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| A Treatise on White Magic - Rule Five - Heart, Throat and Eye |
| 2. The second fact to bear in mind is that as these changes
and reorientations take place, the disciple begins to awaken psychologically to new
states of consciousness, [193] to new states of existence, and to new states of being. It
will be apparent therefore how necessary it is to go slowly in these matters, so that the
mental apprehension and ability to reason logically and sanely may parallel the growth of
the intuition and of spiritual perception. Many schools are simply forcing schools,
prematurely developing the higher faculties and leading the aspirant (if I might express
it in mystical language) directly out of the realm of feeling and of desire into that of
the intuition, but leaving the intellectual faculties and the mental apparatus totally
undeveloped and latent. When this is the case then - again speaking mystically - an hiatus
or a gap occurs, in part of the equipment which the soul must perforce use in the three
worlds of its endeavor. The interpreting, organizing, understanding mind is unable to play
its part. Where there is lack of understanding and of mental ability, there is danger of
misapprehension, of credulity and of wrong interpretation of the phenomena of other states
of being. A sense of values will be lacking, and the aspirant will over-estimate the
non-essentials and fail to grasp the value of the spiritual realities. Energy may pour into the force centers in these cases, but because there is no directing intelligence it will run riot and we then have those sad cases which strew the path of occult endeavor and have brought the work of the Lodge into disrepute - cases of over-emphasized personalities, of superstitious devotees, of credulous followers of leaders, of fanatical unbalanced idealists, and of those warped minds which arrogate to themselves powers which are not theirs. Men and women become swayed by astralism and wander in the vale of illusion regarding themselves as different from other men, placing themselves upon a pedestal far above average humanity. They fall consciously into the sin of separateness. Add to the above category, the cases of sex perversion, [194] brought about by over-stimulation of the sacral center, the cases of neuroticism and over-sensitivity and emotionalism, brought about by the premature vitalization of the solar plexus center, and lastly the cases of insanity, brought about by over-stimulation of the brain cells through unwise meditation work, and it will become increasingly clear why it is deemed necessary to proceed slowly and to develop the mental processes as well as the spiritual nature. The average student starts with the knowledge that he has centers, and with a desire for purity of character. He is assured by those who know that, as he strives, meditates, studies and serves, certain changes will take place within him, and that there will arise from the depths of his being, an awakening which will be dynamic. He is told that there will follow a breathing forth, a stirring and a vitalizing which will bring his subjective spiritual life into prominence. This subjective life expresses itself as spiritual energy, through the medium of the energy or vital body and the energy thus expressed will change his life focus and interests, and produce a magnetic and dynamic effect which will attract and lift humanity. This energy is sevenfold in nature and utilizes seven focal points in the etheric body as its agents. |
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