As Above, So Below | Ancient Hermetic Wisdom, Carl Jung & the Cosmic Brain

[@ARsuffix]

These are profound ideas; ideas that I've only begun to comprehend enough to appreciate. And I must say, I'm moved not only by these incredibly sublime insights of our ancient forebares, but also the newly growing interest in these neoplatonic hermetic mytho-poetic concepts in the modern day. It's exciting to see this unfural before our very eyes!

[@nylaway7170]

Absolutely agree!

[@shadow__weaver]

Yes!!

[@Lamb-mas-Day]

Truly excellent this is worthy rabbit hole. Well done my friend

[@bretta7057]

I remember as a teen reading some book just called “The Mind,” written by a neuroscientist in like 1980…it opened with him describing the rough amount of neurons in the human brain, and then adding “…roughly equivalent to amount of stars in the observable universe.” In the accompanying image, of neural connections in a brain, it was impossible not to notice a similarity to images of a large swath of space. That alone tripped me out and gave me chills (in a very good way). That was the first time I had heard of, or considered, the notion, and all I have learned since then has only blown my mind further (particularly the part about the galactic filaments).

[@Coconutoilcrazy]

I am looking for the book The Mind, do you happen to recall the authors name? I cannot find the mind. Many thanks for sharing about the book

[@armaximus]

You can see cymatics in turtle shells and other various species. Trees are lungs on the outside but we are on the inside of that. The parrells and interconnectness are mind blowing. And I've only mentioned the materialistic view point.

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

Just wait until you realize the internet is already self aware.

[@childofkhem1.618]

I'm really loving this channel man!! When I was going to school for HVAC they said the compressor was hermetically sealed, meaning its sealed in the factory and isn't meant to be opened. If something inside of it breaks, u just have to buy a whole new one. Later in life I discovered hermeticism and the 7 principles and I realized exactly what it meant. In this philosophy it can account for everything. It needs nothing else.

[@futureproof.health]

i always wondered what that meant. thanks. Hermetically sealed. right on.

[@andyabril8777]

It's all one universal mind. Once you tune yourself to the right frequency you understand it's all energy, frequency and vibration. When you sync your mind to the universal mind you become self-aware and unlock your full potential.

[@Coconutoilcrazy]

DO you have a suggestion on how to tune in? I suspect I did once but no clue how it happened.

[@andyabril8777]

@Coconutoilcrazy know thyself. You have to be Gold. Gold is a super conductor, which means energy flows freely with no restrictions and outside influences does not effect it. You run on energy which is your spirit, when your happy your in higher vibration. Live by the Golden rule, treat others the way you want to be treated. Good things raise your energy, bad things lower your energy. Research alchemy, christos activation and philosophy. You'll find out everyone is saying the same thing, you are spirit experiencing life in a physical body. Your atoms are the same atoms that make up everything in the universe, energy doesn't die, only changes form. You are a universal light being connected to all.

[@Karlytho]

@@Coconutoilcrazy For me, it's enough to smoke some weed and focus on love. The unity of everything in the light/energy/consciousness/God. Stop thinking that you want something and instead go into a give-mentality. _Be_ love. That's how I step out of my ego/limited perspective and transcend to a higher plane, at least❤ (PS: I'm working on getting there sober, I feel like that's the next step of my journey)

[@cheryloswald4276]

Thank you, Michael! ✨💖

[@karenlhoule]

Love this topic. If one pays attention, the proof of this is literally everywhere. For me, it helps serve as a life-guiding principle. Behave in a way such that knowing one day you will return to that source. Would love to see more about this! Thank you!

[@VeronicaThompson-k7t]

This was a good preamble to the Hermetic philosophy The deeper historical perspectives and esoteric concepts are presented by Manly P. Hall in his 4 lectures on the same topic via Library of Alexandria. And Manly Hall talks like if he just strolled out of Plato’s Academy to share the knowledge with those “who are not ignorant of geometry”. Thank you!

[@CYBERPOX]

Finally hermetics!!!!!

[@TheDarkchum1]

Plato and all of his philosopher friends had very intense psychedelic experiences and initiations.

[@harrydeanbrown6166]

Stunning. Brilliant. Impossible to define the implications of the ideas demonstrated in this video.

[@tammyblessing2123]

In the process of deconstructing from the Christian church. I am so glad I found this channel. You are saying everything I feel deep within my being. I am searching for answers and trying to learn to trust myself in this mesy process.

[@blonde_w_thewind1253]

Understanding that saying changed my life

[@theplanetruth]

18:30-- at this point I'm reminded of my favorite philosophical movie WAKING LIFE

[@lshunt5462]

Wonderful transmission. Many names and resources for me to dive deeper into this fascinating discussion. Thank you!

[@patsully3215]

Thank you for that! I always love other bites, takes, and quotes. The wrap up at the end was fantastic, you really nailed the method. Information with meaning👊

[@CALCANEUS3535]

Thank you again, Michael. 🙏🏽

[@full_of_wonder]

Thank you for your Channel & work

[@kevinhall9226]

This is really good man, a wonderfully integrated symposium of the esoteric spectrum, and you have really managed somehow to marry the Coincidentia oppositorum of the mythopoetic and scholastic in such an inspiring fashion, where it feels insightful, clear, and magical all at once. Thanks brother.

[@babettegeiger1591]

Another very interesting discussion and you lay it out so well. Thank you!

[@Liyah-encyclopedia333]

Thanks for the recommendation of the book

[@childofkhem1.618]

I agree w u 100% at the 20 min mark. I think the ego (necessary for evolution) might be the byproduct of the brain "tuning in" to this physical reality from some universal field of consciousness but the consequence of this is the feeling of seperation. This is why the thinking mind can't acess the collective unconscious. I believe this is what the ancients were teaching in the mystery schools. Techniques to remove the filter/ego. Anyone who can access and navigate that field can essentially override the laws in this physical dimension because at the end if the day, "all is mind". Man your videos really make me think man! Your making my world brighter!!

[@judykomarek4242]

I have got to say…as much as you quote previous masters in the esoteric…I am majorly interested and impressed. Speaking clearly and infusing words I must look up is a thrill. I knew a woman who was 80 in 2000. She said her father was a man of little words. And for her to tell me this registered. Some people may be more inclined with mathematics, and some may be more inclined towards words.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Glad it’s resonating 🙏

[@thebintful]

Wonderfully inspiring! Thanks, Michael! ❤

[@ThetaSonne]

Another brilliant transmission, Michael, thanks.

[@kittyhinkle3739]

The shattered vessel in Kabbalah. From one vessel come all created things and we walk the earth to experience being with these pieces to help sort of “bring unity” again. Beautiful concept.

[@josephhunter3134]

I've been a fan for a few years but lately I've been absolutely devouring the pod and videos ❤️ just wanted to tickle that algorithm with a lil comment.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨🙏✨ Appreciate it!

[@jeng5085]

amazing as always

[@stephaneeism]

This was fascinating, really resonates. Thank you.

[@HiggsBoss]

I love this subject so very very much and a big thank youuuu for sharing your art with the universe and I really appreciate your work in this subject ❤️ a huge thanks to you for sharing your creativity with the world 💕 thank youuuu and thank youuuu

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

🙏

[@themultiverse5447]

This one is amazing! I wish I could riff with you, but to be honest I'll need to listen again, and then a third time making notes.

[@NutraHealthTree]

Most well presented research on this topic!

[@J-Train]

Nice solo dip, Michael! My Wednesday is complete.

[@noahhuguenin]

I'm a simple man I see hermeticism, I click

[@scottwhitemyer5501]

very well done and super interesting!

[@kellyredgrove]

Deeply intriguing content🙏 If I could add a small bite of my own, it would be that this mental energy is neither good or bad. It just is. It is humans that have attempted to make sense of our existence by believing that there is a God. Even the ancient philosophers were prone to this filter or am I incorrect? Until we do not fear the wrath of a higher being we are not truly free to explore inwardly without running into those walls we have constructed ourselves 🕉️

[@alainaval]

Your channel appearing to me when it did was synchronicity.

[@guiom77]

Merci vidéo intéressante.... thanks ‼️

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Fascinating lecture I wish I could understand metaphysics like my father did, though I've always been interested. I love the visuals in this video.

[@Carolevw]

I enjoyed that, thanks!

[@elijahgregg4412]

Just wonderful.

[@jakedulln]

Michael - do you do TM? It seems to fit in with the end of this video

[@AngelaBloomquist]

Thank you, very rich and resonatative!🙏✨

[@SPIEL-vk8bt]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME, THE COSMOS WAS "NOUS" AND WE ARE A LITTLE PART OF IT. PUT NEVER TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT IT. OH! MY "NOUS", I AM NOT CRAZY! THANK YOU, AND I WILL LOOK DEEPER INTO IT, I BELIEVE MEDITATION IS OUR CONNECTION TO “NOUS”. NOUS AVONS WORK TO DO!

[@childofkhem1.618]

Cup of Joe for my bro! Great work and I would love to see u do more long form solo talks on this exact topic!

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Much appreciated my friend! ✨🙏✨

[@alanahams5748]

Make total sense. Feels like we knew this all along. 😉🙏

[@Liyah-encyclopedia333]

Love this❤

[@RDayzN]

Hey plz don't take this comment negative,just wanted to point out audio glitch or double overlap when you are quoting the Corpus, 20:45 timestamp

[@thesartoklynv6214]

Algorithm tickled I enjoyed this broadcast

[@NoPartyOnMe]

part of a larger being indeed where we live on a fraction of time of this being. 100 years in our time is a 100th of a second on grander scale of it all. as above as below as above. making us an universe within of our own with similar circumstances happening on an atomic level every day every minute every second.

[@vendelvoices3393]

I'm grateful to have discovered the truth about Christ. He really did lived here on earth and litterly rose from the dead. I'm 100% convinced everybody needs forgiveness. Before we enter the spirit realm after death, the only way we can come into the présence of our Maker we MUST be forgiven and bought with a price. The blood of Christ holds eternal life. Lev 17:11 Just by believing/trusting in Him. The Spirit world is 100% real. I saw a wing of a cherub. It was beautiful. I know drugs, this was something else. No drugs only my free will to seek for Him. He loves us greatly. Gave His life for us people...

[@roypiercy3415]

As above so below = On earth as it in heaven ❤

[@MeaningSeekerPod]

Excellent stuff 🌀👏

[@nylaway7170]

AMAZING!!!

[@drewdidway633]

Love it

[@russgrimes5531]

The universe itself as a whole is conscious and everything in the universe all the way down to the smallest of the small is also conscious. Even atoms and electrons make a conscious choice to a degree. How would consciousness arise in the first place if it’s not an inherent part of the universe itself? This is just how I’ve conceptualized the nature of reality

[@evelynannrose]

Wow getting very occulty and very academic. ❤ it

[@lukesandy04]

I love this man 🪙

[@joshwright2286]

Lmaooo am I tripping or did a bunch of your playlists change?? (Love your videos btw 😘😂)

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Did they?

[@theplanetruth]

9:34 - this indicates to me that no culture had any tie historically to any concept of the beginning of everything. The only thing that any generation can do is *think* about the past because there’s nothing…no one recorded anything. They had to imagine what the beginning was and that’s where this philosophical discussion leads to-just this monad of existence. Makes sense to me more than creating a God in my image.

[@3timesperweek]

Since you've read the Emerald tablets many times,i would really like your take on the Halls of Amenti...Is it the Halls of Hades in the Underworld of ancient Greeks or a parallel realm where the souls dwell?..I'm really curious.

[@soulembraced369]

The Seth material says that we are still in kindergarten here. We are children playing with blocks and the blocks are concepts. There is awakening going on though. I can feel it 😊

[@notjoshcasts9296]

the more I learn about the unity, the more I believe in the messages in genesis. not sure about the rest of it but I believe that science so far has explained genesis outside of cause of happening. including evolution, if the universe is a brain then seven daysfrom that perspective would be quite a long time.

[@Tillinghast23]

Could you list a few resources, books or techniques that would give the individual seeker an idea how to tap into the Nous, Collective Unconscious, etc.? Meditation is obviously the bedrock practice, but what are some of the others? I've been interested in looking into Qabalistic pathworking and tattva cards. Any advice on the practical application of these ideas would be very appreciated.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

I’m still figuring this out for myself, of course. I do think Plotinus is a great resource. His advice of withdrawing from the senses, I think, is really important. Meditation in the dark or blindfolded is a good place to start. Also, float tanks, ritual practices like the middle pillar (though that is a bit of an acquired taste) Last but not least, plant medicine/certain molecules if that’s your thing and you’re of general stable mind. Also keep looking into platonists and the corpus hermeticum. So much more but I think this is a good start. ✌️

[@erwinpatio8160]

If the structure of our brain mirrors the structure of the universe, we might be a fractal of the universal mind.

[@laikamcaproductions]

You are a good person dude

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨🫶✨

[@nadia-i1l5h]

Love is the connecting factor, Sufis call it the beloved ( source)

[@Jamesrwatsonx]

Does this channel do interviews? If so what is the criteria and how do I reach him?

[@truthpreppin7630]

In the desolate garden of existence, another withered flower blooms, a poignant reminder of the impermanence that governs our lives. The cramped ceilings of reality suffocate our potential, forcing us to crouch in the shadows of our true selves. A man leads triple lives, a trifecta of existence born of duplicity or ignorance? Does he live with blinders to conceal the truth or deceive himself with falsehoods? I confront him, seeking his opinion of destiny. ''Perhaps someday I'll comprehend,'' he replies, his voice but a faint whisper. I press on, inquiring about the burden he seems to carry, only to be met with a paradox: ''The weight of a feather will crush those who dare to assist me.'' With a steadfast gaze, I grab him by the shoulders, my eyes locking onto his. ''You are an architect in and of this life but not the sole author of your fate. External force can alter the narrative; the power to choose resides within you but not alone. The decisions ahead are daunting, yet they are yours to make with or without intervention. And abandoning the choice altogether is yet still a choice.

[@6388-s2n]

The similarity between the universe and the brain is not just visually similar. It is objectively similar and the similarity is uncanny

[@MrCreolechris]

Very profound 🧐

[@jeffxanders3990]

The dream of life is all there is... but what does it entail? We can only imagine its scope.

[@lucaalduino-kq9ww]

20:40

[@PyramidofGeezer]

24:19

[@sandrajones1609]

It's my lucky life! Just one more synchronous smile inducing surprise 🤸💫🎶👍subed

[@aum82]

Wow!!!❤

[@priscillastrauss]

What is a more complex synchronicity? Example?

[@davidbatcheller569]

A very enlightening talk about human life on earth in the Cosmic Universe. Did you intentionally not mention God or Love? And are these two words more than mere concepts? Thank you for this video. 👍🕉️🌟

[@matthewmaguire3554]

Once you are further along in your meditation, you will have the realization of no separation. Anything sensed, noise, racket, or what was once considered annoying will be seen as no different than the deepest peace. Old Zen story… A new young monk went to a monastery to become enlightened. He was sitting in the meditation hall on the first day, and he heard the sound of dogs, growling and fighting just beneath him under the building. Later he asked the Zen master if he could have the dogs removed from under the Zendo, so that he could find peace. The monk said the growling, the barking and the fighting of the dogs is enlightenment. Zen practice is the path of no escape from any phenomena, anything sensed, or anything at all in the universe, because it is all of the original source, original mind. Put your mind directly in the middle of anything annoying till it becomes mind. Zen Master Death Metal 🙈

[@theplanetruth]

22:20 --great episode. If you read this, Michael, id love to be a guest

[@Chris-z8e4k]

In realising the true self the last step from leaving the mind is an intuition. The conscious mind is an appearance in the true self. If the ALL encompasses all. Our true self encompass all that hat we call the world. But we cannot know ourselves as our conscious mind cannot touch it.

[@EKSKE]

Love u! 🫶🖖🎸

[@nozzlegoblin1]

Coincidentally I was discussing this topic with my brother a couple of days ago when we last spoke. I wasn't going to comment but I saw the word compressor in the previous comment, so why not? I could be wrong, but it sounds like there's an audio compressor or plug in messing with the volume. Too much ratio or something. It would be pretty interesting if this comment was actually helpful rather than making me seem like a jerk. If somehow mentioning extreme compressor settings has relevance, that would be a cool microcosm of coincidence.

[@waen606]

Curious how you missed out any reference to Taoist Scholars…and the book of change .

[@anthonyhudson3158]

Cool❤

[@chrispezzulo6846]

I suspect psychdelics played a role in those past initiations to connectedness and inner wisdom

[@BreeS88]

How do I rise with this? What position is needed from me?

[@2biicoachingformndkarlotto317]

Great presentation, and BTW I just saw an interview on Joe Rogan with Terrence Howard and his revolutionary theories. Have you heard of him?

[@warrensmith8161]

The renowned classicist Edith Hamilton came very close to seeing what is really meant by "As Above, So Below" when she made this observation: “In one passage of the Iliad Zeus talks to the gods from ‘the topmost peak of many‐ridged Olympus,’ clearly a mountain. But only a little further on he says that if he willed he could hang earth and sea from a pinnacle of Olympus, clearly no longer a mountain. “ The only way Homer's description works is if the reader understands that the "many-ridged Olympus" is inverted in relation to the Earth. In other words, Olympus and it's residents are a "reflection" of the real world in which up is down and left is right. The "universe" or "world" was created on the written page by scribes employing a complex form of allegory in which everything is "hidden in plain sight". The "above" represents the literal words that serve as a "cover" or "clothes", while the in the "below" is real knowledge. All forms of mysticism are essentially the same, but they use different sets of metaphors, and stress different metaphoric relationships to conceal the same information. The "above" is a "reflection" of reality associated with the "supernatural", "life", "Heaven", "light", "good", "air", and "white", while the below is associated with reality, "death", "Hades", "darkness", "evil", "earth", and "blackness"(or "red"). Nearly every real world idea has many metaphors that can be used to represent it so it is easy for people to miss how everything is connected. Allegory is created when a masculine reality is "married" to a feminine cover and they give birth to an allegoric "child". This means that a "virgin birth" indicates that the character is non-historical. This also explains why "homosexuality" is such a great "sin" because it represents a "naked" reality. The gender of the resulting allegory is determined by how closely it resembles reality. Ancient texts that we call "history" is almost always a "golden" male, while religious texts about the supernatural are female.

[@XC0r3]

You ever head planets clashing, oh the noise is unthinkable like a bass so deep and loud but silent. The size of chaos is cosmic and vast, chains of rocks pulled lines up in order as they get pulled back.

[@akamalov]

Is it possible you can attach book and video link references, please? They are mentioned briefly and having them linked really helps. Thank you!!

[@childofkhem1.618]

Check out quantum hermetica. Best book I ever read connecting hermeticism and physics. It's basically a book version to compliment this video.

[@justinfinch2458]

I second this request ❤

[@chrisp.vision]

Yeeeeeees

[@Merlin-s9e]

This can be done in faces too faces it'll be more conform in sitting within and outward on topics.

[@SavannahShepherd669]

Pretty simple it talks about how the planets above effect us and the earth effects the planets above

[@ToddDoes]

Simple truth, all is you.

[@lauraflint18]

A cup of tea and thee. The world/cosmos is more tolerable now because of your dharma talks. Keep talking.

[@travelchannel304]

Your introduction here , its alot like, or how i understand the explanation, by new thought Christian metaphysical Unity Church (Charles & Myrtle Filmore, founders) of Micro & macro..love it! & ,Science of Mind.

[@michaelcollier4122]

It's all one big mind field.

[@Maria-b9j5w]

On earth as it is in heaven ❤

[@rangerpartners1971]

And as below, so above...

[@JimSpencer-1945]

I'm believe the human mind is limitless.

[@loonadeux]

Don’t ignore the church fathers on this topic. Stsrt with St. Maximus the Confessor.

[@jusme8060]

They told us those were cold dark chunks of rocks and ice up there.....

[@shadow__weaver]

Omg are you for real this is insanely well crafted. Thank you for scaffolding in current scientific theory with ancient texts so that you can launch us all into our own direct learning. I completely agree that the inner, mystic path is where we uncover our deepest knowing. Thank you for the insight and inspiration. The way you bridge worlds is such a fucking gift, Michael ✨

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨🙏✨

[@jamesstaggs4160]

While I do think the idea is accurate in some respects in others it doesn't work at all, specifically the odd places people go during states of altered consciousness, be they dtug induced or otherwise. Things which arw fundamental here like time and space don't apply or are way different than we know them to be. There's things there which don't have any analogs here thus there's no language to describe them. Again it does work with some things but it doesn't speak to the high strangeness of many other aspects of reality.

[@justinfinch2458]

Not sure what idea you are responding to, but as down here we have such a wild variety of infinite forms and ways mind's can perceive reality, I mean we don't have analogs or a way to describe how an ant sees reality or an eagle or a tree, reality above is just as wild and varied as it is down here, it's all one thing with infinite uniqueness at every level.