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Because he knows that "that which is below is like that which is above," he then
"sees" that what lies on this side of that veil is a reflection of that which is on the
other side of it. In that way he may not know exactly what is on the other side, but
he has some idea of it anyway. Korzybski may have known something about how
Qabalists think. Whether he did or not, any Qabalist who has read his Science and
Sanity would have to say that he would have made a great Qabalist.
This all too brief summary of the process of growth has been presented merely
to place modern psychology in perspective with ancient knowledge. Placing it thus
on the Tree, we see that Jung s "Process of Individuation" is quite different from
common psychological malfunction, and we see, too, that some cases of neurosis
or "nervous breakdown" may be the same as what the ancients called Initiation. We
do know that the symptoms of a psychosis are all present to some degree in the
crisis stages of occult development. The difference in results is that the occult
teacher does not diagnose the symptoms as being indications of mental
derangement. When one s "insanity" is found to be the result of living below one s
basic state, all it takes is a change in one s way of life to effect a "cure." The "cure"
may not be instantaneous but I have even seen that happen.
The Third Crossing is not considered by any of our modern psychologists. A
major withdrawal occurs at the Great Abyss where Daath bisects the thirteenth path
(the path from Tiphareth to Kether) between Chokmah and Binah. There is very
little that can be said about function at this level, as has been mentioned before.
The best that can perhaps be said about it is that the shift in unconsciousness at
the veil Paroketh (just back of Tiphareth) reflects this state. A reflection is not that
which it reflects, but under the right circumstances it can be a perfect reflection. As
for example: A very calm still lake surface will perfectly reflect the heavens above it,
and so a perfectly calm and still lower mind will perfectly reflect the higher mind.
This is why the great Yoga teachers stress the stilling of the mind. Man, they say, is
a reverse reflection of God, and therefore the lowest center in man is the highest
center in God. Meditation on this idea will reveal a great deal to the mind. If we hold
a table fork tines end up over a mirror that has been placed on a table and then
look in the mirror, we will see the tines reflected at the deepest point "in" the mirror.
This should show us where the highest center of God is in Man! But of course: the
secret of regeneration does lie in generation.
We must remember, however, that a reflection is just that, a reflection. It may
be like a reflection of an image in a mirror, or it may be the reflection of the red end
of the spectrum, as in a red apple. In the case of the apple, if we eat the red skin
we eat that quality (red) that is not absorbed by the apple. In the case of the mirror,
or the reflected heavens in a calm lake, there is no way for us to get hold of the
reflection, no way to make that which is reflected a permanent state of mind. We
hear a great deal about the state of ecstasy, bliss, ananda, samaddhi, or satori. The
state thus signified is reflected in man s orgasm, and even an out-of-the-body
samaddhi is a reflection in the still mind-body of a yet higher state. We read about
the four states of samaddhi being four states of trance. In orgasm the mind is in a
state of trance for a brief moment. However, unless we ground a reflection so that it
is permanently "fixed" in consciousness, it is, like the heavens reflected in a calm
lake, something we see periodically, when the circumstances are right for
producing the phenomenon. There is an esthetic reward for the moment, but in
between times life is pretty dull. What Alchemy is all about is the art of "fixing"
(integrating) the philosophical aspects of man that are not absorbed by the
everyday exercises of his mind. The Philosopher s Stone reflects his gold. By
availing himself of the reflection he "makes gold." This is an art not understood by
the chemists, so, in trying to unravel the "secrets" of Alchemy the chemists were
unable to make gold. Thus being scientists and not artisans, they relegated the
Alchemists to the category of charlatans.
It takes a great deal of time and effort to perfectly reflect (merely reflect) the
higher states, and the average Westerner does not have the kind of time nor the
patience to exert the necessary effort. Is there some way that we as Westerners,
living within the style dictated by the Western Businessman, can achieve the same
results as the Easterner does in long periods of meditation or other forms of Yoga
practice? Western Yoga discipline is to be found in our business world, if we will
make use of the discipline required in the business world for psychic development,
and this has been referred to by one of the great Eastern masters as being the best
Yoga practice for a Westerner. As mentioned before, we are fulfilling, or trying to
fulfill, a totally different destiny than Eastern Dharma. We do damage to ourselves
by trying to escape our discipline. We also shirk our dharma (dharma: Law of
Nature, or destiny; that which is right for a given race, species, etc.).
So yes, there is a way for the Western businessman to achieve the same
goals as the Easterner does in his meditations and his concentration exercises.
Having to earn a living in the Western business world is a lesson in concentration
and meditation, but unfortunately, so very unfortunately, there is a stigma attached
to psychology that is a relic of its origins in psychiatric medicine; that it (psychology)
is the thing to use to turn mental illness into mental health. For this reason we avoid
the psychologist (and psychology) as long as we are mentally healthy (or think we
are). Jung, however, intended his psychology to be a study of the normal mind, not
the abnormal mind. If we were not conditioned against "bad-tasting medicine" we
would be able to see it for what it is: psychology, the science of the soul. Perhaps
some future generations may see psychology with more objectivity-as a branch of
physics, for example. But I wonder. Plato s works are now well respected but little
understood, and seldom studied. Who among us reads and studies Plato on a daily
basis? His work is acceptable, but not influential. The same fate may await Jung,
although we would wish it to be better.
This is not a commentary on these men, but on the state of humanity, which in
all its strivings and travails has not yet risen to carry the flame delivered by those
couriers of mental liberty. A good Qabalist would not worry about that however. He
would not suffer for the race, or for humanity. His hopes would lie in the potentials
of Individuals to transcend humanness, or rather to utilize their human condition as
they pass through it, going from here to there. Humanity is a condition, an [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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