HERMETIC - ESOTERIC - MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHIES
THE SIX AND SEVENTH
SENSES OF MAN.
In this essay, we shall try to focus
our attention on the Soul using some simple examples.
As we know, we live and develop self-consciousness with the help of
our five physical senses. In turn self-consciousness gradually develops an
ego. From childhood the ego is the part in man that learns and separates
itself from others. It teaches him to discriminate between this and that,
putting limits around himself and others, develops traits of character,
expresses the impulses coming from the Soul in creative and unique ways.
However as part of his human inheritance there exists in him two more
subtle senses. In some people these two senses are awakening and in a
process of development. We shall call them the intuitive and spiritual
sixth and seventh senses. Their role is to let our level of consciousness
be influenced by the impulses coming from the Soul and Spirit levels of
man. Nonetheless, these two germinal centers within man will one day in
the future manifest their qualities perfectly when the sixth and seventh
sub-races in humanity will have arisen.
The two subtle senses in man reveal a new and unique knowledge that
influences and unfold in him corresponding qualities.
Trying to activate these two
spiritual senses in us depends entirely on our level of purification and
of mastering the functions and impulses coming from the ego. This means
that we must first learn to master and transmute our animalistic instincts
and stop over rationalizing with our cerebral intelligence so that these
two spiritual senses unfold their spiritual attributes and qualities in
us.. The true sages of all epochs have based their teaching on the seventh
sense. This sense is based on the innate knowledge that belongs to the
Spirit of man in which dwells the sublime knowledge of the creation of the
universe and of its Source. Moreover, it also includes the knowledge and
processes of the mystery of incarnation and of reintegration into the
Absolute Uncreated Light. We therefore, understand that for us, this
knowledge is still incomprehensible, since, to be able to enter in its
dimension, we must have first perfected the seventh sense and its
corresponding level of consciousness in our being.
The sixth and seventh senses
function properly in man only when the Intelligence of the Heart is open
in his psyche and is in harmony with his two Divine Witnesses
(Soul/Spirit) What is the Intelligence of the Heart? It is the awakened
functions of the Soul in man. The qualities which evolve gradually through
intuition, and reveal the Soul’s divine gifts of an awe-inspiring
quality. The seventh sense is of a much higher spiritual nature and
is not based on ordinary human understanding and logic. This is so,
because its target is not the five physical senses, nor the rational
emotional and mental faculties of man, but rather the AWAKENING AND
MERGING FACULTIES OF THE SOUL AND SPIRIT IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MAN
HIMSELF. This is indeed the target and goal of the sixth and seventh
senses. Moreover, the aim of the sixth and seventh senses is to awaken two
higher functions, which are for the time being still dormant in most men.
The mission of these spiritual functions cannot be revealed since they
belong to the spiritual part in each one of us. The sixth sense allows the
Soul’s impulses to filter into the consciousness of man. As for the
seventh sense it performs perfectly well when the Spirit and the Soul
blend and harmonize within the transfigured self-consciousness of man.
The manner in which one enters these
very subtle levels of intuition cannot be explained or shown, since these
refined senses are in themselves levels of consciousness and inner Paths
of knowledge and enlightenment. The only way we could describe and
comprehend their subtleties is through the development of our own personal
and individual intuitive faculties. We get in touch with our Ideal
Model and learn to unfold our personal goals and ideals through the
impulses and intuition received and under their direction and guidance
look out, and discover our personal goals and ideals in life.
Who, and what is this Ideal Model?
It is an expression of our Soul. It is if you will, an appearance and the
emergence in our consciousness, of one of the Images and reflections of
the Divine Presence and it is our Soul that selects it so as to attract us
towards Itself. Thus, the Soul selects a divine guise according to our
karmic needs and attunements. At the beginning of this spiritual process,
the Soul needs to take a certain appearance so as to attract our ego, and
harmonize it to a specific spiritual level. And since the ego and the five
physical senses belong to the same physical world in which we live, they
must first be magnetically attracted to something more ethereal and
spiritual than themselves in order to be purified. Consequently, the Ideal
Model’s "Holy Face" must be attractive to our ego, and should
move us to the core of our being, so that it reverberates and energizes in
all our subtle bodies. This means that our Ideal Model takes on the aspect
of our ego's spiritual complementary. We should understand that this Ideal
Model or "Holy Face" is a symbolic expression chosen to explain
how the Soul attracts its shadow and unconscious counterpart, the ego.
First, the Soul attracts and operates within our etheric, astral and
mental bodies whilst purifying and refining the limiting characteristics
of the ego. It also takes the personal boundaries and limitations of each
person into account.
The sixth senses is the spiritual
faculty of the Intelligence of the Heart. Basically, it is the part in us
that gives us a sudden "hunch", an inspiration, an intuition and
our creative and artistic faculties. It makes us care, nurture and
sympathize with people. Example, it helps us to interpret our dreams. The
language of the Soul is a spiritual faculty that can be developed only
through the Intelligence of the Heart. The seventh sense is something
different. It activates, awakens and harmonizes all man's subtle bodies
through the action of the HOLY SPIRIT. It means that the Soul and Spirit
of man have finally united and reintegrated their Pure Essence. This means
that there are three major processes in the complete transformation of
man. The first phase consists of the PURIFICATION of the old process that
involves and uses our sixth sense of intuition with the help of our
Permanent Witness. The second phase involves the process of RESURRECTION.
The Permanent Witness, having purified the mental and emotional bodies,
ascend together with the regenerated conscious self of man. Together they
blend with the Soul's complementary partner: the Spiritual Witness.
Finally, the third phase brings about REINTEGRATION of the whole Essence
of Being meaning that the three aspects have reintegrated back into the
Source. Consequently each of the three parts of man embody their unique
SACRED NUMBER. Hence, they reintegrate back into the Source which is the
Uncreated Light or the Absolute Unknown God.
However, before all these stages can
unfold their spiritual procedures in us, the sixth sense of the Soul must
integrate and function properly in man's ego. But even before this stage,
the ego must have reached a very high level of purification. More
explanations on these very delicate operations are futile, as they do not
help. What counts is the beginning of this sublime Quest. And what is
relevant to this Quest is how determined we are to follow it through. So
the most important question that we should ask ourselves is this: are we
ready to open up the energy and impulses coming from our Ideal Model? If
the answer is yes, then we have nothing to fear, since all these inner
phases and planes of discovery will open up their secrets to us in their
own time. As we said, this sublime transmutation of our lower energies
into their spiritual counterparts can only happen through the development
of our sixth and seventh senses. Knowledge received through the seventh
sense makes us participate instantly and fully with what is being
received. In other words, the knowledge and the one receiving the
knowledge unite, and become one and the same thing. By the reaction of
their union they become something altogether new. In this case, it is the
Intelligence of the Heart that is functioning as an instrument totally of
the Soul and Spirit in man, since the seventh senses operates only through
the energy of Divine Love and Knowledge. When do we become aware of Divine
Love and Knowledge? This occurs when the ego, the Soul and Spirit of man
unite in the acceptance of the enlightening Wisdom.
We hope that this is clear. The sixth sense
allows the ego to take part in receiving a slice of pure knowledge and
therefore it is knowledge still tinted with the expression of the ego and
Soul Personality of a person. Example an inspired artist like Leonard De
Vinci. An extraordinary genius like Einstein, or Jung the psychologist who
brought changes in the ways we understand the psyche, or Soul Personality
of man. Or, we could take the example of a perfect athlete. Why take an
athlete as an example? Because it is actually a good one. An athlete
focuses and concentrates himself on an IDEAL MODEL, and learns how to
transform himself, gradually into this Ideal Model. His talent resides in
his trying to SURPASS his own limited possibilities, always attempting to
better himself in his skills, patiently devoting himself to his sport.
Pleasurable habits take a second place for him, and this might look from
the outside as if he is making a great sacrifice. But to the athlete, it
is not so. Through his athletic skills and performance his ego transcends
its human limitations and conditions, and during such moments his perfect
model and his conscious self merge making them become a whole new Soul
Expression. Thus, our athlete becomes the physical expression, and the
manifestation on this plane of the DESTINY that his Soul had prepared for
him. We could go as far as to say that " during his athletic
performance" he totally incarnates the Ideal Model engraved in his
Soul. What does this example teach us? It shows us, two important things:
firstly, that through the faculty of our sixth sense we can open our
sensitivity to the vibrations of the Soul and receive the necessary
impulses to overcome our weaknesses, and transcend our limitations.
Through this process, we discover to our amazement, a world of new
possibilities. Secondly, what we learn from this example is the fact that
in the process of discovering our Ideal Model we are on the verge of
discovering our real QUEST and GOAL in our life, and, even perhaps the
meaning of our incarnation.
Thus, by following our intuition, we
end up discovering our Ideal Model. However, this happens only if we
choose to do so. It is therefore up to us to act now. Hence, the sixth
sense takes us behind the veils of the illusions of the five senses and of
the ego, helping us unfold within the subtle planes of intuition that
brings CHANGE and TRANSFORMATION. However, the path of those changes and
transformations entirely depends on our ego wanting to recognize its true
Ideal Model. Thus, from the Ideal Model or Archetype of the perfect
athlete to the inspired scientist or the illuminated prophet, it is most
crucial and important to allow the process of our sixth sense to unveil
for us whatever the Soul or Permanent Witness wants us to become. This is
our destiny... Through the channel of our sixth sense of intuition our
spiritual development unfolds more subtle qualities in our ego. This
process is based on the purification and transmutation of the lower
energies of our Soul Personality to their higher counterparts, so that the
pure Knowledge and Divine Love of the Absolute can flow freely and filter
its intense and radiant Light through our transformed ego.
Recommended Exercises
It is recommended that you become
the observer of your own actions and reactions.
That you keep a personal diary in which you write your personal
observations and your dreams.
Find your personal way of COMMUNION with your Inner Self; that sacred
space within, in which Silence reigns.
It is in that Silent Place that your
Ideal Model will appear whenever you are attuned to your Soul or Permanent
Witness.
The Intelligence of the Heart and its attributes begin to function from
within this Silent Space...
The record attempt took place on the track at VC Darmstadt 1899, Germany. A 26" cycle without modifications was used. Markus Riese from Darmstadt, Germany (aged 35) trained 3 months before the record attempt.
