Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt01335)

Adelasie,

I agree with your posting below and I always share this viewpoint 
with students whenever  I approach the subject of initiations, or 
the 'initiatic way', in talks and workshops. 

The law of analogy between big and small events is most useful.

Small "dikshas" or initiations are everywhere, all the time. 


Carlos. 



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> 
> One way of thinking indicates that life is full of initiations. 
Birth 
> is an initiation, a transition from one state of being to another. 
> Marriage is an initiation, making the ultimate declaration of 
unity, 
> joining one life with another for all time to create a new being. 
> 
> Our lives, prosaic and materialistic as they sometimes seem to be, 
> are still contoured by the ancient rhythms of nature. We are 
> constantly evolving and our evolution is one of consciousness. We 
are 
> what we think, in a very real way. Ancient cultures acted out 
> initiations in culturally accepted and familiar ways. Certainly 
the 
> coming of age initiation, such as Bar Mitsvah, is a good example 
of 
> the continuum of recognition of the stages of development of an 
> individual through one life time, which mirror the stages of 
> development throughout the journey on the Path.
> 
> While most of us do not belong to a society which marks our 
spiritual 
> development with cermonial initiations, we can discover in 
ourselves 
> the significance of the stages of life, and celebrate them in our 
own 
> way. We do that when we throw a big party for someone's 21st 
> birthday. 21 is thrice 7, a very potent number in occultism, and 
our 
> celebration may be more meaningful than we realize. 
> 
> As students of occultism we have the opportunity to discover and 
> celebrate the mystery of life in any way we can, recognizing the 
> "above" in the "below,"and our efforts can help to re-ensoul our 
own 
> sadly depleted civilization and prepare our brothers and sisters 
for 
> developments looming on the horizon.
> 
> Adelasie
> 
>                        >  I am very curious and would like to read 
> the works that state, who has what initiations. All we know is 
that 
> Jesus (if he truly existed) came to change the jewish religion 
of "an 
> eye for an eye" to the new religion, "turn the other cheek". 
Although 
> here I believe Jesus was referring to accepting karma.
>