‘As above so below’
What does this phrase mean to you?
To me, As above, so below, indicates that the heavens are mere reflections of the lower realms of existence just as the lower realms are reflections of the higher. Your inner world reflects the outer world and the outer world reflects the inner world. Reality is an infinite set of mirrors, each set from a higher or lower degree of perspective. In essence though, all is one.
Some Hindu spiritual thinkers such as Sri Aurobindo believed that Vedic deities were not only forces of nature but also forces that exist within the human intellect & psyche. The gods, goddesses and evil forces were mere representations of various cosmic forces that play significant roles in the drama of creations, preservation and destruction in the inner world of a human being. They were magnifications of our various inner energies that in a sense, are conscious in their own right and contribute to the development of our beingness.
I personally believe a lot of mythology to be personifications of ‘as above, so below’. Everything is alive, especially all that we humans have imagined. You might be surprised to know that all the characters we’ve created in fiction manifest in the astral as sentient beings, made up of all that we thought them to be.
So the question is, were the deities from all the religions made up by the human imagination? Yes and no.
The forces of nature that make up these deities existed before mankind could even begin to think of itself this deeply. Our imaginations (generally envisioned by the shamans under the influence of psychedelics) gave these forces names and imagery… and personalities that coincided with their nature. In a sense, we gave these forces egos through which a powerful sentient energy would be created that would rule over cultures that believed them to be a certain way.
So these deities would become humanized aspects of forces like the sun, storms, love, destruction, ext… The deites were imagined and would manifest in the mental realm… also known as the astral. A realm that is nowhere (although, arguable between the 3rd and 4th dimension) and is the mental backdrop of mankind’s collective consciousness… where our thoughts manifest and exist on their own accord. This mental realm is within us all, so in a sense, all these deities are within us all as well.
And so throughout the ages, mankind would manifest the forces of creation, destruction, love, hatred in the forms of these ‘personalities’ within us (sort of like software to our hardware). And our minds would also attune these deities to our outside world which would also be affected by ‘prophecies’ and collective beliefs. Collective belief is a higher power itself and has the power to affect nature. And so we would be ruled by the gods we create in our minds… As above, so below.
But are there actual gods not created by man?
Well… any aspect of consciousness is god. Anything that can observe is creating reality itself and so therefore, all of consciousness is god. What confuses humans is that ‘god’ doesn’t think in a singular perspective but from infinite perspectives (although one can say the infinite perspectives is the singular perspective).
And there are many beings beyond the degree of perception (3rd dimension) we live in now, that exist all around us. I’m speaking of the higher degrees of perception (4D, 5D), from which beings like the machine elves that many people on dmt have reported seeing, exist.
Are these sentient beings reflections of us/we reflections of them as well?
We are in fact lower reflections of the higher realms (such as 5d), in a way that makes me feel so insignificant when thinking about it. It’s hard to fathom in what way to be quite honest. We are closer to the beings of the upper 3rd-4th dimension though. To the extent that we manifest them rather often.
(Understand though, that vibratory rates are not clear cut like 4th dimension, 3rd dimension. Think of vibratory rates more as, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,3.4, 3.5, ext… They are more like waves… and as the waves rises it reaches closer to something higher then crashes and we back down again. so we are trying to ride the wave then catapult upwards, 4d is not the end point, its just how far and what ‘gradient’ your momentum carries you. )
Sometimes, the negative entities we attract into our lives are manifestations of the inner negative energies within us. Negative thought patterns from traumas, emotional abuse or such things tend to attract entities that feed off of the energy we project. Those tend to be reflections of our inner state of being that exists as aspects of these states of being.
Much of our inner world reflects the outer world. In fact, once you begin to ascend and dissolve much of your ego, you’ll begin to see the people in your life as different aspects that make up your inner beingness. Like an amalgamation of energies flowing within you and each of them making up the whole you. They are your world. It’s hard to see how even the people you hate in life represent certain aspects of yourself until… you can actually see it.
In the same light, the outer world reflects the inner. Your ego was partly created by your parents, friends and environment. You had no conscious part in that at an early age. And once you began to have more control of your life, many of the patterns created by your interactions with the outside world were already solidified in you. There are some people that say we manifest everything into our lives but this is not true… considering the outside world manifests energies within us as well. So we affect and are affected by the inner worlds of others we interact with.
Although we live in our own little bubbles of reality (constricted to our beliefs, fears, ext…), we all collectively create the shared reality we all exist in. That’s why we still see and experience the same things, albeit in different ways. From an individual perspective, we can only see a very small part of the bigger picture.
But when we let go of our ego and see that we are part of a greater whole, we’ll get a much expanded sense of the bigger picture. And the reality of as above so below will blow your mind like nothing else.
Anyways these are just my thoughts on this. Take it all with a grain of salt. And now, share what you think! I’m curious as to your thoughts on the maxim, even if you fully disagree with me.
, how come I’ve never thought of that. Simple math 
So to not exist does sound nice man 
