Externally, internally and the innermost. An illustration This illustration is in line with concepts from the booklet “Some words from the inside, for those who are still in the temple and in the forecourts” by Karl von Eckartshausen. Let us pay attention to that indication of position: “from the inside”, and: “for those who are still in the temple and in the forecourts”. That is: not in the innermost, but more towards the outer. Moreover, note that it is stated: “who are still in the temple and the forecourts”. Apparently that more outward position is meant to be temporary! External, internal and innermost exist as three circles around one center.
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et us draw on a sheet a curved and closed line, a circle. The circle divides the previously undivided sheet into two parts. For our normal consciousness, there can be - and will be – a choice between being inside and outside the circle. Who wants to stay outside? Presumably we all want to go inside. Why would we all want to go inside? This diagram reflects a number of social and psychological mechanisms: we like to join a group, we like to belong to a group. If we are ambitious, we even prefer to belong to the inner circle, the innermost circle. The inner circle around who or what? Schematically there is a center in the circle - the innermost part. A point is dimensionless, is in fact immaterial. We live, we are aware in three dimensions. On the horizontal plane of the paper, two dimensions cross at that centre point. And that point evokes the vertical axis that is perpendicular to the paper. These three lines, the three
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