©2001 by George A. Boyd
We need to understand that evolution is a multidimensional process. We
tend to focus on physical evolution, that produces change in the forms
of living organisms. But we should also understand the other six types
of evolution. These are shown below.
- Physical Evolution - intraspecies and transspecies changes mediated
by mutation over time; adaptive changes allow individuals to survive
environmental changes, those that cannot survive, die out
- Etheric Evolution - the purification of the nadis, meridians and chakras
of the etheric body, mirroring the inner development of the Soul
- Emotional (Astral) Evolution - the inner maturation of the individual
from self-centered, narcissistic absorption to the ability to love and
care for others
- Mental Evolution - the ability to use successively deeper mental faculties
of the Conscious, Subconscious, Metaconscious and Superconscious levels
of the mind
- Volitional Evolution - the ability to express progressively higher
octaves of the will
- Spiritual Evolution - the purification of the path of the Nada leading
to the refinement of the spirit and its ultimate salvation, with the
Divine who set it forth into creation
- Essential (or Noetic) Evolution - the transformation of the ensouling
entity from nodal point to nodal point. Affects evolution types 2-6
We encourage seekers to meditate on the different varieties of evolution
and to intuit what is the result of this ongoing process. In this way,
you may be able to trace the outlines of the Great Plan of Evolution that
occurs in all octaves of life.

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