Where Were You Before the Tree of Life? - Horus Centre

“Here then, is the closest parallel to the Void of eastern mysticism in modern physics. Like
the eastern Void, the “physical vacuum”—as it is called in field theory—is not a state of mere
nothingness, but contains the potentiality for all forms of the particle world. These forms, in turn,
are not independent physical entities, but merely transient manifestations of the underlying Void.
As the sutra says, “Form is emptiness, and emptiness is indeed form.”
“The relation between the virtual particles and the vacuum is an essentially dynamic relation;
the vacuum is truly “a living Void”, pulsating in endless rhythms of creation and destruction. The
discovery of the dynamic quality of the vacuum is seen by many physicists as one of the most
important findings of modern physics. From its role as an empty container of the physical
phenomena, the void has emerged as a dynamic quantity of utmost importance. The results of
modern physics thus seems to confirm the words of the Chinese sage Chang Tsai:
“When one knows that the Great Void is full of ch’i, one realizes that there is no such thing
as nothingness.”
In his series of books on the ancient continent of Mu, James Churchward relates the findings
of the ancients on exactly this same topic:
“While it is not generally appreciated to be so, the fact remains that our atmosphere is very
highly specialized. It is only during recent years, since the advent of radio, that the essence in
which the popular atmosphere floats has been recognized as a playing a most important part in
the earth’s welfare; and, further, it is not yet appreciated that the essence in which the
atmosphere floats is an essence totally different to that which fills space. The essence in which
the atmospheric particles float is under direct control of the central magnet, while that which fills
space is in no way affected by the central magnet, as the magnet has no power over it whatever.
“. . . Our scientists assume that that which fills space, and that in which our popular
atmosphere floats, is one and the same thing. It is not, as shown in the sacred inspired writings of
the Motherland.
“The ancients called that in which our atmosphere floats “the essence” and that which fills
space they called “the water.” In the ancient writings it is repeatedly pointed out that the light force
is carried in the essence, and not in the particles of our popular atmosphere.
“In the ancient writings, the symbol for that which fills space was a series of fine horizontal
lines which they wrote “water.” The earthly water symbol was a serpent in motion, like the swells
of an ocean, generally written as a series of wavy horizontal lines.
“. . . I think the symbol answers the question. The translators of the sacred writings could
find no name corresponding with the original, to give to the plain horizontal lines, but the
horizontal wavy lines were well known to them, so they differentiated between the two by calling
one the “water” and the other “the waters.” I have never found a word giving the name used by
the ancients, only the symbol; but their writings distinctly tell us that it is that which fills space. Not
once but dozens of times.
“In many of the vignettes of the sacred inspired writings is unquestionably shown what the
fine straight horizontal lines symbolize. As an instance, when the Creator is spoken of as having
existed in space, a vignette accompanying the writing shows the seven-headed serpent moving
along through fine horizontal straight lines within a circle.”
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