THE
LAW OF CORRESPONDENCE
An
ancient axiom of Hermetics states: "As above, so below".
In ancient
times this Law of Correspondence was clearly understood because entities
were not bombarded by thought, words and ideas to the extent that they are today.
To the ancients this phrase was a clear and meaningful experience.
Prior
to the multiplications of words (where few words were used and they were simple),
entities knew how to look beyond the words at the meanings, whereby the words
stood halfway
between the seeker and the sought, and the words themselves were
like signposts pointing toward a city,
rather than the final destination for
the questioner; as in the present time whereby the question
is asked and the
words are answered, and the answer is the final movement of the mind
which perceives
no further than the word which was given as an answer.
For
the present mind, this Awareness shall elaborate on the true meaning of the Law of Correspondence: "
As above, so below". As it is within,
so likewise there is a corresponding action without. As it is in the past,
so
likewise there shall be a corresponding action in the future and in the present.
Yet these correspondences
are not exact; are distorted, likened unto a reflective
mirror which does not have a perfectly flat surface.
As
the cycle of one level is in correspondence to the cycle of another level, so
likewise the souls of one entity
have a correspondence to the souls of humanity,
which make up the cells of the body of this Awareness.