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Monday, November 29, 2021

Eternal Constant


《道德經,第十六章》

致虛極,守靜篤。萬物並作,吾以觀復。
夫物芸芸,各復歸其根。
歸根曰靜,是謂復命。
復命曰知常曰明
不知常,妄作凶。
知常容,容乃公,公乃王,王乃天,天乃道,道乃久,沒身不殆。

Dao De Jing Chapter Sixteen — C. Ganson

道德經第十六章
Achieve the highest goal by being passive;
hold close to a state of perfect serenity.

Everything comes into existence
but observe, returns to its source.
Thus, vegetation flourishes and grows,
but returns to the soil whence it came.

Returning to the source is serenity;
it is to realize one's destiny.
To realize one's destiny
is to know the Eternal Constant.
To know the Eternal Constant
is to be enlightened.
To be ignorant of this
is blindness that begets evil.

Whoever knows the Eternal Constant
is open-minded. Being open-minded
is to be impartial. Being impartial
is to be above nations and laws.

Being above nations and laws
is to be in accord with nature.
Being in accord with nature
is to be in accord with Tao.
Being in accord with Tao
is to be eternal.

Although his body may die and decay,
he shall live forever.

Dao De Jing, Chapter Sixteen — James Legge

(回歸根源, Returning to the root)

The (state of [ZPE]) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state). When things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its root. This returning to their root is what we call the state of stillness, and that stillness may be called a reporting that they have fulfilled their appointed end. The report of that fulfilment is the regular, unchanging rule. To know that unchanging rule is to be intelligent; not to know it leads to wild movements and evil issues. The knowledge of that unchanging rule produces a (grand) capacity and forbearance, and that capacity and forbearance lead to a community (of feeling with all things). From this community of feeling comes a kingliness of character; and he who is king-like goes on to be heaven-like. In that likeness to heaven, he possesses the Dao. Possessed of the Dao, he endures long; and to the end of his bodily life, is exempt from all danger of decay.

Sunday, November 28, 2021

『小林一茶』

小林一茶

と、早く打ちこわしが起きたような悪い年が終わってくれないかと詠んだ[361]。
I wondered if the bad year that had been destroyed early would end.

また一茶はしばしば「世直し」を句に詠み込むようになった。

世が直るなほるとどでかい蛍かな
I wonder if the world will heal

I have nothing at all —
But this tranquillity!
This coolness!
道德經 第十五章
宮本秋風

古之善為士者,微妙玄通,深不可識。
夫唯不可識,故強為之容。
豫兮若冬涉川;
猶兮若畏四鄰;
儼兮其若容;
渙兮若冰之將釋;
敦兮其若樸;
曠兮其若谷;
混兮其若濁;
孰能濁以靜之徐清?
孰能安以久動之徐生?
保此道者,不欲盈。
夫唯不盈,故能蔽不新成。

Dao De jing Chapter Fifteen — C. Ganson

15  The Dao of the Ancients

The ancient followers of the Tao:
so wise, so subtle, so profound,
so deeply understanding,
that they were themselves misunderstood.
They must therefore be described.
      • Cautious, like crossing a stream in mid-winter;
      • observant, like moving in fear through hostile land;
      • modest, retiring like ice beginning to melt;
      • dignified, like an honoured guest;
      • genuine, like natural, untouched wood;
      • receptive, like an inviting, open valley;
      • friendly, like muddied water, freely mixing.
Who can make sense of a world like cloudy water?
Left alone and still, it becomes clear.
Should this stillness be maintained?
Moving hastily will surely cloud it again.
How then can one move and not become clouded?
Accept Tao and achieve without being selfish;
being unselfish one endures the world's wear,
and needs no change of pace.


Dao De jing Chapter Fifteen — James Legge

15 (The exhibition of the qualities of the Dao)

The skilful masters (of the Dao) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries and were deep (also) so as to elude men's knowledge. As they were thus beyond men's knowledge, I will make an effort to describe of what sort they appeared to be.
  • Shrinking looked them like those who wade through a stream in winter;
  • irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them;
  • grave like a guest (in awe of his host);
  • evanescent like ice that is melting away;
  • unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything;
  • vacant like a valley, and dull like muddy water.
Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear. Who can secure the condition of rest? Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise. Those who preserve this method of the Dao do not wish to be full (of themselves). It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.

15  Arthur Waley

Of old those that were the best officers of Court
Had inner natures subtle, abstruse, mysterious, penetrating,
Too deep to be understood.
And because such men could not be understood
I can but tell of them as they appeared to the world:
  • Circumspect they seemed, like one who in winter crosses a stream,
  • Watchful, as one who must meet danger on every side.
  • Ceremonious, as one who pays a visit;
  • Yet yielding, as ice when it begins to melt.
  • Blank, as a piece of uncarved wood;
  • Yet receptive as a hollow in the hills.
  • Murky, as a troubled stream —–
  • (Tranquil, as the vast reaches of the sea,
  • Drifting as the wind with no stop.)
Which of you can assume such murkiness,
To become in the end still and clear?
Which of you can make yourself insert,
To become at the end full of life and stir?
Those who possess this Dao do not try to fill themselves to the brim,
And because they do not try to fill themselves to the brim,
They are like a garment that endures all wear and need never be renewed.

Saturday, November 27, 2021

《道德》

La sintonia è con pochi.
Tutto il resto è rumore

Universal Laws Explained

“Universal Love” by Izabella Masalska

Many belief systems incorporate the idea that the universe is balanced by a set of natural laws that exist to maintain order throughout the cosmos. Some of these laws are mutable. They change based on circumstance, paradigm, and dimension. On the other hand, some are immutable. They do not change despite circumstances.

There are many variations/versions of universal laws. Some versions only include 11 and some go up to 20 laws. Regardless of being mutable or immutable (易或不易), it is important to remember that when one works against these laws suffering is created, whereas if one works within the laws, joy and a positive outcome are created.

Hereinafter is a list of 26 Universal laws that incorporate a more complete version of the universal laws that govern our world and the cosmos.

1. The Law of One

Every Soul, living and discarnate, is connected at the level of the collective unconscious, deep within the Higher-Self. We are all part of a great energy gestalt called God, and because we are part of God, we are God. It is the goal of the gestalt to move the energy forward, creating more energy. So, in living harmoniously, we each increase our vibrational rate and intensify the vibration of the entire gestalt. Everything is connected to everything else, so when we are disharmonious, we decrease the vibration of the entire gestalt, and because we are one, everything we think, say and do, affects every other Soul and the universe around us.

2. The Law of Divine Order

If we seek to understand the Law of Divine Order, we may study the natural balance of nature, for it works very much the same way. Everything is as it should be, although mankind (our energy gestalt) is far from experiencing its potential of total harmony. There are no accidents. Our energy, translated into thoughts, words, emotions, and deeds, causes all our experiences. This assures that we always have the learning opportunities we require to resolve our Karma, and, as with us, the collective thoughts, words, emotions, and deeds of mankind create the environment for us all. If enough souls focus their energy upon peace, we will have peace. If the majority of souls are filled with anger, we may all have to experience war. We are all one, and like the many sub-personalities within us, the dominant traits of mankind (the entire gestalt) will emerge to resolve our group Karma.

3. The Law of Harmony

This law supersedes even the fundamental law of Karma, for harmony is the supreme potential of balance. The purpose of Karma is to attain harmony. If I throw a rock into a pond I disturb the harmony of the pond, I am the cause, the effect is the splash and the ripples that flow out and back until harmony is restored. Similarly, our disharmonious actions flow out into the Universe and back upon us, lifetime after lifetime, until eventually our own harmony is restored.

4. The Law of Reincarnation and Karma

Until we have resolved our Karma and fulfilled our Dharma, which are the deeds we must do, we will continue to reincarnate into a sequential lifetime upon the earth. Neither God nor the Lords of Karma bestows suffering upon us during these lives, we and we alone decide what we most need to learn and in our earthly sojourns, and for each life experience we seek out other souls, often with shared histories, and always with Karmic configurations matching our needs. Whenever we act with intention we create Karma. Actions are considered to be thoughts, emotions, words, and deeds, and the motive, desire, and intent behind each. Disharmonious acts must be balanced in the future in this life or in a future lifetime, to have Soul growth.

5. The Law of Wisdom

Wisdom erases Karma. If we have the wisdom to learn our lessons through love and wisdom we can mitigate our suffering. Sadly, we seem to learn the fastest through pain, through directly experiencing the consequences of our actions. As an example, we greedily take from others, and instead of learning through wisdom and love that this is wrong, we have to experience from others someone greedily taking from us, whether later in this life or in a future lifetime.

6. The Law of Vibration

Everything in the cosmos vibrates and travels at specific vibrational frequencies. Each object, sound, thought, feeling, desire, and will have its own unique vibrational frequency, and that vibrational frequency affects the whole cosmos either positively or negatively. What we perceive as physical matter is energy condensed, trillions of swiftly moving molecules orbiting each other at a specific vibrational rate. Light and sound vibrate at higher rates. Love is the highest vibrational frequency.

7. The Law of Rhythm

Because everything vibrates, it moves to certain rhythms. These rhythms establish seasons, cycles, stages of development, and patterns. Each cycle reflects the regularity of the Dào. Masters know how to rise above negative parts of a cycle by never getting too excited or allowing negative things to penetrate their consciousness.

8. The Law of Vibrational Attainment

When Einstein discovered that “matter is energy” he reopened the door to merging science and metaphysics. Scientists have proved that energy cannot die, it can only transform (reincarnate), and, by its very nature, energy must go forward or backwards, it cannot stand still, for to do so is stagnation, resulting in transformation. We vibrate at a physical life rate we have earned in the past as a result of how harmoniously — or disharmonious we have lived our past lives and our current life up until this moment in time. When we are harmonious for a lifetime and/or break the bonds of karma, we will have attained the highest vibrational rate — Enlightenment.

9. The Law of Relativity

This Law states that each person will receive a series of problems (Tests of Initiation) to strengthen the Light within. We must consider each of these tests to be a challenge and remain connected to our hearts when proceeding to solve the problems. This law also teaches us to compare our problems to others’ problems and put everything into its proper perspective. No matter how bad we perceive our situation to be, there is always someone who is in a worse position. It is all relative.

10. The Law of Duality/Polarity

The Law of Duality/Polarity states that “Everything is dual, everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree”. Simply put, everything has a complementary opposite within the whole (within the law of one). Masculine and feminine, night and day, up and down, love and hate, happy and sad, these are all perceived opposites of each other, but they are only two sides of the one coin or extremes of the same thing at varying degrees. 

⟴ Within the Law of Duality/Polarity is a sub-law:

The Law of Gender:

This law tells us that “Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles”. The Law of Gender is evident throughout the perceived known world in so-called opposite sexes found not only in human beings but also in plants, minerals, electrons, and magnetic poles to name but a few. Everything and everyone contains both masculine and feminine elements. Among the outward expressions of feminine qualities are love, patience, intuition, and gentleness, and of masculine qualities are energy, self-reliance, logic, and intellect. Despite everything being predominantly masculine or feminine, there are qualities of the other found within each and every living and non-living thing. It is when we can see this, and see beyond the duality that we know what it means to be complete.

11. The Law of Cause and Effect

This Universal Law states that nothing happens by chance, coincidence, or outside the Universal Laws. Every action has a reaction or consequence and we “reap what we have sown.”

12. The Law of Compensation

This Law is the Law of Cause and Effect applied to blessings and abundance that are provided for us. The visible effects of our deeds are given to us in gifts, money, inheritances, friendships, and blessings.

13. The Law of Correspondence

This Law states that the principles or laws of physics that explain the physical world – energy, Light, vibration, and motion – have their corresponding principles in the etheric or universe. “As above, so below”

14. The Law of Magnetic Affinities

By Astrologically choosing the time and place of our birth, we determine the nature or the effects, we will experience in our life. On the other side, before we are born, we make decisions about the lifetime we will be entering into. We chose our parents, other souls to interact with us, and the Astrological configurations of our birth which determine our character, personality, abilities, restrictions, and timing for strengths and weaknesses. Let us be aware that we are only using five to ten per cent of the capacity of your brain. And the brain-mind researchers say the human brain has 200,000 times the capacity of the greatest computer ever built.

15. The Law of Free Will

Although many of the major events in our life are Astrologically predestined, we always have free will to mitigate the impact of the event, or to transcend it entirely. This will result from how we live our lives up to the situation we have destined for ourselves to experience. If we give grace and mercy to others, are positive, loving, compassionate, and demonstrate by our action that we have learned past lessons, we can minimize disharmonious experiences!

We always have free will in how we respond to any situation. If we do it with positive emotions, compassion, and integrity, we have probably learned our karmic lessons and will not have to experience a similar situation in the future.

16. The Law of Manifestation

Everything manifest begins as a thought, an idea. Ideas and experiences create beliefs which in turn, create our reality. If we are unhappy with our current reality, we must change our beliefs and our behaviour. Beliefs can be changed when we recognize those that are not working for us, and begin programming what will create success and harmony in our life. The unlimited creative power of our mind, through dedication, awareness, and training, can be the wisdom to rise above our Karma. Within physical and spiritual laws, we can manifest any reality we desire to experience. Regarding changing our behaviour, we must decide which disharmonious behaviour we want to eliminate. Then be aware that we do not have to change how we feel about something to affect it if we are willing to change what we are doing.

There are two sub-laws to the Law of Manifestation

a) The Law of Resistance

That which we resist we draw to us, and we will perpetuate its influence upon our life. Resistance is fear, so it is something we need to Karmically resolve. The Law of Resistance assures that we let go of the fear by encountering it until we are forced to deal with it by learning conscious detachment. When one attains Master of Life awareness and stop resisting [the fear] by consciously detaching from the negativity, the problem will be resolved. Most disharmonious situations are solved through a change in our viewpoint. By changing our perspective, we can usually eliminate the effects of a problem, and if we are no longer affected by a problem, we no longer have a problem, although nothing about the problem situation may have changed. Another aspect of the Law of resistance states, that which we resist, we become, if not in this lifetime, in a future incarnation.

b) The Law of Attraction

“Where our attention goes, our energy flows.” We attract what we are and that which we concentrate upon. If we are negative, we draw in and experience negativity. If we are loving, we draw in and experience love. We can attract to us only those qualities we possess. So, if we want and in our life, we must become peaceful and harmonious. It demonstrates how we create the things, events, and people that come into our lives. Our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions produce energies. And like attracts like.

17. The Law of Abundance

Within ourselves is everything required to make our earthly incarnation a paradise if we choose to accept that which is our divine birthright. We live in a Universe of abundance.

18. The Law of Action

The Law of Action must be applied for us to manifest things on earth. Therefore, we must engage in actions that support our thoughts, dreams, emotions, and words.

19. The Law of Fellowship

When two or more people of similar vibration are gathered for a shared purpose, their combined energy directed to the attainment of that purpose is doubled, tripled, quadrupled or more. This esoteric awareness has been used by covens, esoteric religions, healing groups, and recently, worldwide meditations for world peace.

20. The Law of Gratitude and Grace

From the perspective of Karma and the Law of One, the more we give, the more we shall receive. The more we assist others, the more we will assist ourselves. The power of this Law also works in our day-to-day life. Karma can be experienced to the letter of the law or in mercy and grace. In other words, if we give love, mercy, and grace to others, we will receive the same in return.

21. The Law of Reflection

This Law says that the traits we respond to in others, we recognize in ourselves, both positive and negative. It has four primary manifestations:

  1. That which we admire in others, we recognize as existing within ourselves;
  2. That which we resist and react to strongly in others is sure to be found within ourselves;
  3. That which we resist and react to in others is something which we are afraid exists within us; and,
  4. That which we resist in ourselves, we will dislike in others.


22. The Law of Conscious Detachment

Buddha’s earthly teachings are best summarized with one of his statements, “It is our resistance to what is that causes our suffering.” and by suffering, he meant everything that doesn’t work in our life; relationship problems, loss of loved ones, loneliness, sickness, accidents, guilt, monetary hardship, unfulfilled desires, and so on. When we accept what is, we accept the unalterable realities in our life without resisting them. Some things are. They exist, and no matter how much we resist them, there is nothing we are going to be able to do about them. Change what we can change, but have the wisdom to accept unalterable situations as they are, without wasting mental or physical energy attempting to change what we cannot change. Out of acceptance comes involved detachment. The ability to enjoy all the positive aspects of life, but to allow the negative to flow through us without resistance and without affecting ourselves.

As we became Master of life awareness and develop conscious detachment, we shall be far less affected by worldly events than in the past. A Master of Life enjoys all the warmth and joy that life has to offer, but detaches from the negativity by allowing it to flow through him/her without affecting her/him.

23. The Law of Soul Evolution

Everyone on Earth shares the goal of Soul evolution whether they realize it or not. We have reincarnated because we desire to evolve spiritually. By rising above all of our fear-based emotions, and out of the veil of illusion, by learning how to express unconditional love, we raise our vibrational rate and move closer to a state of harmony. Even where it appears that we are not evolving we are in reality making progress. We learn through the pain of our disharmonious acts, which can be viewed as our mistakes or failures. Learning through disharmonious acts, and breaking the cycle of them through each lesson we learn, also brings our souls closer to harmony.

24. The Law of Unconditional Love

The expression of unconditional love will eventually result in harmony. Unconditional love is not romantic love. It is the acceptance of others as they are without judgment or expectations. It is total acceptance of others without attempting to change them, except by our own positive example. The law of unconditional love says, “If I go out of my way to express unconditional love, I automatically rise above fear, and, as I transcend my fears, I automatically open to the expression of unconditional love.”

In other words, I have chosen to incarnate upon the manifest plane to learn to rise above the effect of fear. Those fears will always be reflected in my reactions to others, Thus my goals are very obvious once I recognize how to perceive them. As I let go of the fear, I automatically open to expressing more unconditional love.

25. The Law of Bodhisattva

The word Bodhisattva means one who has transcended the need of Earthly incarnations but who has chosen to return to the earth to support others in achieving enlightenment. A Bodhisattva knows she/he will never really be free until all souls are free.

26. The Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy

It states that all persons have within them the power to change the conditions in their lives. Higher vibrations consume and transform lower ones; thus, each of us can change the energies in our lives by understanding the Universal Laws and applying the principles in such a way as to effect change.

Friday, November 26, 2021

the Four Worlds

The Four Worlds
1. Atziluth [אצילות], the world of Archetypes or Emanations,
2. Briah [בריאה], the world of Creation.
3. Yetzirah [יצירה], the world of Formation.
4. Assiah [עשיה], the world of Action


 קַבָּלָה‎ Qabbālā, literally "reception, tradition" or "correspondence", Kabbalah provides a view of creation and existence based upon a division into four levels, which are beautifully illustrated in this verse from the Bible:

 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ‎, Yəšaʻyahū, "God Is Salvation" 43:7
כֹּ֚ל הַנִּקְרָ֣א בִשְׁמִ֔י וְלִכְבוֹדִ֖י בְּרָאתִ֑יו יְצַרְתִּ֖יו אַף־עֲשִׂיתִֽיו׃
All who are linked to 
名 My name,
Whom I have created,
Formed, and made for My glory — 

Everyone that is [1] called by名 My name, and [2] whom I created for My glory, [3] I formed him, yea [4] I made him 

— Isaiah / Yeshayahu 43:7

These four levels are called the Four Worlds and outline a conceptual view of how subtle, latent potentialities become manifested into physical form. The first world relates to the highest, most subtle level, and the lowest world relates to the physical world, while the middle two illustrate the stages towards full manifestation.

four-worlds-of-kabbalah

  1. Atziluth [אצילות], the world of Archetypes or Emanations, the level of potentialities or "blueprints." Example: In the sperm and ovum are the possibilities for a child.

  2. Briah [בריאה], the world of Creation. For example, the father and mother unite sexually and the embryo of a human being is created.

  3. Yetzirah [יצירה], the world of Formation. For example, the child is formed in the womb for nine months.

  4. Assiah [עשיה], the world of Action. For example, the child is born into the physical world.

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

《道道經第十一章》

Primordial Awareness


三十輻,共一轂,當其無,有車之用。
埏埴以為器,當其無,有器之用。
鑿戶牖以為室,當其無,有室之用。
故有之以為利,無之以為用

Dao De jing Chapter Eleven — C. Ganson
道德經 Dao De Jing 11

Thirty spokes unite at the hub of a wheel
but the ultimate use of the wheel
depends on the part where nothing exists.

Clay is molded into a vessel
but the ultimate use of the vessel
depends on the part where nothing exists.

Doors and windows are cut from the walls of a house
but the ultimate use of the house
depends on the part where nothing exists.

So there is 利 an advantage in using
what can be seen, what does exist.

There is also 用 an advantage in using
the invisible, the non-existent.



Dao De jing Chapter Eleven — James Legge
道德經 Dao De Jing 11

(The use of what has no substantive existence)
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends. The door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment; but it is on the empty space (within), that its use depends. Therefore, what has a (positive) existence serves for profitable adaptation, and what has not that for (actual) usefulness.



Dao De jing Chapter Eleven — Arthur Waley
道德經 Dao De Jing 11

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel;
But it is on the space where there is nothing
That the usefulness of the wheel depends.
We turn clay to make a vessel;
But it is on the space where there is nothing
That the usefulness of the vessel depends.
We pierce doors and windows to make a house;
And it is in these spaces where there is nothing
That the usefulness of the house depends.
Therefore just as we take advantage of what is,
We should recognize the usefulness of what is not.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

《道德經第十章

MoonSun Vagus snake
The Power of the Serpent

載營魄抱一,能無離乎?
專氣致柔,能嬰兒乎?
滌除玄覽,能無疵乎?
愛民治國,能無知乎?
天門開闔,能為雌乎?
明白四達,能無知乎?
生之、畜之,生而不有,為而不恃,長而不宰,是謂玄德

Dao De jing Chapter Ten  C. Ganson

10
Can you control your mind
so that it never strays from the way of Dao?
Can you control your breathing
so that it is soft and gentle
like a newborn babe?

Can you purify yourself
so that you are perfect?
Can you love all the people,
rule them, and remain unknown?
And do so without interference?
Can you play the same role always?

Give birth, provide nourishment;
do this without being possessive.
Give help without obligation.
Lead without dominating.
This is the Mystic Virtue (德).

Dao De jing Chapter Ten  Arthur Waley 1934
The Way and its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and its Place in Chinese Thought, 1934

10
Can you keep the unquiet physical soul from straying,
Hold fast to the Unity, and never quit it?
Can you, when concentrating your breath,
Make it soft like that of a little child?
Can you wipe and cleanse your vision of the Mystery till all is without blur?
Can you love the people and rule the land,
Yet remain unknown?
Can you in opening and shutting the heavenly gates play always the female part?
Can your mind penetrate every corner of the land,
But you yourself never interfere?
Rear them, then, feed them,
Rear them, but do not lay claim to them.
Control them, but never lean upon them;
Be chief among them, but do not manage them.
This is called the Mysterious Power.
The Unmanifested
ZPE

The Hierophant Drawing by Robert Buratti
or Aleister Crowley as Harpocrates

Αρποκράτης is the Egyptian “God of Silence”.

Harpocrates is Greek for the Egyptian Hoor-par-kraat [Hoor (or Heru) -paar (or par/pa) -kraat (or kraath)] and means “Horus the Child” [ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd, from ḥr (“Horus”) + pꜣ (“the”) + ẖrd (“child”)].

Hoor-paar-kraat is the silent god whose minister, Aiwass, communicated “The Book of the Law” to the Prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu. In the New Comment, Harpocrates, the “Babe in the Egg of Blue”, is described as not only the “God of Silence”, but as the “Higher Self”, the “Holy Guardian Angel”.

“The connexion is with the symbolism of the Dwarf in Mythology” (see Bész/Bes/ bs/Bes (/ˈbɛs/; also spelled as Bisu), together with his feminine counterpart Beset)  
                                                                            D58S29F28
and “the Serpent with the Lion’s Head.” “He contains everything in Himself, but is unmanifested.” In Columns XIX (‘Selection of Egyptian Gods’) and XX ('Complete Practical Attribution of Egyptian Gods’), Harpocrates/ Heru-pa-Kraath are attributed to 0 [Zero-point energy (ZPE) 零點能量 (零點能)] or the “unmanifested”, ανεκδήλωτος

Monday, November 22, 2021

Altered State
Holy Grail, Alex Grey

Est-ce une fatalité que de vivre dans un état second, non-premier, non-voulu, résultant de l'environnement ?
Is fate only the name of the incapacity to supersede the effects of the Holocene? As entities incarnate unprepared, unaware.
Hence is there any definitive destiny and could not the destination, death to the earth realm — born to the sky, again — be achieved under many modes?

"C'était dans un état second que le long périple, par eau et par terre, l'avait acheminé vers son nouveau destin." (The long journey, by land and water, towards his new destiny had gone by in a trance.)
— Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 19

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Sunday, November 21, 2021 (XVIIII/I/一)
"But keep the spiritual life first. The mental and material should be the outgrowth, the result of spiritual attainments." 

Edgar Cayce reading 2247-1


Saturday, November 20, 2021

Sacred well

Santa Cristina sacred well in Sardinia, Italy, built between the 9th and 11th centuries BCE.

It is oriented so that:
  • sunlight shines upon the water on the equinoxes,
  • and moonlight shines upon the water at the maximum declination of the moon, which occurs every 18 years and 6 months.

 

Friday, November 19, 2021

ша & 
ша vs 

Infinitude, Sean Yarbrough

如意
σκῆπτρον • (skêptron)

一柄經典的如意,由細長的手柄和雲紋頭部組成。早在中國東周年間,便已有如意的雛形。唐代段成式在《酉陽雜俎》中記載孫權曾發掘出秦始皇使用過的一柄白玉如意。

佛教於漢朝時傳入中國後,「爪仗」((梵語名為 अनिरुद्ध 阿那律)作為佛教徒隨身裝備之一,在中國流行開來,許多佛像都手持如意,是一種吉祥的象徵。唐朝以後,如意的使用功能逐漸消失,裝飾功能增強,成為工藝品。

西遊記孫悟空如意金箍棒

Quest
      • Too much 6
      • Too much of the known (past/present/future)
      • Too much 9
      • Too much from the bank memories (self/collective/Akashic)
      • Not enough of 玄之又玄/不夠玄之又玄
      • Not enough of the unknown (mysterious/玄)
Body/Soul/Spirit tonal/total expression
The Magic of Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Chords
Infinitude, Sean Yarbroug

6th line: the Role Model Result              6 ___  ___ Spirit
5th line: the Heretic Prince                     5 ___  ___ Soul

4th line: the Opportunist Karma             4 ___  ___ Body
3rd line: the Martyr Motivation              3 ___  ___ Feeling

2nd line: the Hermit Official                  2 ___  ___ Thinking
1st line: the Investigator Outside Cause 1 ___  ___ Sensing

Tonic, subdominant, and dominant are the first, fourth, and fifth degrees in any scale. 
They are the key elements to building a sound/song. 
  • The tonic is often referred to as “home”,
  • while subdominant moves us to the next note,
  • and dominant makes us want to return back home to resolve the sound.
  • The dominant leads us back to home.  
  • The dominant chord causes tension or stress with a desire to resolve. It almost begs us to return back home. Therefore, the dominant chord leads us back to the tonic, or to home.

Modes, minor & Major
Accord, en harmonie tonale, un accord parfait est un accord de trois notes à l'état fondamental, et dont la quinte est juste.
Chord, in tonal harmony, a perfect chord is a three-note chord in the root state, with a perfect fifth.

1. G major chord I

This step shows the tonic triad chord of the G major scale.

Chord identification

The G major chord I is the G major chord and contains the notes G, B, and D.
This tonic chord's root/starting note is the 1st note (or scale degree) of the G major scale.
The roman numeral for number 1 is 'I' and is used to indicate this is the 1st triad chord in the scale. It is in the upper case to denote that the chord is a major chord.

G major chord 1 is G major

Chord names for G major chord 1
Chord positionLinka/b/c notationFigured bass notation
Root positionG major chord in root positionIa
1st inversionG major chord in 1st inversionIbI6
2nd inversionG major chord in 2nd inversionIcI64

2. G major chord

This step shows the G major triad chord in root position on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.
The G major chord contains 3 notes:  G, B, D.
The chord spelling/formula relative to the G major scale is 1 3 5.
G major chord note names
Note no.Note intervalSpelling
/ formula
Note name#Semitones
from root
1root1The 1st note of the G major chord is G0
2G-maj-3rd3The 2nd note of the G major chord is B4
3G-perf-5th5The 3rd note of the G major chord is D7

G major chord

Middle C (midi note 60) is shown with an orange line under the 2nd note on the piano diagram.
These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef.

G major chord

G major chord

The figured bass symbols for this chord in root position are 5/3.

3. G major 1st inversion

This step shows the G major 1st inversion on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.

The G major 1st inversion contains 3 notes: B, D, G.

G major 1st inversion

These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef.

G major 1st inversion

G major 1st inversion

The figured bass symbols for this chord inversion are 6/3, so the chord is said to be in six-three position.

4. G major 2nd inversion

This step shows the G major 2nd inversion on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.

The G major 2nd inversion contains 3 notes: D, G, B.

G major 2nd inversion

These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef.

G major 2nd inversion

G major 2nd inversion

The figured bass symbols for this chord inversion are 6/4, so the chord is said to be in the six-four position.

5. G major scale

This step shows the ascending G major scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. It also shows the scale degree chart for all 8 notes.
The G major scale has 1 sharp.
This major scale key is on the Circle of 5ths - G major on the circle of 5ths, which means that it is a commonly used major scale key.
G major scale note names
Note no.Note intervalNote name
1tonicThe 1st note of the G major scale is G
2G-maj-2ndThe 2nd note of the G major scale is A
3G-maj-3rdThe 3rd note of the G major scale is B
4G-perf-4thThe 4th note of the G major scale is C
5G-perf-5thThe 5th note of the G major scale is D
6G-maj-6thThe 6th note of the G major scale is E
7G-maj-7thThe 7th note of the G major scale is F#
8G-perf-8thThe 8th note of the G major scale is G

G major scale

Middle C (midi note 60) is shown with an orange line under the 2nd note on the piano diagram.
These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef.

G major scale

G major scale

The stave diagrams above show the scale notes without a key signature, with the sharp/flat adjustments inserted before each note on the staff.
For the key signature of this scale, showing these symbols grouped correctly next to the bass or treble clef symbol at the beginning, have a look at the G major key signature.
G major scale degrees
Note no.Degree Name
1G is the tonic of the G major scale
2A is the supertonic of the G major scale
3B is the mediant of the G major scale
4C is the subdominant of the G major scale
5D is the dominant of the G major scale
6E is the submediant of the G major scale
7F# is the leading tone of the G major scale
8
G is the octave of the G major scale