Influences & Evolutive Spheres of Humanity
Where do the influences we receive in the world come from? Is everything spiritual legitimate from the point of view of the Truth of Life? Is all art a true conscious art or just copy?
With the aim of clarifying these issues, let's begin
distinguishing the three influences (A, B and C) and the Spheres of Humanity (or Outer, Exoteric, Mesoteric and Esoteric circle).
This is a very old teaching that we can see in various traditions, although Gurdjieff expressed it in a very clear, aseptic and non-doctrinal way. Yet other points of view are complementary. Here is a very condensed summary:
Influences A: comes the unconscious human culture in general, as well as experiences governed by the Law of Accident, blind causes and effects. Here comes even supposed spiritual doctrines, which are actually a degeneration of the Truth, corrupted by the egocentrism of humans who only think of themselves and not of others.
Influences B: they are visions that come from the inner circles of humanity (Mesoteric and Esoteric). But to be effective they adopt a cultural clothing, adapted to the time. Here would enter the mythical stories, songs, musical pieces, paintings and profound teachings that cannot be recognized by people from the outer circle. It is spoken in codes, parables and riddles for those with real Ears and Eyes. Only those who study from the Exoteric, Mesoteric and Esoteric circle can have some access to its meaning. And those who thirst for Truth follow a Profound Call.
Influences C: they come directly from men and women who are aware of their inner Being, who understand their mission beyond sectarianism and biased visions. This is the case of mentors and guides who know how difficult and dangerous it is to transmit a series of Truths that are easily attacked and deformed. Often C influences degenerate into B and even C influences. This is how egocentric religions and pseudo-spiritualities were born, which are factories for higher doses of hypnosis. He who, having put his hand on the plow and looks back demanding adoration, falls into a deception almost impossible to overcome, because he thinks he knows and understands what only the humble heart can receive.
Regarding the spheres or concentric circles of Humanity, these are:
Outer Sphere: false life, mechanical flow of events, masses under hypnosis. Babel and Babylon at its best. It constitutes food for mechanical Nature and the Lunar sphere, populated by egregores or dark psychic entities (hive minds with blind belief systems).
Exoteric Sphere: humans enter here who already see their tragic condition and humbly commit themselves to study and inner evolution. Here there are no more dissensions. Everyone grasps the message with more or less understanding, according to a Universal and exact Language. In this case soft philosophies, ritual religion and sectarianisms are left behind. Self-study must be collective, scientific and objective, but with mercy and acceptance of the process of others.
However, it is not a sufficient condition for growth. There are no guarantees here yet. There are emotional ups and downs, despair, sadness and rage that can throw the applicant back into the mechanical river. But these reactions are one more call for the main mere, who is a Master of Himself, demonstrating a strong connection with the Real ME, Inner Master of Will and Consciousness sent by the Primordial Source or Father of Lights. In that connection begins the Tree of Lives.
Mesoteric Sphere: it belongs to souls with great evolution whose understanding is already very deep, although they are not yet capable of manifesting everything they understand. They already have a real established Self, with an inviolable will, so they can no longer fall into the mechanical river. They are great agents of change and aspirants to full realization. We could locate here the great guides and healers such as Pythagoras, Parmenides, the Hebrew Prophets, Lao Tse, etc.
Esoteric Sphere: it is made up of men and women (conscious souls) who embody the highest possible evolutionary degree on earth. They are consciously and permanently plugged into the Primordial Source, being some great messengers. Apart from Master Y'shua and Moses, perhaps we can put Sidarta Gautama the Buddha here.
