What is Vibrational Frequency? | The Kybalion #5

Written by on June 11, 2021

“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”—The

Kybalion.

 

In this post we are going to look at 2 of the principles of the Hermetic teachings and see how we can apply them to our own lives. The 2 principles we are going to look at are the principle of vibration and the principle of polarity. Understanding these 2 principles, and how to apply them together, will help you gain total control over your emotional states.

First we will look at what The Kybalion says about the principle of vibration.  I often found the new age writings remained vague on what someone’s vibrational frequency actually is or what they mean by it. I never saw a good description to make me take away a deep understanding of what they meant. I was always left with an abstract notion of vibration.

 

“This Principle embodies the truth that “everything is in

motion”; “everything vibrates”; “nothing is at rest”; facts which

Modern Science endorses, and which each new scientific

discovery tends to verify. And yet this Hermetic Principle was

enunciated thousands of years ago, by the Masters of Ancient

Egypt. This Principle explains that the differences between

different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even

Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibration.”

 

This was a truth that I took for granted. We learn in science class that you look at a desk, and it has a color and it seems solid, but that if you were to examine it closely enough, you would see that it’s made up of molecules and these molecules are made of atoms. Then you inquire further and find out that atoms are made up of protons and electrons, then you find out that each of those are made of corpuscle and empty space. (Double check this fact) But not only that, these protons and electrons are in constant motion. So technically, if that’s what everything is made out of, on some level of analysis it’s correct to say that everything is indeed in motion.

 

“From corpuscle and electron, atom and molecule, to worlds

and universes, everything is in vibratory motion. This is also

true on the planes of energy and force (which are but varying

degrees of vibration); and also on the mental planes (whose

states depend upon vibrations); and even on to the spiritual

planes. An understanding of this Principle, with the appropriate

formulas, enables Hermetic students to control their own

mental vibrations as well as those of others.”

 

This might sound a bit insidious or something akin to black magic as it brings to mind the ideas of love spells, and jedi mind tricks. But all it’s referring to, which it makes clear at the end of this book, is that a lot of forms of therapy, and also hypnosis, work by you changing your mental state in a way that becomes contagious. We all know someone who enters any party and changes the atmosphere of the room. We all have someone that we go to when we are down because we know their positive outlook will lift our spirits to match theirs. This is the kind of power that The Kybalion offers. Not black magic or power of manipulation.

 

““Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of

opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature,

but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half‑truths; all

paradoxes may be reconciled.”—The Kybalion.”

 

The next principle which is looked at here is the principle of polarity. Before you can gain control of your mental states you have to understand how they are arranged or mapped out.

 

“This Principle embodies the truth that “everything is dual”;

“everything has two poles”; “everything has its pair of opposites,”

all of which were old Hermetic axioms. “

Before continuing I wanted to point out that this is inline with teachings from Taoism. In Taoism it’s recognized that the reality we experience is dualistic. Hot and cold, thick and thin, tall and short, and the Tao, to oversimplify, is what these all are before they differentiate into their polar opposites as they enter into existence. One side of these poles cannot come into existence without the opposite. Once one exists the other must exist by necessity. This even applies to the creation of a new skill. As soon as a new skill is created, the lack of that skill in others is simultaneously created. A positive and negative end are created simultaneously. The Tao is these polar opposites before they come into existence differentiated, which makes the Tao “The ancestor of all things.” Even God and Satan can be viewed as the polar opposites of absolute good and absolute evil, which is why the Tao Te Ching claims that the Tao “comes even before God,” since it’s the undifferentiated pole that good and evil are at the extreme ends of.

 

“It explains the old paradoxes, that have perplexed so many, which

have been stated as follows: “Thesis and antithesis are identical in

nature, but different in degree”; “opposites are the same, differing only

in degree”; “the pairs of opposites may be reconciled”; “extremes

meet”; “everything is and isn’t, at the same time”; “all truths are

but half‑truths”; “every truth is half‑false”; “there are two sides to

everything,” etc., etc., etc. It explains that in everything there are

two poles, or opposite aspects, and that “opposites” are really

only the two extremes of the same thing, with many varying

degrees between them. To illustrate: Heat and Cold, although

“opposites,” are really the same thing, the differences consisting

merely of degrees of the same thing. Look at your thermometer

and see if you can discover where “heat” terminates and “cold”

begins! There is no such thing as “absolute heat” or “absolute

cold”—the two terms “heat” and “cold” simply indicate varying

degrees of the same thing, and that “same thing” which

manifests as “heat” and “cold” is merely a form, variety, and rate

of Vibration. So “heat” and “cold” are simply the “two poles”

of that which we call “Heat”—and the phenomena attendant

thereupon are manifestations of the Principle of Polarity.”

This makes a lot of sense, what is hot to someone might not be hot to someone else. But it will always be hotter or colder in relation to something else. Take the different climates that people are used to around the world. A cold day in the north pole is different from a cold day in Arizona, likewise a hot day in the north pole might still be a cold day in Arizona. No standard for where cold ends and hot begins exists, so hot and cold are actually varying degrees of the same thing.

 

“The same Principle manifests in the case of “Light and Darkness,”

which are the same thing, the difference consisting of varying

degrees between the two poles of the phenomena. Where does

“darkness” leave off, and “light” begin? What is the difference

between “Large and Small”? Between

“Hard and Soft”? Between “Black and White”? Between

“Sharp and Dull”? Between “Noise and Quiet”? Between “High

and Low”? Between “Positive and Negative”? The Principle of

Polarity explains these paradoxes, and no other Principle can

supersede it.“

When you start not only noticing these as opposites but understanding how they are opposite sides of the same thing, you are already gaining a lot of power over them. Understanding works towards integral theory’s identification stage of the “transcend and include” process.

 

“The same Principle operates on the Mental Plane.

Let us take a radical and extreme example—that of “Love and

Hate,” two mental states apparently totally different. And yet

there are degrees of Hate and degrees of Love, and a middle

point in which we use the terms “Like or Dislike,” which shade

into each other so gradually that sometimes we are at a loss

to know whether we “like” or “dislike” or “neither.” And all are

simply degrees of the same thing, as you will see if you will

but think a moment. And, more than this (and considered of

more importance by the Hermetists), it is possible to change

the vibrations of Hate to the vibrations of Love, in one’s own

mind, and in the minds of others. Many of you, who read these

lines, have had personal experiences of the involuntary rapid

transition from Love to Hate, and the reverse, in your own case

and that of others.”

Many times you may feel strong love for somebody until they do something so hateful to you that you polarize to hate, throwing it right back at them. Then you sometimes bounce right back to love again. Sometimes because they showed you a bit of love or compassion again. This is why many believed that these teachings were not safe in the hands of the masses, but despite trying to keep these concepts secret, we find that some people discover these “powers” of manipulation all on their own.

 

“And you will therefore realize the possibility

of this being accomplished by the use of the Will, by means

of the Hermetic formulas. “Good and Evil” are but the poles

of the same thing, and the Hermetist understands the art of

transmuting Evil into Good, by means of an application of the

Principle of Polarity. In short, the “Art of Polarization” becomes

a phase of “Mental Alchemy” known and practiced by the

ancient and modern Hermetic Masters. An understanding of

the Principle will enable one to change his own Polarity, as well

as that of others, if he will devote the time and study necessary

to master the art.”

 

So, ultimately, what you can think of as vibrational frequency is the degree of your mental state, on which ever mental spectrum you’re currently occupying. This could include multiple states at once.  The degree between love and hate, fear and courage, laziness and ambitious, etc. The higher your vibration on these spectrums, the closer you are to the positive pole. What I would like to help people with is the strengthening of this art. The more you can identify with the observing self, the more you control which pole of the spectrum your frequency resonates with, giving you the power of transmutation, over your mental and emotional states. 



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