Theos-Talk Archives (April 1995 Message tl00100)

Bill,

I'd heard before that the word "Grokking" first appeared in
science fiction.  So apparently Serge swiped it from Heinlein.
The difference between what you describe and what Serge describes
is only that Serge says you can only grok with positive feelings.
If you have negative feelings towards the object you're trying to
grok, it won't work.  That makes sense to me, because then you'd
be repelled, & not be able to merge with it.

Who's Serge King? I first learned of him because most of his
books were published by the TPH.  I also did a workshop with him
at Omega Institute, in Rhinebeck, NY 2 years ago.  I've learned a
lot from him, so I tend to quote him a lot, but what he says in
Hawaiian terms, is usually pretty universal, Ancient Wisdom.
He's a Hawaiian shaman, a Kahuna Kupua.  He's also a clinical
psychologist, he's also got a degree in Anthropology, & I thought
I heard him say in Russian Studies.  He studied Hawaiian Kahuna
with his father, & after his father died, with an adopted
Hawaiian Uncle.  As a young man, he spent 7 years in Africa, &
studied with shamans there.  Then he came back & got his degrees.

Liesel