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Correspondence between the Cosmic Tree of Life and the 3-dimensional Sri Yantra.
There are 504 SLs in the 91 Trees of Life in CTOL down to the top of the 7-tree that maps the physical plane (26-dimensional space-time). The 84 Trees above it comprise the 42 Trees mapping the six cosmic superphysical planes and the 42 analogous Trees that map the six superphysical planes. The 252 SLs down to the top of the 49-tree mapping the cosmic physical plane consist of three sets of 84 SLs. The 84 light red SLs span the Pillar of Mercy, the 84 light blue SLs span the Pillar of Judgement and the 84 light green SLs span the central Pillar of Equilibrium. There are three more similar sets of dark red, dark blue & dark green SLs down to the top of the 7-tree. Hence, 168 light & dark green SLs line the central pillar down to this point. This is how the number value 168 of the Mundane Chakra of Malkuth specifies that section of CTOL that is its Malkuth level, namely, the 7-tree. 46 more black SLs in the 7-tree extend to the lowest point of CTOL.
Compare these properties with the 3-dimensional Sri Yantra when the 42 triangles are turned into Type A triangles and the central one is turned into a Type B triangle (for the definition of these two types of triangles, see Sacred Geometry/Tree of Life). The seven planes of consciousness have a one-to-one correspondence with the seven Sephiroth of Construction (physical↔Malkuth, astral↔Yesod, mental↔Hod, etc). The six superphysical planes are associated with the six Sephiroth of Construction other than Malkuth. In the tetractys, the latter are symbolized by the six hexagonal yods that lie on its edges, the central hexagonal yod denoting Malkuth. The 504 hexagonal yods that line the sides of the 126 tetractyses in the 42 triangles of the Sri Yantra are the counterpart of the 504 SLs belonging to the 84 Trees of Life mapping all superphysical realms of consciousness. The counterpart of the 46 SLs below the top of the 7-tree are the 46 black yods in the central triangle. The presence of the 504 hexagonal yods on sides of tetractyses would, of course, continue if it were the 2-dimensional version of the Sri Yantra that was being considered. So either version can be considered as equivalent to CTOL. However, the point at the centre of the central triangle is regarded in Tantra as the source of creation and this does not fit its symbolizing the bottom of CTOL — the opposite to this, being the final emanation of God. But then the central triangle symbolizes, according to Tantra, the trimûrti of Shiva, Brahma & Vishnu, and this is inconsistent with its identification with the physical universe mapped by the 7-tree. In order to retain the traditional meaning of the bindu point as standing outside all realms of consciousness, it does make a difference which version of the Sri Yantra is the correct counterpart of CTOL. Only its 3-dimensional form, which has this point hovering above the central triangle and the four layers of 42 triangles stacked on top of one another, is the right counterpart.
91 overlapping Trees of Life are composed of 3108* corners, sides & triangles, where
3108 = 14 + 34 + 54 + 74,
i.e., this number is the sum of the fourth powers of the first four odd integers. The geometrical composition of CTOL is determined by the Tetrad:
Notice that 3108 = 444×7, where 7 is the fourth odd integer. The Tetrad also determines the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra because 240 corners, sides & triangles surround its centre, where 240 = 10×24 = (1+2+3+4)1×2×3×4. The physical plane (the space-time continuum) is mapped in CTOL by its lowest seven Trees of Life and in the Sri Yantra by its central triangle. It is Malkuth, whose gematria number value is 496, where
It is no coincidence that this number is that found in 1984 by physicists Michael Green and Gary Schwarz to be the crucial dimension of a gauge symmetry group governing 10-dimensional superstrings that is free of quantum anomalies.
* Proof: Number of corners of triangles in n overlapping Trees of Life = 6n + 4.
Number of sides of triangles in n overlapping Trees of Life = 16n + 6.
Number of triangles in n overlapping Trees of Life = 12n + 4.
Number of corners, sides & triangles in n overlapping Trees of Life = 34n + 14. For n = 91, this is 3108.
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