| The Mental Body Whilst the Egyptian culture flourished, the Greek and Roman cultures were experimenting with something new. Many refugees (some in new incarnations and others continuing the same form) came from Atlantis, not only to Khym but also to Greece and Rome. Beings whose awareness had been upon technology, and the physical tended to bring the focus of these concepts to the new nations. Based upon much denial of feeling and of divinity, aided and abetted by the development of the mental body, their use of logic came to the fore. The Greek culture, particularly, prided itself upon the utmost importance of logical application of thought. The male took great precedence over the female and even sexuality became an entirely male pursuit. Women were mothers or virgins, not sexual beings as such, apart from 'as male conquests'. This took the concept of 'power over' to great heights. The physical body was greatly admired, and competitive sport was established from this time when the physical body was pushed to its limit for the entertainment of the masses. As virgins, single women could also become part of this activity, as there was no sexual aspect to it. There was glory in the physical/mental pursuits in life and the emotional and spiritual aspects were oppressed and remained in denial. The Greek myths reflect much of this denial of Spirit. Much of the activity of the ancient Greek gods was in great denial of true feelings. Zeus ruled the heavens through rape, and the fear that his every move generated. He was driven very much by a mental fear and by the physical pursuit of others. He had no Love for other beings but used his tremendous energy to seduce or force his power over others. Love generated from within the animal world, as found so abundantly and with no judgement in Osiris' Khym, had by now taken on its denied form into bestiality, with any half-human/half-animal being seen as a threat and pursued and destroyed for the so-called "righteous advancement" of humankind. Much of our Western culture is a legacy from the early Greeks. The logical and mental application of 'freedom' has been accepted in our modern society in place of the spiritual freedom, and its sovereignty as intended by the Source. Politically we have embraced the concept of democracy as a means of creating freedom for the masses. But as with the law and justice, democracy and freedom only pay lip service to each other. The Romans went to the extent of creating a society where the emperor regarded himself as a god, and consequently expected his subjects to do the same. This was at the beginning of the ruse of the 'divine right of kings'. A convenient subversion that the king was but one step away from the external God, and therefore ruling with God's consent and approval. (Of course, needing no other!) We no longer have a monarch to rule over us. Some of us still have a monarch as the national head of state but this has lost the literal role of protector and unifier as was a 'king' or 'queen' of old. They are merely an empty symbol, left over from that time. We now have our individual rights, and these are understood to be 'freedom'. Most of us have accepted this without question; as we have accepted ourselves as physical and mental beings. In our zeal to create this form of freedom we have installed governments and beaurocracies which then ask us to cash in our rights for privileges. Every innate right that we own is now governed/controlled by license or law. We have given over the custody of our rights to the governmental process. This is how little is left of individual 'freedom'. We have given our sovereignty to an artificial 'nation' (notion) rather than keep the responsibility and sovereignty of ourselves within. If we, humanity as a whole, were to regard ourselves as coming from original purity, instead of original sin, we would be able to live in Trust and Love and so keep our spiritual birthright of individual sovereignty and not need to create regulatory bodies to control us. As this was going on in Europe, the Master Buddha was changing the face of spirituality in the East. His birth and ascension marked the anchoring of the mental body upon Planet Earth. The Buddhist culture is founded upon the discipline of the mental body, or logical mind, and its desire to distract us from Spirit through suffering and pain. They see emotions as coming from the mind in the form of mental corruption, and therefore the mind must be controlled so the suffering and pain of the human condition can be transcended. The mental body is a filter through which we have sent the smaller emotions to be assessed. |