The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Arjuna says: “ For the mind is verily restless, O Krishna; it is impetuous, strong and difficult to bend, I deem it as hard to curb as the wind.” To which Krishna answers: “ Without doubt, O mighty- armed, the mind is hard to curb and restless, but it may be curbed by constant practice and by indifference.” * The Kundalini whilst it is yet coiled up in the Mdladhara is said to be in the MahakAsa, or in three dimensional space; when it enters the Sushumna it enters the Chittakdsa or mental Space, in which supersensuous objects are perceived. But, when perception has become objectless, and the soul shines by means of its own nature, it is said to have entered the Chidakasa or Knowledge space, and when the Kundalini enters this space it arrives at the end of its journey and passes into the last Chakkra the Sahasrara. Vishnu is United to Devaki or Shiva to Shakti, and symbolically, as the divine union takes place, the powers of the Ojas rush forth and beget a Universe unimaginable by the normally minded man.+ * “ Bhagavad-Gita,” vi, 34, 35- + The whole of this ancient symbolism is indeed in its very simplicity of great beauty. The highest of physical emotions, namely, love between man and woman, is taken as its foundation. This love, if allowed its natural course, results in the creation of images of ourselves, our children, who are better equipped to fight their way than we on account of the experiences we have gained. But, if this love is turned into a supernatural channel, that is to say, if the joys and pleasures of this world are renounced for some higher ideal still, an ideal super-worldly, then will it become a divine emotion, a love which will awake the human soul and urge it on through all obstructions to its ultimate union with the Supreme Soul. To teach this celestial marriage to the children of earth even the greatest masters must make use of worldly symbols; thus it has come about that corruption has cankered the sublimest of truths, until man’s eyes, no longer seeing the light, see but the flameless lantern, because of the filth that has been cast about it, 99