It is of considerable importance to appreciate that it is consciousness itself which is the source of life, and that innate to that consciousness are the qualities of creative growth and evolution which appear to seek a return to its Source. Although consciousness evolves from the ‘bottom up’ in evolution, it was sourced from ‘above to below’. An analogy is sunlight that pours energy onto the Earth upon which life progresses upward from the simplest to the most complex, and finally, through man who, through enlightenment, again returns to the Source of Life itself.
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Spiritual Progress
The true validation of spiritual truth is subjective, experiential, progressive. It often takes the form of spontaneous discovery, subtle revelation, and emergence of a new, more expanded awareness. This is consequent to the transition from identification with content to that of context. A subtle satisfaction accompanies inner growth that is affirmative as a knowingness consequent to surrender, which invites Divine Grace. These are recognized to be gifts rather than acquisitions or consequences of one’s personal efforts. One experiences that gains have not been acquired but have been granted; thus, gratitude replaces spiritual pride or the vanity of spiritual ego that seeks to claim credit.
From Reality, Spirituality, and Modern Man (HC), Ch. 10, pg. 195
Yin/Yang Polarization
Within the hidden substrate of social dialogue is Yin/Yang polarization by unconscious gender-archetypical paradigms of the male and female principles. Meritocracy is a male principle by which performance is rewarded, as it has been earned through endeavor and self-discipline plus hard work and pragmatic application. This represents the structure of capitalism (Smith’s Wealth of Nations, cal. 440), free enterprise, and personal responsibility. Thus, rewards have to be earned by effort that produces results. This is the archetypal pattern of patriarchy.
In contrast to the above is the archetypal feminine/matriarchal principle by which all children are treated equal by virtue of their very existence. Thus, the maternal principle implies obligation to provide for the needs of all, irrespective of performance. From the maternal principle, needs can then be escalated and conceptualized as basic rights to be supplied with the necessities of survival.
The Infinite is One’s Source and Reality
The infinite glory, greatness, and power of God has been severely and grossly underestimated and not comprehended by man. With the replacement of the self by the Self, the power of omnipotence is known by virtue of the fact that the Infinite is one’s source and reality.
Realization of the Reality of Divinity
All the great spiritual teachers throughout history were mystics, and the source of their awareness of spiritual truth was the result of Enlightenment and the transformational Realization of the Reality of Divinity as the subjective knowingness that ensues from advanced consciousness by virtue of being at One with the Known. Thus, the Avatar does not speak from knowing “about” but from the actual Presence within, which radiates forth and constitutes the Essence of that which replaces the mind as the source of understanding and Knowingness (the classic Purusha). The process whereby this transformation occurs has been described in the history of each saint, sage, and divine teacher and is often included in the scripture itself.
…The source of the highest spiritual truth is non-mental, and the intellect has difficulty comprehending this critical fact because the mind is intrinsically dualistic and limited, expecting a “this” to come from a “that.” In the advanced spiritual Reality, duality dissolves because the “this” is the “that.” The seeker and the Sought become One with the transcendence of the limitation of duality, i.e., Realization of the Self, Illumination, and Enlightenment, i.e., “The Kingdom of God is within you.”