Daily Meditation: Sunday, June 13, 1999

In initiatic science, 2 is not 1 + 1, as in arithmetic, but …

06/13/1999

In initiatic science, 2 is not 1 + 1, as in arithmetic, but 1 which, in order to create, has polarized into two principles, one positive and one negative. But in order to understand correctly the terms ‘positive' and ‘negative', they must not be assigned moral significance (positive being good and negative being evil). In interpreting them we must remember that these terms belong first of all to the vocabulary of the physical sciences. An electric plug, for instance, is polarized into positive and negative. When these terms are transposed from the domain of natural forces to the psychic or spiritual plane, we characterize the positive – or emissive, as the masculine principle, and the negative – or receptive, as the feminine principle. Whether in the whole of creation, or for individual creatures, all aspects of life are governed by the number 2. But we can only understand the number 2 if we remain conscious of the number 1. There is only one reality, but the 1 polarizes itself, and everything else follows from this polarization. It is essential that we understand the nature of these two poles and how they work together. If their relationship is harmonious something happens similar to the signs of friendship people send each other, from far or near: it can be said that true polarization has taken place.