Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01503)

Dear Morten
We will have to learn the difference between god magic and bad magic.

This is exactly my point. Thanks
Cass

"M. Sufilight" <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk> wrote:

Hallo all,


If I may?

The law of life of the Mavantara is always protecting everyone.
God - Parabrahman is within - and is so very much more wise,
that the readers of these words in their present state of mind
have any imagination about.

But, yes it is a bit scary.
If any of you have ever seen the movies called "Scanners"
or just Darth Vader in Star Wars and his "late" friend Captain Needa,
you get a good glimpse of what possibilities we are talking about.

Dion Fortunes: PSYCHIC SELF DEFENCE seems
interesting to ponder.


Nasty stuff indeed.

And if one compares that to some of the present day childrens cartoons -
like : the Smurfs, gummi bears, Pinky and The Brain, the Chronicles of 
Narnia (which I also have read)
and more - which so many children know about -
we will see, that many of us are getting prepared to what will
come - either because of unwanted circumstances or because
we need certain experiences to develop our spiritual
heart of compassion to a higher level.
We will have to learn the difference between god magic and bad magic.

Real life is of course a stronger teacher than a screen with dots and 
colors.



Well, just a few views of mine.


M. Sufilight

Some of us are getting too old for this stuff...:-)
http://www.salokin.demon.co.uk/cartoons.htm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hamilton Jr." 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Sorcery and problems on the Path


>
> Yes, but one who isn't protected by the master may not have the skill
> required to defend themselves.
>
> There is a distinction, which I've mentioned to someone directly
> contacting me, between a higher state and a lower state. The higher
> state is Mahatmaship, and the lower state is the temptation (from
> whatever source) attempting to make you shift course.
>
> I distinguish between the two because the the lower state is always
> there until you fully attain the higher state. It feels like an easy
> way out or a misdirection.
>
> I'm just using my terminology, though. I'm sure they described it 
> similarly.
>
> -Mark H.
>
> On 4/22/05, Cass Silva wrote:
>>
>> Dear Mark,
>> My understanding is that the disciple, when on the path, is protected by 
>> the master, until the time, he must face the "temptation" himself. 
>> However, the initiate, when on the path proper, has been armed with 
>> fore-warning and knowledge? The choice is his.
>> Regards
>> Cass
>>
>> "Mark Hamilton Jr." wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for this article
>>
>> One can increase their defenses through occultism which will at least
>> help the initiate. If the initiate needs help, they can ask for
>> assistance from their master.
>>
>> There are also other dangers, which usually come as physical maladies,
>> such as sudden episodes of dizziness.
>>
>> Some of these dark masters take advantage of both resonant and bound
>> energies. Resonant energies stay for a long time and influence the
>> initiate. Bound energies directly affect the body of the initiate. A
>> master of the arts can remove binds and dispel negative influences
>> with quite some ease.
>>
>> -Mark H.
>>
>> On 4/22/05, M. Sufilight wrote:
>> >
>> > Hallo all,
>> >
>> > My views are:
>> >
>> > The following might be helpful...
>> >
>> > - - - Danger from the Dark side - - -
>> >
>> > I only want at this point to lay emphasis upon the fact that no danger 
>> > need be
>> > feared by the average student from this source. It is only as 
>> > discipleship is approached
>> > and a man stands out ahead of his fellows as an instrument of the White 
>> > Brotherhood
>> > that he attracts the attention of those who seek to withstand.
>> >
>> > When through application to meditation, and power and activity in 
>> > service, a man has
>> > developed his vehicles to a point of real achievement, then his 
>> > vibrations set in motion
>> > matter of a specific kind, and he learns to work with that matter, to 
>> > manipulate the fluids,
>> > and to control the builders.
>> > In so doing he encroaches on the domain of those who work with the 
>> > forces of involution
>> > and thus he may bring attack upon himself. This attack may be directed 
>> > against any of
>> > his three vehicles and may be of different kinds. Let me briefly point 
>> > out some of the
>> > methods employed against a disciple.
>> >
>> > 1.
>> > Definite attack on the physical body. All kinds of means are employed 
>> > to hinder the
>> > usefulness of the disciple through disease or the crippling of his 
>> > physical body. Not
>> > all accidents are the result of karma, for the disciple has usually 
>> > surmounted a good
>> > deal of that type of karma and is thus comparatively free from that 
>> > source of hindrance
>> > in active work.
>> >
>> > 2.
>> > a)
>> > Glamor is another method used, or the casting over the disciple of a 
>> > cloud of emotional
>> > or mental matter which suffices to hide the real, and to temporarily 
>> > obscure that which
>> > is true. The study of the cases wherein glamor has been employed is 
>> > exceedingly
>> > revealing and demonstrates how hard it is for even an advanced disciple 
>> > always to
>> > discriminate between the real and the false, the true and the untrue. 
>> > Glamor may be
>> > either on the emotional or mental levels but is usually on the former.
>> >
>> > b)
>> > One form employed is to cast over the disciple the shadows of the 
>> > thought of weakness
>> > or discouragement or criticism to which he may at intervals give way. 
>> > Thus cast, they
>> > loom in undue proportion and the unwary disciple, not realizing that he 
>> > is but seeing the
>> > gigantic outlines of his own momentary and passing thoughts, gives way 
>> > to
>> > discouragement, aye even to despair, and becomes of little use to the 
>> > Great Ones.
>> >
>> > c)
>> > Another form is to throw into his mental aura suggestions and ideas 
>> > purporting to
>> > come from his own Master but which are but subtle suggestions that 
>> > hinder and
>> > help not. It takes a wise disciple always to discriminate between the 
>> > voice of his
>> > real Teacher and the false whispers of the masquerading one, and even 
>> > high initiates
>> > have been temporarily misled.
>> > Many and subtle are the means used to deceive and thereby curtail the 
>> > effective output
>> > of the worker in the field of the world. Wisely therefore have all 
>> > aspirants been enjoined
>> > to study and work at the development of viveka or that discrimination 
>> > which safeguards
>> > from deception. If this quality is laboriously built in and cultivated 
>> > in all events, big and
>> > little, in the daily life, the risks of being led astray will be 
>> > nullified.
>> >
>> > 3.
>> > A third method frequently employed is to envelop the disciple in a 
>> > thick cloud of
>> > darkness, to surround him with an impenetrable night and fog through 
>> > which he stumbles
>> > and often falls. It may take the form of a black cloud of emotional 
>> > matter, of some dark
>> > emotion that seems to imperil all stable vibration and plunges the 
>> > bewildered student into
>> > a blackness of despair; be feels that all is departing from him; he is 
>> > a prey to varied and
>> > dismal emotions; he deems himself forsaken of all; he considers that 
>> > all past effort has
>> > been futile and that naught remains but to die. At such times he needs 
>> > much the gift
>> > of viveka, and to earnestly weigh up and calmly reason out the matter. 
>> > He should at these
>> > times remind himself that the darkness hides naught from the God 
>> > within, and that the
>> > stable center of consciousness remains there, untouched by aught that 
>> > may betide.
>> > He should persevere until the end, - the end of what? The end of the 
>> > enveloping cloud,
>> > the point where it merges itself into sunlight; he should pass through 
>> > its length and out
>> > into the daylight, realizing that nothing can at any time reach to and 
>> > hurt the inner
>> > consciousness. God is within, no matter what transpires without. We are 
>> > so apt to look
>> > out at environing circumstances, whether physical, astral or mental, 
>> > and to forget that
>> > the inmost center of the heart hides our points of contact with the 
>> > Universal Logos.
>> >
>> > 4.
>> > Finally (for I cannot touch on all the methods used), the means 
>> > employed may be to cast
>> > a mental darkness over the disciple. The darkness may be intellectual, 
>> > and is consequently
>> > still more difficult to penetrate, for in this case the power of the 
>> > Ego must be called in,
>> > whereas in the former frequently the calm reasoning of the lower mind 
>> > may suffice to
>> > dispel the trouble. Here, in this specific case, the disciple will be 
>> > wise if he not only
>> > attempts to call his Ego or Higher Self for the dispelling of the 
>> > cloud, but calls likewise
>> > upon his Teacher, or even upon his Master, for the assistance that they 
>> > can give.
>> > These are but a few of the dangers encircling the aspirant, and I hint 
>> > at them solely for
>> >
>> > the purpose of warning and guidance, and not to cause alarm.
>> >
>> > from
>> >
>> > M. Sufilight
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Mark Hamilton Jr.
>> waking.adept@gmail.com
>>
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