«Secondly, to express that which is subjective in comprehensible terms, and to point out the next step forward in the understanding of the true psychology. It is an elucidation of the relation existing between Spirit and Matter, which relation demonstrates as consciousness . It will be found that the Treatise deals primarily with the aspect of mind, with consciousness and with the higher psychology, and less with matter as we know of it on the physical plane» — el segundo proposito que el Foreword declara, en voz de Alice A. Bailey: expresar lo subjetivo en terminos comprensibles y senalar el paso siguiente hacia la verdadera psicologia, porque la relacion entre Espiritu y Materia se despliega como consciencia, de modo que el tratado va sobre la mente y no sobre la materia fisica.
Canalización
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«The sound swells out. The hour of danger to the soul courageous draweth near. The waters have not hurt the white creator and naught could drown nor drench him. Danger from fire and» — Regla Catorce: el sonido crece y se acerca la hora de peligro para el alma valerosa; las aguas no dañaron al creador blanco, pero amenaza el fuego; la frase se corta en el salto de plana y sigue en la 20.
«During our interviews, I would perceive reality, not only through my own perceptual mechanism, but through theirs as well. The resulting synthesis provided for a relatively accurate approximation in human language of the awareness they brought» — y qué dice que ocurría mientras tanto: percibir la realidad por su propio mecanismo y por el de ellos a la vez, síntesis de la que saldría la aproximación en lengua humana.
«Naturally I have no direct knowledge of what he is talking about, since I am very much a part of Earth, and» — y declara su propio desconocimiento de aquello de lo que se le habla, por ser él parte de la Tierra; la frase sigue en la plana siguiente.
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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