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Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 5

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 5 Introduction In the Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 5 we look at the Rooks and Queen which may represent philosophical or higher mind and the intellect or lower mind respectively. We will compare and contrast the two in

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 3

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 3 Introduction This is the third in a five-part series and in this article we discuss the Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 3 in relation to the pawns.When we look at the pieces themselves we

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 4

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 4 Introduction Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 4 : The Spiritual Knights and Bishops Analogy will be studied together as they are two very contrasting pieces which may represent the emotions and intellect respectively.

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 2

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Pt.2 The Chess Board Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 2 : In discussing the spiritual battlefield of chess proper we can start with the chess board itself in detail as seen below: The chess

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 1

Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 1 Some religious Comparisons Spiritual Paradigm of Chess Part 1 : The Chessboard is familiar to most and is illustrated below: In making a study of this analogy we can demonstrate that games can

“Vegetarian food does not create spirituality, but it can remove friction from the nervous system, allowing meditation to deepen naturally.”

"The Light is not something you see. It is something you are learning not to obscure."

“The Light appears when the meditator is least in the way of it.”

'Life is like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters'
(Seneca)

“At Initiation, the mind is no longer the knower. It becomes the surface.”

“Trying to get beyond the mind is the mind’s most sophisticated form of self-preservation.”

“Go into your meditation simply, without carrying the day’s understanding. Let the Sound steady you, let the Light arise if it wishes, and let everything else be background.”

Science asks how the universe holds together, spirituality asks why it matters that it does.

“Saturn teaches the soul how to stand. Jupiter teaches it why it stands at all.”

"Alchemy becomes real when it is recognised inwardly."

“Care of the soul is the chief concern of philosophy.”
Plato (The Apology)

“The soul, when using the body as an instrument, is confused.”
Plato (The Phaedo)

“Nothing in the soul is wasted: every weight endured becomes the ground from which meaning later unfolds.”

“True alchemy completes itself when the soul realizes it was never meant to be perfected, only rendered transparent to what already is.”

“True reflection is itself a form of alchemy, the quiet phase where nothing appears to happen, yet everything rearranges.”

“From the Absolute, there has never been a soul.
From the relative, the soul has always been necessary.
From realization, neither position is clung to.”

“In the Absolute, there is no soul because there is no ‘other’ for a soul to be.”

Sun	15° Pisces 30' 53"
Moon	16° Libra 40' 37"
Mercury	18° Pisces 13' 29" R
Venus	29° Pisces 33' 44"
Mars	02° Pisces 45' 34"
Jupiter	15° Cancer 07' 45" R
Saturn	02° Aries 20' 13"
Uranus	27° Taurus 51' 10"
Neptune	01° Aries 13' 45"
Pluto	04° Aquarius 40' 04"
Chiron	24° Aries 17' 21"
TrueNode	08° Pisces 57' 54" R