(...Continued
from Teachings on Meditation 2)
In
the last instruction, I started you on the first part of the
new meditation. The completed meditation involves the process
of relating heart and head and then - by an act of the will
- linking up both with the quiescent point within the solar
plexus - that point of which nothing has as yet been taught
(though the necessity for such a point was obvious in the
work of transferring energy) but which is of vital significance
in all preparation for initiation.
That
is as far as I took you in the last meditation but to it must
be added the individual meditation which will aid in group
integration and in the unfoldment of the individual disciple.
You
will have noted, I am sure, that in the meditation assigned
for daily use, I did not carry it forward to where the will
is exerted and the energy in the head is driven to the quiescent
center in the solar plexus. You will have noted also that
at the time of the Full Moon and in group formation, plus
direct contact with myself, you were permitted together to
link heart, head and solar plexus. Once a month and then only
through the protective magnetic field of the group life can
you complete the meditation.
The
Full Moon work will remain as already assigned for the remainder
of the year, but we will complete the meditation and I will
now outline for you Stage II in the group meditation. The
first half should now be so familiar to you that it will be
automatic in its doing and should take only a [120] few minutes
to complete. It is in the nature of a preface to the one I
am now seeking to assign. It should leave each of you (if
carrying it forward to a right conclusion) with the consciousness
and heart energy focused in the head. The activity of the
true spiritual man has not been aroused, and when it is, the
effect on the downflow of energy from the head center will
be threefold:
The
awakened point in the solar plexus will become extremely active
and - if the work is correctly done - it will make that point
also exceedingly magnetic, gathering all the energies of all
the centers below the diaphragm (except the one at the base
of the spine), and this involves the sacral center and other
little focal points of energy, up into the solar plexus. There
they must be held steady until such time as the man is ready
to deal with them occultly.
The unawakened or quiescent point of light in the solar plexus
comes slowly to life and to a state of new vibratory activity.
Its magnetic field steadily increases and widens, until it
contacts the periphery of the magnetic field surrounding the
heart center.
When the two above stages are completed, then comes a lengthy
process of transference. The solar plexus is the clearing
house between the lower energies and the higher. This process
is in itself dual:
The two points within the solar plexus field of activity become
definitely related to each other, and the lower sacral and
material energies are transferred into the hitherto quiescent
point of light, now awakened and intensifying in quality and
potency.
The concentrated energies in the new center within the periphery
of the solar plexus are then lifted by an act of the will
into the heart center and from thence to the head.
In this triple transference of the lower energies to the solar
plexus, to the heart and finally to the head, we have a pictorial
and symbolic presentation within the life experience of the
disciple of the interrelation and eventual transference of
energy from the personality (symbolized by the solar plexus)
to the soul (symbolized by the heart center) and from the
soul to the Monad (symbolized by the head center). These correspondences
are of value as they are an argument for the factual nature
of the process and they also enable the aspirant to grasp
somewhat the nature of the undertaking to which he is committed.
Certain aspects of relationship, therefore, emerge into the
consciousness of the disciple and at this point in his training
the following four relations are of major 'importance:
The
relation of the energies, found below the diaphragm and corresponding
to the personality life (motivated by desire), and the higher
energies found above the diaphragm and motivated by the soul.
These are as yet in the case of the average aspirant, practically
entirely quiescent and only become a realized activity as
the soul establishes increasing control over the disciple.
The relation between the two points within the solar plexus
itself. These are symbolic also of the personality-soul relationship.
One point is awakened, as to the lower life of man; the other
point is awakening, as in the case of the aspirant, or is
totally awakened as is the case of the pledged disciple, prior
to the second initiation.
The relation between the solar plexus and the heart. This
is of great importance and serves to clarify the mind of the
aspirant because it is symbolic again of the immediate present
problem of the personality and the soul.
The relation between the ajna center (between the eyebrows)
and the thousand-petalled lotus. When these two centers are
correctly related to each other, then the man can take the
third initiation at which time the potency of the Monad can
begin to make its presence felt, linking heart and head and
solar plexus.
There is an intermediate stage in which the heart and the
ajna center become aligned and related. This stage is omitted
from the enumeration given above owing to the fact that it
is of a sevenfold nature and the method of transition and
of transference is dependent upon the ray quality. One new
item of information comes naturally here. The throat center
is not included in these relationships between centers above
the diaphragm as it is to them what the sacral center is to
the solar plexus - a point of pure creative activity, set
in motion by the interplay of the other centers but particularly
is the throat center energized and actuated eventually by
the sacral center itself. It is an effect or result of relation
more than anything else.
Three
other items of interest might here be mentioned. First, the
throat center is brought into real activity by the direct
action of the soul, via the head center, in conjunction with
the raising of the energy of the sacral center simultaneously.
This is analogous to the fact that the solar plexus is brought
into real constructive usefulness by the direct action of
the soul, via the heart center. That is why people who work
creatively usually have first ray personalities at the time
that the throat center becomes dynamically active for the
first time. Secondly, the solar plexus center is awakened
by the inflow of energy of a dual nature - the energies of
the heart and the head, working synchronously. This is a correspondence
to the dual energy which constitutes the essential nature
of the soul - atma-buddhi, or spiritual will and spiritual
love. The third soul energy, manas or mental energy is related
more directly to the throat center. Thirdly, it might be stated
that the awakening of the center at the base of the spine
is the result of an act of the will directed from the head
and resulting in the elevation of all the energies to the
head, just as the solar plexus was awakened and energy was
carried to the heart - also by an act of the will. The energy
of the solar plexus, that great clearing house for personality
energy, must be carried always to the heart.
Here
I would again caution you and call attention to my earlier
statement that all stimulation of the solar plexus and all
focus upon that center carries with it definite danger, and
[123] disciples are enjoined to exercise wise control over
the emotional nature. A decentralized attitude as regards
personality reactions and a steadily deepening love of humanity
will safeguard disciples at this stage - the stage of seeking
to fit themselves for the first or the second initiation.
We will now continue with the second phase of the meditation.
It was carried to the point wherein you were asked to say
as a soul the great Mantram of Unification.
(Continue
to part 4 of Teachings On Meditation...)
Authors
Details:
Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul
From The Book 'Discipleship in the New Age - Volume II' |
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