Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
part 3

Dorothy and the Wizard appears to be in the order of Transformation, Purple Orange Green Red Blue Yellow

In dealing with awareness one discovers that it is insufficient to solve the problems of awareness. How about the awareness of awareness, that is, knowledge? If the valley of Voe represents the theosophic problem of knowledge there are two questions it should address.
Negative and positive self reference of knowledge - truth and falsity.
Consider the sentence - "This sentence is false." If it is true, then it is false. If it is false, then it is true. It is contradictory.
Consider the sentence - "This sentence is true." If it is true, then it is true. If it is false, then it is false. It is indeterminate.
Negative self reference of knowledge is contradictory and cannot be resolved by knowledge. Positive self reference of knowledge is indeterminate and cannot be resolved by knowledge.

In the context of Red then, the following is a secondary sequence of Transformation.

Red / Purple - (knowledge of void) clear light without a source, apparent lack of inhabitants - parallels - discovery that virtual knowledge does not depend on stored experience but is defineed by absence in context rather than presence. Deja vue or anamnesis can exist in familiar as well as in new contexts.

Red / Orange - (knowledge of response) explanation of the locale, contradictory nature of the valley. The people hide from the bears in order not to be eaten. The bears hide from the people in order to sneak up on them. A state of tension exists in which sometimes people are eaten and sometimes bears are killed. Coexistence is tense. - parallels - when allowing ones thoughts to be whatever they care to be and to observe them without involvement, sometimes those thoughts are cute and interesting and sometimes they are downright icky. Knowledge is incapable of resolving its own contradictions.

Red / Green - (knowledge of awareness) eat, but not the dama - parallels - decision not to be part of the contradiction. One must not get involved in the icky thoughts even by pushing them away.

Red / Red - (knowledge of conflict) attack of the bears - parallels - the contradiction cannot be ignored. Icky thoughts cannot be avoided, pushed away, ignored or in any other way obviated by the capabilities of knowledge.

Red / Blue - (knowledge of recognition) use of the leaves, on the river - parallels - entry into the state of indeterminacy. When they're on the land, it's bad. When they're on the river, it's good. There is no possible resolution with the bears. Knowledge in a state of indeterminacy is no imrovement over knowledge in a state of contradiction. No indeterminate state can be maintained indefinitely.

Red / Yellow - (knowledge of limits / ends) exit from Voe, enter Pyramid mountain and a spiral staircase - parallels - when knowledge is brought back upon itself without regard to contradiction or indeterminacy it becomes void in regard to itself and becomes a transition into understanding and recognition. Data loses individual significance to become meaning.

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