Theos-Talk Archives (August 1996 Message tl00104)

UY-horitzontally, vertically and three dimensionally etc.  Each level is a
holorachy complete intself but implies the possbilility of a heirarchicaly
connection.  The symbolism of numbers and positive and negative modes is present
throught the VOICE OF THE SILENCE and in most other occult systems such as
astrology, numerology and tarot.  The number 7 going up and down can be pictured
as a triangle with base at the bottom.





						I
					I		I
				I		I		I
			I		I		I		I
		I		I		I		I		I
	I		I		I		I		I
I
I		I		I		I		I		I
I



Or starting with 7 as primary and descending , as an inverted triangle

O		O		O		O		O		O
O
	O		O		O		O		O
O
		O		O		O		O		O
			O		O		O		O
				O		O		O
					O		O		
						O

Thes triangles are often associated with the ascent to matter or evolution and
the inverted triangle as descent into matter from spirit or involution or
sometimes emmanation.


Placed on top of one anothr they make a pleasing (or here not so pleasing, I did
this on MSWORD and it got crunched -sorry!) diamond shape of a mirroring of as
above (heavan-unmanifest-paratma) so below (earth - manifest- purusha.
						I
					I		I
				I		I		I
			I		I		I		I
		I		I		I		I		I
	I		I		I		I		I
I
I		I		I		I		I		I
I

O		O		O		O		O		O
O
	O		O		O		O		O
O
		O		O		O		O		O
			O		O		O		O
				O		O		O
					O		O		
	

					O
Notice that this arrangement has great potential energy like the polarity of the
earth and the sky BEFORE a lightening flash.

The two interlaced triangles make the six pointed star so frequent in spiritual
symbolism.  In theosophy this represents the whirling active manifestation of
spirit in matter and the state of the world and man as a dynamic mixture of both
spirit and matter. male and female (so may not like this symbolism) positive and
negative, yin and yang etc.
						
	O		O		O	I	O		O
O		
	 	O		O	I	O	I	O		O

			O	I	O	I	O	I	O
			I	O	I	O	I	O	I	
		I	O	I	O	I	O	I	O	I
	I		I	O	I	O	I	O	I
I
I		I		I	O	I	O	I		I
I				
						O

Notice that the state here is more like AFTER the lightening flash.

Notice that the + spirit sybmolized by I is more directly linked in altenating
patterns with  - negative matter symbolized by O.  We now have the patter
IOIOIOIOIOIO horizontally  across the holorachical level and vetically  up and
down the hierarchical level as
I
O
I
O
i

Notice how the mirroring imagery of the two triangle on top of each other
implies a dynamic potential like a battery fully charged.   The interlaced
triangles imply the result of the electical spark in movement as actual movement
of energy, rather than static potential
The linking symbolism is obvious as the polarity allows creativity to manifest
as more and more mixed and complicated forms where matter and spirit become more
and more involved and evolved..

The movement of these potentialities can allow a restructuring for the creation
of higher and lower level and movement between them..  Man as self-conscious
being can manifest as intentional creativity by the intentional manipulation of
the elemental polarities.

Thes can be manifest as
!. physical procreation
2. emotional response - such as music and art, love and hate etc
3.  analytical thought - practical mind
4.  social structuring and governments -social mind
5. religious and intellectual organization and thought - social higher mind
6.  intuition and spiritual development - individual connection to higher levels
7  unitive type states of the six levels or as an ultimate ONENESS

The VOICE OF THE SILENCE is rich in such symbolism and the meditation methods
and symbolism of the virtues and paramitas are rich in the idea of reuniting the
six levels by restructuring their potential energies and linking them
unltimately to a primal oneness and will, love and wisdom.  When this is done,
it is suggested that an evolutionary step is possible and an acces to higher
state of will, love and wisdom will manifest in the life and being of the
student.


Namaste
Keith Price