E Group Christmas Post
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:21 pm
At the last E Group we were talking about the ascent of consciousness through the levels of our part of the Ray of Creation: the lateral octave developing from the sun, from light to dark, as follows below. Its main interest is not to describe physical bodies, but as Mr O recommended, to explore what these descriptions mean psychologically.
Unmanifest Sun—The Absolute, Param-Atman
The Sun—Archangels, Turiya
The Planets—Angels—Samadhi
Mankind—Self-conscious humans—Antahkaran predominantly sattva,
Vertebrates—Sheep, Rajasic, I know I am my body, I am right !
Invertebrates—Worms (I know something’s wrong)
Plants—
Minerals—
Metals—
What do the lower levels mean psychologically? Worms we are familiar with. Twisting helplessly on the fork of some identification, some desire that has taken hold of our whole person to the exclusion of reason or help. Can happen in a second. Many vertebrates learn to feed on worms.
Plants may have something to do with the gift of life itself: the glory of our senses, the breath of life, God given at point three in the diagram we looked at.
Minerals may represent a level at which ego/personality can crystallize, become hard, fixed, stupid . . . dare we say? Not letting in enough light.
Metals. The lack of light down here can allow cruelty without true awareness. Next stop the moon, whatever that may mean.
So the whole thing is about lightness of being. Or about being of lightness.
Evil can only manifest unconsciously is the golden rule.
It’s a good thing we know that stillness brings sattva. Which is light.
At the level of true mankind, Regent of the Biosphere, Conscience is transparent to the will, the light, of the Atman and the next stop is Angels.
This becomes a less dualistic picture if one considers that all the levels are available simultaneously in the moment, now.
Unmanifest Sun—The Absolute, Param-Atman
The Sun—Archangels, Turiya
The Planets—Angels—Samadhi
Mankind—Self-conscious humans—Antahkaran predominantly sattva,
Vertebrates—Sheep, Rajasic, I know I am my body, I am right !
Invertebrates—Worms (I know something’s wrong)
Plants—
Minerals—
Metals—
What do the lower levels mean psychologically? Worms we are familiar with. Twisting helplessly on the fork of some identification, some desire that has taken hold of our whole person to the exclusion of reason or help. Can happen in a second. Many vertebrates learn to feed on worms.
Plants may have something to do with the gift of life itself: the glory of our senses, the breath of life, God given at point three in the diagram we looked at.
Minerals may represent a level at which ego/personality can crystallize, become hard, fixed, stupid . . . dare we say? Not letting in enough light.
Metals. The lack of light down here can allow cruelty without true awareness. Next stop the moon, whatever that may mean.
So the whole thing is about lightness of being. Or about being of lightness.
Evil can only manifest unconsciously is the golden rule.
It’s a good thing we know that stillness brings sattva. Which is light.
At the level of true mankind, Regent of the Biosphere, Conscience is transparent to the will, the light, of the Atman and the next stop is Angels.
This becomes a less dualistic picture if one considers that all the levels are available simultaneously in the moment, now.