the Equinox - The Hermetic Library

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
Arjuna says: “For the mind is verily restless, O Krishna; it
is impetuous, strong and difficult to bend, I deem it as hard to
curb as the wind.”
To which Krishna answers; “Without doubt, O mightyarmed,
the mind is hard to curb and restless, but it may be
curbed by constant practice and by indifference.”*
The Kundalini whilst it is yet coiled up in the Mûlâdhara
is said to be in the Mahâkâsa, or in three dimensional space;
when it enters the Sushumnâ it enters the Chittâkâsa or
mental Space, in which supersensuous objects are perceived.
But, when perception has become objectless, and the soul
shines by means of its own nature, it is said to have entered
the Chidâkâsa or Knowledge space, and when the Kundalini
enters this space it arrives at thee end of its journey and passes
into the last Chakkra the Sahasrâra. Vishnu is United to
Devaki or Shiva to Shakti, and symbolically, as the divine
union takes place, the powers of the Ojas rush forth and beget
a Universe unimaginable by the normally minded man.†
* “Bhagavad-Gita,” vi, 34, 35.
† The whole of this ancient symbolism is indeed in its very simplicity of
great beauty. The highest of physical emotions, namely, love between man
and woman, is taken as its foundation. This love, if allowed its natural
course, results in the creation of images of ourselves, our children, who are
better equipped to fight their way that we on account of the experiences we
have gained. But, if this love is turned into a supernatural channel, that is to
say, if the joys and pleasures of this world are renounced for some higher
ideal still, an ideal super-worldly, then will it become a divine emotion, a
love which will awake the human soul and urge it on through all obstructions
to its ultimate union with the Supreme soul. To teach this celestial marriage
to the Children of earth even the greatest masters must make use of worldly
symbols; thus it has come about that corruption has cankered the sublimest
of truths, until man’s eyes, no longer seeing the light, see but the flameless
lantern, because of the filth that has been cast about it.
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