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An Occult
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Spiritual and Philosophical Insights
regarding Humanitys Search
for Truth
By
A Student of The Ageless Wisdom
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Contents
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Preface
The Author
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Definitions
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Yoga: An ancient school of spiritual practices that
results in union with the object or concept
concentrated upon.
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Once a person not merely senses Oneness but
knows it as fact then it becomes impossible to act
against it.
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Chapter 1
The Mountainous Journey
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Chapter 2
The Path of Initiation
[1] Bailey, Alice. A. (1922). Initiation: Human and Solar. New York. Lucis
Publishing Company
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required is practically superhuman so what
enticements could there be? For some the
enticement is to gain more knowledge about Life
and its workings. For others, it represents a pathway
to emancipation from the wheel of rebirth. To not a
few it provides a means to help their fellow beings
in the world. Yet whilst motive does count, the
motive, whether selfish or selfless, requires effort,
for even a selfish seeker of Truth is still prepared to
discipline him or herself for the end gain. And just
as every person is prepared to do what is needed for
their own happiness, then that preparation and
discipline used in the acquisition of it must be a fact
of nature - hence there being nothing impractical in
legitimate occult rules. Yet the Path of Initiation, as
described in certain occult literature, often gives the
impression of being almost distinctively harsh and
even frightening. Why would anyone want to
subject themselves to such discipline, pain and self-
sacrifice, to suffer abnegation and loneliness for
some far off fantastical goal? The truth is that no
one has to. But those who do do it have learned that
the difference between a person on the Path of
Initiation looking for the Absolute-Existence-
Knowledge-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda), and a person
in average ordinary earth life seeking the same,
though they might not call it as such, in the last
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analysis, is duration. The Path of Initiation simply
allows a person to acquire it sooner and over a
shorter period of incarnations. And we mustn't
confuse self-mutilation and extreme religious
penance as desirable forms of sacrifice for how can
anyone be happy and in such ludicrous pain at the
same time?
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As it stands, a life spent in developing and
controlling the physical vehicle, even in a purely
athletic sense, is part of the early stages of the Path
of Initiation for it is one step closer to controlling
ALL the bodies (the etheric, astral/emotional, and
mental). Therefore, sports aren't necessarily a
mindless waste of time, as some philosophers
would have it. That happiness we all seek comes
from within, and to control the physical body first
is a natural step towards inner realities, and yet why
should this be so? When you practice controlling
your physical body, in terms of making it do what
you want in the name of acquiring happiness (an
inner reality), aren't you making at that very
moment your happiness actual instead of
unrealized? And if so why not strive to make that
actual happiness permanent? And why stop at the
physical body, for the astral/emotional, and mental
bodies can all be disciplined in this manner. So, if
even temporary happiness is worth the trouble to
acquire then surely permanent happiness is worth
even more so. The first step towards happiness,
then, is to learn to control matter, by an effort of the
will, and it matters not whether it is the control of
one's own physical vehicle, or learning to control
the development of a new business venture, or the
control of the mind, just so long as the end result is
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gained, for all of these imply an expansion of
consciousness which is what the Path of Initiation
is about: It is really about the steady climb towards
permanent happiness and Love-consciousness.
*It should here be stated that the word expand is really meant to imply
inclusion.
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Chapter 3
The God Within
Part of the problem has been that for long ages men,
in certain areas of belief have, if truth be told,
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thought or conceived of God as being something
more like themselves. Yet from an occult
perspective this is an inversion of what is actually
true. In the dense matter of our bodies and
personalities, blinded for the most part by solid
matter, we see ourselves (as our personalities) more
readily than we see God. This is why we (for those
of us who believe in God in a certain way) often
cannot help ascribing to God our own
characteristics, declaring that God is kind, God
condemns other religions, God is offended etc. Yet
these limited qualities or characteristics are really
something of our own making, and we justify them
because we consider them to be Gods qualities. But
the philosopher states: How can God be offended
by anything seeing as He created absolutely
everything, which logically means He created the
so-called offensive things as well, and besides
which, knew that they would be offensive in the first
place seeing as He is also all-knowing? And with
all the power He has at his disposal why would He
make himself bothered and miserable through the
act of littering His landscape with offensive objects
and events, and also people to complain about them,
for surely to be offended by something is at the
same time to be made miserable by it as well? And
again, this same philosopher might also ask: How
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can God be kind for wouldnt an act of kindness
demonstrate a lack of knowing of how events turn
out to be for some people, in that in their
misfortunes they thusly seem to prompt, cause, or
remind Him to be kind to them? Yet if He really did
know all things, the past, present, and future, would
He not simply pre-empt their sorrows with an even
greater act of kindness by way of changing their
misfortunes from the very start instead of halfway
through them or even waiting until the very end?
Some here might say that if God were kind the
whole time then we wouldnt learn anything, yet
surely what we might learn is to be kind the whole
time ourselves thusly making all our burdens that
much lighter, which is, as described in the various
spiritual texts, our greatest lesson or goal. And
besides which, if the very best way to learn
something is through an absence of Gods kindness
why then doesnt He be unkind to everyone instead
of only to some? The truth to all this is that it is
really we who are offended, or we who are kind or
unkind, but because there is some religious book
that tells us God is offended by such and such a
thing, or is kind and loving about something else,
we accordingly justify our attitudes. Yet it is really
our attitudes that betray certain weaknesses such
as favouring the easier way of condemning our
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fellow brothers and sisters due to our ignorance and
bigotries instead of taking the stronger and morally
courageous viewpoint of intelligent loving
tolerance towards their activities which is really
more God-like. Yet, perhaps, in consideration of
our worlds problems and the domination of the
dark forces, and the increasing levels of social and
criminal violence, some might say that that
particular train left the station long ago and that
tolerance now would be like giving the dark forces
a continuing free hand and is therefore a worthless
point of view. Yet from an occult perspective
tolerance doesnt equate to inaction or being aloof
to the worlds problems. For be it remembered that
the dark forces wouldnt have nearly any of the
power and influence over the populace that they
have if there were nothing within our natures to be
swayed by in the first place, hence a need for the
understanding of the various components of our
being.
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Chapter 4
The Making of Rules
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*Some might say: If these rules are so strict then why do they not pertain to each
and every disciple instead of being pertinent to some and not others? The simple
answer is that some disciples have learned the rule of discretion, for example,
perfectly, so they do not need to obey a rule they have already mastered.
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for the multi-various activities of life, in that they
are governed by their personalities.
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But can our personality-based rules and laws teach
us anything? They can if they point out our
weaknesses - such as fear of what others think
about us, our tendencies to criticize and condemn
others, or our desire to exact revenge - which we
need to overcome if we are to arrive at soul
liberation. But what about the laws that govern our
society such as legislature? These laws can, again,
point out our weaknesses, but instead are commonly
used to placate and satisfy someones need to
control and govern others, and this in turn usually
causes those governed to think highly of themselves
if they adopt the same perspective. Rules of any
kind should ideally lead a person to higher levels of
consciousness, not temporary moral inhibitions.
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Chapter 5
Mistaking The Low for The High
[2] Ibid.
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successive lifetimes. Much of this training involves
the practicing of discrimination.
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Discriminating between the soul and the personality
will also reduce time-wasting and develop the right
perspective to distinguish between what is
important and what is not important on the Path of
Initiation. This last example is common for many
aspirants often think that whatever they do, say, or
read regarding anything spiritual must therefore be
very significant or important, particularly when
discovered for the first time, and that they, too, are
important for knowing or agreeing with it. Yet this
in itself is a superstition. Many sincere aspirants
read about a particular line of work a Master is
working on, or chance to hear that such and such a
Master works with artists or poets, for example, and
as a result it preoccupies or even dominates their
general thinking, and if they happen to be artistic or
a poet they think that they must therefore be
associated with that Master and His work. They also
often begin to think that they themselves are also
important by that very connection. This isnt to say
that an artist or poet cant be associated with a
particular Master because of this problem but rather
to point out that it is very easy for the personality to
make aggrandizing generalizations and
assumptions and end up blocking, through
developing pride, any higher inspiration. How
many instances of people are there who, in the
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world of purely physical plane knowledge, assume
an air of importance because they happen to know
some line of thinking or concept that is accepted by
the masses and promulgated by the intelligentsia
and intellectual community? Yet this is equally true
of those who embrace what they consider to be an
unconventional line of thinking such as believing in
the Masters. Yet those who claim to be into
something such as the Masters, or the Great
Brotherhood of Light, can often in varying degrees
really fall prey to being more into themselves, for
whilst they have certainly responded to, in many
cases, a faint recollection of a connection with these
beings, the initial thrill assumes a level of
importance and thus selfishness, in the form of
spiritual or intellectual contentedness, creeps in.
This is one of the downfalls of initiates who fail to
realize that they love themselves more than they
love those they claim to serve (ie: Humanity or the
Masters) because of what they know or believe, and
the sense of temporary fulfilment, satisfaction, and
importance it gives them.
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Many well-meaning people who are polarized in
their emotional bodies, and are sincerely looking for
something with deeper meaning in their lives, often
forego any critical thinking and routinely utilize
their so-called intuition instead which seemingly
guides them to attend emotionally or commercially-
driven spiritual platforms and events. Yet these
events often cost a lot of money and are, as a
consequence, impractical in light of our current
economic problems these problems being
something the Spiritual Hierarchy is trying to warn
and advise us about through its disciples in
incarnation right now (some of whom may work as
economists or financiers). These intuitions that
people claim lead them to the right person, teacher,
or place are sometimes an attempt by the soul to
teach them discrimination, which would be more
like the development of real intuition which is
knowing. Think on this. The soul, in its wisdom,
aims at the practical and the useful where the
problems of the world are concerned. People
waking up to the lies of their governments and a
collapsing economy is sometimes more indicative
of an expanding consciousness and developing
intuition, and therefore potential usefulness to the
Spiritual Hierarchy, than those spending large sums
of money on spiritual fads promoting self-
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realization. Therefore, to know something
intuitively is different to being led somewhere
emotionally. But, to allude again to the problem of
the philosophy of everything is right and good
you could say that a trip on an expensive cruise ship
to take part in a spiritual tour to an exotic locale
would be (and usually is) seen as just as valuable as
actually refraining from that self-same trip in lieu
of something more practical. Hence, interested
people are becoming hypnotised to the belief that
new age spirituality is good because of the abundant
expression of choices and philosophies it often
unquestioningly supports and promotes. But the
real good would be in practicing unrelenting
discrimination in spite of what the majority believes
or supports - whether that majority is of the new age
movement or of the whole world.
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It was asked above: Where exactly do our
personalities end and our souls begin? and it may
well be asked when exactly does night end and the
day begin with the answer being it is a matter of
perspective, for to one person standing in some part
of the world it begins at a certain time, for others
the Sun has not yet risen, and for another group it
rose some time ago, meaning that the soul (likened
to the Sun) makes Its presence felt when a person
positions him or herself (esoterically-speaking) to
receive Its light in accordance to his or her efforts
and intentions. From an occult perspective there is
nothing in our earthly lives that cannot be sacrificed
for a higher perspective, and it is just a matter of
knowing which perspective is the higher one. And
surely the perspective that truly benefits all and
admits into the world more intelligent Love in
action is indicative of a soul-governed personality
which is a true blessing in this world.
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Chapter 6
A Light-bearers Sacrifice
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Now let us look at this scenario from another angle:
A great sage approaches a spiritual aspirant on the
path and tells him of a wonderful idea he has that
will bring enlightenment and peace to people. Being
naturally cautious he gives a partial picture of what
that idea is and asks the man if he would be willing
to help him put it into concrete form, as it were
almost useless to anyone were it devoid of practical
tangibility. The man, who is struck by the veracity
of the sage and his idea, and sees little to doubt,
readily agrees, and begins to busy himself with
preparations and the telling of his friends about it.
His friends, however, being far from eager to join
him in his enterprise prove instead to be the source
of much animosity and ridicule which was entirely
unexpected by the man. He tries to explain the
benefits that they will reap, the enlightenment, the
peace etc. but they are more interested in their
material lives and so come to regard he, whom they
once counted as a brother and a friend, as someone
they feel they no longer know and someone they
can no longer trust. The man is bewildered and torn
between these dramatic reactions and his attraction
to the words of the sage, and, in the end, chooses to
settle back into his old life and ways and is
welcomed back into the comfortable nest of his
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earthly life by his friends. The sage merely moves
along and disappears from view.
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have to act on in some of the more obvious social
platforms of our world.
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Let us now look at the scenario from the perspective
of a family unit who are governed by their souls.
The husband, who loves humanity, gets an idea to
start an esoteric school and so dedicates a lot of time
in building it. His wife, who loves her husband and
humanity more than herself (just as her husband
does for he would not do it if it didnt bring
happiness to her as well) makes every effort to
assist him, and in the very least gives him
unmolested freedom to pursue his course of action.
In fact their whole lives have been very similar to
each other from a young age so a definite soul
affinity is in place when they finally meet. Their
bodies are in tune with their souls, their hearts and
minds are at peace, and their children grow in an
environment of wisdom and happiness, for all are
happy to do the work of their souls and to forget
self, and so reap the benefits of being true
blessings to the world. Does this sound far-fetched?
Whilst people acknowledge that our world is indeed
in dire straits, it might seem that to do a little good
is really all that people can do, but surely the above
example of a far higher order of living in the form
of a family unit of soul-governed personalities
committed to benefitting humanity, as this family
illustrates is possible, is truly worth the attainment,
just as a school filled with the most intelligent and
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compassionate teachers is better and more helpful
to the school than if it were not. Is this idealized
family, then, to be held in contempt and scorn for
the current state of affairs in our world which was
really caused by people living lives governed by the
selfish inclinations of their personalities rather than
their own souls?
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the earth still holds for each of us some kind of lure,
else why would we be here?
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It may also be worth considering that whilst none of
these manipulative entities can pass through what
has been described as an exceedingly narrow door
to the Kingdom of Heaven (think of the camel and
the eye of a needle) they can easily put on an
impression of coming through as though from the
other side of that door - for how many of us can say
we as disciples and aspirants are so very successful
ourselves in getting through that narrow door and
into the greater realms, being largely dependent for
its description on information given to us from other
people?
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Chapter 7
Continuity of Consciousness
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recognition of this occult fact. Moreover, it is put
forth that there is a process called the Path of
Initiation whereby people can develop this
consciousness through a series of expansions
evolved over multiple lifetimes (occultly known as
reincarnation). This more permanent consciousness
that transcends physical plane limits, such as death,
is the underpinning of all occult endeavour which is
to prove and know that which is real; in other words
to develop self-consciousness. It is also maintained
that identification with the soul is one of the stages
on the Path of Initiation that precedes identification
with the Monad. Part of the object of this book,
then, is to give the reader a point of view that not so
much illustrates non-existence of the soul as being
wrong thinking, but that endlessness of
consciousness is a more accurate line of thinking,
and productive of real joy.
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However, strange as Life can be, there is indeed one
portion of our species that requires definite proof
for various concepts such as immortal
consciousness, whilst another portion does not,
believing in it through association with various
spiritual and religious philosophies. And this latter
view does not necessarily apply to religious people
who have had concepts such as the immortal soul
indoctrinated into them from birth, for there are
many people who sense or suspect that there is
some truth to continuity of consciousness without
having ever been influenced by religion. Or at least
not influenced to the point where other
considerations must be denied. The strangeness,
then, perhaps lies in what seems to be a real conflict
of interests and butting of heads regarding this
matter. But why should this be so? Human beings
have a need to understand themselves but the
subject of proof is a curiously difficult, divisive, and
even convenient one (depending on which side of
the fence you sit). The more religiously inclined
often claim that to prove is to somehow insult or
disrepute the thing they believe in, escaping then
the outcome, or activity, of knowing; whilst the
non-believers consider any absence of proof to be
proof enough of the non-existence of, at any rate,
the soul, thereby escaping or avoiding the outcome,
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and activity, of investigating it. From an occult
perspective both sides combined can bring light to
this subject whilst apart, and vehemently defended
as irreconcilably separate, they lead to darkness, of
which conflict is a major attribute. As suggested
above lasting consciousness, from an occult
perspective, is not dependent on religion or even
philosophy for its existence, any more than time is
dependent on our making clocks, and yet neither is
it dependent on scientific approbation. Yet both are
stepping stones to this Truth and both are really the
closest of allies instead of being enemies. For what
is required to discern Truth but a faith that
something is more real or truer than something else
(it doesnt matter what) and so worth the seeking,
and conjointly proving it to be such by the making
of Truth an established fact through the exercise of
practical reason.
[3] Ravilious, K. (2008). How did our planet form? Retrieved September 25,
2016 from https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/apr/28/starsgalaxiesand
planets.geology
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the bottom with our current consciousness being
only capable of acknowledging this process and
little else. It might also be said that it would be
highly improbable for each marble to touch every
single other marble meaning that some events (from
our perspective) are unlikely to happen whilst
others will happen no matter what those events
ranging from anything such as the formation of our
atmosphere, to the meeting of two friends, to the
building of a civilization. This therefore means that
whatever joys, sorrows, or the myriads of other
sensations and perceptions we experience in life, is
simply the result of the way those marbles happened
to fall down that slide. Yet, strangely, if this is all
true then this great process has given us the
perplexing ability to lament or rejoice over our
particular conditions and circumstances.
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development, and still finishing up in ecstatic union
with its creator for all eternity!
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And what if this tension, the pulling between the
objective and the subjective, was our actual
consciousness? What if the subjective side of life
was actually measurable but in another way and
acted with a sort of gravity of its own, pulling
certain temperaments towards itself, just as certain
kinds of music or poetry attracts different types of
appreciation. Why cannot true consciousness be the
soul looking at a piece of art (in the form of a whole
human life), for example, studying it intently,
deriving a certain analytical, appreciative, and
discriminatory perspective on it and finally
assimilating it into itself? And then when it is
finished studying it looks at something else
altogether, the looking away resulting in what we
call death? But people will always argue: Where is
the proof? The proof lies ultimately in a persons
willingness to change their perspective, just as the
opening of some curtains across a window allows a
little more light into a dark room thusly proving to
our eyes what is actually in the room, as opposed to
being only able to discern those things through
touch. Yet with the opening of the curtains a new
sense in the form of sight begins to make its
presence known. To see means that we no longer
need to touch, for whilst touching was ultimately
necessary to gain sight, it is a kind of belief (which
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can often become a crutch) which is discarded the
moment the thing believed in is known, just as a
person who sees a certain animal for the first time
no longer needs to see a picture of it to prove what
it looks like. This means that the scientific need for
concrete evidence is really a direction towards a
new perception (sight), and just as that light through
the window brings us sight, and adds more to our
knowledge, so, too, does adding the concept of
continuity to consciousness add more to our
existence.
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Chapter 8
Oneness and Hierarchy
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To use the concept of Oneness, then, as it is known
in popular thought, is perhaps misunderstood and
amounts to the undesirable quality of
grandstanding, for whilst we live in this world of
duality we must learn those lessons of duality
before we go higher in the understanding of them -
those very lessons embodying the idea that good
and evil, light and darkness, masculine and
feminine, etc. are all really two sides of the same
coin. But how many of us can say we have arrived
at that point? How many of us can say we are One
with our neighbours or they are One with us? How
many can say they are One with their enemies or
people who have done them wrong?
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all, what true Oneness is, asking nothing in return,
not even to be named.
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Chapter 9
Own Two Feet
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Afterword
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The Author.
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To contact the author:
anoccultperspective@gmail.com
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