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2. The Significance of Lunations
Our earth represents the grosser vehicle of man. The
Moon represents the mind of man. The Sun represents
the source of mind or the consciousness of man. The
consciousness is received by the mind and given out in
reflection as the mental activity of man upon the objective
universe. The increasing Moon is therefore a symbol of
increasing objective activity. This is the decreasing
subjective activity which can be called darkness to the
spiritual levels. Hence, it is new-Moon, to the inner
consciousness. On the day of the new-Moon, the mental
activity of the spiritualist can be made to reflect upon itself.
That is, his lunar ray is made to retrace its origin. For this
reason, the day of new-Moon is most conducive for him
to get into the muse of meditation. By living on liquid
diet and meditating upon the brow centre on the day of
new-Moon, he gets hold over the currents of astral matter
in his body. The solar plexus is the centre of expression of
his astral activity. By meditating upon this brow centre,
the activity of the solar plexus is gradually raised to the
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jna- chakra. If he does the same thing on a full-Moon day,
he gains control over the magnetic currents of his etheric
body. All the desire-centres are turned upward and the
whole tide gives an upward pull.
In the beginning, he cannot gain hold over these
levels by meditating during other days, especially during
the days when the Moon is in square with the Sun. By
conducting meditation on the days of new-Moon and full-