Dear Martin, >> After having just finished reading the novella Frabato the Magician, I have a question for you. In the stroy, it is implied that Frabato could not heal anyone unless he received permission from the Akasha. I was wondering if, after reaching a certain level, this is easily 'knowable' or not. Is it easy to know whether healing someone, or even showing them a display of magical power does not contradict that person's karma? << "Permission" is a tricky word in this context since it implies a polarized 'asker'-'answerer' process indicative of a separation between the asker and the answerer. At first, this is the case and it can be very difficult to discern the answer when one asks "permission". At this stage, the 'answer' requires testing because it is not based in a direct, personal knowing. This changes however, as one progresses through the Steps. Beginning with the Step Six work of "Mastering the Akasha", one's *conscious* relationship with the Akasha is radically transformed and "asking for permission" is steadily replaced by direct, personal knowing. But even at this stage it is a sequential process of the 'desire to know' leading to 'knowing'. It's really not until Step Nine that knowing begins to occur without sequence. And at the point in Step Ten when one has successfully merged with deity, one IS this knowing and the need to "ask" in any form, drops away entirely. There is also another aspect here. It's not only the karma of the person to be healed that's important -- the personal karma of the magician is also a factor. My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 27 Dec 2002 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com