Prometheus Rising,Timothy Lear and 8 Circuit model of Human consciousness

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Following is an interesting book review of a concept in 2 books(Cosmic Trigger:The Final Secret of the Illuminati and Prometheus rising) I read a while ago both have close connections with Kundalini concept of our Tantras.

My interest in Illuminati and their concepts grew as a hobby from discussions with my friend Mukund,while he was in USA.(Now he is in Newzealand).(I'm no conscipracy-theories buff by the way!).I picked the below info and pictures while surfing for the 8 Circuit model last night tired after studying for my exams, which I found an interesting read just yesterday.It was Amba who helped me in my search as late night my friend my Coimbatore was instrumental in making me discover some relevant information, without his knowledge albeit!

 

 

 

 

 

The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness, proposed by psychologist Timothy Leary, describes eight levels of function of human consciousness. The lower four deal with normal psychology, while the upper four deal with “psychicâ€, “mysticalâ€, “enlightenedâ€, or perhaps even “tripped-out†or “journeying†(as in astral) consciousness. The merit of this system lies in its ability to integrate the two quartets well. Most theories deal with one or the other, but not both – mundane psychology does not entertain ideas of transcendent or mystical experience and it has only recent categories such as Spiritual Emergency. Association of this model with the Drug Revolution has earned it some notoriety.

 

The first four “normal†circuits are influenced very much by modern psychology, especially Adlerian developmental stuff. As one grows up from infancy, the various circuits are activated and begin to function. The eight levels are associated with eight basic loser/winner scripts prepared by Dr. John Lilly.

 

 

The Bio-survival Circuit (Consciousness)

Imprinted in infancy, concerned with suckling, nourishment, cuddling, bio-security etc. The imprinting of this circuit sets up the basic attitude of trust or suspicion which will last for life. First activated when a human being is born, and programs perception onto an either-or grid, divided into nurturing-helpful and noxious-dangerous (approach/accept vs. flight/flee). Leary thinks that this circuit is stimulated by opioid drugs. This circuit is said to have appeared in the earliest evolution of invertebrate brain.

Winner Script: I will live forever, or die tryingLoser Script: I don’t know how to defend myself.

 

 

The Emotional-Territorial Circuit (Ego)

Imprinted in the toddling stage, concerned with territorial demands, emotional power tactics, political domination and submissition strategies etc. The first imprint on this circuit identifies the stimuli which will automatically trigger dominant, aggressive behavior or submissive, co-operative behavior. This circuit is activated with abundant quantities of alcohol. This circuit probably appeared first in vertebrate animals.

Winner Script: I am free; you are free; we can have our separate trips of we can have the same trip. Loser Script: They all intimidate me.

The Time-Binding Semantic (Dexterity-Symbolism) Circuit (Mind)

Imprinted by human artifacts and symbol systems. Concerned with handling the environment, invention, calculation, prediction, building a “map†of the universe etc. If the environment is stimulating to the third circuit, the child takes a “bright†imprint and becomes dexterous and articulate. If the environment is made of stupid people, the child takes a “dumb†imprint i.e. remains more or less at a 5-year old stage of artifact clumsiness and symbol blindness. Caffeine, speed, cocaine and high-protein diet activate this circuit. This circuit supposedly appeared first when hominids started differentiating from the rest of the primates.

Winner Script: I am learning more about everything, including how to learn more. Loser Script: I can’t solve my problems.

 

 

The Socio-Sexual Circuit (Adult Personality)

Imprinted by the first orgasm-mating experiences and tribal “moralsâ€. Concerned with sexual pleasure, local definitions of “moral†and “immoralâ€, reproduction, nurture of the young etc. This circuit is basically concerned with operating within social networks and the transmission of culture across time. While Leary did not associate a drug with this circuit, some have hypothesized that oxytocin or MDMA might activate this circuit. This circuit is said to have first appeared with the development of tribes.

Winner Script: Love, and do what thou wilt. Loser Script: Everything I like is illegal, immoral or fattening. (I wanna get laid but I feel guilty).

The Neurosomatic Circuit

Concerned with neurological-somatic feedbacks, feeling high, somatic reprogramming etc. There is a mrked shift from linear visual space to all-encompassing sensory space. A hedonic turn-on occurs, a rapturous amusement, a detachment from the previously compulsive mechanism of the first four circuits. This circuit is stimulated by ecstatic experiences via physiological effects of Chemical yogas, tantra, hatha yoga and free fall. Leary describes that this circuit first appeared with the development of leisure-class civilizations around 2000 BC.

Winner Script: How I feel depends on my neurological know-how. Loser Script: I can’t help the way I feel.

 

 

The Neuroelectric (Metaprogramming) Circuit:

Concerned with re-imprinting and re-programming all earlier circuits, relativity of “realities†perceived, cybernetic consciousness etc. The sixth circuit consists of the nervous system becoming aware of itself. Leary says this circuit enables telepathic communication and associates it with peyote and psilocybin. This circuit is traced by Leary back to 500 BC and he associates it with the Silk Road.

Winner Script: I make my own coincidences, synchronities, luck and Destiny. Loser Script: Why do I have such lousy luck?

The Neurogenetic (Morphogenetic) Circuit

Concerned with evolutionary consciousness (past and future), DNA-RNA-brain feedbacks, Jung’s “Collective Unconscious†etc. The first to achieve this mutation spoke of “memories of past livesâ€, “reincarnationâ€, “immortality†etc. This circuit is stimulated by LSD, Raja Yoga etc. The circuit first appeared among the Hindus in the early first millennium and later reappeared among the Sufi sects.

Winner Script: Future evolution depends on my decisions now. Loser Script: Evolution is blind and impersonal.

 

 

The Neuroatomic Circuit

Concerned with Quantum Consciousness, non-local awareness (beyond space-time), so-called PSI/magical powers, illumination, out-of-body experiences, astral projection, contact with alien entities (which does not mean creatures from outer space) or with a galactic Overmind etc. Some of the ways this circuit can get activated are shock, near-death experience etc. This circuit has even been compared to the Buddhist concept of Indra’s Net from the Avatamsuka Sutra (which we discussed a while ago). Leary associated Ketamine and DMT with this circuit.

Winner Script: In the province of the mind, what is believed true is true, or becomes true within limits to be learned by experience and experiment. Loser Script: I am not psychic, and I doubt that anyone is.

 

 

 

Robert Anton Wilson, in his amazing book Prometheus Rising, uses an amalgam of various approaches such as the 8-Circuit model of consciousness, quantum mechanics, relativity, Gurdjieff’s self-observation exercises, Alfred Korzybski’s general semantics etc. There can be no better way to understand the practical use of the 8-circuit model than study this work. The 8-circuit model is perhaps one of the most accurate and elegant representations of human consciousness. It does have its own flaws but no other model seems to make it even close to this one due to various reasons (we can consider a comparative study of other such models in future). Leary also deserves credit for bringing diverse elements such as the I-Ching, the Kabbalah, the Yoga, the Law of Octaves etc. into a framework that adheres to scientific and psychological principles. Angel Tech by Antero Alli deals in greater detail with the

upper circuits.

 

These eight levels of Consciousness exist in every individual. What separates an individual from another is the degree of expression or latency of these circuits. Some thinkers have also criticized the hierarchical arrangement of these circuits as being indicative of the religious indoctrinatation, suggesting the superiority of one circuit over the other. But the circuits rather represent the simultaneous existing states of consciousness that work together as a dynamic whole. That said, it is evident that a under-utilized “lower†circuit hinders the complete expression of a “higher†circuit. It would thus become necessary to fully experience, integrate and embody the survival circuits, in order to withstand the shock that accompanies the activation of the post-survival circuits. The cycle of growth and integration cannot be unevenly long as this results in disassociation.

An interesting observation based on this model is on “entities†such as the angels, extraterrestrials, deities etc. According to one school of thought, these entities reported by Circuit 8 visionaries are members of races already evolved to this level. But Leary and Sarfatti also suggest that they are ourselves in the future.

 

Yours Yogically,

 

 

Shreeram Balijepalli

 

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