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considerations is broken and the new universal consciousness has arisen<br />
seeking the good for all life. When "Not My, but Thy will be done" takes<br />
hold <strong>of</strong> the person, it gradually realigns him so that his old material<br />
tendencies are dissolved and washed away, either due to their satiety or due<br />
to understanding their insignificance in life. After a tropical storm, there<br />
comes a calm which gives rise to peace and tranquility. At this stage, the<br />
individual, while maintaining full consciousness <strong>of</strong> the trials and tribulations<br />
undergone during his pilgrimage — starting with the fragmentation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
spark from the fire and ending with the final merging <strong>of</strong> the drop into the sea<br />
— becomes part <strong>of</strong> the universal life. This finality is depicted by two fishes<br />
placed in opposite directions, one above the other. Its diagram is by two arcs<br />
<strong>of</strong> the circle, one convexing to the left and the other to the right, which are<br />
joined together by a horizontal line that runs across them in the middle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fish symbolizes fertility, prosperity and regeneration. <strong>The</strong> Hindus<br />
consider that it is an auspicious omen to see a fish at the beginning <strong>of</strong> any<br />
journey or any important mission. When the creation first began, Vishnu,<br />
who sustains life, appeared in the form <strong>of</strong> a fish. This manifestation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Lord is known as Matsya-avatar, the fish avatar. <strong>The</strong> primary objective <strong>of</strong><br />
Vishnu's fish incarnation is said to be to save life and to regenerate the seed<br />
preserved therein. In other religions, the fish is given similar importance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Babylonians had a fish God and messiah called Dagon, the Man-Fish.<br />
Dagon was the Chaldean man-fish Cannes, the mysterious being who arose<br />
daily out <strong>of</strong> the depth <strong>of</strong> the sea to teach the people. <strong>The</strong> Babylonians were<br />
aware <strong>of</strong> wisdom as the savior needed for guiding everyday life and the fish<br />
symbolized this life-sustaining wisdom. <strong>The</strong> similarity between fish Gods is<br />
obvious, all which represent the life-sustaining cosmic energy. Even the<br />
Hebrews designated the messiah as Dag or the fish, because he was<br />
considered an instructor to humanity and giver <strong>of</strong> the blessings <strong>of</strong> eternal<br />
life. <strong>The</strong> connection between Christ and the fish is also quite promiment.<br />
Early Christians believed in the complete dissolution <strong>of</strong> matter and its atone-ment<br />
with the universal life-force and in the necessity <strong>of</strong> a spiritual<br />
teacher to lead humanity on this evolutionary pilgrimage. For this purpose,<br />
they assigned to their savior the symbols <strong>of</strong> the lamb, the fish and the good<br />
shepherd. <strong>The</strong>se forms suggest the universal and beneficent source <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Divine creative impulse. Such teachers or saviors channel the divine energy,<br />
draw down the supramental spiritual force and direct It for the cosmic good.<br />
So doing, their personality remains completely poised in the universal<br />
consciousness. To express this, the Chaldeans wore hats like a fish's head, a<br />
practice which continues even today among the papal hierarchy. <strong>The</strong>y also<br />
had a shadbelly coat, which represented the body <strong>of</strong> a fish. <strong>The</strong> symbol <strong>of</strong>