We can do a mediation for up to 30 minutes where we sit still and simply watch our thoughts and impression without trying ti control them. This has been taught by Israel Regardie renowned western esotericist as well as the Saint Swami Vivekananda of the East. This initiatory practice is unlike others because you do not have to control anything other then body movement. Breath as normal, think as normal! but do not move even a scratch or a twitch. The body should be still the mind alert and watching the thoughts and emotions without trying to control them.
This practice will help the initiate become acquainted with the different aspects of the entity it resides in such as understanding the body, and the mind as the initiate watches the thoughts there becomes a separation. You will then be able to comprehend the part of you that is the body the part of you as the mind and the witness the being it self and be able to put them in separate categories.
The body will want to move the mind will bring up random thoughts whatever happens must be recorded in the magical journal directly after the practice. The initiate will realize Malkuth on the tree of life which is the bottom speroth. Malkuth is the body. The astral plane in yesod. We have to become awake in malkuth and this practice brings awareness to the body.
According to the Upanishads the Atma is the supreme spirit individualized. Atman is Brahman but eternally individualized and seperate. Every living being has the Atman within. The Atman is connected to the supersoul or the Spirit that dwells everywhere.
The Upanishads show that the Atman is more subtle then the mind and is above the 4 elements and the 5 senses. We can see that the mind is more subtle then the body, the 4 elements are earth, water, air, and fire. The mind would be akin to ether or the 5th element. Atman is still more subtle then the mind but is fluent and everywhere an nowhere similar to air. This Is why in the kabbalistic system Kether the top of the tree of Life is symbolized by air. The air we speak of is spiritual air that resides in counter space. The 4 elements manifest from the is counter space and the soul crystallizes into matter. The enfullgence of the 4 elements come from ether and the ether comes from Bramham.
Brahman is indivisible and shines pure and everlasting. It is said where Brahman is the the Sun does not shine nor, the stars, and the moon nor earth fires do not shine. Brahman is self enefullegent and the radiance of Brahman is the source of all of these lesser lights. In the same way, our souls our individual Atmans are the effect of the supreme spirit that is everlasting and eternal. Brahman causes all of our mamnanifestsiton as well as the material universe but is not subject to the creation.
Brahman is super personal or above personal and impersonal. There have been many arguments in the east as to whether the supreme being is personal or impersonal. Ramakrishna the holy sage of India of the 19th Century said that the father is impersonal and the mother is personal. We know that this world is made of both electricity and magnetism. These two Polarities have a source or a unified knower. That unified Knower is also known as Krishna, Krishna and Brahman are one and the same. Christ and the logos or the supreme universal intelligence is one and the same with Krishna and Brahman. The supreme creator has three different manifestation. One is the personal individualized being where the light comes from, the second is the ienefullgence the omnipotence of the creator this is akin to the light of the sun, So we have the Sun the individualized being and we have the rays of the sun the creator of all things, then we have the personal manifestation of that light centralized in every living being. This is how the supreme spirit is everywhere and also localized in its eternal abode.
By purifying the mind and entering into silence we can contemplate on Brahman the supreme spirit or the substratum of our very existence. This will take us to a state that is beyond the mind and we can know our unlimited nature as children of God. The upanishads carry the same truth as the Abrahamic faiths and the Old and New Testament. We know that Brahman is the particulars of Christianity. Abraham (Brahma) not to be confused with Brahman. Brahman according to the East is the self created being that created this World. Brahma is the first created being or Creator God who has Source in Brahman.This is allegorized as Abraham and Sara or Saraswati being the the Father of the Israelites the chosen people of God. We know that in astro physiology Brahma is the Cerebrum or Abraham Cerebrum or Sarah and Abraham the two hemispheres of the Brain or Hiram Abiff the Chief Architect of the Temple of Solomon. We have to read these all symbolically to know how it connects to us on an individual level.
When we dwell in silence and contemplate on our being by placing our awareness on the heart of our being [the Source of our thoughts} the Mind is then transcended and we experience the transcendental.
The body is likened unto a chariot. Amacrine of some sort with no consciousness of its own. The spirit that pervades everything and at the same time outside of everything or beyond it, utilizes the body or chariot as an interface into the physical dimension. The sprit can see without eyes, hear without ears, taste without a tongue but through us we experience these physical electrical sensations vi the body. The driver of the chariot si the an individualized spark of the supreme spirit Brahman. According pt Upanishads a particle of infinite consciousness becomes our finite consciousness or individualized being. We come here to make our individuality grow in the womb of creation. The divine mother nurtures the soul or individuality until it matures and then proceeds up the ladder to more transcendental realms of existence.
The supreme spirit resides as a witness within our heart, us the jiva or individualized arpel of this soul is the one who lives in the realm of darkness and light, good and evil, labor and rest. The supreme spirit works not an it is as declared in the Upanishads. There are two birds on a tree one enjoying the fruits and the other sits and watches. This is also in the Upanishads and diptecs the dual nature of our soul and spirit.
It is said in this age of kali yuga or in other words the winter of our conscious cycle. The best way to purification and illumination is to chant the holy names of God. We know that all things are cycles and that spring, summer,fall and winter also happen in ages of 24,000 years. In the Gold age or the summer age man and woman could meditate on the supreme lord and reach illumination. Now in the winter age we only live until 100 years, have many materialistic responsibilities and no way to practice accestisic, or to stay absorbed in meditation for long period of time. It is said that in this age the power of singing he glories of the lord, chanting his names, and dwelling on the pastimes of the lord are able to elevate the soul from its material hankering.
All true esoteric religious traditions know the fact that the soul has descended in or become dense and is now in the material nature. The material nature nullifies the power of the spirit and makes the soul interact through a mortal vessel. This mortal vessel the material body is how we interact here in the physical realm and we are subject to its laws. The body can get hurt it also can cause pain to others hence the crimes of this world. While the soul in incarnated in the material plane it us under the modes of the three gunas. We are either active, passive or neutral. We are either under passion, ignorance , or in the mode of goodness. As humans we have faults and sense hankerings. Perhaps we are above certain sense pleasure and desires but we are bitter and apathetic, perhaps we are in bigotry and feel full of pride. Nevertheless these are the symptoms of the material nature. The goal of any tradition is to link the individual soul with its source or place of causation. The best most efficient way in this age of winter and confusion is to chant the holy name of God, sing the praises and glories of the Solar christic intelligence. Weather you choose to use the name Christ, Jesus, Allah, Vishnu matters not, are all capable of producing the same results because they are all names that refer to the one and only supreme cause and intelligent eternal being.
As material entities our souls are subject to the law of time, the mantras or name of God such as alah alah, or yeshua, or hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare come from the transcendental realms of eternity. Sound is more subtle than the 4 elements, fire water, earth and air hence it is able to put them in a mental state and control them. The sound produce vibrations of love and supreme wisdom and allow the consciousness to rise above the material sense plaine.
Listening and reading the pastimes of the solar God heroes such as Jesus in the new testament as well as Krishna in the bhagavad gita are all ways to help elevate the mind into transcendental states of consciousness. They activate the right hemisphere of the brain which is the receptive feminine side. The conscious mind can use the sacred stories to help formulate an image and then the subconscious mind digest the symbols and you are givin the true meaning through revelation. Listening to the story of Jesus walking in water and stilling the storm, or Krishna directing arjuna on the battlefield produce transcendental thoughts in the brain and allow one experience the higher relaties and transcendental realms beyond the five senses.
If one puts aside time for chanting at least 1 hour a day and or chants with full devotion the holy names of the lord one can surely be purified of bad habits and sinful behavior that produces pain. We take our monkey mind and thoughts that we carry day to day and replace them with the mantra that develops concentration on the causal reality. When we say the name of the prime creator we are putting our energy and focus in respiration we begin to align tize our aurus with the positive vibrations of the names. The names gave power.. Rama, Krishna, Yeshua Christ, Allah, Om VIshnu, OM HAri, hallelujah aglah, yod he vav he, are all names referring to the supreme intelligent cause. When we speak the name or chant we areenvoking the power and intelligence of Christ into our voice and body.
When we do the mantra out loud we are producing physical effects, when we do the mantra internally without external voice and sound we are making effects on the astral body and mental body. The mantra is more powerful and cleansing when done inside our minds.
The Spiritual Sun is beyond the material sun. It is an intelligent being and its rays are the rays of Christ.
In the natural world we can verify that the sun produces growth. The electrifying rays of the sun allow the plants to grow, and the trees to reach out to the heavens above. The solar energy transforms water by evaporating it into clouds, which then produces a new energy, a secondary force that we know as thunder and lightning. The water that pours down from the heavens hydrates and nourishes the plant and vegetable kingdom. The animal and human kingdom feed upon the vegetable kingdom which also promotes growth of the physical bodies.
A more subtle growth that occurs is the mental, and the intellectual growth. We see this mostly in the human kingdom. People are striving to become mentally more capable, learning trades and skills, language, and all aspirations to refine the intellect.
A certain degree of conscience looks at the sun and sees its physical effulgence only. The physical sun which grows plants and produces heat and light and creates the physical bodies, without it physical life would not exist. Using the the secret of analogies we can see the triune nature of the sun. The physical, the mental, and the spiritual. Behind the light and heat is love. The triune nature of the sun is also seen in the microcosm of man and his three fold nature of body, mind and spirit each one less dense than the other. A more subtle degree of conscience sees through the physical aspect of the Sun and recognizes the cognizance the sun bestows which allows us to be self aware and self reflect in the same way light is reflected into water. The sun and our inner water allows us to self reflect. This gives way to all sorts of different utilizations of the mental faculty. Thinking patterns, imagination, self observation,and such things that allow the inner being to utilize the mind to analyze its surrounding and circumstances and our ability to overcome the animal impulses of the material nature and rise above it.
Waking, dreaming , and deep sleep. We the witnesses are beyond these states of consciousness. We have participated in them sense we got our first taste of I am here in incarnation. If we become diligent during the times of sleeping and waking we can get a glimpse of the the one who participates in these states of being. The three states are separate from the one who experiences them. We need to separate these three states of consciousness and recombine them this so the work.of the yogi or alchemist.
We do this by first bringing full awareness and becoming totally awake during the waking period of consciousness. That means remembering oneself from moment to moment and not falling into fantasy or daydreaming or getting lost in train of thought. Through constant practice of self awareness and mediation we can become fully aware and have an unbroken stream of consciousness during the waking state.
Kabbalist taught that the universe is made up of a duality between the almighty bestower which is known as the creator and the receivers which are the creation and all of the myriads of beings within creation. Each being has its inner giver within. We all have our inner father. This is the bestower.
Kabbalist taught that humanity gradually develops this inner aspect of giving. By nature we are receptive, as souls we want to gain experience and have things happen to us and receive from the bestower. We are able to tap into a huge reservoir of unconditional love if we change the polarity and activate our inner giver. If we activate the inner giver we can know that are actions will be unselfish and we will enter the transcendental plain of consciousness.
WE HAVE TO CONSECRATE THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF OUR BEING.
WE NEED TO SOLIDIFY AND FIX OUR EARTH WHICH IS OUR MINDS AND BODY THROUGH VARIOUS DISCIPLINES AND DEVOTIONS LABORS ETC LIFE’S A SCHOOL !!
Our body and our mind is the earth that we need to balance and put to good practical use and make strong healthy. Through routines and exercise as well as a prominent soul connection to one’s vocation. Sacrificing the efforts and labors to the great Spirit.
Our soul can walk upon the waters of life as long as we balance our emotions! Our emotions and our relationships with one another other represents our water , our imagination and dreams, are receptive in nature. We can balance our water element and calm the waters and triumph through various methods that evoke the water elementals to assist us in mastering this element.
Astrology has traditionally been used for much more than fortune telling, the bible does not condemn Astrology in fact it condemns astrologers or people who worships material objects or those who want to use the science of the word of God to tell fortunes for material gain. Astrology is the science of the word of God, astro meaning light and logos meaning word so the study of the word of god or of Christ. Astrology is deeply connected to our inner life as well as our physical body, Aries rules the head, Taurus rules the neck, Gemini the arms and lungs, the crab rules the breast, leo the heart,virgo the digestive system, libra rules the kidneys, and scorpio the generative system, sagittarius rules the hips, capricorn rules the knee caps, aquarius rules the shins and finally the two fish pisces at the bottom of the feet.
The ancients seers sand elevated beings who were in contact with the great spirit knew that the body was a microcosm of the macorosmom that means that it was an individuated parcel of a greater whole. That whole reflects its image through the material creation and we perceive it as the celestial heavens above. The world below being matter and the sky being the closest image we have of the spirit realm hence why most religions use heavens and the sky to represent the spiritual realm.
Astrology is the map of the mind of god. The 12 zodiac relay how energy manifest in the material realm, how a thought is conceived and acted upon, how the seasons change from spring to winter, and how the soul descends and re ascends out of the material universe and back to the realm of causes.
Astrology is also the key to the unfoldment of the the archetypes of the soul and how the seer unfolds his inner being through the 12 labors of Hercules. Hercules represents the archetype of the soul that relates to the soul that is in a human journey or physically incarnated in the material realm and thus has to learn from trial and circumstance to overcome and triumph and become victorious.
We can use astrology practically to acknowledge our defects as well as where we are gifted and unique. An Aries can serve as a brilliant leader or power exorcist. The cardinal fire energy creates impulsiveness and an inner courage to act with much forethought. This can be great to tread to solve problems where most will not. Aries rules the cerebrum is shaped like a lambs wool and governs the nervous system. It is the builder of the body and where Hiram the chief architect resides. The builder of Solomon’s temple which is the human body. . The first formed as a fetus, The sun starts its journey March 21s in Aries and commences at the feet pisces. Aries forms our identity. Its motto is I am.
When consciousness first manifested from the pleroma it acknowledged its self as I AM this is Aries. Aries is our inner father who art in heaven which dominates the lower nature. Aries sign is in the spring so it is considered the child of the zodiac along with taurus and Gemini. The planet that rules Aries is Mars which is red Adam who was formed from the dust of the Earth.
Aries in a daily cycle starts at 6 am, when the rooster crows. The rooster is a symbol of Aries as the sun rises the rooster is the first to make a noise. Aries is Moses which is an archetype of Will power, Moses blows the rams horns and tells us to stop worshipping the Golden calf of taurus. The ages go retrograde essentially Moses represents the Sun entering the Age of Aries and leaving the Age of Taurus. At the same time this symbolizing man overcoming his lower nature and ascending the lower instinctual energy and consciously transmuting it through will power in to more subtle bliss and cognizant. This cognizance allows one to hear the the ten inner commandments of the heart .
With the help of Taurus we are able to express word sand use tp use our body to do labor and world, The bull has always been a symbol of labor and material gain. It is said that Taurus’s motto is I have. It is our ability to have desires. Taurus is our motor brain the cerebellum. The cerebellum is the bull in esoteric anatomy. The cerebellum is in charge of it modulating and commanding the motor neurons to allow for shifts in body position or changes in load upon muscles hence the cerebellum is the physical manifestation of the zodiac energy of Taurus in the material human body.
The Number 7 is prevalent is all of the teachings, myths, scriptures, and even daily doing such as days of the week, the 7 musical notes and the 7 colors of the light spectrum. The one infinite white light separates into 7 and forms material creation with the 7 forces which are intelligent and personal. The 7 chakras are well known in the indus valley esoteric tradition and in the Christian tradition. they are known as the 7 churches or the 7 candlesticks before the throne of God.
The number 7 us ascetically pleasing to the eye, most structures use 7 or twelve. It is a beautiful number in and of itself and is perfection. The initiate must activate the 7 centers of the body and awaken the 7 forces of the the soul that collaborate with the 12 intelligences within man to form the the Light of the World. The 7 forces of nature come about through the top three seperitoth of the tree of life, love,wisdom and crown the eternal three in one principle or what we know as the holy trinity. Active , passive Neutral.
The first intelligent force of the creator of the universe is power which is represented by the Kingdom and the archangel Michael Power or the Power of God.
The second is Beauty and is represented by love wielded by the archangel Anael
The Third force is Foundation which is represented by Feudeucny and so ruled by the archangel Gabriel
The fourth is Justice represented by patience and Cassiel is the Archangel.
The fifth is Mercy Zacharleil Greatness
The sixth is Splendor Raphael Intelligence
The seventh Victory Samael Strength
The powers are forces that are driven by intelligent beings. Without the strength of Samuel we would not be able to overcome challenges there would eb no ability to fight for what is right or resist temptation. It is also the cause of temptation the fiery powers of Mars descend down the spinal column to the groins. We must use the power of Mars against itself and steal back the fire that descends this is how we work with strength and willpower.
We know the muscial scale Do Re MI Fa So La TI and then silence.
We descend from this non note down the scale only to rise back up from the Do then as we develop here in physical incarnation we ascend backup Re ME Fa SO La Ti, finally we arrive at a subtle level of being. Here in the physical body we have to raise the dormant energy up the 7 chakras, each chakra represents one of these notes. As we ascend in our body we will also experience the corresponding realm of existence that signifies the particular note.
The 7 planets correspond to the 7 scale notes and 7 powers of the creator. Spirit starts at the higher octave and descend into the rings of Saturn and then goes down into physical incarnation in the realm we refer to as Earth. Saturn is at the top the moon is at the bottom. As we descend, the soul acquires different virtues and limitations as well as attributes such as diligence, intelligence from mercury, subconscious tendencies from the moon, impulses from Mars.
Secret Teachings of All Ages : Manly P Hall
Moon ruled by Angel Gabriel connected to the subconscious mind
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