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The subject matter of this download is INITIATION s[1]:
There should be some sort of initiation into true adult consciousness. … There should be the intense dynamic reaction: the physical suffering and the physical realization sinking deep into the soul, changing the soul forever.
D.H. Fantasia of the Unconscious, 1977, Penguin Books
The external view on this gestalt is given in the symbol MEDITATION s[2]:
Wolgang Kretschmer's techniques of psychotherapy also have pronounced shamanic aspects. … takes his patient through symbolic imaginal situations which relate to specific functions within the psyche. … through a meadow … up the side of a mountain … meadow provides a symbol of the hypnotic level of conscious-ness and stimulates the emotions on this level. The individual takes an ordinary situation as the means of experiencing the primordial content of the symbol of the meadow. This in turn may lead to an experience of the meadow as Mother Nature or … the obverse image … demonstrates aspects of his psychic condition. … up the side of the mountain is of special interest … is symbolized in the Tarot path of The Hermit, in which the magician journeys in isolation slowly upwards to the loftier reaches of the Tree of life. … Climbing is a symbol of a movement toward the goal of psychic freedom, the peak of human being. The passage through the forest on the way up the mountain gives the meditator the opportunity to reconcile himself with the dark, fearful side of nature.
Drury N. The Shaman and the Magician, 1987, Arkana
The internal symbol of this gestalt is LSD s[3]:
Dr John Lilly … an account of his experiences with LSD, hypnosis, and various forms of meditation. … The result of the experience was a determination to attempt a systematic exploration of 'inner space' using LSD … he experienced telepathic contact …he speaks of levels of consciousness. …Lilly likes to speak of 'natural man' as 'the human bio-computer' … he emphasizes that man is, on th e physical level, an immense computer or robot. … According to Lilly, there are four positive levels, above, everyday consciousness, and four negative ones, making nine levels in all. … Level three is of far greater intensity. … achieved under LSD when he met his two 'guides'. More significantly, he claims that this is the level at which we can exercise 'paranormal' powers.
Wilson C. Mysteries, 1979,
The SYNTHESIS s[2+3]: I am not able to use the various visualize techniques, and I have had the idea to use LSD ever since I was a teenager. I felt handicapped back then. LSD confirms what is missing: suppressed right-brain faculties that allow one to experience life at a higher level of consciousness.
The core issue at the heart of the synthesis is ART s[4]:
Calligraphy is another field of art in which Zen priests have made a lasting name for themselves. … The appreciation of such calligraphy more than any other form of art represents the beauty of line. The ultimate ideal in Japanese landscape gardening is the elimination of all trace of artificiality and the embodiment of nature as it is. … Such gardens often include mountains … Mushi dokugo, i.e., enlightenment accomplished by oneself without relying upon a teacher. … a harmony is achieved between opposites, and it may be viewed as a direct attestation of sudden enlightenment. … In summary, the ultimate goal of the artist is to be enlightened by himself, to have his work express his religious understanding spontaneously. … The practice of serene reflection meditation, which has an inseparable connection with the Japanese term mono no aware (the Ah! Ness of things), has produced an original, profound and vitally free art based on a refined and elegant simplicity. … Zen art can be summed up by simplicity, profundity, creativity and vitality.
Zenji K.C.K. Soto Zen, 2000, Shasta Abbey Press
As a consequence of the above, the MEDITATION s[5] is more profoundly in tune with nature.
Through deep green vistas where the boughs arched overhead, and showed the sunlight flashing in beautiful perspective; … walked in tranquil meditation …
Fernie W.T. The Occult and Curative Powers of Precious Stones, 1973, Harper & Row
The symbol SCI s[6] suggests that one has a responsibility to find our what happened to the World Plan of 1972.
Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) - A World Plan: On January 8, 1972 in Majorca, Spain, Maharishi inaugurated a World Plan to make SCI and TM available to everyone on earth. … Ever since the first substantial research on TM was published by Wallace in 1970 … scientific technique for both unfolding and studying man's full potential. … the World Plan has seven goals which guide the application of SCI to social problems …
1. To develop the full potential of the individual.
2. To improve governmental achievements.
3. To realize the highest ideal of education.
4. To solve the problems of crime and all behavior that brings unhappiness to the family of man.
5. To maximise the intelligent use of the environment.
6. To bring fulfillment to the economic aspirations of the individual and society.
7. To achieve the spiritual goals of mankind in this generation. …To achieve these seven goals, Maharishi prescribes neither an ideology nor a moral system. He insists only that individuals experience pure creative intelligence through TM and understand that experience by means of critical scientific scrutiny. … Maharishi's working definition of creative intelligence - "that impelling life force which manifests itself in the evolutionary process through the creation of new forms and new relationships in the universe."
Bloomfield H. Cain M.P. Jaffe D.T. Kory R.B. TM - how meditation can reduce stress, 1978, Unwin
The probable outcome links the problem of hidden meaning with AESTHETICS s[07]:
Aesthetics and Analytical Philosophy: The German philosopher Baumgarten (1714-1762) coined the term 'aesthetics' for the category of a specific area of judgment and experience. … An underlying question here is whether there are forms of communication and understanding that are not simply reducible to literal description, and (if so) how such forms may connect with other domains of thought. … Kant argues that we commit ourselves to a hope in a common core of human capacity for understanding and imagination … 'common sense.' … central role of aesthetic thinking - that we thereby celebrate our sense of a common humanity, and thus provide the grounding for morality. For Kant our aesthetic capacity is to be able to 'communicate universally without recourse to concepts.'
Appelbaum D. World Philosophy, 2002, Vega
The conditioning one needs to overcome is given in the symbol TECHNIQUE s[8]. This makes more sense when read together with s[9]:
The Truthful Witness: Never try to discredit a truthful witness. … Perhaps more difficult than the technique of cross-examination is the ability to refrain from cross-examining a witness …
Brand J. Labour Dispute Resolution, 1997, Juta & Co
The attitude one needs is to be open to PARADOX s[9]:
Drawing is full of paradox, as is creativity itself. And dealing with paradox requires that one be able to hold in the mind simultaneously two diametrically opposed ideas and, as novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, "not go mad." The paradox we must deal with here is the following: the second stage of creativity, Saturation, requires finding out as much as possible about the problem - ideally, a thorough research of the chosen subject. At the same time, one must maintain a "clean-minded approach to a problem," to use James Adams' phrase, a state of mind in which one knows nothing, so to speak. … One must be alert for misinformation or misinterpretation, yet at the same time be willing to risk taking chances. One must search outside oneself for whatever is related to the First Insight, testing confidence in the rightness of the initial question or insight by constantly checking information for fit. But at the same time, one must acquiesce to being completely unsure of the next move, or in fact of the whole process. A paradox … Drawing requires just this kind of approach.
Edwards B. Drawing on the Artist Within, 1995, HarperCollins
The right action to take is found in reference to GNOSTICISM s[10], as the task of the philosophic man.
Neoplatonism: … mysticism … Gnosticism is 'secret knowledge'. … by this pilgrimage the soul rises from the fallen and earthly state mere men to spiritual enlightenment and a return to its true heavenly home. … men needed deliverance, and this deliverance depended primarily on knowledge, a secret knowledge, perhaps too some kind of intellectual illumination … Plotinus (A.D. 204 -270) … The work of Plotinus is to be regarded as an amalgamation of Plato's philosophy and Oriental mysticism, and is deeply tinged by Gnosticism. … Plotinus draws a sharp distinction between the world of sense and the world of the mind, between the phenomena of change and the unchanging eternal, between the everyday facts of experience and the truth behind them attained by reason. The task of the philosophic man is to seek the intelligible world beyond the illusions of appearance. Behind the differences and disagreements of life, behind its difficulties and unsolved conflicts, there is eternal truth if we know how to find it.
Lewis J. History of Philosophy, 1970, Unwin
The download gives CREATIVITY s[11] to unpack for insight into the quality and quantity aspect of the right action.
a definition from Thomas Moore … 'Creativity is the process of using our imagination to continue the creation of the world, the process of further elaborating on the world itself.' … we can view creativity as the process of 'everyday making'. I use every-day making in the same way as Mary Catherine Bateson talks about 'composing a life'. … Creativity becomes a process of acting in the world to continually put together the familiar in unfamiliar ways and of finding existing pattern rather than imposing pattern. This according to Bateson, is the skill we need to value and develop if we are going to be able to survive progress.
Funes M. Laughing Matters, 2000, Newleaf
The objective to aim for when taking the right action is given in CREATIVE s[12]:
The mode of the Creative is not rest but continuous movement and development. … In this way each thing receives the nature appropriate to it, which, from the divine viewpoint, is called its appointed destiny. This explains the concept of furthering. With each thing thus finding its mode, a great and lasting harmony arises in the world … In all these explanations there is an evident parallelism between the Creative in nature and the Creative in the world of man. … The doubling of the trigram Chi'en, the Creative, gives the image of powerful and constantly repeated movement. The doubling suggests that one draws strength from within oneself, and that after each action a new one follows, without cease.
Wilhelm R. I Ching or book of changes, 2003, Penguin
The final outcome is a transcendent one with the symbol FLYING s[13]:
Flying connects with the gaining of independence and expression of one's potential. We are all born into a certain paradigm or 'reality'. … To break free of such paradigms and from the 'gravity' or hold our parental and social authority has on us to find a measure of emotional and intellectual freedom, takes … will, effort and learning.
Crisp T. Dream Dictionary, 1994, Wing Books
