Days of Creation

DAYS OF CREATION

THE BECOMING OF MAN

by

Bogdan Heretoiu

SMASHWORDS EDITION

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Copyright (c) 1998, 2010 by Bogdan Heretoiu

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2010 – Author’s Note:

Days of Creation was written and published in 1998. This electronic version of the book is made available for free download by the author.

Since 1998, Bogdan Heretoiu has continued to research and explore brain functioning and ways to tap into our built-in potential. Twelve years later, in 2010, Bogdan Heretoiu returns with a newly published book: Evolutionary Exploration.

~ http://www.EvolutionaryExploration.com ~

In this book, he presents the results of his research over the last decade, a framework for exploring and learning how we can use our brain in a functional way, instead of an interpretative way.

Although the author considers Days of Creation to continue to be very valuable, his revised concepts presented in Evolutionary Exploration are highly advanced and they bypass ALL of the processes described more than ten years ago.

Nevertheless, the author hopes that you will enjoy this book, and disregard some of the English flaws you may occasionally find as you read through, considering that no editorial work has been done to the text since it was first published.

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If you will enjoy this book and find it useful, please consider making a donation to support the author’s work:

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" If hundreds of thousands of children are condemned to die in starvation or struck by terminal illnesses - victims of our careless civilization - what can we do and how?

Bringing a smile on an innocent little face could be the beginning of a long answer...

I challenge the impossible: I challenge

all of you to step out of your comfort zone and change.

I challenge you to become more powerful, more alive, and more human then ever. Now. "

Bogdan Heretoiu

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I want to especially thank family for being the ground, when my head was in the clouds.

To my friend and martial arts teacher, Stoia Sorin.

To a special friend, Mr. Cioara Ilie whose enlightenment brought me the understanding of peace and happiness for the first time.

To Peg for her wonderful friendship and to Donna for all her help with publishing this book, as well as to all of those who helped me by doing the editing and proof-reading.

To Robin for the beautiful picture that makes the cover of this book looking so powerful.

To Rossana - the computer artist whose talent and dedication I honor and recommend.

To my friends, known and unknown.

To all of you, souls around the world.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

THE QUESTION

IMAGINATION - ILLUSION OR REALITY?

THE THREE MIRACLES

TOUCHING THE SOUL

MOVING THE MOUNTAIN

BEYOND THE LANGUAGE

PROCRASTINATION AND A SCARY THOUGHT…

ENCOUNTERS

THE DREAM

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INTRODUCTION

I think this world needs a change. I think we deserve a better chance. I am addressing this book to those who need a flashlight as they search for the right spiritual path. It is nothing else but a tool - useful if you need it and use it.

There will be many techniques and theories explained throughout the book. Take what you need and what you feel is right for you. You are the one to decide how useful the information will be for you and for your needs.

Everything I talk about in this book you already have - You were born with it. I wrote this book for everybody: Muslim or Christian, men or women and young or old. Whether you agree or not with what I stated in this book, please do not waste your time analyzing it. You may end up with all sorts of side effects like confusion or disappointment.

At the end of each chapter there are additional exercises. The physical exercises are part of different Martial Arts or Yoga routines. Some of them have been adapted to be easier for you to practice. As far as the mental exercises, you will notice that they are not preceded or followed by very long explanations. You are going to find a more in-depth and detailed approach to these techniques in the second volume of my book - Universal Consciousness. These exercises will activate hidden abilities of yours, bringing forward from a different level of your mind, new aspects of your existence.

Evolution should be the essence of our lives, and there is no evolution without movement. If your life flows unchanged day after day, then - using your will power - shift toward a dynamic existence. Make practicing a part of your daily life. Open your mind and try everything. Whatever you find in this book that is spiritually enlightening to you, go with it. And practice.

The Becoming of Man, is the first volume of the trilogy DAYS OF CREATION. The second volume called Universal Consciousness explores practical ways to awaken ourselves to our full, universal potential. The third one called Sanctuary! is a soul rending testimony of innocence. The benefits from distributing these books are dedicated to the children all around this planet, suffering from terminal illnesses. I will search and even challenge the impossible, so they can have another chance to live. I invite you to join others and me in a soul-rewarding effort, which benefits those little souls that have no chance to live. Even if our work together will not prevent them from prematurely fading back into eternity, we will definitely bring joy into their short lives. A joy that for them will be the most beautiful gift and even if just for few moments, they will have you as their friends. I hope that one day, we will all speak the same language: life’s language. One day, we shall stop hating each other. One day, life will be more important then politics or money. One day, we will transform ourselves from human animals into universal beings. One day, suffering will make no sense anymore. One day, we will learn to respect life, because there is no life to spare. One day, we will all be happy. Until then, may your life become better! Thank you.

The unexamined life is not worth living

SOCRATES

Chapter 1

THE QUESTION

Life… Such a short word, though powerful and full of meaning. A word expressing the Creation itself with its infinite forms... Somewhere contained within this Creation - like a particle of water within an ocean - there is a wonderful life form. It’s us. Small and apparently vulnerable, but nevertheless - so much alike with Creation itself.

Like lightning, we are passing through the Realm of forms trying to absorb as much as we possibly can learn and discover. But what are we really looking for? What are we trying to achieve? We are searching all over the place; we go to see masters and teachers; we follow rules invented by others, in which we may or may not believe; we separate good and bad, according to what we like... and all of this to find out what? Could it all be reduced to the fact that plain and simple, we are born one day and die another? In between ... there is love, hope, hate, fear, and all the things we know as life. Switching back and forth from suffering to joy, we search for happiness. Do we find it? Not too often, and definitely, not always.

But who are we? This is the crucial question, the turning point of our lives, when we start looking around ... for more. For something different. For answers.

I remember myself when I was a kid, trying to make some sense out of everything around me. I wasn’t really understanding very much, but the curiosity was obviously there. The more I learned, the more I realized how much I still didn't know. Likeall of us, I searched for the right spiritual path for years. I read books, took courses, bought tapes and traveled to see sacred places or special people. I ended up with a fairly vast knowledge of spiritual culture, as well as years of confusion.

After so many years, I am still wondering why nobody told me the whole truth. Why everybody had just pieces of truth and pretended that their truth was the universal one. Most of the time they transformed that truth into a tool that served their own interest. If many years ago someone had told me what I am about to tell you in this book, I would have saved all those years of confusion. Wandering around, trying to put all those pieces of truth together, we become confused and puzzled. It is a life-long process. So, where should we start putting the puzzle together?

The main problem during my spiritual quest was how to start. Almost every book I read or every master I went to see gave me the same instruction: to search within myself and find out who I am. But how?

Some people told me that Jesus, or Buddha, would be the way. I was given special sounds and words called mantras to practice for hours and hours. I was given yoga postures and specific breathing and meditation routines. Another time I met a group of people whose method was a sort of rhythmical dance. I was asked to abstain from everything that was pleasurable; such things being considered a sin or just a waste of energy, depending on the culture or religious beliefs. All this training required a self-imposed discipline and in a sense, a limited existence. Years of hard and dedicated practice were necessary. If a Master, Guru or God was involved, then undivided love and faith was the law. Even so, too few people were able to obtain certain results that were so-called divine, and I wanted more. I didn’t know what I was searching for. It was instinctual. A feeling of wanting cosmic freedom. It was a hunger and thirst for knowledge, and it was a matter of NOW, not after death or for the next reincarnation. I wasn’t ready for years of practicing the same rituals. I had an explosive energy called LIFE within me and I had no the intention of putting a lid on it for the sake of a Guru or even God. I was ready to conquer the Universe with my spirit. I was a rebel. So I kept searching for the right way to reach the only trinity I believed in: Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience.

There was only one thing that didn’t seem right to me: Why should I try to identify myself with a figure or a ritual - until I become one with it - in order to reach universality? Do I need an intermediary? Now, as you read, do you see the conflict? I wasn’t going to do any ritual to reach the Universe, but I was trying to become the Universe.

If billions of people have tried for thousand of years to reach the Universe, Nirvana, God ... you name it, using any form of intermediary level between themselves and the Universe, and it did not work, then why keep on doing it? If for thousands of years people have killed, hated or even just disliked each other because this intermediary wasn’t the same for everyone, then why keep on doing it? Just because someone said so? For these reasons, at one point in my life I took the very risky decision of eliminating any intermediary - of any form - that could stay between the Universe and me. It was risky because I was actually stating that everybody else is wrong but me. I needed courage because I was going to get out of the system. I was going to break the rules. In the coming years, on the edge of a deadlock, my confidence and strength were going to be tested more then once. In time, I learned to go pass through hard times with fun and joy. I understood that freedom could be achieved without escaping from a system. I learned the paradox of controlling without controlling. My theory has proven to be right. Luckily, I learned an amazing alphabet of a sacred language, common maybe in any corner of the Universe. Maybe one day, I will speak it fluently and one day - Christian, Muslim or Buddhist - all will. I guess I was lucky. I guess I should share it. So, here it is - my book. I will ask you again, as we continue.

Don’t just analyze the words. There is no system to follow. There is no trust or faith involved, and once you understand my words forget me; forget my name; forget the book. I am walking around this planet the same as you are. We aren’t different. I don’t follow you; you don’t follow me. I only spoke about myself to show you that it is possible for any ordinary human being, to search and to find … and search again. Once in a while, I will give a training seminar to share the techniques I practice and my personal experiences with other people, and they will share theirs with me. Any donations resulting from those seminars will also benefit the children, through the projects that my friends and I are initiating.

In each and every second - as you read this book, eat or make love, innocent eyes are closing for eternity. Missing a cure or even food and water, they come and go silently, leaving a world too busy and tired to acknowledge their presence. They come and go with a blink of an eye. I guess we’re lucky for not sharing the same fate. For thousands of years people have been dying in sickness, fear, or darkness. For different reasons, lives were unsaved, memories were lost, histories vanished, and all along, people have been asking themselves who they are and how can they change? Some of them misunderstood the word change and