The Kybalion 101
Ancient Egyptian Enlightenment Series, Book 3
The Kybalion is probably the most controversial spiritual work of the twentieth century. Its teachings are based on the works of Hermes, an ancient Egyptian philosopher. Like Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Socrates and a few other philosophical and religious founders, Hermes is said to have received his knowledge in a vision during a period of deep concentration. During his “awakening", Hermes claimed to have been exposed to the truth of the world, how it works, and what lies beyond. He believed that he had experienced "the Soul of the Universe”. The Kybalion is a categorization and explanation of the seven main laws of life, as expressed to Hermes during his vision. Legend has it that these laws have been passed down in secret for centuries from teacher to students considered ready for the information, much like Jesus’s passing on of inner knowledge only to his closest disciples. The initial publishing of The Kybalion by “The Three Initiates" is reported to be the first time the general public has had access to these inner teachings.
The seven laws of The Kybalion will sound familiar to many, for they are the underlying themes of this existence. But learning the exact significance and meaning of these laws has been a closely guarded secret for millennia. A secret that, once understood, has the potential to transform your life, and your understanding of life. The immediate effect of the teachings is believed to be an enhanced ability to live a better life, in all areas of concern. The long term effect is an evolution of consciousness and awareness toward higher and higher levels. In the Bible, it is said that Adam fell into a deep sleep. Nowhere does it ever say that he woke up. An “awakening” that carries us beyond our current level of cognition and perception is the ultimate goal of the teachings of The Kybalion.
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
-Shakespeare
Excerpt from the Law of Vibration
From the individual parts
To the whole;
From the fragments
To the totality;
From the divisions
To the summation,
From the singular atom
To the entirety of creation
As a singular entity
Is everything alive,
Is everything in motion,
Is nothing still, inert, motionless,
Static, immobile, stationary,
At rest…
Ever
The atom,
Which is the foundational unit
Of all manifested phenomenon
In this world
Is in continual motion-
Each negatively charged electron
Within each atom
Spinning and whirling
Relentlessly, unendingly
Around its own central axis
While simultaneously orbiting
About a positively charged proton
In the nuclear center
Solar systems such as our own
Work similarly,
Identically,
With each planet
Spinning continually
Around its own central axis
While simultaneously orbiting
The nuclear center
That we call the sun
Galaxies move
And spin and swirl
In similar orbits;
As do entire universes;
As does the entirety
Of creation,
Which Itself
Spins and swirls
And orbits
About the Great Center
At the heart
Of all of creation
Thus can we see,
Repeated on every level
Of existence
(As above,
So too below),
The constant, eternal
Unending interplay,
The dance of life,
Played out
As the ongoing attraction
And repulsion
Between the positive
And the negative,
Between the Yang
And the Yin,
Between the alpha
And the omega,
Between the protons
And the electrons,
Between the male
And the female
It is the attraction
And the repulsion
Between these two great energies,
Between these two great charges
Of life
That sets and keeps
All manifested objects
In perpetual motion,
Creating an energy,
A vibration,
A resonance
That is unique
To each and every
Individual unit,
And each and every level,
Plane or dimension
Of life
Keep in mind though
That regardless
Of how ethereal
Or how solid
Any object may appear to be,
Ultimately
That object,
And all objects,
Are nothing but energy
Vibrating at different rates-
The exact vibrational signature
Of each object
Determining
The material form
The object takes
In the reality of our world
That
Which we call matter
And that
Which we call energy
Are but the same exact
Singular base substance
Out of which every single thing
In this world is made,
Only vibrating
At different rates,
At different speeds,
At different modes