{"id":14453,"date":"2021-06-10T23:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T03:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=14453"},"modified":"2021-06-20T08:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T12:31:15","slug":"principle-of-manifestation-over-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=14453","title":{"rendered":"Principle of Manifestation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a thought experiment to help understand the principles of manifestation as described in Man and his Becoming<\/em> by Rene Guenon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s use the song Over the Rainbow<\/em><\/a> from the movie Wizard of Oz<\/em> and follow how it is manifested as a song. If you are unfamiliar with it, please listen to it first. Keep in mind that the song is a creation of human mind, but it still serves to illustrate the point.<\/p>\n

Divine intellect or Buddhi<\/h2>\n

As an idea in the Divine Intellect, our song remains a possibility of manifestation. How that possibility becomes an actuality is outlined below.<\/p>\n

Formless Manifestation<\/h3>\n

As part of the Buddhi, the song belongs to the realm of formless manifestation. We can talk about the song and there is mutual understanding. However, it is formless. Specifically, we don\u2019t visualize it at this level; there is only intellectual knowledge.<\/p>\n

As formless, it is not individuated. There are not multiple copies of the song in the Intellect. There is just the one, otherwise there is no intelligibility.<\/p>\n

Spaceless<\/h3>\n

You cannot specify where the song is. There is no geography, no GPS coordinates, not even a \u201cheaven\u201d of ideas.<\/p>\n

Timeless<\/h3>\n

Our song is timeless. We can mention the song today and it will be the same song as it was in 1939. It does not deteriorate over time. The notes don\u2019t start fading away. The words are not jumbled.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

Our song is One and beyond space and time. It has Being but no Existence. Nevertheless, we can \u201cknow\u201d it, provided we have been initiated into recognizing the song.<\/p>\n

Divine Soul or Manas<\/h2>\n

This is the realm of the inward senses. These senses are \u201cincorporeal and outwardly imperceptible\u201d. They \u00a0\u201creceive their finite expression in the particular conditions of individual existence prevailing at the level of the human state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The senses have their origin not in the corporeal realm but in the incorporeal. This is easily demonstrated by dreams and the imagination. In those conditions, you can experience sensual qualities without any corresponding physical or corporeal objects associated with them.<\/p>\n

Thus you can \u201clisten\u201d to the song in your imagination, hum it, or whatever. Most people will just pull it up from their memory. In my case, I will add some cool jazz riffs, knowing that I lack the talent to actually play them on the piano.<\/p>\n

Obviously, I cannot \u201chear\u201d the version of the song in your head, nor you in mine. So the Manas is the beginning of individuation, but not quite.<\/p>\n

Excursus on Beethoven<\/strong>. Toward the end of his life, Beethoven went deaf yet he continued to compose. In his Intellect, he could create a symphony, for example, because he knew the structure of a symphony and the laws of harmony.<\/p>\n

Moreover, in his Soul, he could \u201chear\u201d how it would sound. Yet he was unable to experience the symphony as it would be manifested. That brings us to the next stage.<\/p>\n

Manifestation<\/h2>\n

So what does it take to actually listen to our song? Manifestation is bringing something from Being into Existence. What is described below is the basic outline. It may leave out several subsidiary steps such as a descent through different states of being. But that does not change anything essential.<\/p>\n

There are five conditions of manifestation:<\/p>\n