The Principle of Vibration

"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates." - The Kybalion

The principle of vibration embodies the third Hermetic Principle. This is the truth that everything vibrates. At first this can be quite confusing and you may not understand how or why this even matters, but that's what this post is for.

Matter & Energy

I'm sure you have heard of atoms and that you understand these tiny balls make up the entirety of our universe. They are the infrastructure of everything; from your body to planets. Atoms are the creative product of reality.

What some do not know about atoms is that they are actually made out of energy, not matter. 

When we think of the word 'matter' or 'physical' we think of a hard, solid object like a rock or a table. When we think of the word 'energy' we usually liken it to a sort of liquid or gas state.

In actuality, matter is energy. Matter that we see as 'physical' or 'solid' is actually energy at an extremely low rate of vibration, its particles conform close together and produce a solid object. Liquids and gasses are the same in nature however they vibrate at higher speeds and their particles are spread further out, but all three are of the same creative product; the vibrational energy of the atom.

So, nothing is actually entirely 'physical', it is really still energy, just as everything else is also energy as everything is made up of the same basic thing; the atom.

If we take apart the atom, we unleash energy. Therefore, the atom constitutes of energy. Therefore, everything is energy.

Vibrations

Now, we know everything is made up of atoms which are made up of energy. We also know that atoms are never still, they are always in motion, vibrating at different rates.

This is a relatively new conclusion from modern science, reached in the past couple hundred years. However, Hermeticists have known this truth for thousands of years, interesting isn't it?

Different atomic structures and different rates of vibration account for different manifestations of energy.

Applying what we have already learnt from the previous two 'Metaphysics' posts, we see that A) everything is mental, therefore this energy must be the energy the mind is created from, this energy must be mind itself, and B) applying the principle of correspondence, we can see that this truth manifests on all planes of existence; not only physical, but mental & spiritual as well.

Physical form is the lowest rate of vibration, spiritual is the highest. The higher a 'thing' rises in vibration, the closer it becomes to pure spirit. 

We have our own vibrations we emit from our body and mind's. Our brains vibrate at gamma, beta, alpha, theta and delta brainwaves - all give for a different level of consciousness. When we sleep we travel from beta (fully conscious) to delta (deep sleep). When we meditate we usually enter theta.

We also carry a vibration with us that is the sum of all our others, this is our spiritual vibration and accounts for building parts of our reality, from our emotional states to our circumstances.

For example, when you meet people, the people who you get along with the most and the people who fit into your life the easiest are on a similar vibration to yourself. This is why when you start to work on improving yourself people seem to go, and new people seem to come. This is your vibration attracting similar vibrations.

This also works on an atomic level with the attraction between atoms, atoms only attract other atoms that share the characteristics they need to join together, if the atom does not have another atom that shares the correct characteristics, it will not join. 

Emotions themselves can account for their own specific vibrations as well. I have attached a picture to this article that shows how consciousness has been measured in terms of vibrations named 'energetic frequencies'.

Manifestation

The use case for this principle is that in order to manifest 'things' that are higher vibrational, you must become that vibration first.

Think of it like this; if you want to create circumstances that correspond to the vibration of love, you must embody that vibration within yourself first.

This principle goes for everything; wealth, success, happiness and even poverty, failure, depression.

We are always emitting vibrations into the world around us from within and attracting to us the circumstances and people that correspond.

The masses do this unconsciously, thus believing in 'bad luck' or 'good luck'. Luck is simply the title we give to fortunate or unfortunate circumstances in which we can't see the direct cause. However, now you know your vibrations are attached to the circumstances that manifest, this should give you a new understanding and you should be able to see right through the illusion of luck.

Until next time.