It is the story of the Odyssey and Prometheus and of each one of us. It seems to have more power in that it alludes to the stages of consciousness and perhaps shows some of the subtleties of dark side. Do you or have you written more on the characteristics of each stage?

 

Sophia begins the journey of the Soul through the stages of or levels of consciousness. Hers is the desire for greater light. It is a repentant Sophia as she recognizes she is risking the light she has in order to gain the greater light. She starts this journey as a human reflecting the desire of all of life trying to participate in the same journey - going towards self consciousness. Starting the journey is the essential sin of Sophia. But her “sins” include all what she does during the journey even though they were all committed in ignorance. The ignorance of not knowing the traps and pits and being pulled into matter. Her innocence just as we are all originally innocent as we enter with only wanting the light. For this reason there can be no blame or anger assigned to any of our fellow pilgrims as they are often simply twisted unknowingly in webs of confusion.

They really only wanted the light not knowing the shadows in the differing layers of consciousness. In this journey there are glimpses of Jesus or Buddhi seeming to offer help and we think we are finding our way out of the pit yet often to slip back down again for our karma has not been exhausted or the depth of our being has not been carved broad enough by pain. Through all of this, it is only wanting the light to come to others no matter what they may have done to us or their fellow beings enable us to endure. We need to be constant in the desire for “their” light or enlightenment. Enduring great perils and pains is the only way we can tolerate the light within ourselves. The man who has not suffered has lived his life in vain for without this he can not know the greater consciousness.

 

The light or life that gradually comes within us does so secretly as it is gradual and begins to enter the parts of our life as we have, at first, only limited consciousness. Sophia shows repentance for the delusions she has participated in yet has gratitude for the moments of genuine experience of the light. Before we can know greater consciousness this is often our darkest moment as the dark does not relinquish itself without pain. Once the awareness is there, despite the shadows trying desperately to drag her down, she is able to diminish their power as she has experience more of the light.