CYCLE FIFTY-SEVEN
1. God as Supreme Being ... is the culmination
of evolution, not the inception, or beginning, of the Universe.
2. The Universe began
not in Supreme Being but in Primal Being, the elemental Primal Being, more
correctly, of the Clear Light of Space (the Void).
3. It wouldn't even be true to say that the
Universe evolves from Primal Being to Supreme Being, as though there was a
straightforward evolutionary progression from A to Z, or alpha to omega. Rather would it be nearer the mark to contend
that it devolves from Primal Being in Space to Primal Giving in Mass, with
evolution being rather more a question of life evolving from Supreme Giving in
the World to Supreme Being in the heavenly Beyond.
4. Likewise one could argue, after a fashion,
that there is devolution from Primal Doing in Time to Primal Taking in Volume,
with evolution from Supreme Taking in Purgatory to Supreme Doing in Hell.
5. Hence rather than life or the Universe
reflecting a single pattern of devolution and evolution, we would have two
modes of devolution and evolution, viz. a subjective mode and an objective
mode.
6. Subjective devolution would be from the
negative noumenal subjectivity of Primal Being to the
negative phenomenal subjectivity of Primal Giving, as from photon particles to
electron particles, whereas subjective evolution would be from the positive
phenomenal subjectivity of Supreme Giving to the positive noumenal
subjectivity of Supreme Being, as from electron wavicles
to photon wavicles.
7. Objective devolution would be from the
negative noumenal objectivity of Primal Doing to the
negative phenomenal objectivity of Primal Taking, as from proton particles to
neutron particles, whereas objective evolution would be from the positive
phenomenal objectivity of Supreme Taking to the positive noumenal
objectivity of Supreme Doing, as from neutron wavicles
to proton wavicles.
8. One can no more devolve from the subjective
plane to the objective one ... than evolve from objectivity to
subjectivity. The objective and the
subjective remain opposite realms, subject to separate patterns of devolution
and evolution.
9. To devolve from
negative conceptual form to negative perceptual form, as from Space or Mass, is
to devolve regressively, whereas to evolve from positive perceptual form to
positive conceptual form, as from the World to Heaven, is to evolve
progressively.
10. To devolve from
negative perceptual content to negative conceptual content, as from Time to
Volume, is to devolve progressively, whereas to evolve from positive conceptual
content to positive perceptual content, as from Purgatory to Hell, is to evolve
regressively.
11. Regressive devolution is a fall and progressive
devolution a rise. Conversely,
regressive evolution is a damnation and progressive evolution a salvation.
12. Hence whereas regressive devolution is to fall
into sin, the sinfulness of negative phenomenal subjectivity, progressive
evolution is towards salvation by grace, the grace of positive noumenal subjectivity.
13. Hence whereas progressive devolution is to
rise into crime, the criminality of negative phenomenal objectivity, regressive
evolution is towards damnation by punishment, the punishment of positive noumenal objectivity.
14. Repentant sinners, who are of the mundane
World, are blessed by divine grace.
15. Arraigned criminals, who are of the
purgatorial Overworld, are
cursed by diabolical punishment.
16. God saves (admits) sinners to Heaven, while
the Devil damns (condemns) criminals to Hell.
17. To fall,
regressively, from culture to nature, and to rise, progressively, from
barbarism to civilization.
18. Conversely, to be saved, progressively, from
the World to Heaven, and to be damned, regressively, from Purgatory to Hell.
19. The fallen Last shall
be the saved First, while the risen First shall be the damned Last.
20. Those who are of Primal Being shall return,
via the World, to Supreme Being, while those who are of Primal Doing shall
return, via Purgatory, to Supreme Doing.
From dust to dust, and from ashes to ashes.
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