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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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OHONAMOCHI, -THE CREATOR
A symbol of the Logos, Divine Monad, or the Self.
“Coming at last to the province of Idzumo, Ŏhonamochi spake and
said: "This central Land of Reed-plains had been always waste and
wild. The very rocks, trees, and herbs were all given to violence.
But I have now reduced them to submission, and there is none that is
not compliant.' Therefore he said finally: 'It is I, and I alone,
who now govern this land. Is there perchance any one who could join
with me in governing the world?' Upon this divine radiance
illuminated the sea, and of a sudden there was something which
floated towards him and said: 'Were I not here, how couldst thou
subdue this land? It is because of my presence that thou hast been
able to accomplish this mighty task. I am thy spirit of good luck,
the wondrous spirit.' - The Nihongi.
The Self struggling upward through the lower nature has at last
reduced to submission the turbulent desires and emotions of the
astro-mental nature (Reed-plains), so that finally the God-within is
the supreme Master, and aspires for union with the God above. All
being fulfilled, the Divine radiance of the Eternal Spirit illumines
the entire nature, and the lower Self becomes aware of the Source of
Power by which the mighty task of the Soul-process has been
accomplished. The lower Self then perceives that the Higher Self is
indeed himself-his own spirit-and the two become one in Victory
(good luck) dwelling in the causal-body (shrine) on the heights.
“The Idzumo Fadoki frequently calls Ohonamochi 'the great God who
made the Under-Heaven.' The spear which he carries is indicative of
warlike prowess and political sway; while the mattock given to him
by one myth points rather to agricultural development. He is, along
with Sukuna-bikona, the instructor of mankind in the arts of
medicine and magic." - ASTON, Shinto, p. 144.
The Self is the producer of the lower nature or the under-world. The
“spear” is a symbol of the Divine Ray, and the "mattock" indicates
the Divine Husbandman" who cultivates the "field "of life. "Sukunabikona,
the dwarf "is a symbol of the enlightened personality who is
associated with the Self in bringing knowledge to the human soul of
the means by which it may be cured of its infirmities and have its
lower nature transmuted.
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