Good summation, Amos. Indeed my belief is that the material world issues directly from the world of Spirit, not the other way around.

Material existence, essentially, is a stepping-down of frequency. If you slow a vortex of spiritual intelligence down enough, it then manifests as a finite and limited mind. If you slow it down still further it takes form (gradually, through nature's mechanisms) as a physical structure.

It is then simultaneously existing in three generalized realities...physical, mental, and spiritual.

Conventional science recognizes only the lower two realities, because it is itself limited to them and has arisen out of those levels of consciousness...which are predicated on division, not Unity. What distinguishes the physical and the mental is that they see themselves as limited and finite...separate from all the other limited and finite things around them. This is also the origin of fear and all attack and defense modes of behaviour.

Spirit sees itself as one single Unity of conscious being, expressing itself in an infinite number of apparently separate forms...which are in sum nevertheless one undivided Unity. Spirit is the origin of unconditional Love, because it is all things and fears nothing.

You can use the analogy of water vapour, water, and ice to demonstrate the point. The most physical,static, slowed down form of H2O is ice. It's the most limited in terms of its outer form and definition and it can easily be physically damaged...like the human body.

The next higher form is water...like the mind it is far more flexible...being able to flow freely into any available space...and it's not subject to physical damage, but it can be polluted by toxic substances! (like hate, fear, jealousy, greed, etc.)

The next higher form is water vapour. Like Spirit it is absolutely impervious to any form of damage, and it naturally expands to FILL all the space available to it. It is also H2O at the highest energetic level, so to speak. It cannot be polluted either, although the air or space it may be occupying certainly can be. The Spirit, which is entirely pure at all times, can freely occupy a seriously polluted mind and a sick body, both of which are generally quite unaware of its presence.

The purpose of meditation, contemplation, prayer, and all spiritual endeavour is to become consciously aware of its presence...and then act from its perspective rather than from fear.

This ice/water/water vapour story is just an analogy, but one that serves rather well to demonstrate the general idea, I think.

Clinton - Ohhhh, some people are Soooo funny around here! :-) I think you said that about me one time too a while back, did't you?

- LH