BEYOND THE
SRI YANTRA: METAPHYSICAL SPECULATIONS
Adam Blatner
July
21, 2013
Riffing off of the more sedate
report on the Sri Yantra, I here note that, in my playful
intuition, this diagram expresses the intuitions of deep
meditators who "get" that the cosmos is multi-leveled. From
the inside-out corresponds with the Jewish contemplators who
got from the side-view the "Tree of Life" symbol.
The basic insight is that the cosmos is alive in many other
dimensions, giving birth to this dimension in which we live.
Each and every soul---atoms, one-celled animals,
humans---are co-creative according to their own structure,
from hardly at all to significantly. We are at a mid-point
and can learn to co-create in more adaptive, virtuous,
aesthetically complex ways, thus helping to bring the Divine
potential along. We should realize, though, that we are
hardly at the acme of this process---more like the
mid-point.
"Explaining" the
Symbol
The Sri Yantra
cannot be adequately explained in ordinary language that is
based on a level of consciousness that does not know that
there are indeed other dimensions. It requires a higher
level of consciousness that knows indeed that there are many
other dimensions, and even then, the ones who can use this
diagram know a bit about those other dimensions.
To begin with, on the right, there are the “petals” or
auxiliary functions, the facilitators of the manifestation.
Each has its own function. The little symbols on the outside
pointing to this or that petal hint at the quality of one of
the auxiliry functions. The yogis who meditated profoundly
noted that they corresponded with syllable sounds which were
represented by the ancient Sanskrit writing system.
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Then, here on the left, each triangle has its own
manifestation functions, archetypes. It also has its own
"letter-sound."
The purpose of these diagrams is to offer in two dimensions
a diagrammatic picture of what is occurring as dimensions
emerge, focus, from seven through six, five, and into lived
four-dimensions (3-D space and 1-D forward time).
It should be noted that this emergence occurs through every
being at every level. It occurs more through more conscious
beings, and humans, being more differentiated, are
correspondingly more conscious. However, it should be noted
that each conscious being is also slightly---well, not so
slightly---differentiated into temperaments, interests,
abilities, cultural backgrounds---each of these categories
having many sub-types and gradients. So God, so to speak,
expresses God-ness through the individuality of each being,
with that individual co-creating (more or less consciously)
that being and the relevant world---with effects that are
often far-reaching.
Is this true? I don't know. No doubt it is not; it will be
viewed as rather primitive in a few centuries. But I think
it's more true than most if not all of the
other competing theories of what it's all about, which is a
claim that is eminently disputable. However, a civil,
friendly dispute at this level might be provocative of more
creativity.
The purpose of focus is to enjoy discreet experience, as
differentiated from dream-like or potential sources.
Dream-worlds can be astonishingly beautiful and vivid if we
add a half-focus to this, as in astral travel, but pale in
comparison with what we humans take for waking reality,
which is infinitely richer. Our reality is the “plane” at
which actual events impact other events in infinitely
complex ways. From a god-perspective, this is high art. Yes,
there is suffering, but the god realm cannot prevent our
evolution, which accounts for some of the suffering. Our
limited consciousness so far accounts for another part of
suffering. It’s not as if the god-realm wants this, but
evolution requires it.
Anyway, here are some other contemplations on the Sri
Yantra:
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