(11-16-2013, 03:31 PM)peregrine Wrote:(11-14-2013, 11:36 PM)xise Wrote: I think being and doing go hand in hand for most learning. I think doing is particular important when one is learning how to be something new.
Sure, of course, but the angle on this I'm referring to is somewhat different. Learning a new skill is one thing, but I'm thinking more about that deeper aspect of self which wanderers take incarnation here in order to affect, that is, the beingness which is sculpted by the refinement of one's deepest personal/group-self dispositions. Seems to me that this is what's referred to in the quote above:
"75.23 The adept then begins to do less of the preliminary or outer work, having to do with function, and begins to effect the inner work which has to do with being. As the adept becomes a more and more consciously crystallized entity it gradually manifests more and more of that which it always has been since before time; that is, the One Infinite Creator."
It's an interesting point of discussion, no? To what degree in this incarnation might you be refining your transcendent being? Would you want to do more so...or not? Put the other way around, why would you want to spend your life doing things which divert you from this if it's is the one thing of lasting value, transmigrationally speaking?
On the level of awareness and skill, how can you sense when you're in the ballpark or just wandering around the nearby streets? What are the indicators that you're actually doing the work and not just fooling yourself or merely talking about it? When are you doing the deeper work and when are doing the preliminary work?
I think I'm referring to the same thing - beingness, not a skillset, though perhaps my example could have been better. I believe a good indication of beingness is the state of your chakras. However, I also believe the state of your chakras, and therefore your beingness varies from moment to moment until you approach the infinitely crystallized being.
Let me try to give another example that is more about beingness: If someone is angry around me and yelling at me and criticizing me, these days I'd be able to vibrate peace and love despite that and be generally fine. You could say I'm finding the love in the moment. However, if I was in a situation where my parents were being tortured in front of me, I think my chakras - my beingness - would be all torn up as I feel anger, rage, and very distorted emotions. However, Buddha would probably be able to still find love in the moment.
The more extreme situations we put ourselves in, the more we practice and test the state of our chakras, our beingness, and our crystallization.
So perhaps a better way to put it is that on the path to beingness, it is very difficult to analyze our beingness in unfamiliar situations until we actually experience them. Then we know whether further work needs to be done integrating a concept or not. Thus, in a certain sense, I think action is necessary to test and practice and solidify concepts of beingness in real world, unfamiliar new situations, in most cases.
I think that's a big part of why we incarnate in such harsh conditions. Experience is a great aid in the crystallization of a being. Doing, with an introspective eye, tends to bring about such experience at a faster rate.
On a closer example of beingess: I've done a lot of work on orange, and yellow. In the past, I used to shy away from real relationships because of orange issues. Now, I sincerely believe I am ready for one. I did much work on beingness. However, until I put myself in a situation where I open my heart to a girl, and make myself vulnerable, there will probably be some kinks to work out in orange/yellow/green, because it's really hard to work on beingness without the actual experience of being in a loving relationship. (I'm not saying my incarnative lesson revolves around a relationship issue, but I think for many people I think it can).
Quote:On the level of awareness and skill, how can you sense when you're in the ballpark or just wandering around the nearby streets? What are the indicators that you're actually doing the work and not just fooling yourself or merely talking about it? When are you doing the deeper work and when are doing the preliminary work?
I think to answer your question, I would say you have to learn your own feedback mechanism on balancing. I can literally feel my chakras. I believe chakras are the system of both the preliminary work and deeper work - just look at how often Ra talks of energy centers for preliminary balance, and for the adept, for sacred sexuality, for healing, for magic, for activating the magical personality, for harvest, and for positive and negatives - just add tarot/astrology/tree of life to make it 100% complete, but I believe that they are in addition to the always constant chakra work. I think everyone has their own feedback mechanism, whether feeling the energy, seeing the energy, getting ear tones, dreams, or synchronicities to name a few. Once you study your feedback mechanism and find it actually work several times, it'll speed you along the path and build faith. There could be other ways of answering your question, but I have asked the same question and I wanted to share my answer. It could well be that the deeper work has nothing to do with chakras, and if so, I'd love to hear more about this!!
