We are all led to the lessons in life that we need or most times simply serendipitously stumble across them. The writings of Dr Marcus Bach came to my attention in March 1979. Marcus and I became friends over time though we did not write or speak to each other regularly. Marcus lived in California, was one of the most highly respected contemporary American philosophers, the author of over thirty published books. He obtained his PhD in Iowa State University and held three other honorary Philosophy degrees from other universities.
Marcus was recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on intercultural and inter-religious relations. The particular book by Marcus Bach that inspired me was his “The Power of Perception” and also his audio cassette tape “Creative Insight”. At the same time serendipitously I had Glenn Clarke’s biography of Walter Russell thrust into my hands “The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe” In that book the same principles of connecting through the superconscious level to the Source of Creativity were demonstrated over and over.
In his tape Marcus Bach said “Whether we are geniuses or not, or aspire to be geniuses, we can learn something profitable from the lives and practices of the people who have caught on to the secret of creativity. Particularly the lives of great composers have a great deal to teach and to tell us. Even though we do not adapt all of the practices involved, or adopt all of their ideas, even though we may not agree with all of them, we should look at some of the principles that may guide us to our own discovery according to our capabilities.” He went on to say, ” Creative minds are consistently psychically attuned to God’s mind. We should take seriously the mystical approach to to creativity – as seriously as we do our so called rational disciplines and techniques of our work-a-day world. Brahma insisted that he was merely employing mystical procedures that Bach and Beethoven used in contacting what they called ‘the Omnipotence’ which unlocked inner psychic creative powers.
Brahms was right when he said ‘ we’ve never taken seriously the remarkable assertion made by the Nazarene when he said “The Father who dwelleth in me He doeth the works” Then Brahms added “Jesus proclaimed a great truth when he said that and when I am at my best I feel a higher power working through me”.
To reach what he described “at my best” Brahms practiced a technique which developed his acceptance of ‘I and the Father are one’ and his experiences are related in the next segment VIVID DREAM Pt 5.