The PAT trainings are, to me, the core teachings of MSIA. All spiritual workshops or classes involve some presupposition, no matter how subtle, that you\u2019re here and Spirit is there, and you\u2019re going from here to get to there. Because Spirit is always here, whole, complete, unconditional and everywhere, anytime you approach it from a presupposition you skew the results in some way. If your bearings are slightly off in the assessment of HERE, then THERE will be off as well. And like a rocket that\u2019s launched a fraction of a degree off, it may miss its target by thousands of miles.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no way that the unconditionality of Spirit can be manifested here in the world, so the best we can do in any spiritual workshop or retreat or teaching is to keep the conditions to a minimum. The PAT trainings start from minimal conditions. They are as unconditional as you can get in this world. All you can say about the PATs with any accuracy is \u201cI am.\u201d That\u2019s where they start and end. To really delve deeply into the \u201cI am\u201d is to delve into oneself and the Self of all.<\/p>\n
The PATs are a great, transformational, participatory work of art, a revolutionary psychological\/spiritual technique, a kind of living masterpiece created by J-R. And it\u2019s a work of art that you can live inside of and be part of rather than just observing from the outside. It\u2019s like being a chord in a Beethoven symphony, or a character on the Sistine ceiling\u2014but alive and growing rather than fixed. Like so many great works of art or scientific discoveries, the brilliance and effectiveness of the PATs lies in their simplicity. I\u2019ve learned more about my Self in the PATs than anywhere else in this world. To me, they\u2019re the closest thing to doing spiritual exercises that can be manifested in the physical world. And because they\u2019re done with a group under the guidance of the Traveler, they have an energy that\u2019s added to the energy of doing spiritual exercises solo.<\/p>\n
And what I\u2019ve described here is just the skeleton of the process, a snapshot of its functionality from the point of view of its structure in space-time. On this level the PATs work beautifully, but in addition the Traveler is working closely to clear and release each person\u2019s karmic blocks from a level of clarity that can\u2019t be contained by the physical world. This is the real miracle of the PATs, over and above the brilliance of the structure. I\u2019ve experienced hundreds of PAT trainings, and in each one there are energies that bust through from the higher realms like whirlwinds at certain times, as though they\u2019ve been orchestrated in Spirit and placed under the guidance of angels and masters who dispense them with flawless precision. Because they come from such a high place in Spirit, the blocks and issues are dissolved completely, without the pain, dross and crumbs of incompleteness that are the unavoidable byproducts of purely human intervention.<\/p>\n