Tonal, Nagual and Limits of Rational Thinking
2010-03-01 | Filed Under articles |
In Carlos Castaneda’s books, Don Juan Matus describes a dichotomy of Tonal and Nagual. Simply, Tonal is what can be named or described with words. Nagual is all that is unnamable and undesribable. Tonal lies in the level of reason, while Nagual is what is beyond reason.
Word structures (be they positive statements or negations) determine relations between perceived objects, in the highest point achieving the irreducible Existence. Differences and contradictions between the constructs of concepts (their affirmations or negations) can be explained by differences in activities of consciousness of each “separate” being, or in other words, consciousness which operates on “individual”, “separated” level. In any case, each “separate” being at some moment of time begins to “break through” on the level of the ever-increasing truth, generalizing and reducing the information which was received by means of perception, while eliminating all particulars by summarizing them into patterns, rules or laws. This is the limit of knowledge, which can be achieved with rational thinking, thinking “with reason”. This is the boundary of Tonal (the domain of rationalizable), after which Nagual begins - the region of unrationalizable.
Penetrating into the Nagual (which one must do having a firm base in the Tonal), the being receives direct gnosis, shadows of which are projected and reflected in Tonal, which find it’s expression in the form of new descriptions of received knowledge. These descriptions lie in the sphere of Relative, but nevertheless reflect the Absolute. Consciousness therefore performs a a galloping process - from Tonal to Nagual - where it receives new experiential knowledge - back to Tonal - where it analyses received knowledge - followed by rest/relaxation - and then a new jump into the Nagual, and so forth. It is an infinite process with which the boundaries of Tonal increase, however also the horizon of penetrability into the Nagual also increases with time. Nagual in a way “drags” Tonal behind it, as a horse drags a carriage, while using it as a support. In this infinite process a conscious being increasingly lights up the edges of That, which is called the Truth.
(c) John Vestnik
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State of Catastrophe Declared in Chile After Massive 8.8-Magnitude Quake
2010-02-27 | Filed Under newspicks |
Chile’s president declared a state of catastrophe in the aftermath of a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake Saturday that left bodies, crumbled buildings and outages in its wake.
At least 147 people had been found dead as of Saturday afternoon, and the pre-dawn quake, the most powerful quake to hit the country in a half century, also cut electricity, water and phone lines to many outlying areas, meaning there was no immediate word of death or damage there.
The quake also unleashed a tsunami across the ocean, putting much of the Pacific Rim on alert for potentially devastating waves.
Foxnews
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587565,00.html
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Tiferet Journal
2010-02-24 | Filed Under snippets |
Introducing TIFERET Journal, with mission to promote peace in you as an individual and in our world. Our poetry and prose are dedicated to bringing you closer to spirit and higher consciousness through the written word. Tiferet is a Hebrew word meaning reconciliation of opposites, the heart, compassion, truth. On the Tree of Life, it is where the material and spiritual worlds meet. TIFERET the magazine is a multi-faith publication, presenting a variety of religious traditions as different paths up the same mountain.
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Reuniting with your Higher Self
2010-02-24 | Filed Under reviews |
If you are wanting to dramatically and wonderfully change your life and reconnect more fully with your REAL (Higher) Self - this book will get you there! Like so many others, I have searched many years and have gone from book to book and lecture to lecture hoping to find the “magic beans” path that will get me to where I want to go. Along the way, I learned a lot about spiritual matters, but did not find my life substantially changing UNTIL applying the material in this book!
The thing that makes this book different is that it has a STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE AND DAILY PLAN to focus on, which assures your success IF you are willing to stay focused and take the needed steps. The thing that is great about this approach is that it does not require a lot of extra time, rather most of the steps are integrated into you daily life.
As the book states, what you can expect is MORE! More: peace, happiness, joy, success, sense of purpose in your life, guidance and abundance! And that is exactly what I have personally experienced so far. I am so excited about this book and hope it will make your life change in miraculous ways too! The name of the book is “Peel Away the Layers to your Real Radiant Self!”.
http://www.violetfire.org/Book2Promo.html
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Welcome!
2010-01-27 | Filed Under articles |
Here at Metapleroma.org we are about to intoduce some changes. Keeping our main goal of promoting the Spirit in mind, we will also be adding some content which will hopefully help spiritual and general writers, artists and musicians in the area of e-marketing. Meanwhile, you are welcome to join the forum and participate in discussions. Spiritual writers, bloggers and site owners are welcome to use the link directory and the forum to promote their content. We only ask you to cross-link back to Metapleroma.org if you do. We will also accept articles to be posted here in the blog area (such as, if you would like to promote your site, blog or book, write a review and post it on the feedback forum.
Keep an eye on this site, as changes are coming!
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