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UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF ENTRY INTO THE EARTH
Ah, but how did this come to pass? How can we understand the existence of man in a body as it relates to that which has been observed in the earth called evolution at the physical level?
Now, at this time, we would not have you comprehend the beginnings of existence in this called the physical universe. This is not needed at the present time. However, in this called present age, man will begin to discover scientifically, consciously, intellectually, deductively, logically, and then intuitively, that which will bring him closer and ever closer to a comprehension of the origins, not only of physical forms and of the evoluted forms in the earth, but of matter itself, of space itself. This will come to pass. We need not give a full understanding of this here, but merely touch upon it.
Understand, however, that in the infinity of existence is that called the universe, infinite possibilities, and hence infinite probabilities exist. And before the entry into the earth of man, not as a race, but as a consciousness called Amelius, there already existed in a plane of consciousness of which man was unfamiliar, the spatial or skeletal, or if you will have it, eventually the physical existence of that which we call the Earth and countless other planets. There also existed beings in consciousness and spirits unrelated and yet related to the existence of the particular aspect of God which we call “us” in the earth. Through these forces the earth as a skeletal structure, as a bodily structure, in a sense as a physical form, moved and evolved. It was the nature of matter itself, and its origins, which we will not discuss, to become more complex and more complex until, much like unto the spirit of man, the infinite should manifest in the finite. Do not try to comprehend in the mind how this can be said, believing all to be of God. Have some faith, for God is not mocked.
We have before us the world in its movement of consciousness, the evolution of forms in the earth, the elements first within the earth, the ethers themselves, the gases, the airs, the beings and spiritual forms of consciousness, (incomprehensible at present to man,) associated therewith; the solid forms, the combinations of the gaseous and the more dense, the fires, (the exchanges of the gaseous with the solid,) the liquids, the fluids, and the solids themselves. And from the combination of these active forces we see the eventual evolution of physical forms, unrelated in this consciousness, which we call man, yet related also, but moving on their own.
We see the emergence of forms from the unicellular and multicellular level, eventually the aquatic creatures, the amphibians, the reptiles, those which could fly, those which crept in the earth, and those finally which became more and more erect, as though being drawn upward by some invisible force, becoming the proto-anthropoids, the common evolutionary ancestors of man, and the anthropoids. These things came to pass in the evolution of the earth sphere before the entry of man as a spiritual being. Devic consciousness, spirits, and beings, unakin to our nature and yet necessary in the preparation of the earth, moved as a great celestial chord. Melody, harmony, then rhythm moved across the face of the deep. Forms took their appearance, the elements themselves seeking to become self -conscious.
And then, as the moment was right, that consciousness which you will not begin to comprehend, which we have called Amelius, because of its tendency to enter the earth that it might bring amelioration, causing God to become conscious as an individual, drew near, nearer, nearer, nearer as a great wave of sound and color and love from the solar orb itself. It came about the earth as a stranger and yet familiar, that which in a sense was needed and yet that which was not part of it.
A strangeness crept over the deep. A new aura, a new consciousness of light and Being enclosed the earth as a great mantle of fire and light and sound. And in its own unconsciousness every physical being within the earth became alerted. There was a great exchange of consciousness between these, and that which might be termed “love unconscious of itself” drew near to the earth, to that which as the Divine Mother in nature would eventually enable it as God’s blessing in the face of existence to become conscious of itself.
Oh, if man could but see and know and remember that moment, which was as an infinite age and yet a moment, as consciousness came and enclosed and caressed the earth. And even in its unconsciousness, so to speak, it found the earth beautiful. And as it, in its unconsciousness, became aware of the individual forms in the earth, its being was drawn down as a great mantle, and the individual threads of that mantle, caught and unraveled, brought down and wrapped around near, nearer, ever so near to the forms of individual existence, until there was a sort of individuality, a sort of vague sense of existence in the universe as an isolated thing. Yet it held its nature and became conscious, in a sense. of existence in space, but not comprehending the limitations of that existence, for it was not limited in the way in which we know limitation as an objective thing.
Then it became of the ethers themselves, and then of the gases. Ah, to feel the very existence of individualized atomic creation, an individualized thing caressing that half-existing and half-unresolute in the bosom of creation. The air, the elements of gas, caressed its being, and something within it said, “I am air.” A motion, an ebb and flow came into existence in the consciousness which was not yet man. Then, beholding the air, threads of its mantled existence unraveled and built about, almost in the sense as a cocoonhovering over that which was to come forth, the air itself.
There was an awareness of existence and movement in that air and in the inanimate creatures and beings moving in the air, those strange creatures which could fly in the air, reptile -like, yet those which could fly and those creatures which had literal feathers. There was not a full identity with these, but a sense of hovering about them and moving with them, a sense of air moving about them.
Then, at one moment, the air seemed in a sense to be caught and absorbed by the very breathing in plant life, absorbed and oxidized, and by the very elements which even then manifested that process of oxidation called fire, the combination of air and the elements of gas with the denser. Man began to perceive the strange light which somehow reminded it of its source in the sun and drew near and felt the burning, in a sense the yearning of the gas to reach the solid and combine with it, and yet the solid to exchange and be lifted up into gas. And the being that was not yet man became conscious in fire, and took on those characteristics that may be called fire.
Then again he moved and became aware. “What is this into which I have come?”
Becoming more and more self -conscious, and yet not so. Then it seemed not to expand, but to move and yet hold its solidity, a closer aspect to awareness of individualized existence in atoms and elements; It felt the sense of liquid movement and became a part of that which was the beginning of the soul. The liquid caressed the earth, felt its warmth and its coolness, and became aware of its need in the earth for its own existence, lest it dissolve in space itself.
And then the being that was not yet man became aware of the earth and the solid, of its character and consciousness, and granted in itself an awareness, in a sense, of the individual as the solid and in the temporally immobile.
Now there came a yearning for that which seemed to move across the earth, that which was more consciously mobile. The memory of man was drawn upward once again into the elements to perceive that which it had first encountered as a movement, into the creatures that flew in the air. Now aware of the gaseous elements in fire, and fluid and earthly and solid consciousness, it can now become aware of an animation of that, of that solid in the air. It hovered about, being aware more individually now of matter itself, rather than just the sense of movement of matter in the air. Eventually, it became aware of itself. It felt the bodily fluids coursing through the veins, the assimilation of earthy and food substance, and it became a flying creature.
And yet it held a part of that consciousness of itself; that which did not fully comprehend the solid in real nature here, remained somewhat. By thought, it could dissolve the forms into which it had entered, and then recreate them in colors and forms unimaginable. Throughout time that cannot be comprehended, man’s soul (it already had become as such,) moved in that awareness as the creatures of the air. This physical plane was not objective then, as you know it, but subjective. And man moved in and out of it, creating as within a dream, identified with that of the dream and yet was not really, not fully it.
Then it became aware of the need to move upon the earth and to manifest a consciousness of others in its presence. It became aware of objects, of things, and of other creatures. That which manifested the closest characteristics in its temperament to make others aware of itself in some ways by its appearance, but especially in its ferociousness, even with a great roar, attracted the consciousness that was not yet man but that in some ways was a bird in flight. And this strange being, a part of the soul of man, beheld the creatures of feline evolution and identified with their fiery nature. But as it was partly identified as a bird of the air, and since this world at the plane of physical consciousness was yet subjective as a dream, for this being only dreamed into the world, it caused these feline creatures to have wings. Not only did they walk upon the earth and make others conscious of their roar and sound; they flew in the air!
Ah, how strange but how beautiful, man’s consciousness seeking to become aware of existence. We see these in the memory of man in legends. Thus the lion and its aggressive characteristics became a portion of the soul of man. Encountering other creatures for its own existence, it sought to become aware of that which, in a sense, became its food, to become aware of the experience of those other creatures which were flesh and blood.
Now he became aware of those which seemed most active and self -conscious: the proto -anthropoids. Then that soul in man entered into those hairy creatures that stood somewhat erect. Yet being somewhat identified with the creatures of the air and the lion or the tiger of the forest, he built within man certain characteristics as he dreamed into him as a soul (but not yet aware as an individual.) The tail perhaps of a lion, or wings or other characteristics of the creatures of the air.
Then perceiving others, man moved again, only temporarily manifesting in these forms. And yet do not misunderstand it, he remained in all of these, in a sense. The being, that is, was and yet was not man, moved into other forms of quadrupeds, into the taurian -like forms of oxen, into the proto-oxen and creatures that might be called bulls. For here he saw the fullest strength to manifest the beginning of a sense that might be called the more sexual in the experience of the growing soul in man. But he remembered his nature as man – took on the form that in mythology would be called “Minotaur.”
Man, however, was not fully identified with these forms, and yet was, for he could still move and change and alter the forms by thought. Then something within that being became still more identified and solidified.
Not having known itself as an individuality, it was all so great a temptation to forget the nature of that which it was, for it had never really been conscious of it.
CALLING FOR HELP
At this point in the experience of man, that consciousness called Amelius had remained at a higher plane. Hovering as a great mantle over the earth, as a pattern that may only be described as light and consciousness, Amelius reached out and hallowed back to the solar orb of consciousness and to the sphere (the consciousness) that later became the planet called Venus, to that consciousness. And it became more aware, not as individuals but as a pervading essence hovering about the world, of that called “love.”
Man became more conscious in the physical forms in which he had identified. Some here and some there found themselves solidified in these forms, no longer creating by thought, for they were fully satisfied and identified in matter. However certain beings of the consciousness associated with this sphere called Venus, “not yet existent on the physical plane but in the solar orb,” hovered about and caressed the earth as a great radiance and realized that man must find a transformation in his experience. There was the realization that the soul that was growing to make man aware of the spirit, and individuality eventually bringing the consciousness of God into that individuality, must somehow now be transformed.
And a great wave of consciousness seemed to move across space and creation, as light across the face of the deep. The soul and being that was and yet may not be called man was drawn up for a moment as by a great love, and the forms which he had created drawing upon the elemental consciousness of the earth. And the planetary orb swept near the earth, entering and forming in the orbit now of Venus. The earth was showered with fire and brimstone, magnetic and energy forces as though by natural cataclysm. And the earth was shaken. And the intermixture of forms which man had created were destroyed. And yet, as an identity of self, as forms remained.
By this very act of love, the physical form of the planet Venus had come forth from the solar orb, and in its path swept near the earth, and by the love of the consciousness called Venus, of the very “being” called Venus, had transformed the earth as a saving grace. Because of that willingness of consciousness, it received a planet of its own in a fiery form which evolved itself that it might call home. Here was the origin of that great spirit of life called Venus that was active in the beginnings of the earth. By that act of love it received its own home and individuality, although at a different level of spiritual consciousness from that in the earth.
