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GENESIS 1:30
"And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."
Inner Meaning
Genesis 1:30 describes the nourishment of the
living soul within the lower kingdoms of consciousness. Whereas
verse 29 addressed the nourishment of the human mind, verse 30 turns
to the animal and instinctual levels of the psyche.
In DOASAM’s symbolic architecture, “beasts,” “fowl,” and “creeping
things” are not zoological categories but psychological strata
within the human constitution. This verse reveals how the Divine
Mind assigns proper “food” to each level of the lower nature so that
all aspects of the inner cosmos may be harmonized.
The Higher Self regulates the impressions that the instinctual,
emotional, and reactive layers of the psyche are permitted to
assimilate. Nothing is left to chance; every plane receives the
nourishment appropriate to its function.
Symbolic Breakdown
“And to every beast of the earth…”
- Beast of the earth symbolizes the instinctual
drives rooted in the physical plane.
- These are the forces of survival, appetite, and bodily impulse.
- The verse indicates that even these primal energies must be fed
only with impressions that support order rather than chaos.
“…and to every fowl of the air…”
- Fowl of the air represents the emotional and
imaginative currents of the astral plane.
- These are the swift-moving, often unstable forces of desire, fear,
fantasy, and mood.
- Their nourishment must be subtle, light, and
harmonizing—impressions that uplift rather than agitate.
“…and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life…”
- Creeping things symbolize the micro-movements of
consciousness: habits, reflexes, subconscious tendencies.
- These are the smallest but most persistent forces in the psyche.
- They too must be fed impressions that carry “life”—meaning
spiritual potential.
“…I have given every green herb for meat.”
- Green herb symbolizes elementary
impressions—simple, natural, uncorrupted energies.
These are the impressions appropriate for the lower nature:
- calm sensory experiences
- orderly routines
- stable emotional environments
- impressions free of violence, agitation, or distortion
- The lower nature cannot digest the “seed-bearing” archetypal ideas
given to the higher mind (v. 29).
- It requires gentler, simpler nourishment.
Esoteric Interpretation
Genesis 1:30 reveals the Divine Law of right
nourishment for the lower planes of the human constitution.
The Higher Self assigns:
- Seed-bearing herbs to the mind (v. 29)
- Green herbs to the instinctual and emotional
nature (v. 30)
This distinction is crucial.
The lower nature cannot assimilate archetypal truth. It can only
digest impressions that stabilize, soothe, and regulate. When the
lower nature consumes impressions meant for the higher—intense
metaphysics, spiritual fire, or abstract truth—it becomes
overstimulated, reactive, or distorted.
Thus the verse teaches:
- Feed the instincts with calmness.
- Feed the emotions with purity.
- Feed the subconscious with order and repetition.
- Feed the mind with archetypal seed.
When each level receives its proper nourishment, the inner cosmos
becomes harmonious, and the ascent from “evening to morning”
proceeds without obstruction.
Comparative Religion & Psychology Perspective
Carl Jung
Jung would describe this as the regulation of the unconscious.
Instincts and complexes must be fed with simple, grounding
experiences; otherwise they erupt chaotically. Archetypal material
belongs to the higher faculties, not the instinctual layers.
Judaism
Rabbinic tradition sees this as the universal grant of food to all
living creatures. DOASAM reframes this as the Divine ordering of the
inner faculties, each receiving nourishment suited to its nature.
Christianity
Early Christian mystics interpreted “green herb” as the virtues that
calm and purify the passions. The lower nature is tamed through
gentle impressions, not force.
Hinduism
This parallels the gunas:
- The lower nature thrives on tamas and rajas in purified
forms—stability and orderly activity.
- The higher nature feeds on sattva, the seed-bearing light of
truth.
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