“What is above is like what is below and what is below is like what is above,” says the Caibalion principle of correspondence. This principle is probably the most popular of the seven hermetic principles of the Caibalion. on a document published in 1908 that claims to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trimegisto, according to legend, the guide of Abraham. These teachings appear to date back to ancient Egypt.
Each chapter of the Caibalion is dedicated to one of its seven principles or axioms considered universal laws, this school of thought goes back thousands of years, however, the principles it describes can be applied very well in a modern environment. with an open mind, with the necessary willingness to understand the central essence of axioms.
- The principle of correspondence is the second of the seven hermetic principles of the Caibalion.
- This principle expresses the idea that there is always a correspondence between the laws of the phenomena of the different “plans” of being and living.
The principle of correspondence of the “Caibalion” says that there is always a correspondence between the plans of being and life.
With this maxim it is established that there is a harmony between the physical plane, the mental plane and the spiritual plane, basically this maxim means that everything, all the plans of existence, are connected and in correspondence, macrocosism is in the microcosism and vice versa: solar systems, societies and life on Earth reflect the same thing.
What Caibalion’s principle of concordance means in a daily environment is that what we do at the micro level, we will do at the macro level. Even the smallest habits influence the great pattern of our behavior. By doing anything, we’ll do it all, too. If you neglect an area of your life, others are more likely to also end up suffering from this oversight. We’re talking about a vital butterfly effect.
We can further push the principle of Caibalion’s correspondence. Following the idea presented above, we can say that the outside world tends to reflect our inner world.
Thus, the thoughts and images that we have in our consciousness begin to manifest, in many cases unconsciously, in our external circumstances, the mind accepts everything as it is, has problems distinguishing between illusion, faith and real substance, magnetizes interpretation with fact and begins to recreate exactly what we focus on most.
The outside world reflects its inner landscape, considers everything that is happening and is good for you, consider the beauty you see around you, consider the joy, love, light and life around you, all this would be a reflection of what is in you The same happens with what you consider bad, therefore , unless you learn to face your own shadows, you will continue to see them in others, for the outside world is just a reflection of the world inside you.
“The place of the soul is the place where the inner world and the outside world meet. “Joseph Campbell.
The inner world is the cause, the outside world is the effect. To change the effect, you need to change the cause. If there is disorder and destruction in your outside world, it means that there is disorder and destruction in your inner world. If there is little love in your outside world, there is likely to be so little love in your inner world.
The way to control your inner world is not to try to control the outside world, it’s not working. The way to achieve lasting results to control the outside world is to start controlling the inner world. Think of your inner world as the place where you have almost absolute power.
This process allows us to stop looking outside ourselves for unique reasons to explain what is happening to us and instead look for answers. It is not always easy to accept and act on our problems, to heal the wounded parts in us.