"The All is Mind; The Universe is Mental"
- The Kybalion
All is in "THE ALL" and "THE ALL" is in All.
The Hermetic Principle of Mentalism is about consciousness, stating that "THE ALL IS MIND" putting consciousness over both matter and energy. The Principle of Mentalism implies a concept of natural, universal consciousness as the source and the essence of all being, as the creator and the creation, it is through consciousness that we, and all the beings in the universe, begin to exist as conscious ideas before we become physical realities.
The All, which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of The Material Universe; the Phenomena of Life, Matter, Energy, and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses, is spirit which in itself is unknowable and undefinable, but which may be considered and thought of as an universal, infinite, living mind. It also explains that all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of The All, subject to the Laws of Created Things, and that the universe, as a whole, and in its parts or units, has its existence in the Mind of The All, in which Mind we live and move and have our being. This Principle, by establishing the Mental Nature of the Universe, easily explains all of the varied mental and psychic phenomena that occupy such a large portion of the public attention, and which, without such explanation, are non-understandable and defy scientific treatment.
Does this Principle make me GOD? Yes and No...I am GOD and GOD is me as we are all GOD and God is all of us. A great example in the Kybalion is that of Shakespeare. Hamlet existed exclusively in the mind of Shakespeare at the time of creation. And Shakespeare existed within the character of Hamlet giving him vitality, spirit and action. Does this mean that Shakespeare is the spirit of Hamlet or has bringing Hamlet to life through though let the character personify its own spirit. "The Law of Paradox explains that both are true viewed from proper viewpoints." Hence the term Half truth.
"The spirit of my creator is inherent in me -and yet I am not HE"
My brain hurts now. I will finish my notes on Mentalism later.
I had some help from http://www.corax.com/tarot/index.html?first-hermetic-principle
Spiritual Development means to realize the existence of the indwelling spirit immanent within. The degree one realizes this is how high one will rise on the spiritual scale of life.
The Process of the mental creation according to the Kybalion is a cycle. There are many planes of being-many sub-planes and many degrees of existence, the highest being separated only by the thinnest division from the SPIRIT of THE ALL, and, upward and onward along the scale of life. Everything is moving. All are on one path whose end is the ALL. THE ALL in its aspect of being, projects its will toward its aspect of becoming and the process of creation begins. At this point the stage of Involution is reached meaning the creator becomes involved or wrapped up in its creation, by doing so a low degree of vibratory energy is reached manifesting the grossest possible form of matter. In other words while creating, the creator forgets all else around him including its own existence focusing only on the creation at hand. The involuntary stage of creation is also known as Outpouring of Devine energy and the Evolutionary state is called Indrawing. So in this cycle Involution or Outpouring is the furthest removed from THE ALL while Evolution or Indrawing is the return trip or "coming home" to THE ALL. Also known as the LAW OF RHYTHM.
During the Evolutionary or Outpouring stage, the law of Individualization is manifested, meaning un-individualized energy which left THE ALL separating into units of force returns to its source as highly developed units of life, having risen higher in the scale by means of physical, mental and spiritual evolution.
Hermetists use the word mediation and contemplation to describe the process of the mental creation, also defined as Devine Attention or a mental reaching out extension of mental energy.
So the process of Evolution is that THE ALL, having meditated upon the beginning of the creation-having established the material foundation of the Universe-having though it into Existence- then gradually awakens from its meditation and starts manifesting the process of Evolution and the UPWARD movement begins, Mater becomes less gross, Units spring into being and the combination begins to form The creation manifests in higher forms and the Mind becomes more evident. Vibrations raise and all process according to the Indrawing process. There is much speculation as to WHY? Why does the creator create? Yet I am not concerned. My answer is Why not? Or Because the Creator can!
Because THE ALL is inherent in us all, we too create in the outer world in the same process described, why do we do it, we create music and art and everything in society. In my mind, this is proof of our connection to THE ALL "GOD gave us the gift of creativity, our gift to god is to use that creativity"
During the Evolutionary or Outpouring stage, the law of Individualization is manifested, meaning un-individualized energy which left THE ALL separating into units of force returns to its source as highly developed units of life, having risen higher in the scale by means of physical, mental and spiritual evolution.
Hermetists use the word mediation and contemplation to describe the process of the mental creation, also defined as Devine Attention or a mental reaching out extension of mental energy.
So the process of Evolution is that THE ALL, having meditated upon the beginning of the creation-having established the material foundation of the Universe-having though it into Existence- then gradually awakens from its meditation and starts manifesting the process of Evolution and the UPWARD movement begins, Mater becomes less gross, Units spring into being and the combination begins to form The creation manifests in higher forms and the Mind becomes more evident. Vibrations raise and all process according to the Indrawing process. There is much speculation as to WHY? Why does the creator create? Yet I am not concerned. My answer is Why not? Or Because the Creator can!
Because THE ALL is inherent in us all, we too create in the outer world in the same process described, why do we do it, we create music and art and everything in society. In my mind, this is proof of our connection to THE ALL "GOD gave us the gift of creativity, our gift to god is to use that creativity"
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