Second Stage Spiritual

Hi Brooke,

I am posting the section from JWG'S book on Evolutionary Astrology that talks about the spiritual evolutionary state. Please read the 2nd subdivision of this state that will answer your question. If not, please do not hesitate to write again and let me know what else you need to answer the question.

God Bless, Rad

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The Spiritual State

Astrologically speaking, this evolutionary state correlates to Neptune because now the root desire becomes to consciously KNOW, not just believe in, but to know and unite with the Source Of All Things: the universal, God/ess. Because of this root desire the consciousness now progressively expands into the universal, the cosmos, in such a way that the very nature of the interior consciousness within the Soul becomes conscious of the living universe within: the wave within the ocean, and the ocean within the wave.

Progressively, in this spiritual state of evolution, the very center of gravity within the Soul’s consciousness shifts from the subjective ego to the Soul itself. Once the center of gravity shifts to the Soul, then in the context of any given life the Soul is then able to experience simultaneously its specific individuality as reflected in the ego, while at the same time experiencing being centered in the Soul – the ocean that is aware of the waves that it manifests. The Soul contains within itself all the prior life memories from every life it has ever lived. And the Soul has its own ‘identity,’ or ego. This identity or ‘ego’ is not the same as the ego that the Soul creates in any given life on places like Earth. The ego of the Soul is one’s ‘eternal’ identity. An easy way for any of us to understand this occurs when we dream. Obviously when we dream we are not identified with our subjective ego. After all, we are ‘asleep.’ The subjective ego has temporarily ‘dissolved’ back into the Soul when we sleep. So the question becomes, “who and what is doing the dreaming?” Obviously, it can only be the Soul with its own ego that thus allows the Soul to know itself as a Soul that is eternal.

Another way to validate the same thing occurs when we sometimes wake up from sleeping and cannot immediately ‘remember’ who we are: the current subjective ego, the ‘I,’ of this life. It takes some effort to actually remember the subjective ‘I’ when this occurs. So, again, the question becomes, “Who and what must make the effort to remember the subjective ‘I’ of the current life?”

Obviously, it can only be our Soul. So, again, as evolution proceeds in this spiritual state there is a progressive shift in the center of gravity within the Soul’s consciousness. When this shift firmly takes hold, then the Soul, in any given life, is simultaneously experiencing its eternal ‘self’ or ego while at the same time experiencing the subjective ego, and the individuality attendant to it, that it has created for its own ongoing evolutionary reasons and intentions. This is very similar to when we stand at the beach when the Sun goes down and at that moment when the Sun is equally half above and below the horizon. In this state of consciousness the Soul is aware from within itself of all the prior lives that it has lived, and at the same time, aware of the specific life, ego, that it is currently living. Progressively, as evolution proceeds in the spiritual state of evolution, the Soul also becomes consciously aware of the Source Of All Things.

This occurs as the consciousness of the Soul becomes truly universal: the inner experience of the entire universe within one’s own consciousness. This state of ‘cosmic consciousness’ allows one to actually experience the very point of the manifested Creation itself: the interface between the un-manifested and the manifested. As this occurs, the Soul then also becomes aware of all the natural laws that govern and correlate to the very nature of Creation itself.

In the most advanced states of evolution, the Soul, now being completely identified with these natural laws of Creation, is then able to harmonize with those laws in such a way as to use those laws at will in conjunction with the Will Of All Things: that which is the very origin of those natural laws.

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1st Subdivision of the Spiritual State

The Soul progressively becomes aware of just how ‘small’ it is because of the increasing universal dimensions that are occurring within its consciousness. This is vastly different from being the center of one’s own universe as reflected in the consensus state for example. Of itself, this has a naturally humbling effect on the Soul, and thus the current subjective ego, Moon, that it has created. It is exactly this naturally humbling archetype that progressively allows the center of gravity to shift within the Soul’s consciousness from the subjective ego to the Soul itself, and ultimately to a conscious union with the Source Of All Things.

As a result, the Soul desires to progressively commit itself to the desire to reunite with the Source. As this occurs the Soul will progressively commit itself to devotional types of spiritual practice in this subdivision. Within this, the Soul desires to commit itself to various forms of work that all correlate to being of service to the larger whole, of service to others in some way.

Many will naturally want to orient to various forms of the healing arts or to start ‘centers’ in which the healing arts in some way are the focus. The core issue here is that the Soul desires to do a work on behalf of the Source Of All Things, and to use the work as a vehicle through which the Source can be inwardly experienced because of the nature of the work. In the East, this is called Karma Yoga.

In this first subdivision, the Soul becomes progressively aware of all that it needs to improve upon within itself. A heightened state of awareness occurs that makes the Soul aware of all its imperfections and, as a result, the Soul can now become highly self-critical. Even though this is natural, it also creates a potential danger or trap to the Soul in that this heightened state of critical self-awareness can cause the Soul to not feel ‘good enough’ or ‘ready’ to do the task, or work, that it is being inwardly directed to do. This then sets in motion all kinds of excuse making, always manifesting as perfectly rational arguments, of why the Soul will not do what it should do when it should do it. The way out of this trap is to realize that the path to ‘perfection’ occurs by taking one step at a time.

As evolution progresses through this first subdivision the Soul will increasingly have direct perception of the ‘single eye,’ or the third eye, which is inherent to consciousness. As a result, this perception allows the Soul to merge with that single eye in such a way that various types and states of cosmic consciousness will occur which will lead into the second subdivision within the spiritual state.

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2nd Subdivision of the Spiritual State

As the Soul evolves into this subdivision, it has already had various kinds of inner cosmic or universal kinds of experiences within its consciousness. Yet in this state the final shift in the center of gravity within consciousness from the subjective ego to the Soul itself has yet to occur. In this state, the shift manifests more like a rubber band, wherein the gravity point keeps going back and forth from the subjective ego to the Soul.The problem that this generates is that the progressive inner experiences within consciousness of the universal, the cosmic, the Source, fuels the subjective ego in such a way that the Soul feels more evolved than it actually is.

This can then set in motion in varying degrees of intensity ‘spiritual delusions of grandeur’ from an egocentric and Soul point of view. When this occurs such Souls will then feel that they have a spiritual ‘mission’ to fulfill on behalf of others, of the world itself. It is important to remember in trying to understand this subdivision that as the Soul gets ever closer to the Source, The Light, that whatever egocentric impurities remain within the Soul must be purged. As a result, as the Soul draws closer to re-uniting with its own Origin, these impurities will manifest through the current life subjective ego that the Soul’s own ego contains.

These impurities can be many things depending on the specific nature of each Soul, but all Souls in this subdivision will share one common impurity: the ‘ego’ of the Soul that is still identifying itself as somehow ‘separate’ from that which has created it. This ongoing delusion is thus reflected in the subjective ego that the Soul creates.

This common impurity will then be exhibited in specific psychological behaviors that essentially boil down to such Souls pointing the way to themselves as the vehicle of ‘salvation,’ or to know God/ess, while at the same time, pretending that they are not. In other words, they are extremely good salespeople who peddle God/ess as the hook in order to have themselves revered as the way to actually know God/ess. There is always a hidden or secret egocentric agenda within these Souls that is masked by the overlay of whatever spiritual or religious teaching they are representing. Examples of this, in recent modern history, would be Bhagwan Rajneesh Osho), Claire Prophet, JZ Knight (Ramtha), Da Free John, Rasputin, and the like.

As the Soul evolves through this subdivision it finally realizes the nature of this root impurity. As a result, it experiences a ‘natural’ guilt. This guilt is then used by the Soul to create its own downfall in order to ‘atone’ for that guilt. The downfall can occur in many different ways depending on the specific nature of the circumstantial life that the Soul has generated. This downfall, caused by guilt and the need to atone for that guilt, thus serves as the final evolutionary development that allows the Soul to evolve into the third subdivision within the spiritual state.

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3rd Subdivision of the Spiritual State

In the final subdivision within the spiritual state the Soul is now finally and firmly identified with that which has created it: the Source Of All Things. The center of gravity within consciousness has finally centered within the Soul, not on the subjective ego created by the Soul. At this point in the evolution of the Soul all subsequent evolution through this final subdivision will be focused on the elimination of any separating desires that the Soul still has. Because of this final shift within consciousness to the Soul itself, the Soul is inwardly attuned to the Source Of All Things in such a way that it perceives itself as but a singular manifestation of the Source. Simultaneously, the Soul perceives all others, all of Creation, as manifestations of that Source.

Thus the Soul’s inner and outer responses to life itself, how life is understood and interpreted, how it comes to understand the nature of the life it is currently living, how it understands the purpose for the current life, and how it comes to make decisions relative to the life being lived, are all based on this inner attunement and alignment with that which has Created it. As evolution begins in this final subdivision, the Soul inwardly feels and knows that it is here to serve The Source in some way. It knows that it cannot just live for itself. It knows that it has some kind of work to do on behalf of the Source.

The consciousness of the Soul at this point is entirely structured to give to others, and to give purely without any ulterior agenda or motive involved. The nature of the work will always involve the theme of teaching or healing in some way. Because the Soul is now consciously identified with the Source the very nature of the Soul’s own vibration radiates in such a way that many others are drawn to it like a magnet. Many other Souls are drawn magnetically to these Souls because they also reflect and radiate a fundamental wisdom of life, of a deep compassion at the ‘human condition.’

This occurs because, after all, these Souls have traveled a very long evolutionary journey which has taken them through almost every kind of life experience imaginable. Such Souls are naturally very unassuming, naturally humble, and have no desire whatsoever for any kind of acclaim to their ego. Quite the opposite: they shy away from such things and always remind anyone who tries to give them acclaim of any kind for that which they do that all things come from God, or the Source. They only point the way ‘Home,’ and never to themselves. Conversely, these Souls can also attract to themselves others who project onto them all manner of judgments, projection of motives, intentions, of ‘who they really are,’ and wholesale persecution.

The reason this occurs is because the very nature of these Souls is fundamentally pure, and full of the inner Light of the Source. As a result, their own inner light has the effect of ‘exposing’ the impurities in others, of the actual reality of others, versus the persona created by others; of others actual intentions and motives for anything. Accordingly, those who do this kind of projection and so on feel threatened by these types of Souls for they know they themselves are fundamentally dishonest, and that they are invested in having others believe in the persona they are creating to hide their actual reality/agendas. Feeling threatened thus causes these types of people to manifest this type of behavior (projections) with these Souls.

In the beginning of this third subdivision the nature of the work that the Soul does, the number of people it is destined to help in some way through the vehicle of teaching or healing, is relatively small and limited to the immediate area of the community in which they live. Progressively this evolves from a limited application to increasingly larger circles in which the nature of the work on behalf of the Source increases. In the end this increasing circle will include the entire world. And at the very end of evolution in this subdivision the Soul will be remembered by countless others long after the physical life of the Soul is over – the nature of their life, and the teachings they represented. Examples of these types of Souls are ‘individuals’ like Jesus, Yogananda, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Mohammed, Saint Teresa, and so on. It is important to remember, again, that these are the natural evolutionary conditions that reflect the current reality of all peoples on Earth. For those who wish to use evolutionary astrology, it is essential that you make the necessary observations of any given person to determine their evolutionary state, and then to orient yourself to their natal chart accordingly. Again, one size does not fit all.

Hi Rad. I so appreciate your time, energy, and support. This is wonderful. Thank you!

 I've been on this spiritual journey for a while now, and I gotta say, the second stage of evolution is quite something. It's like diving into the depths of my soul and discovering a whole new universe within.

To move through this stage quickly, I've learned a few things from my personal experience. First off, I had to do some serious soul-searching. I questioned everything—my beliefs, my values, and even my emotions. It was like peeling back layers and getting to the core of who I truly am.

Then, I went on a knowledge-seeking rampage. Books, workshops, podcasts—you name it, I devoured it all. The more I learned, the more I expanded my understanding of spirituality and personal growth.

I couldn't skip the mindfulness and meditation part. Connecting with my inner self became a daily practice. It helped me stay present, calm my racing thoughts, and gain a deeper insight into my own being.

Growth didn't come without challenges. I had to embrace discomfort and step out of my cozy comfort zone. It's in those moments of facing adversity that I experienced the most profound growth and accelerated my spiritual evolution.

One crucial element was the support of like-minded individuals. Surrounding myself with people who shared my interests and passions made a huge difference. We shared experiences, had deep conversations, and supported each other on this wild journey.

Lastly, I made spirituality a part of my everyday life. It wasn't just something I explored in a retreat or during meditation. I integrated my spiritual insights into my actions, my choices, and how I treated others. That's when things really started to click.

This journey isn't a race. It's more like a rollercoaster ride with twists, turns, and breathtaking moments. So, I learned to trust the process, be patient, and savor every step along the way. It's been an incredible ride, and I'm still evolving.

So, if you're looking to speed through the second stage of spiritual evolution, buckle up, my friend. Embrace the exploration, seek knowledge, connect with your inner self, and surround yourself with a tribe that supports your growth. Enjoy the adventure and let your spirit soar!