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- Esoteric
(Soul) Astrology
- What
is the Soul?
- The
Great Invocation
- About
the Rays
- The
Plan
- Initiation
- Wesak
Festival of Illumination
- The
Festival of Humanity
- Summer
Solstice
- Ray
3: Builder of Intelligence
- History
of the Sun and Earth
- Fire
in the Heart
- Immaculate
Conception
- Autumn
Equinox
- The
Path of Discipleship
- Chiron
in Scorpio
- Sound
from the Galactic Center
- The
Earth
- The
Lamp
- Saturn,
Dweller on the Threshold
- Winter
Solstice
- Defining
the Terms of the New Age
- Light
Evolution and the Zodiac
- Neptune
in Aquarius
- Jupiter
in Pisces
- The
Science of Service
- Pondering
Unity & Service
- DK's
Disciples Study Group
- The
Light of Pisces
- Pisces
as Christ, or Soul, Principal
- The
Mind of Aries
- The
Lords of Aries
- Spring
Equinox : A Resurrection
- The
Fire and Light of Aries
- Mercury,
The Messenger of the Gods
- The
Resurrection of Christ
- DK's
Disciples Study Group Meditation
- Lords
of Taurus
- The
Light Force from Shamballa
- Sacred
Geometria and Symbols of Wesak
- Ray
4 and the Art of Living
- Desire
- Mercury,
Venus & Earth in Relation to
Gemini
- Polarity
& Duality
- Music
of the Cherubim
- The
Light of Virgo & the Light of
Initiation
- The
United Nations
- The
Rays & Capricorn
- The
Three Crosses of Consciousness
- The
Mystery of the Sphinx
Venus:
Sacred Ray 5 Planet
Virgo's
Planetary Rulers &
Rays
Libra
Begins the Soul Year
- The
Sixth Sense
Inspiration
What
is Compassion?
Right
Human Relations
The
Brain, the Mind, the Soul, and
Knowledge
Constitution
of Man
The
Esoteric Interpretation of
Christmas
The
Christmas Tree
George
W. Bush Astrologically
The
Soul Invocation: Creating the Rainbow
Bridge
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The
Science of Service
Three new sciences will emerge in the coming
millennium. They are: (1) the Science of the
Mind Principle, through the study and
application of the Ancient Wisdom teachings; (2)
the Science of the Soul, or Rainbow Bridge
&emdash; techniques that invoke the Soul in its
work of bridging Spirit with matter &emdash;
which occurs at a point within the mind; and (3)
the Science of Service, based on an intelligent
heart and a loving mind. The activation of #2
and #3 are based upon the foundation of #1, and
these new sciences will replace the present-day
meditation practices of the individual because
these three sciences are concerned with the
development of the group and no longer only the
individual.
Because Pisces is the sign of the World
Savior, we will focus on the Science of Service
at this time. The concept of the World Savior
needs clarification. The World Savior is not an
individual, though Earth did experience one such
Savior 2,000 years ago, when the archangel from
the Sun fulfilled his task of Initiation by
taking on the work of the Christ and saving
Earth from the darkness of ignorance. The World
Savior to us, at this time, means the Soul that
is within each of us that one day takes hold of
our personality and steers us back onto the Path
toward our spiritual heritage. World Server, in
the esoteric sense, means the Soul.
Service is the spontaneous effect of Soul
contact. As the Soul begins its task of
capturing the instrument of the personality
(physical body, emotions, logical mind), there
is an urge, an impetus, within the individual to
relieve the burdens of others, to work within a
group of like-minded individuals, and to absorb
the world's sorrow and pain. The heart is
affected in compassion, and the mind begins to
envision doing active work that serves
humanity.
There are three characteristics of a true
server. They are: harmlessness in one's actions
and speech toward the group (it is assumed here
that upon reaching the first point that
harmlessness toward the individual would have
already been mastered); a willingness to allow
others to serve in their own way and to the best
of their ability (the knowledge that living life
is a service); and joyfulness, which creates a
pure vibrational unifying sound in the inner
realms of life (a counter to criticism, which
creates a separative and disjointed sound).
As the work of service evolves, inner contact
with the Soul and with Spirit deepens and the
mind becomes more illuminated by the seven
rainbow lights of the Soul. A force pours
through the personality and gives the server the
vision and power to be able to cooperate more
and more as a strong group member in the New
Group of World Servers. The real and the unreal
are revealed, and the life of the individual is
flooded with a radiance of love and light, and
is experienced as divine impersonality.
Eventually, the Plan of Evolution is revealed.
This signifies that the server has entered the
Rain Cloud of Knowable Things. It is at this
point that the heart center finally awakens.
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Pondering
Unity & Service
Pisces is the sign of unity, and though we do
not necessarily see this in our outer daily
lives, an aspiration (Ray 6) for unification
(Ray 2) is definitely taking place in the
spiritual realms between the Soul and Spirit.
This is the purpose of Pisces, though the
knowledge of this and our ability to feel its
effects are still beyond our mental
capabilities. Pisces is water and Aries is fire.
Water blends and fire creates. The merging of
these two elements, in the form of Pisces and
Aries, always signifies the ending of one
reality so that a greater reality can come into
being. Neptune, the ruling planet of Pisces, is
dissolving illusions created in the material
plane. Pluto, the Soul ruler of Pisces, is
liberating the Soul and our spiritual will and
asking us what form(s) or principle(s) do we
wish to serve. During the month of Pisces, these
are questions to ponder in preparation for the
new year, for it is through service that the two
fish are liberated.
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DK's
Disciples Study Group
This article is dedicated to students
interested in learning the concepts of esoteric
thought. Calling it "DK's Disciples Study Group"
is tongue-in-cheek, and some of you will
understand why we have chosen this title. "DK"
are the initials of the Tibetan Djwhal Khul, the
Master who wrote through Alice A. Bailey,
producing twenty-four volumes of esoteric
thought to be studied in preparation for the
coming millennium. From 1931 to 1943, DK
actually did have a group of disciples whom he
personally trained. The contents of their study
together is found in volumes 1 & 2 of Alice
Bailey's work called, Discipleship in the New
Age. The main purpose of DK's work was to inform
humanity that there is a group called the
Hierarchy, or Brothers of Light, who, century
after century, present to humanity the
evolutionary principles, called the Ancient
Wisdom teachings, needed to steadily develop the
mind. Down through the ages each individual who
stands ready and willing to be trained in the
Ancient Mysteries is eventually called a
disciple. It is with this purpose and dedication
in mind that we present these studies. The Alice
Bailey/Djwhal Khul books are in print and
available in esoteric bookstores and through
Lucis Publishing Company in New York City.
The Elements
"The earth was without form, and void: and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters." (Genesis 1:2)
Unless one understands the deeper
significance of what the elements earth, air,
fire, and water mean, the above passage is no
more than lovely Biblical verse. In our search
for meaning in our lives and in our quest for
the purpose of our existence, we must begin with
the very act of Creation and deconstruct its
formula. All things in existence, from the atom
to the universe, are the result of a process by
which the formless takes on form and the
infinite (limitless) become finite (seen,
measurable) and descends into time and space.
The very first emanations that occur(ed) from
the unified field of God in the course of
creation were/are the elements fire (+) and
water (-) and their corresponding electrical
polarities (see graphic).
The Biblical passage above can be understood
alchemically as the interaction of the masculine
(Father) and feminine (Mother) powers of God as
principles which, as they manifest materially,
become the elements fire and water respectively.
The fire-mist, positive in nature, moved upon
the face of the formless waters, negative in
nature, and thus commenced the formative work
that brought humanity and all kingdoms of Earth
into manifestation.
To further define the elements, where they
came from, and their significance, we must
understand that they are precipitations or
primary forces of the creative principle, into
the manifested (given form) elements, and that
without them the form of the universe could not
have come into existence. Referring to the
chart, we see that as the creative process
extends outward and downward (this downward
movement of Spirit into matter is called
involution), it takes on the physical expression
of the elements we know as fire, water, air, and
earth.
These originating creative forces, referred
to in esoteric literature as the, "Four
Recording Angels," are actually electromagnetic
radiations (rays). Astrologically, these
principles or elements correlate to the four
fixed astrological signs of Leo (fire), Aquarius
(air), Scorpio (water), and Taurus (earth).
These four Lords of the Zodiac sacrificed their
spiritual essences and, by becoming the
elements, imparted animation to the physical
body of humanity, the Earth, and all of her
kingdoms.
The Days of Creation
The work of the first four Creative Days is
concerned with the underlying precipitating
processes that form themselves into fire, water,
air, and earth. The Fire of the First Day of
Creation was pure essence of Spirit (positive,
masculine radiative energy). The Air of the
Second Day was a further radiation or descent of
the spiritual Fire. Therefore Air is termed the
complement of Fire. The Water of the Third Day
was the negative (receptive), or feminine, force
of Spirit from which the Soul of humanity was
formed. The Earth of the Fourth Day came into
existence through a lowering of the Water
principle into a dense manifestation. Therefore
Earth is termed the complement of Water. The
"waters under the firmament" refer to the
visible universe; the "waters above the
firmament" to the invisible spiritual
realms.
Esotericism provides us with an understanding
of the nature and constitution of the elements.
It teaches us that the earthly elements of fire,
air, water, and earth are actually physical
sheaths of the four cosmic forces that underlie
all of creation.
In its progression through involution
(descending down and coming into matter) and
evolution (journeying back to Spirit), humanity
experiences seven tests, or Initiations. The
first four of these Initiations correspond to
the development of these same precipitating
forces, or elements, within each individual.
With each Initiation, certain powers are
acquired, and these elemental forces in nature
are understood and controlled. An example of
understanding and being able to work with the
force of the water element was Moses' ability to
part the Red Sea. Jesus and the Christ, both
high Initiates, were capable of performing
seeming "miracles". The Bible is filled with
passages of miracles in which the elements of
fire, air, water, and earth are referenced.
After passing the fourth Initiation a candidate
is called a "new born" because, with the
understanding and control of the elements, a new
life of power and service has been born
within.
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The
Light of Pisces
In esoteric terms Pisces, "is the light of
life itself and ends forever the darkness of
matter."* It is important to understand that
when speaking from an esoteric (inner), or Soul,
point of view, the language used does not refer
to the external nature of things. The language
and explanations always refer to an inner
reality, one that is unseen, often unknown, and
barely perceptible. Therefore, in the quote
above, the light is the light of the Soul, and
the darkness of matter is that state of
unconsciousness when we are developing our
personality and Spirit seems far away.
Since the light of Pisces really means the
light that flows into the personality from the
work of the incoming Soul, it is important once
again to articulate what the Soul actually is.
First, there is an originating God the Father
source. This is called Spirit. And there is the
polarity of God the Father called the Mother.
This is called matter, or Earth. In between both
of these polarities is a point of light called
the Soul. The Soul was created when God
theFather and God the Mother looked at each
other for the first time. The frequencies of
love that vibrated between them pulsated so
strongly that a third energy was created. This
energy is called by various names: Son, Soul,
Christ principle, consciousness, a five-pointed
star of fire, Sophia, Gnosis, Divine Wisdom. For
this article we will concentrate on the word
Soul.
At a time in our evolutionary history when
Earth was being created and the Divine Mother
made a choice to act as the mother of all life
here on Earth, a separation began between God
the Father and God the Mother. This was the
origin of polarity. As humanity began to people
the Earth, as our Spiritual origins began to
recede into a mist, and as we focused on the
development of our physical bodies, emotions,
and logical mind, there needed to be some type
of system that would take hold of our lives and
reacquaint us with our divine origins. The
activity of the Soul was then inaugurated as a
bridge between our forgetfulness and our
remembrances, our Spiritual inner selves and our
outer physical selves. Spirit (Father) and
matter (Mother) needed to be reunited again.
Therefore, in an act of sacrifice, the Soul,
which is a frequency of divine energy or
consciousness, dropped itself down from God the
Father into a state of semi-dense physicality.
While still maintaining its connection to
Spirit, the Soul suspends itself above the life
of every human and waits until the personality
has developed both experience and strength
enough to withstand the incoming fiery light the
Soul will bring to the individual. When the
personality is strong enough, the Soul detaches
itself from God the Father and descends into the
life and personality of the individual. From
that point on, the personality takes on a new
enlightened character because of the Soul's
influence. This descent is what is meant by "the
light of life itself [that] ends forever
the darkness of matter."
There is a Sanskrit word for the path the
Soul uses in its work of illuminating the life
of an individual. That word is Antahkarana. In
Western language it is called the Rainbow
Bridge. It is actually a silvery cord that links
the personality with the Soul and brings light
to the darkness of matter.
Each individual has the ability to activate
the process of the Soul. This is done out of,
and through, the substance of the developed
mind. To develop the mind one must first have
the aspiration to know, actively study the
Ancient Wisdom teachings, and then employ the
techniques of invoking the Soul through pure
intention and active visualization.
* Alice A. Bailey
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Pisces
as Christ, or Soul, Principal
Pisces is the sign of unification. At the
center of our lives on Earth and on our journey
to further and further unfoldment of
consciousness, it is the aspect of all things
being electrically polarized that creates the
tension that engenders the chaos that fuels the
challenge within each of us to rise phoenix-like
out of duality into a field of unified coherence
that we call harmony, peace, or God. It is the
sign of Pisces, the two fishes connected by a
silver and gold cord, that presents us with
duality, yet also offers in its Neptunian waters
a sense that unity is a rapturous possibility.
In esoteric literature the sign of Pisces is
substituted for several other words: the Christ
principle, the Soul, and the developing of
consciousness.
Christ is a word that brings forth varied
responses. For some, there's a mental image of a
man who lived 2,000 years ago in Israel who
carried, was nailed to, and was hung from a
cross on a mountain top, which, at his death,
was enveloped in thunder and lightning. Others
respond with a cynical disbelief that there
was/is such a person called Christ. And a third
response &emdash; usually from fallen away
Christians &emdash; is a complete turning away
from the word. Each response is valid in that it
brings to the fore a certain stage in humanity's
religious development. But these responses do
not explain the form, function, and purpose of
that which we call the Christ principle.
Christ is not one individual person. Christ
is not Jesus, and Christ is not Jesus's last
name. Christ is a principle and an attitude of
unification. Christ is a word signifying a
position of leadership (a job description) given
to certain divine individuals whose task it is
to initiate great harmony through a process of
magnetic attraction. Christ is an energy pattern
that blends diverse and opposite polarities into
integrated wholeness. In humanity's case, the
polarities to be unified are Spirit (Father,
divine masculine) and matter (Mother, divine
feminine). Christ is another word for the Soul,
that point of light between, yet containing
both, Spirit and matter.
Christ is the Path home that blooms within
us, felt first as a seeking and an aspiration
for something greater than ourselves. Later this
aspiration transforms into Love &emdash; for
family, partner, nature, community, knowledge,
and God. Christ is the principle that aspires,
pursues, reaches, finds, and eventually blends
with that which we are seeking. The
Christ principle originates in the star
Sirius, which blends its streams of blue,
orange, and green electrical fires with a
particular star in the Big Dipper called Ray 2.
From this star ray the cosmic fiery force
penetrates Pisces, and then enters our Sun,
where the originating energy is transformed into
magnetic radiations of light which fall to
Earth. On Earth, Christ is the point of divine
fire in all living things. The purpose of this
inner fire is to connect Spirit (the unseen)
with matter (the seen). In nature, this Christ
principle gives life its cosmic rhythm, the
result of which is an ever-present, coherent
life force. This point of life, connecting
Spirit with matter, is the pure, radiant,
harmonious vibration called the Soul.
And, lastly, Christ is the second aspect of
God. A long time ago, when God the Father was
getting to know Himself, He looked out and saw a
reflection of Himself. This reflection He called
the Mother. Love grew between them, and the
activity of pulsating love between the Father
and the Mother created a force vibrating between
them. This love was called the Son (Sun). The
Christ is the mediating aspect between God the
Father and God the Mother, and the Christ
completes the triangle, or trinity, of the three
aspects of God.
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The
Mind of Aries
It is in Aries that the first signs of Spring
occur because it is through Aries that a new
cycle of life begins. Aries is basically a
mental sign since the first impulse of all that
exists begins with an idea. Therefore all ideas
begin with Aries, and an idea is a will to be or
a spiritual impulse taking form. It is in Aries
that the seed of an idea is initiated and the
activity to take on form occurs. Why this is
important is that if we look around at the
pulsating new life during this month of Aries we
are seeing the actual and originating ideas of
God that took concrete form long ago.
With this in mind, therefore, it is important
to acknowledge that it was in Aries that
humanity first emerged as an idea in the Mind of
God, and that we are, at our core, primarily
mental entities that were awakened within the
fiery fields of our Creator's Will.
Since Aries is the birthplace of, and time in
which, ideas take place, it is important that we
understand the function and process of ideas.
Ideas are not something humanity itself creates.
All ideas come from the Mind of God. Humanity
was given the seeds of the mind in order to
understand the Mind of God. But humanity as yet
does not and cannot function within the realms
of that portion of the mind that can perceive
the reality of the Mind of God. One must have an
"illumined" mind in order to understand the Mind
of God, and the prerequisite for the illumined
mind is harmony and fusion between the
personality and the Soul.
There is a Will within the universe whose
purpose is to further the Plan of evolution
within all kingdoms on Earth. This Will created
the archetypes, or models, or ideas, of a
perfected humanity in tune with the Will of God.
These archetypes (archos =first; typos =model)
exist in a realm of ideas on very high and
divine levels of reality. All of creation first
existed as an idea or as an archetype. These
archetypes seek manifestation through Aries
because all ideas are a spark of fire, and Aries
is the fire sign of all beginnings. The
archetype or idea behind every created form
(seen or unseen) is what is called its Soul. The
Soul contains within itself the picture of the
perfected idea, plan, or model of the created
form. In the course of evolving the mind
principle, humanity must be able to contact,
perceive clearly, and bring into perfection the
original idea, plan, or model created for each
form.
In other words, each of us has within our
Souls a perfect form or model of self that is
our original perfect prototype. It is our
responsibility to grow ourselves up in
consciousness and knowledge in order to meet and
become that perfected self. The picture, held in
the very structure of our Souls, calls us forth.
It is this information that Christians call "the
body of Christ" or "to be Christed." If we
understand that the Christ word means the Soul,
that the Soul holds our perfect pattern of
being, that through Aries we can approach that
idea of self, and that through Mercury we bridge
the old self with the new self, then we have for
the first time the ancient wisdom keys that can
unlock the mystery of the evolution of self.
The bridging of the personality with the Soul
&emdash; a process called the Rainbow Bridge
&emdash; and the ability of each of us to reach
into the archetype of ourselves within our Soul
is actually what the Resurrection, enacted more
than 2,000 years ago by the Lord of the Sun, was
about. Each Spring, during Aries, and with the
help of Mercury, we are capable of rising to the
occasion of our own perfected archetypes held in
our Souls, and, in an act of sacrifice, giving
up the ways of the lesser self/path and
embarking on the Path of Wholeness (Holiness) or
Knowledge. It takes this information and an act
of aspiring intention for it to be so. And so it
becomes.
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The
Lords of Aries
Known as the Lords of Fire (Agni), these
great beings hold the archetype (pattern) for
the future race of humanity, whose
at-one-ment of personality, Soul, and Spirit
will produce a harmonious and peaceful world to
come. The Lords of Fire participated in our
initial creation, but for most of humanity,
their work lies still in the future. The fires
(fohat) of their nature produce a purifying and
illumined consciousness. This illumination
ignites the presently sleeping original Divine
Spark, or inner fire, of each individual,
creating a burning ground that clears the
illusions, mental distortions, and emotional
fugues that are the barriers to clear perception
to the Rain Cloud of Knowable Things (world of
wisdom and intuition). These fires produce the
discriminating personality, the illumined
consciousness, and a fiery force field of
radiation needed in our ascent, or resurrection,
of consciousness back toward the Source.
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Spring
Equinox : A Resurrection
During the four sacred seasonal intervals we
call equinoxes and solstices, there is a
dramatic outpouring of light that flows to
Earth. This work is done by the Lord of the Sun
(the Christ) and His archangels and angels. The
Light issuing forth during these times makes an
impression of new life upon the physical
composition of Earth in the shape of a cross.
Ancient Mystery Schools established Temple
observations and rituals based upon these fiery
tides of new light. To a lesser degree, twice a
month, this very same light is experienced by
humanity at the time of the New and Full
Moons.
Aries signifies the Light (Fire) of Life
itself and it is during this month that this
Light is being renewed and pouring forth onto
the planet. The Sun is once again rising into
the Northern Hemisphere. Humanity has always
followed the path of the Sun, as it is our
guardian and life-giving source of heat and
light. But there is an inner significance. All
of nature participates in the journey of the
Light's ascent and descent. This is what the
seasons represent. Easter is the story of the
ascent of the Sun (the Aries Light of Life
itself) in the life of Earth's kingdoms and the
ascent of the interior fire within each human.
From darkness we will emerge, eventually, into
the Light. Aries shows us the Way.
At this Spring time of Aries, life itself is
ascending or, to use a Christian term,
resurrecting. This can be seen in the budding of
plants and trees, the new life manifesting in
the animal kingdom, and the heart of humanity
responding joyfully to the new warmth, scent,
and color in the air.
The changing seasons bring us into a more
intimate relationship with the purpose and Plan
of our Spirit. We become more attuned and better
able to accomplish our work. All of nature is a
drama unfolding before our eyes &emdash; an
allegory of the Spirit within us attempting to
walk the Path of Holiness. The fact that each
year a new Spring season occurs informs us that
we are always renewed within, that we are always
ascending in consciousness, and that our path is
always a resurrection into Spirit no matter what
we do. That is the Law of Nature.
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The
Fire and Light of Aries
Aries drops an electric fire to the Earth.
Electric fire is that aspect of God that creates
heat and a fire that can burn and destroy. As
the initiating zodiacal sign, Aries calls each
individual to the path of Earth experience. With
Mars, the personality ruler of Aries, what we
experience is the fire of challenge, of war,
strife, and conflict. These are the cornerstones
of the life of the personality. When the
personality is fully developed, our previous way
of life is set afire and dissolved, and our
personality becomes a burning ground in order
for it to purify. There is an old saying that if
one wants to stand at the feet of the Master,
one's feet must be washed in the fires of the
heart. This is an ancient way of saying that
one's personality must purify. Once the
personality has undergone a burning away, a
vision of higher realities asserts itself. This
is the fire of the illuminated mind. The fire of
the warring personality transforms itself into a
flame in the mind. Both are Aries fire. But one
is the fire of experience and the other is the
fire of knowledge. The Plan for humanity is
patterned not through the energy of Mars (war,
strife, separation), but through the energy of
Mercury (knowledge, the Mind, unification). Thus
it evolutionarily furthers us to develop the
mental faculties, for they are the same pattern
and prototype as the Mind of God, from which
humanity issued forth.
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Mercury,
The Messenger of the Gods
Note: Mercury will be retrograde in Aries
from March 27th to April 20th. The following
information must be read within the context that
planets are rational intelligences circling the
Sun whose purpose is the evolution and
enlightenment of humanity.
Aries flows through three planets, which, in
turn, transmit the fire of Aries into three
distinctively different levels of consciousness.
For the development of the personality, Aries
works through the planet Mars. For Soul
development, Aries is received through Mercury,
the planet referred to as the Messenger of the
Gods. On spiritual levels, Aries is received
through the ministrations of the planet Uranus.
Humanity has reached the level of development
where it is Mercury that we need be concerned
with now. We have experienced Mars's energy in
the development of our personality. Now that the
Soul of humanity is being evoked, Mercury and
the three processes of the mind are awakening.
For it is through the mind that humanity will
find God. The desire level of Mars is no longer
adequate.
Mercury had several different names in
ancient times; Mithra and Hermes are two of the
most ancient. Hermes was thought of as the god
who invented and initiated humanity into magic
(how to create) and the Mysteries (creation
itself). Mercury is considered both one with,
and companion to, the Sun, and it is Mercury who
leads and evokes the activity of the Soul
through the application of the mind principle.
Mercury is said to heal (open) the blind (Third
Eye) and restore mental and physical sight
(being able to perceive the Rain Cloud of
Knowable Things). The 5th race of humanity,
called the Aryans, or People of the Mind, were
born under the ministrations of Mercury. And
while Venus is considered the sister to our
Earth (Venus gave us the seeds of the mind),
Mercury is our elder brother who teaches us how
to use it.
Mercury receives seven times more light than
any other planet (since it's so close to the
Sun) and its color is yellow/gold. Mercury is
also called Buddhi (fourth plane consciousness
&emdash; that of the intuitional mind),
represents our right eye, and is the creator and
initiator of our wisdom and enlightenment.
Mercury is responsible for the reawakening of
the Divine Sciences (Ancient Wisdom Mysteries).
As the Messenger of the Gods, Mercury's force on
the planet precipitates a crisis of knowledge
for humanity. At first we seek (Mercury is
curious) the knowledge of earthly things. Later
we seek the knowledge of divinity. All knowledge
is a crisis in that the previous level of
knowing is destroyed and the new level of
knowledge replaces it. It is the destiny of
humanity, through the mind principle, to reveal
divinity to itself. It is not the other way
around: Divinity does not reveal itself to
humanity. The function of Mercury, and its tool,
the three levels of the mind, is to do this for
itself. This is also within the realm of Aries.
Mercury receives the energies of Ray 4, the ray
that creates harmony after chaos (knowledge
comes after ignorance). Ray 4 is also the ray of
humanity. Mercury, working with Ray 4,
influences and impels each individual to seek
and gather facts, to build the lower and, later,
the abstract and symbolic minds, and eventually
to identify and come to a realization of the
mysteries of life. Since Aries is the sign in
which life begins as an idea in the Mind of God,
it follows that Mercury, the planet of the
mental faculties, in working with Aries, is the
builder and revealer of knowledge...which the
ancients always knew.
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The
Resurrection of Christ
The Resurrection of the Christ Or the Real
Story of Easter
The specific Resurrection of the Christ (Lord
of & from the Sun) from the tomb, after His
life, crucifixion, and death, was spiritually
important because prior to His embodiment,
humanity was in a state of darkness. That is,
the Divine Spark of Life, from which we were
originally created, was not lit (available)
within us, and our evolution was spiraling
downward and not upward toward Spirit, which we
were initially created to do. This downward
arcing was considered a state of emergency by
the Hierarchy, and during a conference held by
the Overseers of our Planet Earth it was decided
that the Lord of the Sun (whose position is
called the Christ) would literally enter into
the field of Earth for three years and bring
with Him the Light of Life itself to respark the
hearts and minds of humanity. The three days in
which He was considered to be "in the tomb" was
a time in which the Light was being implanted in
the very core of the Earth &emdash; in this way,
the mineral, plant, and animal kingdoms could
also access the Light and continue with their
particular upward-arcing evolution. Without this
intercedence, the Earth and all her kingdoms
would have eventually disintegrated. The
Christ's statement "I come from the Father"
meant that he came from the radiating,
projecting, life-giving Light of the Sun. Thus
He was considered the Son.
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DK's
Disciples Study Group Meditation
In esoteric training it is made very clear to
the seeker that illumination is reached by
training the mind, and a scientific form of
meditation is provided. The objective of
training the mind is identification with the
Soul aspect within the self with the
understanding that the Soul has the ability to
unfold consciousness. This is, in fact, part of
the Soul's purpose. In this type of meditation
the mind is used as an instrument for observing
the world. When one observes phenomena with
curiosity and with the intention that those
phenomena will reveal themselves, then the
mind's observing eye becomes the instrument for
bringing about illumination. Taurus is the sign
that signifies, beyond desire and aspiration,
the ability to achieve illumination. Therefore
it is appropriate that during the time of Taurus
this way, and explanation, of scientific
meditation be given.
Five Stages in Meditation Esoteric, or
scientific, meditation moves the individual out
of the realm of feelings and into the more
steady plane of knowledge. It also provides for
a stable, firm, and balanced ascent of conscious
spirituality and, later, intuitional
illumination. We have found that deep and
focused study of materials (books, research,
etc.) we are seriously interested in helped us
accomplish the first three steps, with the last
two emerging as a consequence. The five stages
in meditation are:
- 1 Concentration, where the conscious mind
focuses on one object, thought, etc. This
includes study, creative arts, reading,
researching.
- 2 Focusing the attention in one direction
and holding the mind on one desired
idea.
- 3 Contemplation. This is an activity of
the Soul,where the mind is held in a quiet
state.
- 4 Illumination, which is a result of the
three preceding processes. This involves a
registered state of knowing coming down into
the brain (logical mind) from the
intuitional, a consciousness of the knowledge
achieved.
- 5 Inspiration, the result of
illumination, which demonstrates in a life of
service. These five stages of meditation lead
to a union with the Soul and a direct
knowledge of Divinity.
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Lords
of Taurus
Called the Thrones, this exalted hierarchy is
an archangelic group who hold steadily the
cosmic blueprint, or Plan, for humanity and all
things in form. Like the Taurean bull, whose
power is often hidden, these Lords are capable
of wielding supreme power, and we are able to
contact their essence through our desire nature.
Desire is the quality used to activate our
physical and emotional fields, and our entire
solar system is bathed in the watery oceans of
the desire of God.
As Lords responsible for the patterns behind
form, this hierarchy molds our solar system
through a musical language based in the keynote
of E flat. Containing form's archetypal pattern,
and since Taurus is the second evolutionary sign
in the zodiac, it is during the second month of
prenatal life inside the mother that the Lords
of Taurus, sounding their keynote, produce the
form of the ensouling ego, that first projection
of form patterns that are the beginnings of life
limited in space. And as the sign Taurus rules
the throat, it is also during this second month
that the Lords of Taurus radiate the image of
the throat center. A spiritual impress of the
throat is projected onto the fetus. The throat
center, in humanity, is the seat of creative
power and is destined, after many
reincarnational journeys, to become what is
called the Rose of Light in the larynx.
In humanity's continuing present-day life
within our specific solar system, which is one
of seven, these angelic beings, pouring forth
the force, Divine Law, and judgments of God, are
associated with Ray 1 (Will and Power of God,
the Father). Through their directive work with
the Lords of Karma (called in Sanskrit the
Lipikas), the Thrones teach humanity the
necessity of ruling with integrity, fairness,
and justice. King Solomon must have known
them.
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The
Light Force from Shamballa
Clarification of terms: Shamballa is a
force field, a plane of consciousness, or
dimension of awareness, where the "Will of God
is Known" and the place where the Watchers of
the Planet reside primarily in etheric form. The
director of Shamballa is Sanat Kumara, the
Regent from Venus, and head of Shamballa, who,
18 million years ago, came to Earth and, along
with three of his executives (called the three
buddhas), activated the functions of mind in
early humanity. Following this mental activation
these four representatives from Venus elected to
remain on Earth and oversee the unfoldment of
our mental activity. At times in our history,
when humanity has needed an increase of
intensification in order to progressively
evolve, it has been Sanat Kumara who has
activated those forces. In the early 1900s Sanat
Kumara and the Shamballa forces flooded humanity
with a new force field called the Will of God.
This is the same force found in Ray 1 in the Big
Dipper.
In order to stimulate the higher spiritual
principles in humanity and to arouse in each
individual a more active willingness to know and
serve the Plan, a powerful new ray of light was
released on Earth in the early part of this
century. Originating from Sanat Kumara, and
radiating through the red star Aldebaran, known
as the eye of Taurus, it was (and still is)
planned that the force of Ray 1 (Will and Power
of God, the Father. For humanity it is the will
to evolve.) from the Big Dipper would bring each
individual to the "mountain of vision and to
initiation" (spiritual transformation).
This vital new force of the Will sweeping
through humanity has had several interesting
results, and one that was unexpected. After a
new force of thought emanates from the Mind of
God, and in order for it to precipitate into the
physical field of Earth where humanity presently
resides, this God-thought is absorbed and
affected by our emotional levels. At first, when
this force of God called Will entered into our
emotional bodies, our desire bodies experienced
a new freedom and power to act. But without
prior training in the appropriate uses of power,
and because our desire bodies were still
immature, it became apparent that the Will of
God force was becoming greatly distorted. While
a small group of individuals were capable of
understanding and using this force of Will to
better serve the Purpose and the Plan, much of
humanity responded by seeking self-power and by
using power to control others. A duality, in
terms of the appropriate response to the Will of
God, thus occurred within the unit of life
called humanity, and glamours resulted.
Glamour is an esoteric term denoting a
distortion of ideals. The effects of glamour are
many and far-reaching. Minds become closed;
there is separative thinking; people live in
fear or repression; systems are created in which
the few impose their will upon the many;
individuals do not have freedom of time,
creativity, or expression; the economic system
becomes imbalanced; and the life of the group is
unappreciated. When life is no longer
constructive and the art of living no longer
able to be practiced, when a government imposes
its will on the people, then humanity becomes
captive within a man-made state (of being).
Glamours symbolize a polarization away from, and
a distortion of, the Will of God. The plan of
Spirit and the purpose of Diety is for humanity
to have visions and possibilities of freedom and
to experience synthesis. In order to achieve
this freedom, vision, and ultimate synthesis,
one must achieve a certain level of
illumination, for it is illumination that is the
antithesis of glamour. It is for this reason
that Taurus, the sign of illumination, is and
will be prominent in the unfolding lives of
humanity. For Taurus, along with its rulers
Venus and Vulcan, is the sign that forges the
instruments (thinking mind) for constructive and
harmonious living.
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Sacred
Geometria and Symbols of Wesak
To the right are geometrical formations made
by the Buddha (wisdom teacher), the Christ (love
teacher), the Hierarchy (watchers of humanity),
and all previous teachers of our race during the
Full Moon of Taurus or Wesak (May) Festival.
There are seven symbols created through movement
and all contain sacred meanings. The energies
created by these formations produce channels
that step down the energies of cosmic beings for
use here on Earth. These energies bless our
planet and stabilize the fire of Aries. The
Wesak Festival is a present-day event and is
performed by, and within, all the spiritual
kingdoms. Love and wisdom (Ray 2 energies from
the Big Dipper) are the primary energies
contacted and received through the presence of
the Buddha and the Christ. A bowl of water is
placed in the center of the geometrical
formations. After the water is blessed by the
Buddha, who charges it and all who participate
with a deeply spiritual force, he then dispenses
the energy of wisdom to humanity. Because we are
not yet able to take in the Buddhic energies,
the Christ steps in and receives them for
humanity and distributes them to those present.
These energies are also held in full potency
until the Full Moon of Humanity (Festival of
Good Will and World Invocation Day) in June,
when they are once again dispersed.
Every individual who has the desire,
aspiration, knowledge, and intention to
participate in the ceremony is welcome. The
blessings received are based upon our own
readiness to receive this energy and contain it
until the next Full Moon. The Taurus energy
contacted during this ceremony reminds us to
awaken our senses to beauty and to harmonize our
sensual desire nature in order to bring forth
enlightenment in our lives.
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Ray 4
and the Art of Living
There is a duality found in Taurus, the sign
that receives and distributes the energy of Ray
4 in the Big Dipper. At first Taurus provides us
with all types of desires &emdash; the desire
for comfort, possessions, lots of money, and
great big success. Then Taurus provides us with
the aspiration, persistence, and patience to
achieve all those desires. We work long hours
away from home at money-making situations that
really have little to do with our creativity and
leave us with no time to enjoy life. But, those
big desires and aspirations are what we focus on
foremost in our lives . . . . at least for a
while.
There comes a time when we realize that we
don't have a life away from work &emdash; that
perhaps a life where our daily-and-life needs
are separate from the type of work we do no
longer serves its purpose. We find ourselves
doing more than we have time for, our job is
something we no longer look forward to, and the
children, homekeeping, and most pleasures are
being neglected. Despairing, we recognize that
there is a duality occurring in our lives and
that if our schedule (or work, or economic
situation) continues in the same manner, there
is little to no hope for balance.
This is a familiar refrain for many of us on
the planet now who feel that our work is
separated from our needs and that we are no
longer intimately connected or creatively
involved in our daily lives. There is a growing
realization that we are living neither a
constructive nor a creative life and that it is
shattering and cracking in half.
The awareness of this duality in our lives
provides us with important information on a Soul
level. We must understand that not only is the
insight concerning the dualities in our lives
actually an awareness that something must
change, but that it is the Soul who is
communicating this to us as an important aid in
our development.
Taurus and Ray 4 are interesting archetypal
forces. While Taurus lures us into stability, we
actually end up in duality (at first). And while
Ray 4 is about the art of living, it really
provides us with a tremendous amount of tension,
chaos, and discomfort along the way. Why is
this? Life has a way of wanting to constantly
evolve. Life also consists of many (forty-nine)
different levels of reality. One of these levels
of reality is the emotional field, the place
where desire resides and glamour (distortion) is
the result. Whereas Taurus helps us develop
desires, they always end up emotionally
distorted. But we must, as Spirits within
matter, experience these realms and, with the
help of the Soul, climb out of them. And we must
do it through the Taurean processes of gaining
illumination and calling upon our will(ingness)
to proceed to the next level of development. It
is Ray 4 that creates the tension that pushes us
ever upward.
The questions that Ray 4 and Taurus are
really asking us, after we've experienced the
duality, are: What represents constructive
living? What are the means by which a group, a
town, a city, a nation, or a world achieves
harmonious and constructive living? What
instruments need to be forged to achieve this?
And what types of people, thought processes, and
belief systems will foster a life in which work
is not separated from daily living &emdash;
where freedom, creativity, and cooperation are
the primary focus of life and the group is
enhanced by the gifts of each individual?
Each of us must respond to these questions
for ourselves. To be able to answer them are the
purposes of Taurus and Ray 4. For within this
sign and ray lie the mystery of the Purpose and
Plan of God. But I will give you a little hint
as to the answers. It has to do with Aquarius
and the Aquarian Age. Aquarius is the sign of
groups of like-minded people coming together,
consciously forging communities based upon the
freedom of the individual and the art of living
a constructive, enlightened, and cooperative
life in harmony with the Purpose and Plan of
Divine Will.
There was a German social philosopher who
worked all this out on paper and whose theories
were published all over the world. But humanity
was not able to understand his dynamic theories
of social change and thus radically distorted
them. Read and studied today by astrological
esotericists familiar with the purpose of
Taurus, the deeper level within this social
theorist's work would be understood and never
again interpreted or used as a model for
repressive force against entire nations of
people. This author was a Taurus and his name
was Karl Marx.
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Desire
Desire is a longing, a wish, a want, an
appetite, a craving, an urge, an intense feeling
for something. Aspiration is a little higher
than desire, though desire is its foundation.
Whereas desire is completely on the feeling
level, aspiration is desire with just a touch of
the mind principle. Desire attempts to pull
something in; aspiration hopes to breathe it in.
Desire is a movable feast of the emotional
field. It is said that the universe was made of
desire and that the "ocean" of air we live in
is, in fact, God's emotional field of desire.
Actually, desire is a pull from Spirit and is
the core component in our evolution.
It is in and through Taurus that the desire
principle begins. Remember, Taurus follows
Aries, the sign of the first thought. Well,
something had to happen to God's first thought,
so it dropped down into matter in order to
anchor itself, and there it's been since the
begining of time. And we, the sons and daughters
of God, have been living in God's thought-desire
(first two principles/elements of life) since
the "night of time."
So, after 18 million years of this, it's
about time we learned what desire is and how,
through Taurean influences, using desire can
reorient us back on the road to God. This might
sound rather strange at first, but desire is
actually a force embedded in matter, a powerful
impetus that urges us to change, shift, be
attracted to something, and rise above present
conditions.
Desire has three phases: (1) the passionate
urge to be, have, and express; (2) the
aspiration to seek that which helps us rise
above something and achieve freedom; and (3) the
will(ingness) to cooperate with a higher order
of things. These three phases of desire
symbolize the qualities inherent in the time and
sign of Taurus. Taurus anchors the Spirit of God
within form (after Aries creates the fiery
thoughts) and when finally in form, Divinity
then desires to express itself within form. We
are that creature, desiring to express the self,
and He is us.
After a while though, desire creates duality.
Duality is expressed in humanity as a desire for
two opposing things. In the case of the Pilgrim
on the Path (or on the way to it), duality
expresses itself as "Do I want to pay for that
beautiful thing in form, or do I tithe to the
poor and be of service to others?" This is a
very simple sort of duality, but it is important
to be aware that when these types of polarized
questions assert themselves within us, we are
experiencing duality. And this is a good thing,
since after a while lots of desires create lots
of duality (polarization), and this creates
tensions, discomforts, and an aspiration to
reach the next level of life, where, hopefully,
there's more comfort. This is because life
always wants to unify while desires often
separate. But it takes desire to get us to the
point of unification. Aspiration is a step up
from desire. Meaning "to breathe in" and
containing a spark of the mind principle,
aspiration is more of a hope for things to get
better, to be not so polarized. Aspiration is a
step toward unity. After we become rather
desperate with our unmet aspiration (it's a
test), we often find the will to keep aspiring.
We know that something better's out there. Often
it takes a great deal of aspiration, and an even
greater will(ingness) to persevere, before what
we really desire, aspire to, and are willing to
be, comes about.
This is not the entire picture of desire,
aspiration, and will. But it is enough to say
that Taurus provides these inner forces as a
means of developing our consciousness of
spiritual things so that, eventually, we will,
through desire, aspiration, and willingness,
come to the point where we cooperate with the
Purpose and Plan of God. By that time we've
realized that there's an art to living and that
we are the constructive tools life uses for life
to happen at all. This is the secret of
Taurus.
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Mercury,
Venus & Earth in Relation to
Gemini
Gemini (Ray 2 of Love/Wisdom) works directly
with three planets in our solar system. The
first is Mercury (Ray 4 of Harmony through
Chaos), which gives Gemini its adaptable and
highly curious nature, always seeing both sides
of every subject. Mercury, the personality ruler
of Gemini and referred to as the Messenger of
the Gods, has quite an extensive job
description. Mercury carries messages between
the poles with the speed of light. Mercury is
the god of duality and mediation and manifests
in our world, not only as the information giver,
but also as the connecting link between the
higher (abstract, symbolic, pattern-identifying)
and lower (logical, analytical, personal me)
minds. Mercury eventually establishes Right
Human Relations between the personality and the
Soul, after the logical and the abstract levels
of the mind have been developed. Throughout the
ages Mercury has been known by different names
to fit the times, but in each incarnation he
seemed to teach the same disciplines. To the
ancient Egyptians he was Anubis, the jackal-
headed god, who prepared and led the deceased
through underworld corridors to final judgment.
He was also Thoth, the ibis-headed god, who
taught all things mathematical and reasonable
and was considered to be the mind principle of
Ra, the Egyptian Sun god. Both Thoth and Anubis
were thought to have created all knowledge,
which included language, astronomy, arithmetic,
music, medicine, laws, and science. In Greece,
Mercury was called Hermes, the god of wisdom,
and later in history, from 580 to 500 B.C.,
Mercury incarnated as Pythagoras and created a
system of metaphysics that uses numbers and
geometry to explain the universal mysteries. It
is said that in Mercury's present-day
incarnation he is the Ray 2 Master Koot Humi and
the one who will succeed the Christ as Teacher
of the World.
The second planet that Gemini works with is
Venus (Ray 5 of Concrete Knowledge and Science).
Venus is considered to be Earth's alter ego or
higher self. Earth and Venus have worked
together in ways still too mysterious to
understand, except for one event that completely
transformed humanity 18 million years ago. That
event was the activation of the human mind. This
was performed by the Lords of Venus as a gift to
humanity in exchange for an aspect of the
feminine Love principle that humanity had given
to Venus ages before. The four original
Venusians who came to Earth those many millions
of years ago still remain here in their etheric
forms. Sanat Kumara is the head of this team and
is called the Ancient of Days in esoteric
texts.
Gemini is the sign of thinking,
communicating, connecting, and relating. These
are mind principles. Therefore, it is completely
appropriate that Gemini works with Venus.
Remember that we are not just speaking about
planets somewhere out there at a distance from
us. The planets represent forces within and
outside ourselves. They represent different
vibratory levels, and different planes of
consciousness. On the personality level of
development, Venus represents attraction, a
coming together, personal love feelings, a
desire for unification. On the Soul level, Venus
tells us that for unification to occur, for
separations to be fused, for opposites to blend,
for the tensions of duality to be resolved, for
understanding and actual Love to occur, then all
levels of the mind must be activated. It is the
ancient rule.
Which finally brings us to the planet Earth,
which is the spiritual ruler of Gemini, and the
planet where the use of polar opposites is a
teaching mechanism to resolve duality. Earth is
Ray 3 of Active Intelligence. Ray 3 impulses us
to develop intelligence. This is our
responsibility. The Ancient Wisdom rule states
that intelligence and the fusion in
consciousness of polar opposites is the way
evolution takes place on Earth.
For now, in order to develop intelligence
&emdash; knowledge and discrimination &emdash;
we live with the tensions created through the
polarities of the twelve zodiacal signs.
Providing the balance of tension between the
opposite signs is the sign of Gemini. Providing
communication between oppositions is the planet
Mercury. Providing ultimate harmony, synthesis,
and unification between all oppositions is
Venus. Planet Earth is the location in the solar
system where this work is to be done. Providing
the work force in this great Plan of Spirit
uniting with matter (the Divine Marriage), is
humanity, that unit of life like none other in
the universe, and looked upon with favor by its
Creator Gods, the Elohim.
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Polarity
& Duality
Gemini is the sign that mediates between and
brings synthesis to all polarities and
dualities. Polarity and duality are often
thought of as the same thing &emdash; a state of
opposition &emdash; but actually these words
have, though subtle, very different definitions.
Duality is a theory about the nature of reality,
stating that matter always consists of two
irreducible elements. Polarity, on the other
hand, is the condition in which one body
exhibits opposite or contrasting properties.
Whereas duality suggests separation, in
contrast, polarity implies inherent unity.
In the great "night of time", before the
universe was created, there was only One Being
revolving around itself. In a flash of creative
thought-desire, this One Being decided to expand
Itself and in Its expansion created a reflection
of Itself. The One therefore became the Two in
order to see Itself, though both One and Two
were of the same substance. This One pouring
forth substance containing Itself is what is
called polarity. Gazing on this reflection of
Self, the One delighted in what It saw and, in
order to see many reflections of Itself, created
the worlds. In essence, out of the Mind of God
(the Father) came forth the Matter of God (the
Mother). A Divine Love emanated from these
original Two gazing upon each other, and the
physical universe, with its great Suns (sons)
and planets (daughters/Earth being a planet),
was born. Spirit thus created, entered, and
became a different form of Itself and is now
what we call matter. Great worlds and solar
systems were born from this initial reflection
of God seeing Itself, and all matter of elements
came to be from that original flame reflected,
and great waters warmed and cooled, and land
masses solidified, flora and fauna flourished,
creatures began to emerge from the depths, and
&emdash; lo and behold &emdash; humans were
created in the image and likeness of their
Creators.
At first, propagation of each species was
performed by a budding process. There were no
distinctions between male or female beings, for
they were one. As Spirit descended into denser
and denser matter, it became appropriate that a
separation should occur between male and female
processes. During a time called the Lemurian
Period, 18 million years ago, a developmental
change occurred in the human species &emdash;
that of separating the sexes into two distinct
forms, each having opposite characteristics of
the other. This separation was a necessary
developmental stage for humanity. Separation
brings with it an inner search for unity, and
the seeking of the other half of itself. Since
humanity needed to begin its ascent back to its
original home, a sense of longing for something
lost, in the form of this other self, was
established.
In the world of form (here on Earth), the
original polarity of the Two really being One,
was further separated when our human forms
became either male or female. This was the
beginning of what we call duality &emdash; two
things that understand and know not each other.
Meanwhile, as the original Fire of the Father
entered deeper and deeper into matter's
denseness, that Fire became hidden and veiled in
mineral, animal, plant, and human forms. This
great separation created a forgetfulness within
humans about the nature of reality. Humans began
a quest for what they felt within themselves was
the "lost other" part of the self. Eventually,
and as humanity experienced more and more the
density of living within matter, a psychology,
or world view, called dualism emerged concerning
the nature of reality. One side, the scientific,
proposed that matter is all there is and that
knowledge is only available through the brain
which quantifies, measures, and sorts things.
The other world view, the religious, proposed
that reality consists of a unified
consciousness, mind, and spirit, and that such
energies, issuing forth from a great initial
Intelligence, are the source of life itself, and
that knowledge is available through
contemplation, prayer, and spiritual study.
The Ancient Mysteries reveal to us that
dualism (oppositions) is what occurs on Earth
for the purpose of creating tension in order
that the two opposite views eventually join. But
dualism is a construction within matter and not
a prime cause within reality or behind form. It
is Gemini who first allows us to see these
distinctions through its work with Mercury, its
personality ruler. And it is also Gemini,
through its Soul work with Venus, that
eventually harmonizes the two world views.
Gemini with Mercury gives us the facts. Gemini
with Venus gives us the wisdom that the facts
contain hidden within themselves the seeds of a
Oneness. It is, like Gemini itself, a paradox to
be pondered.
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