GRACE AND TRUEST WORDS OF THE MOST SUBLTE - DZOGCHEN : THE GREAT GARUDA IN FLIGHT - SUPREME SOURCE

The Great Garuda in Flight

Then, in order to grant the possibility of keeping the mind in its natural condition, the supreme source, pure and total consciousness, taught this fundamental lung, the origin of the teachings beyond action:

Listen, Great Sattvavajra! Just like space, the state of non-action cannot be localized. The path of Dharma of absence of thought, without abode or support, derives from a subde desire tied to intention. However, such conceptual meditation does not at all touch dharmakaya because self-arising wisdom is the absence of thought naturally present in everything.

Thus, self-arising wisdom is the true non-discursive state, the natural condition present in everything. It does not get attached to the notion of non-action as if it were an object, nor does it need antidotes in order to be corrected.

Even if one were to seek the fundamental essence through [the twelve links of] interdependence, the non-discursive state has no form, thus one accedes to it only by remaining without concepts. As the essence manifests naturally, only this can be dharmakaya.

It is beyond all the possible parts or divisions of the atom From this non-conceptualizable state, the wisdom of qualities spontaneously arises: this is the essence of total openness in which the discursive state is directly present.

Whoever enters this pure path achieves supreme equality.

As this state is unchanging and not subject to transformation, there is no room for attachment. Likewise, as no object exists, there is no room for the mind. Those who get stuck in the desire for a concrete achievement always meditate on a cause, but the state of equality does not derive from the pleasure of attachment to such meditation. (but resting in being?- blogger)

As the single dimension [of pure and total consciousness] is all pervading, there is nothing to add. As [self-arising wisdom] is without limits, there is nothing to take away from the ultimate dimension of phenomena.

The manifestation of the ultimate nature does not give rise to any special exaltation: everything naturally abides in the state of total wisdom There is no marvellous object to see: the [nature] cannot be seen or heard and transcends all definitions.

What is deemed 'Dharma" and what is deemed "non-Dharma" are always joined: an absolute reality to be considered a higher dimension does not exist. Judging the path of enlightenment in terms of illusion and non-illusion one achieves nothing. Self-arising wisdom transcends the limits of words. In the condition of primordial expansion of the totality of one's state thoughts arise as if they were a shadow. It is not non-exisent insofar as this non-existence has a core that manifests. It is not empty insofar as this emptiness has its own dimension. When one remembers the nature of the sky, even without wishing for it, one obtains the happiness beyond action and already present from the beginning.

It is not an object to conceptualize, but from [this condition] wisdom manifests. Some sages of the past, fixing their minds with attachment [to their object of meditation], have been caught up in the torments of effort and engagement.

Omniscience arises only when one enters the path of the essence; when one conceptualizes the condition "as it is," meditation becomes conceptual

Desiring bliss is the disease of attachment: unless one cures it with the efficacious medicine of unmovable equanimity, then even the causes of rebirth in the higher states get stained by the passions.

The perilous disease of those who adopt as their path what is not a path, drives them to want to reach a goal, just like deer pursuing a mirage. However they will never find their goal, not even by seeking it throughout the three worlds. In fact, even though in this way one might reach the level of one of the ten bhumis, the essence of enlightenment remains hindered.

Instantaneous wisdom beyond all thoughts is like a precious jewel that comes from all the teachers. It cannot be objectified and without needing to change, by its very nature, it completely satisfies all wishes. Examining it, one does not find anything, but leaving it as it is it is the source of all qualities. It does not appear visibly yet it displays itself in all the aspects of manifestation. Whoever is able to teach without the dualism of self and other is a precious treasure because he or she teaches selflessly and compassionately the universal object of realization.

It does not move from within, yet there is nothing to seek within. It is not an object to which to get attached or on which to fix one's aspiration. In the state beyond entering and leaving there is no need to act [intentionally] for the benefit of beings through selflessness and compassion: everything takes place naturally.

Wishing for happiness, one moves away from it because happiness is already present, and seeking it is like happiness seeking itself. Not recognizing the essence of enlightenment, one aims for an outer object to confirm.

However, following this direction one does not see enlightenment.

As in reality no "enlightenment" exists [as a separate phenomenon], nor does its name exist; displaying enlightenment and designating it with this name are errors. Hoping to achieve enlightenment from outside is the wrong  path. [In the true nature] no form, not even an atom, exists of all phenomena that appear.

 It is already perfect, beyond attachment, serene, immaterial, and not confined in a form: the nature of the great nectar cannot be grasped by concepts.

Immense, great, total existence, antidote for those who adhere to the lesser vehicles!

However one should not get stuck on the concept of "great" because [the nature] transcends the concepts of great  and small The words of the scriptures and their commentaries tied to concepts are like the drawings of a conjurer.

The darkness of the wisdom of entering and leaving [does not] allow the birth [of true wisdom]. This is the supreme vehicle.

This nature, which leaves everything and holds everything, is beyond desire and grasping. It does not give birth to even a grain of complacency. Like a gamda in flight, it has no worries; it is not afraid of losing anything nor does it wish to accept anything.

That which from the beginning is like the ocean, gives life to the variety of phenomena. Qualities are infinite as  space and have no specific place whence they spring forth. As soon as [one understands] the essence of enlightenment, supreme contemplation manifests. Vision becomes like a vast sea, and the non-discursive state as immense as the sky. The sphere of experience of Samantabhadra is unborn and unchanging.

The twelve causal links [of interdependence] are explanations created for the benefit of the deluded: let the wise know this! Even though the six classes of beings appear, they are nothing but the primordial path! If enjoyments are anointed by compassion, in any object of pleasure one enjoys the essence of enlightenment. Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss.

All phenomena being such, this is the true nature of existence. Thinking that reality can seek itself, that the sky can seek itself or that an "outer" reality can exist is as useless as attempting to put out fire with fire.

This essence of the non-discursive state is not hidden in anybody's mind. For those who experience the essence of enlightenment beyond action, it becomes naturally present in all circumstances.

[22. The chapter on the state beyond concepts: The Great Garuda in Flight, 87.2-91.61]

THE SUPREME SOURCE

POST AWAKENING MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION FROM CONSCIOUSNESS !

The MOST IMPORTANT THING is that this is not the end of the road. Its the first step of an awakened authentic life.  While the belief in a separate and real "you" may be gone, chances are, a big part of the ego-based  structure built on top of that belief is still in place.

How big, only you can know.

It is likely that at some point doubts will come up, reactions that may  be considered "not  useful" and possibly (deep) negativity will arise. 

The important thing here is that all these things used to cling to, and be fuelled though, the idea of the self (personality), which is now seen as an illusion.

So whenever thoughts or emotions come up that are judged to be negative, dont avoid, dont fight, dont argue.  Just stay with them, and watch them happen and unfold.

ITS NOT PERSONAL, SO IT HAS NO WHERE TO STICK TO.

 This kind of clean up is obviously not a pleasant process but you're likely to realise that it actually works.
All you have to do is to take your hands off the steering wheel and let things burn when they are set on fire ! 

(from the APP "Englightening Quotes" - After Gate )

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 How can one even express gratitude at such an insight ? And then the pointing that "Once you are in the orbit of the sun and free from the orbit of the moon then it will pull you very rapidly to itself"

Reminders

From the Six Vajra Verses

The nature of phenomena is non dual

But each one, in its own state,
is beyond the limits of the mind

But there is no concept that can define
the condition of "what is"

But vision nevertheless manifests;
all is good

Everything has already been accomplished
and so, having overcome the sickness of effort

one finds oneself in the self-perfected state
this is contemplation

Reminders again

Now its only reminders. Each day brings in the friction that evidences traces of the person and the seeing allows its dissolving. Today it feels so special to write this. The journey has been so long yet what was Real was always there waiting - as if the process of search itself eluded it.

Here's today very special reminder from Ekhardt Tolle that embraced my being.

Many people do not realize until they are on the death bed, and everything external falls away, that nothing ever had anything to do with who they are

In the proximity of death, the whole concept of ownership stand revealed as ultimately meaningless. 

In the last moments of their life they then also realize that, while they were looking throughout their lives, for a more complete sense of their self,  what they were really looking for, their Being, had actually always been there, but had been largely obscured by their identification with things, which ultimately means identification with their minds.

***Reminder 2

"Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we dont struggle with it, we are in harmony with reality."

REMINDERS

“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separatedness” - Thích Nhất Hạnh

Remain as what remains – Mooji (https://youtu.be/2TD33MBj88o)

Lord Krishna says, “To regard me as the one Present in all beings, to look upon all beings as Myself in thought, word and deed is, I think, the best of all methods of worship. O dear one, whosoever devotes himself to My worship and service without expectation of reward, will never go wrong or lose the benefit of any portion of his service. Not even a little of the labor in my righteous course, even a beginning of it, would be lost. There is not the least chance of fear in the Bhagavata path. Even what is otherwise fruitless, becomes a dharma when it is unselfishly offered to me. So, it has been ordained by Me because it is unaffected by gunas, it is free from desire. It is a law of righteousness that the discharge of duty without expectation of reward must lead to good.” For those who listen and follow, this is an invitation for further communion. The call is incessant. One can hear it when he wills. – Bhagavad Gita

"The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self knowledge has no end. You dont come to an achievement. You dont come to a conclusion. It is an endless river." - Krishnamurti

Never assume that you have attained truth. Don't make any claim to knowledge. Form no conclusion or evaluation concerning truth. The minute you do, your downfall is assured. Whenever you imagine you know something, you cease being open to the living exploration. You have closed a door and cut off the oxygen to the breathing truth - Mooji

I AM HERE BUT NOT IN PERSON – MOOJI JI

It is true that we can never see ourself as a thing, or as an object of awareness. And we certainly cannot ever see awareness; we cannot see our own seeing. But there is a mysterious and profound way in which our true nature recognizes itself -- not as something “out there” that we can see or relate to, but as the totality itself recognizing itself. – Awakening to Reality – Adyashanti (https://www.facebook.com/Awakening-to-Reality-106309876205735/)

YOU KNOW YOU ARE

BUT WHAT YOU ARE YOU CANNOT TOUCH

AND YET IT IS THE MOST REAL THING

IT ALONE REMAINS UNCHANGING COMPLETE

IT GIVES LIFE TO LIFE

AND LIFE TAKES CARE OF LIFE

JUST BE ONE WITH IT (STAY IN THE I AM)

IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO LOVE IT

TO APPRECIATE IT. TO RECOGNISE IT.

A KIND OF A NON-PHENOMENAL RECOGNITITION

YOU ARE STANDING AT THE PLACE OF I AM-ness ITSELF

AND AT THE HEART OF THE I AM IS THE ABSOLUTE

WITH YOUR INTUITIVE MIND YOU ARE ALREADY ON YOUR WAY

YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE HEART OF BEING

BE LIFE

AND IT WILL REVEAL ITS MYSTERIES

IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CAPACITY

OR WITH ITS WISHES..WHICH IS NO OTHER THAN YOU

GRADUALLY THIS SENSE OF THE INDEPENDANT YOU

WHO SEEM TO HOLD A SENSE OF SEPARATEDNESS FROM THE TOTALITY

THAT INDEPENDANT SENSE OF YOU WILL GRADUALLY MERGE

IN THE TOTALITY

THIS MERGING IN THE TOTALITY IS STILL IN THE DREAM

BUT IT HAS TO HAPPEN 

BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY THE ONE

IT MANIFESTS AS BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS

YOUR PART IS TO SURRENDER TO IT. TO WELCOME IT

THE SAME ONE WHO ABSORBED ME IS ABSORBING YOU

(ONCE YOU GET A TASTE OF THIS YOU DONT WANT ANYTHING ELSE.)

-       Mooji

(same as above "The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self knowledge has no end. You dont come to an achievement. You dont come to a conclusion. It is an endless river." – Krishnamurti)

I AM NOTHING IS A MORE PROFOUND REALISATION THAN EVERYTHING IS ONE (my big problem..whew thank you Mooji ) NOTHINGNESS IS CONSTANT BUT SOMETHING NESS IS CHANGING..THAT IS WHY (how wonderfully explained ! and such a relief..so just to stay in the I AM ..which in any case is my natural state so I have to just be not do) HE THEN SAYS…THIS I AM NESS TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING…ONE’S EFFORTLESS BEING MARINATING IN ITSELF.

Be an adventurer

Deeply investigate, consider and attempt to live the Way of Freedom.

Be not like the masses, but take the risk in this, your only life while relinquishing your attachment to life and all that supports it.

God will Lead you, Sustain you, Purify and Change you along with Way of Freedom until only He remains. 

The Way requires Life, but is always Freedom in the very midst of Existence.  

 ..”what I came to in my meditation and study is that when enlightened or even partially enlightened, the ideal pattern is for us to rest in pure awareness aka silent alert mind. From this luminous silence something emerges that is called by Krishnamurti and Buddhism, the "first thought", if we watch this thought without clinging and resistance, this "seed" will develop naturally, lead to a feeling intuition and then supportive actions in the world, and when complete return and dissolve back into luminous silence. This is the "creative wave" of an enlightened being and it will be what heals the world when enough of us wake up and live this way - William

CLINGING

All Clinging shuts – out God. The very attempt to Cling to God shuts out the very God one is trying to cling to. ALLOW GOD.

I am not a cow, or thistles for camels
to browse on. People who insult me
are only polishing the mirror – Rumi

"Pain is the hammer of the gods to break

A dead resistance in the mortal's heart,

His slow inertia as of living stone."

-          Aurobindo

He who would save the race must share its pain – Aurobindo

One who knows Purusha and Prakriti together with their qualities, in whatever state one exists, will not be born again.

Only the Self can see the Self

In trying to perform any action effectively, I distinguish two kinds

of sensation—one with tension in which the energy is stopped, and

another without tension in which the energy is liberated – Mme De Salzmann

In engaging in an action, what I am seeking is not to perfect my

performance but to become effective through my being. The true relation

between my being and the aim depends on carrying out the action

without the participation of the ego. To discover this has great importance.

Then I need to find a feeling of unity that is not destroyed by the

agitation of my ego. I have to come to the point where there is no more

tension, no separation between me and the aim, where my ego no longer

wants to be recognized. – Mme De Salzmann (Self operating direct..yet each time this does not happen I stay and then the Self deepens)

EXPERIENCE THE ENERGY OF THE THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS.

·         Enjoying sexual pleasures is like taking a sweetened ball of poison. Nothing covers the Self as much as this. The more this desire fades away, the thinner will be the cover.

·         Men consider sexual instinct as bad in its gross manifestation. Decrying it in this way is not going deep enough, for they still enjoy the inclination inwardly. As long as this state of mind continues sexual impulse will not be checked. To understand that there is no real pleasure in it is the correct understanding.

·         The thought of death brings about renunciation. For an aspirant the thought of death is a means of advancement

-          Brahmajna Ma

Free Will is sacred. Free choice is at the heart of who and what we are. (William) (clue to right action)

Sri M precautions for one in the path.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vw-5_8oYtI&feature=youtu.be

Sometimes I meet beings who say they have realised the Self. They believe or claim that they know and understand the Truth. They say they sense it, feel it and are convinced it is what they are and so on. However, it is often sensed here that the mind takes delivery for this understanding and purchases further life as the egoic ‘achiever’ of ultimate Truth. Consequently, the realisation does not get baptised in the Heart and a real chance of freedom gradually fades away. Therefore, such beings can retain their sense of personhood, unknowingly. Some even edit my words to fit in with their personal inclinations, projections and spiritual fantasies, but I want to burn all of this to the ground so that they attain true freedom.What we speak about here is authentic transcendence, you see? One has to overcome the hypnosis of personal conditioning. They have to be free from the psychological influence of the mind. I don’t mean that you should ‘stop’ your mind but rather, focus on the witness of mind. Therefore, it has to be an authentic transcendence, not a Hollywood awakening.Sometimes I say I don’t want or feel for your company. You indulge too much mental and psychological noise. There are too many relationships going on inside your mind. Your representations of yourself mentally, emotionally, psychically are not authentic expressions of the Self. Such a localised identity is not enough at this level of understanding, insight or, we could say, Self-knowledge.So what has to happen?You have to be That.How are you going to be That?The ‘you’ who you take yourself to be cannot be That. Being That is not a verb, an action you will take. It is an awakening, a recognition so profound that it changes your mind’s orientation immediately and irreversibly. As real understanding takes over, it will be a life changing experience.It is as though I am telling you to do something,’ as ego, cannot do.Your mind cannot do it, but it is required of you to recognise, acknowledge and be That which you are.You have to be open to expose what is not in service to your true nature. It is the highest aspect of my work, guidance or teaching and it is more like an energetic correspondence, not only a verbal one. Let the untrue be exposed and thoroughly burned. Sometimes the way into that completeness, that recognition, is that whatever is untrue is rejected as it is recognised as false, either by you or by me. And you may be thinking, ‘Oh my god, I really thought I was getting somewhere! This is so discouraging’…and so your world feels like it is turned upside down. Do not be disheartened; instead keep an attitude of gratitude. It is your good fortune that your ‘world’ is being crushed. I myself don’t have a world. Let yours be upside down so that what is true in you can reveal itself and begin unfolding in its authentic expression as true life and being. Grace is helping you in every way. Trust it. Say, ‘Yes, I am here, remove this sense of separation, this arrogance of separateness and merge me in you, oh God, oh Universe Being, Self, Truth, Life. Don’t give me any technique. Absorb me. Replace me with You.’ And finally: Trust your master.

 Mooji

When we fix the attention inside the Heart, inside the Self, we don’t have to keep taking the temperature of the ego

Because automatically it’s like a slow release tablet and it’s just continuing to do its work of removing and cleaning out that house of Being 

Because your faithfulness and loyalty is to the Truth, so something is working on your behalf whether you are actively doing it or not, it’s just cleaning

It’s like your medicine, you take it, and whether you forget about it or not, it’s inside doing its work 

Same understanding, once you’re there, it never leaves you, this love never leaves you, then it continues to do its work inside 

You find that you’re getting much more attentive, much more sensitive, more in the moment with things, it’s not so easy to deceive your mind anymore, it’s taken out 

That is the day, that is a true day 

It’s happening already, you’re not at the beginning...

- Beloved Master, Sri Moojibaba

Meister Ekhardt

…Yet in that ground is the silent 'middle': here nothing but

rest and celebration for this birth, this act, that God the Father may

speak His word there, for this part is by nature receptive to nothing

save only the divine essence, without mediation. Here God enters

the soul with His all, not merely with a part. God enters here the

ground of the soul. None can touch the ground of the soul but God

alone.

NOTES ON LAW OF OCTAVES

This is a study on Gurdjieff’s insight on Octaves and the Law of Seven and Three to understand evolution.

1.      A person is an Octave. An Octave has many Octaves in it. All Octaves have an action in a larger Octave of the person which are either ascending or descending.

2.      From Purgatory :

a.      'A new arising from the previously arisen through the "harnel-miatznel," the process of which is actualized thus the higher blends with the lower in order together to actualize the middle, and thus to become either higher for the preceding lower or lower for the succeeding higher.

b.      But the concept 'materiality' is as relative as everything else. It we recall how the concept 'man' and all that refers to him—good, evil, truth, falsehood, and so on—is divided into different categories ('man number one,' 'man number two,' and so on, it will be easy for us to understand that the concept 'world,' and everything that refers to the world, is also divided into different categories. The ray of creation establishes seven planes in the world, seven worlds one within another. Everything that refers to the world is also divided into seven categories, one category within another. The materiality of the Absolute is a materiality of an order different from that of 'all worlds.' The materiality of 'all worlds' is of an order different from the materiality of 'all suns.' The materiality of 'all suns' is of an order different from the materiality of our sun. The materiality of our sun is of an order different from the materiality of 'all planets.' The materiality of 'all planets' is of an order different from the materiality of the earth, and the materiality of the earth is of an order different from the materiality of the moon. This idea is at first difficult to grasp. People are accustomed to think that matter is everywhere the same.

c.      We can get an idea of similar interpenetration of matters of different densities from the penetration of one matter by another matter of different densities known to us. A piece of wood may be saturated with water, water may in its turn be filled with gas. Exactly the same relation between different kinds of matter may be observed in the whole of the universe: the finer matters permeate the coarser ones.

d.      permeate the coarser ones. "Matter that possesses characteristics of materiality comprehensible to us is divided for us into several states according to its density: solid, liquid, gaseous; further gradations of matter are: radiant energy, that is, electricity, light, magnetism; and so on. But on every plane, that is to say, in every order of materiality, similar relations and divisions of the various states of a given matter may be found; but, as has been already said, matter of a higher plane is not material at all for the lower planes. "

e.      Take chemistry, for instance. Ordinary science does not know of the law of three and it studies matter without taking into consideration its cosmic properties. But besides ordinary chemistry there exists another, a special chemistry, or alchemy if you like, which studies matter taking into consideration its cosmic properties. As has been said before, the cosmic properties of each substance are determined first by its place, and secondly by the force which is acting through it at the given moment. Even in the same place the nature of a given substance undergoes a great change dependent upon the force which is being manifested through it. Each substance can be the conductor of any one of the three forces and, in accordance with this, it can be active, passive, or neutralizing. And it can be neither the first, nor the second, nor the third, if no force is manifesting through it at the given moment or if it is taken without relation to the manifestation of forces. In this way every substance appears, as it were, in four different aspects or states.

f.       The special chemistry of which I speak looks upon every substance having a separate function, even the most complex, as an element. In this way only is it possible to study the cosmic properties of matter, because all complex compounds have their own cosmic purpose and significance. From this point of view an atom of a given substance the smallest amount of the given substance which retains all its chemical, physical, and cosmic properties

g.      "The four aspects or states of every substance have definite names. "When a substance is the conductor of the first or the active force, it is called 'carbon,' and, like the carbon of chemistry, it is designated by the letter C. "When a substance is the conductor of the second or the passive force, it is called 'oxygen,' and, like the oxygen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter 0. "When a substance is the conductor of the third or neutralizing force, it is called 'nitrogen,' and, like the nitrogen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter N. "When a substance is taken without relation to the force manifesting itself through it, it is called 'hydrogen,' and, like the hydrogen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter H. "The active, the passive, and the neutralizing forces are designated by the figures 1, 2, 3, and the substances by the letters C, 0, N, and H. These designations must be understood."

h.      "The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, or three principles, or, as it is often called, the law of three. According to this law every action, every phenomenon in all worlds without exception, is the result of a simultaneous action of three forces—the positive, the negative, and the neutralizing. Of this we have already spoken, and in future we will return to this law with every new line of study. "The next fundamental law of the universe is the law of seven or the law of octaves. "In order to understand the meaning of this law it is necessary to regard the universe as consisting of vibrations. These vibrations proceed in all kinds, aspects, and densities of the matter which constitutes the universe, from the finest to the coarsest; they issue from various sources and proceed in various directions, crossing one another, colliding, strengthening, weakening, arresting one another, and so on.

3.      ~~           "Having learned to distinguish ascending and descending octaves in life we must learn to distinguish ascent and descent within the octaves themselves. Whatever sphere of our life we take we can see that nothing can ever remain level and constant; everywhere and in everything proceeds the swinging of the pendulum, everywhere and in everything the waves rise and fall. Our energy in one or another direction which suddenly increases and afterwards just as suddenly weakens; our moods which 'become better' or 'become worse' without any visible reason; our feelings, our desires, our intentions, our decisions—all from time to time pass through periods of ascent or descent, become stronger or weaker. "And there are perhaps a hundred pendulums moving here and there in man. These ascents and descents, these wave-like fluctuations of moods, thought, feelings, energy, determination, are periods of the development of forces between 'intervals' in the octaves as well as the 'intervals' themselves. "Upon the law of octaves in its three principal manifestations depend many phenomena both of a psychic nature as well as those immediately connected with our life. Upon the law of octaves depends the imperfection and the incompleteness of our knowledge in all spheres without exception, chiefly because we always begin in one direction and afterwards without noticing it proceed in another.

4.      "Further observations show that a right and consistent development of octaves, although rare, can be observed in all the occasions of life and in the activity of nature and even in human activity. "The right development of these octaves is based on what looks an accident. It sometimes happens that octaves going parallel to the given octave, intersecting or meeting it, in some way or another fill up its 'intervals' and make it possible for the vibrations of the given octave to develop in freedom and without checks. Observation of such rightly developing octaves establishes the fact that if at the necessary moment, that is, at the moment when the given octave passes through an 'interval,' there enters into it an 'additional shock' which corresponds in force and character, it will develop further without hindrance along the original direction, neither losing anything nor changing its nature. "In such cases there is an essential difference between ascending and descending octaves. "In an ascending octave the first 'interval' comes between mi and fa. If corresponding additional energy enters at this point the octave will develop without hindrance to si, but between si and do it needs a much stronger 'additional shock' for its right development than between mi and fa, because the vibrations of the octave at this point are of a considerably higher pitch(too much Will ?) and to overcome a check in the development of the octave a greater intensity is needed. "In a descending octave, on the other hand, the greatest 'interval' occurs at the very beginning of the octave, immediately after the first do and the material for filling it is very often found either in do itself or in the lateral vibrations evoked by do. For this reason a descending octave develops much more easily than an ascending octave and in passing beyond si it reaches fa without hindrance; here an 'additional shock' is necessary.

5.      In the big cosmic octave, which reaches us in the form of the ray of creation, we can see the first complete example of the law of octaves. The ray of creation begins with the Absolute. The Absolute is the All. The All, possessing full unity, full will, and full consciousness, creates worlds within itself, in this way beginning the descending world octave. The Absolute is the do of this octave. The worlds which the Absolute creates in itself are si. The 'interval' between do and si in this case is filled by the will of the Absolute. The process of creation is developed further by the force of the original impulse and an 'additional shock.' Si passes into la which for us is our star world, the Milky Way. La passes into sol—our sun, the solar system. Sol passes into fa—the planetary world. And here between the planetary world as a whole and our earth occurs an 'interval.' This means that the planetary radiations carrying various influences to the earth are not able to reach it, or, to speak more correctly, they are not received, the earth reflects them. In order to fill the 'interval' at this point of the ray of creation a special apparatus is created for receiving and transmitting the influences coming from the planets. This apparatus is organic life on earth. Organic life transmits to the earth all the influences intended for it and makes possible the further development and growth of the earth, mi of the cosmic octave, and then of the moon or re, after which follows another do—Nothing. Between All and Nothing passes the ray of creation. "

6.      "We must now dwell on the idea of the 'additional shocks' which make it possible for the lines of forces to reach a projected aim. As I said before, shocks may occur accidentally. Accident is of course a very uncertain thing. But those lines of development of forces which are straightened out by accident, and which man can sometimes see, or suppose, or expect, create in him more than anything else the illusion of straight lines. That is to say, he thinks that straight lines are the rule and broken and interrupted lines the exception. This in its turn creates in him the illusion that it is possible to do; possible to attain a projected aim. In reality a man can do nothing. If by accident his activity gives a result, even though it resembles only in appearance or in name the original aim, a man assures himself and others that he has attained the aim which he set before him.

7.      "The technical part of this is explained by the law of octaves. Octaves can develop consecutively and continuously in the desired direction if 'additional shocks' enter them at the moments necessary, that is, at the moments when vibrations slow down. If 'additional shocks' do not enter at the necessary moments octaves change their direction. To entertain hopes of accidental 'shocks' coming from somewhere by themselves at the moments necessary is of course out of the question.

8.      or he can learn to recognize the moments of the 'intervals' in all lines of his activity and learn to create the 'additional shocks,' in other words, learn to apply to his own activities the method which cosmic forces make use of in creating 'additional shocks' at the moments necessary.

9.      "The possibility of artificial, that is, specially created, 'additional shocks' gives a practical meaning to the study of the law of octaves and makes this study obligatory and necessary if a man desires to step out of the role of passive spectator of that which is happening to him and around him.

10.   "In the study of the law of octaves it must be remembered that octaves in their relation to each other are divided into fundamental and subordinate. The fundamental octave can be likened to the trunk of a tree giving off branches of lateral octaves. The seven fundamental notes of the octave and the two 'intervals,' the bearers of new directions, give altogether nine links of a chain, three groups of three links each. "The fundamental octaves are connected with the secondary or subordinate octaves in a certain definite way. Out of the subordinate octaves of the first order come the subordinate octaves of the second order, and so on. The construction of octaves can be compared with the construction of a tree. From the straight basic trunk there come out boughs on all sides which divide in their turn and pass into branches-becoming smaller and smaller, and finally are covered with leaves.

11.   According to the number of the notes of the octave and its 'intervals,' the human body has nine basic measurements expressed by the numbers of a definite measure. In individuals these numbers of course differ widely but within certain definite limits. These nine basic measurements, giving a full octave of the first order, by combining in a certain definite way pass into measurements of subordinate octaves, which give rise in their turn to other subordinate octaves, and so on. In this way it is possible to obtain the measurements of any member or any part of the human body as they are all in a definite relationship one to another." (Or the human in relationship with the Cosmos)

12.  "In order better to understand the significance of the law of octaves it is necessary to have a clear idea of another property of vibrations, namely the so-called 'inner vibrations.' This means that within vibrations other vibrations proceed, and that every octave can be resolved into a great number of inner octaves. "Each note of any octave can be regarded as an octave on another plane(V. Imp  !!!)

13.  "Each note of these inner octaves again contains a whole octave and so on, for some considerable way, but not ad infinitum, because there is a definite limit to the development of inner octaves.

14.   "These inner vibrations proceed simultaneously in 'media' of different density, interpenetrating one another; they are reflected in one another, give rise to one another; stop, impel, or change one another.

15.   "Let us imagine vibrations in a substance or a medium of a certain definite density. Let us suppose this substance or medium to consist of the comparatively coarse atoms of world 48, each of which is, so to speak, an agglomeration of forty-eight primordial atoms. The vibrations which proceed in this medium are divisible into octaves and the octaves are divisible into notes. Let us imagine that we have taken one octave of these vibrations for the purpose of some kind of investigation. We must realize that within the limits of this octave proceed the vibrations of a still finer substance. The substance of world 48 is saturated with substance of world 24; the vibrations in the substance of world 24 stand in a definite relation to the vibrations in the substance of world 48; namely, each note of the vibrations in the substance of world 48 contains a whole octave of vibrations in the substance of world 24. "These are the inner octaves

16.   . "The substance of world 24 is, in its turn, permeated with the substance of world 12. In this substance also there are vibrations and each note of the vibrations of world 24 contains a whole octave of the vibrations of world 12. The substance of world 12 is permeated with the substance of world 6. The substance of world 6 is permeated with the substance of world 3. World 3 is permeated with the substance of world 1. Corresponding vibrations exist in each of these worlds and the order remains always the same, namely, each note of the vibrations of a coarser substance contains a whole octave of the vibrations of a finer substance.  

17.   "If we begin with vibrations of world 48, we can say that one note of the vibrations in this world contains an octave or seven notes of the vibrations of the planetary world. Each note of the vibrations of the planetary world contains seven notes of the vibrations of the world of the sun. Each vibration of the world of the sun will contain seven notes of the vibrations of the starry world and so on.

18.   "The ray of creation like every other process which is complete at a given moment can be regarded as an octave. This would be a descending octave in which do passes into si, si into la and so on. "The Absolute or All (world 1) will be do; all worlds (world 3)—si; all suns (world 6)— la; our sun (world 12)—sol; all planets (world 24)—fa; the earth (world 48)—mi; the moon (world 96)—re. The ray of creation begins with the Absolute. The Absolute is All. It is—do. "The ray of creation ends in the moon. Beyond the moon there is nothing. This also is the Absolute—do.

19.    "In examining the ray of creation or cosmic octave we see that 'intervals' should come in the development of this octave: the first between do and si, that is between world 1 and world 3, between the Absolute and 'all worlds,' and the second between fa and mi, that is, between world 24 and world 48, between 'all planets' and the earth. But the first 'interval' is filled by the will of the Absolute. One of the manifestations of the will of the Absolute consists precisely in the filling of this 'interval' by means of a conscious manifestation of neutralizing force which fills up the 'interval' between the active and the passive forces. With the second 'interval' the situation is more complicated. Something is missing between the planets and the earth. Planetary influences cannot pass to the earth consecutively and fully. An 'additional shock' is indispensable; the creation of some new conditions to insure a proper passage of forces is indispensable.

From Gnosis

Insights so far :

Hanuman : Messenger from Above. Brings the tasks for us to do on the planet. Does Ram's work. Any project we undertake, we make think its our idea to do this film or build this company or make this house. Its feels like it  the work of the higher energy and the 'idea' or 'insight' I feel is Hanuman. If we watch our breath then when we have a special idea, it is "preceeded by an interesting kind of an 'in breath" - Vayu, the "father" of Hanuman is th god of breath.
(most unique link http://gnosticteachings.org/courses/teachings-of-the-hindu-gods/2764-hanuman-the-perfect-hero.html)

Ganesh

Life's new meaning

Life is giving a new understanding. That living is really in those moments where I can let myself free from what I had pre determined. I see that I need to allow each moment to play out each dance of that moment and not

Sri Vidya Pooja

Yesterday had a wonderful experience of watching the Sri Vidya Pooja in a person's house in Matunga. It was Jan 23 - full moon and also incidentally Vat Pournima. It has happened after many waits and on such a day as the mother goddess invited. Some of the things I remember are :

The order of inviting

1. Bhadkra kali for protection
2. Ganapati for removing obstacles
3. Surya
4. Chandra
5.Soma


The order of gurus

1. Adi Guru (Shiva)
2. Hanuman
3. Dattatreya

Direction of Action

What is inside me is a living impulse. My actions in life from birth have been guided either by standards of personal success of the society or of the moral laws that define the word "being civilised". I now realise that its all wrong.

The right action has to do with the living impulse inside me.