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Evolution and Involution
(The Principle of the
Shadowy Arc)
Posted
14/4/07
Evolution does not simply involve moving
progressively upwards as if following the line on the graph of a successful
sales department. It is also unlike moving through school in which students
tend to move up through the school at the same speed and stay in the same
groups or classes.
In fact Evolution (of both spirit &
matter) involves first a descending arc. Spirit must descend into matter and
clothe itself in it. On the downward arc matter eclipses spirit more and more
until it is shadowed (The Shadowy Arc). Matter is evolving to a greater extent
than spirit during this descent.
Eventually the spirit reaches the lowest
point on the arc of descent and begins to rise out of matter. In this ascending
arc spirit evolves to the greater extent. Ultimately spirit separates itself
from matter and the cycle is repeated again after a period of rest.
Evolution and Involution operate
together, one is not possible without the other. Matter and Spirit are parts of
the same whole and both must evolve.
A human incarnation is a descent into
matter in which the spiritual part of man acquires a human body to gain
physical experience. Humans can be described as spiritual beings who have
physical experiences but when in incarnation it is easy to regard it as the
other way round.
In human evolution our level of
consciousness gives us a level of choice or self determination which means we
can accelerate or impede our evolution both individually and as a whole.
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