Notes on The Children of the Law of One
& the Lost Teachings of ATLANTIS (Jon Peniel)
Chapter 2, Part 2:
Note: Video of reading of Ch 2, Pt 2 (in entirety, words & audio) at bottom
The Fool Takes his First Steps:
As wild as this may sound to some people, there really are "forces" of what you might call "light and darkness" (or good & evil) that work behind the scenes of this limited physical world we seem to live in.
Jon's 1st "test" & struggle was to be with the major resistance he encountered from family & friends. His mother initially attempted to keep him from going by using her "parental authority", then by saying she was sick & needed him to stay.
His so-called friends, who turned out to be "fair weather friends" as most turn out to be when the "chips are down", tried to talk him out of leaving to go to the CLO Monastery (except 1). His only friend to show any support (John) even considered going with him. But when his friend called his girlfriend to tell her about his decision, she said she was pregnant (turns out she had deliberately stopped using birth control). So his friend stayed & did the honorable thing by marrying her.
Author's Note: Everyone who starts on a true spiritual path encounters multiple obstacles & attempts to "derail" them. It just happens in different ways for each individual.
Home at Last:
To make a very long story very short, he headed to Tibet using any means that would get him there, from hitch-hiking, to freighters, to camels. When he got to the outskirts of Tibet, guides associated with his order, suck him across the border & led him to the monastery. Communist China had already invaded, and troops had to be avoided at all costs.
The monastery was in an isolated area of the Himalayas that was considered "forbidden", even to Tibetans. He was shocked to find that he was entering a warmer, wetter area. All of a sudden there it was - the place his heart & soul had dreamed of. It was beautiful & strikingly unique. The pyramids, domes, and cubic structures created such artistic & other-worldly symmetry. He had never seen anything like it. Seeing it from a distance, he was stunned, thrilled, scared, awe-inspired - hundreds of feelings rushed through him like the waters of the powerful falls nearby.
He was greeted by a bright, friendly female monk. She was his liaison, and initially, a kind of "orientation tour guide". He had trouble understanding her name, so she said he could call her by her old name, Anastasia, her parents were from Russia. She said they were expecting him & showed him around & answered his questions.
It became obvious to him that they knew the timing & path of his journey. He didn't understand exactly how they knew it all, but he figured he would find out later.
Most of those who were raised there were multi-lingual, but those who were not at least learned English or Spanish, in addition to their native tongue. Some were fluent in languages spoken in most parts of the worlds, and some in ancient languages as well. Anastasia spoke "only" 7 modern languages.
He was told there were many Adepts who could help him grow there. Of course, everyone can teach him something - even life itself is a teacher. She pointed to the man teaching a group of monks & told Jon he was her "special personal true teacher" & was "like a father" to here. Her parents were dead. He helped her change & grow.
Adepts, or initiate monks, like the man teaching, were also called true teachers. That is because they have transcended their own selfishness & self-centeredness, and achieved what they called Universal Consciousness (A.K.A. Satori, Nirvana, Illumination, Enlightenment or Initiation). It is a transformation that creates a total change in their viewpoint & way of life.
3 Kinds of Monks in CLO: Novices, Elders, and Adepts (novices & elders are essentially students)
When the group went outside to do an exercise, he saw her true teacher clearly. It was the man he saw on TV! He would soon be the most important person in Jon Peniel's life. He later found out the man's name was Zain.
He was then shown to the living quarters, an odd honeycomb of private rooms, very cozy & comfy but tiny. They called them "wombs" instead of rooms. Novices did not get them right away. He would be put through tests & changes that created personal growth first (such as sleeping under the stars, out in the open with only a limited number of rugs for novices).
Next he was shown the library - a vast, large building full of texts, scrolls & tablets of every description. He could spend lifetimes there. They had nearly every original text from most religious teachings, including biblical, in their original handwriting.
Then he was taken to a small meditation room where novice monks were taught by elder monks. He would be taught meditation techniques, basic spiritual principles & their application, history, and some limited "personal growth" sessions for the first few months. The door/entrance to the room was quite short, requiring those who entered to bow, it was meant to symbolically remind both elders & novices to be humble, and have respect & compassion for all.
He learned that the CLO wasn't a rigid order, and in fact, believed in moderation in all things as a cornerstone of the order. Some basic rules: be kind, don't hurt anyone, celibacy is not required.
At first he thought Anastasia might have been into him, but turns out she was just a kind & loving to everyone, and already had someone.
Jon's helpful advice: If you ever meet such a special, truly spiritual person, don't make the same mistake he made. Just because someone is warm, kind, and caring towards you, does NOT mean they want to be with you/romance/sex...Just take the love you get - it's wonderful to even receive such Love - and don't try to possess it for yourself alone, or make that person the center of your life. That's a role only God can fulfill.
Bringing Jon's Story Up to Date, in Summary:
As the days went by, he slowly adjusted to his new surroundings, and began to absorb what he could. A few years later, he finally "graduated". As prophesied by his order centuries ago, he wrote this book to present the essential ancient teachings to the public, in an unadulterated, clear, easily understandable fashion.
VIDEO 1: Interview with Jon Peniel Part 4
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