Entering into the energies of Pisces

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends, the latest issue of the WMEA Pisces zodiac newsletter is now available. Just click on the link: http://www.gomnb.com/email/newsletter/1412565698 to find it. This publication is a monthly publication and free to you although donations are always appreciated. The WMEA zodiac newsletter takes an esoteric/spiritual approach in understanding how we can utilize the energies of each Solar Festival in our spiritual and day-to-day life.

The following includes some excerpts from the Pisces issue of the WMEA Zodiac Newsletter:

Date/Exact Full Moon Time of Pisces 2016

Exact Time:

PST          February 22, 2016 10:21 AM

MST        February 22, 2016 11:21 AM

CST         February 22, 2016 12:21 AM

EST         February 22, 2016 1:21 PM

GMT        February 22, 2016 6:21 PM

Pisces is a sign of the wrapping up of things and of the spiritual process of Transformation. It seems like a wrapping up or intensification of a long string of difficult events, for Pisces prepares the soul, for the manifestation of a new cycle. When the spiritual process is accomplished, we can then enter into a new cycle, into a higher level of the spiral of Life.

Transformation occurs when we change our consciousness. Transformation means the change of form, for example our face changes; even our organs change. They adapt themselves to the new level of our consciousness. The Teaching explains that Transformation occurs when the Higher Ethers replace 50 percent of the lower ethers. This means as our dense physical body absorbs more of the etheric substance and discharges more physical atoms, it becomes more etheric, powerful and beautiful. Eventually our bodies will be an exact reflection of our consciousness, just as the bodies of great Masters are.

Are you ready? Do you feel as if this is a time of “wrapping things up” of events or an intensifying of situations which may be in preparation for you to move into a new cycle in your life? Does it seem as if parts of your life-situations are in crises? If so, then you, we, are in alignment with the approaching energies of Pisces.

When we look at the greater cycles of Pisces and Aquarius we see a more expansive Transformation process being undertaken by all of humanity. Because we are nearing the end of the cusp period between Pisces and Aquarius (an approximate 700-year cycle) the more sensitive, receptive individual might say “this phenomena has been occurring in my life for many many years. Will it ever end?” Others, who are just now awakening to the outpouring energies of Aquarius, and changing their beingness from the old forms of Pisces to the new forms of Aquarius, will more intensely feel the “wrapping up cycle” during each annual Solar Festival of Pisces; in other words, many crises may seem to be hitting their lives, one after another and another. But it is helpful to keep in mind that the origin of all crisis is hidden in the Heart of the Galaxy – thus the situation is not simply personal but affects the person at the soul level and his or her future incarnations.

Pisces-core of galaxyThis month the Sun begins transmitting the energies of Pisces on Feb 20th, along with its ruling planets of Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto, to our planet Earth. Aspirants, disciples and initiates will take the Rays of the constellation and planets into their consciousness, utilizing the creative energies in service to the Plan of the Great Ones: Hierarchy and the Council of Shambhala.

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Do you know a person whose Sun sign is in Pisces? It is always interesting to take a well-known person, or one familiar to us, to learn how that person, or persons, reflect the various energies associated with, in this case, Pisces. Here is an example of Vaslav Nijinski, whose Sun sign was in Pisces at birth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMqLLYrEF60

Vaslav Nijinski—Ballet Dancer (1890-1950) March 12, 1890, NS, Kiev, Russia, 10:30 PM, LMT. Birth information is based upon biography of his wife Ramola stating that he was “born in the evening after his mother danced at the theater”.
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Nijinsky 02Nijinsky took the creative reins and choreographed ballets. His ballets were L’après-midid’un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun, based on Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune) (1912), Jeux (1913), Till Eulenspiegel (1916) and Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring, with music by Igor Stravinsky) (1913). Nijinsky created choreography that exceeded the limits of traditional ballet and propriety. For the first time, his audiences were experiencing the futuristic, new direction of modern dance. The radically angular movements expressed the heart of Stravinsky’s radically modern scores. Nijinsky’s new trends in dance caused a riotous reaction at the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées when they premiered in Paris.

330px-Talisman_-Vayou_-Vaslav_Nijinsky_-1909 In 1913, Diaghilev’s (see footnote) Ballets Russes toured South America. Diaghilev did not make this fateful journey, because he was told by a fortune teller in his younger days, that he would die on the ocean if he ever sailed. Without his mentor’s supervision, Nijinsky entered into a relationship with Romola Pulszky, a Hungarian countess. An ardent fan of Nijinsky, she booked passage on board a ship that Nijinsky was due to travel on, and during the voyage Romola succeeded in engaging his affections. They were married in Buenos Aires when the company returned to Europe. Diaghilev is reported to have flown into a rage, culminating in Nijinsky’s dismissal. Nijinsky tried in vain to create his own troupe, but a crucial London engagement failed due to administrative problems.

During World War I, Nijinsky was interned in Hungary. Diaghilev succeeded in getting Nijinsky out for the American tour in 1916. During this time, Nijinsky choreographed and danced the leading role in Till Eulenspiegel. However, it was around this time in his life that signs of his dementia praecox were becoming apparent to members of the company.

Nijinsky had a nervous breakdown in 1919, and his career effectively ended. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and taken to Switzerland by his wife, where he was treated unsuccessfully by psychiatrist, Eugene Bleuler. He spent the rest of his life in and out of psychiatric hospitals and asylums. Nijinsky died in a London clinic on April 8, 1950 and was buried in London until 1953 when his body was moved to Cimetière de Montmartre. The tombstone of Vaslav Nijinsky is in Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris. The statue, donated by Serge Lifar, shows Nijinsky as the puppet Petrouchka.

Continuing on with the energies of Pisces….

zodiacKeynote of the personality: And the Word said: Go forth into matter. Observe if your attachment to matter is increasing: for example, fear of death, fear of sickness, fear of loneliness, fear of being alone, fear of being disliked, fear of poverty, and this and that. Are you a person of energy or a person of inertia? Why? Remember that many millions of years ago, our Spark took an initiation, the initiation of Individualization. From that moment forward, it began Its struggle to evolve—to overcome matter and respond to the call of Shambhala.

Keynote of the Soul: I leave the Father’s Home, and turning back, I save. It takes many thousands of incarnations before one can reach this level of awareness and sacrifice. Many religious people feel as if the task of their conversion is to pull others into the dogma of their religious tradition and thus save humanity. However, the esotericist realizes that we cannot save others until we save ourselves. To save ourselves means to release the human soul from the prison of the personality vehicles. How does a disciple save? Through service, through sacrifice, through education, and through life example.

Have you had moments where you experienced your real Self? Have you had a moment of contact with the Master? With your Solar Angel? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, at the moment of contact at the full moon of Pisces, your soul will have responded to the higher keynote. Each year the response of your soul to this keynote prepares your next phase of service, the greater cycle of Aquarius and the lesser cycle of the Solar Festival of Aries.

Starting now, you can prepare your consciousness for Aries—and the expanding service for the new zodiacal year. The new year begins on the vernal equinox, March 20, when the Sun moves into Aries.

This cycle provides an opportunity for the human soul to be pulled up into the higher mind, withdrawing itself from the personality life. If this occurs, the unfolding human soul will experience a momentary freedom from the pull of the lower vehicles and will experience a sense of future, of the continuity of life.

Are you a Pisces? Are you related to or have a close friend who is a Pisces? Please share some Pisces traits that you recognize in that person. For example, are they unusually talented? Sensitive? Dramatic in nature? Do they have addiction problems? Pisces is the sign that symbolizes the most difficult stage in human evolution, the transcendence of the self. Pisces symbol is two fishes swimming in opposite directions. There are two types of Piscean people; the advanced (Pisces as the last stage in the evolution of the archetypal ego or self) and the primitive (Pisces as the stage just prior to a new beginning in Aries.)

Footnote:

If you are a practitioner of Agni Yoga, you will recognize the name of Diaghilev in the writings of Sina Fosdick. Sina was the first director of the Roerich Museum and Agni Yoga Society in New York. Last year, 2015, her diaries  “My Teachers: Meetings with the Roerich’s” was published in a book by the WMEA. She gives us pieces of information that I thought you might find interesting. She wrote, “Adolf Bolm, a prominent Russian dancer with the Diaghilev “Ballets Russes,” invited Frances Grant to his home for a Christmas party. Bolm had already worked with Roerich in 1909, during the famous “Russian Season” in Paris. When inviting Miss Grant, he said that in his house she would meet his close friends, Nicholas and Helena Roerich. At Bolm’s party, the Roerichs invited Frances to visit them in the Hotel des Artistes, an artists’ residence where they were staying. That was the meeting that changed her entire life. She described how she had been immediately accepted as a friend, as if a member of the family.

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872–1929): Russian art critic and theater impresario, one of the founders of the “World of Art” movement and also the organizer of the famous Ballet Russes in Paris. From 1905, he permanently resided in Paris.

In beauty,

Joleen

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PUNCTUALITY: A VIRTUE FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

 

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There is a great virtue about which so little is spoken or written. This virtue is called punctuality, and it is a sign of internal and outer integrity. It is a sign that the flame of your heart is lit. Those who are punctual:

  1. Have the power of planning.
  2. Have control upon circumstances; physical, emotional and mental.
  3. Have respect toward themselves and others.
  4. Are free from low psychic influences or mental and emotional interference’s.
  5. Have willpower.
  6. Have the awareness that time is valuable.
  7. Are not controlled by their glamors, illusions or inner pushbutton mechanisms.

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You, I, can see that many opportunities are lost because of a lack of punctuality. For example, the train or airplane departs with resulting consequences. Business opportunities are lost. Because of a person’s delay or lateness he/she cause many anxieties to others. He disturbs the magnetic sphere of certain meetings. He fails to play his part, to perform his responsibility. Such a person is an example of weakness.

Punctuality is the evidence of the sense of responsibility or commitment. Unpunctuality is a sign of imbalance, irresponsibility, and a lack of an inner rhythm.

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Great magnetism and energy are created in meetings if the members are punctual. It gives them self-respect and respect to others, and forms a unified group aura, which may be used to attract higher inspirations and impressions. Latecomers disturb the tension of the aura, and it takes time and energy to rebuild it. It disturbs the field of attention of the audience and, it takes time and energy to rebuild that focus of attention.

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I recall a time I was a speaker in another country; a country whose sense of timing was lax. The meeting was to start promptly at 9 am; where only two people were sitting in their chairs. During the next two hours, 45 more people showed up until all who had registered appeared. During those first two hours I talked about the value of punctuality and the spiritual path! Overnight the word must have spread, for the next day all 45 people arrived 15 minutes early.

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Those who have the habit of being late should try to organize their time and affairs in such a way that they build the virtue of punctuality in themselves.
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Punctuality is not only the ability to be present in certain places at an appointed time, but also the ability to think and act in the right time. Punctuality in our promises and spiritual commitments will reveal many new horizons for us. Punctuality eventually will help a person to synchronize himself with the rhythm of Nature.

 

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Punctuality will make higher forces have trust in us. Punctuality will reorganize our life. It will help us to make new breakthroughs.

A lack of punctuality leads to chaos.

Please, if you have some time, share your experiences with how punctuality or the lack of punctuality somehow affected you or those around and about you.

With love,

Joleen

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FAITH

We are told that it is from the Center of Love that all Saviors throughout the ages and in all countries went forth, taking with Them the message of Compassion, the message of Beauty, Service, Sacrifice, Simplicity, and Fearlessness.

It is said that Christ is on the way back to the world of humanity to renew in our hearts a greater hope, a greater faith, and a greater love.

AA BaileyAlice Bailey, in The Externalization of the Hierarchy said: “…The ‘point of decision,’ as it is called in all hierarchical circles, was reached during the period between the Full Moon of June, 1936 and the Full Moon of June, 1945. The point of decision resulted in the decision by the Christ to re-appear or return to a visible presence on Earth as soon as possible, and considerably earlier than had been planned.”[1] In The Reappearance of the Christ[2] Alice Bailey said this decision was necessarily made in consultation with the Lord of the World, the Ancient of Days.

To have faith means to have belief, belief in something greater than today, greater than yesterday, greater than tomorrow. To have faith means to have an unshakable belief in something, a belief that no earthquake, no flood, no crises, no loss can remove from you.

Faith is found in the beauty of one’s heart.

TagoreRabindranath Tagore said: “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

We often hear stated the phrase: “Blind Faith.” Faith, according to popular thinking, implies a perpetual state of blindness, of not knowing or comprehending, groping in the dark, floating in a groundless, unreal way of belief. It is therefore extremely important to differentiate between the false concept of faith and the real concept of faith.

There is an aphorism, which says: “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” Our heart is the sanctuary where the Lord of the World dwells in all His glory. If you feel that the Most High exists within your heart, then you understand the beauty of faith.

If you feel that the Most High exists within your heart, you will start living a life of faith, you will start living a life of beauty, of light, love and power for such a life is not made of masks, of fears, or artificiality and pseudo images. The one of faith is messenger of the Great Ones.

Every year at Christmas we celebrate the birth of the Christ – the Great Flame. This is our legacy – a reminder that each of us is, in essence, a living flame, a Spark of God. In that knowledge we celebrate the next Coming; to renew in our hearts a greater hope, a greater faith, and a greater love. In this knowledge we place our Faith.

Do you have faith? Do you have a deep faith in the Divine Power? If you do, you have faith in Invisible Powers. For to you, these powers are not invisible, but rather visible, for you see how Divinity works in the world of mankind. You see life through your heart. As a Man Thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Pope John Paul iiPope John Paul the second said, “Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.” If you have a closed heart, you will not have faith. If your mind rules your heart, you will not have faith.

Martin Luther KingMartin Luther King said, “Faith is the opening of all sides, and at every level of one’s life – to the divine inflow.

A person who is all mind will rely only on historical fact. A person who has faith is, through his or her heart, open to the divine inflow of the power of Christ.

Do you have faith? Really have faith? If you do, you know that “faith moves mountains.” Christ was known for his healing powers. One day He heard someone say, “Thank you for healing me.” Christ looked at him and said, “Your faith healed you.”

Do you need healing? Physical healing, emotional healing, mental healing, spiritual healing? To be healed, you must have faith.

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People lose all their money, and they become faithless in life. They lose their minds and they become faithless; they lose their degreed paying jobs, and lose their faith in life; their husband or wife leaves them, and they lose their faith in life.

What is most interesting to me is that often times as a person is experiencing loss, if there is any kind of element of faith in his heart, it will draw someone into his life which increases that kernel of faith. If not, in time he will become “cold-hearted,” an agnostic, or atheist.

A few weeks ago young man called to tell me his sister’s husband was in the last few hours of life; a 35 year old man with Cancer. The sister was angry, afraid and apparently faithless. As the brother and I talked, he was afraid that his sister, because of all the drugs in the house, would take her life for she had a history of suicide. As we continued to talk he told me a story about a neighbor whose 15 year old daughter had survived bone Cancer. The neighbor found faith in the faith of his friends. When his daughter survived, he vowed he would help anyone he could who was in similar crises. The neighbor had moved to Michigan and now lives only one block from this boy’s sister. Thursday the man went to the sister’s home and asked if he could spend time with her and the husband. At first the sister refused; but the man was not going to give up; finally the sister invited him in. Praying for her husband and trying to ignite the kernel of faith in the sister’s heart. When I heard this story I knew his sister was going to be fine…for an ‘angel in disguise’ found his way to his sister’s home. She will be alright…for through this most faithful man, the woman’s faith is going to be ignited from the seed of faith in her heart.

When you compose a poem of beauty…that beauty remains with you and gives you faith in the spiritual power of beauty. When you compose music heard in the Higher Worlds, the language of the Higher Worlds will remain with you giving you faith in the Higher Worlds. When you commune with God in all His glory, you have faith in the continuity and immortality of life.

FaithFaith is a word, but the power of faith is beyond words: it is experience; it is knowingness; it is beingness.

 

 

As always, comments are not only welcomed but invited!

With Love,

Joleen

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[1] Externalization of the Hierarchy p. 493-494 Alice A. Bailey. © 1957 Lucis Trust

[2] Reappearance of the Christ, The. P. 69 Alice A. Bailey. © 1948, 1976 Lucis Trust

 

The Winter Solstice & the Spiritual Seeker

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The winter solstice this year for Mountain Standard time is Monday, Dec 21st at 9:49 PM. December 22nd, Tuesday, at 4:49 AM GMT.This day is the shortest day of this year. 

The winter solstice is a time to be “born anew.” It is at this time that the planet is given a spiritual impulse that adds to its light and strengthens the Love Principle in the heart of humanity.

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Historically the Winter Solstice was observed in Rome as the Feast of Saturn, with a mystic marriage dramatizing the marriage of the earth and the Sun…representing the new birth, or “initiation.”

In Egypt the Winter Solstice was celebrated with state ceremonials in homage to the divine Mother Isis and her new-born son Horus. They chanted: “The Virgin has brought forth. The Light is waxing.”

Holy Night in Greece was greeted by songs in the key of Capricorn to the accompaniment of a flute. At a certain time Neophytes descended with lighted torches to an underground chapel and paid reverence to the image of the Babe whose brow was a shining cross of gold.

winter sceneChristmas time every year is always a vital time, but this year and in the coming years it will be even more vital for Christmas time is now the time of transformation. It is a very serious time, where our inner illumination, where our inner giant, the Christ, must take birth and, eventually transfigure our personality.”

In a few years time, in a few decades, in a few lifetimes, you will really actualize the manifestation of that Spark that is within each of you.

spiritual seekerMy intention today is to encourage you, to challenge the fire that is within you so that eventually you feel that that Spark, the Core, will start to revive within you and seek to manifest itself.
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My aspiration is “that we hold together as sisters, brothers, and friends,” and strive the best we can so that we do not remain at the level we are. This is the whole meaning of Christmas. Christmas time is really a time to sanctify ourselves, to raise ourselves above the level where we are and touch a new level of consciousness.”

Blessing_The_Travelers-mmiThe Great Sage M.M. it says, “Wayfarer, friend, let us travel together…” as animals, as man, as angels, as cats and as a nation together, as one humanity together…. Togetherness is so beautiful. Do not create divisions and cleavages between you.

As an exercise, starting the day of the winter solstice, for those of you who want to participate, we can align the Sun (the Christ) within ourselves to the Source of Life and to think as if we are “The Life;” that we are not the physical body, but the Life.

light of universe and heartIf you start synchronizing yourself with the electricity of the Universe, with the Light of the Universe…you are going to bloom. You are going to manifest color and sound. You are going to become influential in the Life. You are going to become creative.

In addition to aligning yourself to the Sun, another thing you can try from the 21st through the 26th is to every morning raise your right hand at sunrise. Then hold your left hand out and say: “My Lord, pour down your blessings so that I pass them on to the world.” Feel it. This is so beautiful. This was used in ancient times by great priests. For example, they used to go to the top of the pyramid and invoke the sun. Zoroastrian priests, Tibetans in the Himalayas, in Greece, in North and South America did this.

orionstarmanTradition at the time of the Winter Solstice says that our Solar Logos extends His Hand to the Great Sun, Sirius – symbolically, of course. Then He gets a Spark from that Great Sun and extends the next Hand to the Three Kings, which we call Orion.

He gets the three gifts from these Three Great Lives, and then He turns to Virgo, the Virgin, and gives these gifts. He then takes the gifts from Virgo and then gives them to our planet. This is forming a Five-Pointed Star. At the time of this formation a tremendous energy comes to our planet. If humanity does the needed preparations – mental preparation, emotional and spiritual preparation – humanity will feel, tremendously, the energies flooding the planet. This is called, in Cosmos, the Birth of the Cosmic Light.

With Love,

Joleen

The fire of Agni

The New Group of World Servers

 

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Let me begin today’s writing about the New Group of World Servers with a quote from the Tibetan D.K.

“There are always Forces of Enlightenment present on Earth on a small scale; forces engaged in:

“Influencing the minds of the new group of world servers, the selfless workers for humanity, and the thinkers in every school of thought, working in every field of human betterment; they work upon and through all who truly love their fellowmen.

“They are unable to influence the minds of the closed egocentric person; they can do little with the separative isolationist; they are ineffectual where the theologian of all groups -political, religious or social – is concerned, and they can do little with the type of mind that is concentrated upon personal or group problems (their group, expressing their ideas and working their way) and who fail to see themselves or the group in relation to the whole of humanity.”[1]

Lotus 03In our mental realm there is a lotus and this lotus slowly, slowly opens. This lotus has twelve petals. The outer petals are called petals of knowledge. The next petals are called petals of love. The next ones are called petals of sacrifice. The inner-most petals are the petals of of will, love, and light that charge the outer petals.

There is another beautiful lotus in the world and it is already in formation. It is a lotus formed by those disciples, aspirants, and Initiates who are called the New Group of World Servers. The Teachings tells us that when the lotus is ready, the innermost light will manifest, and that inner light is known as the Hidden Christ.

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The members of the NGWS are all third degree initiates and higher; yet these initiates have assistants called aspirants and disciples who are recognizable in their own right. By their own hands and feet they selflessly dedicate themselves to serving those who are already working for humanity. Who, according to the level of their awareness, are supporting and assisting the thinkers in every school of thought, and of those who are working in every field of human betterment. In fact these dedicated servers, who though are not yet third degree initiates…are moving in that direction finding the petals of their Lotus in the process of unfoldment.

Let me give a little bit of information about a third degree initiate – so we can recognize them, and if called, ready to assist them in their endeavors.

First – they are free from the ancient authority of their threefold personality. They can stop their negative thinking, their worrying and immediately start to work on something very creative. They can see or intuitively sense the divine Plan working in the history of humanity; they can also see or intuitively sense the vision behind the Plan, which is the Purpose of God. They are beginning to see why this world was created, why we are here, and how we can go forward toward that Purpose. Their imagination is not blurring their consciousness. Their minds are open and clear, like a sky with no clouds present. Clouds are illusions.

Illusions are those distorted truths that a person retains in his or her mental body as facts, as realities, and deductions which cause their decisions to be wrong because their calculations were based on wrong figures. You could say those who function under illusions is like having a malfunctioning computer where everything that he decides is corrupted by the wrong foundation.

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A third degree initiate is a translator of higher concepts. He has met his Solar Angel face to face. His Solar Angel is his first source of inspiration, ideas, and vision. In fact his personality is now fused with his Solar Angel.

The Third degree initiate is gradually unfolding his mental (higher) powers as he tries to penetrate into the laws of Nature and has a vision of his true essence.

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During the time of his of initiation ceremony the physical, emotional and mental nature was flooded with a great light and energy coming from his Lotus. This enables the Initiate to stand in the presence of his/her Solar Angel, to have direct communication with Him, and to bring through service the Intelligence, the Love, and the Will energy to humanity and in his field of human endeavor.

The initiation process expanded the service of the Initiate into greater light, greater vision and in fuller response to Hierarchy, the Lord of the World and Shambhala.

Such a person is a member of the New Group of World Servers.

As always, your questions and comments about today’s blog are most welcomed.

With Love,

Joleen

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[1] The Externalization of the Hierarchy – Section III – Forces behind the Evolutionary Process. P. 462

Sagittarius Full Moon

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Exact time of the Full Moon of Sagittarius, when the Sun is in the sign of Sagittarius and the moon is in the sign of Gemini is November 25, 2015 at 3:45 PM Mountain Standard Time.

There are two keynotes for the full moon of Sagittarius:

  1. And the word said: let food be sought.
  2. I see the goal. I reach that goal and then I see another.

 

  1. People in the world who respond to the first level have a nature whose action, emotions, and thoughts are focused upon wanting all their individual desires to be satisfied.
  2. People in the world who respond to the second level keynote are no longer “half animal and half man. Functioning as a human soul they are traveling toward the direction of the arrow of their Spirit.

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There are three signs the Tibetan D.K. gives us which mark points of crisis in the progress and will of the unfolding human soul as he travels from door to door, from one sign to the next. He says the three signs are Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius. The Tibetan instructs that Leo is the next sign to Cancer, and Sagittarius is the sign which precedes Capricorn….as quoted from the ancient book on the signs.

Under the influence of Sagittarius, in the earlier stages, the individual is striving to satisfy his desires and animal incentives; in the later stages of Sagittarius, and after the preliminary work has been done, his goal becomes that of initiation, which meets with the influence of the sign of Capricorn. Sagittarius is the preparatory influence for initiation in Capricorn.

And thus, the keynote for the Sagittarian is aspiration and direction.

The Tibetan generally outlines the certain stages of the path for the Sagittarian by saying:

-From ambition to aspiration

-from selfishness to an intense desire for selflessness,

-from individual one-pointed self interest in Leo

-to the one-pointedness of the disciple in Sagittarius

-and thence to initiation in Capricorn.

Banner of the Future-Roerich“Banner of the Future”by Nicolas Roerich, 1929

 

 

 

 

I want to touch on two subjects regarding the energies of Sagittarius and how all of us can become responsive to the outpouring flow of the planets, rays and beauty of this sign.

The Tibetan explained of Sagittarius that this is one of the signs that evokes crisis in the progress and will of the unfolding human soul as he travels from door to door. How can we define crisis from the spiritual point of view? Torkom Saraydarian explains:

Torkom

Torkom Saraydarian

“A crisis is a psychological moment in which you face a test  physically, emotionally, and mentally to solve and overcome problems created by your past and present conditions or problems confronting your life which have not originated from your actions.

“Crisis is a question or event which needs a solution. The solution cannot e achieved except through a crisis.

“A crisis is a moment in which you confront the problem and in the confrontation have the opportunity to solve the problem and introduce change.

“All unsolved problems create crises once a person wants to solve the problem. It is possible to ignore problems, but impossible to ignore the crises.”[1]

Problems come in the form of vanity, ego, glamour and illusion.

Defeat is possible if a persons past negative actions and actions of a separative nature are too severe to overcome.

Victory is inevitable in a crisis if a person past positive deeds outweigh his negative deeds, and if he is prepared to use the help extended to him by the Higher Worlds, by his Teacher or by his Inner Guide.

In every crisis it is clearly revealed how to:

  • Have more
  • Know more
  • Do more
  • Be more

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No limitation is overcome without pain and suffering. But once you are a disciple, victory over each limitation turns into a fountain of joy.

Limitations are built into the nature of the human being as his protection. But once the person becomes a disciple, once the inner fire of the soul increases, you must cooperate with it, and with your limitations, so that these limitations slowly adapt themselves to the new incoming fire.

Mother of Turfan-1924-Roerich

Mother of Turfan – by Nicholas Roerich – 1924

A parent protects his child for a period of time. When it is time for the child to leave, he must have reached a certain amount of physical, emotional and mental maturity if he is to become successful in his travels. During the time his parents were protecting him he didn’t need certain “wings” to fly; but once it was time for him to leave the nest, he needed certain elements which would help him move out into a larger environment or world. The same with the Divine Spark.

For thousands and millions of years the human soul functions through the protection of the personality body; but once the inner fire increases, he needs a new vehicle so he can fly toward higher realms; that vehicle is called the Spiritual Triad.

Limitations must be overcome step by step. The Path is nothing but a sequence of victories over our former limitations. A victory over limitations results in an expansion of consciousness.

As the consciousness expands, the human soul moves to higher planes, and then creates a magnetic pull for the tiny lives in each vehicle. Initiation is nothing else but a process of expanding.

Crises come into being when the person, individually or as a group, begins to see the hindrances which he created in the past is threatening the possibility of his own survival.

These hindrances and problems are eventually confronted and particularly recognized on the path of discipleship when the individual moves onto the reverse wheel of the zodiac. He will confront the results of the actions of his ego trapping the human soul in illusion, glamour, vanity and greed. The greater the action of the ego, or the violation of the ego against the consciousness of the human soul, the more difficult the reaction to solar, galactic and cosmic energies.

At the time of the full moon energy of Sagittarius, the disciple will have an opportunity to confront a crisis, giving him opportunity for freedom and to more clearly see the goal of this life.

The tests can be through:

  1. His leadership in relationship to Initiation. Initiation is a progressive advancement toward the Self.
  2. Unity
  3. Evolution; evolution is related to the function of the inherent light in the person which leads him to perfection.
  4. Harmony and Being. An opportunity will be presented to the individual where the spirit can manifest its depth through physical matter.
  5. Progressive action; progressive action means steady refinement and transformation of life in which the person will be able to conquer sickness, poverty, ignorance and pain.
  6. Living as a cause rather than as an effect. This crisis provides the opportunity for the soul in man to live and act as a cause instead of as a result.
  7. Expression of Divinity; every soul has the right to manifest its supreme divinity, its supreme glory. And opportunity will be given to the unfolding disciple to express his supreme divinity.

The Doorway - Roerich

The Doorway” by Nicolas Roerich

Each crises brings to the disciple an opportunity to:

“See the goal. Reach the goal and see another.”

“A goal is part of the plan of the Soul, or the synthesis of all the best aspirations of a person. The average person finds it for a short interval and then loses it. An aspirant finds it for a life and then chases after something in the next life. A disciple finds it and grows with it. An Initiate is a living and expanding goal.” [2]

Sagittarian energy stimulates the desire to reach the goal. Whenever one contacts Sagittarian energy, he makes an effort to find his life’s goal¾a noble goal. Most people, if you will observe this, do not have noble goals and instead drift here and there without any direction.

A goal is a magnetic center established in the domain of the future. It is this magnetic center which pulls a person up and establishes a direction for him. It is the magnetic pull of the goal that enables a person to step forward on the path of his evolution and take initiation. The first initiation is the moment when a person takes steps in the right direction.

Love to everyone,

Joleen

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[1] Torkom Saraydarian, Cosmic Shocks, p 126. ©1989 Gita Saraydarian

[2] Torkom Saraydarian, Symphony of the Zodiac, p. 265 ©1980 T. Saraydarian Second Printing 1988.

 

The Other Worlds and Karma

Universe-sky

A question that comes to mind is: “What is meant by the term Other Worlds?” I can perhaps more easily answer this question by asking what it is not. The Other Worlds is not the physical world. The Other Worlds existed before the existence of the physical world, before the material world in which humanity seems to be stuck. Those who are not conscious of the Other Worlds live in a dream world where they sleep. Sages, however, are conscious of the Other Worlds, and in that awakened state, function consciously in the Other Worlds.

The mainstream of human beings is earthbound and as such will likely laugh and ridicule that factually there are indeed Other Worlds. But those who have a sensitive heart and have had certain Other World experiences will tell you that, “Yes, the Other Worlds are a reality.”

Agni Yoga book cover

The Other Worlds includes what the Agni Yoga Teaching defines as the Subtle World; also known as the astral plane. Its frequency is a little higher than the physical-etheric world. The Fiery World, a term extensively noted in the Agni Yoga series, refers to the higher mental plane, and beyond.

We could say that the Subtle World is water – steamy and emotional. The Fiery World refers to the world of air while the physical world is dense matter – our Earth.

700193_093The Agni Yoga Teaching is resourced from the Higher Worlds. It is in this Teaching where we find formulas to harmonize our steps with Cosmic Visions.

It is important that we recognize our earthly life is a short yet important mission in which we need to realize and live our life’s purpose and then graduate from our earthly life with honor.

Aspirants and certainly disciples of all degrees must realize that their earthly mission was inspired from the Higher Worlds – a call from the Most High – with a purpose and plan; that which they must actualize in this incarnation in a most creative manner. In other words, the creative life they had in the Other Worlds will be manifested in their earthly life.

During each incarnation on this planet, we are charged with the responsibility to bring our creative skills from the Higher Worlds – especially the Fiery Worlds – with us into our incarnations. It is not an easy thing to do, to bring back our higher realizations from the Higher Worlds and manifest them on the earthly plane. Why? Karma and a lack of consciousness.
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karma“Karma is the energy and the law which decides the result of ones actions, emotions and thoughts.”[1]

 

When a person dies – his combined actions, emotions, and thoughts must exceed a certain percentage of points in order to move to the Higher Worlds. If not, he will go through to the etheric plane which holds people who committed suicide, who suddenly die and so forth and then later, depending on his karma, on to the astral plane. The etheric plane is a heavily populated plane of consciousness. For example, it is on this plane aborted children are found, children who are stuck there for many years; maybe 70-90 years.

If a person is stuck there – he is in inertia. Such a person cannot do anything there that he did not start on the earth plane. But it is nice to know that the work he started here, on earth, can be continued on in the etheric plane. Still, he must be awake to a certain degree.

As always, I invite your questions or comments.

With love,

Joleen

 

[1] Saraydarian, Torkom. Karma and Reincarnation.

Spiritual Will – An Introduction

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October 10th and 11th the White Mountain Education Association will be celebrating the 33rd anniversary of it’s founding. During this time we will be listening to lectures and discussing the theme of Spiritual Will and what it means to us as spiritual students. To learn more about the anniversary you can go to the WMEA website at: http://www.wmea-world.org under “upcoming events.” Meanwhile I thought it would be of interest to get a snippet of information about Spiritual Will from the esoteric point of view.

Love, Joleen

Spiritual will or willpower, is the energy of the Core of the human being. Our Core; our Divine Spark, receives this energy from the core of the Solar System and it feeds into our Chalice or Lotus. The more developed and unfolded the petals of your Lotus, the greater (and safer) the expression of Spiritual Will. Remember the Lotus has twelve petals. Where we commonly understand the petals of the Lotus as the petals of knowledge, love and sacrifice, it is also correct to relate the twelve petals to the twelve signs of the zodiac. But that is a subject for a different discussion.

Lotus

There are two points for you to ponder regarding the expression of Will, especially Spiritual Will. First, it is not until you have taken the third initiation that you, as a disciple, will become totally immersed in the study and expression of Spiritual Will. And second, even though your Chalice receives the will energy through all 12 petals, it is the third, sixth, ninth, tenth and eleventh and twelfth petals that receive the greatest “hits” of willpower energy. The third, sixth and ninth petals of the Lotus are the more advanced petals of consciousness; i.e. the third petal is the most advanced petal of the knowledge petals, the sixth petal is the most advanced of the love petals and the ninth petal is the most advanced petal of the petals of sacrifice. The tenth, eleventh and twelfth petals are the Core of the Lotus. As the will energy stimulates the third, sixth and ninth petals of your Chalice, there will also be a registration taking place in the 10th, 11th, and 12th petals.

The SunIt is during the Solar Festivals that we have an opportunity to experience the outpouring energy of will energy. You can learn more about the specific will energy related to each constellation by reading Symphony of the Zodiac by Torkom Saraydarian. It is during the 12 Solar Festivals that the energy of the will is going express itself through the Lotus in the Higher Mind, if you are prepared, stimulating petals of the Lotus; those that are unfolded and those in the process of unfoldment. As this will energy pours into the Lotus, the corresponding centers are going to receive a charge of Energy, in other words from the Sun, the Core of our Solar System.

When a person becomes the pure expression of that particular zodiac sign or constellation, he or she starts having pure will. Pure will is an intuitive, divine understanding that you live, move, and have your being in God. You are moving from the stage of aspiration, going through the various degrees of discipleship, to becoming a Initiate. When you become an Initiate you start expressing pure will. At this point in your evolution, you will not do anything that you feel is against the Will of God. There is no doctrine, no dogma, it is pure intuition.
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We celebrate full moon festivals to adjust and tune ourselves with incoming energies. If aspirants and disciples observe these cycles, their progress will be easier. Our evolution is actually not based on accumulated knowledge, but on the reception and assimilation of energies and the actualization of those energies.

It is during the full moon gatherings that we can create group magnetism. When we are together with one intent, one focus, in silence and in tune with these Cosmic energies, we create a magnetic field. This magnetic field slowly attracts the energies and fills the centers in our aura, which gradually affects the lives of aspirants and disciples, and ultimately the life of humanity. The effect is not immediate, but when we contact the will energy radiating from the Sun via the zodiacal energies our aura slowly receives them. As time passes, our aura assimilates these energies, which then go to the etheric centers. The centers then transmit the energies to the glands, which in turn transmit the energies into our organs and physical body. In this process, the energies of willpower become actualized or expressed to some degree.

It is during the full moon days where we can energize our whole system. The full moon days are seven days, (three days prior to the day of contact, the day of contact, and the three days following the day of contact. ) This is a time where we can pull ourselves together into our inner center – into our Core. It is a very healing process. Whenever we are centered within ourselves, we can heal ourselves. Like I said, we can energize our whole system. But we must not be scattered or we will leak energy and thus leak the concentration of our consciousness.

With beauty,

Joleen

 

THE VALUE OF DIFFICULTIES

Helena Roerich

Dear Friends,

The above photo is that of Helena Roerich, founder of the Agni Yoga Society and known as the Mother of Agni Yoga. It was the result of her relationship with the Master that we now have the most beautiful Teachings found within the series of books of Agni Yoga.

The following quotes were selected from some of the series and posted here as well as in the publication Meditation Monthly International in the Oct/Nov 2015 issue. These quotes were selected to remind all students on the spiritual path of the value of difficulties.

Love,

Joleen

The fire of Agni

Agni Yoga, 1929

 Agni Yoga, 312. One must distinguish between objective difficulties and those caused by lack of skill. Objective difficulties are caused by external obstacles on the higher path, but lack of skill results from one’s own mental blindness.

Agni Yoga, 403. It is essential not to mislead newcomers into thinking that the Teaching of Agni Yoga is easy. Truly, it is not easy, for there is much tension and danger in it. No one should be seduced by the idea of honeyed ease. Gaining mastery of the fires is a slow process. Premature and hasty steps threaten the striving one with conflagration. What seemed to be a high achievement is later seen as low, when one is on the next step…. Around an Agni Yogi you will always find construction, whose very difficulties are stepping stones in the overcoming of imperfection. Manifestations of Light are not easy to achieve, but then the Fire of Space illumines the far-off worlds.

Do not bring weak ones near, for they cannot hold on to the treasure. It is better to entrust the task only to those few who will be able to make right decisions for correct action. They will learn to love the difficulties and will not betray.

Agni Yoga, 444. Are not the difficulties that arise preferable to dead silence? Is not the whirlwind the product of motion? The teaching about the overcoming of difficulties is the teaching about the striving toward good.

Hierarchy, 1931

 Hierarchy, 77. Each step requires new circumstances. Each new step brings its affirmed power. Therefore in the midst of the difficult time, a mighty step in conformity with the difficulties is being laid. Hence the creative activity of Our co-workers will bring the manifestation of success when thoughts shall be affirmed upon the might of the future. Thus We build a wondrous step! Thus We build amidst the dissolution of the countries! Thus Our Power enters into life! The manifestation of a new step is so close, but the world decides its fate.

Hierarchy, 112. After having chosen the Lord and the Guru, no retreat is possible. The path lies only onward, and sooner or later with ease or difficulties you will come to the Teacher. When the black ones surround you and close their circle, there will remain only the path upward to the Lord. Then you will feel that the Lord is somewhere not far off and that the silver thread is above you. You have but to stretch out your hand! We can meet without the help of the black ones, but more often only he who is pressed from all sides reaches out to the silver thread, and only in distress does he learn the language of the heart. One should feel the Lord and the Guru in the heart.

Hierarchy, 202. It is premised that around good deeds difficulties always arise. What does this prove? Does it prove the weakness of Light and the power of darkness? Let us remember, however, that with developed vision many things are perceived. Similarly, a refined spirit perceives much that is inaccessible to deadened senses. Besides, are we not in need of a counteracting force in order to become accustomed to withstanding the unmanifested elements? This benevolent force of resistance is apprehended only in action and is accumulated as an armor of the spirit. Can one complain about the development of resistance to evil? No, certainly not-this armor of the spirit is not only a defense it is also a magnet which attracts allies. Therefore, bless everything that develops counteraction and resistance to evil.

 
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Hierarchy, 392. The Teacher is glad to see how you become accustomed to understanding the possibility of difficulties. One should become accustomed to this blessed realization. It is one of the first conditions of adherence to the Hierarchy.

Fiery World I, 1933

Fiery World I, 457. There is a parable about the trial by difficulties, in which it is shown that people always try to choose the easiest way, whereas that which seems easiest turns out to be the most difficult. Examples both amusing and tragic can be cited. It is justly pointed out that the cleverest person may enumerate to himself all the details of an easy achievement, but forget just the one which turns out to be the most difficult. By body alone we cannot escape fire and water. One should remember about flaming thought.

Fiery World I, 607. Also let us rejoice at such a path. Let the thought about transformation of the heart be a source of joy. Many sorrows and difficulties come from egoism. Many horrors arise from egoism. Many obstacles originate in egoism. One should cease to think about limitations. Since the fiery seed is bestowed, one should rejoice that we carry so great a pearl because of the trust of Hierarchy itself.

Fiery World I, 663. How can one attain success? Remember, through joy—not through despair, but joy. Do not for an instant believe that We ponder the probability or improbability of success. The thought is, Does your joy suffice to quicken the ascent? We always counsel joy. It is necessary to realize and remember that you have succeeded when you rejoiced. Certainly this is not the frisking of a calf on the meadow, but the creative joy which transforms all difficulties. The play of the Mother of the World is in joy. She enfolds the enlightened ones in Her veil of joy. Rejoice amidst flowers; and in the midst of snow—equally redolent—also rejoice!

Fiery World II, 1934

 Fiery World II, 191. On entrance into the monastic life all difficulties of such a path were usually pointed out. Some would say-all is easy; others would warn-all is difficult. To people with fiery heart one may say-all is easy; but for the ordinary consciousness it is better to caution-all is difficult. If someone takes to flight at a single warning about difficulties, then he, all else being equal, is unfit for persistent labor. One should not gather together people who are obviously unfit. Fear of labor is already a treason.

Fiery World III, 1935

 Fiery World III, 37. The achievement of the spirit consists in that amidst earthly difficulties and struggles the spirit develops the higher striving. The spirit cannot become affirmed amidst conditions of well-being or abundance. Therefore the co-workers can prove the strength of their spirit and striving amidst daily labors and difficulties. How could one attain the highest state, attain refinement of consciousness, without spiritual labor? So many blessed cares are on the path of purification of consciousness! Each action which rends the spirit from earthly desires is a higher affirmation. The path to the Fiery World leads through the labors of spirit, through earthly privations; and highest achievements come through departure from earthly manifestations in quest of the higher ones. Thus, when it is said, �the achievement of spirit will be with those who have known the struggle and search for knowledge,� it means this will be a fiery attainment. Thus let us remember upon the path to the Fiery World.

Fiery World III, 39. The essence of fiery advancement comes from various affirmations of spirit. The chief factor will be the development of self-activity. In self-activity will be contained love for Hierarchy; in it will be contained a feeling of responsibility and a true understanding of Service. Thus when we speak of self-activity, one should understand that it includes all qualities of higher affirmation. When a co-worker takes upon himself the development of self-activity, his field of action becomes unlimited. Hierarchy becomes the fiery impetus of all his actions. No attacks, near or far, are frightening to the co-worker, because he knows fiery service. Therefore it is so important to purify one’s consciousness from selfhood. But the co-worker must be prepared to accept all difficulties, knowing that Service to Hierarchy is the highest attainment.

Fiery World III, 94. The abyss may be conquered by different paths. Courage in the face of the unfolding abyss is attained precisely when the spirit places everything at stake. It is correct that the spirit can be tempered only in life. The overcoming of life’s difficulties will bring the spirit its spark. Spiritual conquests are so difficult. The physical body endures privations in self-satisfaction, but the spirit conquers difficulties. And the fiery spiritual strife can uplift to a great height. Thus, let us aspire to spiritual difficulties. The abyss can unfold itself before the heart. Thus it seems that the path of life proceeds inexorably; but the heart which realizes the abyss is also conscious of the Light. For, when a final boundary has been manifested it is possible to unroll a Fiery Infinity. Only in complete striving can the spirit unfold its wings. On the path to the Fiery World one must be imbued with fearlessness before the abyss. The winged spirit knows this joy of attainment.

If you have any questions or comments about the quoted material, please post them here and we will all respond.

With love,

Joleen

 

 

The Spiritual Process of Change

Blessed Soul - N.K. Roerich

You can be a traveler of the spiritual path from childhood to adulthood, yet still not undergo the process of spiritual change. Change requires transmutation and transformation; it requires from most of us, courage to change.

In the Agni Yoga Series there are several references to the affects that an Agni Yogi experiences as he travels the path of Transformation. A Great One indicates that as a Yogi undergoes the spiritual process of change his or her health will be affected. Reading the pages on Helena Roerich’s fiery experiences from At the Threshold of the New World by Helena Roerich can substantiate this statement.

Mulla NasrudinIn the book Agni Yoga, verse 201, it says: “There exists the false impression that a yogi possesses unfailing health in the usual sense. But can one fashion a sensitive instrument out of a log? Does not the value of the strings of the vina [a kind of guitar used in India and Tibet] lie in their response to the finest intervals of tone? Equally resonant is the sensitive apparatus of the yogi. Indeed, to him alone are known the indescribable fleeting pains which, like the tuning of the strings of the vina, transform his being.”

“One can understand that We shall not stress any lack of danger on the path of Yoga. How can one avoid pain during the regeneration of the centers?”

“All the usual nomenclature for these pains is useless, so long as science will not hasten to understand the significance of psychic energy or spirituality. The farther removed is the understanding from the danger of Yoga, the farther is man from unity with the Highest Consciousness. For this, casual flights of consciousness are not valuable. What is needed is the incessant song of soaring. The vina does not always ring out, but its intonation is always harmonious.

“Those who seek Yoga for robust health had better partake of a glass of wine and discuss lofty ideas without applying them to life. For the health of a yogi flutters like the wings of a soaring eagle. The eye of the yogi sees like the eagle eye, which you know. The calm of the yogi is like the tension of an ocean wave.”

Regeneration of the Centers:

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As you study the subject of Centers in the Teachings you soon learn about the human constitution and its centers. The centers in the human constitution are called:

-the base of the spine,

-the sacral and spleen centers,

-the solar plexus center,

-the heart and throat centers,

-the ajna center (pituitary gland) and the

-head center (pineal gland)

These centers are found in the etheric body of the human constitution with their corresponding glands found in the physical body. These centers are also found in the astral body and mental body, but of a more refined substance.

The regeneration of the centers requires transmutation and transformation, thereby creating spiritual change.

Regeneration of these Centers requires an exchange of energy and force from the higher ethers into the lower, bringing down the more refined substance of the higher ethers into the more coarse lower physical/etheric planes and centers.

The higher Cosmic Ethers are extremely beautiful and imbued with the fire of Space. Eventually the Agni Yogi will draw these higher energies into his lower nature causing spiritual change.

The first step is transmutation. Transmutation occurs when the energies come from higher substance into your lower centers in the etheric body of the human constitution and begin to transform the nature of those centers. This process of transformation begins to reflect itself truer to the nature of your Divine Archetype, or Monad.

The next major stage of spiritual change is called transfiguration, where the higher Cosmic Ethers replace your lower ethers. The “atoms of your lower ethers then enter into your physical body and are assimilated, making your physical body more ethereal.

When this stage of spiritual change occurs your become:

-Sensitive to light
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-Sensitive to sound

-Sensitive to fragrance,

-Sensitive to the needs of others

-Sensitive to Hierarchy and later to Shambhala and so on.

aura 04What are the higher ethers? The Intuitional Plane, Atmic Plane, Monadic Plane and Divine Plane. The lower ether is the substance from which our physical body is made.

The four Cosmic Ethers are beyond the consciousness of most people, for they are beyond the mental body; none the less, some people have an awareness of the higher ethers, by our studies and sometimes at certain moment of influence through the help of the Solar Angel, contact with the Master or in advanced stages of meditation.

Transmutation first requires purification of the physical, emotional and lower mental bodies, through the elimination of glamors and illusions. It also requires bringing more of the substance of the 4th Cosmic Ether, or Intuitional substance into the lower ethers, igniting the lower ethers with the higher fire.

When approximately 50 percent of your lower etheric body is changed by way of the substance of the 4th Cosmic Ether, you release yourself from the control of the four centers on the 4th level of the astral plane. When you continue to exchange more of the lower etheric substance with the substance of the Intuitional Plane, you will then release yourself from the control of the four centers of the mental plane, liberating your consciousness, or enabling your consciousness to finally function in the higher mental plane, or enabling you to function in the causal body.

At this stage of spiritual change you are now liberated from the control of the personality vehicles.

It is at the stage of Transfiguration, or the Third Initiation where you can now fully escape the limitations of the lower ethers and function on the higher mental planes.

aura 03The etheric body is the vehicle of prana and the prototype of the physical body. The etheric body is a most important protective substance to the human constitution and person, helping to prevent premature contact with the higher fires along the spine and the various planes, although that protective mechanism can be violated with wrong exercises, such a kundalini exercises, prolonged chanting and prolonged or wrong meditation, as well as abuse of drugs and alcohol.

The substance of the higher ethers can replace the substance of the lower ether, safely, only through self-discipline, mind control, purification of the physical, emotional and mental bodies, dedicated and sacrificial service and joy.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED?

Our etheric body is exactly like our physical body. Take a look at your physical body…is there anything in your body that has been used destructively? Wrong thinking? Excessive sex? Unhealthy sexual relations? Rotten thinking, depressions, and so forth? Irritation, imperil?

The etheric body too has its “crystallized patches, distortions and rotten spots.”[1]

All these things must first be repaired and then thrown out so that the higher ethers can increase in your lower bodies and replace the discarded parts.

Thoughtfully,

Joleen DuBois

http://www.wmea-world.org

 

 

[1] Torkom Saraydarian, Transformation, p. 106, © 2000