12-02-2012, 05:13 PM
(12-02-2012, 02:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote:(12-02-2012, 10:21 AM)ShinAr Wrote: Yet, in order to comprehend what is meant by such revelation, one must know what higher and lower being actually is.
I would say that the lower being is the animal self- our biological consciousness- and the higher self is our spiritual consciousness. But this is an oversimplification. There are many levels of "self"... "self" within "self", etc.
There are many levels of self conceived 'self' devised from our experiences, but there is only one true Self. And it is not any of the individual fragmented experiences as identities, nor you, or I.
I fear that the old adage often used, 'I am that I am', has often been misinterpreted to suggest a reference to the 'I' which each fragment thinks they are, when in fact the adage refers to the state of being, and a paraphrase of it might be more understandable if said this way, 'I am, because I exist.' It does not refer to particular identity of 'I', it simply refers to the state of conscious awareness.
I know this is difficult for most to grasp, and that is a natural process. And when I speak of our existence as a process rather than an identity, it seems impossible for those who still think in terms of 'I' to let go of that impression and try to relate to that which I am saying here.
Our identity is what we believe connects us to consciousness, and we hold it dearly within us as though it is our very existence. And even as we begin to realize the dynamics of The One and The All, we still refuse to let go of that identity and begin to see ourselves as God in order to fit into the new enlightened way of understanding with we are slowly becoming acquainted.
In our minds it is always about 'I'. Who and what we think we are based upon this fragmented experience of being the fragment of the whole.
We cannot separate ourselves, self, from it. The fragmentation is the result of a duality established by The One and set in a Divine Design which cannot be breached.
And even when we begin to ascend into higher understanding of our possible connections to The All and The One, (at least in this density, state of being, degree of evolved understanding, vibration), we still cannot manage to breach the gap between The One and The Other.
No matter how hard we try, we shall not reach into that mirror and touch that other 'I'. Divine Design denies it.
Tenet, much of our lower being will involve experience as animals. But not accurately defined as 'animal self' in a sense that there is some difference between biological consciousness and spiritual consciousness, or that our biological consciousness is somehow related directly to some animalistitic nature of lower being.
Our field of consciousness is one all encompassing aspect of our fragmentational experience from the first second of its fragmentation from The One till this present time.
And that will include our experiences as many various forms of creation which carried our field within them. My lower being, or lower state of being may have been some grain of salt on a distant planet. Maybe a tree in the age of the dinosaur that lived for a thousand years before being toppled by a giant storm.
The Ancient Ones believe that incarnation into animal form would actually be much further into the evolution process to actually be considered lower state of being. Many animal and plant life was considered higher being to many of The Ancients who recognized that many more evolved fields would return as such for individual reasons according to Divine protocols.
Lower being is in no way related to our animalistic biology or the biological processes of the brain.
The brain is just another one of our many organs which functions the way it was designed to function and the data and memory which it stores in any given incarnate form is directly related to the health and experience of that one incarnation. It has nothing at all to do with consciousness. So you are right to note that there is a separation between the brain and the consciousness in that regard, but inaccurate in your thinking that the brain is some lower aspect of that consciousness.
If a being of highly evolved status was somehow reincarnated into the form of a primitive human, it would be working with a brain that functioned exactly as yours or mine does, more or less given its state of health. But it would also be working with a field of consciousness which is vastly more evolved than most of the primitives with which it lived its life in that form.
Its higher being is not related to state of intelligence nor brain function, and its lower being is not related to its primitive incarnation nor brain function.
Both its higher and lower being is directly related to the degree of its evolution, the evolved status of its evolving field of consciousness. The higher being what it has already achieved, not restricted to the state of being of this incarnation, or any other previous one, but to how ever long it has been in existence as a fragment of The One. Higher Being is simply the evolved state of being of our fragmented field of consciousness.
Lower being therefore is simply the opposite of that; states where our field of consciousness was lower.
It could be said that our last incarnation would be a lower being.
It could be said that our next incarnation would be our higher being.
Both would be accurate.
But in general, with regard to understanding state of being and ascension, and the Process of Being, when we speak of understanding lower being, it means that we 'realize and understand the Divine Process of As Above, So Below'.
Knowing one's lower being simply means that one realizes that they are a process in action and as there is a procession into higher there was also a lower that was left behind in that process, and what was left behind was the process and tool which was used to proceed into the higher, and applying that memory and experience as it becomes afforded to us, it becomes an invaluable tool into further procession.
In short, the real only difference between higher and lower being is memory of past experience. memory that may not seem attainable through brain function and storage, but is divinely attainable through that field of consciousness which we truly are. We may not always understand or realize how and when that memory makes itself available, but it is there just as sure as the Great Heron migrates on invisible pathways to places it has never before been.
The fear which causes man to see lower being as some hell filled with demons is simply man's fear of what he really might be. Our imaginations give form to our deepest fears. And what horrifying form would manifest as the fear of abandoning one's identity?
(12-02-2012, 02:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote:(12-02-2012, 10:21 AM)ShinAr Wrote: With regard to these hellish aspects, do you suppose that the horrors are merely deeply seated thoughts imposed on us from traditional and worldly influences that are so ingrained into our thought processing that even when we have these 'spiritual experiences', they are also afflicted with the images and fears of many influential invasions of our psyche?
The impression I was given is that these "horrors" are, indeed, mostly denied thought-forms made by humanity. But there are some real entities as well. These are the guardians.
It is as if a man lived alone in the forest with two guard dogs trained to attack anybody who comes near the house, unless they issue a specific command known only to the owner.
What synchronicity that you use the metaphor of hounds with regard to the Mystery of Self.
"Aye, know ye man,
that the Soul who dares the Barrier
may be held in bondage
by the HOUNDS from beyond time,
held till this cycle is completed
and left behind
when the consciousness leaves.
Entered I my body.
Created the circles that know not angles,
created the form
that from my form was formed.
Made my body into a circle
and lost the pursuers in the circles of time.
But, even yet, when free from my body,
cautious ever must I be
not to move through angles,
else my soul may never be free.
Strange and terrible
are the HOUNDS of the Barrier.
Follow they consciousness to the limits of space.
Think not to escape by entering your body,
for follow they fast the Soul through angles.
Only the circle will give ye protection,
save from the claws
of the DWELLERS IN ANGLES.
Tenet, above is a portion of the Key of Wisdom from the Emerald Tablets which you know to be dear to my field.
It is nothing less than profound that you chose to relate the discovery of one's key to returning to the comfort and safety of self, as being a secret word or command that would call off the hounds. Because according to Thoth, it is these Keys of Mystery, (which is exactly what the Emerald Tablets actually are), and the ability and understanding to unlock and decode their secret, which also unlock one's ability to ascend into Higher Being.
If you read this portion above you sill see clearly that Thoth speaks of circles and angles. And that when one 'dares the barrier' they enter into the angles. And become exposed to the danger of the hounds which protect the barrier.
In your analogy that barrier was the forgetting of the secret command word, or the forgetting of identity, or inability to recall past life.
In Thoth's analogy that Barrier is The Mystery of the Infinite Process of Being /existence; the ends of space, the end to amnesia of NOT recalling true/original self, or the possibility of becoming The Source.
Any who dare to breach that barrier expose themselves to the protectors of it which shall chase them through the angles and back into the circle. Notice how Thoth says that the hounds will follow the consciousness to the limits of space thereby directly correlating the limitations of space to consciousness itself.
In Thoth's analogy of his experience traveling through space time, he refers to The Circle as the one place where man can escape from the hounds. This is the Circle of Divine Design, The Flower of Life, the whole established by the Sacred Eye process of infinite computation. The Process of Being One and Fragment together.
To leave that Circle,( the yard of your analogy), to try to be The One alone, unfragmented, takes one into the angles, a place which defies the design of the circle, the opposite of the circle, where there is no continuation of familiarity or re-occurrence. Void of memory of past experience. The not yet created. The Mystery. And such is guarded by the Hounds of the Barrier preventing consciousness from entering and desecrating Divine Design.
To enter into a state of being where one attempts to know The Mystery, one leaves The Circle/Flower of Life, breaching the Divine Design, and is immediately driven back and pursued by the Hounds.
The difference between your hounds, and the hounds in Thoth's analogy, is that yours are guarding your property, where those are guarding Divine Design. And as such, your idea of recalling a secret command that will call them off, becomes its angular opposite, where that recollection/command of true self/godhead/omniscience becomes the very whistle that calls forth the hounds which will drive you back into the state of unknowing and Mystery once again, rather than welcoming you back into your home.
Quote:In essence, to conquer them, we must first conquer our self. And as I have declared many times over, that true self is NOT what we think it is.
"Know Thy True Self, and beware thy manipulated self."
(12-02-2012, 02:32 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Rather than to beware and conquer it- why not accept it?
Because, as I stated above, that is a manipulation and as such is not reality. Why would one choose to accept an identity which they knew to be a manipulation of their true reality?
This is to fall prey to those who say 'Know Thy Self', and manipulate it to mean that one's self is God.
The reality is that what it really means is to know that one's true self is not the identity that they have assumed in any one incarnation. And that 'self' involves much more than the identity of fragmentation or any of its many forms and identities.
But to go too far, and try to actually comprehend that true self in such a way that you attempt to deny Divine Design, by trying to capture The Mystery and make it be still, one only subjects their fragmented experience to the Hounds of The Barrier, (or whatever Force one would like to envision that as), and will only realize that such force and energy will most certainly stop them cold in their attempt and drive them back into The Process of Being, the Circle.
It is no coincidence that The Ancients held the Circle in such reverence my friend.
And no surprise that so many have corrupted their message.
But the reality is, that until one acknowledges that, what they 'assume' to be their identity is simply an ongoing process, or state of being which far exceeds any one temporary aspect of that field of consciousness,
and also acknowledges the limitation of the Barrier of Divine Design, which cannot be breached by their attempt to assume the identity of Creator, and some ability to end that process by assuming knowledge of future creation,
one will not know their true self as a process of being rather than an identity.
Know Thyself means to know that you are not an identity, but that you are a continuing, infinite process of being.
Self is NOT an identity. Self is a Process of Being; an ongoing, continuing, infinite process of The One Consciousness which experiences it.
And the fear of such knowledge is what the elites use against us for their greedy purposes, and also our own fear of abandoning what we believe to be our true self, whether we think that to be as God or as this present incarnation we now have as Shin'Ar or Tenet Nosche.
Hell is both identity and Mystery simply because, by Divine Decree and design, Mystery cannot be identified.