Monday, May 26, 2025- 12pm

Monday, May 26, 2025- 12pm

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Monday,  May 26, 2025- 12pm


Monday, May 26, 2025- 12pm

Better Days (Music).
Dancing in the Sun, Singing our Song Together.
Music today, Monday, May 25, 2025.
Memorial Day 2025.
Organizing our new moon day today.
Better Days/ Dancing in the Sun.
Singing our Song together.
On this Memorial Day – 2025.
Honoring the Law of Service & Sacrifice (esoteric).

The Disciple – whose foundation is Love (Ray 2).
Gemini is Ray 2, Mercury brings forth the harmony.
Disciples never scheme or manipulate.
Disciples only serve –
The Office of the Christ is Ray 2 – Law of Service & Sacrifice.
Which we see with our president.
The Magician, Maga, Alchemist, Golden Dome.
From lead to gold, from dark to light – what the magician alchemist does each day.

And so…
On this Memorial Day –
Dancing in the Sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ug0M7bnJLM

Complex day today –
Gemini Sun & Moon – new moon tonight.
Light & shadow – a shimmer of light beams.
Mercury Neptune today –
Mercury is the Alchemist.
Mercury conjunct Sun on Thursday – Ascension of the Christ Day.
“I am making a place for you in heaven. I am not leaving you & I will send you a messenger (Mercury), the Holy Spirit, a flame of fire – Pentecost.”

Mercury sextiles Neptune today.
Saturn Neptune, too, in Aries – Saturn still in the atmosphere of Pisces (due to Neptune), but also now in the fire of Aries.
We think on these things.
Aries – the alchemical fire – Keeper of the Spark.
Saturn in Aries – the key in time to unlocking this spark within humanity. Cosmic Fire….
And from Betelgeuse, our hearts stimulated, the heart of the planet, the Hierarchy.
And from Sirius, our minds are stimulated.
Initiation taking place.

And so….music –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ug0M7bnJLM

Lyrics – Better Days
Sung by Dermot Kennedy.
Better days are comin’
If no one told you
I hate to hear you cryin’
Over the phone, dear
For seven years runnin’
You’ve been a soldier
But better days are comin’
Better days are comin’ for you

So when the night feels like forever
I’ll remember what you said to me
I know you’ve been hurtin’

Waitin’ on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent
And soon, we’ll be dancin’ in the sun
We’ll be dancin’ in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

We never miss the flowers
Until the sun’s down
We never count the hours
Until they’re runnin’ out
You’re on the other side of the storm now
You should be so proud
And better days are comin’
Better days are comin’ for you

So when the night feels like forever
I’ll remember what you said to me
I know you’ve been hurting (is our time ever soothing?)

Waiting on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent (is our time ever soothing?)
And soon, we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

Your story’s gonna change
Just wait for better days
You’ve seen too much of pain
Now, you don’t even know
That your story’s gonna change
Just wait for better days
I promise you, I won’t let go

I know you’ve been hurting
Waiting on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent (is our time ever soothing?)
And soon, we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Carey Suthon Willetts / Scott Harris / Daniel Leonard Nigro / Sam Romans / Dermot Joseph Kennedy
Better Days lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/atv Tunes Llc, Sony/atv Allegro, Tap Music Publishing Ltd., Daniel Leonard Nigro Music, Modern Arts Melody, Songs By Work Of Art, ScottharriswritesongsBetter Days (Music).

Dancing in the Sun, Singing our Song Together.
Music today, Monday, May 25, 2025.
Memorial Day 2025.
Organizing our new moon day today.
Better Days/ Dancing in the Sun.
Singing our Song together.
On this Memorial Day – 2025.
Honoring the Law of Service & Sacrifice (esoteric).

The Disciple – whose foundation is Love (Ray 2).
Gemini is Ray 2, Mercury brings forth the harmony.
Disciples never scheme or manipulate.
Disciples only serve –
The Office of the Christ is Ray 2 – Law of Service & Sacrifice.
Which we see with our president.
The Magician, Maga, Alchemist, Golden Dome.
From lead to gold, from dark to light – what the magician alchemist does each day.

And so…
On this Memorial Day –
Dancing in the Sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ug0M7bnJLM

Complex day today –
Gemini Sun & Moon – new moon tonight.
Light & shadow – a shimmer of light beams.
Mercury Neptune today –
Mercury is the Alchemist.
Mercury conjunct Sun on Thursday – Ascension of the Christ Day.
“I am making a place for you in heaven. I am not leaving you & I will send you a messenger (Mercury), the Holy Spirit, a flame of fire – Pentecost.”

Mercury sextiles Neptune today.
Saturn Neptune, too, in Aries – Saturn still in the atmosphere of Pisces (due to Neptune), but also now in the fire of Aries.
We think on these things.
Aries – the alchemical fire – Keeper of the Spark.
Saturn in Aries – the key in time to unlocking this spark within humanity. Cosmic Fire….
And from Betelgeuse, our hearts stimulated, the heart of the planet, the Hierarchy.
And from Sirius, our minds are stimulated.
Initiation taking place.

And so….music –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ug0M7bnJLM

Lyrics – Better Days
Sung by Dermot Kennedy.
Better days are comin’
If no one told you
I hate to hear you cryin’
Over the phone, dear
For seven years runnin’
You’ve been a soldier
But better days are comin’
Better days are comin’ for you

So when the night feels like forever
I’ll remember what you said to me
I know you’ve been hurtin’

Waitin’ on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent
And soon, we’ll be dancin’ in the sun
We’ll be dancin’ in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

We never miss the flowers
Until the sun’s down
We never count the hours
Until they’re runnin’ out
You’re on the other side of the storm now
You should be so proud
And better days are comin’
Better days are comin’ for you

So when the night feels like forever
I’ll remember what you said to me
I know you’ve been hurting (is our time ever soothing?)

Waiting on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent (is our time ever soothing?)
And soon, we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

Your story’s gonna change
Just wait for better days
You’ve seen too much of pain
Now, you don’t even know
That your story’s gonna change
Just wait for better days
I promise you, I won’t let go

I know you’ve been hurting
Waiting on a train that just won’t come
The rain, it ain’t permanent (is our time ever soothing?)
And soon, we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)
And we’ll sing your song together (eh-eh, eh-eh)

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Carey Suthon Willetts / Scott Harris / Daniel Leonard Nigro / Sam Romans / Dermot Joseph Kennedy
Better Days lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/atv Tunes Llc, Sony/atv Allegro, Tap Music Publishing Ltd., Daniel Leonard Nigro Music, Modern Arts Melody, Songs By Work Of Art, Scottharriswritesongs

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Sunday, May 25, 2025- 8am

Sunday, May 25, 2025- 8am

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Sunday,  May 25, 2025- 8am


Sunday, May 25, 2025- 8am

Music today & tomorrow.
“Tomorrow’s Gonna Be A Better Day.” Billie Brag.
Every tomorrow – “we’re gonna make it that way.”

Lyrics below.
Music on Sunday – May 25, 2025.

Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Better Day.
We’re Gonna make it that Way.
Billie Bragg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzsqwmCNpak

Today, Taurus Moon, Gemini Sun, Mercury enters Gemini tonight.
at 6pm (PT). Mercury, the messenger, enters into the sign of thinking & communication. Mercury (4) is at home in Gemini (2).
Music – Sunday & Monday.
After reviewing again what was written
yesterday – the transits – especially Saturn
entering Aries, where Saturn is now…
for the next 2 1/2 years – where is that in everyone’s chart?
And what does that mean for you?
This is our Esoteric School – Ashram, Temple of Learning.
And so – love, Risa –

Lyrics
Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Better Day.
We’re Gonna make it that Way.
Billie Bragg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzsqwmCNpak
To the misanthropic misbegotten merchants of gloom
Who look into their crystal balls and prophesy our doom
Let the death knell chime, its the end of time
Let the cynics put their blinkers on and toast our decline
Don’t become demoralized by this chorus of complaint
It’s a sure sign that the old world is terminally quaint

And tomorrow’s gonna be a better day
No matter what the siren voices say
Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day
We’re gonna to make it that way

To the pessimistic populists to harbor no doubt
That every day we make our way to hell in a hand cart
And the snaky set, who’s snapping to get
Anyone who sticks their head above the parapet
Oh don’t become disheartened baby, don’t be fooled
Take it from someone who knows the glass is half full

And tomorrow’s gonna be a better day
No matter what the siren voices say
Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day
We’re gonna make it that way

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Saturday, May 24, 2025- 4pm

Saturday, May 24, 2025- 4pm

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Saturday,  May 24, 2025- 4pm


Saturday, May 24, 2025- 4pm

Big Astrological Today & Tonight.
News & Notes for Saturday, May 24, 2025.
And beyond.
Today – Taurus moon to stabilize us.
Gemini Sun, with Mercury – a message & also to display duality.
The source of the two being One.

And so…the major transits…
1. Sun trine Pluto (Gemini/Aquarius) (Rays 2 & 5/7).
Sun/Pluto – to tell us transformation is coming & in the end it will bring about a new harmony for humanity.

2. Mercury (4) joins Uranus (7) in Taurus (4) –
And anchoring, a new rhythm, new vibration, new archetypes for humanity.
The Messenger Mercy tells us the changes are here & lots more is coming. Don’t be surprised!

3. Tonight, 8:35pm (PT), Saturn (3) after 30 years around the zodiac, again enters Aries (1/7) – bringing new structures which the Aries fire will ignite!

Saturn will join Neptune (6) – we will advance, be refined, develop, be perfected, honed & upgraded. Our minds will sharpen, focus, lift up to heights previously unknown.
And so now we know.

NEWS & NOTES information re: transits – to be integrated.
Today Mercury/Uranus joining together in Taurus.
Taurus, the illuminator.
An awakening of humanity towards divinity.
All things new revealed so humanity can be aware of itself, as creators.

Very significant transits.
Mercury/Uranus both are rulers of Aries.
Mercury/personality ruler of Aries.
Uranus/ spiritual ruler of Aries (this is esoteric astrology).

Aries is associated w/ the mental permanent atom (EA).
See Constitution of Man below.
Find the mental permanent atom on the chart.
Mental permanent atom.
The permanent atoms are where
memories of our lives are kept.
It connects us w/ the Monad.

Mercury’s job, to bring down the electric fire of Uranus
(U higher octave of M).
Bringing in energy from cosmic astral plane.
Process of Uranus/Mercury – fusing spirit & matter, a liberation of matter.
A liberation occurs when they join together.

Mercury/Uranus – radical awakening, sudden revelations.
Bigger scale of change for humanity – awakening is occurring.
3rd Initiation – Saturn (3) stands at the doorway of the Temple.
Venus (5) (Gemini Soul ruler, Angel meeting the Dweller/Saturn.

Uranus frees us, when higher energy comes in, Uranus frees us from the dominion of Saturn, when the time is right.
Saturn is time, Saturn entering Aries.
So we have M/U joining together (4:15pm PT), directly before Saturn enters Aries tonight.
Remember, M/Ur, two rulers of Aries.
Mercury, Ray 4.
Esoterically Humanity is Mercury, Ray 4.
Mercury rules the Buddhic plane.
Find Buddhic Plane on COMind chart.
Notice it’s in the very middle of the COM chart.

Look at the symbols of Uranus – draw it.
It looks like a transformer.
Top part, then bottom part is circle w/ cross in it.
Earth.
Uranus connected to Earth via Ray 3 (Esoteric Astrology).
The Tibetan talks about this.
Around p. 200 –

Pleiades (Ray 3) yesterday & talking about Alcyone.
Impregnating substance, Ray 3.
Uranus & Earth tied together via Ray3.
Ray 3, Divine Intelligence. Earth. The Mother.
The Holy Spirit – soon it’s Pentecoast!

Look at Uranus turned on its side.
Remember Uranus travels thru space on its side.
It’s “different”.
On its side, it looks like Io – input output, invocation/evocation.

Thoughts on Mercury/Uranus.
An important time today.
Humanity is Mercury, we are the human Hierarchy.
We ARE the electrical sparks that connect the father & the mother, spirit/matter.
We ARE that fire & under Uranus will awaken to our divinity.
Connecting matter & spirit.
Thus the Soul Invocation.

Aries initiates these impulses that helps us return home, our source, heaven, the Father’s house.
It has to do with the pointer & the star of direction.

Today is a most important day – the transits.
So much happening now.
The etheric imprinted with the energies.
Initiating a new cycle of life, livingness, of time & space.
At 27 Taurus, Mercury Uranus.
Old cycle passing away, a new cycle beginning w/ Saturn &

Uranus (soon in Gemini).
Mercury, the messenger tells us today.
Marking a new cycle, an imprint of all that is new.
Uranus restores the mystery, reveals the hidden secrets, the revelations.

Shift from old systems (money, beliefs) (Saturn) to the new (Uranus).
Saturn completed its 2 1/2 years in Pisces.
Neptune has completed its 7 years in Pisces.
Aries is now activated – initiating the new now coming forth.
Energy of the new being imprinted in the etheric.
The new cycles begin.

Thus the Conclave & the Precipitation Year of 2025.
We look at the patterns & the geometry of the heavens.
Each day for direction & understanding.
The Book of God’s handwriting.
And tonight…
Saturn entering Aries.
Saturn/Neptune beginning the new cycle.
The nodes in reverse –

A tapestry of interlocking revelations.
Then the linking of Uranus entering Gemini.
This is a most electrical year of change.
Humanity being the electrical spark between the F/M –
Humanity is awakened!

Uranus enters Gemini July 7 (7/7).
Uranus the spark connecting
Father & Mother – thus the sons & daughters of Mind
come forth.
Uranus trine Pluto sextile Neptune – all outer planets favorable.
Harmony in the midst of the change of the Ages.
Setting in our boat, our ship, our Ark.
From Pisces to Aquarius – carrying the laws & principles
of the Aquarian Age.
Come with us, everyone….love, Risa

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Friday, May 23, 2025- 11am

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Friday,  May 23, 2025- 11am


Friday, May 23, 2025- 11am

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
or loose the bands of Orion?”
Job & God in conversation in the bible.
So there’s a constellation called the Pleiades.
The Pleiades are seven stars in the shoulder of the bull of Taurus. They are the Seven Mothers/Seven Sisters.
They are (the Pleiades is) the Mother to our solar system.

Bright Star Alcyone
The Pleiades brightest star, the brightest heart & star in the Pleiades – one of the Pleiadian Seven Sisters (stars), is the star Alcyone (Al-see-on).
The seven sisters are the brides of the Seven Brothers, the Big Dipper Seven Ray Stars.

Alcyone is the “central sun of our universe,” around which our solar system and others revolve,

Alcyone is in the last degree of Taurus & also at 0 degree Gemini.
Our Sun entered Gemini & travelled across Alcyone this week.
Sun/Alcyone.
Soon Uranus (ruler of Aquarius & Aries), Uranus, when it leaves Taurus (after 8 years in Taurus) & enters Gemini (July 8, 2025) Uranus will join Alcyone.
However, since Alcyone is at the last degree of Taurus as well as progressed into Gemini, I would say Uranus (planet that changes everything suddenly, like the effects a tornado has) is already in the area realm & atmosphere of Alcyone.
Draw this triangle – Alcyone, Aquarius & humanity.
A most potent triangle – the triangle of when humanity received the mind prinicple 18 million years ago.
We are due for an upgrade, our minds.
Alcyone, Aquarius & Uranus are about that upgrade.
Expanding us like Jupiter expands us.

Alcyone is the major star in the Pleiades.
The ancients knew about the Pleiades & Alcyone.
Pleaides nourishes the Earth & her kingdoms.
Sending down a nectar of intelligence to humanity.
Pleiades is Ray 3 – the Mother aspect nourishing us,
offering us intelligence to guide our Way on Earth.

Draw another triangle & name the points.
Pleiades (3), Great Bear (its seven stars) (1) & Sirius (2).
Note Rays 1, 2, 3 – another triangle – the Three Aspects of God.

Pleiades is the Mother. Great Bear is the Father.
Sirius is the Love between the two. Thus the son/daughter.
We are their sons & daughters.
Our Earth & her kingdoms are nourished by & in turn we are to develop this Love Principle.

Our entire Solar system, our Sun, revolves around Alcyone.
The Pleiades, our first solar system (we are in the 2nd solar system, ruled by Ray 2 of Love/Wisdom), was ruled over by Ray 3, & the substance or matter of which we are living within, was imbued with intelligence (Ray 3 of Divine Intelligence).
Ray 3 is the Mother aspect, we are nourished by intelligence from the Pleiades & from the Earth, loved by Sirius, & directed & guided by the Father, the Great Bear.

It is good to take a moment to ponder upon these last sentences & to draw them – the triangles in our Esoteric journals/notebooks.
And know that…
Substance is inbued with intelligence & it is the Divine Mother & the color is green, the color of Ray 3 & this color is all around us.
So we can remember.

Alcyone – major star of the Pleiades, on the shoulder of the Bull (Taurus) – its influence is like Jupiter.

Each of the sisters has a name.
One we already know – Alcyone.
Another star, she is hidden, her name is Electra (Morning Became Electra – a play). Electra hid away in the clouds so she would not see the destruction of Troy.
What is Troy?
Troy, a city (repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, creating a layered mound of successive settlements.
The city grew in size and importance over time, becoming a key location on trade routes between Europe and Asia.
During the Late Bronze Age.
Troy (city, town, village), located in northwestern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), has a rich history spanning over 4,000 years, from its earliest settlements in the Early Bronze Age to its later development as a Greek and Roman tourist and religious center.
The legendary Trojan War, immortalized by Homer in the Iliad, is perhaps the most well-known aspect of Troy’s history.

So, questions.
Questions are like Magic.
They open the door to knowledge.
Curiosity is a quality of magic.

1. When was the Bronze Age?
2. Where is Turkey?
3. What is the Trojan War?
4. Who is Homer?
5. What is the Iliad?

Bronze Age – -3300 BCE to 1200 BCE in the Middle East and parts of Asia. In Europe it began around 2000 BCE in some regions, like Britain, and lasted until around 800 BCE.

Context:
The Buddha appeared 500 BCE (before Christ).
Yesterday I posted about Plato writing the Republic (the Cave) in 380 BCE.
These are the last years of the Age of Aries. This is the ending of the Bronze Age (man began to work with metals & the making of tools & weapons of bronze & complex urban societies), making way for the Iron Age (iron & steel tools & weapons).

So much yet to know! This is our school.

Tomorrow – magical day –
Aries then Taurus moon (at 10:36am PT).
Sun trines Pluto (Gemini/Aquarius).
Mercury (4) joins Uranus (7) in Taurus.
In the evening (8?36pm PT), Saturn enters Aries!
A whole new 27-30 year cycle of new structures for humanity & the Earth begins! Saturn then joins Neptune in Aries.
Refining us, offering us new world, new structures.
The new Laws & Principles…!

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Thursday, May 22, 2025- 7am

Thursday, May 22, 2025- 7am

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Thursday,  May 22, 2025- 7am


Thursday, May 22, 2025- 7am

From Dark to Light. Thoughts on Light.
Sun Mercury (4) today in Gemini (2).
Ok, so last night, the lights went on. Yay!!!
Shock surprise relief happiness joy!
Prometheus Rising!
After three days & nights of no electricity.
I thought – from dark to light – Prometheus!

Thoughts on Lights illuminating the darkness.
So grateful!
And about dark to light – the light appearing, being given.
1….it was the first day of creation when the Lord said “let there be light” – from the darkness the light appeared.
It was magic. A miracle!
2. Prometheus – Then another one brought light to the earth, to the minds of men. I had thoughts of Prometheus – Hercules saved him. Prometheus brought light down to the minds of men & he was being punished & Hercules saved him.
3. And the Christ who said “I am the Light of the World, & you (we) are to be, too!”
4. And I thought about Plato’s allegory of the Cave – living in the darkness of the cave, no sunshine.
The dark is SO dark without the sun.

And so, the tornado was headed in our direction & it stopped a mile away & we are grateful for our lives – & today all the food in the freezer & refrigerator needs to be emptied out & I will give all the food to the wild creatures – they will love it all & think they have come to a feast.

And so….thoughts of light & dark – the Cave by Plato.
Of coming out of the dark into the light of the Sun.
A developmental stage for humanity – long ago & even now, too, for some.

Today Thursday, May 22, 2025. Gemini Sun.
Ray 2, the Light of Love & Wisdom.

Analogy of the Sun –
From Dark to Light.
From the Cave of darkness into the Light of Day.

Education – & the lack of education.
Right & true education.

The Cave – an Allegory
Allegory – artistic form, a narrative w/ moral purpose, illustrating complex ideas & concepts.
Allegory (story) of the Cave – – by Plato (Greek Philosopher)
From his Republic (book), 380 BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

There are those within humanity who only see the shadows.
They are the captive ones.
There are those who CREATE the shadows the captured ones believe in. They are the “rulers” (globalists, dark forces from Atlantean times).
There are those questioning the captors & their false information.
Those are the ones the illusioned ones don’t believe.
There is the NGWS, these also can be illusioned.
There is the NGWS standing as Tylers at the door of the Conclave. They seek to be the enlighted ones, the educators,
the White Magicians.

From Dark to Light.
And there is (always) the story –
From dark to light.
Reminding me of Plato’s Republic (book).
The Story of the Cave.

Plato’s famous allegory of the cave, from his book The Republic, tells the story of prisoners chained in a cave since birth, only able to see shadows on the wall cast by a fire. They mistake these shadows for reality. One prisoner escapes and, after adjusting to the blinding sunlight, sees the true world outside, including the real objects and the fire that cast the shadows. This journey out of the cave symbolizes the journey of enlightenment and the pursuit of true knowledge.

Plato’s allegory of the cave, a profound philosophical theory written more than two millennia ago, tells a story of captives chained in a cave since birth, their realities confined to the shadows cast on the cave wall by the fire behind them.

 The Cave:
The cave represents the world of appearances, where we perceive things through our senses and are influenced by our limited understanding.
 The Prisoners:
The prisoners represent people who are unaware of the true nature of reality and accept what they are told or what they see as the truth.
 The Shadows:
The shadows are the illusions, false perceptions, and opinions that people hold.
 The Fire:
 The fire represents the source of the illusions in the cave, and can also represent the opinions and beliefs that people hold.
 The Escape and the Sunlight:
The escape represents the awakening of reason and the pursuit of knowledge, while the sunlight represents the true world of Forms, the ultimate reality that philosophers strive to understand.

Plato’s famous allegory of the cave, written around 380 bce, is one of the most important and influential passages of The Republic. It vividly illustrates the concept of Idealism as it was taught in the Platonic Academy, and provides a metaphor which philosophers have used for millennia to help us overcome superficiality and materialism. In this dialogue, Socrates (the main speaker) explains to Plato’s brother, Glaukon, that we all resemble captives who are chained deep within a cavern, who do not yet realize that there is more to reality than the shadows they see against the wall.
A dialogue – with Socrates & Plato’s brother (Glaucon) about Plato’s Republic.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/seyer/files/plato_republic_514b-518d_allegory-of-the-cave.pdf

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