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This essay is taken from the new book by the author: 'Is There Life on Earth - A Transmutation Octave', published 1st April 2024
It was mentioned previously in this series of essays how around the period of the juncture, or what some have termed as the 'bifurcation,' there is the increasing danger of a rising incoherence that paralyzes people between the extremes of external power and an increasing internal powerlessness.
It was also stated that there are always a portion of the populace who are unable to pass the 'threshold of the epoch' in terms of aligning with the frequencies of the incoming developmental impulse.
This segment of society may then enter a path of devolvement for the remainder of the epoch as they have left the stream of evolutionary humanity.
Certain impulses at the current time are aiming to make materialism all-pervading, and we should not be distracted into thinking that the digital realm is not a part of this stream of deep materialism.
At the same time, such forces can also work to forward the evolutionary impulses by keeping them from falling into inertia.
The push-pull of these seemingly opposing forces can be said to create the bifurcation that gives people a choice over which timeline, or stream, they decide to opt for.
Looked at through the physical lens, it would appear that,
If the material consciousness remains attached and entangled within the physical, it becomes increasingly difficult for transcendental impulses to penetrate and have effect.
Yet if human consciousness can benefit from these constricting and conflicting forces, to move away from physical entanglement and inertia, then a bifurcation is possible that allows for the individual to entrain to the new developmental frequency.
This contestation of forces between growth/evolvement and inertia/devolvement is what has been personified in human mythology as,
What people often call 'evil' is really that which is moving in the contrary direction to the evolutionary stream within the current reality.
If these so-called 'evil forces' are left unopposed, then the momentum towards inertia and stagnation become dominant.
However, if the developmental or 'good' forces begin to directly resist the evil forces, then they are consumed by this endeavor and lose, or forfeit, their energies to be used for evolvement.
This then also hampers the function of evolvement.
These contrary 'evil' or entropic forces of devolvement must instead be dealt with not by direct resistance or attacking them but by either rendering them inert, useless, or by transmuting them into a force that is no longer entropic.
As Jesus is recorded as saying:
The restoration of equilibrium that remains dynamic rather than static is part of the function of the interplay between these polarizing forces.
Yet within this overall fluidity and vitality of
seeking equilibrium is the need to allow through enough of the
developmental force to maintain a trajectory of evolvement and
growth.
Another concept of tikkun is also that of 'restitution' that, according to Gershom Scholem, refers to the restoration of the ideal order, which forms the original aim of creation, and is also the secret purpose of existence.
The restoration of the 'ideal order' - i.e., of equilibrium - is sometimes referred to as 'salvation' in other traditions.
Another Kabbalistic concept is that of kelippot - defined by Scholem as 'shells,' 'husks,' or 'forces of evil' - that seem to also correspond to the notion of the 'hostile forces' in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
The kelippot or shards became the source of gross matter and represent also the source of 'evil.'
Until this transformation happens, the state of potential disequilibrium (or evil) remains a persistent presence.
The question that then arises is:
And this is where various inner developmental or spiritual teachings come into play as an attempt to steer people into, at the least, living a balanced life; and, if/when possible, to participate consciously in the stream of advanced evolvement.
Another view on the notion of 'evil' is to see it as a form of ignorance, and as such, they become those forces that work to establish, maintain, and prolong such ignorance among people, communities, and societies.
In this view, evil can be said to be like an unconscious abyss...; it is a separation from the awareness of Truth.
Evil could be said to be those impulses that sustain an individual's perception of separation from Source. And it is this separation from a source, or stream, of vital energies that creates an inertia.
This ignorance can be maintained by
social-cultural agencies wishing to sustain the continuance of this
error.
As such, error - or 'evil' - has its necessary role to play within the whole.
In other words,
The unconscious (the 'abyss') requires to be equilibrated and harmonized with all opposing points of consciousness.
Transmutation and evolvement are not possible without vying forces of different charge and influence working in dynamic relationship.
The same applies to the very constituent parts of materiality:
In a similar way, the philosopher-mystic George Gurdjieff describes this relationship through,
Gurdjieff referred to this as the 'Law of Three.'
This has been referred to in philosophical terms as the dialectical approach whereby an idea (thesis) gives rise to a counter idea (antithesis) and the original idea and counter idea merge to give rise to a new idea (synthesis).
Or, using Gurdjieff's terminology,
Similarly, Rudolf Steiner noted how the fusion of these opposing principles is necessary for giving the human being a self-conscious force for evolvement:
From this author's perspective, negating forces can seemingly interfere with an individual's mental field, or field of consciousness, infiltrating it with heavy and dark thoughts, leading to a psychological imbalance if they are not neutralized through counteractive impulses.
That is why the path of inner work requires that a person maintain a state of balance - mentally, emotionally, and physically - at all times.
Yet such interferences may still be necessary at particular stages of the transformational work.
What we consider to be the 'worst adversaries' or negative influences are still a part of the overall cosmic manifestation that can, consciously or not, assist others in the great work of developmental transformation.
It can be said that all earthly things are born in darkness and must themselves seek the light.
Just as the plant is first seeded in the dark soil, it seeks the light for its own inner transformative processes through photosynthesis.
Too much focus and emphasis upon the material
(the dark earth) will create an unbalanced materialistic tendency.
The extreme of this will lead to a splintering, or separation, away
from metaphysical impulses.
The soft-science of the quantum spiritualists is a case in point here.
It is yet another false pathway of distraction whereby tempting shortcuts are dressed up in delightful 'spiritual science' that take people's focus away from the inner path.
And on the other side, too much immersion into the 'spiritual path' can take a person into a 'la-la-land' of crystal gazing and detach them from the responsibilities and necessities of participating within a physical life experience.
At the current time of writing, it does seem that
the negating forces of disequilibrium and inertia are taking
dominance in what could result in the temporary rise of
tyranny within our physical institutions and systems.
This is the illusion of 'normalcy' within tyranny which it seeks to establish.
In other words,
This is chaos and inertia masquerading as order and development. The external world of physical existence attempts to impose itself over the metaphysical order of beingness.
And yet, as Vaclav Havel presciently noted:
The world of appearances is not without its unseen forces offering their energies of contestation, whether these be classed as 'metaphysical' or not.
The danger here is that as an outward 'world of appearances' gains in dominance and extremity, it loses connection with the balancing forces and begins to mutate into a ritualistic realm of signs and totems and migrates increasingly into a pseudo-state of artificial construct that becomes the consensus reality...
And as this newly mutated consensus reality, it gains strength as a form of tyranny or totalitarian power.
It may even get to the stage where it has replaced any prior connection with reality - or the 'Real' - and becomes a self-contained reality itself, albeit one formed through artificial forms of power and control.
Or, put another way,
And this is why a physical system of tyranny and power has an inertia built into it, as it focuses and directs its energy on defending the false integrity of the world of appearances in order to sustain itself.
Such a system attempts to seal itself off hermetically from developmental impulses in a bid to retain the status quo.
They may even develop technologies that appear
progressive; yet these are all cut-off from the vital forces of life
and thus an inertia will creep into the entire system that will
eventually bring it into disorder and either stagnation and/or
breakdown.
The energetics of control and discipline are not as dynamic as those corresponding yet contrary energies of self-control and self-discipline.
The force required to maintain the structures of an automated and mechanized system, lacking any connection to developmental impulses, is great indeed and cannot be maintained in the long term.
The forces of inertia will creep into any socio-cultural system that relies on automatism, including that of a global technological civilization.
The potential failure of modern humanity will come from,
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