God, Creator, All That Is, the Divine - The Source of all life Whose focus is a loving penetration that is not troubled by the pettiness of mankind nor caught in the reactions of man. The judgmental and jealous God is in this sense that which has been created by man. The All That Is is impenetrable by us but reflects itself in ways that are penetrating to us.
Intuition is the force through which the All That Is makes itself manifest in ways that are understandable to us. The intuition deals with wholes and abstracts.
Intellect is the faculty of reasoning and discrimination designed to order what has been received through the intuition. It defines and clarifies that which is otherwise too abstract into understandable components.
Ego refers to the conscious distinction of self from others. In this state of individuality, error is possible because in this state of duality the "myth" of separation begins and it is here where the re-union process must take place.
World Ego refers to a collective consciousness that believes itself to be separate and perpetuates good and evil, forming an umbrella belief system that fosters the concepts of specialness and separation.
World refers to the collective consciousness of humanity as manifest. This is a state of perception that has no footing in the Divine as long as the ego is rooted in the concept of being separate. Therefore, it perpetuates illusion, and it is this that we need overcome. The earth is not synonymous with the world. The earth is our physical home that needs our respect and care.
World Ego Religions - These religions do not originate in the intuitive state...they come from the ego/intellect state. They fuel the myth of separation within the world of perception. They are divisive rather than re-unifying.
Heart - not the physical heart but the mystical heart...the seat of intuition. The head is the seat of intellect. By combining the head and heart there is a mystical union.
Mystical - having a spiritual significance not evident to the intellect - a direct union with God through inner vision, intuitive insight or other enlightening experiences that begin in the Heart.
Christ refers to the perfect light of God reflecting through the intuition and manifest in purified humanity. Each individual has the potential of the Christ within and throughout history there have been those Shining individuals who have portrayed this image of the Divine for mankind. As each of us overcomes the World Ego, we are able to open our own channels of perception to reclaim our roles as reflectors of this perfect light.
Lucifer - A "fallen" angel. In allegory, Lucifer would have had a corresponding role for the intellect as Jesus did for the heart. The unwillingness to accept secondary position caused a split/duality and set up what should have been a harmonious interaction into an adversarial contest.
Satan reflects the ego which has glorified itself as a distinct personality and misused the power of the intellect to distort reality. Lucifer, Satan, World Ego are all referring to states of consciousness that have contributed to the myth of separateness and specialness. These are the "lost children" that need to be reclaimed through love to their rightful roles in the "kingdom of heaven".
Kingdom of Heaven refers to a state of consciousness that is no longer separated within itself and has found its true home in the Divine.
The wilderness refers to the chaotic state of mind that does not allow us to reflect the beauty of harmonious thinking.
The Garden refers to the tended mind that allows intuition to bring forth the concept (planter of the seed) and for intellect to make the concept reasonable (caretaker of the message/seed). Harmony is reflected when intuition/intellect work together in proper order.
My sense of clarifying this is not easy because it does draw us into the intellect. But the usage of words may mean many different things to different people, and rather than argue over semantics, it is easier to establish a criteria for understanding some of these principles that are represented in multi-dimensional layers from conditions of perception to external states of being. Please go to the heart of the material for inner resonance.
- Kathleen