(10-14-2015, 09:02 AM)TsaktuO Wrote: Sorry for my ignorance, but I don't truly understand the concept of the Veil, could someone please explain it to me? Or link me in a direction of a great explanation!
I've been doing much reading and this word gets thrown around so much, I think its time to understand more.
There is the mind. The mind may be understood as a tree or an iceberg: it has a surface portion that sticks on the outside, and a deeper portion that lies in the inside (roots, submerged underwater). Outside/inside are merely suggestive of incarnate/discarnate states here. Naturally, the mind is "largest" at its depths/roots (the non-incarnated portion, outside of space/time, the realm of atemporal memory).
The "veil of forgetting" is essentially metaphor or analogy to describe a "split" in mind between—or rather, the "concealment" of—the deeper aspects of mind from the surface layers; so that when an entity is incarnated (surface, tip of the iceberg) it will fall under a sort of metaphysical amnesia and become almost completely unaware of non-physical phenomena (not remember where it just came from or why, nor able to consciously perceive nor access the discarnate, inner planes to any degree save through "random accidents", certain meditative practices, OBEs/NDEs, mind-heightening substances such as the mild-effect LSD, etc).
This is why 2D entities such as cats and dogs are aware (within their own domain of limited perceptual awareness) of metaphysical phenomena whilst 3D entities are not (and are generally completely oblivious from cradle to grave, incarnation after incarnation). Prior to the veil, this was of course not the case.
It was "hoped" by the Original Thought, Logos or Love that this experiment would create a more intense, more vivid, richer and diverse experience overall in contrast to the (what now clearly appears to have been a rather insipid and dull) pre-veil scenario; and that, in turn, entities would pursue their own spiritual evolution much more vigorously and with greater fervor and intensity.
Oh, and it should be noted here that this veil only applied/applies to the 3rd-density experience. It is not the 3rd-density experience, but merely an add-on to it, if you will. There is of course a very good reason for this—why the turning point into self-awareness (3D) was the most logical intersection to place the veil in mind.
It should also be noted that this veil is by no means an impenetrable solid brick wall, but is rather permeable and somewhat see-through, translucent mantle. Thus, it may also be pierced momentarily, if not altogether dissolved by dedicated conscious effort, practice and purity of will alone.
And although the veil is no longer in effect during 4th density, the choices and resulting shaping experiences the 3rd-density made and underwent during its veiled 3rd-density cycle will continue to hold sway across the following densities.
This is why the veil is such a novelty to this entire Creation.