Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: Elemental Correspondance

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

Dear Peter,

>> You sure about that? What I get is:
Sight = Fire
Hearing = Air
Feeling = Water
Smell & taste = Earth
Not exactly sure where the akasha would fit into it all, but I would
say that attributing akasha to a particular, physical sense doesn't
exactly make too much sense to me. Primarily due to the fact that I
would associate the akasha more with a sense of intuition or the
direct perception of essential meaning. <<

Just as we associate the five fingers with the four Elements, plus
Akasha, so too are the five physical senses associated. What you say
makes good logical sense (and indeed these associations show up later in
IIH), but in regard to the specific relationship between the Step Two
*mental* exercises with the creative use of the senses, and the Soul
Mirror, the associations are as I posited.

As always, sight is associated with Fire because: 1) Sight depends upon
light. 2) Difficulties with this exercise point to imbalances in the
Fire region of the astral body.

In this case, hearing is associated with Water because: 1) The physical
perception of sound depends upon waves striking your ear drum. This
requires rhythm and frequency. 2) Sound directly affects the emotional
body. 3) Difficulties with this exercise point to imbalances in the
Water region of the astral body.

Here, feeling is associated with Akasha because: 1) The perception and
interpretation of feeling is the most complex of all the senses and can
excite memory-responses from each of the other senses. As one works
with isolating each sense, there is almost always a feeling associated
with whatever it is you are trying to create with that sense. 2) The
perception of a feeling directly affects all three bodies. 3)
Difficulties with this exercise indicates a global imbalance and as one
transforms the most important negative traits (no matter which Element
they pertain to), this exercise becomes easier.

Smell is associated with Air Element because: 1) Smelling requires
inhalation of a quanta of atmosphere containing the molecules which the
olfactory system then interprets. It relies *only* on the medium of
air; whereas hearing, can occur through water or even solid objects. 2)
Perception of an aroma directly affects the mental body (that's one
reason for using incense in ritual). 3) Difficulties with this exercise
point to imbalances in the Air region of the astral body.

And finally, taste is associated here with the Earth Element because: 1)
Tasting something requires the introduction of liquid or solid matter
into the mouth and its absorption by the tongue. 2) Perception of taste
directly affects the physical body and, like the sense of
feeling/Akasha, isolating the sense of taste will excite
memory-responses from all of the other senses (especially that of
smell/Air). 3) Difficulties with this exercise point to imbalances in
the Earth region of the astral body.

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
15 Aug 2003
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