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creative manifestation. Ila is the subjective creative force, which emanating<br />
from the Creative Deity, becomes the manifest world <strong>of</strong> speech. She is <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
described as the celestial Saraswati, the voice that arises from the silent<br />
Brahman.<br />
Ida as another name <strong>of</strong> Saraswati is the channel through which the creative<br />
impulse expresses itself in its concretization process. It is necessarily<br />
feminine in character as it is the receptacle for the downpour <strong>of</strong> the creative<br />
Ray represented by Mercury. To make speech effective in its generative<br />
mission, it requires the positive creative intelligence <strong>of</strong> Mercury. <strong>The</strong><br />
creative intelligence by itself is not productive since in its primeval state it is<br />
pure subjectivity. It must blend itself with a channel which is creative and<br />
functions as a receptacle. This emphasizes the importance <strong>of</strong> androgynous<br />
Ha or Ida. Budha, the subjective intelligence requiring a channel for its<br />
creative mission, is married with Ida, the creative channel, to originate and<br />
perpetuate the Lunar dynasty <strong>of</strong> kings. <strong>The</strong> mystifying changes in Ida's sex<br />
take place because she has to act both as a creative agency, which is<br />
primarily a masculine function, while she is also a receptacle, an incubating<br />
agency which is a feminine.<br />
Uniting with Ida, Mercury represents the positive, masculine, creative power<br />
described in the Tantras as Shiva tattwa, the truth <strong>of</strong> Shiva or pure being.<br />
However the intelligence principle in man, which Mercury represents, is<br />
passive in character. This is why Mercury is considered androgynous. Ida,<br />
which functions as the concretizing counterpart <strong>of</strong> Mercury must also have<br />
the characteristics <strong>of</strong> both forces: it must be androgynous acting in such a<br />
way that it plays the passive role when Mercury is active in operation,<br />
reassuming its active role when Mercury reverts to its natural state <strong>of</strong><br />
passive awareness. Ida or Ila as an <strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> Manu is basically masculine<br />
in character but was transformed in order to unite with Mercury. <strong>The</strong><br />
marriage <strong>of</strong> the two results in the blending <strong>of</strong> their consciousness at a high<br />
level <strong>of</strong> the oneness <strong>of</strong> life. This was the seed essential for the propagation <strong>of</strong><br />
the Lunar (representing the life-giving) dynasty <strong>of</strong> kings. Since Budha,<br />
representing Intelligence or Mind, is basically feminine, its harmonious<br />
unification can only be achieved with a partner who is basically masculine.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Buddha-nature, which is expressed as the urge for enlightenment, is<br />
inborn in every individual. Each mind has the quality <strong>of</strong> enlightenment,<br />
Bodlii, in potential form, but its activation cannot be induced by any external<br />
agency. To be effective, the energy which enables the mind to comprehend<br />
has to be sui generis, unique, not dependent upon any external factor or<br />
support. <strong>The</strong> aspiration aroused by external factors cannot wrest control over<br />
the secret energy that is the Kundalini or Serpent Fire.