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Thanks, @jeffbarney3584. Your observation that “the power of explanation of cause and effect is most clear and powerful from the esoteric perspective because it is a participatory consciousness in the coming into being of form” is, of course, exactly right, especially when it can be perceived as such in the inner cathedral of the initiated. So yes, there is a whole conversation in this one line from you. We are building pathways into these realms in the Current Openings series: portalsofperception.org/current-openings-series/ As you scroll down on the episode page with Layman Pascal, you will find the Fifth Quadrant conversation published on the Integral Stage: portalsofperception.org/portals/a-conversation-with-layman-pascal-part-1-protecting-the-sacred/. About 42 minutes into the conversation, we offer a brief reflection on Steiner and Gurdjieff as esoteric pioneers who represent what we are hinting at in the idea of a Fifth Quadrant, which is a frame that allows me to release not just the limitations of a materialist and physicalist view, but also the possible limitations of complexifying emergentist explanations for soul and consciousness. In the next part of this conversation with Brendan (recorded directly after this segment and to be released in late January), we delve into the Transfiguration through an esoteric lens. Brendan gracefully offers further inquiry and gentle resistance, the essence of which I would describe as an invitation for validation pathways. There is a delicious challenge we are facing in endeavoring to bridge and integrate the esoteric lens with traditional scientific perspectives. We have just recorded six hours of content on this conundrum, which I describe as the verification problem and the knowledge authentication challenge. These will be released in the spring in four segments: two in the Universalis series portorsofperception.org/the-homo-universalis-project/ and the other two in the Current Openings series. Best, Aviv

@@PortalsofPerception ​ @PortalsofPerception I had already found that conversation with Layman. You truly bring the best out in him. I can tell you would resonate with Steiner's Christology. It is born from and on his epistemology as ontological. Jonael Schickler before his tragic death accomplished a treatment of this: Metaphysics-as-Christology-An-Odyssey-of-the-Self-from-Kant-and-Hegel-to-Steiner. For me the first esoteric move is an epistemological one. It seems clear that Steiner's experience of the mystery of Golgotha was engendered by his epistemological work as process that discovers as consilient experience the organizing principle at work in the cosmos. One also discovers in this practice the role of the thinking self. Steiner achieves this in what Witzenmann refers to as conceptional high art similar to what Beethoven did with Goethe's scientific work via Schiller's "Letters..." It is crucial that Christ took on a personality and carried it through the threshold and into matter and into the ascension. I am grateful you are working on the bridging work of the esoteric perspective with the so called natural scientific one. I am also grateful for Brendan's invitational presence. As Blake said "Opposition is true Friendship". Intimacy is crucial to the scientific endeavor. I think you would also enjoy Brendan and my mutual friend Matt Segall.

Thank you @jeffbarney3584, This reflection, inspired by your comment, serves as a starting framework-what I call “loom-work” in my methodology. It outlines key considerations that can be further contemplated and developed over time: 1. Entryways into Esoteric Insight and Appreciation: How do we create accessible entry points into deeper esoteric understanding? Traditional pathways-such as mystery schools or rigorous spiritual disciplines-help some individuals pass through the initial thresholds, but many encounter both external and internal barriers that prevent them from stepping through the first gate. Genuine access to something like an “Akashic reeling” experience is rare. What process modalities enable this kind of authentic discovery and encounter? 2. Shifting Contexts Across Time: How does the pursuit of esoteric appreciation differ today from a century ago? In what ways have we changed-socially, culturally, technologically, economically, neurologically, and spiritually-since 1924? How do these evolving contexts rewire our capacities for, and responses to, esoteric potentialities? 3. Evolving Sense Organs and Sense-Making Capacities: Which sense-organs, perceptual faculties, and interpretive frameworks have withered, and what new capabilities are emerging? Are certain subtle organs of perception and discernment becoming dormant and/or ossify, while others “come online” in response to new cultural and psychic landscapes? The meta move begins with conceptual abstraction. The esoteric move emerges within a connective presence that unlocks octave leap elevation. The former arises through a mental portal, aiming for precise comprehension; the latter emerges from a vibrant luminescence that fuels connective knowing and transforms thinking into a generative quest. 4. From Esoteric to Mesoteric and Exoteric Bridges: How might we extend the “ladders” of esoteric knowledge outward, bridging into more accessible, mid-level (mesoteric) and even mainstream (exoteric) arenas? While the classic “psycho-activating” transmission approach by teachers still has value, it also faces limitations. I’ve discussed some of these issues in the Post-Guru Era - portalsofperception.org/portals/an-end-of-an-era-and-a-post-guru-world/ and in the Guru Trap, and the Golden Shadow - portalsofperception.org/portals/the-teachers-journey-the-guru-trap-and-the-golden-shadow/ . What new models or methods could serve as more effective catalysts? 5. Conductive Ecologies of Practice: How can we design and cultivate conductive experiences and ecologies, and communities of practice that offer uplift to deeper insights without bypassing the necessary stabilization and embodiment work? Why might these new ecologies and fields of connectivity be appearing now, and how do they serve as accelerators for meaningful transformation? 6. Evolution of the Human Soul: How is the human soul evolving to support these emergent possibilities? Why now? As the “Portals Into the Soul” work progresses, I intend to explore these questions more fully, and the “Universalis” series will also address related issues. 7. Platforms, Access, and Experimentation: What can and cannot be accomplished within the constraints of platforms like KZbin, and what alternative spaces or formats can we cultivate for deeper exploration? In the coming months, we will share several recorded community events that emerged in the “Portals Into the Soul” work. They will all be serialized at the bottom of this page: portalsofperception.org/portals-into-the-soul-series/ The modality we’re testing involves shifting among three modes of engagement: 1. Offering brief, focused teaching moments; 2. Employing contemplative inquiry practices; 3. Fostering conversational and dialogical explorations. Through these endeavors, we hope to support a “distributed discovery space” in which revelatory insight can arise from many voices. Though easier envisioned than realized, this approach recognizes the importance of communal explorations as initiatory crucibles for deeper understanding, enhanced transference, and connective communion. Best, Aviv PS. Looking forward to connecting with Matt Segall @Footnotes2Plato

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How ? I think by really embracing the paradigm of Evolution. Cosmic physical, biological, cultural, mental and spiritual. Learning, growing, living, serving. To me the bottom line is Love. God is. Jesus taught. For me love is core. From there I can be open to all sacred faith traditions, sharing myself and learning from others. Dialogue like Aviv and Brendan are doing. Aligning with others who see the potential & need for worldwide ecunimism, while retaining one’s own identity. Onward and upward !

@@RichardCosci Indeed, in agreement, although there is a lot to be explored in the nuances of our meaning and living of love, evolution and service.

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@@MaryGwenDungan I hope so too Mary, and I believe this to be true.

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