21 April - (Earth) Liber LXV, 1:25-27
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25. Thou wast long seeking Me; thou didst run forward so fast that I was unable to come up with thee.
O thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal.
26. Now I am with thee; I will never leave thy being.
27. For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold! -
25. Thou wast long seeking Me; thou didst run forward so fast that I was unable to come up with thee.
O thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal.
26. Now I am with thee; I will never leave thy being.
27. For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold!
25. Thou wast long seeking Me; thou didst run forward so fast that I was unable to come up with thee.
O thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal.
26. Now I am with thee; I will never leave thy being.
27. For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold!Amen, Amen, and Amen!
It was a big deal for me to accept how much my love has made me act the fool. It was an even bigger deal to understand hat this foolishness is not a problem. "Yes, I am a fool, but at least my intentions are not to be mistaken."
bitterness
We do this to ourselves. When will I be done with apologizing for what is in my heart? I know it's foolish, but this admission is simply more bitterness mixed in the cup.Perhaps the knowledge that it doesn't matter will dispel my anxieties.
The serpent of knowledge, and delight, and bright glory...—early morning for the post. I'm traveling in Chicago, and I am surprised, pleasantly, to find the passage up as early as 5am!
Love and Will
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"**25. Thou wast long seeking Me; thou didst run forward so fast that I was unable to come up with thee.
O thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal.- Now I am with thee; I will never leave thy being. **"
Awesome. So glad I logged in to check the meditation. I think this passage speaks for itself; theres little I could add to improve the elegant clarity.
"27. For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold!"
I like this. According to Carroll, at the center of consciousness is absolutely nothing. Everything that is, is only a distortion of this one pure void. The serpent that twines around this core of perfection symbolizes the grip of experience, of existence. Heart of gold symbolizes Love, and the Will to Love and unite with this experience joyously.
Just a quick thought before I run out the door to work.
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Then again, I'm not sure the above interpretation of v. 27 particularly fits with the Chiah-Neschamah communication Jim has indicated is the context of the passage. (This is made particularly apparent by v.26)
The problem is perhaps a difference of perspective; the perspective indicated in these verses being one which I can't fully comprehend.
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I don't know... once an adept crosses the Abyss, isn't he or she identified as Nemo?
I only bring it up because of the image you presented of the snake wrapping around itself around a core that is nothing. In one sense, the snake is "the grip of experience, of existence," but everything that passes in the course of this grip originates in that original diversification of the life force, who says, "Ah, thou darling fool, now you Understand!"
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@JustitiaEtFortitud said
"Chiah-Neschamah communication"
@Aegis55 said
"once an adept crosses the Abyss"
@Idiosyncratic said
"Maybe above the abyss"
Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold
Heart of GoldFor me, the Heart of God is more obviously Tiphareth than Biniah. Doesn't this indicate the soul of the adept, and not that of the master?
Anyway, it's a lot closer to my world to make this assumption, and a lot more emotional for me to see this reference more generally as the core of my being, my heart, and not worry too much about above versus below the abyss.
Shiva/Shakti; Purusha/Prakriti; the heart girt with the serpent; the Rose & Cross... At any level it is more or less the same—the soul and the beloved entwined.
For I am the soft sinuous one entwined about thee, heart of gold!
Love and Will