wisdom texts

it is not with our eyes that we see reason or appreciate beauty

 For centuries, mysticism has  concentrated  on sensitivity, while occultists have concenrated on mind.  Wisdom requires the  unification of both.  First comes learning, which turns into knowledge, then knowledge is transformed into wisdom, when combined with insight and experience.  

To enter into The House Which is Holy, (Solomon's Temple), we pass through the two pillars of Joachim and Boaz, symbolizing the strength of universal  support and the beauty of all creation.   The Light shines upon Us all.  Some of Us have merely had our backs turned to it and have become mesmerized by our own shadows.   If we would but consider, it takes Light to cast a shadow.

The pillars are not as some of us have imagined, symbols of black and white, representing duality and polarity.   It is not a question of what is right or good, for qualifications of "right" and "wrong" or "good" and "bad" are what form the foundation of duality and conflict.  The Whole of Creation is divided and separated into conflicting parts.

The pillars are symbols of transcendence, of  Integration and Understanding, leading to the recognition and realization of the Power over Reality.      

But it is not as many of us have imagined.  I would say "thought" but thought requires devotion to a process of reason.  Reason is a process of integration, of adding one idea to another without creating any contradictions.  

I could also say "believed" but whatever we believe to be true, is true for us, for that is the nature of belief.

Knowing is not a belief.  It is belief proved beyond a shadow of doubt.   It is a known beyond question.    Beliefs which are untrue, unaligned with the Light, are what cause all shadows.

A spiritual path is an inner path which explores our subconscious.  It requires passing through mindscapes where reality is plastic and mutable, glamors and illusions abound.  It is a strange land, created by our thoughts, emotions and desires, both individually and collectively.    We begin the path symbolized by a caterpillar  and emerge a butterfly,symbolizing freedom.  It is the transformative phase, the phase of transfiguration,  while undergoing "chrysalises" that this site addresses.   Many of us speak of the chrysalis stage  but really don't know what goes on.  The caterpiller is encased in its cocoon.  We don't usually get to see any part of it.    

Inside, the caterpiller sheds its skin, which creates a hard outer shell.  Next, the caterpillar dissolves itself, becoming liquid, with a very few key cells remaining.   This liquid state, often called "mush", then rearranges itself into the forms and structures of a butterfly.  Transformation complete, the butterfly emerges and leaves all remnants of its past behind.

These pages convey the meaning of the transformative stage.  It is an understanding of the mindscapes in our subconscious, where everything is mutable, nothing is fixed.  It is the realm of our thoughs and emotions, our wishes, our dreams and our nightmares.  Illusion and self deceit abound.

Anyone who examines the content and quallity of "spiritual teachings" over the last century, especially over the past 20 years, will find the nature and tone of the communications to be extremely variable: mediums, psychics, UFO contacts, space brotherhoods and discarnate inner masters.  All this on top of a hodge podge of religious teachings from all over our globe.  There are many hoaxes perpetrated through ignorance.    

Those of us who walk the transpersonal path do not often fit the preconceived notions of a mediating priesthood,  which is rooted in many of our religions.  Understanding Creation and how it works falls under the subject of "Creativity", which cannot be understood seperated from sexual and primal urges.  The very last one of us I'd ask about giving birth, which is as pure an essence of Creativity as we can get, would be one of us who is celibate.   The subjugation of desire is not the same as its transfiguration.   

"As above, so below" isn't going to be understood through the negation of either "above" or "below".   Top half/ bottom half, personality/ soul, same difference.  Half is still half.   We cannot experience "Oneness" or "Wholeness" or being a "Complete" person without both halfs.   What's the use in connnecting with the Universe if there is no developed and coordinated Personality capable of  translating ideas into forms and inventions that benefit Humanity, both individually and collectively?   Individual self development is required.

Which is why I  assert and express the potential of personal gnosis, of Knowing, that is within us all.   In this "exalted" state, we often find ourselves in uneasy relationships with Society at large, who's security is dependent upon maintaining the status quo.  In Tibetan, Zen and Taoist traditions, we are the "rascal masters" for we do not discount or deny the value of individuality, insisting instead, that All That Is, means All That Is. 

Always embraces all ways,

Sue Ann  Edwards

The Divine Feminine - Introduction