Here is a brief essay describing a recent intuition I had. What do people think?

A Theory and A Practical Exercise to help resolve stagnant dualistic contradictions in our culture.

Yogic Mysticism, the search for connection with the All, suggests theories of the cosmos which can be tried through experimentation with one’s own consciousness. The shape of this tradition I now follow:

The Failure of Dualistic Thought: A Third Way

I think that one important way to escape the semantic confusion of western culture is to recognise the intuitive failure of dualistic thought. IMO every apparent dualism (geometrically represented as two points linked by a line) is resolvable through the exercise of applying a third point to the dualistic semantic geometry, thus creating a trinity. To better visualise this, try drawing an equilateral triangle on a piece of paper. The triangle is much more geometrically integrated than a line. And, I have found, provides a fertile ground for resolving dualistic contradictions in thought processes.

By changing your semantics from dualistic line based, to trinity triangular based thoughts, you have a powerful tool to deconstruct fallacious dualistic thought.

For instance, in the West there is a common dualism pertaining to the relation between the ego-self and the 'Great Other' ('rest of universe'). It is the view that the ego is the inside of consciousness, and the higher self is located on the outside. The outside is known as either God or Goddess, depending on cultural mythology. One is usually emphasised over the other. In New Ageism, for instance, the Goddess risks over-emphasis. In Judeo-Christianity, it is God which risks over-emphasis.

Applying the exercise, I postulated that the ego self is one point of a trinity (point a). I looked to the yin-yang continuum, archetypal Gaia/God mythology, yoga principles and information from ‘binaural beat technology’ (see note below) to inform the other two points.

Let the second point (b), be Gaia. This is the energy that Yoga identifies as flowing through the earth up your feet, that you experience when grounding your chakras. It is experienced as a conscious vibration of less than 1hz, ‘epsilon states’. Archetypal mythology terms this locus of the cosmos 'goddess' and Taoism calls it yin.

Let the third point (c), be God. This energy is the divine source which yoga teaches is connected with your body through the crown. It is associated with a conscious vibration of over 30hz, gamma states. Archetypal mythology terms this locus of the cosmos ‘God’ and Taoism calls it yang.

We thus have a trinity which seems a better model to describe the relation of the self to the universe (man-energy vibrations below pragmatic perception-energy vibrations above) than a duality of man-God. This resolves a counterintuitive implication of the dualistic model, where God is deemed perfection. Dualistically, man must therefore be imperfection.

A trinity allows both perfection and imperfection within a point, so no conflict occurs. In order to understand how this can be, and to gain a handle on aligning the trinity so it can be both imperfection and perfection on the same cross-continuum, supplement your triangle with another, creating a hexagram.

You now have the model to be able to visualise the role polarities play within a trinity. Using this model, you have a tool to mediate polarities to come to the Centre.

From Trinity to Hexagram

To understand the role of polars in a hexagraphic trinity, add a second equilateral triangle to your trinity so that the inside of the shape is now a regular hexagon. Draw a line through the three sets of opposite points created by this hexagon. On each line, visualise a single point, representing the balance of polarities. These do not represent dualisms in a semantic sense, but can be seen as the median position of yin and yang on a continuum. You therefore have three yin-yang relationships positioned in relation to each other. In a traditional yin yang, the energies are exactly balanced – the point is at the centre. Your goal is to bring all three polarities to the centre.

Where the lines meet in the exact middle of the hexagram represents the centre of the universe, alignment of cosmic energies. It is your centre and THE centre both at once. Emphasis addressed towards the yin-yang polars mediates the relative position of the point in each. The triangle created by these points is the ‘inner trinity’. When each point is aligned, it will be at the exact centre of the geometry. It will be both a point and a triangle: No more duality.

This is the centre of the Mandala in Buddhist teaching.

Implications for our Socio-Culture.

Opening the crown and opening a direct connection with God is the primary goal of Judeo-Christian mystic endeavour. For some reason, reinterpretations of the Bible progressively undermined the role of the feminine yin in the cosmic balance. It was a mistake to drift away from the role the goddess plays in this trinity.

This drift IMO was one of the seeds that have led to the present situation, where organised Western religion suffers from a fundamental disconnect with the earth 'mother'. This disconnect can be seen in the way we treat our planet.

Consider that Mary Magdalene and Mary of Nazareth may have been two polars of a hexagraphic trinity representing the yin of the original teachings of christianity . Within this polar, Mary of Nazareth represents the yin of goddess energy, and Mary Magdalene represents the yang. They are two sides of the same continuum. To complete this, my hexagraphic representation of the original Judeo Chrisitian mythological trinity of (listing points, clockwise) can be drawn (a) Mary Magdalene, (feminine yin ego); (b) Jesus, (masculine yang ego); (c) holy ghost (genderless energy both divine and human, border between human and God), (d) Mary of Nazareth (divine feminine gaia) (e) God himself (divine masculine) (f) Elemental conflux (genderless energy both divine and human, border between human and Goddess).

(a) is a polar of (d), (b) is a polar of (e) and (c) is a polar of (f)

All of these elements comprise the universe, all are one where they intersect at the center, and all are themselves at the outer points. Expanding a duality to a hexagraphic trinity therefore satisfies the requirements of both quantum-theoretical AND Hindu/Buddhist cosmological logic that admits the following propositions about any object:
1. It is
2. It is not
3. It is and is not
4. It neither is nor is not
All are possible depending on which aspect of the hexagraphic trinity you focus your consciousness.

Dualistic thought allows only two logic propositions about any object:
1. It is
2. It is not
And is insufficient to explain the universe at a quantum level, and if the state of conflicting ideas throughout the world is anything to go by, any other level!

The original Judeo-Christian hexagram can therefore be repaired and used as a beginnings of a description of the interlocking dimensions that form the holographic universe we are experiencing.

I successfully used this exercise to attain a deep mystical experience disproportionate to the quantity of substance imbibed. I recommend you try it with full intent at least once if you are interested in the modern search for enlightenment.

Miscellaneous notes:

IMO the study of cosmic energies is a hexagonal polar of the study of particles on a quantum level. The order that is present in the quantum world informs all patterning in the visible, pragmatic world. Thus, one informs the other. You can learn from either and apply the insights you gain to the other. NB This is still experimental and not yet a hypothesis, just a thought.

If all of the above is correct, then by following the trinity exercise I have described, especially in a psychedelic state, you can attain to your own centre and thus, yoga teaches, make a significant step towards attaining to the Real and in turn, enlightenment (or perhaps enlightenment itself.) Certainly, this is a useful tool to reconcile dualities and begin to move towards a more subtle account of the cosmos, and the position of our culture within it.

The ‘elemental conflux’ point was derived from analysis of the father-son-holy ghost masculine trinity enshrined in Christianity.

A good listing of the cymatic frequencies used in binaural beat technology is at http://www.lunarsight.com/freq.htm. Interestingly, this site also implies that 30hz (the threshold of Beta and Gamma states) is vibrationally compatible with the substance cannabis.

Look to quantum physics for insight on the ‘holographic universe’ I made passing reference to. This is a working postulation just like Newton’s laws. It may not be exactly true, but going with it gives me results.

The discussion of the Hindu and Buddhist fourfold logical system was found in Berendt, Joachim Ernst, “Nada Brahma: The World is Sound”, first published in German 1983. English translation – Vermont: Destiny Books (1987)