A number of modern-day authors and speakers are trying to get the message through to us that the part of consciousness that humans commonly identify with as being their ‘self,’ is nothing more than the chatter of thoughts in their brain – which is generally concerned with past and future, rarely living in the present. There is a higher, true self in all of us that is revealed when we rise above thought and negative emotions to simply be aware of the ‘I Am’ within. For many years I called this the Higher Self. Today, because of my understanding of our source in, and connection with, the Sun Behind The Sun, I am more inclined to refer to it as the Solar Self. However the name given to it varies from one guide to the next: Guy Finley calls it the Immortal Self. Lobsang Rampa and Paul Brunton called it the Overself. Danah Zohar has called it the Quantum Self and author Gary Zhukav makes reference to the Authentic Self. Eckhart Tolle uses terms such as God-essence.

The lower ego, which is the product of thought in the brain, thinks it is the real self and exists in fear of losing its identity - it is afraid of meeting its death, although that is inevitable. In my blog of 29 Nov 2015 (http://www.solarancestor.com/weekly-blog/-death-before-dying-way-of-the-iatromantis ) I spoke of the concept of ‘death before dying,’ and this correlates with the words of Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now (P.38): “Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to ‘die before you die’ – and find that there is no death.”

The reason so many people are frustrated in their attempts to manifest their desires using the Law of Attraction, as outlined in the successful book & movie, The Secret, is that they are following the whims of their false sense of self – their lower ego – instead of connecting to their Solar Self to reveal their true innermost desires. You don’t so much attract what you want, as what you believe in your heart. In this regard, like attracts like. First of all: Know Your Self!

In articles on this site we have discussed the Intelligible Sun – the ‘Sun behind the Sun,’ and how we may absorb its energy into our being. Sometimes Light-seekers ask about the ‘Darkness’ - is it real, or does the invisible Sun’s Light reach every corner of existence? The Light does indeed pervade all existence on all planes, but there are places and situations where conscious beings have cast shadows – these dark places are the work of created beings, not the Creator. They are like the Hindu concept of Maya or Illusion. Some of these created Umbras take on a life of their own and there are, in fact, whole dimensional planes where so-called intelligent beings choose to live separated from the Light. It doesn’t mean that the Light has really been snuffed out there – it is a matter of consciousness deliberately blinding itself to it.

Earth scientists today speak of dark energy, dark matter and black holes. These concepts are largely theoretical and, in any case, the words ‘dark’ and ‘black’ are misnomers – there is no point in three dimensional space that Light cannot penetrate, and nowhere on other dimensional planes that the Intelligible Light cannot enter. Conscious beings always have free will, no matter where they are in the multiverse and, when the choice is made to be part of the Light, Cosmic forces will cooperate in making it happen. This fact is woven into the ancient Greek stories: for those who inadvertently get drawn into the darkness of Hades, there is always the option of returning to the Light, as demonstrated by Hermes, Demeter, Orpheus, Hecate and Persephone. As George Harrison warned in his 1970 song: “Beware of Darkness.”

In last week’s blog the human being was described as a Trinity. So why do we feel there is something lacking in our lives – why do some people spend lifetimes seeking truth and enlightenment? The Ancients used to refer to the four elements. The physical human form comprises three of these: earth (matter), water and air, but lacks the metaphysical fire. Once that spark is ignited, the result is a fifth form or element some call the quintessence. I call it the Solar Element. Since our ‘Fall,’ the only way we can ascend upwards from the third dimension is to add a fourth element, and so the geometrical symbol of our quest is a square. We have the three lines, and when we add the fourth line a square is produced, i.e. the fifth element is in fact the sum of its four parts. By adding a fourth dimension, we reach the fifth.

It was noted that the Solar Ancestors in Ancient Egypt taught that we, as Spirits (Ka), should redeem the personality of our lower self (Ha) and, while embracing it, return to and reunite with our Soul (Ba). But what is the element that is missing in this equation? It is the metaphysical heart or Ab. Once we activate that, we may be restored as an Akh, and the resulting fifth element is our Solar Self, the Sahu (in 2012 I posted a short clip on You-Tube showing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWIs1Xy6Hk ). The Buddhists of India used the terms: the Stream-enterer, the Once-returner, the Non-returner, and then by reaching the fourth stage called Arhat, they entered Nirvana as a Buddha.

I wrote about the sign of the square in a limited edition booklet entitled The Sign of the Quatrefoil (ISBN 0-975013904) ten years ago, and noted the human transition in ancient times from Trinity to Quaternity, tracing the meaning of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton and Greek Sacred Tetrakys. Think of the Creator as being represented by a triangle and the Created by a square. Contemplating sacred geometry can be an aid in igniting the metaphysical fire.

Image of the Ba as a bird with human head (L) and the Akh glyph (R), credit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_concept_of_the_soul

I am usually cautious about quoting from the bible but, since 54% of the world's population (3.8 billion people) consider themselves adherents of an ‘Abrahamic religion’ (Jews Christians, Muslims, Baha’i, Rastafarians and others)[i], the Old Testament is obviously a significant source of information and inspiration to many people.

Each human being is a Trinity within itself, a reflection of the triune deities/divinities of most traditions: the Father, Son & Holy Spirit of Christianity; the Chinese Fu, Lu, & Shou; the Egyptian Osiris, Isis & Horus; the Indian Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva; and so on. The three natures of the human being are called by many names - I will use: Soul, Body and Spirit. Our Souls directly relate to the Sun, while our Spirits (on the intermediate plane) incarnate in bodies which relate to the Earth – we chose this Earthly connection in an event that is burned into our collective consciousness as ‘The Fall.’ Once our Spirits made the choice to cling to the physical body rather than the Soul, it was cosmically decreed that we were to be subject to mortality and the Laws of Reincarnation, as recorded in Genesis 6, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; now his days will be a hundred and twenty years.” We made the choice and the corresponding Cosmic Law, or Word is, as St Paul later said, “Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing Soul and Spirit.” (Hebrews Ch.4)

Our Solar Ancestors in Ancient Egypt taught that each person’s Spirit (which they called Ka) needs to ‘redeem’ or rescue the energy field/personality of the physical self (Ha), and reunite with the Soul (Ba); the resulting reunited Solar Self was the Akh.[ii] Once this is achieved, there is no further need to reincarnate. Most of us like to think that if we live a good life and hope for the best, things will sort themselves out when we die. But if our Spirit/Ka maintains its longing for the material world, and/or there is Karma to be settled, it will be divided from its former personality/Ha, in what is called ‘the second death’ (spoken of in Revelations 2:11). Thus, instead of being reunited with the Soul/Ba, it is drawn back into another Earthly incarnation. The most desirable course to take then, is to Awaken while still in this life!

The Gospel of Thomas exhorts us to make the two into one, the inner like the outer and outer like the inner, the upper like the lower, and make male and female into a single one (Thomas 22)…. And further says, if one is whole and undivided one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness Thomas (61). Internal unity of Soul and Spirit, not division, is the key to our Solar Ascension.

FOOTNOTES:
[i] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions
[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_concept_of_the_soul

A number of observers are predicting that 2016 will be a very significant year. One writer in the Courier mail last week said the coming year would be a ‘tipping pint’ in which high technology such as virtual reality, robotics and online communication will become ‘mainstream,’ embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds. An article in New Dawn issue 154 (Jan 2016) asserts that humanity is set for a year of monumental revelations (‘Lifting the Veil on 2016’ by Patrick Henningson). Astrophysicist Patrick Duffy anticipates an exciting year ahead in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. It is not only here in the alternative community that people are already aware of ongoing contact with ET and Inter-dimensional entities – a number of powerbrokers and NASA researchers know about their existence, but claim that the world at large is not ready to accept the reality of ET and ID contact. Solar Ancestor hopes that we are getting closer to open and sensible communication with other intelligences. Will 2016 be the year?

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