Illuminated ... how?
Or is your use of the word 'illuminated' just a strange metaphor?
No, it's not a metaphor. "Illuminated" is a term for those who have been through mystery school initiation
It originates from "Illuminated" being the defining opposite to the word "mystery"
Any who traversed the "underworld" to seek the "mysteries", were considered to be "Illuminated" by the understanding they returned with to share with others
The term relating to the process of initiation can be found in the book commonly referred to as the Egyptian "Book of the dead". The real title of which is actually said to be translated as "The book of going forth by day" or "the book of emerging into light". The original title is actually "the book of Illumination". The book describes the underworld process of the Initiate, mistakenly translated to be undertaken after you die. When in reality it is a process undertaken while you are still alive. Though it does involve the experience of physically dying and being revived, in order to enter the underworld
The Sumerian version of this is called "Shamesh", who is the illuminated
The tablet of Shamash is one of the oldest depictions of the understanding of the trimanifested form. The same "trinity" found throughout nearly every tradition, mythology and religion throughout history
"Father, son and holy spirit", "Upper, middle and lower dantian", "Head, Heart, Hara" ... They are all based off the same original understanding, which is the "internal, external and direction (inbetween) structure of the torus (Torah, Taurus, Horus) without which the rest of the dimensional structure (and degrees) could not exist
These are the main 3 "degrees" you find in Freemasonry
1, internal, the "Entered Initiate"
2, external, the "Fellowcraft"
3, direction, the "Master Mason"
The 3 aspects standing in from of Shamash represent this. The one drawn with wavey lines on their clothes, is water. The Piscean fisherman of initiation. Also drawn as fish man, or fish headed man, or a man with fish flowing "inwards" into them in streams of water
The first step of those who eventually become the ascended "bird headed" beings, named Annunaki
You will see in the depiction of Shamash, that he sits upon the throne (throne of Solomon / Shamesh), but he is also within the sun above, shining light down, and he is also the light which shines upon the alter
These, again, are the three aspects of the emotionally trimanifested self (Hermes Trismegistus) seen standing before him in reflection
The term Shamash, lending from the original Sumerian teachings, was then adopted by the Jewish, and used for the candle which is used to "light others"
Because Shamesh is the illuminated, who very literally lights others
The term "Illuminated" is not a metaphor. It is very literal to what the person is, and the light they are able to shine upon the mysteries
I am not being metaphorical when I say I am one an Illuminated order
I've been through initiation, and I am currently undertaking the rites of ascension. It is a very real order and very real processes
The processes of mystery school initiation, such as those I went through, are the same as those that were taught within historically by those like the Sumerians, Egyptians, Norse, Greek (Eleusinian) and Romans
Societies and orders of men like the Freemasons and Rosicrucians are based on the processes we are put though, but for the most part their processes are only symbolic and philosophical
For example, where Freemasons are put through a symbolic ritual within their "chamber of reflection", where they enter a darkened room to simulate death, and are supposed to reflect on they mortality and shortcomings, Illuminated initiates actually experience death. Usually by suffocation or drowning, which needs to be done willingly, by their own hand
It also needs be done under very specific circumstances of sacrifice. Such as willingly choosing to give your life to save another
It is said that if you do this for the right reasons (selfless sacrifice) you will wake up and survive
And again, there is nobody physically reviving you, other than making it possible for you to start breathing again and return by yourself
You are either considered worthy and are sent back, so you wake up
Or you are considered unworthy and stay dead
There are gatekeepers involved on the other side of this process, exactly like what is described in the Egyptian book of the dead. Gatekeeper that "weigh your heart" and decide whether or not you are allowed to traverse the underworld and return to your body
It makes the process impossible to fake, or cheat. Or for anyone to enter into it, who is not ready
Hmmmm....more metaphors. When very young I learned how to look at the moon and know what the state and speed of the tide was/is. Thus I knew the times of high and low tides and their rise and fall.
And now science has told me why the moon always offers the same face to Earth.
It's not a metaphor. They are very literally one in the same as each other, they merely exist spectral phase, which breaks down to limited relative linear phase (at least perceivably to the waking aspect of conscious) within the dimensional spectrum of the relative equilibria we (as an individual) were created within
The lines and pathways joining our stars and galaxies, are no different to the neural pathways in the human body
If we were able to see outside our relative "native" spectrum within which we were created and born (and tied to physically), what we see at empty space would look like flesh and entrails, forming into something similar to an organ similar to a big brain
Earth itself, is a heart
Eart-H
H-earT
When we break it down to the physical body within the solar system itself:
Venus = Veins and circulation
Mars = Muscle, flesh and fat
Jupiter = Chemical, mineral, hormones, etc
Saturn = Skeleton
Neptune = Hydration / Fluids
Uranus = Oxygenation / Gases
When we talk about the black hole in the centre of the galaxy, this is the same as the black pupil in your eye. Light is being focused "through" the hole, which is why it seems to be breaking down from the relative perspective of us who exist within the dimensional spectrum of the light being "broken down"
But it not being broken down. It is being focused through
The outside opposite of this is light emerging from the surrounding suns. Focus of potential dispersed through the toroidal equilibrium
The "all seeing" eye. The one eye, that is a phased mirror to the many conscious minds that behold it
Likewise, the moon being the tip of your spine is not a metaphor. This is exactly how the phased layers of dimensional spectrum align
Imagine zooming out to view the solar system in such a way that you are not limited to the perspective of one born within that solar system. The cyclical nature of the planets would align in such a way, that they stretch out into something resembling a human body
The planets, aligning in a way similar to how you see people align them to chakra
When you get to a point where the solar system "reverses" (Saturn) you have an alignment that is not only the bone within the body, but the Earth itself at the crust point where we make physical alignment to it
Because every alignment going "outwards" needs to be mirrored by one going "inwards". Because if it did not, the structure of the torus which permeates throughout every layer, would collapse upon itself, and all cells, spheres, planetary bodies, galaxies, everything, would also collapse
Basically, if you were able to extend your mind outwards to the point where you exceeded the limits of the known universe, you would simply wake up inside of a body, inside of that universe
How exactly does this kind of knowledge benefit the seeker?
It is not for the benefit of those that seek it. Bringing light into darkness is measured pain, to carry collective relief
It is more likely to see you destroyed than rewarded
If you are talking about the ability to influence the world by mere consideration? Then this is not for the individual. To try make it about the individual will destroy them within what it returns
It must always be about what they offer freely, for the greater good or the collective, or what it brings back will be destructive in nature
You cannot align within a closed cyclical system, without having the alignment directly affect you
Within battling "problems" you see in the alignment of the world around you, you may also invite the decay into your own life inadvertently by trying to correct it
It may kill people, plants and animals around you.
It may do far more than this even
There is a very good reason that the pathways to this type of alignment are guarded in such a way that only those who have had their heart weighed and tested can enter
Within they manner in which you are aligned, if you lose your temper and get angry, people, animals and plants around you die
Not any type of misunderstood coincidence, but very clear and defined death and decay
Within this alignment, you can cry and within hours it will rain. A storm out of nowhere during the driest time of the year
It does not serve the individual. If anything it is a curse
Imagine not being able to get angry with someone who is intentionally trying to annoy you, because you know if you do, your pet will be dead when you wake up tomorrow. And then you'll find dead animals in your yard, and then on the roads as you are driving
If you wish to have a presence that enables you to calm and heal people, which has wild animals drawn into you as if they were your pets ... Then you also need to learn to live with the negative countenance to this
The reality is, that regardless of how influential you are, and how much positivity you can align, it always comes at a balance of some resistance from the collective, which almost always amounts to pain for yourself
Pain which can be brutal and painful in a way that is difficult to explain to those who have not had the world itself seemingly attacking them
Within the many years of initiation, we are taught why we need to gently steer probability and possibility, not try force it
If you force a harmless cloud floating in the sky to fold back upon itself in the opposite direction to that which it wants to flow, you cause friction and instant lightning
The elemental teachings of the early degrees teach that just because it is possible to drastically change the flow of such things, there is a good reason why it should never be done
So, to answer your question. It does not benefit the individual. It can only benefit the collective
It can however destroy the individual, if they seek these things for their own benefit
This is not to say that they won't find very large and beautiful rewards within that they do for the collective or the greater good. Only that it will very rarely be what they want, and rather it will be what the world sees that they need
They may end up very rich. But it will not be through actively seeking to become so
Understanding of others is dependant upon the abilities of the teacher.
No. Understanding can only come through experience
If someone lacks the experience to contextualise knowledge, they have very little chance of understanding it
This is why groups like the Freemasons carry out symbolic rituals for their philosophy. Because the experience of acting out certain stories, is supposed to help them understand the knowledge or considerations being offered
A teacher can offer knowledge, not understanding
Well, you certainly are not myth but what you are focusing yourself upon does begin to look like it.
"Focusing myself upon"? This would mean a projection of self within determined will, like belief or faith. Illumination does not deal in this. Only a correlation of what can be known, relative to probability and possibility
When you state that it "does begin to sound like it", you are actually exhibiting the very same type of determined will within your statement that you accused me of in the very same sentence
What is it in particular that you are contrary to in what I've written?
I'm open to you offering a counter position on any of what I offer
I am fine with questions or statements of curiosity, but if you want to dismiss anything I offer, you should offer a counter position of substance
If you simply just don't believe it, or like it, then respectfully, why are you bothering to reply?
