Wednesday, October 3rd, 1979

WISDOM'S GOLDENROD, ALAN BERKOWITZ CLASS NOTES

(TYPED)

OCTOBER 3, 1979

PB BOOKS; WISDOM OF THE OVERSELF; "BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE"

TOPIC: PB Books

SUBJECT: Wisdom of the Overself

SUBSUBJECTS: "Birth of the Universe," Cosmology, Epistemology, Karma

BOOKS READ FROM OR REFERENCED:

• Paul Brunton, The Wisdom of the Overself

TYPED AND REFORMATTED by IT 2023

NOTES:

• RETYPED HANDWRITTEN NOTES (V13). From Alan Notes 6 Procl Plotin Bud 1979 0630 to 1979 1230.PDF.

• Wednesday night class, part of Wisdom series 1979-1980.

• All capitalization and punctuation corrected, abbreviations spelled out.

1979 10/03 at Wisdom's Goldenrod

PB Books; Wisdom of the Overself; "Birth of the Universe"

[Alan Notes 1979 1003 Begin]

10/03/79 "Birth of the Universe" [Note: Paul Brunton, The Wisdom of the Overself.]

Paragraph 70, p. 41 --

Consciousness is what experiences.

Mind is what is experienced.

Consciousness ≠ Mind.

Paragraph 14, p. 48 --

The universe of galaxies, stars, etc. that we experience is not the "real" universe but our Sun's (World-Soul's) picturing forth of it.

Paragraph 15 --

Second law of karma -- with knowledge comes responsibility.

First law is ontological -- the way things are in terms of their being.

Second law is operational -- the way things function outwardly.

Karmic forces are the powers operating on things (thoughts).

Karmic forces = the Ideas (Platonic) in second quadrant.

Karmic forces ≠ general law of karma.

The total aggregate of reason-principles in seed form = Nature -- the images made on the akasha.

The cosmic soul operates through Nature -- it is the intermediary between it and what it produces.

Paragraph 22 --

World-Soul comes and goes -- World-Mind (Nous) is everlasting and is not spoken of in this chapter. World-Mind here is World-Soul or Soul of the All.

[Alan Notes 1979 1003 End]