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# Essential (Bloody) Meaning . . . Continued

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- To: "BardonPraxis" <BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Essential (Bloody) Meaning . . . Continued
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:17:23 -0800

    Dear Friends,

    Since I forwarded the first part of this discussion with Conn to
    BardonPraxis, I figured it wise to pass the continuation on as well. :)
    -------------------------------------------------
    Dear Conn,

    >> In my post I gave you three examples, of which I
    divided each into astra-physical, physical and
    (perhaps incorrect) essential meaning. Forget the
    essential meaning for a second. When somebody with no
    magical training describes, say, an apple, isn't it
    true that they are in part blending their astral
    perception into their inherent physical sensoria? In
    other words, some sensations that are well-known in
    mainstream science, are actually expressions of the
    astral emanation of the object in question.
    Specifically, the emotional context people
    subconsciously (or consciously) relate to whatever
    item they perceive. am I doing ok so far? :)
    Therefore astra-physical and physical sensations can
    be easy to mix up, wouldn't that be fair to say? On to
    "pure astral" emenations. If you look back to my
    examples, could tell me if I indentified some correct
    examples in any of the three cases? I tried to
    attribute some emotional association with these
    objects, of which not every apple, rock, or person
    will be the same, of course! Am I correctly isolating
    the astral emenation, or do I need to refine my
    parameters to define something as "purely" astral? <<

    There is a difference between the emotional significance that a thing
    itself possesses and the emotional significance we give to it as part of
    the subjectifying aspect of our own perception. A thing's own astral
    emanation (i.e., the significance *it* carries) and our own attribution
    of significance are easily confused since both are astral. In order to
    *directly* perceive the astral emanation of the thing itself, we must
    set aside our own subjectifying process, otherwise all we perceive
    *directly* is _our_ emotional response to the thing's
    physical-astra-mental emanation. And while these two are *connected*,
    they are not exactly the same. An example of this is the difference in
    how we feel about a person vs. how they feel about themselves.

    So, when you are trying to perceive a thing's own astral emanation, you
    must carefully discern between your own interpretation and the astral
    emanation of the thing itself. [Yet another reason why astral wandering
    is placed so late in the course of IIH!]

    >> Back to essential meaning. I'll try to give a generic
    example, and give some background to help convey what
    I'm trying to say..
    Lets pretend I already have the ability to perform
    mental wandering. Perhaps I decide to venture into
    space (and I mean that black stuff you see out your
    window at night, with the tiny round sparkling thing
    speckled all over ;). Lets say I perceive what the
    physical senses would see as an asteroid. When my
    mental eyes fall upon the asteroid, I immediately feel
    overwhelmed with a seemingly endless mass of
    information, which at first seems very confusing. But
    when you begin to isolate some of this raw data, you
    suddenly (or slowly) see the entire course of the
    asteroid, it's physical origin, it's seemingly endless
    path through space, and perhaps you see glimpses of
    how this asteroid will impact the destiny of the
    cosmos in many years to come (for example, it crashes
    into a barren planet, and the tiny organisms which
    were a part of the asteroid impacted and dissemenated
    into that atmosphere, creating a new infusion of
    life). Of course, this is an imaginary case, but let's
    say this really happened, you were in my shoes and
    perceived the same essential meaning, and decoded it
    into these same smaller, more fragmented perceptions.
    Am I getting cold or warm Rawn!?! :) <<

    You're so warm here, Conn, that I better start accumulating the Water
    Element to cool down! ;-) Even so, I think the following excerpt from
    Lesson Three of the Archaeous will help you clarify even further:

    ============================
    "So, getting back to the main subject of this lesson of the Archaeous --
    our temporal mental body. This is our conscious awareness.

    "Our conscious awareness is composed of the four Elements, just like our
    astral and physical bodies. The four Elemental regions of the physical
    body, correspond to the physical functions and sensations of those areas
    of our physical body. The leg region supports us, our abdominal region
    is where the rhythmic and fluid processes of digestion occur, the chest
    where the airy respiration occurs, and the head where the finer senses
    and brain reside. With the astral body, on the other hand, the regions
    correspond to the quality of emotional energy and to the significance we
    attach to physical sensory perceptions.

    "The division of the mental body into Elemental regions is even more
    subtle than emotional significance. Here, the Elemental regions
    correspond to the quality of awareness and perception. As I said at the
    outset, it is the mental body that perceives sensation. Without
    perception, sensation means nothing. The point being, that each
    perception by our senses *means* something. The perception of meaning
    that is hidden within sensation, occurs at four essential levels and
    this is what defines the Elemental regions of the mental body.

    "Corresponding to the Fire region is the direct perception of essential
    meaning. This is perception of the universal, objective and impersonal
    meaning behind each sensation.

    "Corresponding to the Air region is the perception of ideas and
    thoughts. This is the first layer of clothing given to essential
    meaning by our cognitive process. It is the beginning of our
    subjectification and personalization of essential meaning.

    "Corresponding to the Water region is the perception of personal
    significance or emotion. This is the heart of our personalization of
    essential meaning and is the most subjectifying component of our
    mechanism of perception. Here also is the sub-conscious aspect of the
    psyche, a realm where essential meaning is densely clothed with highly
    personalized symbols.

    "And finally, corresponding to the Earth region is the mundane
    awareness. This level of awareness is the active combination of the
    Fire, Air and Water aspects, processed through the physical brain,
    seated firmly in time and space. Its focus is primarily the physical
    realm. Here also is the influence of the rudimentary biologic
    consciousness of the physical body itself -- the inherited, cellular
    memory of human instinct."
    ============================

    When one engages in (true) mental wandering, one does so with a mental
    body that is focused in the Air and Fire regions -- the Water and Earth
    regions being the awareness of the astral and physical bodies and one
    has separated the mental awareness from those bodies. Direct perception
    itself occurs within the Fire region of the mental body and is best
    described by your statement: "When my mental eyes fall upon the
    asteroid, I immediately feel overwhelmed with a seemingly endless mass
    of information, which at first seems very confusing." [It becomes less
    "confusing" as your mental "eyes" adjust to this new form of
    perception.]

    It's not until that direct perception is brought down into the Air
    region and given form with thoughts/ideas/words that it becomes clear
    and particulate. This aspect of mental perception is best described by
    your statement: "But when you begin to isolate some of this raw data,
    you suddenly (or slowly) see the entire course of the asteroid, it's
    physical origin, it's seemingly endless path through space, and perhaps
    you see glimpses of . . ."

    All of this information is present within the initial, Fire region,
    *direct* perception but it doesn't accrue sequence until you bring it
    down into the Air region and cognition (i.e., thinking) begins.

    So, what you're *describing* with your words is how a direct perception
    would likely appear as it's being *processed by* the Air region of your
    mental body.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    09 Jan 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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