The perception of existence after manifestation




Forces

This is in all credibility the sphere of manifestation. It is this sphere alone that greatly separates the astral plane from the material plane. While it is believed to be the etheric plane which is also known as the plane of forces, it is indeed the sphere which separates one realm from another and I would like to theorize that it is this sphere that typically defines what can and cannot be expressed. Many look at the sphere of forces for its physical attributes but I would like to take a second to suggest how it is more mentally related then it is physically. After all if one believes in anything not enough not only is considered real but it also tends to take on certain physical manifestations. Typically what is referred to is that what has manifested is defined into physical terms through the Etheric plane. Thus the sphere of forces is in all actuality the sphere of definitions. Now I'm sure that probably would sit well with anyones perspective but lets attempt to clear this up a bit more. What defines a force? An object that appears to have proportion. What is proportion? An object that is well defined. Thus what is defined is a force. Thus all names, titles, etc. are a form of force. Languages are a form of force and what this specifically has to relate to is where memetics, paradigma or more directly why servitors have the power to alter the world. This is truthfully what is meant by Consciousness as an active force but lets move on to the more physical aspects of definitions. If someone has greater speed, agility, mass, charm, strength, intelligence, wisdom, constitution, etc. they tend to be the ones who make the rules in the material world. While certain definitions apply to certain areas it appears that the definitions alone provide the space for those areas in themselves. It is buy the meaurement of these defining forces that ones force of change is measured. And since we happen to have evolved to the next level of measurements that brings us to the next sphere.....




Matter

This sphere relates to all sorts of measurements and definitions and in fact by being knowledgeable about such things is how one best succeeds in the manipulation of the subjects of this sphere. On the understanding that certain measurements and combinations of defined reality have a specific meaning one can go beyond that to discover exactly how some of these traits co-relate. By coming to an advanced understanding of this sphere one is able to rearrange the natural combinations of things into more desired forms. Synthetics and other chemical applications perhaps register as the most well known. Yet the philosophy of this sphere is far beyond the realm of the material and much like the alchemist I must come to an agreement that the processes of rearranging the natural elements and to transforming them appear to me to be a more spiritually related message then one simply for material wealth. By learning how to discover the innate traits within things and knowing that one can then recombine them for varied results that later become more predictable as one becomes knowledgeable in that area of specialization one can assume the same is true for ones own individuality, specialization and what leads towards ascension or whats also known as personal evolution. Which brings me to the next and possibly last sphere of material development before leading on to the next combination of spheres (Mind, Paradigma & Memetics also known as the spheres of Perception with Correspondence, Time & Pattern Generation being the next combination of spheres related to the subject of Placement).




Life

This sphere relates to specialization and evolution of material patterns. The concepts of life reach far beyond the spheres of forces and matter as life incorporates both teachings on an instinctual level. The study of the sphere of life is a translation of the various levels of creation into an understandable and simple context. What works ends up surviving and what fails dies. Thus the true or false and for how long if maybe cosmic question of existence is asked and answered. At this most rudimentary of instinctual levels animals can achieve surprising calculations according to what the study of modern physics considers outstanding. However this innate ability is a natural process developed at a level of awareness right at the cosmic level of forces and matter. While the individual molecule may not have an awareness of such complex actions as a whole a living creature can solve all of these with simplistic ease because of the further specializations of the combined essences of various molecules. Sometimes the decision to fight or flight gets crossed with indecision and this can sometimes cause a model to fail but over all most complex problems are solved on this most basic of levels. Thus life is the sphere of intuition and instinctual perceptions. It is also the level where one begins to realize the further potentials of ones manifesting existence and this leads into the sphere of the mind and beyond. Perhaps the greatest teaching of this sphere is that it is the first understanding of a collective collage translated into one outcome. Thus a personality is formed from various aspects of a given form and when put into a larger group of similar personalities a group herd mind is formed. This understanding of collectives can be quite efficient to a mage and one learns through the teachings of memetics that the best way to control the herd is to do so on the instinctual level. However the sphere of life does not yet go as far as to suggest a group leader by definition of one personality desiring such a status. Life teaches that a true leader of a group is picked through the calculations of almost incomprehensible circumstances and that such a leader acts and is supported until such circumstances change. The sphere of life also teaches of a natural symbiosis of diverse elements even of complex structures as they seek a higher complex of organization and survival. Thus not only do diverse complexes work together amongst themselves but they also relate between a diversity of alternate and very diverse active equations in life. The instinctual program between flowers and insects are perhaps the greatest of such examples. Biologists are still researching into the complex morphic fields of plant and animal enviroments and how each benefits the other, all on the perspective of a lack of higher awareness. It is through such perspectives on existence that we learn the most and thus are able to evolve through our experiences and pass down our knowledge to the rest of our species. Thus in short, the sphere of life is the sphere of instinctual reactions and modifications to those reactions based upon experience. Thus life is the sphere of learning even if it is on an instictual level or perhaps even below such a complex system in what is known as the realm of morphic fields built out of habit of success and growth.





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