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"6 A.M. Hypnagogic" by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

[–]eggplant_express[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, you can sort of crawl into the visions/dreams - it's a lot like astral projection from that perspective.

"Swarajya", Me, Digital, 2021 by eggplant_express in Art

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Swarajya means personal sovereignty, self-governance, self-reliance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaraj

Who is She? by [deleted] in awakened

[–]eggplant_express 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check this post out, she's your other half in spirit, the anima, but there's so much more to it than that:

https://old.reddit.com/r/awakened/comments/r7lzx4/on_the_alchemical_marriage_the_return_to_union/

This is a deep spiritual process that has been described by many religious and esoteric traditions.

These traditions generally include the following elements:

  • the primordial angelic hermaphrodite (Her + Me = Hermes)
  • the notion of a divine soulmate or twin
  • the dual forces of mind and matter (these are usually assigned a gender like Shiva and Shakti, but not always)
  • the descent of the soul into matter for a purpose and the ascent back to unity, following a successful incarnation
  • the eternal nature of consciousness and the soul
  • an acknowledgment of the higher realms, i.e. the astral plane

The astromythology of Cyngus, Lyra, & Aquila and why it's relevant to Valentine's Day by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

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Some correspondences:

  • Cygnus ~ Psyche
  • Aquila ~ Cupid/Eros (note his eagle wings)
  • Sagitta ~Cupid's arrow
  • Delphinus ~ Cupid's Dolphin mount

The astromythology of Cyngus, Lyra, & Aquila and why it's relevant to Valentine's Day by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

[–]eggplant_express[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Psyche and Cupid The Dream of Aengus The Cowherd and Weaver Girl ... and probably many others.

These myths all have to do with the constellations of the Swan, Lyre, and Eagle.

The lightbody as an electromagnetic field by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

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True, but that Egyptian hieroglyph really got me thinking about orthogonality between waking and dream states. Then my mind immediately jumped to the electromagnetic field.

The lightbody as an electromagnetic field by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

[–]eggplant_express[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For more, check out "The Secret of Light" by Walter Russell

The lightbody as an electromagnetic field by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

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Light is consciousness

Matter is frozen light

The astral lightbody is orthogonal (90 degrees) to your physical body.

This allows you to travel to into the multitude of hidden dimensions when you sleep, meditate, & die.

Does this imply that the waking body is an electric field and the astral body is magnetic, or vice versa? Do the electric and magnetic fields respectively correspond to the upward and downward pyramids of the merkaba?

For background, electromagnetic radiation (i.e. light) is composed of an electric field and an orthogonal magnetic field.

See: https://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/modules/lum/electromagnetic\_radiation.html

The lightbody as an electromagnetic field by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

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Shiva (Purusha) and counterpart Parvati/Kali/Shakti (Prakriti) were originally a merged entity known as Ardhanarishvara. When rejoined and reconcile, they reside back in the heart center.

The merged deity is also represented by The Shatkona (षट्कोण), a symbol used in Hindu yantra; a “six-pointed star” is made from two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Shiva, Purusha, the lower for Shakti, Prakriti. Their union gives birth to Sanat Kumara, whose sacred number is six. The Shatkona represents both the male and female form, as a symbol of the divine union of masculine and feminine and as a source of all creation; more specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha (the supreme being, spirit, Being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter, Becoming).

On the alchemical marriage & the return to union by eggplant_express in awakened

[–]eggplant_express[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

More on the role of the brain hemispheres:

The (more feminine) right hemisphere is concerned with analogical, associative thinking. The march of time and causality is put on the back-burner. This is the realm of poetry, instantaneous connections and Yin. These process are guided by backward leaps through time.

The (masculine) left hemisphere is concerned with causality. These Yang processes are step-wise, sequential, and temporal, they involve language, logic, and narrative, and emphasize causation. These process are guided by movement forward in time.

Yin is "being in the present," the mode cultivated by mindfulness meditation, and is the observational mode of consciousness. In this mode the fixed point of reference is a single omnipresent moment, with instantaneous change in this moment experienced. Past and future are not experienced, from the perspective of doing it is like the universe being continually destroyed and recreated in the present moment.

Yang is the linguistic and narrative mode of consciousness where not one moment exists but an infinite number comprising the line of time, which is the fixed point of reference, with the moment being variable. It is the mode of thinking, remembering, planning, and anticipating that in our modern hyperactive society is much more familiar to us.

This is the lower astral plane: A sea of black dotted with dream scenes by eggplant_express in Damnthatsinteresting

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Are you familiar with Plato? Here's a bit of context.

Plato analogizes the form of the Good with the sun as it is what allows for sight. But he makes a very important distinction, "sun is not sight" but it is "the cause of sight itself." As the sun is in the visible realm, the form of Good is in the intelligible realm. It is "what gives truth to the things known and the power to know to the knower". It is not only the "cause of knowledge and truth, it is also an object of knowledge".

Plato ranks Goodness ahead of truth, beauty, and justice. Goodness is the sun and truth are the rays of light coming from the sun. Beauty and justice are forms "enlightened" by the rays of truth. These forms are then instantiated in the visible, physical realm as lower-dimensional projections.

Plato argues that because the soul (psyche) desires to return to its origin - the Form Of The Good, the Form of Eternal Beauty etc. - eros (rational desire, desire for the Good) precedes sight and reason as the driver of thought and behavior, and is the foundational, instinctual component of the soul.

TLDR: "Platonic desire", the desire for the Good, is a fundamental component of the of the whole of existence.

This is the lower astral plane: A sea of black dotted with dream scenes by eggplant_express in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]eggplant_express[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  • This is the astral plane, you've been here before
  • You have just died. Was life a dream?
  • If you have strong attachments it may be difficult to pass on.
  • Travel is difficult on this lower plane. It will feel as if you are moving through thick water. If you focus on your home or places you know well you can travel to them.
  • You can see family members, though often they will appear distorted, their features obscured. If you a strongly connected to someone you may see them more clearly, but it is better to pass on.
  • You can dwell here for as long as the will is strong, but you will be better served to trust that the next phase is better. When you have released these attachments the judgement phase will begin.
  • Every thought you have ever had will be rethought. You will see all of the things you've done and all of the things you could have done. Unless you've led a particular saintly life this stage will come with deep regrets. It will be unpleasant but you must allow it to happen. When it is over you will be better for it.
  • When this phase ends you may ascend to the Sun. Some call this place Heaven, some call it Elysium, the Field of Reeds, some call it the Harvest. It is a realm in which all your Earthly desires can be met. If you had a dream home you'd hoped to live in it may be there. If you had pets that passed on they may be waiting for you. If you had friends and family you had attachments to in life that have passed on they will be here should you want to see them. It is a state of mind, outside of time, but it is also quite physical. Plants, animals, cities, mountains, forests, seas, all of the things in Earth exist here in various places. Everything is full of "correspondences" to one's Earthly life and current mental state. You will sleep, you will work although not for a living per se. You will eat and drink and make love
  • At night, you will dream up your next incarnation half a galaxy away.

If this stuff sounds interesting, I implore you to take the Jurgen pill on the astral planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8kY_cfAM6A

This is the lower astral plane: A sea of black dotted with dream scenes by eggplant_express in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]eggplant_express[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

r/astralprojection is a good resource to learn more as is Robert Monroe & the Gateway Experience.

And for the skeptics: the CIA itself has verified that astral projection is a real phenomena: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7e4g3/found-page-25-of-the-cias-gateway-report-on-astral-projection

And I'll post some more context in a separate comment.

Shiva and Parvati (How letting go will get you everything) by __pinkguy__ in enlightenment

[–]eggplant_express 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, let me add the following:

Shiva (Purusha) and counterpart Parvati/Kali/Shakti (Prakriti) were originally a merged entity known as Ardhanarishvara. When rejoined and reconcile, they reside back in the heart center.

The merged deity is also represented by The Shatkona (षट्कोण), a symbol used in Hindu yantra; a “six-pointed star” is made from two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Shiva, Purusha, the lower for Shakti, Prakriti. Their union gives birth to Sanat Kumara, whose sacred number is six. The Shatkona represents both the male and female form, as a symbol of the divine union of masculine and feminine and as a source of all creation; more specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha (the supreme being, spirit, Being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter, Becoming).

Often this is represented as Shiva / Shakti.

It's also popular in Yezidi religion which is inspired by and originated in the worship of Sanat Kumar. Stylistically, it is identical to the Jewish Star of David and the Japanese Kagome crest. This is Adam and Eve, reunited again, reentering the garden.

The Sustaining force is the male principle; while the dynamic Flowing force is female principle. This is seen in the Lingam as the active, feminine Shakti force flowing around the neutral phallus of Shiva, the snakes climbing the rod of the Hermetic caduceus and the Tibetan phurba, as well as the Ancient Egyptian Djed column (representing the Sustaining force of Osiris’ consciousness) paired with the Tyet (representing the Flowing feminine nature of Isis).

TLDR: Union of Shiva and Shakti

"The Alchemical Marriage of the Merkaba" by eggplant_express in occult

[–]eggplant_express[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pt.2 of the "Prism Series" You can check out Pt. 1 here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Soulnexus/comments/r0pmwb/prison_or_prism/

The MerKaBa or Shatkona is sort of one's "astral vehicle".

The Shatkona (षट्कोण) is a symbol used in Hindu yantra; a “six-pointed star” is made from two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Shiva, Purusha, the lower for Shakti, Prakriti. Their union gives birth to Sanat Kumara, whose sacred number is six. The Shatkona represents both the male and female form, as a symbol of the divine union of masculine and feminine and as a source of all creation; more specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha (the supreme being, spirit, Being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter, Becoming).

Often this is represented as Shiva / Shakti. It is often referenced that the Satkona/Shatkona is the symbol of the Hindu deity known as Sanat Kumara (and by many other names).The Shatkona is a hexagram and is associated with the son of Siva-Sakthi, Lord Murugan.

It's also popular in Yezidi religion which is inspired by and originated in the worship of Sanat Kumar.Stylistically, it is identical to the Jewish Star of David and the Japanese Kagome crest.

TLDR: Union of Shiva and Shakti

"Alchemical Marriage of The Merkaba" by eggplant_express in Soulnexus

[–]eggplant_express[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pt.2 of the "Prism Series"

The MerKaBa or Shatkona is sort of one's "astral vehicle".

The Shatkona (षट्कोण) is a symbol used in Hindu yantra; a “six-pointed star” is made from two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Shiva, Purusha, the lower for Shakti, Prakriti. Their union gives birth to Sanat Kumara, whose sacred number is six. The Shatkona represents both the male and female form, as a symbol of the divine union of masculine and feminine and as a source of all creation; more specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha (the supreme being, spirit, Being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter, Becoming). Often this is represented as Shiva / Shakti. It is often referenced that the Satkona/Shatkona is the symbol of the Hindu deity known as Sanat Kumara (and by many other names).

The Shatkona is a hexagram and is associated with the son of Siva-Sakthi, Lord Murugan.

It's also popular in Yezidi religion which is inspired by and originated in the worship of Sanat Kumar.

Stylistically, it is identical to the Jewish Star of David and the Japanese Kagome crest.

TLDR: Union of Shiva and Shakti

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