The 3 Gunas or Influences

Section 2

The 3 Gunas or Influences

We are inside the Mind of the Supreme Entity, as its thoughts in Existence

Superphysics Juan
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The 5 Elements or Layers
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The ancient Greeks did not have a concept of hierarchy built into their 5 Elements. Instead, they used the center or mean.

If a set of any 3 numbers has a mean, the mean is to the 1st number just as it is to the last number.. If the universal frame was just a surface with no depth, a single mean would have sufficed to bind together itself and the other terms.

Timaeus
Timaeus Timaeus by Plato, Chapter 3

We use the concept of Influences or Gunas to divide each Element or Layer into 3 so that there will be a middle, center, or mean for each Element or Layer. This is seen in our Medium-Substance-Quantum model which replaces the Standard Model.

The MSQ

For example, the reality of a rock is made up of layers of properties are perceived together in the identity of the rock:

  1. The aethereal idea of the rock
  2. The volumetric space occupied by the rock
  3. The color of the rock as the light bounces off of it
  4. The intermolecular forces that hold the rock together
  5. The contact forces that prevent the rock from going through the ground

We put these Layers into a hierarchy

  1. Aether Layer
  2. Air Layer (Space)
  3. Fire Layer (Color)
  4. Water Layer (Chemical Forces)
  5. Earth Layer (Contact Forces)

We then expand these into 15 Layers to account for the Spiritual-Social, Biological, and Material aspects of Nature.

Rank Spiritual and Social Biological Material Assigned Number
1 Causal Aether Aethereal 5
2 Essential Air Spatial 4
3 Astral Fire Radiant 3
4 Subtle Water Convertible 2
5 Crude Earth Material 1

The assigned numbers are what the Greeks gave to the Elements or Layers. This is why we call the Causal or Aetheral as the 5th Element or Layer.

These 15 match the 15 Rupas or Material Forms in Buddhism

Superphysics Name Buddhist Name
Material Layer Pathavi
Comvertible Layer Apo
Radiant Layer Tejo
Spatial Layer Vayo
Aethereal Layer Cakkhu
Earth Element Kāya viññatti
Water Element Jivhā
Fire Element Jīvitindriya
Air Element Ghāna
Aethereal Layer Sota
Crude Layer Kaya
Subtle Layer Vaci Viññatti
Astral Layer Oja
Essential Layer Hadaya
Causal Layer Akasa

The previous chapter explained the 3 parts of a perpetual wave-interaction from the 2 Forces.

  1. Positive Dominant
  2. Neutral or Balanced
  3. Negative Dominant
Trio

When applied to the active circular part of reality, this leads to 3 movements which we call influences or subforces, called the gunas in Vedic philospophy

  1. Crudifying

This part crudifies the Supreme’s metaphysical ideas in order to have physical existence.

  1. Convertible

This part part churns the created building blocks in order to create a diverse existence.

  1. Subtlifying

This part makes the transformed substances more subtle in order to leave physical reality and enter metaphysicality as ideas.

Under the spell of God’s maya, man forgets his true nature. He forgets that he is heir to the infinite glories of his Father. This divine maya is made up of 3 gunas:

  1. Sattva
  2. Rajas
  3. Tamas

Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna The Gospel of Ramakrishna
Gunas
The 2 Forces create 3 influences based on their mutual interaction: Crudifying, Transforming, and Subtlifying.

The 3 Influences Lead to the 3 Subelements

These 3 influences affect the Elements and create 3 subelements in each:

  1. Lower

Here, the Crudifying Influence is stronger

  1. Middle

Here, the Transforming Influence is stronger

  1. Higher

Here, the Subtlifying Influence is stronger

The 3 Gunas create the 3 sublayers per Layer
The 3 Gunas create the 3 sublayers per Layer, as well as the internal layer boundary

These manifest most obviously in the Earth Element or Strong Force as the 3 ‘colors’ of quarks.

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