joey lugassy ‘05

    It is always enlightening to see many examples of the same thing. The “story of life” is repeated over and over from cultures and ages that have never connected with each other. Yet, the same story is told. To understand the thread that links these examples together is to become face to face with the actual truth. May the metaphor be with you!

HINDU TRIMURTI                        CHRISTIAN TRINITY

BRAHMA – Creation                         FATHER – Creation

VISHNU – Preservation                    SON – Offspring of creation “The Way”

SHIVA – Destruction                        HOLY GHOST - Manifestation
Phenomena                                     End of creation process
That which deconstructs                    Whole image

MOTION PICTURE CAMERA    INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS

SOURCE – Light                        CAUSE – Substance

ACTIVITY – Mechanics               THOUGHT – Knowing (Male)

PROJECTION – Image                EXPERIENCE – Feeling (Female)

* One must be careful mixing metaphors, remembering that these are approximations and tools for unlocking innate understanding that cannot be talked or written about.  Our journey is the matrimony of these two Elements in each of us.  Obviously, men feel and women know.  For men (Yang), the light shape of Yin and Yang, everything is spelled out and explained, in its Technicality, Analyzing and Truth.  For women (Yin), the dark shape of Yin and Yang, it is Feeling, Intuition, and Love that take the front seat. Note: Preservation (Hindu) is the Shepard and middle position, as is Jesus (Christian) is the Shepard and middle position.  Also note that although female is at the end of the creative process, all life begins there as well (womb).  This underscores the fluidity and ultimate oneness of this Three in One process.