The Mission of Art by Alex Grey

Author:Alex Grey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala

Mystic Maps

Cross-culturally, the maps of consciousness are surprisingly consistent. Most spiritual traditions present a hierarchical arrangement of three broad domains, the physical, mental, and causal, also called body, mind, and spirit. There can be many levels “in between.’’ The physical/body level may break down into considerations of material, physiological, sensorimotor, and emotional systems. The mental levels include aspects of will, verbal capacity, conceptual reasoning, ego development, social conformity and individuation, and transition into higher mental functions such as psychic intuitive understanding of complex systems and a facility to synthesize disparate fields of inquiry into a more unified vision. The spiritual/causal levels can include visionary revelatory perceptions of subtle light and angelic or deity forms, the Platonic “ideas” cosmic unity, universal mind, formless clear light/void, and the ultimate spiritual awakening of continuous nondual integration with all levels of existence.

In Tibetan Buddhism the three main dimensions are known as the trikaya, referring to the three bodies, or three worlds, in which a Buddha manifests. These three worlds are the phenomenal realm of material objects (nirmanakaya), the full richness of the luminous imaginal realm (sambhogakaya), and the unmanifest clarity, emptiness, and boundless awareness of the primordial realm (dharmakaya). The sambhogakaya is where the higher mental realms transition into subtle spiritual perception. Tantric meditation practice encourages the internal imaginal visualization of guru and deity forms, with complex interactions and exchanges of energy with these figures. As a practitioner you are asked to imagine the figures glowing and translucent, spreading infinite rays of light from their form to you, and to merge your consciousness with these spiritual archetypes. These practices are based on spiritual experiences of enlightened yogis that have then been transcribed into meditative practices.

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