THE TWO SUNS THEORY

When you make the two one,
and when you make the outside like the inside,
and the above like the below;
when you make the male and female as one,
then you will enter the kingdom of God - Gospel of Thomas

The words above remind us of the indivisibility of everything within the Universe. The Hermetic Principle of Polarity alerts us to the truth that Spirit and Matter are but two poles of the same thing, the intermediate planes merely being different degrees of vibration and manifestation. The conscious reconciliation of good and bad, love and hate, dark and light, positive and negative as being part of the same, part of the 'all' (just as there is no beginning and end to a circle). The principle reminds us there are no absolutes or ultimate separation.

The multi-layered meaning of the maxim also alerts us to recognise not only the principle of polarity but that of correspondence, gender and the other four Universal Laws; 'the kingdom of God' being unity and spiritual elevation into the 'Temple' of all knowledge and understanding.

Whilst reading this passage recently and contemplating the polarity principle, I found myself led to a couple of coincidental theories. The first might seem in itself to embody the principle of polarity because some may feel you probably can't get further along the scale from Hermetic Wisdom to that of a Sun sign astrologer. All competent astrologers however,whether they consciously realise it or not, are working with The Seven Hermetic Universal Laws. Linda Goodman was more than just a good astrologer, she was an extremely wise and gifted woman. It was while reading some of her work that I first heard the theory that, at one time in history, there may have been two Suns.

Her theory, or understanding, was that eons ago there was no time as our conception of time only arises because of the spin of the Earth and subsequent polarity i.e., dark and light. Without this duad time would not be able to be measured as the whole Earth would have been permanently bathed in light. (last night, last week or year would not be measurable without spin and light/dark). In her theory a catastrophic event occurred and the two Suns collided. This caused the Earth to start spinning (producing gravity) when it was struck by the exploding second Sun, which then became locked in the Earth's gravity system - the dead and burnt out Moon. Time and gravity therefore started together as did the flourishing of plant life and life as we know it.

This is quite an intriguing theory to me and seems to resonate deep within my psyche and it led me to wondering if it was ever a theory that has been postulated before. My searches revealed nothing although I'm sure it's out here somewhere. My search did lead me to a site called The Binary Research Institute.

Their explanation about what they research reads as such:

Throughout history, new discoveries have come about that completely and instantly change scientific outlook as to the nature of the world and universe, and our place in it. Galileo was put on trial for suggesting that the Earth moves around the Sun. Among geologists, the theory of plate techtonics was laughed at in the early 20th century. Einstein denied the existence of black holes even though his theories predicted them. Binary and multiple star systems, once thought to be rare, are now considered to be the rule, rather than the exception. If this is the case, then perhaps our Sun has a binary companion.

When we look at the received wisdom of life always having duality at every level, this starts to make sense. Why should the Sun, the brightest star in our Galaxy not have a binary twin?

The site contains a link to a trailer of a film (recommended by The Spiritual Cinema Circle) which I urge you to watch and talks about Mayan Astronomy, it is called The Great Year

Linda's theory is that the Moon is the binary counterpart whilst the BRI are actively looking for a 'living' twin. A whole series of fascinating PDF articles on this subject can be found here

We are living in extraordinary times and as we approach the infamous Mayan end date of 2012 any information or research, such as that of the BRI, which can further our knowledge and understanding of our Universe (and our concept of Time and Space) is to applauded and not ridiculed because it doesn't neatly fit accepted paradigms.

I hope you find this information from the Binary Research Institute as interesting as I did. You can also find an article here on Space.com

Thanks for reading.