We are now working on the triad of Evolution, 2–1–3. The initiating force is receptivity acting on affirmation that acts on reconciliation. So our existing automatic system gets acted upon by a higher impulse. Evolution in our sense is not simply biological adaptation, but conscious transformation of our being, returning to our source. This would mean humanity taking on biospheric responsibility and cooperation with higher intelligence.
We’ve been working the last few weeks with Involution and it’s negative triad in world 96, Imagination. Involution and Evolution are complementary forces. Involution is the descent of the highest, creation, Evolution is the active return stream.
Evolution in world 96 is self-love and our egoism. Self-love or egoism acts as a centripetal force that anchors us to our conditioned, animal nature.
With self-love we seek continuous self-gratification. We often reject others and act as the center of our own universe. We often project a false image, deceive others, and elevate our personal status. With self-love we identify entirely with our physical survival, emotional likes and dislikes, and transient personal comforts. Self-love serves as the glue that binds our ego to its habitual, sleepy state of consciousness.
How can we work with this:
First with self-observation: Actively observe your inner state without judgment, impartially, to catch when you are unconsciously feeding your vanity, self-love, or self-pity. This breaks the cycle of identifying with your ego. We cannot simply say “I will stop doing this”. Instead, we must observe our defects in real time. By bringing conscious awareness to moments of inner egoism, we break the unconscious loop.
As we have been working, struggle against imagination: Stop the mechanical inner conversations and daydreams that feed the “false shell” of ourself.
Give up seeking only for yourself: Shift your attention outward by serving others or something higher than yourself. True being and humility require letting go of demands that people and the world change to suit our desires. Often everything, including our work is only about us, our state, energy, how we feel.
Work with the Decision Exercise. We consciously pivot toward a higher purpose.
Lastly, JGB says we need robust love. Learning to love our enemies—and by extension, our own internal defects—not through “sloppy sentimentality” (ignoring or excusing them), but by robustly acknowledging, understanding, and actively transforming them through impartiality.
This is important work. There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.