The Unity of The Tree of Life in Four Dimensions

"Know thyself, and thou shalt know the universe and god." ~Temple of Apollo at Delphi

The Ta aspect is related to the original primordial Egyptian mound, Tatenen. Ta is the primal, primordial universal mind, the light shining enlightenment. This mind aspect of Osiris is depicted as a potter spinning the wheel of creation, and is the architect creator, the primal antecedent generation of causes. (It is worth noting that Ta and Tao are phonetically alike.)

The Eastern (Taoist) and Western (Egyptian) original understanding of creation was unlike what monotheistic religions put forth today. Monotheism puts forth the idea that creation was made by God outside of creation, whereas the Taoists and Egyptians believed that creation itself was causation of generation.

The idea relates individual primal potentiation, self-empowerment, self-development, instead of unconscious, religious institutionalization. The cosmos is within the microcosmic and therefore god is within, nature is godly, creation is causation for generation of which we are all intricately part and parcel of. To be natural is to be relaxed and potentiated. Ta is like the primordial consciousness, and further the collective consciousness.

The Osiris/Horus is father and son dynamic who are separate and the same. If Ta is light itself Horus is the individual in pursuit of enlightenment. Just as the first born is related to father, mind/intellect is the first born of consciousness. Father/son individualized consciousness are given dominion over individuated primal consciousness. Horus/Intellect title: the redeemer, the first born of eternity, the only begotten of Osiris, the bridge and the door, guards the house of his father. Horus is like the consciousness, the intellect, the mind of self. This is very linear Yang energy

Luna is nocturnal son, the dark side. The unconscious, the aspects of ourselves, of our individual and collective selves, so to speak of which remain shadowed and unseen, like the dark side of the moon, the psychological life of man and the universe. Luna is like the subconscious, the great desire. Named the great dreamer, Osiris Luna rules the mysterious power of imagination. Luna represents that which is known by doing, experience. Luna is like the unconscious, imaginative and intuitive, the dreaming sleep. This is the contrast to Horus, or circular Yin Energy.

Titan Osiris is the great storm, the agitation set in motion. Titan is the principle of destruction, but not necessarily viewed as evil, but unstoppable power. Titan is represented by the Hippopotamus of the Nile, the most dense physical, earthly aspect, like the elephant in The Four Harmonious Friends. The Titan is the very physical denseness embodied and taking action. Titan is like the shadow conscious of mind. Just as the physical can be built upon and improved the Osiris Titan, the dark side of the consciousness only requires consciousness and context, or shadow work. Shadow work can be interpreted as addressing the negative and unconscious patterns, bringing attention to tension to develop and surpass whirlwinds. Titan is like the active willing into being, through dark storms and tumult or whatever. The Titan is form of Yin and Yang coalesced.

"Osiris now becomes rather obviously the four conditions which make up the world. These conditions are consciousness, intellect, desire and matter." ~ Manly P. Hall

Activist, author and Tai Chi teacher Ethan Indigo Smith was born on a farm in Maine and lived in Manhattan for a number of years before migrating west to Mendocino, California. Ethan's work is both deeply connected and extremely insightful, blending philosophy, politics, activism, spirituality, meditation and a unique sense of humor.

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