Consider diagram 1 below. It is a sketch of the relation between the physical body, the mind, and the spiritual world. Note that there are three columns. The left column shows the three levels of the human mind – celestial, spiritual, and natural. Below the natural mind is the natural world. In True Science whatever is lower is also more external relative to God. The celestial mind is within the spiritual mind, which is within the natural mind, which is within the body. This body is physical while we live on the planet, but spiritual when we resuscitate after death of the physical body. When it is spiritual, it is called the spirit-body. The spirit body contains the natural mind, within which is the spiritual mind, within which is the celestial mind. By “within” in True Science, it is always meant “a discrete degree within or higher.” The discrete degrees are represented in the diagram by horizontal dividing lines. It is also helpful to redraw the diagram using concentric circles. IN that case the celestial mind would be in the inmost circle; the spiritual mind would be in the intermediate circle; and the natural mind would be in the external circle. The three levels of the mind form a unit and cannot be separated. They relate to each other by correspondence so that their action is coordinated or synchronized with each other.
Diagram 1
The middle column represents the operational level of thinking and feeling at each discrete level of mind. Thinking and feeling begin in the natural mind (above the physical body). Note that the natural mind has three sub-levels in it – corporeal, sensuous, and external rational. These three sub-levels of the natural mind develop with age and experience of the individual. The external rational of the natural mind is not a genuine rational but appears to be. The genuine rational only begins in the spiritual mind, and is not fully mature until the celestial mind is opened. The external rational operates through natural-rational correspondences. The intermediate rational level of thinking, which is in the spiritual mind, is a discrete degree above the external rational. No matter how much the external rational improves and matures, it can never reach the level of the intermediate rational. This level of thinking cannot occur in the natural mind. The intermediate rational operates through spiritual-rational correspondences. The inmost rational operates through celestial-rational correspondences. These are a discrete degree above the spiritual mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment