwhelms individual wisdom. Ignorance and hate prevail. After centuries of trial and error, force is to admit that humans have not yet found peace within and between any of their social structures.
All over the planet, we may witness failed political systems. Here, egotistic politicians treat the people as retarded children. There, a corrupt power oppresses the masses while looting the country. Even in the most prosperous and educated nations, delinquency is appalling and social cohesion is decaying.
To keep in line with an evolutionary view of consciousness, we must rethink society and culture.  Let us put an end to political decadence, religious bigotry, and social perversion. Instead,  let us expand our genuine conquests: superior spirituality, peaceful science, and enlightening art.

Art appears both superfluous and indispensable. What is its significance in the world of Eternons?
Art has two sides: that of the creator and that of the spectator.
Creation is an encounter between the artist and her or his Lead Eternon. The artist contributes talen, the Eternon brings inspiration. The artist chooses the medium, the Eternon provides the spark that will bring this medium to life.
Art as such is universal. We find it in the paintings of Paleolithic caves, in the feather ornaments of the rain forest, the clay constructions of Arabia, the dances of Bali, the rugs of Persia, the carvings of Africa, even in the drawings of children and the mentally ill.
The other side of art is the connection between the Lead Eternon of the creator and the Lead Eternon of the spectator. True connection is  intuitive. There is nothing to understand and everything to feel.
The unpredictability of this emotional resonance explains why perception of beauty is so relative, why art may be as puzzling as compelling. It also explains why a work of art does not have to obey ordinary rules. It may imitate, symbolize, even idealize. In art, the essence always transcends the appearance.
Occasionally, as we stand before a work, listen to a composition, attend a performance, or simply watch the artistry of nature, our aesthetic experience becomes mystical. Nothing else touches our senses and our soul in such way. Art proves to all of us that there is indeed another realm of awareness than the worldly one we relish so much.

We seem to be the only Eternon structures to create other ones. What is the place of our creations in the Eternon universe?
Let us have a look at one of the most efficient pieces of engineering ever conceived. Its construction uses seven different types of the most advanced fibers, each carefully chosen according to its destination. The main frame is made of dry lines with low tensile strength. The active part is a spiral of a double thread that may stretch four hundred percent and retract instantaneously. At strategic locations, lengths of compressed string unwind to let the structure absorb the most severe distensions.
Humans did not design this sophisticated equipment. Arachnids did. It is a spider web.
We have not the privilege of creating products, tools, and architectures. Bacteria synthesize countless substances and even fabricate magnets. Insects erect buildings and entire cities. Birds sculpt and weave perfect dwellings.
Actually, there is no fundamental difference between the way birds build nests from clay and straw, and the way humans build computers from silicone and metal. We all are Eternon structures creating other Eternon structures.  Perhaps, our own extraordinary technological mastery is modest compared to what may have achieved more advanced Eternon structures elsewhere in the universe.

How come our technological progress is so robust while our spiritual progress is so halt?
Our human structure is closer to the material than to the spiritual side of our Eternons. As a consequence, our comprehension of the physical world has progressed at a fast pace while we remained almost at a standstill in metaphysical terms. Science has more advanced in the last hundred years than philosophy in the past five thousand. Our knowledge is now reaching well beyond the basic laws of physics. We are discerning the complex principles by which Eternons create and organize the world. It is time to take advantage of this deeper scientific understanding to embrace and cultivate a new spirituality such as Eternism.

There is often a feeling that we are not evolving in the right direction. Why?
Humanity is plagued with ignorance, greed, and discrimination. Wars still rage around the globe. Overcrowding and pollution are straining the planet beyond limits. In many countries, unemployment is rampant and urban criminality  uncontrollable. Everywhere, family values have reached a low ebb and addictive drugs and terrifying maladies are perverting social relations. Yes, we have motives for being worried about the fate of our world.
Many are claiming that this is the most difficult period in the history of humankind, but this sort of statement has been heard in all ages. What is true, though, is that difficulties today appear to be of a magnitude worse than ever. There are two reasons for this: growing population and escalating information.
Let us start with population. In the last 10,000 years, slowly at first, and then at an increasingly frantic pace, population has passed from a few tens of thousands to several millions of thousands. An increase of that kind naturally magnifies every problem. Still, Eternons know where they are going, and  although far greater problems are challenging us, far more people are working at solving them.
As for information,  we should keep in mind that life was far worse in the past. Only, we would not have known all about it. Life was bad enough in our corner, with snow drifts sweeping our cave and wild beasts trying to devour our family. Or, we would have been too busy fighting local plagues, famines, and tyrants. Why should we have worried about what was going on elsewhere?
Communications have made for a smaller world. Nowadays, even if all is quiet for a while in our backyard, media will expose us to woes on the other side of the planet. Relentless global information keeps us abreast of conflicts, disasters, and injustices that otherwise we would be ignorant of. In addition, almost nothing is said about happy people and great human achievements. In such condition, it is rather hard to have positive feelings about our world and its prospects.

By the time our population stabilizes, shall we not have ruined our planet?
There is a tendency to believe that all we do is unnatural and harmful. Without entering into the merit of any particular situation, we must bear in mind that nature is a common work of many Eternons, and we humans are among these Eternons. We must stop regarding ourselves as alien to the planet we inhabit.
Besides, we overrate our negative influence. Yes, we have the power to mess up the air we breathe, eradicate other life forms, and blow apart the planet. But Eternons have not waited in assembling humans to give nature the same might. Earth has known at least twenty crises since its formation. One annihilated dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. It was a mild crisis, though, compared with another which had wiped out 90% of all living species 180 million years earlier. Scientists do not know for sure the causes of these massive extinctions. One thing is sure, humans are not the ones to be blamed.
We need not self-destruct to disappear. Plenty of objects keep flying in the Cosmos and even a small one could crush the Earth. A mere 20,000 years ago, Canada and Scandinavia were under a mile thick coat of ice and this could repeat anytime.
Perhaps the destiny of our species is to be supplanted by another one with broader awareness. But even this, would not mean our final doom. As an essential Eternon, each of us would be part of such a mutation.

There are many claims that we are on the eve of a great change. Is it true?
“Era of the Aquarius”, “Third Millennium” : humans love benchmarks. Yet, in the endless history of the universe, a day is worth another day, and thousand years are nothing.
Eternons are not hurried. Their venture has already last billions of years and it is far from over. No doubt, the rise and fall of human empires or the vicissitudes of human enterprises are prosaic events when measured up to Eternons’ cosmic project.
Evolution, not revolution, is what Eternons are working on. The steadiness of evolution does not imply that all transformations occur at the same pace. Eternons do not polish all facets of their creations simultaneously. At present, our empirical knowledge is far ahead. Soon, our spiritual awareness will catch on. We already observe around us signals of this forthcoming correction.

Does that mean hope for the future?
It seems that as fast as we solve the problems that plague us, new ones appear. But this is the very reason we are alive. To fight against entropy,  cure the evils we create, and prevent those we don’t. All our brief human adventure is the laborious triumph of intelligence over ignorance. We experiment and commit mistakes, but we also adjust our course. No matter how sad it is to witness the world’s suffering and madness, no one should doubt that we are on a correct path.
Discoveries in biology and genetics are translating into spectacular agricultural and medical improvements. Electronics, the science of our essence, that of particles and fields of energy, is transforming our lives. The circulation of information is crumbling national borders. Prejudice and hatred will become ever harder to sustain in a world where every individual is in constant, rapt communication with the others.
We have always been capable of both the worst and the best. Fools and geniuses, we have created havoc and miracles. We have reduced Hiroshima to rubble, but we have erected cathedrals. We have exterminated millions, but saved many more from diseases. We are vulgar and mindless, but write symphonies and invent computers. We oppress and torture, but have unlimited reserves of love and altruism. Yes There is hope for the future!

 

6- Loving

As Eternons, what major principle should guide our relation with others?
Catastrophes happen and organisms often hurt or destroy each other. A certain form of pain is inherent to the construction of the Eternon universe. Compared to nature’s harsh ways, our deliberate creation of suffering is unacceptable. Examples abound with cultures that have been condoning torture and human sacrifices. To this very day, most nations encourage blatant injustices and accept slaying as a mean to solve divergences.
Right and wrong are relative notions, but Lead Eternons know that cosmic rules of decency exist beyond the poor judgement of some human structures.
The prime rule of universal goodness leaves no room for double standard or cultural interpretation. It is so simple that any one may immediately understand and verify it. This “Golden Rule” that many enlightened souls have preached is to not do unto others what we would not like them to do unto us.
Here is the criterion of enlightened Eternons to separate right from wrong.
Here is the basic principle that should guide our relation with others.

Why are we seemingly unwilling to follow such a basic principle?
No one can be in a right mind, who takes a gun to destroy another life.
No one can be mentally fit, who persecutes others in the name of religious faith.
No one can be intellectually sound, who passively watches the misery on this planet.
Wars, fanaticism, and social injustices attest our insanity.
Eternon structures are not perfect. Humans in particular, with their utterly complex brain, still lack a lot of fine tuning. And fine tuning means enlightenment in order to fight ignorance and radiate love.

In the light of Eternism, what is love?
Particles attract each other. Atoms bind together. Molecules join in elaborate edifices. Cells, microbes, plants, and animals associate to create organisms, colonies, or communities. This cooperation is based on the capacity of Eternons to interact as warp and weft of the universal fabric.
Love goes beyond cooperation. Love is the deliberate emission of constructive waves by an Eternon. Constructive waves are those which resonate within other Eternons, contributing to their well-being and enhancing their harmony.
Mutual love happens when Eternons at once emit and receive constructive waves. In mutual love, Lead Eternons vibrate in unison and enjoy spiritual communion. Age,  sex, even  the species of the structures involved, are no obstacles. Not because love is blind, but because love sees invisible merits. Plants, animals, people, all are capable of love, each with its distinct nuance.
Just as Lead Eternons may communicate through us, we humans may love through them. When we have such good fortune, we experience irresistible emotions. We converse without words and feel without touch. Our love literally becomes Eternon energy. The more we radiate it, the more we glow in its light.

Why is true love so difficult?
Eternons have spared no effort to convince us that the highest form of relationship is love. All religions place love at the summit of spirituality. Love, however, has every power except to generate itself. Consider the following diagram:

We cannot directly convert hate into love. The way from one to the other passes by enlightenment. Only enlightenment transforms ignorance, the source of hatred, into knowledge, the source of love. Love is not the instant answer, it is the final goal.
This is why we do not follow sages and saints. This is why love, supposed to be salvation is so often defeated by hate. We love this, but hate that. We love our country, but hate this other one. We love our God, but hate theirs.
According to Christ,  we ought to cherish the enemy and “turn the other cheek.” Saintly perhaps, but unrealistic in the state of spiritual primitiveness where we live. We shall not become suddenly righteous at heart and accept each other. We first must progressively eradicate ignorance from our world, and thus throw off fear and hate. When this will be done, no longer shall we have to turn the other cheek, for no longer will the first have been struck.

Is not the blind injustice of life the true source of hatred and the greatest obstacle to love?
Some among us are born healthier. Some are more gifted in the arts, in science, in sport. Some have a unique way to achieve leadership or attract wealth. Our diverse characteristics and aptitudes reflect the disparity of our Eternons.
It is futile to revolt against our differences. They are an integral part of evolution, and if they often seem unfair it is because we often apply wrong criteria. We measure success by wealth, power, and fame. But Eternons only strive for spiritual excellence. It is so true that the universe they have assembled spares no one. The rich and famous are not immune to diseases and accidents.
The roots of hatred lie not so much in the natural disparities among Eternons as in the artificial inequities among humans. We must combat those injustices that we are so prone to create. Instead of seeking an impossible equal status for all, we must make sure that every human lives with dignity, regardless of birth and fortune.

Where is love when we keep killing each other?
For our very primitive ancestors, killing had a predatory connotation: it removed rivals for food and sex. For today’s advanced humans like us, mutual killing makes no sense.
We should not count on ourselves to stop this insanity, however. As human structures, we seem to lack the Eternon sense of what it takes to build one of us. We  keep confusing procreation and creation. Not even women—who know so well the love and pain involved in building a new life—seem to grasp the difference. Otherwise, they would have found long ago ways to stop the  violence of their homicidal companions.
Eternons are improving the structures they have created. They  have made noticeable progress in the few last centuries. We no longer consider it normal to nail people on crosses, to impale them on sharpened stakes, or to force boiling lead down their throat. We no longer regard as family entertainment, prisoners eaten alive in a circus, or heretics consumed in plaza bonfires.
For sure, we have not eradicated barbarism. Only decades ago, we gassed, bombed, and reduced to ashes millions of innocent people. today, deranged terrorists would like us to  return to the middle-age. Nonetheless, our collective consciousness is slowly evolving in the right direction.

Love involves all beings, in particular our animal siblings. How should we behave with them?
Today, in India, one can meet “sky-clad” or naked Jain monks. They sweep the ground in front of them to avoid stepping on tiny creatures. They cover the mouth lest to swallow even the smallest insect. This non violent demeanor is largely symbolic. In spite of their best efforts, they crush and gulp as we do millions of microorganisms. What is admirable, though, is their commitment to respect all forms of life.
We have every reason to have the same determination. Science has done much to explain our structural proximity to animals. Eternism goes further and affirms our spiritual solidarity with them. In giving humans higher mental faculties, Eternons have let them assert control over most of nature. But this “dominion on other forms of life,” to quote the Bible, does not give us full authority. Rather, it gives us full responsibility.
We need other species to feed and support us, but we do not have to martyr them. Hundreds of millions of animals are raised and slaughtered in unacceptable conditions. Those who believe that this type of cruelty does not matter should think twice. Beings are integrated wholes. Suffering affects every one of their cells, every one of their molecules, every one of their Eternons. When we ingest structures that have never lived in peace, how can we remain healthy? Instead, we are overwhelmed by cancers and similar ailments, the work of the damaged structures we absorb.
People close to nature know better. They love and are grateful to all those creatures that give their lives for them.

How can our personal love make a difference in this world?
As science often verifies, a single particle or atom suffices to disturb the largest process. Eternism  agrees. This is a universe of individuals and each of these individuals makes a difference.
Being the most sophisticated structure ever assembled by Eternons on this planet, we can bet on our capacity to make a difference. For this, we need not money or might. We need love: love to invent, to construct, to grow, to embellish, to entertain, and to lift spirits. Mozart, Einstein, Picasso, Gandhi, did not use gold or guns to make a difference. They used passion.
Sure, personages such as Alexander the Great or Napoleon have rose to enormous power and riches. Yet, in spite of all their rumbling, their human structure is gone, dissolved just like the humblest of those millions they have dominated. And as it happens to everyone else, their Lead Eternon has been left to foot the bill of their nefarious existence.
Our planet does not need so much rulers and tycoons as it needs enlightened souls. And enlightenment starts with each of us. If each of us is a little brighter, the whole world will shine.
Yes we can bring real peace to the world.
Yes we can end human ignorance.
Yes we can love and inspire our companion, our family, our community, our nation, and the whole of humankind.

 

7 – Healing

How does Eternism explain health and healing?
Interestingly, to prevent and cure diseases, humans have been listening to both the hierarchy and the Leader of their Eternons, to their cells as well as to their soul. Thus, throughout history, two healing systems have developed, separated by their philosophies and traditions.
One, traditional and predominantly Oriental, is holistic. It regards the organism as a whole. Diseases are disturbed vital energies that need to flow properly. Therapists, treatments, and remedies serve to stimulate natural healing powers.
The other, modern and predominantly Occidental, is reductionist. It looks at the body in term of its parts. Diseases are molecular disorders that need to be corrected. Physicians, surgeons, and drugs serve here to restore failed biological functions.
With such divergent views, healing has become the ground for an absurd “Mind versus Body”contest. Conventional practitioners discard what they see as unreliable folk or faith healing. Champions of alternative methods condemn the shortcomings of dehumanized therapies. Meanwhile, patients are pressured to take side when it is obvious that no one is entirely right. Eternism, in its rational approach, sustains the following:

1. Dealing with a human body is not merely dealing with matter, it is dealing with a process. This process involves a bewildering flow of energies mostly unknown to science.
Over a few months or years, almost all the atoms in our body are replaced. This proves that our well-being does not rely on individuals Eternons. Instead, it relies on the energy field that keep working together the cells, tissues, and organs materialized by these Eternons.

2. To rebuild a tumbled wall, masons lay bricks. But to repair a fractured bone, physicians do not lay cells, they merely clean and prepare the site. Somebody else does the actual healing.
This “somebody else” is an ensemble of conscious Eternons of the organism. Without them, the closing and healing of even the smallest cut remains inexplicable.

3. The idea that only those tissues or organs visibly sick are involved in a disease is wrong. Eternons are attuned to each other’s energies. They all promptly detect ailing vibrations and therefore the entire organism is somewhat affected by local problems.

4. Reductionist biology cannot deal with trillions of cells producing thousands of different substances every second. Diseases  which involve the immensely complex immune system demand a more holistic approach.

5. The organism is its own best pharmaceutical source. Its homemade medications are carefully selected Eternons substructures, produced and used in the exact kind and amount needed. Most Eternons in our body can heal a small cut, but only a few can cure serious diseases. Thus, self healing is not always sufficient and outside intervention remains necessary.

6. During healing, we can stimulate and assist our Eternons in various ways. Meditation may be one and blood transfusion another. They are not incompatible. We must not separate natural and spiritual cures on one side, and artificial and scientific cures on the other. Humans are an integral part of nature, not some outside creatures. Much of what humans do is natural even when labeled artificial and scientific.
When positive thinking helps to produce healing molecules, it is natural.
When a coronary bypass helps to rejuvenate a heart, it is natural too.

7. Every one can easily verify how thoughts affect the body. The simple recollection of a scary experience quickly induces the production of adrenaline and accelerates our heartbeat. As Eternons, the physical and the spiritual in us are inseparable.
Victims of cancer should not have to choose between a grueling but statistically effective chemotherapy, and a gentle but unproved self-healing method. Instead, they should be taught how to use inner consciousness to boost external treatments.

8. It does not matter if holistic health methods operate through principles still unexplained. Gravitation too is still unexplained, but this has not prevented us from using it to visit the Moon. No phenomenon should be discredited merely because it is not yet scientifically admissible.
Whatever the position of certain physicians, consciousness is a determining factor in the healing process.
A small percentage of cancer patients see their “incurable” tumors go entirely into remission. Certain HIV positive individuals never develop AIDS. Conversely, persons who lived for years with undisclosed ailments, may succumb after learning of their condition. In all these cases, mental attitude makes the difference between life and death.

How can Eternism allow us to better understand holistic methods?
There are today a variety of unconventional therapies. They are popular because they are personal and address the sick person rather than the sickness. They all attempt to control the forces that animate the body, whether these forces are thought of as Hindu prana, Chinese chi, Japanese ki, or Western bio-energies.
Several such therapies have been around for thousands of years: they are “Old Time” rather than “New Age.” More to the point, these therapies, which may be grouped according to their working principle, agree with what Eternism says about our organism:

Principle one
The organism is stimulated to restore natural energetic processes (because our well-being is contingent upon the delicate balance of our Eternons).

Acupuncture, acupressure, massage, and shiatsu.
Chiropractic (the manipulation of the spine).
Hatha yoga, bodywork, body postures, and breathing techniques.
Therapeutic touch (medium transferring energy into the patient).

Principle two
The patient, alone or with a practitioner, explores the inner self (because coming closer to our Lead Eternon dramatically improves our harmony).

Biofeedback (electronic monitoring of the mind).
Hypnosis and self-hypnosis, including regression toward past lives.
Visualization or mental imagery.
Meditation and deep relaxation.

Principle three: the organism interacts with selected substances and particles (because the Eternons which surround and join us, constantly affects our own ones).

Homeopathy.
Herbal medicine, flower and aroma therapies.
Color therapy.
Dowsing (localization and use of body radiation or magnetism).

These alternative therapies are often linked to placebos. How does Eternism explains this?
Patients given placebos actually receive substances containing no medicinal ingredients. Yet, many of these patients report positive effects.
The placebo effect is not limited to the ingestion of fake substances. In one set of cases, gravely ill patients were submitted to surgery. After opening their chest, the surgeons realized that nothing could be done for them. The incisions were closed without further intervention, but the patients were not told of their terminal condition. Some, convinced that they had been through a successful surgery, enjoyed a prompt and total recuperation.
Faith in their healing power is what makes placebos effective. Placebos corroborate the Eternist position that consciousness always induces physiological responses.

Should not we conclude that alternative healing are mere placebo effects?
Absolutely not. Let us consider for instance the controversial homeopathic therapy.
Homeopathy follows the principle of immunization or vaccination. It teaches the body to react to minute simulations of a given ailment. Homeopathic drugs are derived from rather common substances. What is quite intriguing, though, is the way they are prepared.
During fabrication, the amount of active substance is diluted to the point where the solution cannot possibly contain any molecules of the said substance.
According to conventional science, a drug works because its molecules react with those of the sick person. If the preparation does not contain any molecule of the proposed healing substance, it has no effect.
Homeopathic drugs do work, however. Claims that they act only as placebos are confounded by their success with animals and young infants who can hardly be accused of wishful thinking.
Experiments with allergies have validated the principles of homeopathy. Immunologists have been dumbfounded when they observed that solutions diluted to the extreme could trigger full blown allergic reactions. Because not a single active molecule was present, the water used for the solution had to be the active agent. Researchers were forced to admit that this water had a sort of “memory.” During preparation, it had “learned”a mysterious know-how from the active substance it had been in contact with.
Eternism offers the explanation for these phenomena: the healing power of a substance is to be found far deeper than in its molecules and atoms. It resides in the energy field of its Eternons. Within a homeopathic or allergenic solution, the Eternons of the solvent and those of the active substance combine their energies. Whatever the degree of dilution, these combined energies never vanish and some active power remains in the preparation.

Can we hope one day to have a single “physio-spiritual” medicine?
Recent and dramatic discoveries in molecular and cellular biology are forcing scientists to confront crucial aspects of life. For example, how interactions among the simplest elements of an organism affect its higher unity, and how, in turn, this higher unity affects the simplest elements.
For Eternism, it is obvious: Eternon intelligence connects all levels in the hierarchy of the organism.
If researchers seek to verify this, they  have to welcome into their laboratories a subject they usually leave at the door: consciousness. They are now starting to do just that.
Medical care in the twenty-first century will eventually encompass all aspects of life. It will blend the best of conventional and alternative healing. It will take body and mind for what they are: the two facets of the same Eternon energy.

Meanwhile, how can we use Eternism to improve our health?
Our organism is not an impersonal aggregate of bones, flesh, and blood. It is a living community. Our living community. Its members, our Eternons, are conscious entities. We should treat them accordingly.
If we have a simple ache, we may visualize the Eternons responsible for it. It does not matter if we create ingenuous mental images. What counts is that we concentrate on those Eternons involved in our suffering. These Eternons are confused and do not perform as they ought to. We must send them positive energy  which is nothing else but that of our higher Eternons. We ought to request gently but firmly that the situation be made well.
If we are recovering from a trauma or are suffering from a serious illness, we should enfold all the Eternons of our ailing body into our spiritual sympathy and love. These Eternons are like a population after an earthquake. All are busy soothing and repairing, carrying medication, providing food and material. We must mentally assist and encourage them.
As for psychological suffering, it is fundamentally no different from physical suffering. Sorrow and depression are calls from Eternons in need of assistance just as those of a broken leg.
Evidently, when we have a broken leg, our brain remains fit to send positive waves to our limb. When we have a broken heart, our mind may be too distraught to properly function. So, just as a cast is indicated to help a fractured leg, a medication of external Eternons may be needed to help our thoughts.
At any rate, a feeling of solidarity with our Eternons must transform the way we look at our body. Tyrannical rulers unconcerned with the well-being of their subjects never live truly rewarding lives. In our own human structure, our body Eternons are much more than our subjects: they are our companions. For the brief time that we all journey together, we must provide them not only with resolute guidance, but also with unfailing love.

 

8 – Departing

What exactly is death?
Defining death is not as obvious as we may think. Some creatures look dead but are alive. Ten thousand year old embryos of small shrimps have been revived when placed in water. Using fossil DNA to recreate animals that died millions of years ago is more than a Hollywood fantasy: we have the means to do it.
Conversely, fractions of a living organism may be dead. The fiber and wood supporting growing vegetables are dead tissues. Our fingernails and hair are mostly composed of dead cells.
Typically, human death is pronounced when the heart has ceased to beat or the lungs to breathe. But modern apparatus can artificially maintain vital functions, including circulation and respiration. A brain-dead patient can be kept alive indefinitely.
For Eternism, the definition is clear: by accident, malady, or simple wearing out, death is the end of our Eternons’ gathering as a functional structure.

What happens when we die?
Practically all creeds and religions advocate immortality. They may present good arguments for it, but they offer no explication for its functioning within the frame of modern knowledge.
With Eternism, it is different. Not only do we learn the rationale behind eternal life, but we penetrate to the core of its mechanism.
Our energy field is impervious to physical ordeals because we are an Eternon who does not need brain waves or a beating heart to be alive and well.
When our structure ends, this Eternon does not die any more than the pottery maker dies when his vase breaks into pieces. Death only affects the work, not the creator.
Consequently, it makes no difference whether our human structure expires peacefully in its sleep or is vaporized by an explosion. Our Lead Eternon, our real and indestructible “I,” always emerges from death as an undamaged living force. The figure “Your Eternal Life” illustrates this continuity.

Why must we die?
The question could as well be: “Why must we live?”, or: “Why is there a full moon and a new moon?” Death is part of the cosmic cycles that make up our changing universe. All forms of life, from stones to stars, have limited existence because death serves evolution and progress.
Just as the pottery maker must always work on new pieces to achieve perfection, Eternons must always create new structures to reach the Absolute.

Then, why do we age?
Aging is the natural process by which our Eternons learn and mature. It begins with the initial division of our fertilized egg. It continues through trillions of additional divisions to construct and maintain us as an adult.
Eventually, comes a time when our Eternons no longer evolve or contribute to our evolution. They are compelled to pass into other structures. Even if we are spared early accident or illness, these Eternons will bring our organism to a halt. Structures are made not to last, but to be dismantled and reshuffled.

What determines longevity?
For evolutionary purpose, an ideal longevity is built into each species by Eternons. The lifetime of a butterfly is a few days. That of a rat, a few months. That of a dog, a few years. Sequoias or baobabs are trees that live hundreds or even thousands of years.
Our own relatively short life-span is the price we pay for being fast evolving organisms.

Why do people some commit suicide?
Unbalanced humans will self-destruct in the throes of despair. They may do it gradually or quickly, shooting themselves with drugs or with bullets. Such suicides are attributable to a lack of inner harmony.
Some, however, choose death while perfectly sound of mind and body. Such are martyrs embracing their fate rather than recant. Such are many known and unknown heroes. For all these Eternons, life had to be ended  to be transcended.

What about those humans who are aborted or meet early deaths? It seems such a waste.
Many will say that nature is wasteful. It produces and squanders millions of eggs and young for nothing. It condemns uncountable organisms to a swift death.
But waste is a subjective notion. Is there waste in exploding supernovae? Waste in crushed insects? No, nothing is lost, all is recycled.
For Eternons, to produce billions of sperms and only one to fertilize, to spread millions of seeds and only few to germinate, to hatch thousands of baby tortoises and only a handful to reach the ocean: this is no waste. This is work.
Obviously, aborted lives would be meaningless if death was the end of it all. Fortunately, the universe may be imperfect, but not meaningless. Death is not an ending, it is a passage. If an embryo never matured or if a young life never blossomed, it was not in vain. The Eternons who participated in their structures are now better prepared for other and longer existences.

If death is so natural, why do we fear it so much?
Our fear of dying is rather healthy. It stimulates us in moments of danger. As a self-preservation feature, we share it with all other organisms, from the smallest bacteria to the largest mammal.
Our fear of death—and of the unknown attached to it—is something else. We are born suffering from a terminal affliction called “mortality,” and  we are well aware of this fatal condition.
Yet, dying is not equally frightening for all. Eastern minds are trained to accept inevitable cosmic patterns of change, whereas Western souls are taught to dread the prospects of eternal damnation.
Although death may not be all the time our major worry, learning not to fear it will improve our everyday life.
Only Eternism offers such a compelling demonstration of our eternity. Fully realizing that we are an eternal Lead Eternon, we can dismiss visions of vindictive god and final judgment. Fear of death needs no longer spoil our love of life. Instead, we can strive to make the most of our present materialization.

How should our body be treated after death?
Egyptians wanted to preserve the bodies of their leaders at all cost. Embalmed and placed in sarcophagi, the deceased were sealed in the hearts of huge pyramids.
Certain primitive peoples have long preferred to leave their dead exposed to the natural outdoors. Some Indians used to lay them up in trees.
Islam and the West bury corpses. It protects them from surface scavengers, but not from hordes of underground microorganisms.
In the Orient, and now the Occident as well, cremation is frequent. Ashes are kept into a container or scattered in wind or stream.
So disparate treatments only show that the fate of the dead body is not that important. In this matter, Eternism is not directing humans one way or another.
It should not come as a surprise. Our body structure is merely a short-lived incarnation of the everlasting Lead Eternon whom we are. It has no enduring value for this Eternon.

How does Eternism consider the donation of organs?
The donation of organs does not contradict Eternism. On the contrary. The medical knowledge it implies is directly inspired by Eternons. After all, transferring blocks of molecules among structures is a basic life process they have invented.
Transfusing a relatively plain substance like blood is simple. Transplanting intricate organs like the heart or liver, presents far more problems. The Eternons of the donor and those of the recipient have to learn to cohabit, repressing a billion year old principle of organic individuality.
At any rate, there is something wonderful in the way Eternons, after the death of their structure, will continue to work for the benefit of a new one. It reveals a special dimension of the relatedness between all beings.

Some have their body frozen to be revived in the future. How should this be interpreted?
Cryogenic conservation consists in keeping organisms at very low temperature. Certain sick or old people have arranged at a great cost to be preserved in this fashion after they “die.” They expect that future medical progress will return them to active life.
Since their body maintains a minimal cohesion, the gathering of their Eternons is not over and these persons are not really dead. They are in some state of suspended animation, just as the tiny shrimps we mentioned earlier. Their Lead Eternon is still present in them.
Sperms and eggs are other living entities that are kept frozen. Their producers may have long been deceased when these gametes will be used to generate new lives. Here again, there is nothing peculiar to it. Even when a structure dies, some of its parts properly preserved may continue to live under the rule of their own Lead Eternons.

 

9 – Returning

Where do Eternons go after death?
When the gathering of a structure ends, its Eternons separate. Most are quickly recycled in the manifest world. Others—and this includes our Lead Eternon—may remain for a while in a pure quantum state. Later, they will join new structures.

Why cannot we perceive this pure quantum state?
Common perception comes through the senses of our human structure. These senses do not let us dive into the deep ocean of cosmic energy. They only allow us to see and feel these ripples at the surface that form the material world.
As a rule, the pure quantum state of Eternons, which some call “world of spirits,” stays foreign to us.

Do Eternons ever pass from a structure to another of lesser awareness?
No, the purpose of the universe is constant spiritual elevation, and Eternons never regress. As Eternons lead one structure after another, matter emerges and dissolves, but information and awareness always expand. So does Eternons’ ability to build and guide ever more complex structures.
When we speak here of structures, we are not solely referring to entire organisms, but also to parts of them. For instance, the Lead Eternon of a human skin cell progresses when it becomes the Lead Eternon of a dog’s neuron, although in doing so this Eternon entered a being of lesser awareness.

What prevents an experienced Lead Eternon to reincarnate as an already grown-up human?
Even the most proficient builder has to lay new foundations for each new construction.
For Eternons, starting over the growing process is a blessing. Creating and nurturing a human is every time a more instructive experience. Besides, a human does not just “happen.” A human begins with a Lead Eternon. More precisely, a human is this Lead Eternon. There could not be such a thing as an Eternon “taking over” or assuming an already grown-up human.

Still, it is difficult to admit that a powerless toddler is a knowledgeable and several billion year old enlightened Eternon.
A human structure is a gathering of Eternons. This gathering may be inexperienced and not fully organized. It does not prevent its leader from being knowledgeable. It takes time for a young assemblage of Eternons to acquire an identity and a functioning of its own. The very purpose of growth and education is to make sure it happens.

How can we conciliate reincarnation and the frantic multiplication of certain species, in particular our own?
Population increases merely suggest that ever more Eternons are in condition to assemble and lead members of a given species.
In our case, an ever increasing number of Eternons are getting sufficient knowledge to lead humans for the first time. These newcomers are joining the ranks of veteran Eternons who have already incarnated several times. It is from these veterans that ever more enlightened individuals are born. It is thanks to them that humankind is steadily making progress.

Can we discover which humans we have been earlier in time?
We are not a reincarnation of some other human. We are one of the various incarnations of our Lead Eternon. In other word, the human that we are did not participated in other humans in the past. It is our Lead Eternon who did. This is an essential notion, and a key one to understand life and afterlife.
As a human structure, each of us is born totally new. The detail of our past is not kept within our ordinary memory. It belongs to our highest plane of consciousness, to the realm of our Lead Eternon. At best, some of us may experience visions of previous incarnations of their Eternon.

If we do not remember our past lives, what of this one? What of our uncompleted works and of our loved ones?
We must look at our successive incarnations as characters written and acted by our Lead Eternon. Once the curtain has fallen, characters have no existence or memory of their own, but remain forever alive within the soul of their creator.
As a human, we have no direct recollections of our previous lives, but, as an Eternon, we keep in memory every experience we had since the creation of the universe. Tastes that we cannot attribute to our heredity, impulses that drive us without our knowing why, affinity or dislike for certain minerals, plants, animals, people, and places, all may be traced to past lives of our Lead Eternon.
Likewise, our present endeavors and relationships will impact the future incarnations of our Eternon. Whatever spiritual work we have not completed in this life, our Eternon will take up in another one.

How does Eternism judge traditional views about life after death?
On a religious and philosophical plan, two main doctrines consider life after death.
The first is the doctrine of resurrection of the dead. It is shared, in one form or another, by the three Mosaic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The second is the doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration of the soul. It is prevalent in Asia, the Pacific, and most of tribal Africa.
Both doctrines admit the re-embodiment of the spirit. In all other respects, they differ profoundly. The doctrine of resurrection of the dead presents many aspects irreconcilable with modern knowledge. The doctrine of reincarnation, although reconcilable with Eternism, presents several unacceptable features.

What are the major problems with the doctrine of resurrection of the dead?
The Bible is not absolutely clear about the fate of the soul after death. For instance, the New Testament indicates that John the Baptist is Elias who had returned to Earth. Further allegorical statements leave ample room for reincarnation. Nevertheless, after years of debate, theologians agreed that the soul was united to a single body. It could not migrate in any other. Rather, this body was to resurrect for judgment day. Unfortunately, this position raises more questions than it brings answers. Here are some:

1. Misery equally affects the innocent and the guilty. Rarely do we see virtue rewarded and vice punished in this life. What is the use of an existence whose suffering is not deserved and will be compensated for only after death? In focusing on a single lifespan, the doctrine of resurrection is a great source of injustice, frustration, and fear.

2. In cosmic terms, a human life lasts less than a spark. It is too short for reaching real enlightenment. Even a long living saint would have little time. As for the aborted lives of those dead as fetuses or young infants, their existence is void of any significance.

3. Many humans spend their life so sick or disabled that they have no opportunity to turn their tragedy into a spiritual experience. Others are so mentally or socially insane that they never understand or expiate their acts before they die.

4. Condemning to eternal damnation is unworthy of a merciful God. Even the purgatory does not amend a system that is basically unfair. The simplistic dogma of Hell and Heaven has only helped to create worshipers who dread their vindictive God. Their devotion is often merely in hope of earning a free pass to eternity.

We are all embarked on a cosmic expedition that started well before and will last much after our current human incarnation. We cannot be expected to complete the lengthy process of our soul-making during a single passage on Earth. The belief that our present life is the only one makes us its material prisoner. Instead, grasping that we are an immortal Eternon gives us the spiritual strength to transform such life into a worthy experience.

What of the doctrine of reincarnation?
Until recently, reincarnation was of little concern in the Western world. It was not a part of the religious mainstream. Disillusionment with Occidental values is changing this. Many persons are now openly discussing it. Let us review the tree points common to most doctrines of reincarnation:

1. Souls go through endless cycles of births and deaths.
This is acceptable as long as we regard these births and deaths as gatherings and separations of Eternons. We must dismiss the primitive idea that migration of the human soul may extend to plants and animals. The point is not to argue if good animals are better than evil humans, however morally satisfying it may be. Rather, as we already explained, Lead Eternons always follow an ascending spiral of complexity and consciousness.

2. Souls are condemned to begin anew because of the imperfection of their lives. It is their karma. A chain of causation binds past, present, and future lives. Happiness and distress are products of what has been previously done.
This sounds just, but not all suffering can be tied to failed past lives. Many incapacities and diseases are random consequences of Eternons’ interactions. Young paraplegics or hemophiliacs are not paying for the wrongdoings of their Lead Eternon’s earlier incarnations. Passengers aboard a crashing plane are not punished in bulk for errors committed in former existences. Thinking otherwise is preposterous. It is the same as accepting the absurd dogma of ” a universal guilt for an original sin.”

3.The ultimate goal is to reach a nirvana. In nirvana, the soul is liberated of the burden of successive incarnations. Free from the suffering of existence, free from illusions, the soul finally achieves the highest level of enlightenment.
Here, we encounter the familiar motivation of all the efforts made by Eternons: their yearning to achieve supreme awareness and their return to the Absolute.

How can karma make any sense if we have no idea of what we did in previous lives?
The lack of immediate memories about our past existences invalidates certain aspects of the doctrine of karma. How can we reap rewards for what we do not remember having sowed? How can we be responsible, and more important punished, for past faults we do not recall?
Such apparent contradictions, though, only exist when we look at karma from our human standpoint. But again, it is not our human structure that reincarnates, it is our Lead Eternon.
The idea that the human we are has already lived in another body is a great delusion. If we accept it, we are imputing knowledge and placing responsibility where they do not belong.
Permanency and thus meaningful reward and punishment are only found at the level of our Lead Eternon. It is as a Lead Eternon that we reap what we sowed.
As for our situation during our ephemeral human materialization, the answer is simple: we are not on Earth for chastisement or retribution, but for enlightenment.

What evidences do we have to support reincarnation?
Interest in reincarnation has generated a good deal of research. We now have some convincing evidences.
The most common element in support of reincarnation is the recollection of past lives. For instance, during hypnotic regression, certain individuals have access to the memories of their Eternon regarding former human incarnations. Such regressions have helped discover the origin of neuroses and cure them. A classical example is the phobia of water afflicting persons who had drowned in a past existence. Patients have also found that one of their Eternon’s past structure had been stabbed, shot, or hurt, precisely where today they show an odd birthmark or suffer an inexplicable pain.
Detractors are prompt to construe past-lives recollections as figments of the imagination. They affirm that these recollections are built around forgotten experiences. But how could this account for the use during regression of foreign languages never heard before ? How could this explain the description of objects or situations known only to a few scholars? Even young children and illiterate adults have detailed earlier lives when obviously they had no means to know beforehand any of what they were talking about.
The search for indisputable proofs of the transmigration of souls is legitimate, but it is somewhat unnecessary. Science has demonstrated the survival and recycling of particles. Now, Eternism making it clear that humans are particles of universal Energy. There is no doubt: we, Eternons, always return.