07-23-2010, 11:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-23-2010, 11:31 PM by Questioner.)
Well, you seem intensely curious about my digression, so I'll give it another shot.
In astrology, the symbol of Aquarius is a person who seems to have a large ceramic water jug over his shoulder, from which he's pouring out the water.
The way to notate Aquarius in a chart is to use a series of squiggly lines that look like waves.
If this simple view of the symbol is correct, then the jug would probably help keep the water cool and refreshing, until someone with whom he can share a drink comes on by.
The built-in contradiction is that there are water signs, but Aquarius isn't one of them. It's an air sign.
The solution has been pointed out by several astrology writers throughout recent decades. The squiggly lines of Aquarius are not water waves at all. They are electromagnetic, radio, or spiritual waves that can travel through the air.
If you were to get an introduction to astrology text written in recent years, it would likely refer to this concept. I wouldn't mind if the writer didn't like this concept, but if it wasn't mentioned at all I'd wonder if the writer bothers to do his or her homework.
To this standard picture, I added some additional flights of fancy since we were looking at high-tech electronics that operate through a distance, using fields, without requiring physical contact. Microwave, radio, and laser technology are examples of these kinds of innovations in the past century. I wondered, if Aquarius is distributing electromagnetic waves out of his jug, wouldn't that mean he has some kind of transmitter inside the jug? If so, wouldn't that mean that the ceramic shell of the jug is not ancient old-fashioned basics, but perhaps a modern approach to having an insulating container for sophisticated equipment? What if the shape of the jug is not an arbitrary water holder that's easy to make on a pottery wheel, but is a specifically tuned, resonant chamber whose shape helps gather the wavelengths that he's projecting?
On top of that flight of fancy, I added an additional one. What if Aquarius is a member of an elite force that is dropped off by stealth behind enemy lines, in order to gather information, beam disruption at the enemy technology, and spread news to the population about their chance to have an uprising? What if his rig is the largest portable, over the shoulder broadcasting system that the most elite forces could sneak past the guards, in advance of an invasion that will liberate the oppressed?
Now if something like this was true, type 9 would most likely be the first sign to comprehend such matters. (Assuming the explanation was clearly written enough, unlike my first attempt... I don't know if this second attempt qualifies.) In fact, since type 9 naturally thinks in terms of fields, waves, "spooky action at a distance" (a physics term) and so forth, type 9 might have already intuited what this is all about even before I come along with a long-winded way to explain it.
As a result, I suspect that type 9 has, by far, the easiest time of any of the types taking the Ra material seriously and seeing how the overall big picture relates to the flows, forces, divine harmony and so forth that already permeate their awareness. Other types take longer to get it. My comment about a theme of my Dad's work was something I only realized this week, working on these essays, even though I knew about those projects of his since high school. It's taken me long enough for the music of the day to go out of style, before I ever realized there was a type 9 style theme there of fields and environmental actions as the key to his work.
So that is what I meant as an illustration of type 9 consciousness. If this explanation doesn't make sense I can try another or let it go.
In astrology, the symbol of Aquarius is a person who seems to have a large ceramic water jug over his shoulder, from which he's pouring out the water.
The way to notate Aquarius in a chart is to use a series of squiggly lines that look like waves.
If this simple view of the symbol is correct, then the jug would probably help keep the water cool and refreshing, until someone with whom he can share a drink comes on by.
The built-in contradiction is that there are water signs, but Aquarius isn't one of them. It's an air sign.
The solution has been pointed out by several astrology writers throughout recent decades. The squiggly lines of Aquarius are not water waves at all. They are electromagnetic, radio, or spiritual waves that can travel through the air.
If you were to get an introduction to astrology text written in recent years, it would likely refer to this concept. I wouldn't mind if the writer didn't like this concept, but if it wasn't mentioned at all I'd wonder if the writer bothers to do his or her homework.
To this standard picture, I added some additional flights of fancy since we were looking at high-tech electronics that operate through a distance, using fields, without requiring physical contact. Microwave, radio, and laser technology are examples of these kinds of innovations in the past century. I wondered, if Aquarius is distributing electromagnetic waves out of his jug, wouldn't that mean he has some kind of transmitter inside the jug? If so, wouldn't that mean that the ceramic shell of the jug is not ancient old-fashioned basics, but perhaps a modern approach to having an insulating container for sophisticated equipment? What if the shape of the jug is not an arbitrary water holder that's easy to make on a pottery wheel, but is a specifically tuned, resonant chamber whose shape helps gather the wavelengths that he's projecting?
On top of that flight of fancy, I added an additional one. What if Aquarius is a member of an elite force that is dropped off by stealth behind enemy lines, in order to gather information, beam disruption at the enemy technology, and spread news to the population about their chance to have an uprising? What if his rig is the largest portable, over the shoulder broadcasting system that the most elite forces could sneak past the guards, in advance of an invasion that will liberate the oppressed?
Now if something like this was true, type 9 would most likely be the first sign to comprehend such matters. (Assuming the explanation was clearly written enough, unlike my first attempt... I don't know if this second attempt qualifies.) In fact, since type 9 naturally thinks in terms of fields, waves, "spooky action at a distance" (a physics term) and so forth, type 9 might have already intuited what this is all about even before I come along with a long-winded way to explain it.
As a result, I suspect that type 9 has, by far, the easiest time of any of the types taking the Ra material seriously and seeing how the overall big picture relates to the flows, forces, divine harmony and so forth that already permeate their awareness. Other types take longer to get it. My comment about a theme of my Dad's work was something I only realized this week, working on these essays, even though I knew about those projects of his since high school. It's taken me long enough for the music of the day to go out of style, before I ever realized there was a type 9 style theme there of fields and environmental actions as the key to his work.
So that is what I meant as an illustration of type 9 consciousness. If this explanation doesn't make sense I can try another or let it go.