NPPR: Commentary Line 137 Lemniscate

[Michael Joseph]

Nice photograph, Ghetta. I see the garden is being offered as a site for
weddings. Do you think that relates to the subject of Iyengar's sculpture?

Michael

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Ghetta Life wrote:

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> Check out this sculpture inspired by the Indian yogi B.K.S. Iyengar:
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> http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/afterbks1.html
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> > >  My understanding of Shade's joy in it had been as a natural pattern
> >from which a spiritual component can be derived, as in this quote from Max
> >Heindel:
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> > > "Humanity as a whole is slowly progressing upon the path of evolution,
> >thus very slowly, almost imperceptibly, attaining higher and higher states
> >of consciousness. The path of evolution is a spiral when we regard it from
> >the physical side only, but a lemniscate when viewed in both its physical
> >and spiritual phases. [...]
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> > > "In the lemniscate, or figure 8, there are two circles which converge to
> >a central point, which circles may be taken to symbolize the immortal
> >spirit, the evolving ego. One of the circles signifies its life in the
> >physical world from birth to death. [...]
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