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Spiritual Symbols and Patterns

Category: Spiritual Symbols and Patterns

The Cross represents separation in unity.The cross is a prevalent spiritual symbol, most notably prominent in the Christian religion, where it signifies the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But the cross can also be found in relation to other religions or spiritual beliefs, such as the Ancient Egyptian Ankh and the Hindu and Buddhist Swastika. Why is the Cross such an important spiritual symbol?

The Cross represents separation in unity. It is a symbol for the world, where the world flows outward from the source in the symbolic four directions. The world appears by this magical method of apparent separation. The top and bottom points of the cross stand as opposites, as do the left and right points of the cross. The opposites go out in separation from the central starting point.

Importantly, although it appears that the starting point separates out into four, it nonetheless remains one. The arms of the cross are not truly separate. They only give the appearance of separation. The world is not truly separate. It only appears to be separate whilst remaining indivisibly one.

Both the cross and the number 4 represent this apparently physical hardened world of separation. But unnoticed within it is the centre point that isn't separate. The source is not separate from the creation. The number 4 is often used to represent the weighty dense world of matter. The '4 corners' represents the world. The placing of four-legged animal sculptures at the corners of temples and spiritual buildings represents the grounding of spirituality in the material world. The elephant is a good representation of this, as it is a heavy animal, and the material world is weighty in contrast to the spiritual realms.

This link of the cross and the number 4 in relation to the world and the weight of matter brings in its other link to death. The cross often represents death, as obviously so in the Christian religion, but also in Mayan depictions such as the sarcophagus of King Pakal. The tree of life becomes the tree of death. In this material world we experience death. Death is the opposite of the reality of Life, but here in this apparent world of separation we experience the weighty world of dense matter that culminates in death. Separation, and the division into opposites, brings with it beginnings and ends. Human life seemingly begins and seemingly ends. The Tree of Life seemingly divides to become the Tree of Good and Evil, Life and Death.

But this is all only how it seems. As mentioned, the cross isn't really divided. It remains as one. The spiritual aspect is there within the Cross. Although it represents death, it also represents Life, endless life. Although at first it seems to show separation, it truly shows the secret heart of permanence in all apparently separate life. The centre point remains unchanged throughout any appearance of separation. Although the body may rise and fall, the essence remains unchanging. Although the world may appear to be a World of Opposites, in truth there is only the Permanent One, the Infninite One whom we may call God.

It is God that takes the sacrifice of separation, appearing in the world as one who is separate from the source. Yet God transcends the apparent World of Opposites, of life and death, to show the reality of Endless Life. The cross of separation and death is transcended in the recognition of Infinite Timeless Oneness. None are separate from God. There is only God, even in God's manifestation of separation.

Category: Spiritual Symbols and Patterns

Development of Life Forms Life forms show the pattern of bifurcation and evolution throughout the universe.Bifurcation is a universal pattern where one divides into two. It stems (pun intended) from the 'initial' appearance of division, where the singularity splits into two. We have a theory of The Big Bang, where the singularity exploded from one into many. We don't necessarily think of it as one splitting into two, but the splitting into two would be the start of the explosion, which then multiplied.

An obvious example of bifurcation is a tree. A tree has many branches where the trunk bifurcates and a branch goes out from the main one. This extra branch repeats the pattern and bifurcates, forming another branch, and so on. The pattern can also be seen in leaves where the midrib of a leaf bifurcates to form the veins of the leaf. Bifurcation is further evident in the evolution of the human body, where the limbs have 'branched' outwards from the main torso, and where fingers and toes have developed from the limbs.

The structure of veins in the human body also shows this pattern of bifurcation. Not only that, but each birth of a child demonstrates the pattern. From procreative union, where two people unite, an 'offshoot' develops. If we look at a family tree, we see the pattern of bifurcation, where a 'source' couple have a child that grows to adulthood, unites with another, then has another child, and so on, creating a complex branch of diversity.

Recognising this universal pattern, it should be no surprise that planets other than Earth should form creatures in the same manner. In other words, it should be no surprise that planets can develop creatures or life forms, and these life forms would follow the pattern of bifurcation. Humans have two arms and two legs because of the universal pattern of bifurcation. That doesn't mean that life forms from other planets will necessarily have the same, but there is a good chance that multiple legs and appendages develop. So, just because there are reports of 'alien' beings or Non-Human Intelligence that have two arms, two legs, fingers and toes, it doesn't mean that they must be related to human beings or necessarily from this planet. Rather, their life forms show the pattern of bifurcation and evolution throughout the apparent universe.

Bifurcation is the universal pattern of division and multiplication. One divides into two. Each of the two can then divide again, creating four, and so on. From this pattern the whole universe of diversity is created. Kind of.

Why kind of? Well, the division into two is a play of division and not a true division. The One Singularity from which the universe seems to have expanded and diversified remains complete. The One doesn't really become many different ones. It only seems to do that with the play of division. A tree doesn't really have many different branches. 'Branches' is an idea or term that helps us describe what we see in the tree. But the tree is simply the tree. We have given names to what seem to us to be parts of the tree, but they are not truly separate parts.

The tree is a small-scale example of the whole universe. The division of the universe is only conceptual. In reality the Singularity of the universe remains timelessly as it is.

Category: Spiritual Symbols and Patterns
Symmetry arises from an underlying pattern of reflection.There are a variety of patterns in the world, that point to the underlying nature of reality. Three primary patterns include 'Many from One', Reflection, and the Hollow. Let's explore these and see how they connect and hint at the unseen reality behind them.
 
We can see 'Many from One' almost everywhere we look. The human body, with its central torso, arms, legs, fingers and toes, shows many from one. A tree branching out shows it. Fork lightning shows it. Rivers and streams from the sea show it. The propagation of animals and plants show it: seeds are scattered and multiply. The evolution of species shows it.
 
We physically see Reflection wherever we look, as that's the way the eye works, inverting light that passes through the lens of the eye. What we see is also a reflection of light off surfaces. We can see our reflection when light rebounds from the face onto a smooth reflective surface. Sounds also rebound and reflect off surfaces. The symmetry of the human body is a form of reflection, where the left side is to some degree a reflection of the right side. This symmetry arises from an underlying pattern of reflection. Reflection underlies the appearance of opposites in the world, where we could say that high is a reflection of low, far is a reflection of near, and so on. Furthermore, Reflection and opposites give rise to fluctuation and vibration.
 
The Hollow is perhaps less obvious. The bones in the body are hollow. The lungs are hollow, as well as reflective, breathing in and breathing out. The throat and mouth cavity are hollow and allow the projection of sound as the voice. The stems of plants are hollow. Bubbles are hollow. Caves within the earth are hollowed out holes. Whirlpools, cyclones, and hurricanes are known for their spinning force around a hollow centre.
 
These patterns are all expressed in the natural world and in the human-made world. For example, in music making we have hollow instruments like the flute, the trombone and the drum, and we have instruments that use the fluctuation of strings (stemming from reflection), such as the violin and the piano. When we listen to a recorded piece of music we can pick out the many instruments sounding within it. Delay and reverb effects are used, giving reflective qualities to the sounds. One recording is made and distributed as many across the world. Actually, the delay effect used in music making demonstrates both the Reflection and 'Many from One' pattern, when it is used to imitate a distant echo, with the sound bouncing off 'surfaces' and seeming to multiply.
 
What do these patterns tell us about the underlying reality of the universe? They reflect the Oneness that is the core nature of reality. The Hollow hints at the Full-Emptiness of reality, where the total sum of all opposites equals zero. The hollow central cavity seems empty but is actually full, whether full of air or water etc. It points to the Singularity that was before the universe appeared, which contained all in an unmanifest unity, when everything was nothing. 'Many from One' is how the universe came to appear as it does now. The One seemed to divide itself into itself and its opposite (Reflection) and this bifurcation multiplied in the 'Many from One' pattern, creating a world of reflection and fluctuating frequencies. Note that 'Many from One' is itself a reflection, where the One reflects itself into its opposite, many. Or so it seems.
 
The crucial understanding is that although there seems to be many coming from one, they never really leave the Oneness. The Singularity that contained all in unmanifest harmony (Full-Emptiness) is still present throughout the appearance and disappearance of the world of opposites. The appearance of what is and what isn't (its reflection) is only a seeming separation of the Singularity, which remains timelessly full and empty. There is only ever What Is. Its reflection doesn't really exist, but reflection is the play of opposites which allows the Singularity to look back at itself, within itself. Reflection makes the world appear within itself.
 
Although space and time seems to divide the Singularity into many, rising out of the Full-Emptiness, the completion of space and time is its returning to unmanifest Oneness. All the while the Oneness remains as it is, seemingly at the heart of the universe, as the Hollow Hole, or rather the Hollow Whole.
 
Let's try to explain that a simpler way. What we call space and time is the seeming division of the primordial Singularity. Full-Emptiness seems to have divided into what it is and what it is not, its reflective opposite. Oneness seems to have divided into many, by aid of reflection. Yet the totality remains the same. The universe, or What Is, is timelessly always what it is. It seems that the Hollow, the Full-Emptiness, remains at the Heart of space and time, but it is the totality of space and time. The Singularity remains timelessly as it is.

Category: Spiritual Symbols and Patterns

We see bifurcation in the branches of trees, forked lightning, rivers flowing into streams, and in the evolution of life forms.There are patterns in life, in what we know as the universe. Patterns appear because of the underlying forces that create and develop the appearance of the universe. For example, a core pattern is bifurcation, where one splits into two. This stems (excuse the pun) from the moment of creation (or destruction) where the Oneness of the Singularity separates itself to form two. From that separation into two the pattern repeats to create a multiplicity, seemingly ending the Oneness of the Singularity.

So it's not a surprise that we see bifurcation a lot on this planet. We see bifurcation in the branches of trees, forked lightning, rivers flowing into streams, and in the evolution of life forms. Animals develop claws and fingers that separate out from limbs that separate out from a central torso. Branches of trees grow out from a central trunk and continue to separate out, repeating the pattern. In leaves we can see the pattern continue, as the stems separate out. We see it in evolution too, where species branch out from an initial origin.

It's natural that perception would separate itself out into separate senses. It's natural for animals to develop two eyes rather than one. And it's natural for life forms to have symmetry, where the left side is almost a mirror image of the right side. I say 'almost', because the world isn't perfect. Imperfection is natural in the appearance of the universe. Perfection is the unmanifest Singularity before the universe appears, before even space and time appear. The Singularity was perfect as it was. The splitting of the Singularity causes the appearance of opposites, and thus imperfection.

So we can see that the human form is a natural expression within the universe, which itself is an expression of the Singularity in separation. Arms and legs stem from the central torso, and fingers and toes stem from those. These form simultaneously as opposite reflections, creating the symmetry of the human form. Within the head, the senses are separated, with ears on either side, 'pointing' in opposite directions, and vision separated into two eyes. The sense of smell is filtered through the two apertures, the nostrils, and the mouth separates with an upper and lower jaw. We could say this pattern of separation and reflection underlies the development of all life forms. This isn't just due to planet Earth. It's a universe-wide pattern. It suggests that life forms on other planets would evolve in a similar fashion. It suggests that life forms from other planets would also have symmetrical bodies, limbs from a central body and extensions from these, like fingers.

There is another evolutionary pattern - rising from low to high. Humans, as we currently understand them, have evolved from creatures that had four legs and then rose up to walk on two legs. The rising up could be presumed to be the evolutionary result of reaching up for tree branches or food up high. That may be the case, but there is also the underlying force behind evolution that will causes the branching out and reaching upwards from the ground to the sky.

So lifeforms evolve upwards, from a base to a higher level, and outwards from a single point, branching out. This leads to lifeforms that can stand up on two feet and reach out to the world. They rise up from a ground level and take to the air. We see this in birds, but also in humans, as humans have developed the intelligence to lift themselves up from the ground and into the air with ballons, helicopters, airplanes and spacecraft.

Are there alien life forms on distant planets that are similar to the human form? It's very likely. The evolution of life forms isn't an accident. It's a force of nature.

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