by Robert Wilkinson
Since our entire world continues on its radical transition out of separateness, fear, illusions, and superstitions, it’s time to take a new look at who we actually ARE compared to who we "think we are" across time, space, and experience. We know we are Spirits in the material world, but what is the relationship of Spirit to the body, feelings, and mind we believe we have?
I last gave you this over two years ago. As usual, I've made a few edits to the earlier article to make it easier to understand, and explain a little more about key concepts.
Over the years, many have asked me about the nature of human nature, i.e., what exactly is our true "Spiritual Self," and how does our ego and personality fit into the larger scheme of our evolution? While this could fill a hundred books or more (and has!), today we'll explore a brief overview of our visible and invisible bodies, and the interrelationships between various spiritual and human components of our existence.
We are all Eternal Beings having human experiences. He have a body, we have feelings, we have a mind, but we ARE a Soul/Spirit. We are all Beings of Light, existing on a variety of frequencies simultaneously that eternally transform within a larger universe of Infinite Light. So it could be said that we are all Divine Sparks within a great Light/Lifewave of a Universal Consciousness that manifests as That which we call Spirit.
The Planes of Spirit
Pure Spirit Itself is an aspect or element of what we call "God," or “All-That-Is.” The nature of “All-That-Is,” That which is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent, is Power, Love-Wisdom, and Intelligence in Action.
It is Nothingness, Limitlessness, and Limitless Light all in One, forever and eternal. Because of the limitations of our consciousness in the planes of existence in which we live, breathe, and have our Being, we can only know the aspect of “God” that is called "Limitless Light." Limitless Light is the larger field within which our Inner Flame is sustained.
Our Inner Flame is Eternal, Its growth is infinite, and its radiance never weakens. It is whole unto Itself, and is never separate from All-That-Is. We are told in the Magic of Space that
You send out to others a radiation of your own Inner Flame -- the Light. No words exist which can exactly express this Inner Flame -- it is one of the most silently apparent of possessions. It travels from heart to heart in its own channel of expression and exchange. You always sense it -- even those sense it who do not acknowledge it with anything better than mental sophistication.It is a unique and unmistakable thing, the kindly radiation of one who conducts, even though unconsciously, the current of Universal Force. This radiation is the one thing which does not work in alternate rhythm of activity and rest.
Radiance should not wax and wane in power depending upon the earth's recognition of it. It is continually existent under all conditions, whether others see it or not. This is your own bit of frequency, which you alone can manipulate. Therein is happiness secure -- the control of destiny is in the steady maintenance of a course satisfactory to your highest apex of perception; radiance is the reward of permanence of heart.
During its evolution through various views and experiences of Self-Realization, the Eternal Divine Spark that we ARE, the "I AM THAT I AM," is pulled by its own nature to manifest in different frequencies of form. In our Earth sphere of evolution, these manifestations are a function of existence within the Divine Laws of Magnetic Attraction, Synthesis, and Economy of Energy.
This is part of being an Eternal Intelligence. Welcome to humanness, itself but one of many forms we will experience throughout Eternity. There are many more subtle frequencies where intelligent life manifests than most humans suspect.
Even the Solar Intelligence at the center of our solar system has a greater distant Sun to which it turns for light. The Sun of our Sun is the star Sirius, which holds the key to many ancient mysteries about where humanity came from and where our entire Solar System as an intelligent multidimensional harmonic holographic awareness is evolving toward.
How Do Our Spirit and Soul Come Into Manifestation?
We are told by the ancient and venerable source material in "The Secret Doctrine," translated from two extraordinarily ancient Chronicles by HP Blavatsky about 140 years ago, that ALL beings in this scheme of things, whether mineral, vegetable, animal, or cosmic substance, have 7 bodies, of which the physical is merely the densest. When our Eternal Self is moved to experience itself in form, temporarily individualized within All-That-Is, that Spark of Spirit that we ARE emanates and magnetizes chitta, or "Cosmic Substance," attracting to itself holographic forms of its nature both subtle and dense. We are One and yet we are also many.
The non-dual Spark we ARE has been called the Monad. It approximates a unique form of what I've termed "Our Father-Mother God in Heaven Which Is One Indivisible." We cannot know That directly, but we can know our unique experience of That.
When our Monad is moved to manifest, the emanation creates the higher subtle bodies and then the denser "lower" bodies. The frequencies of attraction move from the subtle, higher, purer forms to the denser and lower frequency forms, all of which exist simultaneously, much like a 7-toned evolving harmonic, or a 7-colored evolving vision.
The Upper Triad is composed of Atma (Spirit), Buddhi (Soul), and Manas (Pure Mind). These are mirrored holographically as a "lower Triad" of body, feelings, and ego-mind.
Atma(n) is pure Spirit, the Spark that ignites pure inspiration shining through the higher, subtle, refined feelings that are sensed and felt by the Soul (Buddhi). Atman is “Spiritual lightning in a bottle.” It is uncontained, unstoppable, and always its own nature.
The Soul is the vehicle with which we experience pure Love on its own level. It is said that the Buddhic level of existence is where "Heaven," or "Devachan," exists.
On Atmic and Buddhic levels there is still no experience of duality, since the emanative pulse hasn't yet reached the still denser Manasic level of Mind where duality exists. All duality begins in the mind.
Our Soul experiences only inspire Love. Our Soul is never confrontational and has no negative feelings. It is our Magnetism of Loving Harmony. It is our higher or more subtle and refined "feeling vehicle" just as our Astral body is the more dense and unrefined feeling vehicle.
The Soul knows ONLY the highest feelings, and is never split from itself or Spirit. That's an impossibility given the nature of the human emanation, our 7 vehicles, and how we incarnate. No part of us is ever separate from anything else in the universe.
The Soul's function is to Love. Its nature is Love. Its expression is what we call compassion ("fellow-feeling"), connectedness, and is what infuses higher thoughts with love and united-ness. It is the vehicle of cohesive Love. There is no inner conflict on a Soul level. All conflict exists only on an egoic level, the level of duality.
The Soul does not recognize duality, as its nature is the pure undiluted experience of Love. The Soul can feel the sorrow of humanity as well as the suffering of sentient beings, but experiences only compassion arising from strength of heart and an unending experience of Love.
The Higher Mind and the lower mind
The next denser subtle body is the Higher Mind, which naturally finds its complement in the lower mind, or ego-mind. The Higher Mind is where our Higher Self exists, that part of us which has noble ideas and ideals it believes are the highest and best manifestations of our human self. Our Higher Self is receptive to, and seeks to express in various mentally constructed forms of, our Soul's compassion and Love infused and inspired by the pure Spirit of Atman.
When our Monad manifests and eventually attracts the chitta that forms the substance of our Higher and lower Minds, duality is created in us. Pure Godhead knows no duality, but we experience duality as a result of our incarnated mind experiencing substantial reality.
Duality in the Higher Mind gives rise to ego mind, which is the shadow of the Higher Mind. Ego mind is separative and judgmental using its process of sequence and selection to compare and contrast all the distinctions that exist on the frequencies of mind. Ego mind is also heavily influenced by the desire mind, which exists at the densest levels of the lower mental plane as they resonate with the higher subplanes of the astral frequencies.
A Brief and Profound Meditation
There are many more things to explore along these lines, but for now please reflect on what I've written. I have been told it’s good to re-read it a few times to “attune” to the frequencies where our Higher subtle Bodies exist. This actually opens the door to a very good meditation.
Find a space where you can relax into pure receptivity to the experience of Atma-Buddhi. Still the mind from needing to perceive "higher awareness" and you can experience your non-dual Self. That's the eternal state. Open to experiencing that which observes your personality and loves you throughout the ages.
Try to forget you are meditating. Let go of your mental desire to perceive that you are (or believe you are) in a higher state, and simply BE open to experiencing that which you are when you are not thinking, feeling, and doing. Once you know your Eternal Self even for one moment, you will never forget that experience.
Part 2 will explore how our Higher Triad relates to our ego, personality, and the other parts of our human experience.
© Copyright 2011, 2016 Robert Wilkinson
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