Two Mind Streams

It takes two distinctly different types of people to make up a properly balanced collective mind. These two types are like left and right legs that step over one another as the collective mind climbs the Spectrum.

If all the Sub-Themes along the Spectrum were to be numbered consecutively then one mind stream would embrace all the even numbered Sub-Themes while the other mind stream embraced all the odd numbers. The identities of two individuals from different mind streams are as different from one another as men and women are physically different. However, this division of the human species into two mind types has nothing to do with sexual characteristics. Men and women have equal representation in both mind streams.

The are no contemporary English words to describe these two mind streams and for now they will simply be called ‘This’ and ‘That’. The traditional mystical symbol used to refer to the two mind streams has two serpents entwined around a stick. This is sometimes called a caduceus, or Mercury’s rod 9 (see figure 12).

Figure 12 Caduceus

The stick represents the Spectrum of psychic energy (Jacob’s Ladder) while the snakes are the two mind streams that intersect with the Spectrum at a succession of alternate Sub-Themes.

Figure 13 This and That

On the Status of Self Theme, ‘That’ mind stream embraces the Sub-Themes of Superstition, Piety, Number and Psychic Powers. ‘This’ mind stream embraces Warriorship, Style and Wisdom.

Since there are seven Sub-Themes, and seven is an odd number, the specific Sub-Themes embraced by each mind stream reverse as the mind streams cross over into an adjacent Theme. This means that on the Fertility of Self Theme, for instance, ‘That’ mind stream embraces the alternate group of Sub-Themes — Wisdom, Style and Warriorship — while ‘This’ mind stream embraces Psychic Powers, Number, Piety and Superstition. In this way each mind stream embraces all the Sub-Themes, but only over a span of two Themes.

Mind stream type is not a choice; it is inherited and does not change throughout the life of an individual. Since people of different mind streams are never on the same wavelength with one another it means that men and women of the same mind stream are usually more sexually attracted and more compatible with one another. Where there is free choice, therefore, marriages tend to be made between men and women of the same mind type. (This is also probably true of arranged marriages since marriage arrangements are usually made by family members seeking to ensure family compatibility in new unions). People of unlike mind streams, if they are not actually repelled, are not deeply interested in each other. A child born of a mixed marriage will feel a deeper attachment and empathy with the parent of the like mind stream.

As a result of inheritance, and mind stream specific sexual attraction, families and tribal groupings tend to be heavily loaded towards one mind stream or the other. This is also the case with some nations that have grown up from isolated tribal groupings. In fact, most nations have within their ‘national character’ something of a bias for one mind stream or the other. This is the reason why, when a new, higher cultural principle comes into the world, some nations find it difficult to make the necessary changes. They can't seem to get on the new wavelength.

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