Ascension is often discussed as being completed when we reach full 5D awareness, but the ascension journey really BEGINS in 5D. It is completed when we reunite w/ 12D (1-12D).
A Regular Tetrahedron has 4 faces, 3 sides, all equal triangles. The Egyptian pyramids have 4 sides on a square base. Is the shape of the Egyptian pyramid what you are seeing?
The Egyptian style pyramid w/ 4 triangular sides & a square base seems to be officially called a Square Pyramid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_solid
Go w/ what you are guided to. There may be a reason you’re drawn to the same geometric configuration as the Egyptian pyramids. You may have a connection w/ the same group that built them.
The Universe is said to be ordered w/ sacred geometry & tones.
About love & compassion, these can be distilled further down to joy & empathy which further distills down to Oneness.
More info. for those who might not be familiar w/ the term merkaba or just have fun looking at the great eye candy of the spinning merkabas (2nd link).
Merkabas (star tetrahedron) are the 3-D version of the hexagram (star of David), the As Above, So Below(& As Below, So Above- the full loop) symbol.
http://www.crystalinks.com/merkaba.html
Merkaba images-
http://photobucket.com/images/merkaba/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ28