According to the esoteric teachings, the human race began eighteen and a half million years ago. Continue reading “The Symbolic Story of Adam and Eve”
Heightening Vibration
Q: Is being a vegetarian required to be a disciple? Does this allow eating eggs, fish, dairy products? (May 1999) Continue reading “Heightening Vibration”
EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 5 of 5)
There are higher initiations which call the Master to further effort. The Ascension, symbolized by the ascension of the Christ after His appearance before the disciples in the resurrected body of Jesus, marks the sixth initiatory experience and confers Cosmic Consciousness and total immortality of the body to the Ascended Master. Continue reading “EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 5 of 5)”
EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 3 of 5)
The “born-again” Christian groups have an inkling of the truth, in that the first initiation is the “second birth” of the Bible; but, of course, this is an experience shared by millions today, throughout the world, and not exclusive to the “born-again” Christians. Continue reading “EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 3 of 5)”
Seen from the esoteric standpoint, the gospel story is really the story of initiation, a story presented to humanity again and again, in different ways, long before Christianity. The account of the life of Jesus is the symbolic presentation, dramatically re-enacted for us, of the initiate’s journey to Perfection. Continue reading “EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 2 of 5)”
EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 1 of 5)
The evolutionary journey on which we are engaged is marked off by five major points of crisis, major expansions of consciousness, the 5 steps to Liberation and Mastery. These are the five planetary initiations which free us from further incarnational experience on this Earth. All of the Masters have taken these five initiations (some have taken further, higher initiations), and Their presence in this world is the result of a conscious decision to serve the Plan of Evolution and not from any need, through personal karma, to incarnate. Continue reading “EVOLUTION AND INITIATION ~The Gospel Story and the Path of Initiation. (part 1 of 5)”
