The LIFE FORCES
- an
interview with Solihin Thom
reprinted: New Times, Seattle 1993
Preamble: Solihin and Alicia are from England, living with
their 4 children in Portland, Oregon. Solihin practiced as
an osteopath, acupuncturist and clinical kinesiologist, and
Alicia as a Master practitioner in NLP. They have come here
to write and teach their work. Solihin has successfully
introduced a number of differing workshops: Cranial Fluid
Dynamics -- an enlargement of the original craniosacral and
osteopathic models, Opening Human Potential -- a 5 part
workshop course, using clinical kinesiology and hand modes
to talk to the deep unconscious, at the content level of
being. This interview will concentrate on their other
workshop series ? The Life Forces ? and ? Healing the
Family Tree.?
Treshell: The last time I read about you; Ralph Wilson
discussed the breadth and diversity of your work, not so
much the detail. [ New Times July 1991 Vol. 7 No. 2 ] The
idea of the Life forces -- where has that come from ?
Solihin: The model of the Life forces is very old; it would
seem to be the content of all religious models. Man however
has couched or used language to hide the content of the
reality of these messages. Mythology has been the real
storyteller for us to understand the nature of the forces
and of our inner content. Myths allow us to understand our
stuck state, with regard to the forces that hold us in
their sway. Present day use of myth is perhaps at best;
misguided, at worse; dangerous.
The forces that arise within us are the forces that Life
has given us. They are the forces that have motivated all
forms of life to rise and develop the potential for
survival, for propagation, for evolution, excellence; for a
raising of consciousness.
We contain the evolutionary memories of all forms of Life
within our DNA and in our neurological development and
parts, and for those who need to hear this: in our etheric
blueprint.
Treshell: I have never read anything or understood much
about these forces. How do they manifest ?
Solihin: Stories from all over the world, in religious
text, in myth, in fairy tales have, as their base the story
of the forces that are within us. The language used in the
‘form’ of the religion is suitably obscure. The inner
workings of all religious models -- in Arabic the Tarikat
or Path -- contain reference to the various nafs [lower
selves] or souls that we possess. A better word may be
content or inner nature. These inner natures must, to
manifest, have a force to do this. The force is the
movement of energy, much as a gallon of petrol is useless
until it is ignited. The force needs the nature to ignite
it, but also needs a vehicle to inhabit. The vehicle is us.
Our form. Within our form is the energetic memory of all of
life’s longing for itself. The Will of the Creator is
manifest. This Will arises as a force from mother earth and
from our ancestral heritage or code. It is an upright
force, one that all of life has, that lifts us up -- it is
the essence of integrity -- a quality that we need to
possess and use if we follow the straight path, and be
connected to our inner selves. This is the real meaning of
the Staff in the medical symbol of the Caduceus. This force
allows us to bring into awareness -- into our feeling
nature -- the resonance’s of our ancestry, culture,
religion, etc., It allows for an awareness of these
material forces, for clear feelings, controlled instincts,
for integrated hearing, straight talk, for clarity of
intellect and to move towards One direction.
Treshell: Is there more...?
Solihin: There are many forces. There are these material
forces that motivate and occupy our body, and are indeed of
our body. We cannot escape the material nature nor the
forces. It is by manipulation of these forces that we can
make money, build houses, create material goods for our
needs. Out of the material world Humankind creates what he
needs, but often what he doesn’t need. These things can
benefit life. Unfortunately the material forces are so
strong, so seductive that they corrupt us, bringing us down
to that level. This is the level of the material being.
These material things possess a force strong enough to
seduce us, control us. As can the ancestral forces or
resonance’s that we contain in our code. In this case we
fall under the sway of the distortions that our ancestor’s
never resolved. Abuse, materialism, magic, power, slavery,
theft, dishonesty, apathy, illness -- the list is endless.
It is the chronicle of Man, and it lies within us. Patterns
that have not been resolved through our lineage and our
parents, enter us at conception through the father, and
made manifest at birth from the mother. The clearer we are
when we conceive our children the less baggage we inflict
upon them, and likewise how they are born - the state of
the mother and the birthing process - can be of real
importance.
Treshell: So these material forces seem to be incredibly
powerful, are there other forces that we have to contend
with ?
Solihin: Yes, there are forces that arise from the
vegetable kingdom. The plant kingdom developed unusual
capacities to sense. It is at best a passive capacity, but
allows plants to sense their environment and react to it.
We too can do this. We possess neurologically similar,
although more evolved vegetative mechanisms. We tune into
this sensory world through our sensory apparatus and
interpret these neurological stimuli as feelings. We can
listen to both external stimuli or internal. Our higher
cortex interprets the data, chunks it up through
association, and place labels upon them. We call these
feelings. Feelings are forces -- they change our state.
They can uplift us or they can ‘force’ us down to them. We
all know what some plant forces can do, as well as
feelings. The feeling of love lifts us up, the feeling of
melancholy keeps us low, the feeling of depression takes us
into apathy. Likewise marijuana, for example -- narcotics
that are plant-based -- only awaken the feelings at their
own level. A plant force cannot raise our consciousness
beyond its own state. We can have inspired or at least
human experiences but they are still of a vegetable state.
‘ Vegged out’ was a term used when stoned. Alcohol arouses
or puts to sleep the animal nature, as it stimulates or
depresses the force of the animal. But it doesn’t raise
consciousness beyond the world of feelings.
Likewise material hallucinogens - LSD, and other
synthetics, created from the mind of man, only opens the
door of perceptions within the material or mental
consciousness. So much for our visions, our samadhi, our
revelations! They are valid-- but they only exist at the
lowest or material level of consciousness.
Our instinctive nature - provided by our 2 large cerebral
hemispheres and the hypothalamus and limbic systems - needs
a force to motivate it. People who are paralyzed from the
neck down are often called ‘vegetables’ for they are
non-locomotive. They do not possess the animal force,
although still within a ‘human’ frame. The animal force is
used for work, sexuality, for action, for defence, for
survival. For partying, for running, for games, for
bullying, for warfare, for abuse. We can embody differing
types of force - they are our animal forces, which may or
may not coincide with our real animal nature. The North
American Indian shamans used this capacity and
understanding to change shape at will. This is magic, the
province of personal power. We can use these forces well,
or we use them to harm our selves or others. If our animal
nose - the rhinocephalon - is asleep then we may be
attracted to the wrong ‘animal’ partner. If we possess the
animal nature of the fox, as an ancestral unresolved
pattern, then our behavior could manifest as a sly, slinky,
sneaky ‘ chicken’ thief. If we embody the force of a bull -
perhaps we blunder around the proverbial china shop. If we
manifest the force of a cockerel, then our sexual
proclivities may well be indiscriminate. We loosely talk
about someone being a vixen, a tiger, sheep or exhibiting
possum-like characteristics-- we pepper our language with
references to these other levels of being, but rarely have
conscious understanding.
Treshell: Phew ! What about the human force ? Is there one
?
Solihin: There is both human force and nature. Like all the
other forces the human life force resides at every level.
The levels of consciousness are: the material, the
vegetable, the animal, the ordinary human and the Noble or
True Self.
Humans who operate from the place of form or the material
nature, may have arise the idea of being human and also the
idea of inspiration of a Noble human ideal. This takes
those who have been successful and ‘motivates’ them to do
good works, or human welfare projects. Philanthropists for
example. At this level there may be no inner content to
their deeds.
At the feeling level there is the force that gives us
‘human’ feelings - the force that nourishes the animal or
will, to do or act upon those feelings.
At the animal or instinctive level of being there is the
force of a ‘human’ animal - the force that uplifts us into
a more reflective rather than survival mentality.
At the level of a human being, the neocortex is the part
that differentiates us from animals - the human form that
has human content is the force that allows us to: think,
following that to feel, and then to act, by seeing from the
inner the way forward. The real human then has the
possibility to touch and taste the idea, the feeling for,
the act towards, the inner vision to, and the choice to
surrender to the Creator of All. This is when Mankind gets
in touch with both the two remaining forces that is in our
province to talk about.
Treshell: And these are...?
Solihin: The Ruh Kudus and The Ruh Ilofi - these are Arabic
terms so to translate them; they are the Force of the
Angels and that of the Holy Spirit, and the Force that is
the Power of the Light of God - that is the power the
permeates all of Life. The force of the Angels can be
accessed at all times through surrender to God from the
level of the human. The Force of the Light of God is a
gift, and enters through the level of consciousness that we
may call the Rohani or Noble Human being. It happens by
surrender of all that is below us: our mind, our heart, our
wishes, our will, our feelings, our ancestry and code.
The Ruh Kudus guides Mankind, oversees us, and keeps us out
of trouble. The Ruh Ilofi is that which teaches our inner
being what is real, and what cannot be explained by words.
It cleans our soil; creates content, wholeness, guides our
direction to Oneness with God. It allows us to find our
destiny, and to understand why we are here. It prepares us
for death from this plane, and the awakening of the inner
content, so when we die, we are awake within. Our lower
subservient natures and their attendant forces can be left
here, and the Noble Human can go back to whence it came
from.
Treshell: So you teach this in your workshop ?
Solihin: Teach is not our intent. To experience the lower
life forces and your nature - the state of - is what the
aim of this particular workshop is. To gain an
understanding of the options open to Humankind. To
understand the trickster, the mind: whether it be your
ancestral mind, feeling mind, instinctive mind or human
mind... and how this attribute, this ally can corrupt and
distort reality, as well as being a friend and a valuable
tool for us and Humankind. To gain inner understanding of
the higher and lower Life forces, and the natures, To give
a map of sorts to help people see where they truly are. To
help them see the two ways towards God - the way of
personal power - and the way of those that surrender all to
the Source of All, with trust, faith, patience and
sincerity.
Dr Treshell Jones LAc
@ 1993