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Special Exercise : 3

Cave Meditation

Remember that these exercises are to be developed on your own with the aid of
your intuition. What follows is a general idea of the inner spiritual process that has
worked for me and brought me face-to-face with my ideal model so as to integrate
my conscious self into its Divine Mold, but please allow your intuition to customize
them for you. They are one way of unfolding this incredible process within you, one
that I hope will help you as much as it has helped me. Please read this entire
chapter and begin only when you are sure that you understand all the steps. If you
wish, you can tape them.

Each of the phases of this work will unfold your inner process and energize seed
ideas for your awakening and enlightenment, hence when performed in the right
frame of mind, they will develop in your psyche in a natural way. The symbols you
will be working with are universal “keys” opening to powerful subtle energies within
your being.

Exercise 3: Cave Meditation

Precede any inner work with exercises 1 and 2 as they will purify you from the
negativity and stresses that have been accumulated during your daily activities
and help you enter a higher spiritual plane.

When you are ready, invite your intuition to accompany you on your inner journey.
If you wish, you can ask your intuition to take a special symbolic “form” for you,
allowing your intuition to choose how it wants to appear for you. Always accept the
first impression that comes.

1 - Together, see yourselves enter a dark cave. Make the cave as real as you can,
and, like a hermit, put yourself in this atmosphere for a while. In this dark and
humid place, reflect on your life, on who you think you are, and what you have
done with your life.

2 - Look at the events in your life and relive the most important. Watch them play
out as if you were viewing yourself in a movie, observing from your impersonal
center of being, the ego patterns that you have created. At all times during your
introspection, remember to remain in touch with the center of pure consciousness
and from that neutral point, reflect on the qualities that you have developed and
come to know well. Rekindle your goals and aspirations. Let your guide be the
witness of your reflections and if you feel that you need its assistance, ask for it.
You will find this period of self-discovery rewarding because it will bring up
forgotten memories that need to be consciously discarded.
3 - Try to spend time in your cave everyday, in the morning and at night before
going to sleep. Do not attempt to fantasize or imagine things happening around
you. Try to remain calm and meditative even in your visualization. You create the
atmosphere within yourself to invite the impulses coming from your soul to assist
you in this inner process. This inner space allows you to let go of everything you
no longer need. You are learning to get in touch with the energy of the archetypal
Hermit, which means that you are letting go of all the illusions of the world and
entering a place within you where your inner desire for purification will unfold.
Hence your intent has to be real and powerful.

This is personal work and you will need to create this astral place by yourself with
your thoughts and emotions. In this way, you will also create the astral body of the
Hermit, which your consciousness will inhabit whenever you are in your cave.

By doing this kind of inner work, you are assisting your soul in pouring into your
psyche the qualities and power needed to unfold higher levels of consciousness.
You are also helping yourself to understand better the mystery of who you really
are.

4- Try exercise 3 for at least a week, and when you feel ready, move on to exercise

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Special Exercise : 4

Creating Your Sacred Cell

Always precede exercise 4 by exercises 1 and 2.

When you feel ready, visualize that the room around you is dissolving completely
in an ocean of high spiritual vibrations. Let the waves of energy of your imagination
transport you far away, say, to the top of a sacred mountain.

Within yourself, unfold the energetic qualities of the Hermit, a seeker of solitude
and rest from the turmoil of the world. Look around you and sense that you are a
lone traveler, seeking to find refuge. Try to get in touch with the feeling of being a
traveler who needs to create a sacred space. Your intuition will guide your search,
and find the perfect spot for you. As always, accept the first impression that you
receive.

The place your intuition finds for you will be rooted in your ethereal and mystical
heart and will be your axial pole, the pillar of consciousness and your point of
contact, which will harmonize all the magnetic energies among your subtle bodies.
This place will be a consecrated and most holy inner space, where the energies of
the earth and sky will meet, where the temporal and transient part of your life will
blend and transmute into the infinity of Pure Being.

Let your intuition guide you in the construction of your holy place, the place you will
come to pray, meditate, contemplate, reflect and receive intuitive impulses from
the higher realms. It will be the place where you will make contact and commune
with your soul and higher intelligences. After finding the right place to construct
your Sacred Cell, in your mind’s eye, make your holy place as simple as possible,
putting in only what you really need, such as a bed, a chair, a table, a candle, a
few books and a small window. The atmosphere that you create within your cell is
vital, as its atmosphere will resonate in your mystical heart and consciousness. It
will also prepare you for the process that will put you in touch with your spiritual
DNA.

Visualize light creating your Sacred Cell. It takes form as you watch, and as you
begin to experience the creation of your cell within your being, feel its vibrations
blending softly with the light in your aura, energizing your whole being with its
blazing light.

Once you have successfully created your Sacred Cell, you can project yourself in
this holy place whenever you feel like it. It is a special space within you where you
will receive and exchange sacred knowledge and commune with the Masters of
Wisdom, each of whom represents a sacred mold, a characteristic type of spiritual
DNA. By visiting often this sacred place, you will become a consecrated being, and
come to realize that a silent presence resides behind your ego presence — your
Perfect Model, the mold that you will, in time, penetrate. The Perfect Mold is also
called robe of glory and the body of light.

After you have constructed your Sacred Cell and you feel in harmony in it, move
on to exercise 5.

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Special Exercise : 5

Manifesting Your Inner Guide

Precede exercise 5 by exercises 1 and 2.

Enter your Sacred Cell in your usual way and light one or more candles
that are on your table. Sit on your chair and close your eyes.

Repeat the breathing exercise so as to relax you even more, and then
ask your inner self or guide to manifest in front of you and appear in your
cell. Your inner guide can take any shape—the ways it can manifest for
you are explained in this book. Remember that whatever shape it takes, it
will be a projection and an extension of your soul, and this will depend on
the level of your attunement with it on the inner planes. Always accept
and trust the first impression that you receive.

Every time you visit your Sacred Cell, you may call upon your inner
guide, and sometimes, it may have a different appearance, aspect or
quality representing your soul. Pay attention to this because your inner
guide is the invisible presence of your Pure Being, veiled behind the
symbolic expression that you see in your cell. Come to know your inner
guide well, and have intimate conversations and confessions. It is
important to develop a closer relationship with your inner guide because,
with time, it will help you unfold a mysterious inner process that will open
for you the path of your awakening to higher dimensions of yourself. This
inner process will give you insights into sacred primordial knowledge and
wisdom that are engraved in your soul.

Take notes in your diary of your experiences and impressions, and record
the intuitions, feelings and thoughts that you receive from the inner
planes.

· When you feel ready, go on to exercise 6.

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Special Exercise : 6

Attuning to Your Soul or Pure Being (Harmonizing Your Psychic


Centers)

Precede this exercise by exercises 1 and 2.

Within your Sacred Cell, stand erect, arms at your sides, eyes closed.
Relax and breathe gently, deeply and slowly. Imagine that a glowing
sphere of the purest white light hovers above your head (crown chakra).
The distance between you and the sphere may vary, but accept the
distance that feels right for you. For a few minutes, feel the sphere’s
warmth and dazzling rays surrounding the top of your head, until you
really feel immersed by its rays.

Now see the sphere of light moving down to the region of your third
eye center, between your eyebrows. Imagine the sphere moving into it.
Take a few deep breaths, keeping your attention on the sphere and feel
its energy expanding more and more around your head.
Now see the sphere moving down to your throat chakra. Again, see it
gradually expanding, as the purest light emanates from your throat.
Breathe slowly in and out a few times, keeping your attention on this light.
See its rays illuminating the whole area around it.

When you are ready, visualize the dazzling sphere moving down to
your heart chakra. Take a few deep breaths, and keep your attention on it
as you feel its energy expanding more and more in your chest.

Next, bring your attention to your solar plexus, and visualize the sphere
moving down to the area of your abdomen. Once more, take a few deep
breaths and focus on the light glowing from that place. Feel the energy
expanding gently from that area, healing, discarding, purifying, ever-
expanding, bringing vitality and goodness all around it.

Visualize now the sphere moving to your pelvic area, and take a few
deep breaths, focusing on the power of the sphere in this area. Feel the
energy expanding gently from your pelvic region, discarding, healing,
purifying and expanding vitality and life force.

Finally, visualize the pure light moving down to your feet. See the brilliant
glowing light around your feet. Take a few deep breaths into that region.
As you inhale, imagine that this is your grounding place, your soul’s point
of contact with the earth.

Having stimulated all the spiritual energies within your subtle bodies, feel
that all the projected lights of your soul are resonating in harmony with
each other. Take some time to experience the ethereal qualities that are
pouring into your being. Let them be activated and energized in all your
etheric and astral bodies. Let them vibrate in unison and harmony.

When this happens, it means that you, as a being of light, are attuned
and resonating with the vibrations of your soul’s sacred number. Your
whole body is glowing and resonating with the intent and goal of your
soul. Inhale deeply, holding the image of your mystical attunement with
your soul and, as you exhale, imagine the energy of your soul flowing in
and around you. Now focus your attention on the rays of light radiating
and penetrating your entire body, from the top of your head to the soles
of your feet

Breathe deeply a few more times, imagining that the pure light energy of
your soul is flowing all around your aura. Make it circulate and flow
clockwise, forming a sphere around you. Let the pure energy flowing in
the sphere penetrate through the pores of your skin, let the ethereal
energy of your soul immerse you from the top of your head to the soles of
your feet. Remain, empty, calm and relaxed.

If you can lie down, try to take a nap and be open to receive visions and
lucid dreams. It would be better, however, if you could journal this
exercise before going to sleep, as it will unfold a higher aspect of
consciousness during sleep.

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Special Exercise : 5

Manifesting Your Inner Guide

Precede exercise 5 by exercises 1 and 2.

Enter your Sacred Cell in your usual way and light one or more candles
that are on your table. Sit on your chair and close your eyes.

Repeat the breathing exercise so as to relax you even more, and then
ask your inner self or guide to manifest in front of you and appear in your
cell. Your inner guide can take any shape—the ways it can manifest for
you are explained in this book. Remember that whatever shape it takes, it
will be a projection and an extension of your soul, and this will depend on
the level of your attunement with it on the inner planes. Always accept
and trust the first impression that you receive.

Every time you visit your Sacred Cell, you may call upon your inner
guide, and sometimes, it may have a different appearance, aspect or
quality representing your soul. Pay attention to this because your inner
guide is the invisible presence of your Pure Being, veiled behind the
symbolic expression that you see in your cell. Come to know your inner
guide well, and have intimate conversations and confessions. It is
important to develop a closer relationship with your inner guide because,
with time, it will help you unfold a mysterious inner process that will open
for you the path of your awakening to higher dimensions of yourself. This
inner process will give you insights into sacred primordial knowledge and
wisdom that are engraved in your soul.

Take notes in your diary of your experiences and impressions, and record
the intuitions, feelings and thoughts that you receive from the inner
planes.

· When you feel ready, go on to exercise 6.


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Special Exercise : 5

Manifesting Your Inner Guide

Precede exercise 5 by exercises 1 and 2.

Enter your Sacred Cell in your usual way and light one or more candles
that are on your table. Sit on your chair and close your eyes.

Repeat the breathing exercise so as to relax you even more, and then
ask your inner self or guide to manifest in front of you and appear in your
cell. Your inner guide can take any shape—the ways it can manifest for
you are explained in this book. Remember that whatever shape it takes, it
will be a projection and an extension of your soul, and this will depend on
the level of your attunement with it on the inner planes. Always accept
and trust the first impression that you receive.

Every time you visit your Sacred Cell, you may call upon your inner
guide, and sometimes, it may have a different appearance, aspect or
quality representing your soul. Pay attention to this because your inner
guide is the invisible presence of your Pure Being, veiled behind the
symbolic expression that you see in your cell. Come to know your inner
guide well, and have intimate conversations and confessions. It is
important to develop a closer relationship with your inner guide because,
with time, it will help you unfold a mysterious inner process that will open
for you the path of your awakening to higher dimensions of yourself. This
inner process will give you insights into sacred primordial knowledge and
wisdom that are engraved in your soul.

Take notes in your diary of your experiences and impressions, and record
the intuitions, feelings and thoughts that you receive from the inner
planes.

· When you feel ready, go on to exercise 6.

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Special Exercise : 9

The Flame and The Divine Mold

Precede this exercise by exercises 1 and 2.

The following exercise should be done in the Temple of Light.


Enter your Sacred Cell in the Temple of Light. Imagine a burning flame, dancing,
drawing ever-changing designs in the air. Look into it as it moves, and try to
experience its fiery quality. As you visualize this flame, think about fire and its
manifestations in the psyche: personal warmth and radiance, flaming love or joy,
fiery enthusiasm, ardor.

With the flame in front of your inner eye, slowly imagine that the fire is animating
you and purifying your aura. Then become that flame and let yourself transform
the fire into a pure dazzling light within you. You are embodied by light; the light of
your soul has become that light. Feel it transforming your whole being. You have
entered into your Divine Mold. Rest in it for a while and enjoy the experience.

Journal your experiences and impressions, amplifying on the impressions and


intuitions received, and your feelings, insights, thoughts and dreams, for they are
the result of your contact with the inner planes.

Do this exercise two to three times a week, remembering that while you do it, you
are also attuning to the spiritual dimension of your being.

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Your Divine Perfect Model

Explanations

If you have followed the instructions and have done all the previous
meditations with the right intentions and a pure heart, you will then be
magnetically attracted to your Divine Perfect Model that is now resonating
in you. This will happen because you have entered its Perfect Mold and
have energized its sacred number.

This part of your mystical work will rest on synchronistic happenings in


your life, and you will be given, from within the inner planes and the
physical plane, an image and a semblance of your Perfect Model. What is
imprinted in your Perfect Mold will appear in your life and together, you
will vibrate and unfold within yourself the inner qualities that belong to it.
And as a Server of Light, you will, like many others, be one of the
expressions manifesting your Perfect Model. And like them, you will also
have a duty to serve and awaken other self-conscious beings, helping
them to activate their own Perfect Mold and Perfect Model.

This part of the work is personal and silent. By now, will have been given
ample personal proof of what happens during your spiritual awakening
process. This inner work will have also taught you that you are never
alone, that you are really guided by the invisible hand of your soul, your
permanent witness
For more details on the Permanent Witness and the Spiritual Witness, see the
articles in the “Mystery of Man” series.

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Special Exercise : 10.B

Your Divine Perfect Model

This is part two of the transformation of the Chalice into a Grail cup. The symbols include:

A Grail cup
A Cross with four equal branched
Four equilateral triangles
Color brilliant gold

This diagram, which also serves as a mandala, is offered to be meditated upon. We see
here the Chalice transformed into a Grail Cup, which remains the same purified vessel
made of the purest gold. However the four tridents of our previous mandala have
transformed into four equidistant and equilateral branches forming a cross. This new
symbol represents the achieved wholeness in a seeker, and portrays what happens after
the four elements (fire, water, air and earth) within a seeker’s subtle and physical bodies
have been purified and transmuted from within the perfect Mold and transformed into the
Perfect Model. Hence, this diagram depicts the integration and manifestation of the
Perfect Model in the seeker’s everyday awareness. However, because the seeker’s
physical senses can never handle or see this holy and sacred Grail, it will always remain
an ethereal, evanescent and immaterial substance within the seeker’s Pure Being or soul
entity. Nonetheless, this blessed substance will always remain anchored in his/her Perfect
Model and therefore will transmit to the seeker’s abstract mind (or intelligence of the heart)
all the divine and holy emanations and impulsion that it needs.

An equilateral cross, the major channel of communication, represents the Son of Man, the
sign of the seeker’s awakened Perfect Model. It is not a Christian symbol. The four
branches or arms of the cross meet at the center of the Grail, bringing and achieving the
necessary balance and equilibrium between all the planes and subtle bodies within a
seeker.

The central point is an invisible one that remains unmanifested on the axial pole of the
world axis. Hence it prevails as the non-material center of the Grail. It also represents the
non-material core of Pure Being, or the Absolute Consciousness or Divine Void within
each one of us. This center is where the Invisible Presence of the Divine Face abides
unmanifested unchanged and immovable forever, and yet its divine semblance and
reflection are activated and energized within each Perfect Model.

The central vertical branch represents the world axis harmoniously blended within the
ascending world axis in the seeker. It shows also that the earth element, the Malkuth (the
tenth Sephiroth in Qabalistic symbology), arises and soars towards the Unknown God or
Absolute Being through the vertical arm of the cross, which is also the middle Pillar of
Consciousness. That is why this vertical arm of the cross becomes also the base on which
the Grail stands firmly on the ground. This base is formed by a triangle with its apex facing
upwards and represents two things:

• The seeker’s consciousness has been transformed and spiritualized, so that


the self-consciousness of the ego ascends gradually from its physical and
material world surroundings into to the realm of Cosmic Consciousness.
The vertical arm of the cross shows us that consciousness of the self can
open up and become one with Cosmic or Christ Consciousness, since they
both belong to the same axis.
• The Chalice and the Grail both stand firm on a same triangle representing not
just matter but redeemed matter. Therefore both holy vessels are well-
grounded within the axis of consciousness, which allows this sacred work to
begin in earnest. Thus, we could intuitively say that when the hindrances
and limitations of the ego disappear, the vertical axis opens its horizontal
arms to form a divine cross.

The horizontal arms of this cross represent consciousness stretching itself outwardly in
ordinary consciousness to encompass the whole world of creation. And, when both
vertical and horizontal arms of the cross meet in the center of the Grail, their meeting point
enlightens and illuminates Cosmic or Christ Consciousness in ordinary self-
consciousness.

The Presence of our Soul Entity or pure Being resides in the hidden center of the cross
and this same Presence of pure Being resides in the mystical heart of a seeker, whose
heart is continuously nourished and filled with the elixir and nectar contained in the holy
Grail.
In spiritual alchemy, this inner work is called “the Work of the Sun.” In Kabbalah, the Grail
is the center of Tiphereth on the Tree of Life, which is why it is made of the purest gold.
The triangle that forms the base of the Grail Cup is an equilateral triangle representing the
element of fire, the fire of Kundalini rising, purifying and transforming the heart and psyche
in a seeker. From there, it rises up towards the crown chakra.

The cross, too, is made of the element of “fire,” the fire that purifies and unifies the
different aspects within a seeker. This ”fiery” cross has been created and manifested with
the essence and substance of the Grail itself. However, this “fiery” cross appears only
after the purifications and initiations are first completed in the sacred Chalice and its fiery
“tridents” have done their mystical work (see first Chalice diagram). The “fiery” cross on
this diagram is made of the purest gold, which represents symbolically perfected matter
and the fiery substance of the cross, transformed into the purest Light of Being.

The above offers just a few hints to help you in your mystical work. Please remain open to
any other intuitive revelations that come.

The Process

• Meditate on the sacred Grail Cup.

After having done all the exercises and the work with the previous Chalice, meditate and
reflect on the Grail in this section.

I recommend drawing and coloring the diagram yourself (using thick paper) so
that it manifests and unfolds its potency and quality in your psyche. Use a brilliant
and dazzling gold color for the chalice, the four triangles and the cross. Use the
diagram as a mandala and meditate on it, as it contains the whole process of
unfolding Cosmic Consciousness. I recommend also that you sit comfortably in a
meditative position and place the diagram in front of you. Concentrate on the
diagram for a while. Then close your eyes and visualize it coming alive in your
mind’s eye. Make it vibrate with life and energy. Gradually, make it become larger
and larger and see yourself plunge into the pool of energies. Stay in that state for a
few moments and when you feel refreshed and rejuvenated, come out of your
meditation knowing that the blueprint of this sacred diagram is still working within
you. You can do this exercise as many times as you wish.

• Make notes of your reflections and contemplations.

Draw this mandala and color it so that its energy blends with yours and becomes
part of you, created and activated within your subtle bodies and place the diagram
in front of you. Concentrate on the diagram for a while. Then close your eyes and
visualize it coming alive in your mind’s eye. Make it vibrate with life and energy.
Gradually, make it become larger and larger and see yourself plunge into the pool
of energies. Stay in that state for a few moments and when you feel refreshed and
rejuvenated, come out of your meditation knowing that the blueprint of this sacred
diagram is still working within you. You can do this exercise as many times as you
wish.
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A Chalice shall you be, a Holy Grail


All emptied and receptive to my filling.

In the practical work that we have before us we shall regard the Grail as our receptivity to
the divine vocation that we are called to perform. In some Eastern systems of yoga a
small picture of the master or guru is visualized in the heart center. Do the same, but
instead of projecting an image become your Perfect Model and then visualize the Grail.
You may choose to visualize the one that worked for me, but it can be any other cup or
dish or any form of container that your intuition and imagination suggests.

Remember that the Perfect Model represents - the lost Heavenly Beloved - Your Divine
Self..

Visualize, the Grail, before your heart. You may well find that it tends to coalesce with
your physical heart inside your breast. You may feel your heart blazing or receive other
reactions. This is a subjective test showing you that your inner process is working and a
sign that you are unfolding the "Perfect Mold" - "your spiritual DNA" - and that you are
entering a new level of concentration and attunement with the Masters of Wisdom and the
source of Primordial Wisdom.

The building of this symbol of the Grail aligns one with the whole Eucharistic tradition,
going back to pre-Christian days of the sacrament of bread and wine. In written tradition
this goes back to the strange being Melchizedek, whose effigy is to be found in Chartres
Cathedral, to whom Christ was likened in the Epistle of the Hebrews.

This Melchizedek, King of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham
returning from the rout of the kings and blessed him; and Abraham gave
him a tithe of everything as his portion. His name, in the first place,
means "King of righteousness"; next he is king of Salem, that is, "king
of peace". He has no father, no mother, no lineage; his years have no
beginning, his life no end. He is like the Son of God; he remains a priest
for all time. Consider now how great he must be for Abraham the
patriarch to give him a tithe of the finest of the spoil. ( So far, Hebrews
Chapter 7. The original reference to Melchizedek is to be found in
Genesis 14.)

The use of this symbol of the Grail is in itself an act of consecration and one's readiness to
become aware of the Will of God or Pure Being in one's own life and destiny. In this
consecration to Destiny, one does well to realize that one is never alone, however lone or
long the furrow one has to plough may seem.

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END OF THE SACRED EXERCISES

1 – MEDITATE EVERY MORNING AND NIGHT for about 10 minutes to


be in harmony with pure consciousness.

2 – During your daily occupation and at work become the OBSERVER of


what you do and say. Remain positive – and if you have to make a
negative remark to yourself or others, try to find a positive way of doing
it.

Remember that your present thoughts have arisen dependent upon past
thoughts and desires. Your future thoughts will arise dependent upon
your present thoughts and desires. It is no good for you to worry and
think about the past or try to envisage the future. That is the way to more
suffering and unrest. You must learn to control your thoughts now. You
must bring your mind to peace tranquility now – and you will be sowing
the seeds for like thoughts in the future.

3 – This preparation is a long process - do not be impatient. By following closely


these suggestions you will come closer to your Perfect Model, Your Spiritual
"other half" - unfolding your sacred "blueprint" or "Spiritual DNA"

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A REFLECTION ON THE BUDDHA AND THE COSMIC CHRIST

And To Conclude on the Perfect Model

Our thoughts and mind cannot become a Buddha or a


Cosmic Christ

Our feelings and emotions cannot be come a Buddha or a Cosmic Christ

Our body and physical senses cannot become a Buddha or a


Cosmic Christ

Only what cannot become a Buddha or a Cosmic Christ

can become the Buddha and t he Cosmic Christ

which means that :


The Essence of the Buddha and of the Cosmic Christ can only be found
in BEING

and manifest through your Perfect Model!

It is through personal experiences that the Essence of Being-


ness unfolds its mystery!

It is hoped that these exercises and essays will help you concentrate and
unfold the awesome mystery of your own being!

END

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What is Christ Consciousness?


In the context of hermetic and metaphysical philosophy, what do we
mean by the words Cosmic Christ? In addition to this and mystically,
what does the essence of Christ represent? We have to understand that
the essence and nature of the Cosmic Christ is universal and beyond the
scope of any kind of investigation because in itself it is not and never will
be a personality, something that can be objectively proven due to the fact
that it has never been an individualized Energy. How could it be? The
Essence of the Cosmic Christ is simply the REGENERATIVE and
RECONCILING aspect of the force of pure Being and the Soul Essence
within each one of us. Hence in itself, it represents the unfolding energy
of wholeness in human nature. In other words, Christ Energy is a divine
Energy that brings and blends together the essence of Soul and Spirit
within each one of us (to use a symbolic image, we could say that Christ
Energy brings together and "marries" the Permanent and Spiritual
Witnesses within each individual – for more details on these two aspects,
please refer to the essays on "The Mystery of Man" parts:1,2,3,4 on this
website).

However, as seekers of Truth, we should make a distinction between the


Cosmic Christ and the manifestation of the force that descends and
unfolds through the channel of consciousness in an enlightened being. In
other words, we should differentiate between an individualized
expression of the Cosmic Christ and the Essence of the Cosmic Christ
itself. To facilitate our task, we could begin by asking this question. What
do we mean by an individualized expression of the Cosmic Christ? The
answer is simply that it represents an enlightened and self-realized
expression of pure Being. However, such a level of enlightenment can
only manifest in a purified and well prepared vehicle, in which
consciousness is awakened fully. By purified vehicle, we mean the
purified physical, psychic and spiritual bodies in which the energy and
characteristics of the Force of the Cosmic Christ become apparent. This
Christic Force is an active and universal power house that functions
through "human vehicles" forever. Hence, nothing gets lost, and the
vehicle and characteristics of Master Jesus still continue functioning
through all enlightened and realized human beings. The same principle
is applied to all enlightened beings. Why is this so? Simply because,
purified vehicles are all molded from one specific Perfect Mold that is at
the source of all traditions, Eastern and Western alike. It is the power
source that is inherent in Primordial Wisdom and in Nature. Thus, it is
also inherent in human nature too. However, it needs to be awakened
and activated by consciousness . For Buddhism, all seekers and disciples
of Buddha are known as having Buddha nature inherent within their
nature. In the same manner, for the hermetic and esoteric Mysteries of
the Western tradition, the essence of the Cosmic Christ is innate to all
sentient beings and part of his spiritual blueprint, or the Perfect Mold, in
the West and in the East.

However, JESUS THE CHRIST represents a perfected vehicle that has


existed, and still continues to exist eternally, since it represents one of the
perfected Expressions of Primordial Wisdom. That is why, to a Western
approach, Jesus or Jeshua represents a process of manifesting
Primordial Wisdom to a Western approach. Since, the Perfect Model and
Mold are themselves expressions of the Primordial Wisdom.
Hence, Jesus or Jeshua represent a channel and a vehicle in which a
high level of initiation takes place. He represents one of the Perfect Mold
in which the process of awakening and of enlightenment takes place. The
Perfect Mold of a Cosmic Christ or of a Buddha exists everywhere…and
remains the same, for everyone, since they are made of the same pure
essence of Primordial Wisdom and therefore, all Perfect Molds and
Models are ALIVE and ACTIVE expressions of the same unique source,
which are inherent to Pure Being.

The meaning of the Perfect Mold and Perfect Model should be


understood intuitively by the genuine seeker because these two symbolic
expressions should clarify the understanding that it is not the ego
personality and the intellect as such that choose a Perfect Model and
discovers its corresponding Perfect Mold. The Perfect Model within each
one of us is hidden within consciousness. When consciousness
"awakens" in a seeker, then the Presence of the Perfect Model appears.
It is through the purification of the psyche and the unfoldment of the inner
process that the expression of the Perfect Model becomes clearer and is
revealed.
However, we should also realize that the world of the psyche belongs to
the world of duality, since the mirror of the psyche transfers and projects,
images, ideals, intuitions, which are reflections of the Perfect Model. The
Perfect Model unfolds the process of awakening and its vehicle, the
Perfect Mold is the "ground" on which the awakening process takes
place. It is the purified psyche - the mirror of the Soul in which ideal
"images" of Heroes and Heroines can still be projected like in the time of
childhood. However, for seekers of truth, these faints projected ideal
models of heroes and heroines, of gods and goddesses are replaced by
a direct impulse coming from the Presence of pure Being. To begin with,
this new impulse appears like a divine and complementary counterpart
and gradually reveals the Presence of the Perfect Model. Until such time
that consciousness reveals that the psyche does not really exist...it was a
perfect mirror reflecting purified impulses that disappear leaving a silent
space within... a level of consciousness in which the world of duality is
non-existent and in its place appears the Presence the uncreated and
immortal Essence of Being, the "I AM" Presence and the sudden
realization that :

"I AM ... WHAT I AM"

PART II

MEANING OF THE NAME JESUS CHRIST THE NAZARENE

The word "Jesus" represents an individualized level of enlightenment and


experience. Christ, on the other hand represents an epithet, an
explanation of the quality of enlightenment reached by "Jesus". For this
reason, and in the context of Western Mysteries, "Jesus" represents the
Perfect Mold, the inner workings of the purified "Substance" and the
vehicle in which the path of AWAKENING the level of Christ
Consciousness takes place...

The word "Consciousness" (in Syriac means Messiah and in


Greek Christos means the Anointed One).

As for the word "The Nazarene", the meaning is: "He who reveals what
is hidden".

As for the word "Messiah", it has two meanings, "Christ or the


Anointed One" and "The Measured One"
"Jesus" in Hebrew means "The Redemption" and the word "Nazara"
means "The Truth". Thus, "The Nazarene" means "Truth". Jesus had
attained "Nazirutha", perfect spiritual enlightenment, and that he also
taught that path to others. Hence, Jesus and his disciples were
Nazarenes or Nazoraeans: meaning, followers of the mystic path to God,
or Pure Being.

The apostles before us used to employ the terms: 'Jesus the Nazoraean
Messiah', which means 'Jesus, the Nazoraean, the Christ "The Anointed
One".

Remember: The last name is "Christ", the first name is "Jesus", the
middle name is "The Nazarene".

Hence the Name "Jesus Christ the Nazarene" means; The Anointed One,
the Giver of Truth - The Bringer and Source of Redemption - The
Revealer of what is hidden - The Enlightened One who has the gift to
Awaken others... .

In the Gospel of Thomas - 108

Whosoever drinks from my mouth


Shall become as I am.
I too shall become like him.
For him, the hidden will be revealed.

If the Teachings are truly understood and put into practice, we will become as
Jesus. The Christ within will become fully manifest, just as It did with the Master.
We will have uncovered and Realized that Perfection, that Pure Spirit, which has
been the True "us" all along.

You have been given many hints and clues to unravel the unfathomable Mystery
of your own spiritual Substance and Essence...!

HERMETIC - ESOTERIC - MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHIES

WHY USE THE PERFECT MODEL AS A TOOL?

How can we link the archetype of the Perfect Model with the idea of an
Absolute Being? The answer to this question is that even the most
abstract idea of what is Absolute Being remains a human concept. So,
why do we have to create a Perfect Model if it is a concept that we create
in our minds? Each person be it a philosopher, a mystic or an atheist has
a certain perception of what the origin of creation of man is and he will try
to explain it according to his conditioning and understanding. Since it is
consciousness that creates and recognizes the world in which we live in,
it is therefore natural to say that anything that man imagines and creates
is rooted and based on a concept. Thus even the most profound truth can
only be delivered to others through ideas and words and these are only
human ideas that originate in the ego of man. Consequently, even when
a mystic receives an insight or truth based on intuition, his understanding
and explanation of it will have to be expressed through a concept and
then be explained to others. Accordingly, intellectual understanding of a
concept is an important first step, as it helps unfold a resonance in the
psyche of the listener. Moreover, even enlightened masters must use
concepts to explain away their experiences and wisdom to others. Since
the center of an enlightened person and that of Absolute Being coincide
and are the same, Divine Knowledge and Wisdom pour in him as divine
impulses. These impulses, however, are the living Presence of Being and
cannot manifest in the world of duality. To do so they should first be
reflected in the thought process of a sage before being transformed into
words and communicated to others. That's why an enlightened person’s
thoughts come directly from the source of Absolute Being before being
interpreted and developed into concepts which he simplifies to the level
of understanding of his audience. We live in a world of duality, meaning a
world in which the ego plays the game of “this is me – and this is not me”.
Therefore whatever one receives from the depth of one’s being has to be
projected into the world of duality in order to take substance and be
formed as ideas and concepts. Therefore, no one can really prove
anything to anyone else in a belief of an Absolute Being because this has
been created as a concept. The same goes for believing in reincarnation,
or in a Perfect Model. So why insist on explaining away the concept of a
Perfect Model?

For an unenlightened being, an enlightened person will look like an


ordinary man, someone just like him. Why and how can that be? The
answer is because between the two of them there is no resonance. On
the other hand, for someone who resonates with an enlightened person,
even without knowing it, an enlightened person will be a catalyst and a
living model. The spiritual charisma and magnetic attraction between the
two cannot be explained, because it is not a physical attraction, but more
a spiritual one that is based on resonance. This is the way that intuition
and divine Knowledge unfold in a disciple. The psyche of such a disciple
becomes a clear mirror in which the wisdom of his physical master is
projected and transmitted. Why is such a divine transmission perceived
only through the mirror of the psyche? The answer is that whatever is
perceived by a disciple has first to pass from his own psyche so as to be
experienced by him alone and make it his own. In the same manner a
Perfect Model, is an abstract archetypal model, a catalyst that awakens
Absolute Consciousness in a disciple. This Perfect Model is slumbering in
our subconscious and our innermost center of Being and when the right
moment comes it manifests itself to us so that we can become conscious
and resonate with it in the world of duality. The Perfect Model is a
powerful symbol that is a key unfolding the Perfect Nature of Absolute
Being in our consciousness. However, it is important to understand the
process of its unfolding, because it is not the ego that chooses its Perfect
Model, but the guise that Absolute Being takes to appear in our psyche
and this guise becomes a reality that transforms us when we start
resonating with it. Thus, it is clear that we cannot choose the features of
our individual Perfect Model. However, by resonating with the Presence
of Absolute Being within, the Presence gradually unfolds its perfect
Image in our mind and psyche. Therefore, we can say that it is the
Presence of Absolute Being within each one of us that activates the
characteristics and features of our Perfect Model and these are
recognized and manifested according to our conditioning and culture.
Hence at the source of Absolute Being, the Perfect Model remains
unchanged, unique and whole as an uncreated Essence which manifests
in the psyche of a disciple in different ways and guises so as to blend and
become a reality in him.

A similar question arises when determining whether it is the master who


chooses his disciple or if it is the disciple who chooses the master? The
answer is simply that it is neither but the resonance between the two of
them that attracts them to each other and creates for one the role of
master and for the other the role of disciple… one mirrors Absolute Being
and beams its Light through the mirror of one’s impersonal level of
Consciousness in the clear mirror of the disciple. Thus the Light of the
physical Master adds itself to the Light of the Perfect Model, both are
catalysts that awaken him to his true Self. One resonates from within the
inner plane of one’s Being and the other from the physical plane.
Crisscrossing within his heart the disciple identifies his true nature and
recognizes himself in both Perfect Models that is to say the immaterial
and ethereal Presence of Absolute Being within and without.

HERMETIC - ESOTERIC - MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHIES

Breathing Exercises 1 & 2

Exercise 1: Breathing Meditation


Begin by breathing deeply and fully, taking several deep breaths,
connecting the inhale to the exhale. On every out-breath, feel your body
relax, allowing tension to leave you.

As you breathe, become aware of the areas of your body where you feel
tense and breathe into those parts, imagining that the in-breath is
loosening the tension and the out-breath is carrying away stress and
tension, creating space inside you to relax more and more with each
cycle of your breathing.

Be aware of your body, of sensations and feelings, of the mood you are
in as you breathe, relax, and let go.

Notice your thoughts as they come and go. Simply observe, being aware,
letting thoughts and feelings flow, and as they flow, let go with every
breath, relaxing and releasing tension … relaxing … allowing the tensions
to melt … to dissolve and disappear with the slow, steady rhythm of your
breath … becoming relaxed and aware … calm.

Exercise 2: The Rainbow Cocoon

Exercise 2: The Rainbow Cocoon

This exercise helps you create harmony between the various levels of your being. Begin
with the breathing exercise or another that you prefer. When you are fully relaxed, imagine
that your aura is being surrounded by a soft blanket of pure energy. Visualize it taking the
shape of a spherical cocoon. Let the space within your cocoon become magnetic and let
your intuition choose one of the pure colors of the rainbow. Accept the first color that
comes.

Visualize the color filling the cocoon. Let yourself bathe in its pristine clear light. Let your
whole being be immersed in it. Imagine that, like a sponge, your whole being is absorbing
light through the pores of your skin, penetrating, cleansing and healing your etheric and
astral bodies. You are now completely purified and sealed in your cocoon of pure light.
Remain in it for a few minutes, breathing its purity.

Do exercises 1 and 2 daily for at least a whole week. Then add exercise 3 for the
following week, but always precede it with exercises 1 and 2.

HERMETIC - ESOTERIC - MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHIES


An Exercise on Self Enquiry - Who is the "Doer"?

by Ramesh Balsekar

At the end of the day sit alone, quietly, for about 20 to 30 minutes, and
think of one or more actions during the day which you were convinced
were "your" actions. Find out if you decided, out of the blue, to do that
action; or, was it some thought or event which started that action over
which you had absolutely no control? Then, investigate the course or
process of that action and find out how much real control you had over it.
If your investigation has been thorough and honest, you will come to the
conclusion in every case that every action which you thought was "your"
action turns out to depend on several factors over which you had truly no
control. In other words, you come to the conclusion that no action was
truly your action. Of course, it is needless to say that you are doing this
investigation - and observe how honest and thorough it is – even this
investigation itself depends upon God's will!

Once this investigation begins - and proceeds, day after day - you may
find that it has become an obsession which could be termed "the dark
night of the soul"! But this need not necessarily be so. How smooth or
difficult the process of this investigation becomes, would itself be the will
of God. The important point is that when the ego is finally convinced that
he cannot truly call any action "his" action, the ego is faced with the
significant question: if no action is my action, and actions actually happen
without any necessity of a "me", then who is this "me" I am so concerned
about? Is there a "me" at all?! The question becomes an unbearable
pain, arising from the gut, from the Source, and the answer finally comes
from the Source: "My dear child, there never was a 'me' to suffer the pain
of life and all there has ever been is “I”, the Source from which the
manifestation has emerged, and it is “I” alone who has been functioning
through the billions of human beings." An action happens because that is
the will of God; the results or consequences, whatever they are, are also
the will of God. The human object cannot know the results or
consequences of any action - the same action need not produce the
same consequences every time. And what is more, the consequences of
any action will not be restricted to only the individual organism through
which it happens - it could affect many others who had nothing to do with
the original action. Thus, for instance, a decision made by the head of a
large business enterprise could affect, for better or worse, not only the
one who made that decision but many others: the many other businesses
connected with the large enterprise and the many employees of the
business concerned.

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