Theos-Talk Archives (December 2000 Message tt00052)

In a message dated 12/07/00 8:01:30 AM, nous@btinternet.com writes:

>Friends,
>
>The previous passage on the one Reality stated that this "ONE ABSOLUTE 
BE-NESS" is symbolised under two aspects:
>
>* Absolute abstract SPACE - representing BARE SUBJECTIVITY.
>
>* Absolute abstract MOTION (the "Great Breath") - representing
>UNCONDITIONED CONSCIOUSNESS.
>
>This is symbolised by finite intelligence as a trinity. HPB now goes
>on to offer some help to us. See below.
>
>...Peter
>
>======================
>
>It may, however, assist the student if a few further explanations are given
>here.
>
>Herbert Spencer has of late so far modified his Agnosticism, as to assert
>that the nature of the "First Cause,"* which the Occultist more logically
>derives from the "Causeless Cause," the "Eternal," and the "Unknowable,"
>may be essentially the same as that of the Consciousness which wells up 
>within us: in short, that the impersonal reality pervading the Kosmos is the
>pure noumenon of thought. This advance on his part brings him very near 
>to the esoteric and Vedantin tenet.
>
>Parabrahm (the One Reality, the Absolute) is the field of Absolute
>Consciousness, i.e., that Essence which is out of all relation to 
>conditioned existence, and of which conscious existence is a conditioned
>symbol. But once that we pass in thought from this (to us) Absolute
>Negation, duality supervenes in the contrast of Spirit (or consciousness)
>and Matter, Subject and Object.
>
>Spirit (or Consciousness) and Matter are, however, to be regarded, not
>as independent realities, but as the two facets or aspects of the Absolute
>(Parabrahm), which constitute the basis of conditioned Being whether
>subjective or objective.
>
>[footnote ] * The "first" presupposes necessarily something which is the
>"first brought forth, the first in time, space, and rank" -- and therefore
>finite and conditioned. The "first" cannot be the absolute, for it is a
>manifestation. Therefore, Eastern Occultism calls the Abstract All the
>"Causeless One Cause," the "Rootless Root," and limits the "First Cause"
>to the Logos, in the sense that Plato gives to this term.
>
>(Secret Doctrine vol 1, pp14-15)

In light of the above... And, for the benefit of students who may be 
interested in obtaining food for thought (or for "meditation with a seed," as 
Patanjali puts it), as well as a tool that might be helpful in not only 
better understanding the relationships between the unmanifest and the 
manifest, the unconditioned and the conditioned, or subjective and objective 
-- but also might enable us to be better able to convince others (who may be 
skeptical of theosophical truths) of the essential trinity in all monadic 
elements, and the interconnectedness between all of Nature as well as between 
spirit, mind, and body (as, also, an essential trinity within a unity) -- and 
which could serve as a rationale for the idea of "Universal Brotherhood" asa 
fundamental law of nature as well as a moral imperative toward achieving 
correlational harmony between all sentient beings -- I'd like to offer the 
following aid to understanding the Universe as an infinite plenum consisting 
of an infinite number of separate duality's within unity's, each being 
correlative and interdependent parts of one, (over)all encompassing unity of 
infinite potentiality: 

The basically logical and apparently scientifically and mathematically valid 
presumptive ideas behind this statement (as discussed more fully by HPB in 
the Secret Doctrine, and in consistency with the First Fundamental Principle 
elucidated in its Proem) are:

1. The entire manifest universe is spun out of one *Substance*. This 
"substance" fills all of the noumenal "primal" Space as well as the 
phenomenal "Space-time Continuum" -- including all the visible and invisible 
conscious, nonmaterial and material forms" and their associated consciously 
experienced phenomena expressed within, interconnected to, and wholly 
dependent upon it. It also fulfills the theosophical precept that "the center 
of the universe is everywhere and its circumference nowhere."
 
2. This substance, when manifest, is rooted in, empowered by and generated 
from an infinite source of primal Energy which can be described as an 
absolute, unconditioned reality that is entirely "empty" or absent of any 
form, attributes or phenomena -- except abstract absolute motion. 

3. Such "absolute abstract motion," having infinite aspects and zero 
attributes, cannot be conceptualized, but can only be visualized or imagined 
(by finite minds for purposes of understanding and explanation) as; *spin* 
(or "spinergy") -- of an infinite number of "lines of *force* rotating 
(spinning) on at least three primary axes in at least 3 major and 7 minor 
orders or phases of nonlinear angular momentum (or "energy in motion") 
ranging in level from infinity to zero --around a "singularity" or 
"point-instant" of zero diameter and zero time. Thus, such "spinergy" would 
have infinite potentiality of *form*, infinite holographic information 
carrying ability, as well as *infinite duration* as the root of its synergies 
and transformations in both manifest *space* and *time* –- while eternally 
carrying within its infinite degrees of abstract motion, the continued memory 
of all past experiences of any portion (or sub infinite set) of the primal,  
*origin* that eternally experiences continued cyclic manifestation 
(Manvantara) and return to its source (Pralaya)... Also known as the "Great 
Breath." 

4. Therefore, all such cyclic manifestation and subsequent involution and 
evolution in time of the noumenal consciousness-substance, must be ruled -- 
throughout eternity, and through any and all degrees, planes, fields or 
levels of manifest phenomenal consciousness (and its coadunate physical 
matter) -- by the fundamental laws of "cycles and periodicity" inherent in 
the spinergy of the primal source... (Leading to the Second Fundamental 
Principle.)

Perhaps, it might help to better visualize this *duality within a unity* of 
the (primal field of "Absolute Consciousness-substance" when manifest), if we 
look at it from the standpoint of the geometric cyclic structure of the 
initial ray of noumenal energy as it emanates from the zero-(Laya-) point's 
"spinergy", or "abstract motion" of the Absolute or primal "causeless cause" 
-- and see that both the source and its manifestation are governed by the 
fundamental, and immutable Laws of cycles and periodicity... And, further 
observe that the flow of manifest (or phenomenal) energy through each primal 
field, in order to be contiguous, coterminous and continuous within Space and 
throughout Time, as well as "dependently arising," universally synergistic, 
and without beginning or end -- must follow a 3 cycle twisted spiral path 
that forms two inner spherical fields of opposite polarity, and thus, 
opposite characteristics -- which replicates ("As above so below") on all 
corresponding levels of their continuing involution and evolution. 

For purposes of such visualization, we might imagine these spherical fields 
as a single line of force wrapping around each field in a spiraling pattern, 
like balls of twine one inside the other, or like bubbles within bubbles 
within bubbles -- as the involution proceeds in manifestation and evolution. 
Incidentally, this description is analogous to some of the conclusions of 
current Superstring/M-brane theories of physics -- which apply, solely to our 
lower physical plane or field of phenomenal matter. This is consistent with 
HPB's prophesy that physical science would eventually reach by their own 
efforts toward the end of the 20th century, almost a complete understanding 
of the theosophical laws governing the immutable karmic action of the 
Universe, both as observed and as intuitively sensed and experienced.

If we symbolically visualize this 3-Dimensional (spherical) structure of the 
primal field as a 2-D (circular) cross section, we see that to maintain such 
a condition of repetitive (or cyclic) eternal continuity in Time, as well as 
its having opposite polarities (or opposite functional characteristics, e.g., 
insubstantial-substantial, spirit-matter, consciousness-unconsciousness, 
etc.) -- the continuous line of force (or ray) must form an outer, all 
containing circle -- along with two inner circles (like a figure 8) -- that 
are tangentially touching (or crossing through) both the outer circle and the 
central zero- or laya point origin. 

We also see that the radial flow of the phenomenal or manifest energy ray, 
after leaving outward in opposite directions from the (upper) positive pole 
of the outer circle, enters, also in opposing directions, at its (lower) 
negative pole. At each of these outer crossings, the opposing energy flows 
would cancel each other out and become neutral or zero, reverting to abstract 
"spinergy," and creating two new laya-points in addition to the central point 
of origin. These three points would correspond (as do the centers of the 
three circles) to the "three primal centers" HPB speaks of; One such point 
corresponding to consciousness related to Spirit or Atma, the second to 
intuitive wisdom related to the vehicle of spirit or Buddhi, and the third to 
experiential knowledge related to Manas -- or, together, to the triadic 
nature of the Monad. It follows that they would also relate, analogously and 
correspondingly, to; spirit/self, soul/mind, astral form/physical body; 
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva; Kether, Binah, Chochma; Mulaprakriti, Perusha, 
Prakriti; sattva, tamas, rajas, Om, Tat, Sat, etc. -- or pictured as the 
Chinese symbol of the Tai Chi or "primal beginning."  

Note: It might help to visualize the above by studying the symbolic 3-D cross 
sectional (2D) diagrams and their theosophical correlation's, at the web page 
at:
http://members.aol.com/uniwldarts/uniworld.artisans.guild/chakrafield.html -- 
and to follow the link on that page to: "Tai Chi Symbol evolved from rotated 
chakrafield diagram")  
 
Thus, visualizing the spherical fields of initial emanation -- we see that 
the upper or positive polar inner sphere would represents the *subjective* 
field of manifest Spirit (or Consciousness), while the lower, negative polar 
inner sphere would represent the *objective* field of phenomenal substance 
(or Matter)... Both of which would, analogously and correspondingly continue 
their further involutional differentiation's (within manifest Space) along 
with their evolutionary changes (in Time)... And, as they descend further 
into manifestation through descending levels of energy and frequency, each 
would generate (within their own separate realms of consciousness and matter) 
inner cyclic duality's of opposite energy polarities (within a continuous 
unity of all inner descending fields linked through their zero-points to the 
mother field of primal beginning) -- leading to the causes and effects of 
electricity and magnetism based on fundamental cyclic laws, e.g., 
attraction-repulsion, positive-negative, north polarity-south polarity, etc. 
-- and would justify the fundamental scientific axioms of perfect symmetry 
and conservation of energy, fulfilling the scientific (and theosophical) 
principle that Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but can only change 
its state of being. 

It would also give us the basis of understanding the immutable workings of 
Karma... Since, all processes of universal and individual consciousness, mind 
and matter, would be *resonantly* interrelated and thus capable of 
transferring the positive or negative forces or energies of both causes and 
effects (along with the holographic, interference patterned memory of each) 
-- one leading to the other, and linked in eternal cycles of action-reaction 
(equivalent to the parable, "As we sow, so shall we reap") -- with no limits 
imposed by Time, Space, degree of Substantiality, or plane of Consciousness 
that such karmic action occurs within.

Thus, all things or "beings" in the universe, composed of cyclic energy 
fields in descending orders or phases of energy level (directly related to 
vibrational frequency) each centered on its own laya-point... And, 
considering that all awareness of individuality or consciousness of Self (as 
an apparently separate "observer" and "actor") is also centered everywhere in 
the coadunate zero points -- they must be triune in nature... Since, around 
both of the manifest dual fields of consciousness and matter, having opposite 
polarities as well opposite spatial as well as conditional characteristics 
(one insubstantial and the other substantial, or subjective and objective, 
observer and observed, etc. ) -- as well as having zero-point centers 
coadunate with the center of their crossover zero point -- there would always 
remain an all encompassing surrounding field corresponding to the initial 
mother field of "Absolute Consciousness." This, duality within a trinity, 
incidentally, also relates to the unity as well as the apparent "separation" 
between the 'Supreme Spirit" (Mahatma) and the "spirit in man" (Atma) spoken 
of by WQJ, as well as by HPB -- and also as implied by Patanjali when he 
speaks of achieving enlightenment (Samahdi) as "Isolation of the soul" (with 
respect to the lower, animal nature). 

Therefore, this three cycle structure, as an absolute necessity with respect 
to all energy fields, is governed by the immutable law of cycles which 
depends upon the inherent nature of the fundamental (circular) *spinergy* (or 
infinite Energy of Parabrahm) that is the unmanifest and unimaginable 
"abstract motion" underlying all of the levels, planes, or phases of manifest 
energies within the mother (Martha) field of the Cosmos. 

Note: Remember that the above verbal and graphical descriptions, while 
logically consistent and in conformance with theosophically scientific 
principles, are purely symbolic and cannot exactly represent ultimate 
reality... Since, each of the spherical fields within fields within fields 
are all spinning on their three axes and extend into multidimensional spaces 
that are far beyond the limited three (and possibly four) dimensional human 
visual and mental capabilities to even imagine their true intraspatial 
nature... Although, the intuitive mind should be able -- by meditation on 
the verbal and diagrammatic descriptions -- to grasp their logical 
interconnectedness, triune nature and overall unity, as well as their 
analogous and corresponding descent from the macrocosm to the microcosm in 
differing gradient planes, phases, levels or ranges of energy, vibrational 
frequency, consciousness, and substantiality. 

I hope this simplified, and hopefully coherent and consistent description of 
the inherent nature and lawful action of all fields derived from the primal 
field and originated from the abstract, absolute "spinergy" that is reflected 
in the infinite zero-points everywhere contiguous in both abstract and 
phenomenal Space -- fully justifies and reinforces our acceptance and 
conviction of the truth of the Three Fundamental Propositions (i.e., the 
abstract nature of primal origin, the laws of its action and process of 
generation, and the purpose of its evolution), along with a full 
understanding of their moral and ethical imperatives as well as their 
synthetic correlation with and consolidation of religious, scientific and 
philosophical ideas and concepts -- explained fully, in comparative analogous 
and corresponding detail, by HPB in the Secret Doctrine.

Respectfully,

LHM
leonmaurer@aol.com
http://tellworld.com/Astro.Biological.Coenergetics/