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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 7:20:05 GMT 9.5
The essence of science is being able to achieve large results from minimal effort. Thus metaphysicists seeks means for accelerated inner development and efficient interventions. Some examples are given earlier in the thread. There are however few people interested in a scientific approach to the inner world and even fewer interested in learning to apply such an approach. Masonry traditionally has a Masonic Science (a science of morality) but few are interested in learning it. The Masonic science of morality necessarily is closely related to the practical Qabalah since they deal with the same reality. >the application of stages of enlightenment in such a way as laid out in the purely planar model leaves me cold. The system provides a map of human development - stages of controlling the Persona and applying the Spirit. Some people have found that being able to name their current challenges allows them to perceive more easily what is happening in their lives and to focus their intent upon what needs to happen next. Later on, when more skilled in the system, I found it useful to be able to measure the various entities I encountered. With information on the new comers octave, light-dark balance and species I was ready to interact with them from a position of some awareness of them and the potential implications of the situation. This is particularly useful in dealing with dark entities including human. This thread has some interest a406.proboards.com/thread/985/darkness-humansHmm, OK, I see where I was tripping over. I have reset my expectations, and seen more clearly what you are endeavoring to transmit, and I thank you for that. I will persevere.
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Post by paul on Dec 30, 2013 8:24:37 GMT 9.5
In my somewhat misspent youth I used to observe a rather expensive poker school. I recall one of the school saying to me:
"If you haven't spotted the bunny in 5 minutes then you are the bunny!"
I try not to be the bunny in metaphysical realms.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 21:36:35 GMT 9.5
>I try not to be the bunny in metaphysical realms.
and yet a lamb is just as meek
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Post by paul on Dec 31, 2013 10:15:15 GMT 9.5
It is rare to see a human with no interference by dark entities. Perhaps meekness is not sufficient to keep humans out of the food chain.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 20:51:21 GMT 9.5
>>the hidden cards I speak of are part of my ongoing work which I am not ready to reveal yet. ...What is your intuition on my statement?
>The Tarot cards contain layers of meaning, and some of those layers may well be secret, e.g. geometric layouts for particular types of reading.
>There may be hidden or secret cards as well - secret Tarot decks
Phases of the Moon. Also the Enochian Tarot Deck has something to consider.
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Post by cwhite on Jan 1, 2014 11:33:22 GMT 9.5
How could there be secret cards? 21 & 1 (or 21 & 0 rather) is perfect. 3 fold 7. Could you elaborate?
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Post by paul on Jan 1, 2014 11:59:20 GMT 9.5
How could there be secret cards? 21 & 1 (or 21 & 0 rather) is perfect. 3 fold 7. Could you elaborate? It is an hypothesis. For example the common playing cards used in modern times are a subset of the Tarot. Perhaps the modern Tarot is a subset also. As for 21 being perfect, I would suggest that it is a transitional perfection. For example we may consider a 21 year old human traditionally to have become an adult, but we do not know his/her capacity until later, perhaps by age 42. Returning to the topic of his thread, the 21 steps to enlightenment are the steps to the first stage of enlightenment.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 21:15:28 GMT 9.5
How could there be secret cards? 21 & 1 (or 21 & 0 rather) is perfect. 3 fold 7. Could you elaborate? Perhaps 3 fold 7 is perfect. Yet for Pythagoras, the number 10 was divine. Do you believe the Tarot predated the Hebrew alphabet? Maybe from Egypt? Perhaps earlier? How many letters did Cuneiform have? Did the Hebrew alphabet once have a ghayin, that in some way represented darkness? How about the ziggurat of Babel? I bring these up just to open possibilities. If we only accept the teachings as they are and not question their completeness then we might not see anything more.
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Post by paul on Jan 1, 2014 21:38:48 GMT 9.5
Perhaps 3 fold 7 is perfect. Yet for Pythagoras, the number 10 was divine. It seems to me that analytical systems, to be useful, must ultimately be based in the energy structures underlying Existence. Thus in our local system there is a 3-fold energy structure that gives rise to a 7-fold energy structure and that in turn is part of a 12-fold structure. I am unable to say whether such as system operates in other cosmic localities but it seems to operate here sufficiently to form the basis for operational metaphysics.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 21:47:03 GMT 9.5
>Thus in our local system there is a 3-fold energy structure that gives rise to a 7-fold energy structure and that in turn is part of a 12-fold structure.
How does a 12-fold structure fit in with the pillar/column?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 0:37:52 GMT 9.5
Each subplane has an associated primary challenge and hence an associated virtue. This is reflected in Masonry where we are told that the mystical ladder veiled by Jacob's Ladder has as many rungs as there are virtues. I think it was in Solomon's Canticle where thirty virtues are enumerated, with the Ladder of Sinai having as many rungs.
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Post by paul on Jan 2, 2014 6:28:49 GMT 9.5
How does a 12-fold structure fit in with the pillar/column? The Tree has 7 levels, 3 of which are dual, making 10 sephiroth. The 12 fold structure is 7 levels of manifestation and 5 levels of unmanifestation (called Electricities in the Hindu system). Thus the 7 level Tree covers the manifested levels of Existence. There is reference to existence beyond the Tree - Ain, Ain Soph, and Ain Soph Aur. Ain seems to be the same as the Sumerian An\Anu. This is a recurrent issue - mapping the structure of Reality on to the local gods Here is a good likeness of Anu Anu seems to have given rise the Annunaki, the Anakim and the Annedotus.
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Post by paul on Jan 2, 2014 6:50:45 GMT 9.5
I think it was in Solomon's Canticle where thirty virtues are enumerated, with the Ladder of Sinai having as many rungs. I was not familiar with the Ladder of Sinai so looked it up. The Song of Songs (renamed in the Middle Ages as the Song of Solomon - at about the time of Suleiman the Magnificent) does not include a Ladder but there is a Russian Orthodox text called The Ladder of Divine Ascent. This is supposedly written by John of Sinai of whom little is known. As the Hebrew word for Ladder has the same numerical value as the word Sinai, it is possible to use the phrase "John of Sinai" interchangeably with "John of Ladder", and indeed he is also called John of the Ladder. As a contemporary writer from that monastery had no knowledge of John, I rather think that "John" is a later attribution and indeed the writing might well be later also. Here is a translation:http://www.prudencetrue.com/images/TheLadderofDivineAscent.pdf Taking a sequence at random: - On remembrance of death - On mourning which causes joy - On freedom from anger and on weakness. The set of 30 "virtues" seems to me to be unsequenced - not connected to the underlying structure of Reality - and hence only a ladder in a poetic sense.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 8:28:31 GMT 9.5
> The 12 fold structure is 7 levels of manifestation and 5 levels of unmanifestation (called Electricities in the Hindu system). Thus the 7 level Tree covers the manifested levels of Existence. That's very interesting, when you say unmanifestation does it mean that which has not yet manifested, or that which is in the process of becoming unmanifest, like an embryo in an egg, or perhaps a black hole swallowing a star?
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Post by paul on Jan 2, 2014 8:45:49 GMT 9.5
Manifested Existence is based on a subtle structure (planes, rays, intelligences, intent) but behind that structure is a more fundamental layer called Electricities. By observing the presence of Electricities it (seems to me) is possible to determine whether an experiential event (such as a spiritual vision) is an artificial construct (like a TV show) or is a natural event. The Electricities appear to me to be the nervous system impulses of the Great Being that uses Existence as its outer form. This issue of constructed experiences is a superset of the issue addressed by the thread Whose Thought is That? The first 5 pages of the thread have a lot of distraction - after all who would admit to not owning their thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 18:28:23 GMT 9.5
>Manifested Existence is based on a subtle structure (planes, rays, intelligences, intent) but behind that structure is a more fundamental layer called Electricities. >By observing the presence of Electricities it (seems to me) that it is possible to determine whether an experiential event (such as a spiritual vision) is an artificial construct (like a TV show) or is a natural event.
I have been considering the realness and artificialness of dreams and visions recently, as many seem artificial in the sense of being created within one's own consciousness or within a higher constructed/level consciousness. Do you think that characters in dreams or visions that are artificial constructs are real beings/entities communicating through an interface or veil of some sort, or are they entirely constructed for the purpose of the vision?
>The Electricities appear to me to be the nervous system impulses of the Great Being that uses Existence as its outer form. That's quite mind blowing, like the feeling one's body is spread across the Universe.
>This issue of constructed experiences is a superset of the issue addressed by the thread Whose Thought is That? The first 5 pages of the thread have a lot of distraction - after all who would admit to not owning their thoughts? It is strange sometimes, I feel as if there are different types of thoughts, like +ve and -ve in the sense that some are clearly initiated consciously and one can follow the train of thought from deliberate conception (+ve). Others can appear as if I am receiving a thought from somewhere else (-ve) as I am not aware of having initiated it, perhaps I just lost the paper trial and picked it up a later stage, like a computer program set to run in the background, but it 'sounds' exactly like my own thought. So I wonder if it is Higher Self, or a subroutine of consciousness, as consciousness can clearly spawn parallel processes, to borrow computing terminology.
How do you 'look' for the presence of the Electricities?
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Post by paul on Jan 2, 2014 20:03:49 GMT 9.5
>Do you think that characters in dreams or visions that are artificial constructs are real beings/entities communicating through an interface or veil of some sort, or are they entirely constructed for the purpose of the vision? There are several origins of dreams. Here are some relevant threads: a406.proboards.com/thread/932/value-dreamsa406.proboards.com/thread/632/dreams-resolving-pasta406.proboards.com/thread/792/existing-on-multiple-time-paths>feeling one's body is spread across the Universe. An entirely appropriate experience. > I feel as if there are different types of thoughts, like +ve and -ve in the sense that some are clearly initiated consciously and one can follow the train of thought from deliberate conception (+ve). A good observation and critical to discriminating the external from the internal. > So I wonder if it is Higher Self, or a subroutine of consciousness There are multiple sources possible for external thoughts. It is important to learn to observe and test. This thread gives some means for testing: a406.proboards.com/thread/561/>How do you 'look' for the presence of the Electricities? It takes quite a while to build a light body that is sensitive at will to electricities. You have clearly made a start as you had an immediate experience of the Cosmos when reading my description.
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Post by paul on Mar 30, 2014 8:54:02 GMT 9.5
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Post by paul on Jun 10, 2016 9:29:06 GMT 9.5
On 5.4 the human begins to know the nature of life and hence have some sense of higher purpose. The reason for this is that 5.4 is the highest level of the personal mind. As that is brought under control the human becomes increasingly sensitive to transpersonal energies such as those of the soul. It is on 5.4 that the Personal Will conceals itself. The intelligence that is called the PW supervises the human defense systems. This serves to integrate the human personality - so that it can effectively defend the PW. The core value of the PW is its self-esteem. This makes acquiring humility a particularly difficult task even when some soul influence is active. The PW has many means of disguising its existence, and is particularly unwilling that its eyes be seen - leading to the common practice of humans of wearing dark glasses even indoors.
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Post by fjrogers on Jun 10, 2016 16:41:05 GMT 9.5
> leading to the common practice of humans of wearing dark glasses even indoors.
That might be something that's very common. Some humility is a good thing but not to an unbalanced extent.
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