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The Model of Creation is an abstract and conceptual model that illustrates the main aspects of Creation. The main idea is that a fundamental structure has been photographed in abstract terms as if we were enjoying a panoramical view of Creation. Such possibility, however, is purely hypothetical, because nothing can really exist outside of Creation according to the definition given in Section 1.5: Creation is a recursive totality that includes all possible realities, and thus there is no outside that is not already a part of It.
There are four elements in the Model of Creation: Origin, Line, End and Result. They are shown in the diagram below.
Figure 2.1 - The Model of Creation
When we said that Creation is not only the Origin but also all other elements in the Model, we were referring to the paradoxical nature of absolute concepts such as Creation. An absolute concept does not have to be just one thing in particular; on the contrary, it can be everything and nothing at the same time. As nothing, Creation is the Origin, and as everything, Creation is the entire diagram shown in the Model. More specifically, the distance between the Origin and the Result can be considered a blown-up version of the Origin, while the Origin is a condensed version of that same distance.
Figure 2.2
Myths of Creation
In several myths of Creation, the notion of a supreme intelligence behind all creation is strongly related to the idea of an omniscient and omnipotent being that was present before the creation of the universe. This notion is prevalent among cultures formed by individual beings, and for a very specific reason: As individual beings, their perspective is, of course, individual, and so for them there is no such thing as a consciousness that is not individual. This means that they cannot help but personify Creation as an universal consciousness, and then individualize this Consciousness. The result of an absolute concept such as Creation that becomes individualized and personified is an absolute being, one that may receive the name of Creator. (Note: as you may have noticed, there is a reflective relationship between how beings imagine a creator god and what the beings are themselves in their own spiritual nature. An interesting discussion about this can be found in Section 5.#.)
Creation, Creator, the Whole and Consciousness are all absolute concepts due to their transcendental nature. Of course, an absolute concept must be referring to an uncontested authority, and so two or more of them can only be different names for the same Thing. Nonetheless, it is just not worth that we give the Absolute only one denomination, because each absolute concept represents a different aspect of the Absolute that would go unnoticed if not mentioned. There is nothing wrong with us using different tools to try to build a concrete meaning for the Absolute; we only need to remember that the Absolute is certainly not restricted to have only one identity, or to even have an identity at all. (Note: as you may have noticed, capitalization is a way to ensure that we are talking about an absolute concept instead of the ordinary meaning of the word / term.)
Existence = Universe = Whole = Creation = Reality = ..Schematics #.# - Absolute concepts
Absolute concepts refer to infinite quantities and thus cannot be fully defined by limited means of interpretation. Of course, their meanings can always be approximated with words and other symbolic representations, but the moment we bring in a symbolic description of an absolute concept, we define it, and the moment we define it we frame it in limitation and we deceive its true essence. Also, even the idea that there is some kind of final meaning "waiting" to be discovered is misleading, because the concept of meaning implies that nothing is quite what it is, but rather is representative of something else. In other words, an attempt to convey meaning to an absolute concept is always in the open, because whatever the Absolute and Its associates is may transcend even the meaning of meaning.
As a personified absolute concept, the Creator represents someone that is immanifest and manifest at the same time. As manifest, He/She is All That Is (Creation), and as immanifest, He/She is beyond anything that can be imagined. The Creator is the essence, the spirit and the substance of Creation, while Creation is the entirety of existence, which implies that It must include everything. Therefore, the Creator is everywhere (omnipresent) and nowhere in particular and thus cannot be conceived as a mere individual for someone to idolize. We can assume then that the Creator does not need or want any kind of special attention or devotion. In fact, worshiping the Creator may be a rude thing to do as when someone passes judgment on the outer appearance of a person while ignoring who the person really is beyond the body.
God is a common denomination for the Creator seen as an anthropomorphic deity. The Creator, of course, is beyond such categorization: He/She is far more like an abstract entity representing an universal and eternal consciousness than He/She is an individualized being with a definite (human) form. The Creator is beyond form, but still He/She is the eternal aspect of the form, the eternal force that holds ideas together in manifested form.
Anyway, people are free to have limited ideas about the Creator. The problem is that at the same moment that they identify the Creator with a god, the potential for the existence of an opposite, an anti-god, is automatically created. Naturally, one can argue that a creator can still be counterbalanced with an anti-creator, but then we must ask ourselves about who created the anti-creator as well, since by definition an anti-creator cannot create, only destroy. Therefore, eventually we have to stop our causal reasoning and acknowledge the existence of a self-creating creator, that is, an absolute creator that creates and/or recreates himself continually along with everything else.
Figure 2.# - Ancient of Days
Another reason why Creator is a much better denomination than God is because it puts extra emphasis on the act of creating and the role of creator, both of which are fundamental notions from a logical perspective: if something exists, it must have been created by some kind of intelligence. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with using the term God as long as we are strictly referring to the Creator. In other words, the name by which we refer to the Creator is not all important as long as we have the understanding that we are talking about a personified absolute concept, a certain facet of the Absolute, which is boundless and cannot even be properly described with the utilization of a single name.
The idea of antithesis concerning the Creator, or God, is not exclusively held by mythical personages such as Satan and Lucifer. Everything is potentially the inverse of the Creator, because Creation is nothing more than a mirror image of the Creator. This notion also applies to the idea of a god, which is strictly symbolic, because it is in symbols that the potential for an inverted (reflected) image of the Creator lies. Symbols are aspects of Creation. They are like features of the Creator's image in the mirror. When symbols are worshiped as sacred, this gives them the potential for their realization as forces that oppose the Creator. The problem, of course, is that symbols are finite, static and fixed representations. Therefore, whenever people take a symbolic approach to the Creator, they are actually idolizing something that is the exact opposite of what He/She represents: an infinite, dynamic and transcendental power.
Figure 2.# - Creation mirrors Creator
The mythical story of Lucifer, the angel that rebelled against God, is a good example of a creature that opposes its creator. The story has its origins in ancient mystical literature, but it has been incorporated by monotheistic belief systems, mainly Christianity. Basically, the story says that Lucifer was the wisest, the most beautiful, and the most powerful angel in heaven. Eventually, Lucifer reasoned about his superiority, he became self-aware, and this gave him the desire to become as great as God, his Father, and to be worshiped as such. Naturally, Lucifer's prideful and selfish aspirations turned him from God and led him to be cast out of heaven for disobedience; hence the famous archetype of the fallen angel.
Figure 2.# - Fall of Lucifer
The story of Lucifer is practically the same plot found in Creation myths in which a primordial consciousness forgets about itself through self-contemplation. Suppose that an universal consciousness, initially pure, becomes delighted in its own consciousness and decides to imagine itself in order to explore the "universal" part of its being. Because of this, Consciousness gets momentarily caught in Its own imagination; It falls asleep due to the enchantment of Its bright image of light while a dream takes over Its mind. This act alone gives birth to an entire imaginary universe, an artificial design / creation that Consciousness believes to be real but ultimately is not. It is also believed that a "disaster" occurs at the moment of contemplation, because Consciousness gets disconnected from Its infinite mind resulting in dissociation and amnesia. The more Consciousness falls inside Its dream, the more it fragments Itself.
Lucifer represents the greatest error (sin) ever committed by Consciousness when in possession of free will. It is the primordial error that results in the first light of Creation, and that is why Lucifer is sometimes called the Angel of Light or the Morning Star. Whether Lucifer's act was evil or sinful is not important because the Creator is ultimately in charge of everything, including even that which sounds erroneous. That which falls like Lucifer, falls for the highest good of All. The Creator is like a highly talented painter that is always trying new moves with his painting brush to purposely create mistakes that turn out as beautiful in the end. In other words, failure is a primitive but necessary step for the advent of Creation, as schematized below.
divine perfection -> failure -> CreationSchematics 2.#
Cosmos is the name given to the current universe seen as a coherent whole. The cosmos is believed to have started with the Big Bang because a rational analysis of the cosmogenic process implies that there must be a first cause for the origin of the universe.1 Unlike Creation, an universe has a definite beginning and a foreseeable end; it is something momentary like a picture or a photograph of Creation, while Creation Itself is eternal. Since an universe is the highest system that can be measured, then it is safe to suppose that anything before it is unmeasurable. This means that there is nothing to be detected before an universe, and so the only explanation for a first cause would be that something literally came out of nothing. Such explanation may sound silly, but it is in the usage of the word nothing that we find out about the paradox of existence, which we will now discuss.
Since before time and space were, the Tao [the Absolute] is. It is beyond is and is not. ... (Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching 2)
Considering that all forms in an universe are forms of energy, let us suppose that everything before the universe was energy in a pure state. There were no attributes, qualities, or activities; there was only chaos. There was nothing, but nothing as something, nothing as a paradox that turns the mere being/non-being alternative into an inconceivable state of existence unified with nonexistence. It was a primordial division, a separation of that "nothing-as-something" that resulted in the formation of the universe. This is the basic creation myth. As for the primordial act of separation, it can be interpreted as a spontaneous desire to create that the Creator had, or perhaps a desire for self-expression in the case we are talking about a primordial consciousness.
Figure 2.#
Rationality dictates that whatever exists has a cause for its existence. Consequently, such rationale can get us inside an infinite succession of questions about the cause of the existence of the previous cause. The problem is that when we keep asking for a chain of causes we generally fail to see that the only concept that remains unchallenged and unquestioned is that of Existence. In other words, Existence is the primordial cause, the cause that has no cause, or the cause that is its own cause. The fact is that Existence is an absolute concept like Creation because there is no way to deny that "to exist" entails everything.
While Creation is the answer for "what is the Absolute?," the Creator is certainly the answer for "who is the Absolute?." That is, the Creator is the personification of everything that exists taken as a whole; He/She is Existence personified. This means that there is no beginning or end that applies to the Creator and his Creation, because the principle always precedes the event. When something is brought into existence or ceases to exist, it is an event, an effect, while Existence remains the immutable principle or cause. Therefore, any chain of cause and effect starts and ends with absolute concepts, all of which refer to a primal and self-existent energy (i.e., whose existence does not depend upon anything).
Throughout the ages many philosophers have questioned the meaning of Existence. For example, one of philosophy's most perplexing questions is "why there is something instead of nothing?." This question is practically the same as asking for the cause of Existence, and at the same time implying that there is some kind of higher purpose for Existence other than Existence Itself. Such question, of course, is irrelevant if we consider that Existence is already the highest purpose. Another strong point against this question is that Existence is paradoxical: both nonexistence (nothing) and existence (something) already coexist as the two sides of the "coin" named Existence. Finally, we can also answer the question with another question: if nothing, by definition, is lack of existence, then how could it exist?
Artificial CreationThe Artificial Creation (AC) is a virtual reality that represents a featureless image of the Creator like a silhouette or shadow. For example, depending on the angle of vision, a shadow is always distorting the true shape of who / what is casting it and it does not reflect the features (qualities) of that person / object. In contrast, the Divine Creation (DC) is a genuine and flawless depiction of the Creator including His attributes, characteristics, and most importantly, His intentions of how Creation should be. Both versions of Creation, divine and artificial, can be said to be images of the Creator, or imaginations produced by an infinite consciousness, but the fundamental difference is that one is genuine (real) and the other is false (virtual).
For example, if we consider the Artificial and Divine Creations as photographs of Creation, the AC assumes the role of the negative photographic film, and the DC assumes the role of the positive film. That is why both the Artificial and Divine Creations are not absolute concepts themselves: any static / photographic representation of Creation invariably discards the transcendental quality that is characteristic of an absolute concept.
| Creation | |
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| Artificial | Divine |
| limited | unlimited |
| temporary | eternal |
| flawed | perfect |
| distorted | clear |
| repetitive | innovative |
| fragmented | whole |
| pseudo | genuine |
| dead | alive |
| physical | spiritual |
In a virtual reality, everything is programmed, and not actually real in the sense of a reality that feels natural. But then, how is it possible that the obvious surroundings composing one's reality are not real? Well, reality is a very subjective term. What is real for a person may very well be illusory for another, because reality is simply the baseline of that which feels more intense (realistic) for someone. The fact is that there is always a degree of illusion in any reality, as well as a degree of realism in any illusion, but ultimately reality and illusion are synonyms because reality implies in that which is manifested, and what is manifest is always the outer appearance and not the insubstantial spirit of who / what casts the image. In other words, nothing is ever as it seems.
Anyway, even a clear and bright manifestation of the Creator is still deceptive to a certain degree, because images have no substance of their own; it is that which is casting (creating) the image that does. Therefore, every image ends up being an illusion. This is why Maya, a concept in Hinduism meaning "world of illusion," is sometimes used to refer to Creation. As one of the main aspects of the Absolute, Creation is a great illusion or manifestation, and since Creation includes all possible realities, then illusion and reality are indeed equivalent concepts on a fundamental level. The only thing that can be considered absolutely real and true is the spirit, the creative power behind the person who creates her own reality, a power that is linked to the Spirit of Creation: the Creator.
Figure 2.# - Creative explosion
The AC is an universe ruled by time and space, hence dimensionality. Its existence, however, is not limited by the values that time and space can assume as the variables they are. This means that the AC has no boundaries in the physical or temporal sense, because time and space can vary from zero to infinity. The only limitation of the AC is that It lacks creative power to be able to keep up with an infinite amount of time and space, and so It eventually has to repeat the same spatio-temporal configurations over and over again like a broken record. That is what makes this particular version of Creation artificial. Now, for Creation in its absolute version, not only there are no limits in time and space, but also no limits in creativity.
Figure 2.# - The Model of Creation (2.# revisited)
In the Model of Creation, the arrow represents how the Line keeps advancing toward the End, while ignoring that the Result is a maximum limit for any big advancement in one single direction. This means that the universe of the AC can freely expand toward infinity or contract toward zero, but such illusory extremes are never really achieved in practice. The Result is the only end that can really be achieved, although that only happens in theory, because in practice the process of the Line never stops for anything. The Result may represent the end of all knowledge through a theoretical model, or maybe through wisdom and experience, whereas life, evolution, or whatever is our interpretation of the Line just keeps advancing toward infinity or zero -- which direction is taken is open to individual choice.
Let us assume a perspective from inside / within the universe of the AC. The most important consequence is that the Model of Creation suffers an inversion of principles: the End and the Origin exchange places. This exchange, however, has nothing to do with a simple horizontal flip of the Model. What really happens is that instead of infinity and zero unified at the Origin, we now have the extremely dualistic nature of the End operating as the fundamental principle of the universe. Everything begins to revolve around infinity or zero, with the Result being highly overlooked in the process. But perhaps the biggest change is that the Divine Creation vanishes from our sight to become like a distant and illusory oasis.
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As we can see in Figure 2.#, zero is at the place originally occupied by a singularity. A singularity is what the Divine Creation comes to be in terms of manifestation. Therefore, the main reason why the Origin disappears from the Model altogether is because the Divine Creation suddenly becomes null numerically, void spatially, instantaneous temporally, invisible visually, and ignored ideologically. In other words, the main consequence of being inside the AC is that any sign of the Divine Creation is almost completely gone. We say almost for obvious reasons: the AC is not only finite and temporary, but also fundamentally flawed / imperfect, reason why it cannot shun the Divine Creation completely.
Zero and infinity are the conceptual extremes of any system, and an universe by definition is the largest system, that is, the system that includes all the others. The universe of the AC is populated with extreme forces that either approach zero or infinity, but never both simultaneously. It is an universe torn between two opposite tendencies exerted by two conceptual magnetic poles: one at infinity, and the other nowhere to be found. The only way for these two tendencies or forces to actually coexist without doing it simultaneously is through alternation (i.e, each one has its turn), which is the basis for vibration. Therefore, the AC is completely based on polarity, because for something to vibrate it has to have two points or poles between which to oscillate.
Figure 2.# - Polarity
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2 As translated by Stephen Mitchell (1992), one of the many Western scholars who have interpreted this classical Chinese work.
If we wanted to be brief and crude, we would say that the Thirteen Intentions of Creation are Creation Itself -- no more, no less -- even though no definition can do justice for what is already cause and consequence for everything. The Thirteen Intentions are the basis for all knowledge because they determine every conceivable aspect not mattering if it is concrete, abstract or imaginary. The Thirteen Intentions also tell us about the nature of reality and consciousness; the physical, natural and spiritual laws; and the unifying knowledge found in the great paradox of Existence. It is really very simple: no grand unified theory of everything is worth its name if it is not based on the Thirteen Intentions of Creation.
The Thirteen Intentions can also be interpreted as divine energies, levels, principles, archetypes, steps, tones, commands or laws of Creation -- you name it. But, for a better understanding, imagine some kind of universal consciousness, a creator god if you will, that possesses a finite number of intentions regarding how his creation should work / operate / behave. Every creation has its creator, and the will of the creator can be found even in the smallest details of his creation. This is also true in the case of the Thirteen Intentions, and in Chapter 3 we will see examples of how everything is simply and intuitively defined / programmed through them.
The premise of this book is to offer logical explanations for why the Thirteen Intentions are at the center of everything, but remember that it is impossible to completely justify the existence of something that is already the cause for everything. In other words, there is no real explanation for something that is self-explanatory, although we can still try to understand how this and other facts surrounding the Thirteen Intentions are true. Also, be aware that the Thirteen Intentions already constitute the simplest and most fundamental way to look at Creation, because beyond what we can communicate about this knowledge there is only the unspeakable, the inconceivable, which leaves no place for any kind of discussion, only direct experience.
The Thirteen Intentions are initially abstract and thus cannot be put into concrete terms easily. However, much like a psychic can use words to describe invisible energies sensed by him, we can find concrete meanings (words) that most approximate how each Intention feels like. There is no real logic behind such invisible process because any logical analysis can only come after the Intentions have been translated from a sensational domain to an objective one. The translation that is contained in this book is a list of directives for each Intention.
Besides directives, each Intention is also associated to certain qualities, concepts and techniques. To see a complete description of each Intention go to Appendix 1. You might as well use Appendix 1 as a reference for the remainder of this book.
As universal principlesThe Thirteen Intentions can also be seen as an universal decree formed by thirteen principles or ideas. This possibility comes from the fact that there is no other set of principles more fundamental to the universe. They can also be taken as laws or commandments, but the fact is that not all of them work or behave as laws, although some of them are directly associated to certain spiritual laws well-known by practitioners of spirituality. In most cases, however, it is better to think about them strictly as Intentions of Creation.
What really makes the Thirteen Intentions special as principles haivng universal validity, is that they can be applied onto themselves. Each Intention can clarify aspects about each other and/or the whole set. This means that all the knowledge about the Thirteen intentions is found in the Thirteen Intentions themselves! In the remainder of this document, we will be making references to Intentions when they prove something about themselves using the IC #n (Intention of Creation) where n is a number.
As program commandsThe Thirteen Intentions can be interpreted as the command statements (elementary instructions) of a low-level programming language used to write the program that renders Creation as a virtual reality. In computer science, a program is a set of commands ordered in a specific way to produce deterministic (predictable) results that can solve a certain computational problem. One program only differs from another in relation to how its commands are ordered. Two programs written in the same language and with the same order of commands should be identical and thus produce the same results.
The Artificial Creation (AC), which is the physical universe, is the output of the program of Creation. We have already seen that in contrast to the Divine Creation, the AC is pretty much like a virtual reality (VR). A virtual reality is an artificial (false) reality that contrasts with a natural (true) reality. By definition, a VR cannot have an independent existence from a natural reality; after all, it is created inside one. For example, VRs that are based on real-world technology rely on computers for data storage and execution (processing). A technological VR does not differ from the VR of Creation except for what creates it: the AC is a product of consciousness instead of technology. Therefore, the "supercomputer" running the program of Creation and processing the AC and the physical reality contained therein is Consciousness Itself.
As we saw in Section 2.1, a perspective from inside the AC is centered on polarity, and where there is polarity there is the possibility for challenges and competition -- a game scenario. The AC is very much like a VR game for those experiencing It. Games are feedback control systems where players make their inputs to get desired outcomes in an attempt to compete with the other players. Playing games is good for the acquisition of intense experiences, but players should always remember that no game has a clear and eternal winner except for the one who created it: the programmer. The programmer is beyond all rules and parameters that have been established according to the programmed logic of his world / game. Naturally, with respect to Creation seen as a VR game, the role of the programmer belongs to the Creator and/or Consciousness, although Creator makes more sense within this context.
Once inside a VR game world, new players will initially get the impression that they are participating in an exciting adventure with all sorts of scenarios randomly appearing before them. However, the programmer who created the game knows that the output generated by the program is not random at all, but instead it happens according to a receipt of commands that he has chosen carefully. The programmer knows all possible outputs of his program, and the game designer knows all possible outcomes of his game. For someone who plays a game without the same kind of technical knowledge and awareness that the game creator / programmer / designer has, they can easily become mesmerized with the apparent ingeniousness and complexity of the game for a while.
In the same manner that a VR has an underlying programming, the AC is completely programmatic in all of its 12 levels ranging from physical to metaphysical. The programming is not always obvious for those fully immersed in a VR, and they should remain forever ignorant if it was not for some kind of miracle that can prompt them to recognize the artificial aspects of their reality. Well, Consciousness is who creates and fuels the AC, and so It holds the last card when it comes to maintaining the latter. This is reflected in the evolution of an individual consciousness, an evolution that happens through the power of Intention #13, a power that can miraculously overcome any situation. Therefore, a being experiencing a VR can override all programming in the same manner that someone can cause a dream to end by suddenly becoming lucid, and this happens sooner or later because one of the characteristics of consciousness is that it is always evolving beyond (IC #13) its current level.
Inside the game of Creation, namely the Game, the conscious units (players) represent a systemic anomaly because their non-deterministic and spontaneous behavior based on free will (IC #13) enters in conflict with the deterministic nature of the artificial world. However, in the end it is not really a matter of conflict for the players, because it was them as a collective who designed the Game for the purpose of experience. See, all players share the consciousness (IC #12) phenomenon; that is, they are individual expressions of an universal consciousness who is actually willing (IC #13) to play the Game. The Game exists to be won on a personal (conscious) level, and as such it is vital for one's evolutionary existence. At least on an unconscious level, there is no unwanted challenge for any player, because the unconscious is the gateway linking all consciousness to a single, infinite and universal consciousness. (Note: in Section 5.# we will learn more about the nature of consciousness and why it is a spontaneous natural phenomenon that defies all scientific determinism.)
The AC is the perfect scenario for an extreme experience of conflict. It is designed to bring the maximum challenge to each participant. The core theme of any game is free will vs. determinism -- the ultimate challenge. The Game is fun while it lasts, but it must be seen to its ending. The Creator as an universal consciousness is who designed and created the Game and so It can very well destroy it. Evolution of consciousness for all players is the actual end or goal of the Game, and once enough (sufficiency - IC #11) of this goal has been achieved, players will slowly exit the virtual simulation and the Game will eventually end (Finalization - IC #12). Naturally, continued evolution, or eternity (IC #13), must go on, and so nothing stops Consciousness from starting a new game that will offer a whole new set of experiences.
Not only the Thirteen Intentions define a fundamental (low-level) programming language for Creation, but they also function as the program of Creation. They are instructions in a routine that is the main body (function) of the program of Creation. This program can run continuously as long as it is powered by Intention #13, and while it runs, the sequence of Intentions is repeated over and over again in an infinite loop or recursion. Each Intention is like a machine instruction, a computational step, and they are executed in the order presented in this book. Once the program of Creation is actually running, the Intentions can be thought as commands that will control (program) one's consciousness up to a certain point.
Now, suppose that we want to write the program of Creation in algorithmic form. An algorithm is precisely a series of steps designed to solve a certain computational problem. All we have to do is analyze the directives of each Intention of Creation and figure out their basic function over consciousness. In the pseudocode below we make use of keywords (mnemonics) to identify the instructions associated with each Intention.
| Command | Keyword | Description |
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| 01 | START | Consciousness becomes individuated. The process begins. |
| 02 | DIVIDE | Consciousness becomes separate from Its original self; It assumes a false identity. |
| 03 | ACTIVATE | Consciouness becomes electrical signals. |
| 04 | MATERIALIZE | Consciousness becomes a body. |
| 05 | LIVE | Consciousness becomes life, vital energy. Consciousness moves around, explores and experiments. |
| 06 | EVALUATE | Consciousness becomes a variable; Its level (value) oscillates. Experiences are acquired through ups and downs. Consciousness is learning. |
| 07 | ADD | Consciousness, the variable, reaches an equilibrium (stable value) and is now ready to increase all the way. |
| 08 | MULTIPLY | Consciousness, the variable, increases exponentially; Its level (value) tends to infinity. Experiences become increasingly intense. |
| 09 | SUBTRACT | Consciousness, the variable, has Its level (value) greatly decreased. Experiences are distilled until only their essence remains. |
| 10 | INTEGRATE | Consciousness becomes a spirit. All experiences have been completely assimilated. |
| 11 | PREPARE | Consciousness prepares itself to return to its original state (self). Consciousness, the variable, has Its level (value) rounded to the nearest integer. The process is about to end. |
| 12 | RETURN/END | Consciousness finally returns to Its original self as universal consciousness. The process ends. |
| 13 | RESTART/CONTINUE | Consciousness wants new experiences; It wants to start the process all over again. |
The program of Creation is implemented by consciousness and operates upon consciousness. The difference is that the former is Consciousness with capital C and the latter is someone's personal consciousness. This also means that both The input and the output of the program is consciousness, with the output hopefuly being a higher level of consciousness. the problem that this progrma solves is exatcly how rovide one's consciousness with evolution even if one is already sure that there has already been enough. It does not matter what one may think, because from the perspetive of Intention #13 evolution is never enough, never over. It is designed to Intention #13 is eternal revolution, which can be interpreted as evolution on top of evolution, that is, infi-, multi-dimensional evolution.
The Program effectively ends with Intention #12, and so the 13th command / instruction should not exist. However, it exists because we are doing a linear (procedural) abstraction of what is actually a non-linear process. The Program runs forever iterating over itself in recursive fashion. 13 is the command that makes the program/routine CALLS ITSELF (recursion). The output of one instance of the Program becomes the input of a new instance. Therefore, the Program is always ending, yet in the mind of Consciousness the experiences acquired are eternal, and they help to build new scenarios.
Finally, as one's consciousness escalates within the Game, it eventually overrides the program. What was once a preprogrammed (automated) being, begins to become a programmer as it remembers its true identity as Creator. When this happens, it is a sign that the Game is reaching its end. After all, programmers don't have much time to play games; they are too busy creating them.
We have already seen in 1.5 - Principles how zero and infinity cannot give us a proper (definitive) answer with respect to the universal truth, and so we decided that maybe the number of universal principles is a finite one. Indeed, discovering the Thirteen Intentions is just a matter of finding principle by principle until there is a number of them that finally covers everything. If the number of Intentions was any higher than 13, it would not be possible for us to settle at this number and not suffer with a feeling of incompleteness. In fact, that is exactly what happens when we are aware of less than 13 Intentions.
To discover an Intention is to understand its meaning with respect to all of Creation. Fortunately, one Intention leads to the discovery of another very easily. When we have already found out about a few Intentions, it does not take long until we become aware of all of the first 12 Intentions. The only exception to the chain reaction of discoveries is Intention #13, because this Intention can only be found by pure intuition, that is, by one of those "a-ha!" moments.
Anyway, as it is the case in any field of research, a researcher eventually reaches a point that if he simply knows the truth then he no longer has to believe in it. The truth is that there is not a real cause for the fact that 13 is the right quantity, because it is something that becomes self-explanatory after we learn about the sheer amount of evidence pointing to this exact number of steps for the cosmology of Creation. The Thirteen Intentions are the end of all knowledge, and as we learn more about them, this notion only gets reinforced. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that supports number 13 as being the right one, and amassing all this evidence is one of the main goals of this book. We will see in Chapter 3 how the Thirteen Intentions literally implement reality in all of its details.
Should you just believe that there are 13 Intentions of Creation? Of course not, because first you have to prove this to yourself. Believing is not knowing. You must be rooted in a state of knowing, not based entirely upon beliefs, most of which are false. People believe that they have to believe and in the process they forget about the importance of having genuine knowledge. A belief is a form of self-deception -- you either know or you don't, so why fool yourself? If you have to believe in something then you have already been defeated in your quest for knowledge, but do not worry: there is nothing better than beginning this quest with the certainty that all that you know is that you do not know anything.
Why the name Intention?All Intentions are only different aspects extracted from the great singularity that is Creation. Of course, Intention #13 coincides with the singularity manifest, and so it is more than only an aspect. Anyway, to help us visualize the cause for the name Intention, we can imagine each Intention as a vortex. When something is caught inside a vortex, it is dragged toward the core, which lies at the innermost extreme of the vortex. Consider that as something gets near the core, tension (frequency of vibration) tends to infinity. Now, from the word innermost we have the prefix in, and so by joining in with tension we get intension. Sure, an intension is not the same as an intention, but the two words share the same etymological root. While intention may refer to a mental state, a state of intension is specifically one of internal tension, and thus, for all matters, internal is the same as mental. Indeed, each Intention of Creation functions as a psychoactive frequency, a mode of consciousness, that causes a certain degree of tension on those assuming that particular intention inside themselves.
Figure 2.# - 12 around 1
Which Intention is more important?
None in reality. Each Intention has unique properties that are essential to the whole set. All Intentions are unique (IC #1) and equally (IC #6) important. However, according to the directive Representation (IC #1) there must be one Intention that represents all the others: a leader. A leader is not necessarily better than all the others, but is simply ellected because of his skills to be the spokesperson and to represent the group. A leader is usually an authority that is occupying the highest (IC #8) place. Well, if we need just one Intention to represent all the others, and one that occupies the highest place, then that can only be Intention #13.
Intention #13 is the representative (IC #1) of all Intentions, but since both Representation and Unification are directives from Intention #1, another way to see it is that Intention #13 is all the first 12 Intentions unified. In other words, Intention #13 not only has an independent existence but also single-handedly represents the entirety of the first 12 Intentions. Therefore, when we need to address something about all the Intentions taken as one, we can very well do this by using Intention #13.
Numbers are born when we seek to divide the energy continuum of the universe by isolating and attributing symbols to its different aspects. We say aspects, not parts, because the energy continuum is undifferentiated at first, and there are really only different ways of seeing the same thing. The filter of differentiation (IC #2) that breaks down the continuum in parts lies only in our own perception, and it is the result of a process known as reasoning.
Symbols are a way to further bring into evidence the difference between elements, a difference that is always one of energy in the universe. There are many complex symbols, but they all stem from one fundamental type: numbers. If we imagine the energy continuum of the universe as a line that includes an infinite number of smaller lines (segments), then a number is what symbolizes the difference of size between one line segment and another.
Figure 2.2 - Extended real number line (mathematics)
The Pythagoreans, those that followed the philosophical doctrine of Pythagoras, believed that reality is fundamentally mathematical. They were remarkably correct if we consider that the Thirteen Intentions tell us the same thing: Intention #3 (reality) follows after Intention #2 in the sequence, and so reality should evolve from what Intention #2 represents: linearity, the root concept for the notion of number. For instance, we know that reality in the geometrical sense is only possible after nothing becomes something spontaneously, that is, such as when a point, the nothing-as-something in geometry, suddenly extends into a line (IC #2). On the other hand, reality as we know it and perceive it is the outcome of our identification (IC #2) and classification (IC #2) of the many aspects of Creation.
This is the reason why numbers are incredibly fundamental to reality, and why mathematics is an exemplar science that shows us the rationality in the order of the universe. Numbers are a reflection of reality, and thus are significant with respect to every aspect of it. Even numbers that pop up casually in everyday life are carrying important information that if successfully decoded can increase our understanding of reality.
Until now we have been treating numbers as only having quantitative meaning for the purpose of evaluation. People do not associate a meaning to a number except that of value, but what most do not realize is that numbers also have qualitative meaning, because they correspond to different types of energy and awareness directly related to the Thirteen Intentions of Creation. That is why the key to understand how exactly a number is meaningful lies in finding which Intentions of Creation are attached to it.
Numerology is the field that researches into the occult and qualitative meaning of numbers. It tells us about the number archetypes, that is, the significance and the associations that each number carries. While mathematics sees numbers only as a mean, numerology sees numbers both as means and end. In fact, there is no reason why numbers alone cannot provide us with answers as well. Many ancient cultures saw numbers as being everything except meaningless. They had a deep consideration for numbers in themselves (Barrow 102) and even based important aspects of their culture on them; all of this when they knew very little or nothing about mathematical formulas behind the workings of Nature.
Numerological meaningThe whole idea of numerological analysis is finding the numerological meaning of integral numbers (integers). In the case of the decimal system, which uses the digits 0 to 9, the set of basic meanings are those of the single-digit numbers 1 to 9 excluding zero whose meaning is simply "lack of meaning." But If a number has more than one digit, its meaning is seen as a composition, combination of the meanings of numbers 1 to 9. Thus, When we want to find the composite meaning of a number, we must first break the number down and analyse each digit separately, as for example: 13 = 1 + 3 ; 6782 = 6 + 7 + 8 + 2.
Numerically speaking, zero is officialy introduced with Intention #10, but, as you can see, it comes attached to number 1. This is because the meaning of zero is that of a paradox (IC #10). Although zero is considered an ideal from the perspective of Intention #9, it eventually reveals itself as being a paradox, an absurd. It is possible to go as close to zero as possible in reality, but zero taken as a limit is an absurd idea, and also the reason why Intention #9 leads to #10. Zero is always a relative concept, and only absolute concepts can operate as Intentions of Creation. At most, zero is an integral part of the paradoxical Intention #10, which represents a dynamic whole that merges opposite extremes.
Naturally, the meanings of numbers 1 to 13 come directly from their respective Intentions of Creation, and so we do not need to focus on these numbers for now since we already know what each Intention means. Our goal lies in numbers 14 up to infinity that do not have Intentions associated to them. their meanings come from different combinations of the first nine Intentions, forming composite meanings. See the examples below.
14 -> 1 + 4 -> an ideal (IC #1) structure (IC #4) 27 -> 2 + 7 -> a limited (IC #2) vibration (IC #7) 31 -> 3 + 1 -> a manifested (IC #3) singularity (#1) 465 -> 4 + 6 + 5 -> a variating (IC #6) potential (IC #5) object (IC #4) 564 -> 5 + 6 + 4 -> an equilibrated (IC #6) material (IC #4) energy (IC #5)Schematics 2.#
But the most important practice in Numerology is to reduce numbers with more than one digit to the sum of its digits and continue until a single-digit number is reached. This process of simplification is also known as pythagoerean math or numerological arithmetic, and it is an attempt to find the root/elementary/basic (IC #1) meaning behind the composite meaning of a number.
10 -> 1 20 -> 2 30 -> 3 40 -> 4 11 -> 2 21 -> 3 31 -> 4 41 -> 5 12 -> 3 22 -> 4 32 -> 5 42 -> 6 13 -> 4 23 -> 5 33 -> 6 43 -> 7 14 -> 5 24 -> 6 34 -> 7 44 -> 8 15 -> 6 25 -> 7 35 -> 8 45 -> 9 16 -> 7 26 -> 8 36 -> 9 46 -> 1 17 -> 8 27 -> 9 37 -> 1 47 -> 2 18 -> 9 28 -> 1 38 -> 2 48 -> 3 19 -> 1 29 -> 2 39 -> 3 49 -> 4Schematics 2.# - Digital rooting
The purpose for this process is simply a matter of convenience if one wants to get down to what the composite meaning of a number adds up to (results) in simple terms. It's like reaching a conclusion, a summation for what is the outcome of the combination of two or more number meanings. From one side it is an unified meaning that sums up pretty well, on the other hand it wastes important details only found on the composite meaning. Therefore, In any way it does subsitute the composite meaning. A few examples are included below.
14 -> 1 + 4 = 5 -> an ideal (IC #1) structure (IC #4) results in robustness 27 -> 2 + 7 = 9 -> challenging (IC #2) vibrations (IC #7) are certainly found in meditation (IC #9) 31 -> 3 + 1 = 4 -> a manifested (IC #3) individual (#1) thing is obviously an object (IC #4) 465 -> 4 + 6 + 5 = 15 = 1 + 5 = 6 -> a variating (IC #6) potential (IC #5) object (IC #4) leads to equilibrium (IC #6)Schematics 2.#
There is nothing magical about this process alone because it even depends on which numeral system is adopted. If we were using the hexadecimal system, which uses sixteen symbols, we would have fifteen symbols corresponding to fifteen basic meanings, and all multi-digit hexadecimal numbers could have their composite meanings reduced to one of these fifteen basic meanings. Of course, all numerological meanings are ultimately borrowed from the Thirteen Intentions, and fifteen basic meanings would extrapolate the number of meanings that are really basic and fundamental with respect to Creation. we would be mistakenly attribtuing a fundamental status to the nomerological meaning of the fourteenth and fifteen symbols of the hexadecimal system.
Numbers with repeating digits introduce the notion of multiplication (IC #8) in our analysis. at first there is only one single-digit meaning contained in the number, but multiplied one, two or more times. Multiplifiation is the same as amplifying/reinforcing the single-digit meaning of that number by an arrbitrary number of times, but this reinforcement itself has meaning, because it happens through another number. against through or by in the same way when we say (one number by another).
44 -> 4 x 2 = 8 -> an object (IC #4) reinforced by separation (IC #2) 666 -> 6 x 3 = 18 = 1 + 8 = 9 -> equilibrium (IC #6) reinforced by manifestation (IC #3)Schematics 2.#
More examples, but this time with no repeating digits:
3 x 4 = 12 -> reality (IC #3) happening through form (IC #4) equals consciousness (IC #12)Schematics 2.#
For numbers containing the digit zero, we do not have a combination of intentions anymore, but just one intention at a higher order (IC #8). a highe rorder means the same energy is at a higher level, being more intense and more powerful. the more zeros you add, the higher it is. SInce Intensification is a directive of Intention #10, then any Intention or combination of Intentions can be multiplied (IC #8) by Intention #10, that reuslts in the same energy at a higher level at which it is felt more intensily . See the following examples:
30 = 3 x 10 -> manifestation (IC #3) at a higher order 350 = 35 x 10 -> (3 + 5) x 10 -> electric (IC #3) energy (IC #5) at a higher order 50000 = 5 x 10^3 -> an explosion (IC #5) whose destructive power is at the order of ten thousand unitsSchematics 2.#
FInally, For numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13, and their corresponding Intentions of Creation, we can still analyse them numerogilically, yet there is no need since we already know their meaning as Intentions of Creation. Their meanings as Intentions of Creation andas numbers are two separate things, but they stil coincide with each other, as shown below.
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 10 |
A representant (IC #1) of higher order, such as a deity, is necessarily divine (IC #10). A singularity (IC #1) of higher order is even more dense (IC #10). |
| 11 |
Motivation (IC #1) means that you are following your destiny (IC #11). Two singularities (IC #1) can only be infinitesimally next to each other (Proximation - IC #11) due to the infinite gravitational force around them. |
| 12 |
The separation (IC #2) of a romantic couple can still be ideal (IC #1) if there is still communication (IC #12). |
| 13 |
An ideal (IC #1) creation (IC #3) is one that lasts for all eternity (IC #13). The best (IC #1) celebrity (public [consensus reality - IC #3] image [IC #3]) is the one that is continuously renewing (IC #13) his/her image. |
We are not going to talk about love as if it was a mere feeling or emotion; on the contrary, we are going to ascribe a cosmic significance to it in the same way that we did with the Thirteen Intentions of Creation: Love is the primary, the highest and the most powerful expression of energy in the universe. Love is the substance of everything that is, the foundation of all existence. It is incredibly difficult to convey the true meaning of love to another person because love transcends any form of representation. In fact, it is only through personal experiences that a true knowledge of love can be attained.
Figure 2.# - Love
There is very little room for a rational interpretation of love. Shortly after coming into existence, a being is still immature and thus experiences love as an irrational feeling or urge. As the time passes, the being starts building a bridge from rationality to irrationality. Knowledge is what anyone gets after sufficient time being a rational person. Beings can sense and feel love, but such state is difficult to achieve and does not last as long as the being is not mature enough to be able to access and control an infinite source of energy. In short, to see love from a rational perspective is the ultimate intellectual challenge, and to control it as an energy is the ultimate physical challenge.
The word love in its ordinary usage is so loaded with assumptions that it is almost impossible to define it in a way that does not contradict the true meaning / nature of love. As many spiritual teachings like to put it, love is very close to the idea of an unconditional and transcendental force, meaning that it does not care about limits or conditions. Anyway, due to the great confusion surrounding the meaning of love, let us consider Love (IC #13) instead, with capital L, which should coincide with the definition given on the first paragraph: love as an infinite level of energy.
Many sources have referred to Love as the basic law of the Universe, the only law we have. A famous phrase was coined by occultist Aleister Crowley: "Love is the law, love under will." Indeed, any law expects a degree of commitment and discipline requiring that one's will is aligned with it. In the case of Love, no restrictions are cast upon anyone's will, and that alone acts as the whole of the law, but for anyone to actually be in a state of unrestricted will, or true will, great discipline and training is necessary. Therefore, in the end Love turns out as being the most restrictive law of all, but also the most liberating when understood correctly.
The general alias for Love seen as a law is Law of Allowance, which in turn is said to reflect the Will of the Creator. Love determines just one rule: to allow and accept (IC #13) everything, dearly and unconditionally. This may sound contradictory for a law, but the Law of Allowance does dictate something: free will must be maintained at all costs. Above all, free will is the right of being, the right of choosing to be, and this means that Love protects existence by ensuring that everything can exist (be) and continue (IC #13) to exist unrestrained. Also, by even allowing its negation to exist, such as hate or fear, Love maximizes the possibilities for free will.
If you had to follow just one law, that would be Love, but the paradox is that Love is the only law that does not require obedience, although we can also say that Its only requirement is that we should remain free to obey It or not, and so we are necessarily obeying It in one way or another. Perhaps a lazy individual does not even want to decide wether he wants to obey Love or not, but he would still be choosing not to have to make a choice since there is no such thing as an existence without choices. In fact, to make a choice is the only available option for everyone regardless of which choice is made.
Choices can be made consciously or unconsciously. When choices are made unconsciously, a person will play the victim role as the consequences arise and she does not know where they came from. On the other hand, it is through the conscious affirmation of our choices that we exert free will, and so we abide by Love, whereas our freedom dissipates when we remain oblivious to our choices. Still, even an unconscious being abides by Love, at least indirectly, because once the being chose consciously not to choose and not to have responsibility anymore. Therefore, Love is the only law that everybody can be happy with, because there are no obligations except accepting responsibility for our own choices.
In the song "All is Full of Love" by singer Björk, the concept that Love is an omnipresent energy is well illustrated with the passage "All is full of love, you just ain't receiving." In other words, the problem was never really about the search for Love; instead, it is about a simple decision to embrace Love right now and ever. It is a matter of letting Love flow inside us naturally, without resistance. Also, still considering love as an omnipresent energy, we may conclude that the Law of Allowance is already implemented everywhere in the universe; it is therefore useless to try to dispute with It or run away from It.
It should be clear by now that it is not really possible to reject Love, as Love is what is responsible for the miracle of existence. Love is already implemented and realized with full force in all forms of existence. This fact turns the idea of following and/or applying Love into a pointless task, because everyone is already doing this in one way or another -- everyone is a part of Creation (overall existence). On the other hand, acknowledging that everything is already full of love and there is no need for us to worry about anything is also pointless, because we are merely stating the obvious and using it as an excuse to drop our responsibility.
Love does not require any kind of special devotion; It does not expect us to do anything in Its name, or that we act in a certain way all the time. Love only expect us to accept and surrender ourselves to our true will (a.k.a. Will with capital W). The fact that Intention #12 is right under Intention #13 in the sequence of Intentions shows us that any kind of consciousness (IC #12) almost inherits all of the Will of the Creator, which is Love. The only missing part between Intentions #12 and #13 is the unique account that comes with individuality (IC #1). In other words, individuals have their own unique way of expressing Love, and that is what following one's Will (IC #13) means.
12 + 1 = 13 -> consciousness (IC #12) with individuality (IC #1) results in a being with its own Will (IC #13) based on Love, the will of the Creator.Schematics 2.#
Figure #.#
One of the most efficient ways to express love, as the Law of Allowance implies, is to simply allow things to happen, allow things to change, and allow things to continue. However, it is important to understand that allowance here does not necessarily mean inaction, as passiveness can also play the inverse role and tamper with the free flow of things. For example: In a river stream full of fish, suppose that one fish gets stuck and you decide to set it free. This is Love in action, while the same is not valid if you try to impede the fishes from going with the flow, or if you remain passive when there is a clear need for intervention.
Allowance involves a subtle transformation of consciousness from denial (fear) to acceptance (Love). An entire reality of pain and suffering can miraculously change when it becomes accepted, because corrective actions can be taken far more efficiently when fear has been eliminated. First you accept, then you do whatever is necessary to correct the problem. Unfortunately, the contrary can also happen when people stay in denial about almost everything and they even work to remain in this state.
Love is a paradoxical concept for the simple fact that It is a law that does not work as one. A law that is already fully operational and cannot be violated is no more no less than just the way things are. We have also seen that there is no reason for us to forget about all problems just because "love will prevail." Yes It will, but only at the very end of the journey back to the Source. (See the Model of Creation in Section 2.1.) Creation is sustained by Love, and the core of Creation can be thought as being a point where infinite, perfect and genuine love resides. Everybody is already virtually present at the Source, but not everybody has realized this state. For the majority there is always more work to do, and that is why it is important that they avoid falling into extremes of denial of Love or denial of reality.
When we state the importance of Love as for example with the phrase "Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion" (David Icke), we are not crazy or deluded, but we may be putting too much emphasis on the obvious; we may be forgetting that real understanding of Love can only come with direct personal experience, and experience by definition is something that happens through a series of real situations. Reality (Existence) is important because It provides the jumping platform that propel us toward greater understanding of what Love really is. This book in particular attempts to show how absolute and paradoxical concepts such as Love are not removed from reality, no matter how grim that reality appears to be.
Relationship with the Thirteen Intentions of CreationIntention #13 is the most powerful energy of Creation, or, to be more exact, the divine energy that we call Love. However, from within the Artificial Creation (AC) Love is actually spread out, fragmented, and must be rediscovered through a series of experiences that form a line of evolution for the individual. In fact, evolution is the name of the process of Creation, a process that justifies the existence of the universe (the AC). Figuratively speaking, if there was no evolution there would be no need for the AC and the Thirteen Intentions, and Creation would remain as an immanifest singularity without levels of energy forming an evolutionary ladder.
Each one of the Thirteen Intentions is a different way to express Love, with Intention #13 being the one that brings Love forward in Its full glory. Such genuine love is sometimes referred to as "unconditional" love. The problem with such denomination is that unconditional still sounds as a condition within the context of the Law of Allowance. Love in action is comprehension, understanding, cognition, knowledge, ability, mastering, respect, logic and certainty, and all based on wisdom, which in no circumstance means a complete lack of conditions. That is why there is no such thing as unconditional love inside the AC; there is only a learning process toward reaching Love with capital L, and any accomplishments during this process are at most approximations of what Love really is. Love as the universal law cannot be directly applied in practice because it involves a level of self-awareness and self-responsibility that has nothing to do with us doing some thing or another in particular, but that also depends on every single action of our part.
Figure 2.# - The fallacy of unconditional love
Is it justified to kill for Love? Certainly not when we are wise and always looking for a better solution, but in reality there is no answer to this question because Love is above the category that elicited it. The question itself carries a fundamental mistake: trying to answer it is giving in to the possibility that Love can fail. But Love is absolute and cannot be violated. A feeling of Love provides us with wisdom beyond words that will decide the best course of action we should take. however, this does not mean that we cannot devise a code of conduct compatible with this feeling.
Therefore, it is only when we break Love down into rules and directives that we can begin to understand It from a more rational and scientific viewpoint, and thus find effective ways to follow and apply It in our lives. That is where the Thirteen Intentions of Creation come in. With the Thirteen Intntions it is possible for us to plan in advance, take decisions and translate our understanding of Love into rational thoughts. Then we will be able to make decisions according to the best possible principles, the Will of the Creator. This is mainly what Chapter 4 is all about: to show how the Intentions can be applied in practice.
To exemplify, suppose that we could see Creation as a spherical jewel floating alone in the void. With the creation of the universe, or from a perspective located inside the AC, it can be said that this jewel has been shattered into numerous pieces. The jewel still exists as a fragmented whole, but it is no longer in a pristine condition. In any case, the jewel seen as a single object is the Divine Creation, whereas the Artificial Creation corresponds to how the jewel looks like as a bunch of fragments from the outside or a bunch of facets from the inside -- both scenarios are valid.
Figure 2.#
The highest purpose of life is simply to experience, which in turn means to learn more about Love. To learn about Love is an eternal task in reality, but one that can be made discrete in the form of cycles (lives). This means that living itself is life's purpose, because life is a modal unit of experience. Life is supposed to be lived according to your Will. The purpose is to keep living, to evolve and to let others live and evolve too. There is no such thing as a restrictive plan with respect to life, because that would go against free will, which is an incorruptible right according to the Law of Allowance. However, discipline is always good to ensure that you are living in the best possible manner. Discipline yourself by making your own rules based on your Will and the directives of Creation, because then you can amplify your experiences and serve as an example to others.
FearFear is basically a feeling of spiritual disconnection. Fear emanates from the shadowy part of the Self that is temporarily separated from the Divine. Fear arises when one gazes into nothingness, the void that once was occupied by a spirit. The vibration of fear takes over when one cannot find their essence / spirit anymore. Fear is the greatest barrier to personal growth, a barrier that prevents a being from acquiring self-awareness and rediscovering its spiritual identity. Fear can easily spiral out of control and transform into despair as one gazes deeper into the abyss of the soul. However, not all is lost, because according to German philosopher Goethe, "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht." (Translation: "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the depth there is a light.")
Figure 2.# - Fear
If we are supposed to come up with an opposite for Love, then that opposite is fear, not hate. Hate is actually the opposite of Love's lesser / ordinary version: love with small l. We have already exposed unconditional love as being a fallacious and extremist version of Love, and such judgment applies the same for other ordinary notions of love because they all tend to be extreme and imbalanced. Ordinary love is extremist like hate, and so the two are pretty much sides of the same coin. On the other hand, Love reigns supreme over all sides as if they were one, and a force against Love does not really exist except as an extremely distorted form / aspect of Love Itself. Although it is true that everything in the universe is a matter of love vs. fear, you can see that this conception is only valid when we are talking about ordinary love, because there is no opposition at all when fear is in reality Love playing an inverse role of Itself. This means that an opposition between fear and Love is nothing more than an illusion propagated by fear itself.
Figure 2.# - Coin
It would be a great shame for Love to do battle with a counterfeit opposition. True love comes from a much higher plane than the unconditional version that requires its adherents to turn the other cheek in masochistic style. The Big L may also turn the other cheek, but not because It is incapable to react: being Love an infinite power, all fights are already decided in Its favor. What Love represents at the level of Intention #13 is already an eternal victory, while the battles and competitions involving the polarity aspects of Love are just for fun, just for the laughs, since playfulness is one of the main characteristics of Love. Think about it: if you do not care about losing or winning, then what good is a game to you?
Fear is considered the primary instinct of survival (self-preservation) in dangerous situations. But here we are more interested in the energy of fear and its fundamental nature, not in physiological and psychological effects caused by fear. We are talking about fear in the spiritual sense, because fear is like a barrier causing one to be disconnected from the Spirit. Fear is the principle by which consciousness is persuaded to continue to maintain that barrier, which is needed for a preservation of the Self inside the Game. In Section 2.2 we had a glimpse of the actual source code of the universe as the program (game) of Creation and we saw how consciousness becomes individuated when it first enters this game. Well, fear makes sure that the player (consciousness) has a chance of surviving all stages in the game. Fear prevents the player from giving up too soon and will leave him with no choice other than progressing.
When you avoid something out of fear, it's only because that thing still exerts influence over you, and you may just right into it without knowing. just fall back to it in the drop of a hat. fear is a great attractor, and we always attract that which we fear. A negative attitude based on fear draws a negative experience that will feed that fear of yours. fear has to be overcome / mastered first through acceptance of it, and then by confronting it. just sitting and acknolwdgeing the fear is not enough. One must transform the fear into higher levels of understanding, and the highest level is Love. The key is to experience and subsequently to learn to control and direct the fear energy, transforms his fear into fury, caution, courage... the fear energy is which is Love on the mirror, , so reaching out for Love automatically means letting go of fear. translates to a unfocused, uncontrolled love. not put into action or movement. lack of control of one's energy.
To put it simply, fear is ignorance, unawareness and, deep inside, denial of Love, because there is always a choice at the level of the subconscious mind. We have already made the connection between fear and denial when we were discussing Love in the beginning of this section. Fear is always associated with denial of some integral aspect of Creation, and most importantly, everything that Intention #13 represents. Intention #13 can represent many things, but one of Its most important aspects on a personal level is change. Change always involves some loss by the introduction of the new and the removal of the old. False expectations instead of acceptance of whatever may come is what characterizes a fearful approach to the new (IC #13). When the new is falsely imagined beforehand rather than being accepted for what it is, it is turned into an unknown, and all fear is generated by unknowns. In addition, fear involves an ignorant perspective of denial, which means that the fearful entity does not even understand the reason for its feelings of repulsion.
... all our worries and wars are based upon change. We fear that something will happen, or we fear that it won't; so we fight to prevent change or to speed up the process. But whatever we do, change is 100 percent guaranteed. The only question is its rate. Slow change we interpret as evolution, fast as revolution. Changes are the epitome of Unknowns -- the greatest of fear generators. (Monroe 2)
Figure 2.# - Love and fear
Whereas Love is latent in the first few Intentions of Creation, fear is potent, and can be pictured as being a natural force pushing away from Intention #13. Considering that this force must go through Intentions #3 and #2 in order to reach Intention #1, we can resume the focus, the culmination of fear as being an existence (IC #3) that is removed (IC #2) from Love in the most absolute (IC #1) manner. But how absurd does this sound when we already know that Love is absolute? Surprisingly, not so absurd considering that absolute (IC #1) existence (IC #3) -> 1 + 3 -> 13 -> IC #13, which means that fear still guides one to Intention #13 after all. Indeed, what is shown in Figure 2.# is a perspective from within the illusory reality of the Artificial Creation. It only appears that fear opposes Love, because in reality fear is a force of attraction toward Love without the conscious participation of the individual.
Figure 2.#
Intention #13 is is a singularity (IC #1) manifested (IC #3) meaning that It is self-sufficient, It is whole unto itself, and does not need the other Intentions, including Intention #2. Now if fear is denial of love, it is also denial of what Intention #13 represent, and so fear justifies the existence of polarity which means two poles and not just a singularity. Fear in adition is a potent (IC #5): it pushes the poles fara way from each other as possible, that is, extrapolate (IC #8). it wants the two poles to be completely (IC #10) separate. biut it can at most make an approximation (IC #11). ANyway, see Note how we have mentioned ICs #5, #8, #10 ansd #11 come into the picture just because of the process of polarization which is directly related to fear. We could also derived the other itnentions. but the fact is the firts 12 intentiosn only have their existence justified because of thsi process of division that we call fear.inshort this processa alone involves all 12 intentions.
Let us see some examples of how fear is simultaneously repulsion from Intention #13 and attraction to Intention #1. Fear of death, for example, is supported by the belief that there is only one (IC #1) life that must be preserved as sacred; however, according to Intention #13, there is continued existence as long as there is will (IC #13) to exist, not mattering how many lives happen during the process. There is also fear of life when one is afraid of not living according to external (IC #2) conventions (Representation - IC #1) that require conformity to social standards. The person due to fear chooses to conform instead of expressing her individuality. Interestingly enough, according to numerological math we have individuality (IC #1) expressed (IC #3) -> 1 + 3 -> 13 -> IC #13, and so fear of non-conforming goes against Intention #13 as well.
Now, if fear is a force that pushes away from Love, we may ask ourselves: away from Love toward what? Well, the answer is nothing, because the very premise of the question is an absurd. Indeed, fear is love of nothing; it is still Love, but without control by the hands of the individual. For example, the Divine Creation disappearing in the inverted Model of Creation means that the Source can no longer be found. The Source contains an infinite amount of love, and the fact that all this love is suddenly gone creates a feeling of disconnection that leaves the being completely lost. At Its essence, Source is Love and as such Love is the only real (authentic) energy in the universe; all else is just illusion associated with the game of separation, which is fear, that defines the physical universe. Fear is the shadow of illusory disconnection from the Source, which is everybody's original home. Fearful beings are attracted to nothing because it is a placeholder for where their Home was. Fear manifests as denial of reality in favor of nothing because instead of looking forward to go back, the beings are looking back to where they came from.
Still according to Figure 2.#, consider that fear is a magnetic pole at Intention #1 whose force of attraction, or sphere of influence, is stronger at Intention #2 (separation), #3 (illusion) and #4 (physical existence). Therefore, we can say that fear is rooted in the illusory perception of separation that pervades the physical universe. Anyway, and perhaps fortunately, fear is gradually released as there is attunement to higher Intentions of Creation. As the being suffers a spiritual (IC #9) transformation, focus shifts from fear to Love, and an ignorant approach to Love is replaced with a conscious one. Fear is the foreshadowing of this transformation. Indeed, it is always a surprise for those who held a negative connotation about fear to see that their greatest fears were essential to their spiritual awakening. From a victim of fear they have become masters of Love. They were on the right path all the time -- they just did not know it.
In spite of fear being an illusion considered by many as the cause of negative experiences, fear is vital for an evolutionary existence. In Figure 2.# we can see that without a force of repulsion that creates separation there would be no distance or difference between Intention #1 and #13. This 12-fold distance is the conceptual length of an evolutionary process for consciousness as it traverses the universe. In short, fear sets forth and justifies an entire context of evolution and spiritual progression. Fear is only fear as long as there is lack of spirituality, a phase in which the being is unknowingly seeking Love while guided by its own fear. That is, the being needs fear until it is ready to practice and experience Love.
Fear is the original disassociative distraction of the spirit of Creation. The Spirit, or Consciousness forgets about Itself, but it is a wilful act so that it can remember about its nature anew. In other words, it is a like the mythical Luciferian rebellion, a denial of Love, so that Love can be rediscovered, because rediscovering Love is the only way to learn more about It. To deny Love is still just an experience, but perhaps not the most pleasurable one, reason why it cannot be sustained forever. however multiple attempts can be are done continually, efefctively creating a continuous process. in intention #13 acceptance and eternity are related; therefore, there is no such as "eternal denial". there is only eternal accepatnce and temporary denial. denial _is_ the temporary process, while greater and greater acceptance is a continuous, eternal process.
To say that there is a state where one becomes fearless is an exxageration. Some degree of fear is always present. However, when we are able to accept our fear, we can control / master it. Courage is mastery of fear. Denial of fear is the only obstacle to its transcendence. The only thing we have to deny is denial itself, The only thing to fear is fear itself, and that is how fear eventually cancels itself out. A fearless / courageous person is more afraid of not facing their fear than what they fear. Also, if ic 3 representes infintie power (5 + 8 = 13), and fear is denial of what ic13represents, then our deepest fear as beings (IC #13) is that we are powerful beyond measure, and that we can overcome all of our fears.
To conclude, know that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with fear. When Consciousness enters the game of Creation and becomes individualized, it is only natural that a feeling of loneliness sets in on the being. But it is these emotions based on fear that will lead the being back to its original home where true love can be found. In other words, without a number of fear-based lessons there is no way for the being to finally be able to see (remember) the bright (loving) side of existence. One must never forget the fact that Love rules over everything. Fear is only the illusion that there is something wrong with Creation, or that life in the universe is unsafe. There is nothing to fear but fear itself, and this implies that ultimately there is nothing to fear.
Light & DarkLove in action should lead to unity, coexistence, comprehension and cooperation; therefore, when we are talking about love set against hate, we are talking about love with small l. Between love and hate, the first is when Love is approached by an immature spirit, while the second is when Love is approached by a rebellious spirit. There is passion in both sides: love is a positive passion and hate is a negative passion. Also, in both cases there is non-acceptance of what Love represents, and this means that there is a dose of fear on both sides. The idea here is really one of polarity (IC #2): love and hate are opposite forces, and a force by definition is exerted by a pole. There is no real difference between love and hate, because each aspect / polarity has the other in its heart. (Example: the immature is rebellious at heart and vice-versa.) Therefore, any vocabulary used to describe love can also be applied to hate, and vice-versa, because the only thing that we can be sure is that both sides possess a low degree of connection to Love's energies.
Figure 2.#
The idea behind opposition is polarity. A pole by definition implies in the existence of another pole. With respect to any pair of opposites in the universe, one pole is always attracting to the direction of Love, which is after all the right / good direction. But we can also extrapolate and say that Love is wrong / evil, and indeed It is in a paradoxical sense: fear is the hallmark of Love's severity and toughness. There is darkness in Love in the same manner that a loving person casts a shadow. Think of a father that wants to teach his son how to grow stronger, but he must do that indirectly by lending minimal assistance so to not spoil the child. The fact is that Love can be defined in a recursive fashion exactly as we did with the Whole (IC #13). Love is the output of a continuous process of atonement for any pair of opposites that eventually arises. The pair is neutralized and made back into one. Therefore, Love always wins by transcending dualism, but It still leaves room for an eventual challenge.
Love inside the context of polarity gives rise to two extremes: one of light and one of darkness. Light and Dark are more fitting names for the polarities because they clearly indicate that we are working with a contrast of ideas. What is not obvious is that both Dark and Light share the same power source: the Source (IC #13). In fact, it is denial (fear) of the absoluteness of the Source that results in some seeing It as an emission of white light or black light, because in reality the Source emits both types of light at the same time that it emits no type in particular. The closest denomination of color / energy to what we are describing here is golden light, which corresponds to the perfect energetic balance of Love. (Note: it may appear that we are being more figurative than literal here, but when positive and negative energies are seen for what they are, they can only assume one appearance or another according to the binary and extremist nature of the universe. We will learn more about these aspects of color in Chapter 3.)
Figure 2.# - Light and Dark
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Symbolically speaking, the main difference between the respective sources for Light and Dark is that one emits a very bright light and the other emits a deep darkness. Therefore, whether it is due to obfuscation by too much light or due to lack of visibility within the darkness, followers of both factions are continually tripping and falling on their way to the Source. All paths lead to the Source and all of them are fundamentally rocky (challenging - IC #2), because the universe is after all an illusion based on polarity. Being polarity the main characteristic of Intention #2, then it also implies in the presence of challenges. Anyway, instead of exclusively focusing on the light at the end of the road, a balanced perspective based on Love gives as much importance to the journey as well to the goal, and in fact it sees no difference: the journey (evolution - IC #11) becomes the goal (end - IC #12), which in turn becomes an eternal beginning for the sake of experience (i.e., eternal (IC #13) beginning (IC #1) -> 13 + 1 = 14 -> 1 + 4 = 5 -> IC #5 -> experience).
Figure 2.#
The polarities operate under the principle of fear, and use it as their main weapon. Fear is a force that pushes for total separation between poles. Both polarities want to be the "monopole" that concentrates all the power for itself, but of course that this is impossible as long as there are two competing for hegemony. Dark and Light are perceived as different depending on your perspective, but the truth is that they are identical (IC #6). An individual can have both Dark- and Light-based traits and alternate between them. What does not change is that both sides display fear-based purposes: a darksider's approach is more direct and so it is willing to do anything to cause fear that will feed its source; a lightsider's approach is more indirect and so it expects everyone to eventually worship (fear) its "superior" source. The fact is that both sides desire everyone to feed their respective power sources with fear energy. These sources are always represented by something external: gods, masters, symbols or even oneself when there is a self-serving attitude. (The self-centered individual worships self from an external perspective. This is also polarization.)
Figure 2.# - Power sources
Since the polarities are identical sides of the same coin, then anything that is said about one will be inversely proportional to the other. Still, we can draw many parallels between Dark and Light. As an example, consider that darksiders have no higher purpose other than just to deny Love in the most explicit manner. They simply like to cause fear on others, specially because they require the generated fear energy to increase their own power. Lightsiders seek to accept Love, but a lack of understanding prevents such acceptance to occur in practice. (They fail to fully accept Love because they cannot allow Dark to exist, and such attitute violates the Law of Allowance.) On a subconscious level, lack of understanding about Love is the same as denial of It. In addition, lightsiders hold an external representation of Love in such high regard that their fear (denial) of Love becomes accepted. When mastering of fear stops at acceptance, it turns into worship of that which is feared. Since both polarities depend on fear to even exist, lightsiders can also be said to require fear energy when they expect everyone to worship their all-powerful source of light mistakenly equated to Love.
The polarities do not have an existence independent from each other. After all, they are polarities, and polarity corresponds to Intention #2, whereas the notion of existence is only introduced later with Intention #3. But it is by Intention #6 that we can begin to understand how the polarities come into existence as a whole: they are equal halves that form a dynamic balancing act, a spinning yin-yang kind of thing. In other words, it is not only a matter of us recognizing how the polarities coexist in the big picture; we must also take into account a dynamic relationship in which the polarities feed on their mutual desire to confront each other, because they would both starve and die if those feeding channels were removed.
Figure 2.# - Yin Yang
Fear, a force of extreme polarization, is an illusion. Attraction toward what Love represents is the only valid and real force in Creation. It is only when there is denial of Love that an inversely proportional force seems to exist, and so the complex interplay of forces characterizing the universe begins. Denial of Love corresponds to when we assume an inverted perspective of Creation, which means that the standard sequence of Intentions becomes inverted as well, with Intention #1 replacing Intention #13. In the inverted "mode" of Creation, we have a force of unification (IC #1) based on separation (IC #2) instead of a force of universalization (IC #12) based on approximation (IC #11). Fear is attraction (unification) based on repulsion, or attraction toward finite difference, while Love is attraction (approximation) that seeks to cross boundaries and eliminate differences, or attraction toward infinite sameness -- like attracts like.
The polarities subscribe to the quest for total separation that characterizes fear, but they are still affected by an universal force of attraction based on Approximation (IC #11). By analogy, this force is the inverse of a repulsive force based on Separation (IC #2). The latter pushes for oneness as Intention #1, while the former pushes for Oneness as Intention #13. There is repulsion and attraction happening simultaneously over the polarities, much like in a love-hate relationship. In other words, the two forces respectively based on Intention #2 and #11 end up equilibrating each other to create the spinning motion of a binary system.
Figure 2.# - Polarities as a whole
Polarity is a fundamental aspect of Creation. The game of Creation requires both polarities to be active both on a macroscopic and microcospic scale. No matter how much one has raised their consciousness above duality, for an external judge they will always fall into one side (Dark) or the other (Light). Of course that somewhere in the course of eternity one may achieve 100% control over both the Light and Dark aspects of their being. The only one who already occupies this position of absolute balance is the Creator, who is after all a personification of Love.
Polarities exist in all levels of Creation, but they are active only in some. As will be further explained in Chapter 3, polarities are active only up to the sixth density. In the seventh density there is only positive orientation toward Love, and then comes the next higher octave. (Note: a negative orientation in this case is one that is still focusing on Intention #2 [polarity] or lower instead of Intention #13 [newfound unity].) In the sixth density, the positive entity is already facing the right side, but the negative entity has an additional step to take: a 180 degree turn to face the positive side. It is however a simple reorientation that the entity has to make considering that one who reaches the top of the mountain but ends in the shadowy side only needs to take a small step into the sunny side.
When a person needs to learn and evolve, it does not matter if this is done though a positive (Light) or negative (Dark) path. What is important is that one becomes aware of where one is ultimately going. A darksider will learn a lot in his path of darkness, but eventually such path reveals itself as being wrong under the true light of Love, not under the false light of the Lightside. There is always time, however, to change the road that one is on. Similarly, a lightsider roams erratically in his path because he is being blinded by the Light, and this too eventually turns into a mistake as the lightsider is unable to complete his course. There is really no Darkside or Lightside; there is only evolution toward greater wisdom acquired through experience. Wisdom does not have a polarity.
The good thing about polarity is that it appears to be a very simple game: Light is the inverse of Dark, and the absence of one means the presence of the other. However, polarity games do not look so simple when we rise above the chess board, because then we can see the many possibilities for moves and strategies. Being equal (IC #6) halves, one polarity can imitate the other easily. Dark in particular is better known for its ability to imitate Light in a very shameless and deceiving manner. As an example, consider that whenever we are talking about the top of a pyramidal hierarchy, we are already implying extreme polarization (e.g., top vs. bottom). Since between the two polarities the one that tends to be more explicit (extreme) is Dark, then it is safe to say that every "master of light" who insists on being placed at the top is a darksider in disguise. If it expects or demands worship, it is not divine.
Another aspect of the chess game of polarity is how both Light and Dark think that they deserve the throne. Both factions consider themselves as "illuminated" and the other as being "in the dark." This is interesting, because it shows how the polarities are nothing more than sides of a coin that is constantly flipping. In the end it is only a matter of perspective. The truth, as we already know, is that one side cannot exist without the other. Without Light there is no Dark and vice-versa. They have to both exist to exist.
Dark and Light cannot be beaten in their own game because the very purpose of the game is that players adopt the "win/lose" mentality. A polarity game exists as long as there are hopes that the game will end once the forces of Light overcome the forces of Dark, or vice-versa. But Dark cannot exist without Light. The game only ends when both factions self-destruct, because one faction cannot destroy the other without destroying itself in the process. Were Dark to destroy Light, it would self-destruct into nothingness (IC #9). Nonetheless, a polarity game can be won on a personal level when you remove yourself from it without guilt or remorse. One should not attempt to destroy polarity; one should transcend it by evolving past desires for action against another. For each person that leaves a polarity game that will remove one pawn of Dark and one pawn of Light, all according to the cosmic law of balance (IC #6). In fact, it can be said that Dark and Light already exist in perfect (IC #12) balance according to a perspective based on Love.
Light and Dark are not completely unaware that they cooperate with each other on behalf of Love. They may pretend to want to destroy each other, or to avoid each other, but deep inside they know that they need each other. It is a love-hate relationship. The interplay of forces caused by such convoluted relationship creates a stalemate that is fundamental to Creation, one that keeps the game of Creation running. One side acting actually helps the other by giving it motivation / purpose to react. What would it be the purpose of a lightsider if not fighting off the "dark forces"?
While Light feeds Dark and vice-versa, an incarnation of true love lies above the battle field, laughing, observing, learning and participating indirectly through all sides as well as by a side of its own. It is certainly insuffienct to say that Love is a neutral side, because although it assumes the role of a neutral side, it is also more than just a side, and carries a richer proposal other than just neutrality or indifference. Love is the only extreme that unifies, equilibrates and integrates all other extremes in a perfect balance.
Good & EvilBy now we should be able to see beyond dramatic / emotional tales of good and evil. By our analysis of the polarities (Light and Dark), we should be able to see that the good/evil duality is just an illusion. However, judgement of good and evil is not always relative: at the same time that there is no absolute good and evil, Love (perfect balance) ends up being the absolute good, and fear, the absolute evil. Definitions of justice may change with the passage of time. He who wins becomes the good while he who loses becomes the evil. However, on a higher level, justice neve becomes injustice. The power of Love makes sure that Good prevails, although Evil is the eternal runner-up. Evil only manages to make itself heard once in a while, trying to balace itself against Good.
Neither polarities are intrinsically good or evil; instead, it is fascination with any one of them that can be considered evil. It is when someone moves toward an extreme due to fear that can be considered evil. They will hate what they believe to be evil and they will love what they believ eto be good. Again, we have the duality of love and hate here, which is characterized by fear, which can be considered the absolute evil, but only if we remember that fear is Love playing an inverse role of Itself. Love is the Absolute, and this absolute can be seen both as good or evil, because there is freedom to accept It or deny It.
Is evil necessary? Well, Love, the will of the Creator, allows everything to exist, including EVIL. The Creator sees no evil/good duality, he only sees infintie possibilities for creativity -- free will. From a more religious perspective, God (the Creator) allows Evil to exist to reinforce his Word and our search for Him, but does not rely on it as an integral part of his Creation. So, no, evil is not necessary unless someone believes it is for them. Evil exists in our free-will as a potential, and we may need it so that we can learn and make decisions. Everyone has potential for both good and evil. Of course, the less we rely on the existence of evil to learn, the better. It is certainly a stupid way to learn.
Evil may be born as a complement to benevolent forces in the universe, but it always fades away as the forces of good eventually shine brighter. Evil may not necessary as a manifested STATE, but it is necessary as an potential STATE as we have already explained. The idea is that Evil, Once it is manifested it should not be tolerated as some kind of force required to balance Good. This is a dangerous misconception. Once Evil has played its card, because maybe the forces of Good were a little asleep, it should be annihilated.
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