Point, radius and the sacred circle
A point gives attention a centre. A radius gives that centre a direction toward a horizon. The circle holds every point on its boundary in the same relation to the centre. In the Atlantis Centre teachings, such a form can become a contemplation of the soul, the direction of its attention and the greater field in which it participates.
Two circles and the shared lens
Draw two equal circles with each centre on the other’s boundary and their overlap forms a lens. Two distinct centres are held together with a clearly shaped common field. The lecture uses the lens to contemplate a relationship in which spiritual purpose can be shared. Each centre still has its own horizon, freedom and responsibility.
Triangle, square and the third movement
A triangle introduces a third point into a relationship first held by two. It can stand for a purpose that gives opposing tendencies a new relationship. The square brings measure and direction to the enquiry. Intention, timing, expression and effect give four ways to consider how a spiritual recognition can be brought into a life.
Polarity and the living middle
Polarity gives distinct powers a relationship through which they can work. Gathering and offering, stillness and movement, tenderness and firmness may each serve a single field. The living middle asks what measure fits the purpose that both powers can serve. Its position can change when the person, timing or needs of the field change.
Vibration and the quality of participation
Spiritual vibration concerns the quality through which a centre participates. Courage, peace and reverence can each give attention a different character. Music offers an image of proportion through intervals and the return of a note in another octave. The lecture considers how a spiritual quality can become more coherent while finding a new expression.
Resonance between personal and collective fields
Resonance asks how a quality held by one centre can be answered by another. In the personal field, body, feeling and thought may come into a clearer relation. In the collective field, a shared purpose can be held by people whose capacities differ. Nous gives an opening for contemplating how these relationships participate in the energy field of the universe.
The spiral, the sphere and living cycles
A spiral turns about a centre while its distance from that centre changes. The sphere offers the same distance from the centre in every direction along its surface. In contemplation, the spiral gives form to return with widening capacity. The sphere invites attention to a whole that can be approached from many directions.
Sacred form and the order of the living universe
Geometry can hold relations of centre, interval, boundary and cycle in a form the soul can attend to. The enquiry moves between scales, from the proportion of a drawing to the ways life is gathered and renewed in the wider cosmos. A form can train attention to perceive an order and make room for its spiritual meaning to deepen.
Giving a sacred pattern a living purpose
A drawing becomes a spiritual exercise as its relationship is received and carried inward. The lens may open a question about fellowship. The spiral may help us recognise a returning theme. A fitting action gives that enquiry consequence in a shared field. The lecture ends by asking what a form can teach us about the quality we are ready to offer.
