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Feeling our way to Freedom

The connection between our feelings and thoughts is a theme that has presented itself repeatedly in my life lately. I recently was invited to observe my feelings and let go of any judgments around them for an entire day. The idea was to just acknowledge the feelings, resist the need to judge them for the first day and then look back over the experience throughout the next day. It didn’t take long for hidden treasure to reveal itself on that second day. What I saw was the feelings themselves were not the source of my pain and discomfort, rather the judgments I held about them. You know what I mean, “I shouldn’t feel this way.” “He shouldn’t have done that.” “That shouldn’t be how it is.” On and on, a lifetime of “shoulding” all over my feelings was the cause for my suffering. In the moment I got it, I realized the sorrow I had felt at the passing of a precious pet was not as painful as I had perceived it at the time. It was the judgment attached to the feeling. Questions in my head about whether I had been a good pet parent, memories about times I had been too tired to play, etc. That distinction released the pain and gave me a space to experience the sorrow as a gift because it reminded me of the love we had shared during our journey together. Like the power of a rainbow tourmaline, sorrow transformed to joy and my vibration lightened. This doesn’t mean that sadness or disappointment goes away, it just means that I am no longer bound by what I see as “bad” about the experience having release the judgment around it.
Another encounter which has raised my understanding came in the form of feeling competitive. Nothing wrong with a little healthy competition, right? My entire life I have wanted nothing more than to be helpful and part of “the team” but I have encountered one form or another of professional jealousy wherever I’ve gone. Not with everyone, of course, and not in every situation, but often enough for me to see a pattern.
We know that we cannot change others and so when we find ourselves in the same situation repeatedly, we have to look at ourselves as the common denominator. I have worked on this issue with various healers and made great progress, but it came up again for me in a recent situation and this time I was aware of my own urge to compete rather than sensing the feeling in the other person. Drawing on what I had learned about feelings free from judgment, I decided to just “be” with it. I thought, “Ok, I feel competitive in this situation.” As I allowed myself to be immersed in the emotion, a memory came to me. It wasn’t a memory from my current life experience, but one from a recurring childhood dream. I had acknowledged it many years ago as a past life memory and I could see now how that particular life had created this frequency of competition. In that lifetime, competition was my means of survival. My ego deemed competition as something necessary for survival and therefore from a place of ultimate fear. I released myself from the fear and the need to compete, then I downloaded myself with safety, a belief in enough, etc. These were things that had been downloaded for me previously, but with the belief in my energy system that competition and winning was vital to survival, the downloads would not stick. In that prior lifetime there were only two results. If I didn’t win, then I lost.

This opened understanding for me of another energetic belief that needed to be cleared. Maybe some of you can relate. Have you ever noticed yourself thinking that you’ll never have something you desire at the moment you see it in someone else’s life? Ever wonder why this thought would surface? The very fact that another is capable of having a fabulous job, loving partner, comfortable home, etc. is proof that you can too. It’s a twisted form of an old struggle for competition that would allow us to think that if someone else is winning, we will naturally have to lose.

The idea of competition and how it drives our society was the next thing to come up for me. When we consider all the past lives of all the souls on this planet, how they were all driven for a need to survive in one way or another, is it any wonder that competition is so fierce? How many of us were slaves, prostitutes, gladiators, or just poor merchants on dirty street corners centuries ago? Even the wealthy were driven to compete for lands and noble families competed for the best mergers through marriage. In modern days if we’re not jockeying for the best lane on the highway, we’re screaming from our living room chair at the TV screen (hopefully larger than the neighbor’s) at a bunch of grown men running up and down a strip of grass with the compelling need to WIN. We are sitting on a mountain of DNA that is driven by the need to compete while faced with the reality that we are all ONE.
With awareness comes responsibility. I personally am excited for this new discovery in myself and understanding of our entire human family. I challenge you to join me in observing your feelings, free from judgment. When you do, you will not only find yourself free from the pain, but also open your consciousness to messages that will help you shift to higher frequencies and draw like experiences to you. The best thing we can do for the planet and each other is to be the best version of ourselves. Let’s begin now.

Blessings & Light,

Sherry

The Numerology System for Right Action Days by Katheren Reizel

Time Marches on..Find Your Dance Step Beat

Time Marches on..Find Your Dance Step Beat

There can be a new meaning to the question, “Do you know what time or date it is?”  There is a time and a season for all things to manifest and to end in balance with Universal flow.  Did you know that there is a numerology system which, when consciously observed, will help you to make better decisions in day-to-day living? The Hermetic System dates back to The Temple of Luxor, now known as Thebes, in Egypt. Thebes, now a historical district, was considered to be the center of wisdom, art, spirituality and political governance from the 11th (2125-2055) to the 20th (1186-1069) Dynasties.

This system, The Hermetic System, governs spiritual areas, astrology and numerology by utilizing a set of 22 numbers in correlation to the Astrological Signs and Planets in positive accord in your Astrodynes astrology natal chart. These planets and signs represent the vibrations of your actions, thoughts (we call thought forms) and your behaviors. Each number represents action in motion, both positive and negative, in influence.

The positive influences are your personal song notes that vibrate in harmony in your daily encounters. When you participate in an activity that is not in harmony for the particular day, month or year, you may encounter a not-so-positive outcome as attempted on days/months/years that are more appropriate for the activity.

Hermetic numerology helps you to make better choices: when to participate in an activity and/or when to avoid an activity as easily as marking these day/month/year date numbers on your calendar using the numbers from one to nine.

Examples of living activities most affected dramatically by harmonizing are: relationships with your co-workers or close, personal relationships, (dating and marriage), money (when gambling, investment risk, debt, (especially when to borrow money or collect debts is appropriate), building your business, getting publicity, changing professions or interviewing for work, sabbaticals or vacations, travel, house cleaning and clearing away old accumulated possessions.

Your life’s “sheet music,”  set by the month and date you were born, are right action day numbers that  add up to a smoother, happier, less stressful life.  Just think: your life has its own personal rhythm. Be sure to dance to the happiest beat!

The Infant Soul

http://www.michaelteachings.com/infant_soul.html

BY PHILLIP WITTMEYER

So much that can be said about Infant souls is the same as can be said about infants and children. The Infant soul Age is to the soul as the first decade of a life is to a person. Even as children are learning to walk and talk, so Infant souls are learning the basics of getting around in the world. Children are new to the world in a physical sense. In a psychological sense, Infant souls are new to the world, and consequently they do not know very much about what is going on. The shallowness of the Infant soul shows in the lack of depth in the look in their eyes. Infant souls also like the company of children — they are so much alike in temperament and perception. Their needs and drives are both primitive and elementary.

Like children, Infant souls are weak in understanding, and they are often in need of guidance. Like a toddler learning to take its first steps, Infant souls are in need of holding the hand of an elder as they learn to walk. Children may knock things over as they try to navigate the environment. They do not know the value of things they encounter and may break them. They often hurt themselves with their clumsiness and ignorance. So it is with Infant souls in their attempts to cope in a complex world. But children grow up and usually learn to handle the situations of life, whereas Infant souls do not: they are immature all their lives. One solution to their lack of understanding is to get settled in a life station where someone, an older soul, tells them what to do and takes care of them, much like a child has to be taken care of by adults.

Like children, Infant souls are not well socialized. In the worse instances, they can be uncouth and lacking in social grace. They can be deficient in “taste” and “class”. They often lack sophistication in dress and manner, just as small children who are simply not yet aware of these things. However, at their very best, they are innocent and simple, even as children are.

Infant souls are at one extreme of the range of Maturation — the lower end of the scale. Infant souls only make up about one percent of the population. Consequently, they are generally considered unusual and strange. They are strangers in the world, and they find the world strange. They don’t fit in with the mainstream of society, which is predominantly Young and Mature at this stage in history. For this reason, Infant souls are usually shunned by older souls. Older soul children may make fun of them and taunt them. Older soul adults may avoid them and demean them. Everyone looks down on them. Everyone, even if they do not understand psychological maturity, expresses the desire that they would “grow up”, “quit being silly”, “stop being foolish”, and “quit being childish”.

If they have a worldview at all, it can be said that Infant souls have a simplistic perspective based on a superficial understanding of life. They are rarely interested in the greater overview of life, but instead are wrapped up in their own little arena of events. They cannot easily cope with more than this. A Infant soul is “a babe in the woods” when it comes to dealing with our complex society. The older souls (Young and Mature) who dominate the events of the world, are involved with issues and perceptions which are quite beyond the capacity of the Infant soul to negotiate. And if you don’t really understand what is going on, why pursue it? So they rarely get involved in, or even show a deep interest in, the wider and more complex aspects of life, such as politics, religion, humanitarian causes, show business, the arts and sciences. They dabble in the limited, elementary, and simple things of life — home and family, or a routine job or odd jobs working for someone else. Often they do not even pursue a lifetime career, preferring to go from one menial job to another. They tend to live in the moment.

Infant souls do not have very much inherent knowledge. By this I mean that they do not have extensive experiential background stored in their subconscious memories. Infant souls simply believe what they are told: they absorb a lot of information just as children in their early years accumulate an enormous amount of basic information, and they readily adopt the teachings of their parents and society — but without modification because they do not have the breadth of perception to know otherwise. Their concepts are not well founded. Sometimes Infant souls latch onto some pretty “kooky” notions because of their simplistic worldview and lack of experience. It is amazing what people can believe when they do not have much knowledge and experience on which to base their beliefs. They are gullible because they do not have enough depth of personality to recognize a silly idea or suggestion. They are easily fooled, and some older souls who are not very morally advanced themselves may enjoy playing tricks on them and making fun of them for their primitive ways and perceptions.

However, it should not be thought that Infant souls are intellectually deficient. Of the Infant souls known to me personally, several have been college graduates. One was an engineer, a partner in an engineering firm. Two are architects, and one is an insurance salesperson. Another was a ministerial trainee. Intelligence is a factor completely separate from soul Age. There are bright and stupid people in all Ages. Each of the above Infant souls has absorbed the culture and knowledge of our society very well. The hardware of their brains is functioning fine. The thing that distinguishes them psychologically is that their perceptions are shallow and simplistic. They are weak on savvy and common sense. This is often mistaken for lack of intelligence, but the two deficiencies should not be confused. Because of their simplicity, no matter how intelligent or otherwise gifted Infant souls may be, they rarely rise to prominence or notoriety in the world. Older souls do not acknowledge that Infant souls have anything worth contributing. Michael named no famous Infant souls other than Ethelred the Unready, and I have not come across any in my Charting of notable persons.

Infant souls stay with the familiar. They stick to what they have done before. They dislike change. They get comfortable in limited routines, not venturing off of the accustomed paths because it would be anxiety-provoking. Unfamiliar experiences bewilder them, so they avoid experimenting with new experiences. Whatever interest they may show in things is usually cursory, shallow, unsustained, and superficial. They lack the concentration to delve into a subject fully and deeply.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong with being a child, of course, and the description above should not be construed as condemnation or judgment of Infant souls. It is just that they are primitive, even as children are. At their best, Infant souls have a childlike innocence and naiveté about them that can be charming (but most people do not find this childishness charming in adults like they do in children). The best thing about them is that they are usually genuine. Like children, they do not have enough savvy about things in general to pretend to be anything other than exactly what they really are. Their range of experience is too narrow for them to respond outside their own natures. They do not believe in things they have not personally experienced.

Infant souls are not yet a part of societal institutions. They are not yet acculturated. Like babies, Infant souls are more deeply in the grasp of the species, so they show more “animal” behaviors than adults. Young children have to be socialized over a period of many years — which often means being taught to pretend to be this way or that way in order to get along with others even when you don’t really mean it. Infant souls, especially in the early Levels, are at a stage where they have not been fully socialized in order to be civilized. Therefore they do not know how to be phony. This also means they are tactless. In the later Levels, they can be taught the ways of civilization, but it is still not truly a part of their nature. Older souls, Young and later, are inherently civilized.

One reason for this is that the Infant soul Age is an Aspect of the Termination Process. What this means in terms of perception and behavior is that the Infant soul typically follows the motto, “Don’t do it”. As the summation of all the Traits in the Termination Process, the Infant soul Age partakes somewhat of the characteristics of all the Aspects of this Process. Like a person with the Submission Goal, Infant souls dedicate themselves to their work. Like a person in the Perseverance Mode, they apply themselves consistently to getting their work done. Like a person with the Martyrdom Feature, they see themselves as patient and long-suffering in their tasks. Like a Warrior, they want to conquer the world and make everyone around them march to their drumbeat. Like a Cynic, they are the mavericks and renegades of society. Like a person in the Sexual Center, they like sensual stimulation and enjoyment.

An appropriate motto for the Infant soul is, “Let’s not do it”. They do not know how to confront the world effectively. If they even have a job or career, they usually stick to something undemanding and unchallenging. They need something that does not tax their limited capacity. The more complex and subtle occupations are used by older souls for transformation. Infant souls often avoid such stimulation because it reveals their ineptitude. They usually find such careers frightening rather than exciting.

Infant souls often find the whole business of living to be fearful, since so many things happen which are beyond their comprehension. This is not necessarily so: they are also possessed of a lot of foolishness, and “fools rush in where angels fear to tread”. If the Overleaves include the Power, Passion or Aggression Mode, they can get themselves in a lot of trouble as they bumble and stumble headlong through life.

One thing about firstborn souls (first Level Infant) is that, being newly generated in the universal creative spirit, they are at once both closest to the source of truth, and farthest. They are at the end of divinity and the beginning of humanity. They instinctively sense their closeness to the Source in terms of time, and yet their farness in terms of understanding. As such, they are unspoiled by involvement in the physical plane. They are clean of “karma” — unfinished business from past lifetimes, according to the theory of reincarnation. They have no subconscious links with other lifetimes. There is a freshness and originality about them, just like there is with children who are as yet unsullied by the pain, evil, trauma, responsibility, and rigor of adult life. Firstborn souls have no conscience — only parental and societal programming to guide them. Firstborn souls truly do not know the difference between right and wrong in social behavior, so it is necessary to teach them this. In the theory of reincarnation, this knowledge becomes inherent as the soul develops Character — understanding which is carried over from lifetime to lifetime. Older souls (Mature and Old) are inherently socialized. They understand intuitively that it is wrong to lie, steal, cheat, and murder. This they have learned through karma.

Infant souls perceive themselves as “me” and others as “not me”. They treat other people as objects, not as people like themselves. Therefore they may not see anything wrong in lying, stealing, cheating, and murdering if it seems superficially to further their personal advantage. There can be a lack of subtlety and sensitivity in ethical issues.

Infant souls experience sexuality as simple animal lust driven by instinct, without the complications of higher meaning present in older souls. They lack finesse, variety, and subtlety in lovemaking, as with everything else. They are clannish about their families, since dealing with strangers is often too much of a challenge for them to cope with.

In religion, as in everything else, Infant souls typically believe whatever their parents teach them, not having the capacity to believe otherwise. Whatever religion, if any, was traditional in the family is carried on. They rarely depart from parental instruction even when they are grown. Infant souls are easily “programmed” by authority figures or life experiences. Also, they are easily manipulated by unscrupulous individuals.

Infant souls typically have a very narrow range of responses to life. If they are confronted by something they do not understand (which happens quite often), they usually exhibit two types of reaction. One is that they will withdraw: run away and hide in fear and bewilderment. The other is that they might launch a blind, savage attack on the confronter or the confronting situation. Both of these are appropriately primitive response patterns, not unlike that of animals. Infant souls are dealing with survival issues, and most of the Infant souls on the planet are members of primitive tribes where these issues are being dealt with on a daily basis.

Infant souls have a very simplistic interpretation of life. If they are intelligent and knowledgeable (in an educational sense), they think they have things figured out pretty well, and marvel that other people (older souls) make things so complex. Older souls (Young and Mature especially) are deeply involved in more subtle and complex issues, and they marvel that Infant souls have such a shallow and superficial understanding of the issues

What is a Mystic?

What is a Mystic?

http://yogakingdom.com/yoga-of-mystics/what-is-a-mystic/

 

Mysticism is neither a faith nor a belief, nor is it a principle or a dogma. A mystic is born; being a mystic means having a certain temperament, a certain outlook on life. It is for this reason that many are confused by the word mystic, because mysticism cannot be explained in plain words.

To a mystic, impulse has divine significance. In every impulse a mystic sees the divine direction. What people call free will is something that does not exist for a mystic. He sees one plan, working and making its way towards a desired result, and every person, whether willingly or unwillingly, contributes towards the accomplishment of that plan; and this contribution to the plan is considered by one to be free will and by another accident. The one who feels, “This is my impulse; this is my idea; this I must bring into action”, only knows of the idea from the moment it has become manifest to his view. He therefore calls it free will. But from whence did that idea come to him? Where does impulse come from? It comes, directly or indirectly, from within. Sometimes it may seem to come from outside, but it always starts from within, and thus every impulse for a mystic is a divine impulse. One may ask, why is not every impulse divine for everybody, since every impulse has its origin within? It is because not everybody knows it to be so. The divine part of the impulse is in realizing it is divine. The moment we are conscious of the divine origin of the impulse, from that moment it is divine. Although all through life it has come from within, it is the fact of knowing this which makes it divine.

A mystic removes the barrier that stands between himself and another person by trying to look at life, not only from his own point of view, but also from the point of view of another. All disputes and disagreements arise from people’s misunderstanding of each other, and mostly people misunderstand each other because they have their fixed point of view and are not willing to move from it. This is a rigid condition of mind. The more dense a person, the more he is fixed in his own point of view. Therefore it is easy to change the mind of an intelligent person, but it is most difficult to change the mind of a foolish person once it is fixed. It is the dense quality of mind which becomes fixed in a certain idea, and that clouds the eyes so that they cannot see from the point of view of another person.

Many fear that by looking at things from the point of view of someone else they lose their own point of view, but I would rather lose my point of view if it was a wrong one. Why must one stick to one’s point of view simply because it is one’s own? And why should it be one’s own point of view and not all points of view, the point of view of one and the same Spirit? For just as two eyes are needed to make the sight complete and two ears are necessary to make the hearing complete, so it is the understanding of two points of view, the opposite points of view, which gives a fuller insight into life.

A mystic calls this unlearning. What we call learning is fixing ideas in our mind. This learning is not freeing the soul; it is limiting the soul. By this I do not mean to say that learning has no place in life, but only that learning is not all that is needed in the spiritual path; there is something besides, there is something beyond learning, and to this we can only attain by unlearning. Learning is just like making knots of ideas, and the thread is not smooth as long as the knots are there. They must be unravelled, and when the thread is smooth one can treat it in any way one likes. A mind with knots cannot have a smooth circulation of truth; the ideas which are fixed in one’s mind block it. A mystic, therefore, is willing to see from all points of view in order to clarify his knowledge. It is that willingness which is called unlearning.

The sense of understanding is one and the same in all of us, and if we are willing to understand, then understanding is within our reach. Very often we are not willing to understand, and that is why we do not understand. Mankind suffers from a sort of stubbornness. A man goes against what he thinks comes from another person. And yet everything he has learned has come from others; he has not learned one word from himself. All the same he calls it his argument, his idea, and his view, although it is no such thing; he has always taken it from somewhere. It is by accepting this fact that a mystic understands all, and it is this which makes him a friend of all.

A mystic does not look at reasons as everybody else does, because he sees that the first reason that comes to his mind is only a cover over another reason which is hidden behind it. He has patience, therefore, to wait until he has lifted the veil from the first reason, until he sees the reason behind it. Then again he sees that this reason which was hidden behind the first reason is more powerful, but that there is a still greater reason behind it. And so he goes from one reason to another, and sees in reason nothing but a veil to cover reality. And as he goes further, penetrating the several veils of reason, he reaches the essence of reason. By touching the essence he sees the reason in everything, good and bad.

Compare a mystic with an average person who argues and disputes and fights and quarrels over the first reason, which is nothing but a cover. Compare the two. The one is ready to form an opinion, to praise and to condemn; while the other patiently waits until reality gradually unfolds itself. A mystic believes in the unknown and unseen, not only in the form of God, but the unknown that is to come, the unseen that is not yet seen; whereas the other has no patience to wait until he knows the unknown, until he sees the unseen. A mystic does not urge the knowledge of the unknown or unseen upon another, but he sees the hand of the unknown working through all things. For instance, if a mystic has the impulse to go out and walk towards the North, he thinks there must be some purpose in it. He does not think it is only a whim, a foolish fancy, although the reason for it he does not know. But he will go to the North, and he will try to find the purpose of his going there in the result that comes from it.

The whole life of the mystic is mapped on this principle, and it is by this principle that he can arrive at the stage where his impulse becomes a voice from within that tells him “go here”, “go there”, or “leave”, “move”, or “stay.” Therefore while others are prepared to explain why they are doing something or going somewhere or what they wish to do, the mystic cannot explain, because he himself does not know. And yet he knows more than the person who is ready to answer why he is going and what he is going to accomplish, for what does man know about what will happen to him? He makes his program and plans, but he does not know.

Man proposes and God disposes. Many say this every day, yet at the same time they make their programs and lay out their plans. A mystic is not particular about it. He is working on the plan which is laid out already and he knows that there is a plan. He may not know the plan in detail; but if anyone can and will know the plan, it is the mystic. This again tells us something: that the one who knows little, knows most; and those who seem to know more, know the least.

The outlook of the mystic is like that of a man standing on a mountain-top and looking at the world from a great height. And if a mystic looks upon everyone as being not much different one from another, because they are all like children to him, it is like what we see from the top of a mountain. All people whether tall or short seem to be of the same size; they appear like little beings moving about; and an average man is frightened of truth in the same way that a person who has never been on a great height gets frightened at the sight of the immensity of space. The truth is immense, and when a person reaches the top of understanding he becomes frightened and he does not want to look at it.

Many have told me, “Eastern philosophy interests us very much, but the conception of Nirvana is very frightening.” And I have answered, “Yes, it is frightening. Truth is just the same: truth is also frightening, but truth is reality.” Besides man is so fond of illusion that he so to speak revels in it. If someone awakens a man who is having an interesting dream, that man will say, “O let me sleep on!” He likes looking at his dream; he does not want to wake up to reality because reality is not as interesting as the dream. Thus among the seekers after truth we find only one in a thousand who is courageous enough to look at the immensity of truth. But there are many who take an interest in illusion, and they are inclined, out of curiosity, to look at mental illusions, because these are different from the illusion of the physical life. And they are apt to call this mysticism, but it is not mysticism.

No one can be a mystic and call himself a Christian mystic, a Jewish mystic or a Mohammedan mystic. For what is mysticism? Mysticism is something which erases from one’s mind all idea of separateness, and if a person claims to be this mystic or that mystic he is not a mystic; he is only playing with a name.

People say that a mystic is someone who dreams and who lives in the clouds; my answer to this is that the real mystic stands on earth, but his head is in heaven. It is not true that the wise man is not intellectual, or that the wise man is not clever. A clever man is not necessarily wise, but the one who has the higher knowledge has no difficulty in gaining knowledge of worldly things. It is the man who has knowledge of worldly things only who has great difficulty in absorbing the higher knowledge.

Mr. [Henry] Ford was very wise when he said to me, “If you had been a business man, I am sure you would have been successful.” Furthermore, he said, “I have tried all my life to solve the problem which you appear to have solved.”

This again gives us an insight into the idea that higher wisdom does not debar a person from having worldly wisdom, though worldly wisdom does not qualify a person to attain to the higher wisdom.

And now let us come to the mystic’s vision. People think that to see colors or spirits or visions is mystical. But mysticism cannot be restricted to this, and those who see these things are not necessarily mystics. Besides those who can see and whose vision is clear, say so little about it. The mystic will be the last to claim that he sees or does wonderful things; his vision and his power would be diminished as soon as he began to feed his vanity by claiming to know or do things which others cannot know or do. The main thing that the mystic has to accomplish is to get rid of the false ego, so that if he feeds it on claiming such things he will lose all his power and virtue and greatness.

To a mystic every person is like an open letter, just as to an experienced physician a person’s face tells his condition. And yet a mystic would never say to someone else, “In this person I see this or that”, for the more he knows the greater trust is put in him by God. He covers all that should be covered; he only says what has to be said. A mystic will know most and yet will act innocently. It is the ones who know little who make a fuss about their knowledge. The more a person knows, the less he shows to others. Besides a mystic is never ready to correct people for their follies, to condemn them for their errors, or to accuse them of foolishness. He sees so much of errors and follies and foolishness that he never feels inclined to point them out; he just sees life in its different aspects, and understands the process an individual goes through in life.

It is by mistakes and errors that one learns in the end, and a mystic never feels that he should condemn anyone for them; he only feels that they are natural. Some are advancing rapidly, others are going slowly. Foolishness is just like light and darkness: it is through darkness that the sun rises, and through ignorance wisdom will rise one day. A mystic, therefore, need not learn patience; he is taught patience by life from the beginning till the end. A mystic need not learn tolerance; his outlook gives him tolerance, it is natural for him. He need not learn forgiveness; he cannot do anything but forgive.

Man loves complexity and calls it knowledge. A great many societies and institutions in the world which call themselves occult and esoteric and psychic and by various other names, knowing that everyone is interested in complexity, cover the truth; and instead of covering it with one cover they cover it with a thousand covers to make it more interesting. It is just like customs which were followed in ancient times when people came to worship and asked the priest how they should do it, and he would say, “How far do you live from the shrine?” And when they said, “Two miles,” he answered, “You must come on foot to the shrine and walk around it a hundred times before you may enter it.” He gave them a good exercise before they were allowed to come in. And ever, today they do the same thing. When a person says, “I want to see truth”, but wishes to look for truth in complexity, they cover truth under a thousand covers and then they give him the problem to solve. Are there not many people interested in the Mahatmas of the Himalayas, are there not many interested in the holy souls in remote places of Persia, many who look for a master in the center of Australia? Perhaps next year an article will appear declaring that a great soul has been born in Siberia. What is it all about? It is all the love of complexity, queer notions, strange ideas which do not lead souls any further.

Therefore a mystic very often appears to be simple, because sincerity makes him feel inclined to express the truth in simple language and in simple ideas. But because people value complexity, they think that what he says is too simple and that it is something which they have always known, that it is nothing new. But, as Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun.

Besides truth belongs to the soul and the soul knows it, and as soon as the truth is spoken the soul recognizes it; it is not new, not foreign to it. If a person says, “This is something I already know”, even if his soul has known it, it can never be repeated too often for him. The great saints of the East have repeated one phrase, for instance, “God is One”, perhaps a million times in their lives. Should we believe that they were so foolish as not to be able to understand the meaning of it by saying it once? Why then do they repeat it a million times? The reason is that it is never enough. We live in the midst of illusion from morning till evening when we go to sleep. What we do not know is the illusion in which we are from morning till evening. It is not the truth we do not know; truth is all we know–if we know anything fully. The mystic, therefore, instead of learning truth, instead of looking for truth, wishes to maintain truth; he wishes to cling to the idea of truth, to keep the vision of reality before him lest it may be covered by the thousand veils of illusion.

Does the mystic make any effort to reach the highest realization? Yes. It is an art which is passed on from teacher to pupil, and so this art is handed down through the ages from one person to another. One might ask why, if truth is within oneself, is there any necessity for such an art. But, after all, art is not nature. The animals and birds do not need an art; they are happy, they are peaceful, they are innocent, they are spiritual, really spiritual. They live in nature, their life is natural. We live far away from nature, we have made our artificial world to live in; and that is why we require an art to free ourselves from it. I do not mean to say that we must abandon life, or that we must not have anything to do with life in order to be mystics, but we have to practice that art which enables us to get in touch with reality.

That art is in the first place concentration. Concentration does not mean closing the eyes and sitting in church on Sunday. Many know how to close their eyes and sit there, yet their mind wanders about, specially when they have closed their eyes. Concentration means that every atom of the body and of the mind is centered in one spot.

The next step is contemplation; that is to be able to retain an idea which raises one’s consciousness from the dense world. The third stage is meditation, and that is to purify oneself, to free oneself, and to open oneself to the light of truth, in order that it may abide in one’s spirit. And the fourth step is realization. Then the mystic is no longer the knower of truth, but is truth itself.

The Soul Age Stages

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  • Infant Souls deal with issues of survival; they do not yet have a basis for making sense of what is “out there”—they only know that it is “not me.” Infant souls often live on the fringes of society, and their experience of life is simple, earthy, primitive, and mystical. Without loving guidance from older souls who teach them the difference between right and wrong, Infant souls may react violently to perceived threats.
  • Baby Souls have a need for structure and tend to live according to beliefs based on dogma, such as religious fundamentalism. Baby souls, focused as they are on bringing people together under the umbrella of civilization, see others, as being “just like me.” They can become confused and upset when those “other me’s” act differently than expected. Their experience of life is rule-based, rigid, dogmatic, family-oriented, and highly structured around adhering to the laws and mores of an institution or culture — think of the Middle West and the conscientious drive to be the “model citizen.”
  • Young Souls are success oriented and set high standards of personal achievement. Young souls are learning to impact the world, and see others as “you”s they can impact. Their experience of life is competitive, industrious, independent, profit-motivated, win-lose, and in pursuit of anything that leads to prosperity. They fear aging, the natural decline of their bodies, and go to great lengths to preserve their status and appearance. Young souls could be the official soul age for face-lifts, Botox injections, and tummy-tucks.
  • Mature Souls are relationship oriented and tend to gravitate toward emotional drama. Mature souls, delving into their inner world and exploring relatedness, can keenly feel other people’s “stuff,” and perceive it in the same way they perceive their own. This can make for much intensity and, often, subjectivity. Their experience of life is dramatic, emotional, soap-opera-like, identified, intimate, empathetic, and self-aware.
  • Old Souls seek the larger perspective of life, and have less interest in playing the material game. They tend to be more detached, and try to see themselves and others within a larger context, fostering a “live and let live” motto. Their experience of life is laid-back, easy going, detached from emotional intensity, spiritually-minded, and sometimes a little lazy.

Different type of empaths

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Artist

– You are an Artist Empath, one who creates their own reality and infuses the realities of others with your energy & emotions. You are poetic and sensitive. You turn your feelings into creations and
share them with the world. Everything you touch turns to song and is freed by the color of your eyes. Your spirit dances with the winds and paints delight in the evening sky.

Fallen Angel – You are a Fallen Angel empath. You have not found your place in this world yet and wander as a lost soul. Your wings have been clipped but you know deep inside they will grow back. You need to fly free and proud. Fallen Angels are spiritual beings who were trapped by flesh, and are now seeking to spread their wings again.

Healer – You are a Healer Empath. You take in the energy of others and transmute it. You trigger transformation in others and free trapped energy. You are capable of great healing abilities. You walk between the worlds and bring waves of healing energy with your presence.

Judge – You are a Judge Empath, one who is a “truthsayer” . You can tell truth from lies, good from evil. You do not tolerate wrong doing. You are a defender of the good and the innocent. You are kind and
merciful but do not play foolish games.

Precog – You are a Precog Empath. You are a visionary & a human thermostat. You can predict outcomes and see where paths may lead. You are a good scout and a guide to others. Be careful of your dreams.
Your sight penetrates the veil that hides the truth from mankind.

Shaman – You are a Shamanic Empath. You are at one with nature and can speak with animal/plant life. Your powers come from the Sun & the Moon, and the elements. The weather moves with your mind and all of nature is at your beck and call.

Traveler – You are a Traveler Empath, you come from a time & place far removed from here. You are an innocent, in search of your own kin and have a difficult time understanding this world. You are lost & only want to find your way back home. You bring unique gifts to this world and share them with a loving heart. Although very misunderstood, you are also very forgiving.

Universal – You are a Universal Empath, you possess all the qualities of the other seven empath groups. You are what is known as an “Implicate” or Imp, a product of evolutionary design and genetic mutation. You are a psychic hybrid.