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# Re: Planar Problems / element(ary!) theory qn

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- To: "FBM" <FranzBardonMagi@yahoogroups.com>, <BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Planar Problems / element(ary!) theory qn
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:29:05 -0800
- References: <52376994-6287-11D9-A97A-000A95D7066E@...>

    Dear Marc,

    I think your confusion begins with the fact that your ideation is
    impressed upon the *Akasha* within the physical air you are about to
    inhale. The *Akasha* of the physical air is drawn into your lungs and
    it is the *Akasha* -- which contains your ideation -- that merges with
    the *Akasha* already resident within your three bodies and thereby
    communicates your ideation to the mental, astral and physical materia of
    your three bodies.

    Since the Eucharistic magic of air involves the processes of the *Air
    region of your physical body* it will naturally have a stronger affect
    upon the *Air region* of each of your three bodies. In other words, it
    will have its strongest affect upon the Air region of your mental body
    (the Air region of the mental body is the *thinking* part of our
    awareness and is what we most often mean by "mental body"), then the Air
    region of your astral body (our loosely held, fairly volatile and
    ephemeral emotional states), and finally the Air region of your physical
    body (the chest region containing lungs, heart, upper spine, shoulder,
    upper arms, etc.).

    >> Qn 1: How can posing a thought (this is a mental act in Bardon terms,
    correct?) impregnate the air external to the body. Or indeed, how can a
    Mental Plane idea impregnate the physical air? <<

    As I wrote above, your ideation impregnates the *Akasha* resident, in
    this case, within the physical molecules that compose breathable "air".
    The Akasha permeates *all* things, be they physical, astral and/or
    mental. Plus -- and here's the crux of all the Eucharistic magics --
    the Akasha readily *absorbs* all the thoughts circulating in the
    environment.

    We are constantly absorbing thoughts carried by the Akasha resident
    within the air we breathe and the liquids and solids we consume -- but
    very seldom are we conscious of that fact and even more seldom do we
    *consciously* take advantage of this natural mechanism. What
    distinguishes the practice in IIH as "magic" is the fact that here we
    are making *conscious and willful* use of Nature to our advantage. By
    consciously and willfully *imposing* our ideation upon the resident
    Akasha, we have exponentially multiplied the rate at which the resident
    Akasha absorbs the ideation (compared to an unwilled thought form), thus
    the air contains more of our ideation and will have a more powerful
    effect upon us. And furthermore, by remaining consciously aware of the
    process of physical, astral and mental absorption of the ideation laden
    Akasha, we enhance its potency still more.

    >> This question suggests an answer to me personally - that of course
    the division between Mental and Physical is on this level a false one -
    that the planes are analogies that aren't to be seen as a separate
    boxes. <<

    Well, yes, the planes are *not* discrete, separate boxes. :) Every
    physical thing is composed of a mental and astral component. Which is
    to say that the astral and mental realms *permeate* the physical realm
    and are inseparable from it. They *cause* the physical realm. The
    astral realm is an intermediate state which enables the descent of the
    mental into the physical and therefore exists only because of this
    descent of mental into physical. Which is to say that the mental realm
    also *permeates* the astral realm and, in fact, *causes* the astral
    realm. Thus the mental realm permeates, encompasses and causes the
    astral and physical realms of temporal existence. The mental realm
    itself (which, mind you, *includes* the astra-physical) is a product of
    the eternal Akashic realm. The Akasha permeates, encompasses and causes
    *all*.

    >> For example, why is this exercise seen as 'Physical' <<

    Because it requires a physical act (breathing air) and depends upon a
    physical substance (breathable air) as the vehicle.

    >> Qn 2: It seems that this exercise starts and finishes with the
    Spirit - this confuses me. I gather this again reflects my poverty in
    understanding the planar analogy. But if we start with an 'Idea', I
    don't see why and how (qn 1) this can impregnate the air which then
    moves 'up the tree' back to the Spirit again?? This seems circular. <<

    I imagine that what I've written above has answered parts of this
    question for you. However, it won't have addressed a couple of
    important aspects. :) Number one is a consequence of the
    interpenetration of the three planes and the Akasha. Since your
    ideation is carried by the Akasha, its transference to the Akasha
    resident within all three bodies is simultaneous and instantaneous.
    However, it takes *time* for this Akashic causation to *manifest* within
    your temporal bodies. The effect upon your temporal mental body
    (specifically its Air region) will be almost instantaneous -- although
    it will still take *time* and *repeated effort* for this effect to
    become *permanent*. It will also take time for the effect to manifest
    change within your astral body and even longer (by this method) for it
    to show its effects physically.

    Ultimately, there *is* a circular -- or rather, a cyclic -- exchange
    between "above" and "below" and between "below" and "above". This is
    how we evolve. :)

    >> Qn 3: On emanations from Akasha: does the Physical represent a
    coarser (and hence 'less pure') manifestation of Spirit? <<

    That's not really a very productive way to look at it. An emanation of
    *non-sequential essential meaning* by the Akasha, causes a *sequential*
    manifestation which continuously multiplies its variations of form until
    the moment when *all* of the possibilities inherent to the
    *non-sequential* Akashic root have been manifest in specific form. At
    the physical level, essential meaning reaches its most complex level of
    manifestation. This is not "less pure", but rather "more complex". It
    is still no less an expression of the Akashic root -- no less a part of
    that pristine root.

    >> If so, is this due to a different balance of the elements - (ie. more
    Earth?)? <<

    Yes, that is one way of describing it. I suggest that you meditate upon
    the significance of the Earth Element.

    >> is quite illuminating (if you'll excuse the pun) - <<

    ;-) No good pun should ever go unpunished!

    >> I'm still not sure whether I appreciate the 'why' or rather the 'how'
    of the emanation downward toward the physical. <<

    The Akasha is not "motivated" by a "why". That is really the purview of
    human emotion, not the Primum Mobile. Instead of being moved by a
    "why", the Akasha simply *is*. It simply expresses as is its nature to
    express. We can however, come to understand the "how" very deeply.
    That *is* Hermetics.

    >> I hope that my dilemma isn't too tedious, and that I've at least
    presented my quandary in terms that are semi-intelligible. <<

    Your questions were very clear. :) I hope my replies prove to be too!

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    09 Jan 2005
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
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