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gone beyond illusion. They both produce their results by a churning
operation; that is, by creating psychological storms and strains. They
produce psychological destabilization leading us gradually towards the
exploration of the hidden recesses cf our being so that we may discover, our
secret immortality, which is liberation. In the terrestrial existence, the nodes
bring cataclysmic, seismic changes so that the Divine spark can find the
appropriate field for its expression. The same churning operation continues
on the cosmic plane as well, along with the great cyclic law of nianifestation
represented by the Rahu-Ketu nexus.
The churning of the ocean, with which Rahu and Ketu are connected, is a
pervasive phenomenon. Its application to the cosmic origin of manifestation
is merely one of its meanings. Blavatsky notes that the war in heaven, in
which Rahu and Ketu assist the gods and the demons in fulfilling their
duties, also refers to the evolution of intelligence in man. She states that the
relationship between the churning of the ocean and the war in heaven is a
long and abstruse subject *, In its most general aspect, this war is going on
eternally. So long as differentiation exists, there will be the war of opposites
in heaven and on the different levels of human existence so that ultimate
harmony and equilibrium can be achieved.
Emphasizing the significance of differentiation and arriving at the
equilibrium between contraries, the Secret Doctrine (Vol. 7, p.148) describes
the process allegorically. "The Father-Mother spin a web whose upper end is
fastened to the spirit — the light of the One Darkness — and the lower end
is fastened to its shadowy end, matter; and this web is the universe spun out
of two substances made in one, which is Svabhavat." The lowest end of the
web is represented by Rahu, the very embodiment of matter, while Ketu, the
mysterious illumination of Spirit, represents the upper end fastened to Spirit.
Both these nodes together spin the web to produce the universe. This
function of the Rahu-Ketu nexus is indeed a stupendous task. In it Rahu has
the task of materialization and Ketu that of mental and spiritual regeneration.
Rahu wields the scimitar and spear, while Ketu is associated with the arrow.
Rahu works from without, while Ketu looks from behind the veil of
ignorance. But both bestow abundance, and both are seated facing south,
taking iheir orders from the same Divine Intelligence that guides the destiny
of the universe. Taken together, the nodes personify the great law that is the
very foundation on which the cosmos rests and which alone preserves its
cohesion and equilibrium.