Re: [BardonPraxis] Digest Number 435

[Eric Sommermann <esomm@...>]

Hi Rawn,

Thanks for the answers.

> Why do you differentiate 'change' from 'evolution'?

Well, when I look our 93 Ford, I see rust. It makes me think of 
change, but not evolution (granted the chunks of rust found on our 
driveway may eventually cycle back into a Form 'more evolved' than 
one of 'Henry's better ideas!). I think most people in our 'upwardly 
mobile' country think of evolution as progress *towards* something 
greater, instead of simply a change of forms. Or in the sense that 
you 'get closer to God' or ' Realize the Divinity' progressively 
instead of just going around on a merry go round of changes.

> Infinite change,
> which is an aspect of Now, is evolution in action. The eternal state 
> of
> Ultimate Perfection acts upon the imperfect temporal present moment
> like a magnet to iron shavings. The imperfect moment seeks out the
> Equilibrium of Perfection *through* infinite change. So yes, there is 
> a
> temporal progress *toward* Ultimate Perfection but it takes the whole
> infinite span of time-space to reach it.

It sounds like the idea of the world 'reaching perfection' or even 
'improving' is like reaching the pot of gold at the end of the 
rainbow. A major chunk of our culture clings to the hope that this 
sort of thing will actually happen, which is why I find these 
conclusions so fascinating.

> ;-) Which, if you really
> think about it, means that any single present moment of time-space is 
> no
> closer to the end of that infinity than any other.

So when people refer to ' the progress we have made' in our culture it 
is pretty much a culture-centered delusion.
> There is however, a shorter-term rhythm in which we achieve a *balance*
> (as opposed to an *Equilibrium*) which temporarily manifests a portion
> of the Ultimate Perfection within time-space. But this is followed by
> an opposite movement away from *balance*, which is followed by movement
> toward a *new* and *different* balance, ad infinitum.

These are the cycles referred to by the astrologers eg: a 'Day of 
Brahma', or the 'great ages'?
>