Post by Frater G on Jul 27, 2008 13:32:26 GMT -5
GOD'S IMAGE IN YOU
By John K.
Robertson
The Bible teaches that God made us in His image. This is not a human form but, more correctly, it is universal. Our macrocosmic or universal form is based on the existing star-planetary structure. Therefore, it has been generally taught that the macrocosm, or the greater universe, is the same as the microcosm of the human body. This is very important in terms of universal religion.
The Christian Trinity consists of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. St. Paul taught that the Christ in us is our hope of glory. Esoterically, Christ is related to the human heart, which is ruled by Leo and the Sun.
Christ's identity with His Father is the same as our link with our human Monad. The Holy Ghost or Mother Aspect relates to our reproductive organs, also to kundalini at the base of the spine.
Our reproductive energies at the base of the spine must be raised to our heart or Sun centre in an interior spiritual and alchemical marriage. In this manner we become consciously aware of the Christ Presence within our heart. He truly is our hope of glory, as St. Paul taught.
THE UNIVERSE AS GOD'S IMAGE
Thoth-Hermes, or Mercury, taught the axiom, "As above - so below." This means that the planetary centres in our solar system are directly reflected into each human body. These planets appear as the chakra system, which mainly is to be found along each human spine.
Diagrams of these chakras can be seen in books dealing with yoga. For instance, the Middle Pillar of the Tree of Life in the kabala is your human spine. There is an Angelic Hierarchy associated with each of the sephirothal centres of the planets, on the Tree of Life. Planetary correspondences to these chakras can be found in the book, The Chakras, written by Charles W. Leadbeater.
A guide to the planetary-chakra associations is set out in the following Table:-
LOCATION ---- CHAKRA ---- PLANET
Crown ----- Sahasrara ----- Moon
Brow ----- Ajna ----- Mercury
Throat ----- Visshuda ----- Venus
Heart ----- Anahata ----- Sun
Adrenals ----- Swadisthana ----- Mars
Liver ----- Manipura ----- Jupiter
Generative ----- Muladhara ----- Saturn
THE MONADIC DOCTRINE
The primary Source, which is Darkness as the Hidden Father, emits rays of Light which impregnate the Cosmic Womb of the Divine Mother in Pisces. From that womb emerge the sons and daughters of God as human Monads. They represent the Sparks from the One Flame, which is the unitary consciousness of God.
Each Monad sends a Ray through the seven manifested planes to the physical level. The Soul descends down this Ray to its incarnation in the physical body. It eventually reaches its perfected state through reincarnation. By its actions it creates karma, some of which appears in future lives.
In biblical terms Christ as the Higher Self is said to be one with the Father-Monad. This applies to all individuals. It is precisely this individuation which is denied by the Church. Yet the Christ-Centre within you resides in the heart, on a non-physical level. Both scientists and religionists deny the existence of our non-physical bodies in which our consciousness continues to exist after the death of our physical body.
It is vital at this period of history to revive the knowledge of the Christ-Centre in the heart. Its universal link with the Sun-Christ is also related to Leo. For this reason we find references to Richard the Lion-Hearted, and to King David as the Lion of Judah.
THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY. THE CIRCLE SQUARED.
The Trinity of the Godhead manifests itself at the start of a new cycle, from the Hidden Darkness. It has three further reflections, each being a quadrant of the circle commencing with Capricorn.
THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE
God as a Trinity ---- Aquarius ---- Cosmic Energies
Monadic Trinity ----- Taurus Logos ----- Doctrine
Higher Self ----- Leo ----- Sun-Christ
Lower Self ---- Scorpio ----- Personality
These astrological signs are the fixed signs of the zodiac which are mentioned in the Bible in Revelation. They are referred to as the Tetramorphs or Great Beasts (constellations). They are the Man with the waterpot, the Bull, the Lion and the Scorpion.
The seven churches of Revelation refer to the human chakras, which have the appearance of fiery spinning wheels when they are activated. These in the Bible are the spinning chariot wheels of the Prophet Ezekiel, by which he ascended to heaven. When the cross of matter is activated by the Spirit it begins to spin, as do your human chakras along the spine. By the practice of meditation energies can be raised up the spine to give conscious apperception of higher planes of existence. Our task is to unify our lower mind with the higher and ultimately with our Monad-Father in heaven.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRIADS OF THE SUN AND MOON
These planetary symbols used for our psychological structure are the chief keys of our solar system.
Star --- Spiritual Monad ---- Father
Sun ---- Higher Self ---- Christ
Moon ----- Lower Self ----- Mother
In Judaism the Star of David, or Solomon's Seal, consists of two interlaced triangles.
Individuality ------ Personality
1. Spirit ----- 7. Sensations
2. Intuition ------ 6. Emotions
3. Higher Mind ------ 5. Lower Mind
(Sun) ------------- (Moon)
4. Bridge
There is a continuous interaction between the two triads of our Higher and Lower Selves. The Sun of the Inner Christ reflects its light on the brain-mind and thus gives us illumination, insight and intuition. The karma created by the Lower Self is stored in the Causal body of our Higher Self. The karmic records are available in the Hall of Records on the Astral Plane.
In the Christian Eucharist the priest holds the wafer of the Sun above the chalice of the Moon to depict the descent of the Christ-power into the lunar mind. This is an ongoing process in our lives. The Bible refers to the Book of Life in which our thoughts, words and deeds are inscribed. Such is the karma we create in our lives.
THE FIXED SIGNS OR TETRAMORPHS OF THE ZODIAC
The following Table relates the Great Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Akasha to the fixed signs of the zodiac.
Psyche ----- Element ----- Hindu Term ----- Sign
Spirit ----- Akasha ---- Atma ---- Sagittarius
Intuition ----- Air ---- Buddhi ---- Aquarius
Mind ---- Fire ---- Manas ----- Leo
Emotions ---- Water ---- Kama ---- Scorpio
Physical ---- Earth ---- Sthula ---- Taurus
In your horoscope the number of planets in each zodiacal sign indicates the nature of the personality. Air is ideational, fire is active and impulsive, water is emotional and sensitive, and earth is somewhat fixed and solid.
The 12 signs of the zodiac are:
FIRE ---- 1. Aries --- 5. Leo --- 9. Sagittarius
EARTH ---- 2. Taurus ---- 6. Virgo ---- 10. Capricorn
AIR ---- 3. Gemini ---- 7. Libra ----- 11. Aquarius
WATER ---- 4. Cancer ---- 8. Scorpio ---- 12. Pisces
The Christ in the human heart is the kabalistic Sun as ruler of Leo in Tiphareth. This Sun-Christ is directly above the lunar center of Yesod in your lower spine. Your active generative energies (lunar) can, by meditation, be raised up the spine to your heart. This is spiritual at-one-ment.
THE PLANETS AND THE CHAKRAS
God, acting through the spiritual hierarchies, created our universe, which is known as the macrocosm or greater world. It is this celestial and planetary structure which is the true body of God. The planets in this macrocosm interact on a daily basis with the equivalent chakra system along the human spine. It is this interactive mechanism, embodied in our occult anatomy, which is the basis of the universal religion which is to come.
Each planet has its own spiritual hierarchy. For documentation on this see available texts on the kabalistic Tree of Life. The middle pillar of this Tree is your human spine. Yogic texts show deities in the chakra centres along the spine. The Tree centres are known as the Sephira.
Symbol ---- Centre ---- Place --- Chakra
Spirit ---- Kether ---- Crown ---- Sahasrara
Sun ---- Tipareth --- Heart ---- Anahata
Moon ---- Yesod ---- Sex ---- Swadisthana
Earth ---- Malkuth ---- Physical ---- Muladhara
The Earth we live on is a fulcrum planet, with three of the Sacred planets on either side. The Sun, Mercury and Venus relate to the Higher Self. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are part of the Lower Self. Our symbolic task is to move our consciousness from our lunar brain to the Christ-Sun of our Higher Self.
KARMA AND REINCARNATION
The Bible teaches that we must become perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. This "Father" is the human Monad, which is on a much higher level of manifestation. Since we cannot reach that level of Monadic perfection in one life it is necessary for us to reincarnate.
This is a Buddhist-Hindu concept which the Christian Church would do well to incorporate. All of our actions - mental, emotional and physical - create karma. The Bible states, "As ye sow so also shall ye reap.
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It should be understood that by your own actions you are directly responsible for your present condition. Why then do you blame others for your own shortcomings in your earlier lives. It is regrettable that the educational system does not adopt a more rational theory of personal causation. You should be personally motivated to take the improvement of your Soul powers as a prime factor in life. Quite simply cease to create negative circumstances which can only impede you in the future.
The twin Laws of Reincarnation and Karma must be taught at all levels of education if personal responsibility is to be implemented on a wider scale. More importantly, recognize that the mechanism for the transmission of karma is the link from the chakra system along your spine to the planetary centres in the universe, which is the body of God.
HISTORICAL REFERENCES
In the Babylonian period the ziggurats, or step pyramids, were related to the seven sacred planets from the Sun to Saturn. It is not the planets that influence you. Each planet has a spiritual hierarchy which acts on the karma created by you, which is relayed to them via the correspondences which exist between the planetary chakras in your microcosmic human body and the planetary hierarchies in your universal body.
These seven Rays are referred to in the teachings of Alice Bailey. The Rays are associated with the Pleiades in Taurus. Taurus rules speech and is thus associated with the Verbum Doctrine in the Bible. "In the beginning was the Word." Esoterically, this means that your Soul descends to inhabit its bodies on a complex vibrational Ray which incorporates your past karma.
In the Egyptian sarcophagi in the British Museum you can see the star maps which were painted inside the coffins to guide the Soul on its journey back to its spiritual home. Hence the Egyptian Book of the Dead should more properly be referred to as The Book of The Coming into the Light. You now, whilst still living, must strive to reach this Light of inner spiritual perception.
BIBLICAL TEACHINGS I
In this life we must learn to follow the divine pathway to spiritual perfection by "submitting to the righteousness of God [as our human Monad] within us." (Rom. 10.3) "For we are made by His workmanship." (Eph. 2.10) "Therefore pray to your Father which is in Heaven, [As stated in "The Lord's Prayer"] and "make your request by prayer". (Dan. 9.3}
From the above instructions we learn two things. Firstly, we do have a Father which is in heaven. This is our human Monad which is a fragment of God. Secondly, we can make supplication to Him by prayer. It is also evident that spiritual instruction can help turn the mind to God so as to gain clear direction in life.
Since Christ is one with your particular Father-Monad, and Christ resides within you by reason of your spiritual anatomy we have the opportunity to open up our heart to Christ and thus experience His love at first hand. For this to happen the creative energies in your lunar centre at the base of the spine must be raised in meditation to the heart. This creates spiritual and alchemical at-one-ment. Thus we can obtain the direct experience of Christ-consciousness. What you have been introduced to is occult anatomy in a Christian sense.
BIBLICAL TEACHINGS II
There are three distinct forms of Christ:
(a)Cosmic, as part of the Trinity
(b) Human, as Jesus Christ
(c) Internal in us, as the Christ-Centre in the human heart (the anahata chakram)
With respect to the latter form within us we have the possibility of raising our consciousness through meditation, by the creation of alpha waves, thus eventually linking with the Christ-Centre in our spiritual heart. By this means we establish at-one-ment with our Solar Higher Self, symbolized by Christ or Krishna.
When we achieve this alchemical transformation of our nature we are then able to function freely in the heaven world by means of astral travel. As it is said, "Know ye not that ye are gods in the becoming." Christ said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." (John 14.6) For this reason we must "bring every thought into the obedience of Christ." [He being our Higher Self.] (II Cor. 10.5).
"Not everyone shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father." (Matt. 7.21 ) This Father is your spiritual Monad, and Christ resides in your heart. This is how God made you in occult anatomy.
REINCARNATION AND KARMA
Records giving accounts of reincarnation exist at the University of West Virginia. Edgar Cayce's examinations of the past lives of his patients are available on tape at the A.R.E. Centre at Virginia Beach. Hypnotic recall allows us access to our memories of past lives. The purpose of rebirth is to allow us time to perfect the innate qualities which we possess.
The limitations which we face from birth are the results of our actions in previous lives. One of the main advantages of our comprehension of the effects of karma, through the Law of Cause and Effect, is to direct our attention to the need to create a better future through the practice of ahimsa or harmlessness.
The mechanism of karma is astrological. This means that your karma is precipitated into your life via the transits and progressions which affect your natal chart. Our thoughts, emotions, and actions create karma which is transferred via the chakras along our spine to the related planetary hierarchies in the macrocosmic solar system.
The Lipika Lords are the beings who record our karma in what the Bible calls the Book of Life. The Bible is quite specific. It states that what we sow is what we reap.
RECORDING ANGELS AND SPIRITUAL HIERARCHIES
It seems incongruous that whilst we recognise the need for national governments we seem incapable of the grasping the existence of Earth rule by spiritual hierarchies such as the Angelic Kingdoms. One criticism of astrology is that it implies a planetary effect on humanity. More correctly it is the planetary hierarchies, particularly the Lipika Lords, who administer planetary, racial and personal karma.
We sometimes speak of Guardian Angels who assist individuals in time of need. But what of spiritual justice and its administration? Temptation and punishment are related to our concepts of Hell and the Devil. Is it not more rational to conceive of certain karmic punishment in the future, whether or not a criminal might avoid legal penalties for his crimes whilst living on Earth.
The penalties for wrongdoing, in a spiritual context, can be carried over from one life to the next. Karmic justice is inescapable because a precise record is kept of all of our actions, emotions, and thoughts. These karmic records can affect our future bodies and abilities. There is a further consequence in that we are brought once again into relationships with those we have lived with before. If mercy and love are in your heart why is it so difficult to make them manifest? Christ waits for an answer.
ADAM, EVE AND THE SERPENT
"Death comes through a man." (1 Cor. 15.21) The existence of Adam in the Garden of Eden refers to the original androgyne Monad before the descent of the Soul, and the separation of the sexes. From our human Monad the Soul must descend through the seven planes to inhabit the tomb of the physical body. This spiritual death involves us in the loss of our spiritual powers.
Later we are taught that Eve was made from a rib in Adam's body. This relates to the emanation of the sexes and the descent of the Soul [as Eve] into incarnation. The androgyne Monad is our Father which is in Heaven.
"As in Adam all die so in Christ all will be made alive." This means that your Soul, which is spiritually dead in the human body, can regain its spiritual powers by uniting consciously with the Christ-Centre in the heart. It can be confirmed that the Hindus have the same teachings as to Krishna in the heart. Thus the teachings of occult anatomy unify apparently different religions.
The serpent in the tree depicts the power of the serpent fire known as kundalini, which resides at the base of your spine. This serpent is the caduceus or healing serpent of the medical profession. It is the staff of Asclepius.
THE MECHANISM OF CLAIRVOYANCE
The reference to the caduceus of the medical profession with the twin serpents entwined on the staff (of the spine) pertains to spiritual unification of your Lower Self with the Higher. This unification is at a much higher level than any physical healing by a doctor. You should note that medical doctors are generally ignorant as regarding your spiritual bodies.
For example kundalini, as a sinuous serpent-like power, resides at the base of your spine. When it is aroused and flows up the spine it activates the chakras along the spine. On reaching the aina chakram or "third eye" in the forehead it gives the power of clairvoyance to the Soul. This is why the Egyptian pharaohs were shown with the uraeus serpent on their foreheads.
The Egyptian civilization was far more spiritually ahead of our own. With the gradual withdrawal of its initiate-teachers, such as Thoth-Hermes, the once great civilization fell into chaos. Quite simply mankind at that time was not able to evoke the same spiritual powers as those of their mentors. We lost the knowledge of the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Romans - thus falling into the Dark Ages. The star knowledge was preserved for a time in the Mithraic religion before it was usurped by Christianity.
SPIRITUAL HEALING AND THE CADUCEUS
The raising of the serpent energies up the human spine was part of the ceremonies of the Ancient Mysteries. The Hierophant would take his staff, or thyrsus-rod, in his hand. Placing the tip of the rod at the base of the spine he would move it up the spine of the candidate. As he did this the serpent energies of kundalini would proceed to flow up the spine, thus leading to a spiritual awakening of the neophyte.
This awakening of the powers of the Soul allowed the consciousness of the disciple to emerge from the tomb (soma) of the body (soma) thus allowing it to travel freely on the higher astral planes which surround the Earth. It is a piece of arrant nonsense to assert that planets do not have life forms. There is absolutely no need for physical bodies since we all possess other spiritual bodies which go to make up our human aura. Seek ye first the Angelic Hosts of each planet. It is They who wait to initiate the Brotherhood of Angels and Humanity which is to come.
Each chakra along your spine has a specific number of petals, each containing spiritual powers known as siddhis. These in turn are related to specific Sanskrit letters. This is part of the power of Mantra Yoga, which in turn is related to the Logos Doctrine of St John.
PRE-HISTORICAL CHRISTIANITY
The Bible states that God made you in His image. What He didn't tell you was that this image is the star field of the universe. This being so there is only ONE RELIGION. If you want to prove this for yourself find out why both Christians and Hindus have deities of the same name related to your heart. Why did the Aztecs and Mayans have ceremonies related to the human heart.
Why does the Roman Catholic Church have specific teachings and illustrations related to the spiritual heart of Jesus and Mary?
Given that Christ is emanated from the Father, before the planets were manifested, it follows that the heart of our Solar System is the Sun, which is the centre of a great Spiritual Being, as the Lord of our solar system. It then becomes evident that there were Creative Hosts of Angels responsible for the outworking of life on these planets, not necessarily in physical bodies.
Refer to the Kabalistic Tree which shows the hierarchies associated with each planet. The Middle Pillar of this Tree is your human spine. Read the story of Adam and Eve and relate it to the descent of your Soul down the spine, where the female reproductive centre lies at the base of the spine. Marry these lunar energies with your solar heart or Christ.
SUMMARY OF THE TEACHINGS
(a) The image of God reflects into our etheric body. The planetary structure is mirrored in our spinal chakra system.
(b) As spiritual beings we received our God-image before the existence of the major religions.
(c) There is only one religion which is based on our occult anatomy.
(d) The Cosmic Christ finds residence in our heart chakram. He is the Inner Ruler Immortal. As our inner spiritual Sun He rules our Higher Self. As ruler of the physical Sun He gives life to our solar system. All of the planets are ruled by spiritual hierarchies.
(e) We exist in spiritual bodies prior to our physical incarnations. We continue to live after the death of our physical body.
(f) We progress to perfection through a series of lives. This is reincarnation. During each life we create karma by our actions and associations. This karma can be carried over to future lives. Ideally we should lead harmless lives.
(g) The mechanism for karma is the chakra-planetary link. All karma is recorded and thus modifies our future progress to a perfected state.
SUMMARY II: PERSONAL EVOLUTION
(h) By meditation we can unify our lunar centre at the base of the spine with the solar Christ-Centre in our heart. In India Christ is Krishna. This process of our unification is spiritual alchemy or at-one-ment. In the Christian Eucharist the Host symbolizes the Sun, and the Chalice represents the Moon. The entry of the solar Host into the waters of the chalice symbolizes the descent of our Higher Self as Christ into our Personality.
(i) Your Soul consciousness pre-exists the brain. After physical death the Soul continues to live in its non-physical bodies. We reach perfection through a series of lives via reincarnation.
(j) You have a tripartite structure:
(i) Father in Heaven - Monad - Star
(ii) Son (Christ) - Higher Self - Sun
(iii) Mother (Moon) - Lower Self - Moon
Your spiritual goal is to fuse together these three parts of your being.
Christ is your Higher Self, and He is one With your Father-Monad.
(k) Your mind needs Soul knowledge. Ultimately your Soul is one with the Cosmic Spirit of God. That thou art. We are all gods in the becoming. That is our destiny.
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By John K.
Robertson
The Bible teaches that God made us in His image. This is not a human form but, more correctly, it is universal. Our macrocosmic or universal form is based on the existing star-planetary structure. Therefore, it has been generally taught that the macrocosm, or the greater universe, is the same as the microcosm of the human body. This is very important in terms of universal religion.
The Christian Trinity consists of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. St. Paul taught that the Christ in us is our hope of glory. Esoterically, Christ is related to the human heart, which is ruled by Leo and the Sun.
Christ's identity with His Father is the same as our link with our human Monad. The Holy Ghost or Mother Aspect relates to our reproductive organs, also to kundalini at the base of the spine.
Our reproductive energies at the base of the spine must be raised to our heart or Sun centre in an interior spiritual and alchemical marriage. In this manner we become consciously aware of the Christ Presence within our heart. He truly is our hope of glory, as St. Paul taught.
THE UNIVERSE AS GOD'S IMAGE
Thoth-Hermes, or Mercury, taught the axiom, "As above - so below." This means that the planetary centres in our solar system are directly reflected into each human body. These planets appear as the chakra system, which mainly is to be found along each human spine.
Diagrams of these chakras can be seen in books dealing with yoga. For instance, the Middle Pillar of the Tree of Life in the kabala is your human spine. There is an Angelic Hierarchy associated with each of the sephirothal centres of the planets, on the Tree of Life. Planetary correspondences to these chakras can be found in the book, The Chakras, written by Charles W. Leadbeater.
A guide to the planetary-chakra associations is set out in the following Table:-
LOCATION ---- CHAKRA ---- PLANET
Crown ----- Sahasrara ----- Moon
Brow ----- Ajna ----- Mercury
Throat ----- Visshuda ----- Venus
Heart ----- Anahata ----- Sun
Adrenals ----- Swadisthana ----- Mars
Liver ----- Manipura ----- Jupiter
Generative ----- Muladhara ----- Saturn
THE MONADIC DOCTRINE
The primary Source, which is Darkness as the Hidden Father, emits rays of Light which impregnate the Cosmic Womb of the Divine Mother in Pisces. From that womb emerge the sons and daughters of God as human Monads. They represent the Sparks from the One Flame, which is the unitary consciousness of God.
Each Monad sends a Ray through the seven manifested planes to the physical level. The Soul descends down this Ray to its incarnation in the physical body. It eventually reaches its perfected state through reincarnation. By its actions it creates karma, some of which appears in future lives.
In biblical terms Christ as the Higher Self is said to be one with the Father-Monad. This applies to all individuals. It is precisely this individuation which is denied by the Church. Yet the Christ-Centre within you resides in the heart, on a non-physical level. Both scientists and religionists deny the existence of our non-physical bodies in which our consciousness continues to exist after the death of our physical body.
It is vital at this period of history to revive the knowledge of the Christ-Centre in the heart. Its universal link with the Sun-Christ is also related to Leo. For this reason we find references to Richard the Lion-Hearted, and to King David as the Lion of Judah.
THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY. THE CIRCLE SQUARED.
The Trinity of the Godhead manifests itself at the start of a new cycle, from the Hidden Darkness. It has three further reflections, each being a quadrant of the circle commencing with Capricorn.
THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE
God as a Trinity ---- Aquarius ---- Cosmic Energies
Monadic Trinity ----- Taurus Logos ----- Doctrine
Higher Self ----- Leo ----- Sun-Christ
Lower Self ---- Scorpio ----- Personality
These astrological signs are the fixed signs of the zodiac which are mentioned in the Bible in Revelation. They are referred to as the Tetramorphs or Great Beasts (constellations). They are the Man with the waterpot, the Bull, the Lion and the Scorpion.
The seven churches of Revelation refer to the human chakras, which have the appearance of fiery spinning wheels when they are activated. These in the Bible are the spinning chariot wheels of the Prophet Ezekiel, by which he ascended to heaven. When the cross of matter is activated by the Spirit it begins to spin, as do your human chakras along the spine. By the practice of meditation energies can be raised up the spine to give conscious apperception of higher planes of existence. Our task is to unify our lower mind with the higher and ultimately with our Monad-Father in heaven.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRIADS OF THE SUN AND MOON
These planetary symbols used for our psychological structure are the chief keys of our solar system.
Star --- Spiritual Monad ---- Father
Sun ---- Higher Self ---- Christ
Moon ----- Lower Self ----- Mother
In Judaism the Star of David, or Solomon's Seal, consists of two interlaced triangles.
Individuality ------ Personality
1. Spirit ----- 7. Sensations
2. Intuition ------ 6. Emotions
3. Higher Mind ------ 5. Lower Mind
(Sun) ------------- (Moon)
4. Bridge
There is a continuous interaction between the two triads of our Higher and Lower Selves. The Sun of the Inner Christ reflects its light on the brain-mind and thus gives us illumination, insight and intuition. The karma created by the Lower Self is stored in the Causal body of our Higher Self. The karmic records are available in the Hall of Records on the Astral Plane.
In the Christian Eucharist the priest holds the wafer of the Sun above the chalice of the Moon to depict the descent of the Christ-power into the lunar mind. This is an ongoing process in our lives. The Bible refers to the Book of Life in which our thoughts, words and deeds are inscribed. Such is the karma we create in our lives.
THE FIXED SIGNS OR TETRAMORPHS OF THE ZODIAC
The following Table relates the Great Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Akasha to the fixed signs of the zodiac.
Psyche ----- Element ----- Hindu Term ----- Sign
Spirit ----- Akasha ---- Atma ---- Sagittarius
Intuition ----- Air ---- Buddhi ---- Aquarius
Mind ---- Fire ---- Manas ----- Leo
Emotions ---- Water ---- Kama ---- Scorpio
Physical ---- Earth ---- Sthula ---- Taurus
In your horoscope the number of planets in each zodiacal sign indicates the nature of the personality. Air is ideational, fire is active and impulsive, water is emotional and sensitive, and earth is somewhat fixed and solid.
The 12 signs of the zodiac are:
FIRE ---- 1. Aries --- 5. Leo --- 9. Sagittarius
EARTH ---- 2. Taurus ---- 6. Virgo ---- 10. Capricorn
AIR ---- 3. Gemini ---- 7. Libra ----- 11. Aquarius
WATER ---- 4. Cancer ---- 8. Scorpio ---- 12. Pisces
The Christ in the human heart is the kabalistic Sun as ruler of Leo in Tiphareth. This Sun-Christ is directly above the lunar center of Yesod in your lower spine. Your active generative energies (lunar) can, by meditation, be raised up the spine to your heart. This is spiritual at-one-ment.
THE PLANETS AND THE CHAKRAS
God, acting through the spiritual hierarchies, created our universe, which is known as the macrocosm or greater world. It is this celestial and planetary structure which is the true body of God. The planets in this macrocosm interact on a daily basis with the equivalent chakra system along the human spine. It is this interactive mechanism, embodied in our occult anatomy, which is the basis of the universal religion which is to come.
Each planet has its own spiritual hierarchy. For documentation on this see available texts on the kabalistic Tree of Life. The middle pillar of this Tree is your human spine. Yogic texts show deities in the chakra centres along the spine. The Tree centres are known as the Sephira.
Symbol ---- Centre ---- Place --- Chakra
Spirit ---- Kether ---- Crown ---- Sahasrara
Sun ---- Tipareth --- Heart ---- Anahata
Moon ---- Yesod ---- Sex ---- Swadisthana
Earth ---- Malkuth ---- Physical ---- Muladhara
The Earth we live on is a fulcrum planet, with three of the Sacred planets on either side. The Sun, Mercury and Venus relate to the Higher Self. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are part of the Lower Self. Our symbolic task is to move our consciousness from our lunar brain to the Christ-Sun of our Higher Self.
KARMA AND REINCARNATION
The Bible teaches that we must become perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. This "Father" is the human Monad, which is on a much higher level of manifestation. Since we cannot reach that level of Monadic perfection in one life it is necessary for us to reincarnate.
This is a Buddhist-Hindu concept which the Christian Church would do well to incorporate. All of our actions - mental, emotional and physical - create karma. The Bible states, "As ye sow so also shall ye reap.
"
It should be understood that by your own actions you are directly responsible for your present condition. Why then do you blame others for your own shortcomings in your earlier lives. It is regrettable that the educational system does not adopt a more rational theory of personal causation. You should be personally motivated to take the improvement of your Soul powers as a prime factor in life. Quite simply cease to create negative circumstances which can only impede you in the future.
The twin Laws of Reincarnation and Karma must be taught at all levels of education if personal responsibility is to be implemented on a wider scale. More importantly, recognize that the mechanism for the transmission of karma is the link from the chakra system along your spine to the planetary centres in the universe, which is the body of God.
HISTORICAL REFERENCES
In the Babylonian period the ziggurats, or step pyramids, were related to the seven sacred planets from the Sun to Saturn. It is not the planets that influence you. Each planet has a spiritual hierarchy which acts on the karma created by you, which is relayed to them via the correspondences which exist between the planetary chakras in your microcosmic human body and the planetary hierarchies in your universal body.
These seven Rays are referred to in the teachings of Alice Bailey. The Rays are associated with the Pleiades in Taurus. Taurus rules speech and is thus associated with the Verbum Doctrine in the Bible. "In the beginning was the Word." Esoterically, this means that your Soul descends to inhabit its bodies on a complex vibrational Ray which incorporates your past karma.
In the Egyptian sarcophagi in the British Museum you can see the star maps which were painted inside the coffins to guide the Soul on its journey back to its spiritual home. Hence the Egyptian Book of the Dead should more properly be referred to as The Book of The Coming into the Light. You now, whilst still living, must strive to reach this Light of inner spiritual perception.
BIBLICAL TEACHINGS I
In this life we must learn to follow the divine pathway to spiritual perfection by "submitting to the righteousness of God [as our human Monad] within us." (Rom. 10.3) "For we are made by His workmanship." (Eph. 2.10) "Therefore pray to your Father which is in Heaven, [As stated in "The Lord's Prayer"] and "make your request by prayer". (Dan. 9.3}
From the above instructions we learn two things. Firstly, we do have a Father which is in heaven. This is our human Monad which is a fragment of God. Secondly, we can make supplication to Him by prayer. It is also evident that spiritual instruction can help turn the mind to God so as to gain clear direction in life.
Since Christ is one with your particular Father-Monad, and Christ resides within you by reason of your spiritual anatomy we have the opportunity to open up our heart to Christ and thus experience His love at first hand. For this to happen the creative energies in your lunar centre at the base of the spine must be raised in meditation to the heart. This creates spiritual and alchemical at-one-ment. Thus we can obtain the direct experience of Christ-consciousness. What you have been introduced to is occult anatomy in a Christian sense.
BIBLICAL TEACHINGS II
There are three distinct forms of Christ:
(a)Cosmic, as part of the Trinity
(b) Human, as Jesus Christ
(c) Internal in us, as the Christ-Centre in the human heart (the anahata chakram)
With respect to the latter form within us we have the possibility of raising our consciousness through meditation, by the creation of alpha waves, thus eventually linking with the Christ-Centre in our spiritual heart. By this means we establish at-one-ment with our Solar Higher Self, symbolized by Christ or Krishna.
When we achieve this alchemical transformation of our nature we are then able to function freely in the heaven world by means of astral travel. As it is said, "Know ye not that ye are gods in the becoming." Christ said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." (John 14.6) For this reason we must "bring every thought into the obedience of Christ." [He being our Higher Self.] (II Cor. 10.5).
"Not everyone shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father." (Matt. 7.21 ) This Father is your spiritual Monad, and Christ resides in your heart. This is how God made you in occult anatomy.
REINCARNATION AND KARMA
Records giving accounts of reincarnation exist at the University of West Virginia. Edgar Cayce's examinations of the past lives of his patients are available on tape at the A.R.E. Centre at Virginia Beach. Hypnotic recall allows us access to our memories of past lives. The purpose of rebirth is to allow us time to perfect the innate qualities which we possess.
The limitations which we face from birth are the results of our actions in previous lives. One of the main advantages of our comprehension of the effects of karma, through the Law of Cause and Effect, is to direct our attention to the need to create a better future through the practice of ahimsa or harmlessness.
The mechanism of karma is astrological. This means that your karma is precipitated into your life via the transits and progressions which affect your natal chart. Our thoughts, emotions, and actions create karma which is transferred via the chakras along our spine to the related planetary hierarchies in the macrocosmic solar system.
The Lipika Lords are the beings who record our karma in what the Bible calls the Book of Life. The Bible is quite specific. It states that what we sow is what we reap.
RECORDING ANGELS AND SPIRITUAL HIERARCHIES
It seems incongruous that whilst we recognise the need for national governments we seem incapable of the grasping the existence of Earth rule by spiritual hierarchies such as the Angelic Kingdoms. One criticism of astrology is that it implies a planetary effect on humanity. More correctly it is the planetary hierarchies, particularly the Lipika Lords, who administer planetary, racial and personal karma.
We sometimes speak of Guardian Angels who assist individuals in time of need. But what of spiritual justice and its administration? Temptation and punishment are related to our concepts of Hell and the Devil. Is it not more rational to conceive of certain karmic punishment in the future, whether or not a criminal might avoid legal penalties for his crimes whilst living on Earth.
The penalties for wrongdoing, in a spiritual context, can be carried over from one life to the next. Karmic justice is inescapable because a precise record is kept of all of our actions, emotions, and thoughts. These karmic records can affect our future bodies and abilities. There is a further consequence in that we are brought once again into relationships with those we have lived with before. If mercy and love are in your heart why is it so difficult to make them manifest? Christ waits for an answer.
ADAM, EVE AND THE SERPENT
"Death comes through a man." (1 Cor. 15.21) The existence of Adam in the Garden of Eden refers to the original androgyne Monad before the descent of the Soul, and the separation of the sexes. From our human Monad the Soul must descend through the seven planes to inhabit the tomb of the physical body. This spiritual death involves us in the loss of our spiritual powers.
Later we are taught that Eve was made from a rib in Adam's body. This relates to the emanation of the sexes and the descent of the Soul [as Eve] into incarnation. The androgyne Monad is our Father which is in Heaven.
"As in Adam all die so in Christ all will be made alive." This means that your Soul, which is spiritually dead in the human body, can regain its spiritual powers by uniting consciously with the Christ-Centre in the heart. It can be confirmed that the Hindus have the same teachings as to Krishna in the heart. Thus the teachings of occult anatomy unify apparently different religions.
The serpent in the tree depicts the power of the serpent fire known as kundalini, which resides at the base of your spine. This serpent is the caduceus or healing serpent of the medical profession. It is the staff of Asclepius.
THE MECHANISM OF CLAIRVOYANCE
The reference to the caduceus of the medical profession with the twin serpents entwined on the staff (of the spine) pertains to spiritual unification of your Lower Self with the Higher. This unification is at a much higher level than any physical healing by a doctor. You should note that medical doctors are generally ignorant as regarding your spiritual bodies.
For example kundalini, as a sinuous serpent-like power, resides at the base of your spine. When it is aroused and flows up the spine it activates the chakras along the spine. On reaching the aina chakram or "third eye" in the forehead it gives the power of clairvoyance to the Soul. This is why the Egyptian pharaohs were shown with the uraeus serpent on their foreheads.
The Egyptian civilization was far more spiritually ahead of our own. With the gradual withdrawal of its initiate-teachers, such as Thoth-Hermes, the once great civilization fell into chaos. Quite simply mankind at that time was not able to evoke the same spiritual powers as those of their mentors. We lost the knowledge of the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Romans - thus falling into the Dark Ages. The star knowledge was preserved for a time in the Mithraic religion before it was usurped by Christianity.
SPIRITUAL HEALING AND THE CADUCEUS
The raising of the serpent energies up the human spine was part of the ceremonies of the Ancient Mysteries. The Hierophant would take his staff, or thyrsus-rod, in his hand. Placing the tip of the rod at the base of the spine he would move it up the spine of the candidate. As he did this the serpent energies of kundalini would proceed to flow up the spine, thus leading to a spiritual awakening of the neophyte.
This awakening of the powers of the Soul allowed the consciousness of the disciple to emerge from the tomb (soma) of the body (soma) thus allowing it to travel freely on the higher astral planes which surround the Earth. It is a piece of arrant nonsense to assert that planets do not have life forms. There is absolutely no need for physical bodies since we all possess other spiritual bodies which go to make up our human aura. Seek ye first the Angelic Hosts of each planet. It is They who wait to initiate the Brotherhood of Angels and Humanity which is to come.
Each chakra along your spine has a specific number of petals, each containing spiritual powers known as siddhis. These in turn are related to specific Sanskrit letters. This is part of the power of Mantra Yoga, which in turn is related to the Logos Doctrine of St John.
PRE-HISTORICAL CHRISTIANITY
The Bible states that God made you in His image. What He didn't tell you was that this image is the star field of the universe. This being so there is only ONE RELIGION. If you want to prove this for yourself find out why both Christians and Hindus have deities of the same name related to your heart. Why did the Aztecs and Mayans have ceremonies related to the human heart.
Why does the Roman Catholic Church have specific teachings and illustrations related to the spiritual heart of Jesus and Mary?
Given that Christ is emanated from the Father, before the planets were manifested, it follows that the heart of our Solar System is the Sun, which is the centre of a great Spiritual Being, as the Lord of our solar system. It then becomes evident that there were Creative Hosts of Angels responsible for the outworking of life on these planets, not necessarily in physical bodies.
Refer to the Kabalistic Tree which shows the hierarchies associated with each planet. The Middle Pillar of this Tree is your human spine. Read the story of Adam and Eve and relate it to the descent of your Soul down the spine, where the female reproductive centre lies at the base of the spine. Marry these lunar energies with your solar heart or Christ.
SUMMARY OF THE TEACHINGS
(a) The image of God reflects into our etheric body. The planetary structure is mirrored in our spinal chakra system.
(b) As spiritual beings we received our God-image before the existence of the major religions.
(c) There is only one religion which is based on our occult anatomy.
(d) The Cosmic Christ finds residence in our heart chakram. He is the Inner Ruler Immortal. As our inner spiritual Sun He rules our Higher Self. As ruler of the physical Sun He gives life to our solar system. All of the planets are ruled by spiritual hierarchies.
(e) We exist in spiritual bodies prior to our physical incarnations. We continue to live after the death of our physical body.
(f) We progress to perfection through a series of lives. This is reincarnation. During each life we create karma by our actions and associations. This karma can be carried over to future lives. Ideally we should lead harmless lives.
(g) The mechanism for karma is the chakra-planetary link. All karma is recorded and thus modifies our future progress to a perfected state.
SUMMARY II: PERSONAL EVOLUTION
(h) By meditation we can unify our lunar centre at the base of the spine with the solar Christ-Centre in our heart. In India Christ is Krishna. This process of our unification is spiritual alchemy or at-one-ment. In the Christian Eucharist the Host symbolizes the Sun, and the Chalice represents the Moon. The entry of the solar Host into the waters of the chalice symbolizes the descent of our Higher Self as Christ into our Personality.
(i) Your Soul consciousness pre-exists the brain. After physical death the Soul continues to live in its non-physical bodies. We reach perfection through a series of lives via reincarnation.
(j) You have a tripartite structure:
(i) Father in Heaven - Monad - Star
(ii) Son (Christ) - Higher Self - Sun
(iii) Mother (Moon) - Lower Self - Moon
Your spiritual goal is to fuse together these three parts of your being.
Christ is your Higher Self, and He is one With your Father-Monad.
(k) Your mind needs Soul knowledge. Ultimately your Soul is one with the Cosmic Spirit of God. That thou art. We are all gods in the becoming. That is our destiny.
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