When a climate, for instance, changes gradually, there can be gradual adaptations: time for mutation. Severe and sudden change of a climate does not give time for gradual adaptation, and much extinction occurs. The walrus developed blubber to withstanda progressively greater cold, other species developed migration, and the forms of those which could not adapt, became extinct.--
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In natural progression, the first kingdom to be developed in form, historically, was the mineral, upon the forming planet. Through development beyond, but inclusive of the mineral kingdom, the vegetable kingdom was second to take form. Inclusive of those two, the animal kingdom was third, and the human kingdom the fourth to take form. Ever has each new kingdom to take form upon the planet been inclusive of those that went before.--------------------
Through development of the mind, in the human kingdom, self-consciousness becomes possible. Through development of self-consciousness, grows the ability to make conscious choice, which in turn has the ability, to itself affect change ---in the natural course of change. The ‘progression of choices', made by members of the human kingdom, has changed the face of the planet. This has, much more rapidly, altered the quality of the atmosphere, the water, and the earth itself, than was accomplished by the patterns of natural progression previous to the development of the mind factor in the human kingdom.----------------------------------
There have been many points in the planetary history when extremes of adaptation were needed by a species for the species to have continuance. There are presently extant, species which survived the age of the dinosaurs; most did not. The need for adaptation at-that point, was most likely too sudden, and too extreme, for the dinosaur. --While great and immediate change in-environment and circumstance did occur, there was not time for a progression of mutations to occur.
The history of the dinosaurs is an example of an extreme in planetary demand for immediate adaptation to severe change; the, "slow course of evolution," an example of gradual adaptation; with time, to accomplish change through progressive mutations. At this point in planetary history, major adaptation by all and for all is a necessity. The procrastinating room in time has already been spent.----------------
It is through the mind factor that development in the human kingdom has been brought to the point of conscious self awareness; being conscious of being conscious. Members of the human kingdom have, up to this point, worked consciously for selfish motivations: for profit, for power, for expediency and convenience. Herein lies the change most needed by members of the human kingdom, if adaptation, appropriate to actual planetary need, is to occur. Selfish, competitive, careless motivations must change to selfless and caring cooperation. This is an adaptation which must occur in the human kingdom through the mind, and through the heart.
The mind and heart, in equal portions, must become the seat of motivation that drives the compassionately intelligent, creative resourcefulness, and wisdom, with which the Planet ALL (all kingdoms), can go FORWARD without undue harm. For the greater portion of the human kingdom, this will entail a great change, a mutation of sorts, but with a new twist. This time, the mutation of a kingdom in nature must
be accomplished CONSCIOUSLY,
with conscious intent-- and all other
kingdoms in nature that came before the human, are hanging
in the balance, --along with the human. It
is the human kingdom which
must rectify the endangerment
to ALL which the motivation of selfish
personal
profit, has caused. So
far, this has been more easily
said than done! The seat of selfish motivation resides in the lower centers; the ones below the diaphragm. The instinctive/impulsive urges:--- to self-preservation, related to the center at the base of the spine,--- to pro-creation / sex, related to the sacral center, just above the base center, ---to personally accumulate and possess, related to the solar plexus, and derived from bringing the urges of the other two into the emotional/solar plexus center, and letting them "percolate" there. In this way, they tend to get stronger, and more defensively held, all the time. These are the major centers below the diaphragm.
When the developing mind nature is motivated through the solar plexus, where the energy of all the lower centers is percolating, craftiness tends to develop, craftiness that serves the personal desires; first of the moment, then later, desires that are progressively fulfilled through more and more complex design, carried out over time. This becomes a problem when the overall design continues to be through selfish motivations, and continues to hold the mind in thrall. Progressive mental development in this way, becomes stunted in its growth.
Bringing the higher, (the mind), down to the lower, (the solar plexus), is not a progressive mutation of the mind, but rather, a repressively regressive one. It is at this point that the change needs to begin. The lower should be brought UP to the higher.
The prefix, "trans.," meaning: surpassing, going beyond, when added to mutation, creates "transmutation"; surpassing, going beyond mutation. Transmutation is a means by which members of the human kingdom can, with conscious awareness, CHOOSE change, beyond the slow momentum of naturally occurring little steps in evolutionary mutations. At this point in the history of the world, a giant step is needed, not just the slow and tiny ones of the ‘natural' course of evolution. We must adapt ourselves to the great needs now present.
The practice of consciously and constructively applied transmutation is a very positive, progressive, creatively resourceful method of self renewing redirection. At the outset, it requires recognition of actualities of experience, honoring the feelings thereby engendered, honoring the related actual needs, then making conscious, well-considered CHOICE as to how to proceed from that point. Meditation, contemplation, visualization, and sincerity of approach, coupled with a good, healthy sense of humor, resourcefulness, and creative, constructive application, are necessary tools and components for constructive, progressive, healthy "conversion" of feelings. This is the moving of "appropriate reasons" for anger, frustration, sadness, etc., into appropriate action, AND the energy and focus needed to accomplish appropriate action: ....a progressive action that is appropriate not just for the self, but for ALL, which includes the self, AS it includes ALL.
In this way, the seat of motivation can begin to move from the lower centers, to the centers above the diaphragm. The sacral center's impulsive drive, in the urge for procreation, being brought to the throat for higher creative expression; the reactive, impelling demands of desire in the emotional/solar plexus center, being brought to the heart center for the loving-understanding / -compassion-for-all-Being that becomes the new seat of motivations; the compulsive instinct to self preservation of the base of the spine center being brought to the head center, the seat of Reason. Through Love, Reason and Creative expression, all fearfulness is dissolved, and knowledge is grown, into Wisdom. The desired result though, is obtained by the process created through consistent practice, on beyond the hearts, flowers, precious theories and sweet toned words.
In this way, through transmutation, there IS a giant step
taken. For each one taken, the planet and all within/upon
it are benefitted. The
effect is cumulative, and
will
begin to rise in
geometric exponentials. The human
kingdom then, will take a giant
step! In
the birthchart, the 8th house
is a place to study in
this regard. Among other things, the 8th can be
called, the
"House of
Transmutation."
The planets within it can be waiting there, for your
direct attention
to business. Something about them needs to be dedicated
and refocused to a greater capacity
of expression. The
aspects to the
planets
and points here
will
be giving more information on
what this entails,
and what kind
of
energy is, or needs to be involved. The
sign on the cusp
of the 8th house will describe the quality or "coloring" that is
in expression there,
through which the planets and points in residence
are expressing, while interacting in various ways with
the whole. When there are no planets in the 8th house,
it is the quality of the sign itself that needs to be
"transmuted"; understood and worked with in a new, more
progressive manner.
