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What follows is a very practical guide to building an ark. Or joining one if already built 🙂
Briefest guide
Some metaphysical principles
A medium guide
A summary guide
Briefest Guide
Mundane version: With every and any inclination that is part of your world, interpret it as being an expression of your core and highest will. Do this in a generous light, only looking for what’s best in what underlies each and every intention.
Divine version: Similarly, but taking the phrase “highest will” to mean, “the will to be an expression of the Infinite”.
I acknowledge that this is not the same as what follows. But it serves a function with some parallels.
Mumbled Secrets
An ark is a construct that abnegates its contents between two perspectives of the manifestations of the Infinite will. In particular, between the “purpose” aspect of that will.
An ark is made up of rooms, which are expressions of will. They can be conceived as the space filled by a lower will’s (1) purpose, (2) implied impositions, (3) expressions, and (4) potential endurance.
The rooms are built by comprehending the concepts that underlie each of their (viz. 4) elements. And then by comprehending how those concepts are paralleled in the concepts of the Infinite will.
Everything is ‘sealed’ by re-comprehending elements, beginning with their concepts per Infinite, then the mundane manifestation of those concepts, (then optionally how those concepts are practically able to impose), and then how those (delimited) impositions are malleable. That final perspective is then doubled to perceive how that room/element shrinks before the abnegation of an Infinite directive.
The same lower will can be perceived qua passive/recipient and qua active/responder. These correspond to the boundaries of the ark’s (i.e. the “two perspectives”). And the abnegation comprehension of each, and the space between them forms the space of the ark. So too for the space outside the ark.
If one wants to know further: Ensure capacity for format level of highest will, and stability of imposition and level of lower will, and reproduce at three penultimate worlds of reality. Also, conceive of the space between the penultimate and final world, and test ark by exposing inclinations along the constellation of the dove; test for symmetry between the purpose of inclination vs unfolding of imposition at the level of judgments and following imposition at the level of inclination.
A Practical Guide with Example
I can’t be bothered writing a step by step example. So I’ll use my own experience.
Wait for suitable material to enter phenomenal substrate, or to be captured by awareness. Laziness. Define passively (the feeling that affects me), and actively (my desire to find a way out of what I’m doing). Search poles of these. Define concepts for these poles. Summarize these concepts as they apply to the whole “room”, for passive (concepts relating to feelings, energy; stemming from the transcendent logos that creates the shapes of energy/inclination) and active (concepts relating to ingenuity per task; from logos for plasticity of tasks). Walk those higher concepts downwards, until seeing that they are restricted by the state of affairs, and thus are abnegated into nothing. See the space between the tautology of “World imposes inclination according to the potential that exists now” and “I seek control over tasks according to the potential that I have now”. Reiterate these steps along with the awareness that both perspectives stem from the Infinite announcement, “I will reign”, and thus that these two are expressions of that majesty. Keep doing this until (a) sense “form” of space, (b) the implications of the space create a logic for judging, and thereby (c) your inclination’s judgements and the directives implied by the space express a harmony which mirrors the purpose of your inclinations. Etc.
I’ll be using the following two scenarios. (1) Pet wants food but I’m tired and want to stay in bed. (2) I want to live free in my land of Israel but the world does not.
Describe room from passive and from active perspectives. Â Mention 4 poles: (a) directive, (b) rules, (c) expression, (d) power/endurance
Define room in each perspective based on concepts.
Redefine room along both perspectives, moving down from concepts to abnegation.
Observe the space. Observe the Infinite declaration. Observe your role in this space.
Mundane example
Outlining rooms
Passive: (a) world wants me to feed my pet; (b) ethics of pet ownership and pet well-being; (c) the actions of my pet, the thoughts and feelings that arise in me; (d) the potential for the actions, thoughts, and feelings to increase in potency.
Active: (a) I want to sleep without guilt; (b) ethos and arguments of sympathy for self; (c) the thoughts and feelings that arise in me to this purpose, including that I should find a way to eat my cake and have it too; (d) my ability to rationalize on and on.
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