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What of this lower light? The student should remember that for the present purposes
he has threebodies of light to consider:
There is the
radiant body of the soul itself
, found on its own plane, and called, frequently,the Karana Sarira or the causal body.There is the
vital or etheric body, the vehicle of prana
which is the body of golden light,or rather the flame coloured vehicle.There is the
body of "dark light
", which is the occult way of referring to the hidden light of the physical body, and to the
light latent in the atom itself.
These
three types of energy are referred to
in the Old Commentary under the followingsymbolic terms:"When the
radiant light of the Solar Angel is fused with the golden light
of thecosmic intermediary, it awakens from darkness the rush light of anu, the speck."The "
cosmic intermediary" is the term given to the etheric body
, which is part and parcel of the universal ether. It is through the etheric body that all the energies flow, whether emanating from the soul, or from the sun, or from a planet. Along those living lines of fiery essence pass all the contacts that do not emanate specifically from the tangible world.The
dark light of the tiny atoms of which the physical vehicle
is constructed isresponsive to the stimulation passing down from the soul into its vehicle, and, when the man is under control of the soul, there eventuates the
shining forth of the light throughout the body
.This [Page 106] shows as the radiance emanating from the bodies of adepts and saints, giving theeffect of bright and shining light.When the
radiant light of the soul is blended with the magnetic light of thevital body
, it stimulates the atoms of the physical body to such an extent that
each atombecomes in turn a tiny radiant centre.
This only becomes possible when the
head,heart, the solar plexus and the centre at the base of the spine are connectedin a peculiar fashion,
which is one of the
secrets of the first initiation
. When thesefour are in close cooperation the "floor of the triangle" as it is symbolically called, is prepared for themagical work. In other words—these can be enumerated as follows:a. The physical material form with its centre at the base of the spine. b. The vital body working through the heart centre where the life principle has its seat. The activitiesof the body which are due to this stimulation are carried through the circulation of the blood.c. The emotional body, working through the solar plexus centre.d. The head centre, the direct agent of the soul and its interpreter, the mind. These four are incomplete accord and alignment.When this is the case, the work of initiation and its interludes of active discipleship become possible.Before this time the work cannot proceed. This is foreshadowed in the aspirant when there is enacteda
symbolic happening in the light in the head
which is the forerunner of the later stageof initiation.
In this
stage, the soul light penetrates into the region of the pineal gland
; there it produces an irradiation of the ethers of the head, of the vital airs; this produces a stimulation of theatoms of the brain so that
their light [Page 107] is fused and blended with the othertwo, the etheric light and the soul light,
and there is then produced that
inner radiantsun
of which the aspirant becomes conscious in his physical brain experience. Frequently studentsspeak of a
diffused light or glow, this is the light of the physical plane atoms
of which the brain is composed; later they may speak of seeing what
appears to be like a sun inthe head. This is the contacting of the etheric light, plus the physical atomiclight.
Later they become aware of an
intensely bright electric light; this is the soullight, plus the etheric and the atomic.
When that is seen, they frequently become awareof a
dark centre within the radiant sun
. This is the entrance to the Path disclosed by the"shining of the light upon the door."Students must remember that it is possible to have reached a high stage of spiritual consciousnesswithout seeing any of this brain radiance. This is altogether in the nature of phenomena, and is largelydetermined by the calibre of the physical body, by past karma and achievement, and by the ability of the aspirant to bring down "power from on high", and to hold that energy steady in the brain centrewhilst he himself in meditation is detached from the form aspect, and can look serenely at it.When this has been accomplished (and it is not an objective to be worked for, but is simply an
indication to be registered in the consciousness and then dismissed
) theconsequent stimulation produces a reaction of the physical body. The magnetic power of the light inthe head, and the radiant force of the soul produce stimulation. The centres begin to vibrate, and their vibration awakens the atoms of the material body until eventually the powers of the vibrating etheric body have swung even the lowest centre into line with the highest. Thus the fires of the body (the sumtotal of the energy of the atoms) are swept into increased activity until such time [Page 108] as there isa
rising up the spine of that fiery energy
. This is brought about by the magnetic controlof the soul, seated "on the throne between the eyebrows".Here enters in the work of one of the means of yoga, abstraction or withdrawal. Where the
threelights are blended, where the centres are aroused and the atoms are alsovibrating, it becomes possible for the man to centre all three in the head atwill.
Then, by the act of the will and the knowledge of
certain words of Power he canenter into samadhi and be withdrawn from his body
, carrying the light with him. Inthis way the greater light (the three fused and blended) illuminates the three worlds of man'sendeavours and "the light is thrown upward" and illuminates all the spheres of man's conscious andunconscious experience. This is spoken of in the occult writings of the Masters in these words:"Then the Bull of God carries the light in his forehead, and his eye transmits the radiance; His head,with magnetic force, resembles the blazing sun, and from the lotus of the head, the path of light issues.It enters into the Greater Being, producing a living fire. The Bull of God sees the Solar Angel, andknows that Angel to be the light wherein he walks."Then the
work of the four proceeds. The four are at-one
. The Solar Angel isidentified with his instrument; the life of the sheaths is subordinated to the life of the inner divinity;the light of the sheaths is fused with the light of the soul. The
head, the heart, and the baseof the spine are geometrically aligned
and certain developments then become possible
WM 183) When a Master seeks to find those fitted to be instructed and taught by Him,
He looksfor three things first of all
. Unless these are present, no amount of devotion or aspiration, andno purity of life and mode of living suffices. It is essential that all aspirants should grasp these threefactors and so save themselves much distress of mind and wasted motion.1. The Master
looks for the light in the head.
2. He
investigates the karma of the aspirant.
3. He
notes his service in the world.
Unless there is indication that the man is what is termed
esoterically "a lighted lamp" it isuseless for the Master to waste His time.
The light in the head, when present, isindicative of:a. The functioning to a greater or less extent of the pineal gland, which is (as is well known) the seat of the soul and the organ of spiritual perception. It is in this gland that the first physiological changestake place incident upon soul contact and this contact is brought about through definite work alongmeditation lines, mind control, and the inflow of spiritual force. b. The
aligning of the man on the physical plane with his ego
, soul or higher self, onthe mental plane and the subordination of the physical plane life and nature to the impress and controlof the soul. This is covered sufficiently in the first two or three chapters of Letters on OccultMeditation and these should be studied by aspirants.c. The
downflow of force via the sutratma, magnetic cord, or thread from thesoul to the brain via the mind body.
The whole secret of spiritual vision, correct perception and right contact lies in the proper appreciation of the above statement, and therefore theYoga Sutras of Patanjali are ever the text-book of disciples, initiates and adepts, for therein are foundthose rules and methods which bring the mind under control, stabilize the astral body and so developand strengthen the thread soul that it can and does become a veritable channel of communication between the man and his ego. The light of illumination streams down into the brain cavity and throwsinto objectivity three fields of knowledge. This is often forgotten and hence the undue distress and premature interpretations of the partially illuminated disciple or probationer.The light first throws into relief and brings into the foreground of consciousness those thought-formsand entities which depict the lower life, and which (in their aggregate) form the Dweller on theThreshold.Thus the first thing of which the aspirant becomes aware is that which he knows to be undesirable andthe revelation of his own unworthiness and limitations, and the undesirable constituents of his ownaura burst on his vision. The darkness which is in him is intensified by the light which glimmersfaintly from the centre of his being and frequently he despairs of himself and descends into the depthsof depression. All mystics bear witness to this and it is a period which must be [Page 185] livedthrough until the pure light of day drives all shadows and darkness away and little by little the life is brightened and lightened until the
sun in the head is shining in all its glory.
d.
Finally, the light in the head is indicative of the finding of the Path
and thereremains then for the man to study and
understand the techniques whereby the light iscentralized, intensified, entered and eventually becomes that magnetic line
(like unto a spider's thread) which can be followed back until the source of the lower manifestation isreached and the soul consciousness is entered. The above language is symbolic and yet vitally
accurate but is expressed thus in order to convey information to those who know, and protect thosewho as yet know not.(WM 213) The centre between the eyebrows, commonly called the third eye has a unique and peculiar function. As I have pointed out elsewhere, students must
not confound the pineal glandwith the third eye
. They are related, but not the same. In The Secret Doctrine they areapparently [Page 213] regarded as the same, and the casual reader can easily confound them but theyare by no means identical. This H. P. B. knew, but the apparent confusion was permitted until more of the etheric nature of forms was known. The
third eye manifests
as a result of the vibratoryinteraction
between the forces of the soul
, working through the pineal gland, and the forcesof the personality,
working through the pituitary body
. These negative and positiveforces interact, and when
potent enough produce the light in the head
. Just as the physical eye came into being in response to the light of the sun so the
spiritual eye equallycomes into being in response to the light of the spiritual sun.
As the aspirantdevelops he
becomes aware of the light
. I refer to the light in all forms, veiled by allsheaths and expressions of the divine life, and not just to the light within the aspirant himself. As hisawareness of this light increases so does the apparatus of vision develop, and the mechanism wherebyhe can see things in the spiritual light comes into being in the etheric body.(WM 215)
These three activities of the soul,
through the medium of the third eye, are thecorrespondences to the three aspects, and students would find it of interest to work these out.The
seeing of the light within all forms through the agency of the third eye
(brought into being through the realization of the light in the head, the spiritual light) is [Page 215] butthe correspondence to the physical eye, revealing forms in the
light of the physical sun
. This
corresponds to the personality
.(WM 236) 1. The soul has communicated with his instrument in the three worlds.2. The man on the physical plane recognises the contact, and the
light in the head shinesforth, sometimes recognised and sometimes unrecognised
by the aspirant.(WM 247) As every student knows, there are two centres in the head. One centre is between theeyebrows and has the pituitary body as its objective manifestation. The other is in the region at the topof the head and has the pineal gland as its concrete aspect. The pure mystic has his consciousnesscentred in the top of the head, almost entirely in the etheric body. The advanced worldly man iscentred in the pituitary region. When, through occult unfoldment and esoteric knowledge, the
relation between the personality and the soul
is established there is a
midway spotin the centre of the head in the magnetic field which is called the "light inthe head",
and it is here that the aspirant takes his stand. This is the spot of vital import. It isneither land or physical, nor water or emotional. It might be regarded as the vital or etheric bodywhich has become the field of conscious service, of directed control, and of force utilisation towardsspecific ends.(WM 423) It is therefore largely a matter of perfecting the mechanism of the brain so that it canrightly register and correctly transmit the soul impressions and the group purposes and recognitions.This involves:1. The awakening into conscious activity of the centre between the eyebrows, called by the orientalstudent, the ajna centre.
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NLP presupposes or assumes that you are in charge of your own thoughts. There are of course those who say that this isn’t true. These people tend to not be successful or satisfied with their life and fall into the category of what many people refer to as “victims”
NLP Courses and The State for Better Communication Skills
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NLP presupposes or assumes that you are in charge of your own thoughts. There are of course those who say that this isn’t true. These people tend to not be successful or satisfied with their life and fall into the category of what many people refer to as “victims”
The reason I raise this so early on in this article is because it’s important to think about who is actually in charge of your thinking processes. The reason for getting clear on this is that everything you experience in your life gets processed by the six inches of grey matter between your ears. So you might as well take control of what goes on in there. It’s far preferable to be in charge as compared to having your thinking dictated to you, by someone else.
This is one of the major NLP presuppositions which is that you are “at cause’. Now many people get kind of freaked out by this because it means they are responsible for their own life. I tend to re-frame this as they are in control of what happens to them and the quality of life they have.
So far we’ve discovered that by choosing to take responsibility for your thoughts you get more choice for the results you get from your life.
Here’s another thing. Thoughts are what you use to construct communication with. Some people say we communicate with words but that’s only part of the picture. Communication also involves something called State which is the sum total of all of your physiology and your feelings and your body posture as well as your emotions and what you are thinking. So State is a pretty big thing.
And State is a two way thing. What I mean by that is that your state affects your choice of words and the language you use when communicating. This in turn affects the sort of responses you get in reply to your words.
Here’s a simple example of that. When you are in the state called anger the words you choose and how you say them tend to be different to the ones you use when you are in the state called loving.
So your internal state affects how you communicate with the external world. This in turn affects the response you get back from the external environment which in its turn then has an affect on your internal state again.
This is why we say in NLP that managing your state is the first and most important thing for you to do when you want to communicate with someone.
This includes you because as you just noticed you react to messages you receive as well as the ones you send. So if you’re going to talk to your self you may as well be nice to yourself as it will make your whole day happier and more enjoyable.
In my NLP Courses and trainings I go into much more depth on this topic.
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NLP presupposes or assumes that you are in charge of your own thoughts. There are of course those who say that this isn’t true. These people tend to not be successful or satisfied with their life and fall into the category of what many people refer to as “victims”
NLP Courses and The State for Better Communication Skills
NLP Courses and The State for Better Communication Skills
Posted in nlp courses Communication skills training by admin on 13th Aug
NLP presupposes or assumes that you are in charge of your own thoughts. There are of course those who say that this isn’t true. These people tend to not be successful or satisfied with their life and fall into the category of what many people refer to as “victims”
The reason I raise this so early on in this article is because it’s important to think about who is actually in charge of your thinking processes. The reason for getting clear on this is that everything you experience in your life gets processed by the six inches of grey matter between your ears. So you might as well take control of what goes on in there. It’s far preferable to be in charge as compared to having your thinking dictated to you, by someone else.
This is one of the major NLP presuppositions which is that you are “at cause’. Now many people get kind of freaked out by this because it means they are responsible for their own life. I tend to re-frame this as they are in control of what happens to them and the quality of life they have.
So far we’ve discovered that by choosing to take responsibility for your thoughts you get more choice for the results you get from your life.
Here’s another thing. Thoughts are what you use to construct communication with. Some people say we communicate with words but that’s only part of the picture. Communication also involves something called State which is the sum total of all of your physiology and your feelings and your body posture as well as your emotions and what you are thinking. So State is a pretty big thing.
And State is a two way thing. What I mean by that is that your state affects your choice of words and the language you use when communicating. This in turn affects the sort of responses you get in reply to your words.
Here’s a simple example of that. When you are in the state called anger the words you choose and how you say them tend to be different to the ones you use when you are in the state called loving.
So your internal state affects how you communicate with the external world. This in turn affects the response you get back from the external environment which in its turn then has an affect on your internal state again.
This is why we say in NLP that managing your state is the first and most important thing for you to do when you want to communicate with someone.
This includes you because as you just noticed you react to messages you receive as well as the ones you send. So if you’re going to talk to your self you may as well be nice to yourself as it will make your whole day happier and more enjoyable.
In my NLP Courses and trainings I go into much more depth on this topic.
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