Time, Space, Mind Equation
I have long explored the symbolic quality of numbers. The quality of a number opens a doorway into understanding that there is obvious exoteric and subtle esoteric in most all lessons. All spiritual teachings have exoteric and esoteric lessons. And by extension many nonspiritual lessons, even those on number, have exoteric and esoteric lessons too. The doorway to perception of this esoteric and exoteric dynamic can actually be found in number, the exoteric understanding of number as quantity and the mostly occulted esoteric understanding of number as quality.
Among my favorite numbers with esoteric value are 4 and 108. Exploring the esoteric fundamentals of these numbers has led to a greater understanding of the esoteric and exoteric contrast of concepts as well as understanding the qualities of other numbers, not just 4 and 108.
The exploration of the quality of 4 for instance demanded an understanding of 3 and 5 as well as its double, 8, and the related 7. 4 is also related to 40, the 4 and 10. This unfolds most notably in the Tetraktys and related Tetragrammaton which intertwine sacred geometry, God/godliness and creation. The concept of four grammar arises from these symbols and the philosophy behind them as does the 4 and 10. The 4 and 10 unfold most notably in The Bible where 40, the 4 and 10 of The Tetragrammaton, morphed from The Tetraktys, is symbolic for the time-period of an initiatory process, or ascension of comprehension through initiation.
In The Bible rain fell for 40 days and 40 nights in the flood story of Noah and his arc. Moses spends 40 days and nights on Mt. Sinai and he lived for 120 years, said be made up of three sets of 40 years. The Israelites wondered the desert for 40 years. They also stated that people should not receive more than 40 lashed as punishment. Jesus and others fasted for 40 days. Jesus ultimately visited his disciples 40 days after his resurrection. 40 is symbolic for the purification, dedication to testing and preparation for initiation practices and processes.
In ancient Egypt the major part of the embalming process was covering the body in natron salt for 40 days to remove moisture. And in Babylon the God Enki, the wisdom bearer of subterranean waters, is also associated with 40.
Today it is well understood by psychologists that human adaptation is cemented at around 40 days, that is to say it takes 40 days to start new patterns and/or break old patterns. The word quarantine comes from this purification through dedication idea too.
“Remember how the Lord (Lord and God in Bible = Tetragrammaton, meaning four grammar) your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.” ~Deuteronomy 8:12
“He may be given up to forty lashes, but not more, lest being flogged to excess, your brother be degraded before your eye.” ~Deuteronomy 25:3
The symbological relationships of 40 are quite revealing. And one implication of the symbolism shared broadly is that forty days of water leads to life and forty days without it is pertinent to death, and that there is positive and negative potentials.
In exploration of numerological, symbological connections of potentially diverse cultures it has become clear that through shared numerological qualities the shared symbological qualities can be found and even expanded to enhance the related idea within the diverse cultures themselves. There are many lessons from the Tao which might enhance a Bible verse and vice-versa, for instance.
So, despite the ideas in The Bible being powerful, provocative and revealing on their own there are other phenomena from other concepts related to consciousness comprehension expansion that ultimately relate and reveal in astounding ways that may be related or not.
In order to reveal meaning and find correspondence let’s dive into the significance of two other numbers. There are numerous ways I have found that Taoist symbolism from China corresponds with and at the same time contrasts with symbolism from ancient Egypt. And as with so many relationships more broadly one of the ways these relationships are revealed is in the spiritual symbology and also in numerology and how the quality of number was perceived.
When we think of Taoist symbolism the first thing that might come to mind is the Yin Yang symbol or Taijitu, literally The Grand Ultimate Pole/Polarity. The Bagua is often presented surrounding the symbol of the duality of polarity, these being the 8 trigrams. The trigrams are made up of broken and unbroken lines representing the contrasting and complementing Yin and Yang energy respectively. The 8 trigrams of The Bagua are the basis of The I ‘Ching, a divination guidebook on a divination process. When one trigram is combined with another trigram there are 64 potential hexagrams. These 64 potentials are explained in primordial understandings and used to comprehend subtle energy and conceptualize acting in accordance with unfolding energy in time and space.
There are two main sequences of the 64 hexagrams. Below we see the 64 Hexagrams in The King Wen Sequence with the names of the energies of each. Note that the form and flow of the Hexagrams are in a format of 32 pairs of energies.
Terrence Mckenna studied The I’ Ching and formed some interesting observations based on the idea that the 64 potentials were the elements of time and presented the unfoldment of the structure of time just as the Table of Elements presented the elements of matter. He came up with a few different ways to look at this via different equations based on I ‘Ching relationships. 64 hexagrams multiplied by 6 equals 384. This is significant number in time as thirteen moon cycles equates to 383.9 days. 384 multiplied by 64 equals 24,576 which is roughly the number of years in what is called The Great Year, in which each astrological sign cycles in relationship to Earth. There are different understandings on exactly how long these sign cycles are, but the nearness to the completion of it is notable.
“The bottom line is the people who pursued this understanding of time achieved as sophisticated a relationship to time as the Western relationship to matter expressed through our ability to trigger fusion and fission…and it is not necessarily mystical what I did was entirely mathematical…I think true understanding can be communicated and formerly described with mathematics and that’s what we have here. We are on the brink of a fusion of Western science with quote-unquote Eastern mysticism, nothing mystical about it except that we call it mysticism. But the fusion of these two viewpoints is going to give us a complete understanding of the universe of space, time, matter and energy.” ~Terrence Mckenna on The I ‘Ching
In correspondence and contrast with The Taoist symbolism of the Taijitu, the Bagua and the 64 hexagrams of The I ‘Ching The ancient Egyptians utilized an exoteric measurement system for measure of physical quantity that also utilized an esoteric system to measure consciousness of physicality and energy. The measurement system was based on the hekat, used for measurement of the weight of grain and so on, as opposed to a cubit, a measure of geometrical place. The smallest fraction of hekat is 1/64. The left eye of Horus depicts the measure of consciousness input with this measure, the same format as the dynamic of The Taoist concept of 64 hexagrams, however, it reflects in contrast by being fractions of one creating a total of 63/64 instead 64.
Below is an arrangement of the 64 hexagrams with the format to depict the fractions of generated by way of the Eye of Horus.
The 64th hexagram is notably considered to stand alone in I’Ching teachings. And one could extrapolate that the 63rd hexagram is the most stable and fundamental of the hexagrams being in accordance to Taiji philosophy of Yang stability at the base and Yin energy above it in repetition. And with that in mind, its contrast the 64th hexagram is perfect depiction for next unfoldment, the not yet to be potentiated potential, if you will, Yin at the base with Yang above.
There is another philosophical/spiritual stream of comprehension among various Vedic traditions. Krishna is said to be the eighth incarnation of Vishnu and is sometimes referred to as the supreme being. Krishna is said to have mastered 64 arts in just 64 days. More esoteric tantric teachings put forth that there are 8 divine mother Matrikas, 4 of overt creative energy and 4 of overt destructive energy. The 8 Matrikas each multiplied into 8 forms and into the 64 Yoginis representing 64 tantric practices/lessons for comprehension expansion, ascension. The 8 is related to the 8 limbs of Yoga, The 8 directions (4 cardinal and 4 intermediate) and is at least suggestive of and in correspondence with The Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism. Other Taoist tales put forth 64 studies or lessons toward ascension relating the same lesson in Tantra and The I ‘Ching.
Going deeper still each of these sets of 64 provide exoteric and esoteric consciousness lessons. The exoteric lessons pertain to developing skills that are applicable for use in and assistance to measure the tangible material world. Secondarily the esoteric skills hinted at in the components of consciousness in The Eye of Horus are related to psychic consciousness of non-material and intangible. The I ‘Ching effectively describes a tactile format to tap into divination energies and psychic comprehension through 64 potentials. And the 64 lessons of Shiva and the 64 energies of The 64 Yoginis pertain to transcendence and higher consciousness and of psychic potentials.
The eightfold idea into 64 modalities of consciousness arousal, consciousness comprehension and consciousness measure unfold mind in the same inspiring ways and in the same mathematical procedure, each suggestive of higher consciousness potential. Interestingly within our very biological system is a code based on 64 potentials. The 64 codons within our DNA are based on the assimilation of different amino acids. So however the idea was formed as a representation of consciousness by way of number that they all formed a similar construct and the same subject is remarkable. Each of these ideas and systems are worthy of a great deal of deep research of course as we simply explore the relationship.
Another construct of 64 is the sacred geometry shape the tetrahedron. The 64 sided sacred geometry symbol that is formed by uniting 8 star tetrahedrons at a central point. It is theorized that the sacred geometry depicts space, time and mind. Each of these ideas pertinent to consciousness and 64 measure are of great depth on their own and this is only topical understanding of their correspondences. 8 multiplied by 8 into 64 concept is widely conceptualized idea and the 64 tetrahedron has its own deep stream of relationships pertaining to comprehension of space, time and mind as well as relating to the Sacred Geometry idea of The Flower of Life.
“If you put spheres around each tetrahedron of a 64 tetrahedron grid you get a 3D Flower of Life.” ~Nassim Harramein
There is one other sacred numerology and sacred geometry idea to explore to enhance our comprehension of 40 and of 64. This is also universally illustrated and an elemental primal lesson capable of consciousness instigation as well as biological comprehension. The concept and number of Phi or The Golden Ratio, 1.618, or 1.6, is used to understand universalism and is present in biological formation as if an ambient energy and influence. The ratio is used in art and design and manifests in nature repeatedly. The Ark of the Covenant and Noah’s Ark are both made up by way of measurements that do incorporate proportions in approximation to The Golden Ratio, 1.666 as opposed to 1.618. The related Fibonacci sequence eventually approaches and approximates The Golden Ratio as well exemplified in nature and integrated in design.
Phi or The Golden Ratio is a universal esoteric number classified as an irrational number like Pi. It is almost as if it is depicting a vibration or direction. Phi is a sacred measure of formation of natural biological formation in relation to parts and it is helpful in comprehension of space and place.
Now here is the equation: 64 divided by 1.6 = 40, or sacred time combined by sacred space/place equals sacred devotion of mind toward consciousness ascension. Each of these numbers is made to symbolize consciousness and transpositional consciousness unbound by personal limitations to better comprehend totality. Individual consciousness unfolds with and connects to universal consciousness.
64 divided by 1.6 equals 40. It is almost as if it is an equation or instruction to higher thinking suggestive of piercing the veil. It is almost as if it is stating that the limitations of place and time are superseded when space/ambience is contemplated by a focused mind. There is unification of ideation in the equation, a unification of space and place with time and mind. The symbological implications of the equation are profound. It is as if the 64/1.6 =40 equation reveals the unconfined power of our individual consciousness to bypass the confinements of presumed stratum or dimensions of inner and outer reality.
The equation suggests the ability to surpass these confinements composed by our own consciousness. That the confinements of space, place, time and mind can be overcome by way of dedication or purification. 64, divination learning of exoteric and esoteric, conceptualized by way of the divine proportion of The Golden Ratio of 1.6 quates to the ascended 40 days of dedication to higher mind, or transcendence. Each of the numbers and ideations on their own are suggestive of and supportive of higher understanding and together they represent comprehension of the language of the universe, the intricacies of nature both seen and unseen.
The equation 64 divided by 1.6 = 40 reveals and inspires comprehension of space, matter, time and energy, or space, place, time and mind, or otherwise known as the 4 elements, elemental literally etymologically breaking down to El/god, mental/mind (parts) and inferring higher understanding as well. And with the inspiration to do so quantum comprehension unfettered by the cultured limitation is attainable. Of course, the very word quantum is based on quantity and comprehension of parts of the whole.
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