2002-9-27 03:06:00
One more thought on the Master/Pet idea. There is one more idea to consider in the Law of Correspondences.
In between the adult human and pet we have the child. Notice that the child has a lot more affinity with pets than most adults. I remember when I was a child that my pets were always my best friends. I particularly loved my dog and talked to him like I would another child and felt like he understood me on some level.
I still love animals, but I do not have such an intimate association with them as I did when I was young.
In a way the disciple corresponds to the child and acts as a bridge between the kingdom of God and the human. Just as the child communes with the parents as well as the pets so does the disciple commune with the Higher Lives and link them with the highest of the human kingdom.
Just as the child is very emotionally linked to his pets, so are disciples bonded with their students.
I think the thing to do here is not look at the black and white words such as pet, animal, human etc, but to examine how the various relationships work out on one level and then contemplate how they will play out on a higher level. As DK says many times, the Law of Correspondences is the great test as to whether or not a teaching has merit.
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