Last time we talked about the The four ways to enlightenment Today I would like to approach the problem of consciousness from the idea of centres.

The human machine has five lower centres with which it approaches life. Usually we use one primary centre to handle every problem or event that comes our way. This accounts for some of the trouble we experience in life.

There are also three types of mechanical man, which correspond to the three ways of enlightenment and three of the five centres. They are as follows;

Man # 1. Moving man
Man # 2. Emotional man
Man # 3. Intellectual man

In addition to the five lower centres there are two higher centres, normally out of touch with us but there none the less. They are the goal to reach, they patiently await our awakening. They are called Higher Intellectual and Higher Emotional. In some Holistic beliefs they are referred to has the Higher Self or Inner child.

There is a lot to say about this, so for this post I will only deal with descriptions. Perhaps you will recognize which one applies to you. In the future I will bring this idea back many times.

Mechanical man functions in the Five lower centres. Conscious man would use all seven. He would reside primarily in the two higher centres, unless he was manifesting in physical form. A conscious man would be an “Angel” in comparison with mechanical man.

In categorizing yourself it is best to remember, that you have components of all three.

For example I am primarily a Moving centre man.

Looking back over my life, I was a soldier, athlete, entrepreneur. I left school early and had to deal with and self educate about life. Moving centre is my strongest function, so I would list myself as a 1 3 2 man.

Number 4 man is a balanced man and has mastered all of his centres. This is the transition point between mechanical man and conscious man, but that’s another story and its snowing here, so I must tend to the snow removal.

Till next time…

Eso

Yesterday “Old man Winter” gave me a snow job… So I was obligated to give him a blow job… I love my little Snowblower. Anyway… that’s not really what I wanted to talk about, however while clearing the studio entrance, is where I began to think about my next post.

In the graphic above I am trying to illustrate that we are actually only half beings. We have one side in the light and one side in darkness (“which unfortunately manifests in the light, much to the chagrin of others from time to time… thats another story though”).

Four ways to higher Consciousness To qualify, I have practised all the ways mentioned here, over the last 37 years to various degrees. There are 3 traditional ways that are more or less commonly known, so I think (therefore I am) we will begin there.

1. The way of the Fakir The first way. This is the way to gain control over your moving centre. The first school of achieving consciousness over the body. A true Fakir is a priest in his own following who will adopt incredible painful postures and keep them for long periods of time, even to the point of years. other examples are that of Dancers, martial artists, Gymnasts and some athletes. The whole object is to gain control and will over the body.

2. The way of the monk The second way. This is the way to gain control over the emotional centre. Examples of this are religious Monks, Priests, Nuns, etc. In their devotion to the divine being, they will learn to control emotions and practice abstinence from life to a degree, They accomplish this by giving up life’s pleasures and pains equally. To practice this way requires some removal from society and life in general.

3. The way of the Yogi The third way. This is the way to gain control over the intellectual centre Thought and mediation are the main tools of the Yogi. There is again some removal from society and life in general. They are in all fields of science and philosophy. They will ponder in their own psychology questions about life and at times practice stillness of mind. The key is to use the mind above or over matter.

There is another way though, little known and the most intense of all the ways.(My favourite by the way)

4. The way of the Balanced man The fourth way. This is a way to gain and create will over all the centres. It is a combination effort that allows you to live in life and experience all of its events. It is the balanced approach to evolution of being. In the Fourth way you practice to a degree of experience, all the other ways. This is to develop control over all the centres simultaneously. This is the way of the sly man. The jack of all trades master of none. This way was originally founded by G.I. Gurdjieff.

Each way deals with aspects of evolution in its own way. They are really ancient art forms taught in ancient esoteric schools.

TBC

It is an interesting, question / statement and answer, don’t you think?

We are all in that search about life and it’s meaning. If you are not particularly interested and are well placed in life then I say Bravo! You have found your heaven on earth. If, on the other hand, you find that life just doesn’t do it for you, then you are in the right place to begin your search.

In my last post I talked about the Enneagram and its creation. Lets continue from there and talk from the points of; Evolution and recurrence.

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I have placed a small image of the Enneagram above, to refresh the mental image and give a point of reference. If you have not seen the original post you can go here All and everything.

Evolution is the what, every living essence aspires to. It is a way back to the source or, a desire to increase perfection. Animal life has its own scale, but that is for a later discussion. If you think about it we are driven to create better art, engineering, architecture, social conditions. We evolve externally (through science) from ie: “the horse and buggy” to “Electric cars” and so on. My Great Grandfather would be very uncomfortable if he suddenly manifested in this space and era beside me. Then again the same can be said of the reverse osmosis so to speak. Now to say that we have evolved, is right to a point. We have better lifestyles than generations previous, but we still have the unsolved problems of Peace and Security with the end to violence.

“Exoterically” we are just as barbaric as our ancestors even though “externally”, we are more mechanically sophisticated. We live in two worlds that of the external sense based reality and that of the more internal psychological, philosophical, and mystical (mind) reality. Personality is the puppet that keeps us at the external reality. We are Hypnotized into believing only in the senses. To escape from that reality requires “unlocking the doors in the mind”.

No easy feat to say the least. To think differently requires courage and force. You risk being labelled “one of those kinds of people”.

This brings us to the idea of recurrence.

TBC

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Recurrence is the topic of conversation today. It goes hand in hand with evolution and what we talked about last time in Evolution and recurrence

In that post we established that man has made tremendous progress on the outside meaning, external or sensual life in such a short period of time. The scientific accomplishments are incredible especially in the last fifty or so years. However from an evolutionary point of view he has changed very little. He is still as violently barbaric as his ancestors were. War, hate, lust, avarice, greed etc have just become technically superior over time.

So we can establish that man’s level of being has not evolved at all. There is a reason for this, which when you think about it, makes sense. We are all in a state of lower consciousness or sleep if you will. We live at one of the lowest points of creation with little chance of escape without help.

Now this was not supposed to be our fate. We were originally created as an experiment in self evolution, we were given the tools and the level of consciousness necessary.

How we lost it, was through our greed and desire to fulfil all of our physical appetites in every form, We virtually became lovers of ourselves. So the elders taught their children and the children taught their children, thus descending away from what was created to be.

As we went further and further asleep, there were intervals where Great Teachers were sent to us. They set things right for a time, we were then again left to our own devices.

Now we are on the verge of a great calamity in the form of Global warming and severe climate change. We still persist though in deciding for ourselves according to our personal interests. Big business pressures government and the government responds not according to the science as you would think, but by challenging science to appease financial interests. More of the same I would say.

Now this is a very good example of recurrence in its lowest form. Its called repeating circles. We do not learn from our mistakes, we justify and modify our behaviour for a time.

The Enneagram shows us that all life, in fact every manifestation has a circular direction and flow. Your future is in your past and your past is in your future. I have added the days of the week to various points along the circle of the enneagram to demonstrate a curious aspect of occurrence.

The curiosity is the intricate relationship of time shown in the illustration. By this I mean that what happens on Monday affects Wednesday and vice versa. Time is a circle with an irregular movement, that allows for the future to influence the past, according to the laws of the octave. Following the direction of the octave (indicated by the directional arrowheads), we begin to see that everything is related according to a higher level law. At our present level we have a very difficult time seeing this because we believe that, time is linear and only two dimensional. If you could see ahead to Wednesday from Monday, then you would see that during the day on Monday, something would happen either influenced by, or influencing Wednesday. Then what takes place on Wednesday affects the past on Tuesday and so on.

This begins to show that time is not quite what we think it is. Your life is arranged like this also. Your past is in your future and your future is in the past. If a man changes nothing he is destined to live again in the same time period under the same conditions and with the same relationships. There is also the idea of Karma Yoga. By this I mean role reversal. An example of this goes like this. If you were selfish and hurt someone and did not change it through recognition and acceptance of your selfishness. Then it is possible you will change places and become the object of someone else’s cruelty. We have to see both sides of the pendulum. In other words if you are King of the castle in one life, you may have to be the castle servant in another run through.

So how does it make you feel to think that just maybe, this is the 1000th time you have lived your life. It certainly gives the idea of Deja vu some cause for thought, don’t ya think?

TBC

Eso

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Consciousness!!! thats right I was trying to fathom the depths of consciousness.

“To think in this way requires energy expenditure. As the “mind opens” or changes, and if “conditions are right”, one receives or gains energy as a reward.”

If you think about it, we are all under the misconception that the Universe is a thing or an object that really doesn’t matter. We treat the Earth in the same way, when in fact, both the Earth and Universe are much higher level beings. In fact much higher than our own present state of consciousness or level of being. The “me factor” the “now generation” the “I need” are predominant in “mechanical humanity”. One need only listen to the current media commercials coaxing us to buy. My favourite is the “Best Buy” radio commercial put out for Christmas. Did he say Mechanical humanity?… Thats right I called you and I machines. We live under the misconception That we are one permanent “I” when in reality, we are a collection of I’s and we usually don’t know which I is speaking, thinking or acting most of the time. There is a reason for this that I will explain later on.

At present however, I would like to explain the graphic and its significance, that you saw on the way in here. The symbol is called the “Enneagram”. It is a very ancient symbol that represents the creative forces or laws, at work in our ray of creation (our Universe). These laws are very primal and have existed since the dawn of time. They were discovered by a “conscious man” named Pythagoras circa 500BC and thought to have been known in ancient Babylonian times. The first is the law of “Seven” or the law of the octave in some schools of thought. The second we touched on briefly here “Law of Three” or law of the trinity when we were discussing “Balance” Some of you have probably heard the expression that “God” was first “One” then “Three” then “Seven” these are numbers that carry great significance in many doctrines of thought, but we will leave that for another discussion.

As I said this is a very ancient symbol that conveys a serious, amount of real knowledge and should not to be trifled with. It is the key to creation given visually. The very key to mans evolution and eventually mans survival can be found in this symbol, given the ability to see into its wonders. There is a theory that all life tries to return to its source. That perfection is a return back up the scale. “The prodigal son” “Jacobs Ladder” and many other related stories are examples of this theory. Lets try to create this symbol and along the way gain some knowledge of the hidden meanings.

Take a circle or sphere and divide it into nine equal parts, numbering them along the way, then divide 7 into 1. The result of this division, is the law of the octave. This result needs to be placed inside the circle. Trace a line between the numbers using the division results, following the list of numbers in order of appearance. You will begin to see a geometrical, symmetric shape appearing. The route and its significance indicates that time itself is intimately related more than sensually thought. However like every example of life the law of the octave requires a shock to initialize and perpetuate movement. Here comes in the law of three, (draw a line connecting the remaining numbers together (3,6,9)) which is given from the absolute and is superimposed to work in relationship to the law of the octave. Thus we have the engine of creation and…

Congratulations, you have just drawn your first Enneagram.

I try to keep these commentaries short by intention, Partly to facilitate ease of reading and partly to allow me to complete my other centre requirements. So I will leave you here for the moment. In my next instalment I will further elaborate on the “Enneagram” and its significance in life.

Eso

TBC

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A graphic manipulation of textures and figures. Intended to create room for thought and intense wonder. The figure portrays a wise man who meets something beyond sensual reality and the ensuing meeting.

I guess you can say that mastering balance in ones life, is one of the most significant parts of personal self development. Balance can be considered one of the keys to greater self knowledge. We will work through this idea from the point of view of greater and lesser consciousness, or yes and no if you will. Notice that I said “Yes and No” and not “yes or no”. If we imagine a pendulum that swings between the opposites and the opposites are labelled as yes and no or negate and affirm, we begin to see that this is pretty much how we deal with most if not all situations or impressions in our lives.

We are either completely against or completely for some situation, opinion or action. From this point of view when you really look at it, we are most closed or machine like. There is no balance in this action because, we do not think in opposites. I have used the scala graphic (above left) to represent this idea.

Now most people will say that they are fair and balanced but to be truthful, on closer scrutiny they will have to admit, that this is not so. Being conscious in opposites requires a high degree of self remembering and self observation skills. We are taught and guided from our personality and all the impressions that helped form “it”, on how to react to each and every situation we encounter. The ego reacts and not the real or whole person.

Your typical reaction is based upon your initial feeling, which is almost always directed from a negatively based emotion. If you look around at various media venues you will see camps forming either for or against any particular issue. The news media encourages this as it makes for good entertainment.

Now we have to remember that reaction is mechanical and not conscious. A robot reacts, a man is supposed to think or feel or even better, do both before pronouncing his intentions. A man should be able to see both sides of the issue at the same time. This is connecting the opposites which draws in a neutralising force. So, a balanced opinion is a very rare occurrence
as is a balanced man.

Now I would like to say that this is not actually the fault of the individual. He / she is born among sleeping humanity and learns how to go to sleep by mimicking opinions characteristics and actions of the adults he / she may be surrounded by. In many ways, cultures, religions and politics form, prejudice, bigotry, hatred and many other types of negative emotions. A conscious man or woman would want none of this.

Now the intellectual would say, what about courts of law, mediation groups, legislation etc.? Yes to a certain degree an organisation is at a higher level than the individual. and tries to use the principle of balanced approach or, use of the three forces. I say “tries”, because we have to remember the human factor.

There is always three forces in every manifestation. I have used an illustration below to show the relationship.

This image has many illustrated meanings, however for the moment, we will concentrate on the simulated lever and the outlined forces. First force is active demonstrating desire, will, want. Second force is Passive and acts as resistance to First force, it is in opposition to “want”. There could be no manifestation if only these two forces existed. They would cancel each other out while standing in opposition to each other. Fortunately there is another force that can bring the two opposing forces into relationship. Third Force is the neutralising force that exists between First and Second forces.

Now if we take the example of an organization such as a court of law, we see the relationship and existence of the three forces in how the court is setup. The opposing forces reflect the relationship of first and second force and the Judge emulates third force or the neutraliser. The judge has to bring the opposites into balance and he does this by being conscious in the opposites. His work on considering the opposing points of view ultimately ends in a decision that can allow a relationship to carry forward into a manifested solution.

As in the graphic above Third force has moved and sided with second force, yet maintains all three in relationship to each other, allowing a manifestation to take place. Now the process can continue and what was an isosceles triangle, has now become a right angle triangle. allowing all three forces to maintain relationship yet transform. Third force is the slider on the pendulum line, maintaining its connection and balance with both first and second force.

This is constantly happening in life, yet for the most part we are unaware of it. To improve balance in our lives, we must try to emulate the position of third force when we are in the process of observation and ultimately decision. Thoughtful consideration of the opposites will improve every situational event that we encounter.

TBC…

Balance an interesting subject for observation. I would like to share some of my thoughts on this particular curiosity. First off I should dispense with the technical aspect of how I created this graphic above and also inform you that I will go into greater details about the illustrations significance in many ways.

“Scala” as I call it was created in Coreldraw using shape and fill tools, later it was manipulated in photo-paint using filters,effects, and airbrush tools. As an illustrator I work from thoughts and how would I best illustrate them. In this particular case I was thinking about balance and how important it is during ones life. I came up with the idea of a scale as in the “Scales of justice” and began there.

Now I must warn you that this will be a deep and thought provoking discussion in which I encourage participation and contribution. I will be adding and updating this post during the coming days weeks months. It is a very large subject and close to my heart. Right now though, I have to fix a roof while the weather is still good. Please check back later for additional updates. In the mean time check out the graphic above, I have placed a link to a larger resolution image below the embedded picture.

TBC…

I guess you can say that mastering balance in ones life, is one of the most significant parts of personal self development. Balance can be considered one of the keys to greater self knowledge. We will work through this idea from the point of view of greater and lesser consciousness, or yes and no if you will. Notice that I said “Yes and No” and not “yes or no”. If we imagine a pendulum that swings between the opposites and the opposites are labelled as yes and no or negate and affirm, we begin to see that this is pretty much how we deal with most if not all situations or impressions in our lives.

We are either completely against or completely for some situation, opinion or action. From this point of view when you really look at it, we are most closed or machine like. There is no balance in this action because, we do not think in opposites. I have used the scala graphic (above left) to represent this idea.

In my next instalment I will explain my ideas on why we are not balanced.

TBC…

Someone mentioned to me that it was a little dark in here… So I put a little light…

Just kidding! I hope you had a little chuckle…

This graphic was created in vector drawing program and the effects (light) were added in photo paint. It took about 15 minutes to complete the illustration using shapes and flood fills. You have to agree that it has a surreal effect yet not overpowering.

One of the beauties of this type of graphic, is the file size. It weighs in at a mere 18kb. You are welcome to use it if you like, for a dark corner of your world. “Lets spread the light”

Eso