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MOON (SOLAR ASPECT)
A symbol of the lower self—the Personality. This
includes the astral principle of the lower nature, namely, desire,
and also the form or matter side of nature, which were developed in
the lunar cycle on the lunar globes.
"The sun is Spirit, matter is the moon." - Prasna Upanishad, I. 5.
The sun is the great symbol of the Higher Self; the moon, of the
lower Self involved in matter.
"For the moon herself, out of desire for the sun, revolves round and
comes in contact with him because she longs to derive from him the
generative principle." - PLUTARCH, Face in the Moon's Orb.
The lower Self, being attracted to the Higher Self, evolves through
the life cycle; for the soul longs for Immortal regeneration and
union with the Higher Self in the causal-body wherein the two Selves
become one.
"Two things are needed for the burning of a lamp: that it should be
lit, and that it should be fed. In both respects the light with
which we shine is derived. We are not suns, we are moons; reflected,
not self-originated, is all our radiance. That is true in all senses
of the figure: It is truest in the highest. It is true about all in
every man which is of the nature of light. Christ is the true light
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Whatsoever beam
of wisdom, whatsoever ray of purity, whatsoever sunshine of gladness
has ever been in any human spirit, from Him it came, who is the
Light and Life of men." - A. MACLAREN, Sermons, 2nd Series, p. 161.
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