Theos-Talk Archives (December 2000 Message tt00039)

Very interesting incident. From what I have seen, those who have a physical
"guru", generally treat that person as their free "consultant" on many
matters -- from love to money and in most cases they want to delegate the
decision making to someone else and content with following someone's
decision. They rarely think of growing up and taking decisions on their own. 

mkr


At 05:04 PM 12/09/2000 -0000, you wrote:
>Some time ago I fell in with some people who were cleaning 
>cabins in the mountains near my home. After we had cleaned a 
>few of these cabins, I was asked if i was interested in attending 
>a seance and having no previous bias one way or the other, I 
>agreed to attend and indicated i was curious about it.
>
>I also met the lady who was the Medium.
>
>Several people gathered who i had not met before and we sat in 
>a circle in a dimly lit room. The medium began an annoying 
>moan that persisited several minutes and eventually a voice was 
>manifested that moved from participant to participant answering 
>their questions about deceased relatives or devining the 
>condition of each person, describing the aura colors of each... 
>This was a long process and rather drawn out. I recall feeling 
>exhausted and irritated at the time. 
>
>As the spirit voice eventually reached me, she said i was a 
>"descended master" and had a aura of a rainbow around my 
>person, this was a real shocker to me as i knew i was 
>descended from something but had not considered an Avatar 
>before. The seance ended shortly after and an interesting 
>phenomena occurred. Several members of the group asked my 
>advice on whether to buy a Cadillac or invest money in a scheme 
>or how they could take over a development. 
>
>At this point i was growing tired of all this and felt a deep 
>frustration and even an anger. I quoted to them the saying of the 
>Buddha: "Be ye lamps unto yourselves!" and do not seek out 
>mediums or others to solve your problems. They responded, but 
>"you're a descended avatat, you can guide us!" Well i had to cut 
>short this whole thing and left that group peremptorily, but never 
>have i forgotten the lesson i learned there. Many seek psychic 
>powers and can even demonstrate them but they are many 
>times on the lower psychic level and have little to do with spiritual 
>liberation.
>
>
>- Arthur Gregory