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The
Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 3
There is a strong connection between the immaterial aspects of
man and his physical constitution. The mind and emotions affect the somatic
system via the vital body, the etheric body with its energy-centers and channels
called in Yoga philosophy, chakra and nadi, respectively. These chakras affect
the glandular-system according to its state of vitality. Negative states of mind
and emotions obstruct or irregulates the flow of the life-force or prana
emanating from the sun and streaming into the chakras. This in turn causes the
associated gland of the energy-center to be hyper- or hypo-active which
manifests as the malfunctioning of the organs and the impairment of the
metabolic processes. This sets the stage for disease to occur in the body. An
unbalanced and dis-eased state in the physical constitution are therefore the
reflected images of our habitual thoughts and feelings. It is the manifestation
of the inner reality of mind and emotions. This is not to say that all illnesses
are the result of the play of the mind and feelings--there are, of course, a
small percentage of illnesses the result of physical causes.
There are four fundamental principles to consider in metaphysical healing:
1) The preparation of the Healer
2) Determining the cause of inharmony
3) The choice of metaphysical therapy
4) The actual healing and teaching
Concerning the first point, every healer should realize that what really heals
is the divine power of the Universal Mind. The healer is merely a channel for
the healing energies to flow, or at the very least, a catalyst for the healing
power that flows from the patient's divine principle. Because energy is tainted
by the channel in which it flows, it behooves the healer to purify his lower
being from all obnoxious material. In the ancient Mystery Schools, for instance,
every would-be-healer would undergo purification in the form of prayers,
fasting, meditation, and other spiritual exercises. This had a three-fold
effect--the elimination of toxins from the physical system; the strengthening,
vitalizing, and magnetizing of the aura and nervous system--both subtle and
gross; and the alignment of the lower components of the microcosm with the
divine principles called "the spiritual triad" by Theosophists. This
purification makes it feasible for divine forces of vital life, which is a
higher form of prana, to flow through the healer. Once having filled the
physical body with a harmonious flow of the vivifying principle, the surplus
energy would strengthen and magnetize the aura. In Christian scriptures we read
of saints healing with their "shadow." This shadow is in fact the
aura.
Another relevant point connected with the metaphysician's preparation is the
polarization of the consciousness. Energy flows abundantly from and to the
chakra in which the consciousness is daily polarized. The expressions of love
and compassion, for instance, which are vital attributes for the healer to
possess, reveals that the consciousness is polarized in the heart-chakra.
Expressions of self-centeredness indicate a polarization within the solar-plexus
center. A strong altruistic will shows that the polarization is within the
chakras above the heart. What this means technically, where divine pranic
healing is concerned, is that the polarization within a lower center would make
it difficult for the healer to reach and heal the organs of the patient
associated with a higher center because of a difference in the frequency octave.
Heart troubles, for instance, which is associated with a poor functioning of the
heart-chakra, a healer polarized in the solar-plexus will find it difficult to
heal, because the necessary energies required to correct the patient's problem
is unavailable, inspite the belief that plain unqualified divine energy is
sufficient enough to do the work. Without the right level of consciousness,
divine energy entering into the healer would simply evaporate having found no
correspondence in likeness within him/her. The divine energies entering the
healer is qualified with whatever psychic center the healer polarizes himself.
The healer may seek to overide this with the exercise of the will and may
succeed to a certain degree, but without the correct polarization the healing
process will not be optimal. It is therefore, important for the healer to evolve
and function on a higher consciousness-level. This is of prime importance in the
preparatory stage. Polarization on the highest centers makes the divine energy
flowing through all of the other chakras equally accessible.
In the second point to be considered are the causes of disharmony within the
physical system. As we have seen previously, the various manifestations of ill
health have its major, fundamental causes in the immaterial aspects of man. The
psyche of man is twofold: conscious and subconscious, and they play their part
in determining one's overall state of health. Negative thoughts and feelings are
self-destructive. If held in the mind for too long without being checked, they
would manifest in an unbalanced condition in the body. The conscious mind is
responsible with what it feeds the subconscious side. What the subconscious
receives it transmits internally to the physical body, and externally to the
environment. In order to get to the root cause of psychosomatic illnesses, the
healer has to determine the cause of the problem in the nature of the feelings
and thoughts of the patient. It would be an aid for the healer to realize that
no matter what negative feelings are felt, or what negative thoughts are being
formed, they all stem from the misidentification of the Self, or from the false
ego. People say that they are sick or hurt, whereas the "I,"
the"Self," is pure and whole and not subjected to any suffering,
discomfort, or any other mortal complaints. The first step, therefore, would be
to educate the patient in this "true perspective," of emancipating the
mind from its ignorance and delusions. The conscious mind of the patient should
also be made to realize the unnecessity of thinking and feeling negatively, and
of the adverse effects that it creates in the physical organism. Methods of
cleansing the subconscious mind from "engrams," or negative packets of
energy-patterns should be taught. This purification is usually done be various
spiritual exercises such as certain meditations where divine forces are invoked
and directed for cleansing, or by programming the subconscious mind with
affirmations. This latter approach was made use of in the ancient Egyptian
healing temples. Such affirmations identify the patien
"I am the Great One, son of the Great One
"I am the Mighty One, son of the Mighty One
"I am Horus, the son of Ra
"I am the Sekhem (power) of my father Ra . . . " (1953:677)
The ancient Egyptians represented the aspects and attributes of the Divine Self
with various personages and deities. In the above we see how the mortal concept
of one's being is replaced with an immortal, deific one. In the affirmations one
is reminded of one's divinity untainted by any forms of weaknesses or illnesses.
Karmic-related illnesses, which at times defies a cure by superficial treatment
in the hands of medical practitioners, may be eliminated by the above processes
coupled with an understanding of the karmic lesson, repentance and compensation.
The next point for our consideration is in the choice of therapy. It is a fact
that for every illness or ailment there is an appropriate cure, or a system of
therapy that would return a healthy condition to the physical body. This also
includes death, although from our human limited point of view this would hardly
be considered as a valid cure. From the above statements we imply that there is
no therapeutical system that would heal every single disease known to man. There
is, as yet, no Universal Panacea discovered that would cure every affliction of
man unless we consider Truth to be a medicine--and a bitter one at that to most
people. Holistic healing, therefore, includes various methods that would reach
all of the components making the whole being of man, and the healer should
determine the appropriate therapy or therapies for each individual case. The
methods of alternative healing may be categorized into the following:
1) Esoteric healing
2) Exoteric healing
Esoteric healing, as its name implies, refers to methods that require intense
internal preparation on the part of the metaphysician. This preparation as we
have already discussed comes in the form of divine attunement with the aid of
prayers, meditation, periodic fasting, and a spiritual way of life. Instant
transmissions of attunement or power by master-healers to students only opens
the way and is not a permanent condition, for one's mental and emotional state
may neutralize what has been transmitted. Living the divine life is a necessity.
Once prepared, the healer may make use of the available energies from various
sources surrounding his person, and to direct them into the body of the patient.
Pranic Healing, Chakra Healing, Divine Healing, Angelic Healing, and Spiritual
Mind Healing are some of the methods used in esoteric healing.
Exoteric healing deals more with the methodologies that the average person may
utilize regardless of his/her lack of high spiritual attainment and esoteric
preparation. These methods include vibrational healing: gem therapy,
chromotherapy, audiotherapy, aromatherapy, chi massage, acupressure, herbalology,
acupuncture, reflexology, and many countless others. It would be a standard
procedure for the healer to make use of a combination of therapies both esoteric
and exoteric for the average healing. An effective way of healing is when both
the cause and the effect of an unbalanced body, mind, and soul are attended to.
In this last point we will consider the actual healing and teaching of the
patient to self-heal. At the very onset of treatment it should be kept in mind
that the receptiveness of the patient determines to a large degree the
effectiveness of treatment. The healer should also approach the patient with
love and compassion, freed from any judgmental and critical attitude. These two
approaches serve to create a temporary psychic bond between the healer and the
patient. There are times when the cause of the patient's problem lies
undiscovered. A possible solution is the attunement of the healer with both the
healer's and the patient's Higher Self. The healer should be open to intuitive
impressions coming from within that may shed a light on the problematical causes
of the diseased condition.
It is inappropriate for the healer to be solely responsible for the healing.
Every patient should be given an opportunity to participate in the healing
process. Therefore, laws and principles regarding holistic health should be
inculcated, and the patient made aware of man's healing potential. This is
preventive medicine at its best. It should not be the healer's best interest to
make the patient dependent upon him or her because of the financial returns.
This would reduce the metaphysician's value in the eyes of God and humanity.
Every metaphysician should, therefore, illuminate the understanding of the
patient as to the cause and nature of the problem being experienced, and the way
out of it. As is often illustrated in popular self-help books, it is much wiser
to teach a man to fish rather than to give him fishes for an indefinite period.
Soul-growth occurs in one-case, whereas soul-stagnancy occurs in the other.
Scriptures in Ministerial Work
Since metaphysics deals with spiritual truths, with laws and principles of the
Universal Mine, it may assume a religious character and take on the coloration
of a certain religion when tending those who are religiously inclined or when
the situation calls for it. The metaphysician himself should have long
transcended sectarian and dogmatic viewpoints; and whenever possible, he should
stimulate people to perceive the narrow perspectives and ill-logic of the many
dogmas that bind the mind to a mortal outlook and to an unnatural way of life.
It is for this very reason that the inner essence of religion should be taught
of having an eternal and real value and not of the ever-changing cloak
fabricated by the fallibility of unenlightened man. Dogmas perpetuate a false
perception of man's true spiritual estate, binding people to the unreal world of
Maya. Religion comes from a Latin word which means "to bind." Its
purpose is to bind man to God; however, as can be seen by recorded history, by
the Inquisition, the Crusades, the so-called Holy wars, etc., it has resulted in
a contra-effect separating man from Truth and his Maker. The Nazarene Master
taught a religion of love, whereas the priesthood transformed it into a religion
of fear and damnation. Pertaining to the above, Frater Achad in Melchizedek
Truth Principles says that,
". . . religious systems have caused man of earth to become weak in his
understanding of God." (1988:76)
In fact, religious bigotry have caused man to blaspheme God daily by allowing
his adoration of the idols of false ideas and dogmatic notions. That which is
subject to change is false and unreal--actually impermanent; only Truth is
unchanging and is eternal. Nothing endures in the material worlds save the Truth
that brought humankind into being. It is for this reason that there is no
religion that will last forever except for their quintessential core of Truth
that lies in the foundation of their existence.
Humanity's spiritual development moves at an awkwardly slow pace. One of the
many reasons for man's lack of spiritual development is his non-desire to truly
know God, Nature, and himself. In his spiritual pride, like the Demiurgus of the
Gnostics, man disbelieves in the higher intelligences and worlds considering
himself to be the highest product of Nature. This materialistic philosophy fully
formed in the 19th century still sways the thinking of the minds of
"educated man." The truly educated person, according to our reckoning
is a spiritually-enlightened being. He knows things that are of eternal value.
Another stumbling block in humanity's soul-progress lies in their indolence in
the search for Truth, for as they say, it is easier to believe than to know.
Most people, for instance, desire cheap salvation or deliverance by imposing
their burdens upon another's shoulders believing that another will save them
from their sins, karma, and hell-fire. Unfortunately, or fortunately, the
Universe does not function in such a manner. All men must learn to be
responsible and participate in their own spiritual salvation or liberation. The
effort required to know Truth requires some discipline though, for without such,
no soul-advancement may be attained. People should be made aware of this, for
they have long been too complacent with themselves. Buddhism, since its
inception has known this human psychological trait of laziness and had adopted a
method for awakening sluggish, tamasic minds by teaching the principle of the
imminence of death--where its implication of the value of time and
life-opportunity, and the purpose of life are intensely contemplated upon. This
methods can sometime be an eye-opener, and may aid the metaphysician with
certain types of temperaments. The populace should be acquainted with truths
even if it hurts, eventhough these are not accepted at first. Seeds grow well in
the darkness of the ground or in the subconsciousness. We have experienced this
many times--we taught certain things to others without them accepting the
precepts, even vehemently denying them, but later on only to hear these same
individuals teaching to others or even ourselves (!) the very thing that they
previously denied--this is the power of Truth and is quiet a marvel.
Spiritual truths are to be found in every religion, although in some so deeply
buried that one has to contemplate deep down in the soul for the uncovering of
it--most of the time religious dogmas blind one from perceiving them;
occasionally, truths are skimmed by because being right in front of one's eyes
they are hardly noticed or given their proper value. Certain mental traits such
as prejudice, narrow-mindedness, fear and superstition may likewise prevent a
person from realizing truths. One's mental vessel must be freed from them ere
spiritual nourishment may fill one's cup to the brim. Almost all scriptures have
an esoteric side to them. They were mostly written by Initiates for the benefit
of all the candidates to the higher wisdom. Therefore, to interpret literally
what has to be understood in a spiritual, esoteric sense--and without the proper
keys--one merely robs holy scriptures of their intended purpose, and that is the
awakening of the spiritual, divine nature lying latent within one's being. It
takes a spiritual-conscious awareness to interpret what was written under
spiritual influences. St. Paul in one of his epistles, for instance, declared
that the many incidents in Abraham's life are not to be understood as history,
but as allegories pertaining to the development of the human soul. As an
example, we may take the incident where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his
beloved son. Almost about to execute his task, he was interrupted by the voice
of God saying in substance that it was unnecessary to sacrifice his son (in this
context it does not matter whether it was Ishmael or Isaac) but in replacement a
goat struggling nearby in the bushes was to be offered instead. This tale when
taken at its face value is usually interpreted as a teaching of the principles
of obedience and surrender to God. What it really signifies is the sacrifice of
one's carnal self (the goat) instead of the spiritual consciousness (the son),
which has to be preserved and fostered in one's awaking awareness. As was said
by John
"He (the spiritual consciousness) must increase, but I (the carnal self)
must decrease." (John 3:30)
Another allegory containing a principle of value is to be found in the gospels.
At face value, when read literally, it conveys little of any importance. But
when interpreted spiritually, it transmits to us a certain truth of spiritual
application. This principle of truth lies in the incident at the Garden of
Gethsemane. We are told in the tale that the Master Jesus was in the Garden with
his three disciples who were fast asleep. Seeking companionship from his three
followers at his hour of distress proved to be a disappointment. The only
recourse was to direct his attention to God. Interpreted spiritually, the three
disciples represent the physical, emotional, and mental being of man who are
dead to Reality, or "fast asleep." The incarnated soul (the Master
Jesus), having discovered the unreliability of his lower self for solace attunes
with the divine principle within for inner direction. We can see from this how
applicable the truths and principles are--as found in scriptures--in our mundane
lives when understood from the esoteric viewpoint.
One should not restrict oneself to the scriptures of one's religion as the
"sole word of God," for all are essentially derived from a single
divine source with the intended purpose of teaching the redemption of a wayward
and fallen humanity; and it behooves every metaphysician to peruse the texts of
any spiritual manuscript containing divine laws and principles that facilitates
the unfoldment and expansion of the consciousness. The Tao Teh Ching, Bhagavad
Gita, the Upanishads, or the Gnostic gospels discovered at Nag Hamadi, for
instance, contain pearls of eternal wisdom that the metaphysician will find
helpful to adopt in his ministerial work and as a spiritual/occult practitioner.
The Christian Bible and even the Quran may be better understood when
cross-referenced to the scriptures mentioned above. As we see it, the main theme
of every sacred, secret teaching is the divine nature of man. It is appropriate,
we believe, to base one's metaphysical work upon this truth. when delving into
the esoteric side of the New Testament, it is helpful to adopt one of the
gnostic views that Jesus the Nazarene as depicted in the gospels, was not a
historical personage but a representative of the myth of the"undying
god," or of the mystical element within man that seeks to incarnate and be
resurrected in the waking consciousness. The spiritual import and value of the
gospels are therefore preserved. We should use scriptures as a tool of
self-transformation; whether they be history is irrelevant for the spiritual
aspirant. Their true value lies in the catalytic nature embodied within the
hidden meaning of their texts which improves the nature of man when applied.
Copyright © 2006 Luxamore
Bio:
Leonard Lee aka Luxamore: Metaphysical teacher, counseler, healer and merchant
of occult/magickal items of Indonesia. www.indotalisman.com
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