April 11, 2022 • 13 mins
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(00:00):
Chapter eleven, Rhythm. Everything flowsout and in everything has its tides.
All things rise and fall. Thependulum swing manifests in everything. The measure
of the swing to the right isthe measure of the swing to the left.
Rhythm compensates the Kabbalion, the greatfifth hermetic principle. The principle of
(00:25):
rhythm embodies the truth that in everythingthere is manifest in a measured motion,
a to and from movement, aflow and inflow, a swing forward and
backward, a pendulum like movement,a tide like ebb and flow, a
high tide and a low tide betweenthe two poles manifest on the physical,
(00:46):
mental, or spiritual planes. Theprinciple of rhythm is closely connected with the
principle of polarity described in the precedingchapter. Rhythm manifests between the two poles
established by the prince of polarity.This does not mean, however, that
the pendulum of rhythm swings to theextreme poles, for this rarely happens.
(01:07):
In fact, it is difficult toestablish the extreme polar opposites in the majority
of cases. But the swing isever toward first one pole and then the
other. There is always an actionand reaction in advance and a retreat,
arising and a sinking manifest in andall of the airs and phenomena of the
(01:29):
universe. Suns, worlds, men, animals, plants, minerals, forces,
energy, mind and matter. Yes, even spirit manifests this principle.
The principle manifests in the creation anddestruction of worlds, in the rise and
fall of nations, in the lifehistory of all things, and finally in
(01:52):
the mental states of man. Beginningwith the manifestations of spirit of the all,
it will be noticed that there isever the outpouring and the indrawing,
the outbreathing and inbreathing of Brahm.As the Brahmins worded, universes are created,
reach their extreme low point of materialityand then begin in their upward swing.
(02:14):
Suns spring into being, and thentheir height of power being reached,
the process of retrogression begins, andafter eons they become dead masses of matter,
awaiting another impulse which starts again theirinner energies into activity, and a
new solar life cycle is begun.And thus it is with all worlds.
(02:35):
They are born, grow and die, only to be reborn. And thus
it is with all the things ofshape and form. They swing from action
to reaction, from birth to death, from activity to inactivity, and then
back again. Thus it is withall living things. They are born,
grow and die, and then arereborn. So it is with all great
(02:59):
movements, philosophies, creeds, fashions, governments, nations, and all else.
Birth, growth, maturity, decadence, death, and then new birth.
The swing of the pendulum is everin evidence. Night follows day and
day night. The pendulum swings fromsummer to winter and then back again.
(03:23):
The corpuscles, atoms, molecules,and all masses of matter swing around the
circle of their nature. There isno such thing as absolute rest or cessation
from movement, and all movement partakesof rhythm. The principles of universal application.
It may be applied to any questionor any phenomena, of any of
(03:45):
the many planes of life. Itmay be applied to all phases of human
activity. There is always a rhythmicswing from one pole to the other.
The universal pendulum is ever in motion. The tides of life flow in and
out according to law. The principleof rhythm is well understood by modern science
and is considered a universal law.As applied to material things. But Hermetis
(04:11):
carry the principle much further and knowthat its manifestations in influence extend to the
mental activities of man, and thatit accounts for the bewildering succession of moods,
feelings, and other annoying and perplexingchanges that we notice in ourselves.
But the Hermetis, by studying theoperations of this principle, have learned to
(04:31):
escape some of its activities by transmutation. The Hermetic masters long since discovered that
while the principle of rhythm was invariableand ever in evidence and mental phenomena,
still there were two planes of itsmanifestation, so far as mental phenomena are
concerned. They discovered that there weretwo general planes of consciousness, the lower
(04:55):
and the higher, the understanding ofwhich fact enabled them to rise to the
higher plane and thus escape the swingof the rhythmic pendulum, which manifested on
the lower plane. In other words, the swing of the pendulum occurred on
the unconscious plane, and the consciousnesswas not affected. This is called the
law of neutralization. Its operations consistin the raising of the ego above the
(05:19):
vibrations of the unconscious plane of mentalactivity, so that the negative swing of
the pendulum is not manifested in consciousnessand is therefore not affected. It is
akin to rising above a thing andletting it pass beneath you. The hermetic
master or advanced student polarizes himself atthe desired coal, and by a process
(05:43):
akin to refusing to participate in thebackward swing, or, if you prefer,
a denial of its influence over him, he stands firm in his polarized
position and allows the mental pendulum toswing back along the unconscious plane. All
individual jewels who have attained any degreeof self mastery accomplish this more or less
(06:04):
unknowingly, and by refusing to allowtheir moods and negative mental states to affect
them, they apply the law ofneutralization. The master, however, carries
as to a much higher degree ofproficiency, and by the use of his
will, he attains a degree ofpoison mental firmness, almost impossible to believe
(06:24):
on the part of those who wouldallow themselves to be swung backward and forward
by the mental pendulum of moods andfeelings. The importance of this will be
appreciated by any thinking person who realizeswhat creatures of moods, feelings, and
emotions the majority of people are,and how little mastery of themselves they manifest.
(06:45):
If you will stop and consider amoment, you will realize how much
these swings of rhythm have affected youin your life. How a period of
enthusiasm has been invariably followed by anopposite feeling and mood of depression. Likewise,
your moods and periods of courage havebeen succeeded by equal moods of fear.
(07:05):
And so it has ever been withthe majority of persons. Tides of
feelings have ever risen and fallen withthem, but they have never suspected the
cause or reason of the mental phenomena. An understanding of the workings of this
principle will give one the key tothe mastery. If these rhythmic swings of
feeling and will enable him to knowhimself better and to avoid being carried away
(07:30):
by these inflows and outflows, thewill is superior to the conscious manifestation of
this principle. Although the principle itselfcan never be destroyed, we may escape
its effects, but the principle operatesnevertheless. The pendulum ever swings although we
may escape being carried along with it. There are other features of the operation
(07:53):
of this principle of rhythm of whichwe wish to speak at this point.
There comes into its operations that whichis known as the law of compensation.
One of the definitions or meanings ofthe word compensate is to counter balance,
which is the sense in which Hermetisuse the term. It is the law
of compensation to which the Covolume referswhen it says, the measure of the
(08:16):
swing to the right is the measureof the swing to the left. Rhythm
compensates. The law of compensation isthat the swing in one direction determines the
swing in the opposite direction, orto the opposite pole. The one balances
or counter balances the other. Onthe physical plane, we see many examples
(08:39):
of this law. The pendulum ofthe clock swings a certain distance to the
right, and then an equal distanceto the left. The seasons balance each
other in the same way. Thetides follow the same law, and the
same laws manifested in all the phenomenaof rhythm. The pendulum with a short
swing in one direction has but ashort swing in the other, while the
(09:01):
long swing to the right invariably meansthe long swing to the left. An
object hurled upward to a certain heighthas an equal distance to traverse on its
return. The force with which aprojectile is sent upward a mile is reproduced
when the projectile returns to the Earthon its return journey. This law is
(09:22):
constant on the physical plane, asreference to the standard authorities will show you.
But the hermitis carry it still further. They teach that a man's mental
states are subject to the same law. The man who enjoys keenly is subject
to keen suffering, while he whofeels but little pain is capable of feeling
(09:43):
but little joy. The pig suffersbut little mentally, and enjoys but little
he is compensated. On the otherhand, there are animals who enjoy keenly,
but whose nervous organism and temperament causethem to suffer exquisite degrees of pain.
And so it is with man.There are temperaments which permit of but
(10:05):
a low degree of enjoyment and equallylow degrees of suffering, while there are
others which permit the most intense enjoymentbut also the most intense suffering. The
rule is that the capacity for painand pleasure in each individual are balanced.
The law of compensation is in fulloperation here. But the hermitist goes still
(10:28):
further in this matter. They teachthat before one is able to enjoy a
certain degree of pleasure, he musthave swung as far proportionately toward the other
pole of feeling. They hold,however, that the negative is precedent to
the positive in this matter. Thatis to say, that in experiencing a
certain degree of pleasure, it doesnot follow that he will have to pay
(10:50):
up for it with a corresponding degreeof pain. On the contrary, the
pleasure is the rhythmic swing according tothe law of oppensation for a degree of
pain previously experienced, either in thepresent life or in a previous incarnation.
This throws a new light on theproblem of pain. The hermitis regard the
(11:13):
chain of lives as continuous and asforming a part of one life of the
individual, so that in consequence,the rhythmic swing is understood in this way,
where it would be without meaning unlessthe truth of reincarnation is admitted.
But the hermitis claim that the masteror advanced student is able to a great
(11:33):
degree to escape the swing of painby the process of neutralization before mentioned.
By rising on to the higher planeof the ego, much of the experience
that comes to those dwelling on thelower plane is avoided and escaped. The
law of compensation plays an important partin the lives of men and women.
(11:54):
It will be noticed that one generallypays the price of anything he possesses or
lacks. If he has one thinghe lacks another, the balance is struck.
No one can keep his penny andhave a bite of cake. At
the same time. Everything has itspleasant and unpleasant sides. The things one
gains are always paid for by thethings one loses. The rich possesses much
(12:18):
that the poor lack, while thepoor often possess things that are beyond the
reach of the rich. The millionairemay have an inclination toward feasting and the
wealth whearing to secure all the daintiesand luxuries of the table, while he
lacks the appetite to enjoy the same. He envies the appetite and digestion of
the laborer, who lacks the wealthand inclinations of the millionaire, and who
(12:43):
gets more pleasure from his plain foodthan the millionaire could obtain, even if
his appetite were not jaded, norhis digestion ruin. For the wants,
habits, and inclinations differ, Andso it is through life. The law
of compensation is ever in operation,striving to balance and counter balance, and
always succeeding in time, even thoughseveral lives may be required for the return
(13:07):
swing of the pendulum of rhythm.End of Chapter eleven.
Chapter eleven, Rhythm. Everything flowsout and in everything has its tides.
All things rise and fall. Thependulum swing manifests in everything. The measure
of the swing to the right isthe measure of the swing to the left.
Rhythm compensates the Kabbalion, the greatfifth hermetic principle. The principle of
(00:25):
rhythm embodies the truth that in everythingthere is manifest in a measured motion,
a to and from movement, aflow and inflow, a swing forward and
backward, a pendulum like movement,a tide like ebb and flow, a
high tide and a low tide betweenthe two poles manifest on the physical,
(00:46):
mental, or spiritual planes. Theprinciple of rhythm is closely connected with the
principle of polarity described in the precedingchapter. Rhythm manifests between the two poles
established by the prince of polarity.This does not mean, however, that
the pendulum of rhythm swings to theextreme poles, for this rarely happens.
(01:07):
In fact, it is difficult toestablish the extreme polar opposites in the majority
of cases. But the swing isever toward first one pole and then the
other. There is always an actionand reaction in advance and a retreat,
arising and a sinking manifest in andall of the airs and phenomena of the
(01:29):
universe. Suns, worlds, men, animals, plants, minerals, forces,
energy, mind and matter. Yes, even spirit manifests this principle.
The principle manifests in the creation anddestruction of worlds, in the rise and
fall of nations, in the lifehistory of all things, and finally in
(01:52):
the mental states of man. Beginningwith the manifestations of spirit of the all,
it will be noticed that there isever the outpouring and the indrawing,
the outbreathing and inbreathing of Brahm.As the Brahmins worded, universes are created,
reach their extreme low point of materialityand then begin in their upward swing.
(02:14):
Suns spring into being, and thentheir height of power being reached,
the process of retrogression begins, andafter eons they become dead masses of matter,
awaiting another impulse which starts again theirinner energies into activity, and a
new solar life cycle is begun.And thus it is with all worlds.
(02:35):
They are born, grow and die, only to be reborn. And thus
it is with all the things ofshape and form. They swing from action
to reaction, from birth to death, from activity to inactivity, and then
back again. Thus it is withall living things. They are born,
grow and die, and then arereborn. So it is with all great
(02:59):
movements, philosophies, creeds, fashions, governments, nations, and all else.
Birth, growth, maturity, decadence, death, and then new birth.
The swing of the pendulum is everin evidence. Night follows day and
day night. The pendulum swings fromsummer to winter and then back again.
(03:23):
The corpuscles, atoms, molecules,and all masses of matter swing around the
circle of their nature. There isno such thing as absolute rest or cessation
from movement, and all movement partakesof rhythm. The principles of universal application.
It may be applied to any questionor any phenomena, of any of
(03:45):
the many planes of life. Itmay be applied to all phases of human
activity. There is always a rhythmicswing from one pole to the other.
The universal pendulum is ever in motion. The tides of life flow in and
out according to law. The principleof rhythm is well understood by modern science
and is considered a universal law.As applied to material things. But Hermetis
(04:11):
carry the principle much further and knowthat its manifestations in influence extend to the
mental activities of man, and thatit accounts for the bewildering succession of moods,
feelings, and other annoying and perplexingchanges that we notice in ourselves.
But the Hermetis, by studying theoperations of this principle, have learned to
(04:31):
escape some of its activities by transmutation. The Hermetic masters long since discovered that
while the principle of rhythm was invariableand ever in evidence and mental phenomena,
still there were two planes of itsmanifestation, so far as mental phenomena are
concerned. They discovered that there weretwo general planes of consciousness, the lower
(04:55):
and the higher, the understanding ofwhich fact enabled them to rise to the
higher plane and thus escape the swingof the rhythmic pendulum, which manifested on
the lower plane. In other words, the swing of the pendulum occurred on
the unconscious plane, and the consciousnesswas not affected. This is called the
law of neutralization. Its operations consistin the raising of the ego above the
(05:19):
vibrations of the unconscious plane of mentalactivity, so that the negative swing of
the pendulum is not manifested in consciousnessand is therefore not affected. It is
akin to rising above a thing andletting it pass beneath you. The hermetic
master or advanced student polarizes himself atthe desired coal, and by a process
(05:43):
akin to refusing to participate in thebackward swing, or, if you prefer,
a denial of its influence over him, he stands firm in his polarized
position and allows the mental pendulum toswing back along the unconscious plane. All
individual jewels who have attained any degreeof self mastery accomplish this more or less
(06:04):
unknowingly, and by refusing to allowtheir moods and negative mental states to affect
them, they apply the law ofneutralization. The master, however, carries
as to a much higher degree ofproficiency, and by the use of his
will, he attains a degree ofpoison mental firmness, almost impossible to believe
(06:24):
on the part of those who wouldallow themselves to be swung backward and forward
by the mental pendulum of moods andfeelings. The importance of this will be
appreciated by any thinking person who realizeswhat creatures of moods, feelings, and
emotions the majority of people are,and how little mastery of themselves they manifest.
(06:45):
If you will stop and consider amoment, you will realize how much
these swings of rhythm have affected youin your life. How a period of
enthusiasm has been invariably followed by anopposite feeling and mood of depression. Likewise,
your moods and periods of courage havebeen succeeded by equal moods of fear.
(07:05):
And so it has ever been withthe majority of persons. Tides of
feelings have ever risen and fallen withthem, but they have never suspected the
cause or reason of the mental phenomena. An understanding of the workings of this
principle will give one the key tothe mastery. If these rhythmic swings of
feeling and will enable him to knowhimself better and to avoid being carried away
(07:30):
by these inflows and outflows, thewill is superior to the conscious manifestation of
this principle. Although the principle itselfcan never be destroyed, we may escape
its effects, but the principle operatesnevertheless. The pendulum ever swings although we
may escape being carried along with it. There are other features of the operation
(07:53):
of this principle of rhythm of whichwe wish to speak at this point.
There comes into its operations that whichis known as the law of compensation.
One of the definitions or meanings ofthe word compensate is to counter balance,
which is the sense in which Hermetisuse the term. It is the law
of compensation to which the Covolume referswhen it says, the measure of the
(08:16):
swing to the right is the measureof the swing to the left. Rhythm
compensates. The law of compensation isthat the swing in one direction determines the
swing in the opposite direction, orto the opposite pole. The one balances
or counter balances the other. Onthe physical plane, we see many examples
(08:39):
of this law. The pendulum ofthe clock swings a certain distance to the
right, and then an equal distanceto the left. The seasons balance each
other in the same way. Thetides follow the same law, and the
same laws manifested in all the phenomenaof rhythm. The pendulum with a short
swing in one direction has but ashort swing in the other, while the
(09:01):
long swing to the right invariably meansthe long swing to the left. An
object hurled upward to a certain heighthas an equal distance to traverse on its
return. The force with which aprojectile is sent upward a mile is reproduced
when the projectile returns to the Earthon its return journey. This law is
(09:22):
constant on the physical plane, asreference to the standard authorities will show you.
But the hermitis carry it still further. They teach that a man's mental
states are subject to the same law. The man who enjoys keenly is subject
to keen suffering, while he whofeels but little pain is capable of feeling
(09:43):
but little joy. The pig suffersbut little mentally, and enjoys but little
he is compensated. On the otherhand, there are animals who enjoy keenly,
but whose nervous organism and temperament causethem to suffer exquisite degrees of pain.
And so it is with man.There are temperaments which permit of but
(10:05):
a low degree of enjoyment and equallylow degrees of suffering, while there are
others which permit the most intense enjoymentbut also the most intense suffering. The
rule is that the capacity for painand pleasure in each individual are balanced.
The law of compensation is in fulloperation here. But the hermitist goes still
(10:28):
further in this matter. They teachthat before one is able to enjoy a
certain degree of pleasure, he musthave swung as far proportionately toward the other
pole of feeling. They hold,however, that the negative is precedent to
the positive in this matter. Thatis to say, that in experiencing a
certain degree of pleasure, it doesnot follow that he will have to pay
(10:50):
up for it with a corresponding degreeof pain. On the contrary, the
pleasure is the rhythmic swing according tothe law of oppensation for a degree of
pain previously experienced, either in thepresent life or in a previous incarnation.
This throws a new light on theproblem of pain. The hermitis regard the
(11:13):
chain of lives as continuous and asforming a part of one life of the
individual, so that in consequence,the rhythmic swing is understood in this way,
where it would be without meaning unlessthe truth of reincarnation is admitted.
But the hermitis claim that the masteror advanced student is able to a great
(11:33):
degree to escape the swing of painby the process of neutralization before mentioned.
By rising on to the higher planeof the ego, much of the experience
that comes to those dwelling on thelower plane is avoided and escaped. The
law of compensation plays an important partin the lives of men and women.
(11:54):
It will be noticed that one generallypays the price of anything he possesses or
lacks. If he has one thinghe lacks another, the balance is struck.
No one can keep his penny andhave a bite of cake. At
the same time. Everything has itspleasant and unpleasant sides. The things one
gains are always paid for by thethings one loses. The rich possesses much
(12:18):
that the poor lack, while thepoor often possess things that are beyond the
reach of the rich. The millionairemay have an inclination toward feasting and the
wealth whearing to secure all the daintiesand luxuries of the table, while he
lacks the appetite to enjoy the same. He envies the appetite and digestion of
the laborer, who lacks the wealthand inclinations of the millionaire, and who
(12:43):
gets more pleasure from his plain foodthan the millionaire could obtain, even if
his appetite were not jaded, norhis digestion ruin. For the wants,
habits, and inclinations differ, Andso it is through life. The law
of compensation is ever in operation,striving to balance and counter balance, and
always succeeding in time, even thoughseveral lives may be required for the return
(13:07):
swing of the pendulum of rhythm.End of Chapter eleven.
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