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05 August 2015
"He Who Speaks Little..."
"He who speaks little is spontaneous and natural" Tao Te Ching - Chapter 23
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We would like to devote more than superficial attention to the first verse of Chapter 23. If we want to try to fathom the full depth of what Lao Tzu means here, we will need to unveil the mystery of speech and sound.
The first thing you need to bear in mind is that human speech is always closely connected with two processes: the process of breathing and the process of thinking. Unless you breathe, you cannot speak. Without a properly functioning mind you cannot express any language in sound. The larynx -- the organ with which you bring forth articulated sound -- is of relatively minor significance compared to the respiration and the thought process.
When various authors state that the human being can speak and is distinguished from other animals because he has a perpendicular larynx, this is only a partial truth. For all the organs of the material body are necessary if we are to function properly in nature.
In both animal and human heads and hearts are several minute organs which connect them directly with the astral spheres. With many species of animals and human types it is not so much the heart as the solar plexus which plays a large part in that process. This fundamental connection between the living, material body and the astral sphere determines the quality, the whole nature of the creature concerned.
The astral plane is not uniform throughout. It is made up of countless domains, each one qualitatively different from all the others, and in each one of these astral domains, countless possibilities and situations are manifested. So it is easy to understand that every human being possesses an individual astral type, a personal astral key. This key is expressed in every aspect of his being, and is present not only within him, but also around him (or her). On this factor rests the whole nature and quality of a person's breathing.
By this we mean to say that each of us possesses a highly individual, personal respiration-field, which is formed and prepared by our personal astral condition.
So with every breath we take, both the head and the heart will function in a way determined by our astral condition at that moment. In this way, life really does arise from breath, in more than one sense. From our breath arise not only our mental activities, but also our desires. There is an inner, astral basis which arises via the chakras, and there is an outer astral activity, which connects with the inner, astral basis via the breath.
From "He Who Speaks Little Is Spontaneous And Natural" - The Chinese Gnosis - Catharose de Petri, Jan van Rijckenborgh
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You live and breathe inside of an invisible bubble that we call your microcosm. Whatever you think and feel is deposited in that invisible bubble and available to you always. What you see when you look out into the world will be colored by what surrounds you in your bubble. In other words, what you are within is reflected back to you.
It is important that you do not pollute your respiration-field. Purification of the mental and astral bodies is of great importance to those attempting to walk The Path. Make it a daily objective to cleanse your respiration field of all negativity and lower vibration thoughts and emotions. Detachment, non-attachment, objectivity and divine indifference. These are the qualities that will bring peace to the astral body. Speak little.
More on 'speech' coming up.
~ g
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Respected Sir,
Would love to read more on this topic. How to cleanse out the respiration field of all negativity and lower vibration thoughts and emotions. Any pointers/ideas will be welcome.
Anonymous,
We must remember that everything begins with Thought. Our visible and invisible vehicles are built of ethers of differing vibrations extracted from our thought-ether. If the thought-ether is impure, the astral, etheric and physical bodies will reflect that impurity.
van Rijckenborgh states: "...if you purify your thoughts, if you learn to think in a pure way, in harmony with the Fundamental Nature, you will knock down the prison walls". This is the key to purification of the respiration field (astral body).
Thoughts of criticism, judgment, malice and revenge must especially be eliminated. Thoughts that place our personal welfare ahead of the well-being of others should be included in that group. Gossip should be assiduously avoided.
Maintain an objective neutrality about the phenomena and events that take place around you. Be neither for, nor against, anything. As the purification of the thought-process becomes a consistent part of your life, your mental body will vibrate at a higher, purer frequency, thereby attracting higher, purer thoughts (Like Attracts Like). This will have a beneficial cascade effect upon the lower bodies. The Retrograde Movement explains the thought-cycle.
We are given the outline and details of how astral purification works. Ultimately, it is up to us to apply what we have learned in order to obtain the desired result. In the beginning, it may be difficult to break habits of thought built up over many lives, but trust it can be one. Success depends on the amount of effort, dedication and perseverance put forth by the pupil to achieve the stated goal.
~ g
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