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The Manifested and the Unmanifested
Here is a mental image for you to think about concerning the Unmanifested. Space has three dimensions, and when you put something in it, such as an object, a forth dimension results as a side effect: time. So... space has structure. Imagine space as a boundless vessel without any walls. A vessel. What does this vessel contain? It contains a substance that is formless, vibrationless, and colorless. The only thing the reveals its presence is the speed of light. Why? If the vessel of space were truly empty, the speed of light would be infinite. Therefore, there is a formless substance in the vessel of space, and its density is revealed by how much it slows the light that travels through it (186,000 miles per second). This substance is THAT which takes form and energy and becomes the Manifested. Yet the Manifested, Space, and the Unmanifested are all aspects of the one thing: the One that is all: The Boundless. In the Qabala, the Manifested is said to be made of the four great "elements": Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. They call the unmanifested substance in the vessel of space the "Ether," or "Akasha." The Boundlessness We know through our study of physics and its laws, that the Universe is made of particles that are basically the same. Molecules are made up of smaller particles (atoms) which divided into negative, neutral, and positive charges. These are further divided into yet smaller particles (sub-atomic) and yet still smaller, until the entire Universe can be seen in terms of particles flying (or floating) around in space - a vast void, "that which isn't." The particles (that make up "that which is"), swirl and flow to arrange themselves into various patterns which we perceive to be different things, but which in reality are no more different than ripples and flow of water. The only real difference between a river, lake, or creek, is the form that the common material takes. We are all made of the same basic material which forms into distinctly complex patterns (the Manifested) with "that which isn't (the Unmanifested)...filling the holes! The Manifested and the Unmanifested in this way fill the same space simultaneously and are therefore dependent on each other, with the Manifested being dependent upon the Unmanifested for form and existence and the Unmanifested dependent upon the Manifested for existence. Remember that the Unmanifested has no shape or form. When a title or description is applied to the Unmanifested, that aspect becomes Manifested. NOTE the "Instructions of Kerridwen," the ninefold mother "elemental" creation myth: 1. Out of THAT WHICH HAS NO NAME issued She who is Mother of All Things. 2. The Greatest One, the Mother of us all (note: the Universe) did take upon Herself two aspects: One which we call the Dark One (note: the Unmanifested), and that which we call the Bright One (note: the Manifested). 3. This was done so that there would be an ever renewing of All Things, and that all things might ever grow; learning from what has passed before. Notes: When there is only One, Sameness, then there is no growth. It is through the dichotomy of division into two (or more) that Uniqueness occurs - that "consciousness" originates. Energy is created by the interplay of the differences of the Universe's Manifested and Unmanifested! This is friction, which can be defined by the constant of the speed of light. Energy is "Consciousness" of the Universal Mind. For the concepts of "Expectation" and "Desire" to exist, one must be "conscious" or "unique." But there is a problem here. Uniqueness limits. It tells us that we are different from the rest of the Boundless Universe. WE are only ourselves. So the process which creates our ability to cognate destroys our ability to create as we become "powerless," alienated, and not aware that we are the ALL. To "re-energize" this equation, we must rediscover our "sameness" all over again. We must look at our Uniqueness as only "apparent." We are ripples only, not solid forms. We diffuse in this manner --- our Consciousness is not limited to the distinct number of particles and spaces whose interaction created its energy. That energy, once conceived, takes on its own identity and can flow unimpeded, diffusing out - affecting matter/ether (manifested/unmanifested) patterns anytime, anywhere, and in any way. This merging of the Uniqueness back into Sameness and thereby "passing through" or diffusing beyond is just that - Merging! That's right. In order to merge, you are experiencing a paradox -- being unique consciousness while experiencing the SAMENESS of every thing. You are the tree, the tree is you; you are the table, the table is you; you are both yourself and more than yourself simultaneously as the energy lines are blurred. You can in this way also "energize" from the energy patterns around -- absorb what you need and direct it elsewhere. The Laws of the Conservation of Energy apply here. The Consciousness, or energy, is never destroyed; just transferred to affect the pattern of the matter/ether you have directed it toward. For this reason also, your energy (consciousness) cannot be destroyed, only transferred. This is how we base Reincarnation or Transmigration. You cannot be destroyed, just transferred to "energize" another pattern of matter as the previous evaporates. But keep in mind, here also is sameness. Your unique consciousness isn't any more "inviolate" that the matter pattern. It is part of the Universal Consciousness and flows and evolves as a part of it. Change. There is always an ever renewing of all things. 4. And the Dark One took upon Herself three aspects, and likewise did She Who is Bright. Notes: At this point, our particles take on the form we recognize in the atom - negative, neutral, and positive - or electron, neutron, and proton. The Instructions of Kerridwen continue beyond this in a description of the order of life, which, ever increasing in complexity, is beyond the scope of the precious subject. Suffice it to say that while there is infinite variety in the All Mother Kerridwen, She is still One and all aspects of the One are equal to every other, none more or less important, yet each having its own unique function in the Boundless Being. |