Duality· Materialism/Spirituality
"There is a joke in the ego circuit, which is that on the surface it can appear to be very mundane but it has two channels that are part of the mystical process (the 19/49 and the 40/37, which is the bridge of the mystical way).
It also has the 54.4 which is the most mystical of all gates. In other words, built into this very mundane plane is a necessary duality. In order to be at peace with the mundane plane there also has to be a balance with the spiritual dimension.
If you look carefully at this circuitry, it tells you that there are always these two ways that the tribe has to deal with. The material path is the natural flow of energy from the 54/32/44/26 to the 21/45.
If you look on the family side, when it gets to the 40th gate, its natural outlet is to cross into the individual, to be led by the 51, the shaman. The shaman or
priestess leads the tribe in a spiritual leap, giving them an opportunity to find their own individuality. They can then reach the 10/20 to find themselves awakened in the now.
If a master does not speak of the mundane life as the only life, then they are not a true master. The truth hiding in the ego circuit is that the spirit is hiding in the mundane. Without the tribe, we would have no spirituality or religion.
The tribe has always led the way to our gods.
This all started with the animism in the 19th gate, which led our way to those gods.
This basic duality is always at work in the tribe, because this is where our spirituality is. "There must be more than just going to work every day. There must be more than just seeing the same face across the table every day. There must be more than watching your kids grow up and be as dumb as you are.
There must be more. "So remember, as mundane as this looks, don't be fooled. Lying within the tribe is a deep need for god. This is where you build
temples. This is where you see masters. This is a tribal thing.
There always exists this possibility for the duality to cross over in the ego circuit. It is always possible to see the spiritual as mundane and the mundane as spiritual. You cannot separate the tribe from its spirituality nor can you separate the spirituality from the tribe.
Finding the balance between the two is another story. To learn to combine the mundane and the spiritual is the reason why we are here. That is the way to enlighten the world.
It is all about living in the mundane world and being aware.
There is a story about a Tibetan who was 16 years-old; both young and bright.
He desperately wanted to become a Lama, but instead of giving him his place to work in the temple, the elders sent him to New York City to work in Bloomingdale's where he had to wrap birthday presents for a couple of years. This was just to make sure that he really got the message.
We still have this image of masters and gurus and saints...
Sitting on their high hills (it is a real sixth line image). separate from everything and beyond everything. It is time to come down from those hills. It is time to walk in the world.
If you can't bring the spiritual into the world, it won't do any good .
We live in aura bodies, and if you carry your spirit cleanly on the mundane plane, your aura body affects so many people in a positive and profound way."
-Rave Bodygraph