Initiation, Human and Solar by Bailey Alice A

Author:Bailey, Alice A. [Bailey, Alice A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781465576699
Published: 2009-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII THE TWO REVELATIONS

We can now consider the stages of the initiation ceremony, which are five in number, as follows:—

1. The "Presence" revealed.

2. The "Vision" seen.

3. The application of the Rod, affecting:—

a. The bodies. b. The centres. c. The causal vehicle.

4. The administration of the oath.

5. The giving of the "Secret" and the Word.

These points are given in due order, and it must be remembered that this order is not idly arranged, but carries the initiate on from revelation to revelation until the culminating stage wherein is committed to him one of the secrets and one of the five words of power which open to him the various planes, with all their evolutions. All that is aimed at here is to indicate the five main divisions into which the initiation ceremony naturally divides itself, and the student must bear in mind that each of these five stages is in itself a complete ceremony, and capable of detailed division.

Let us now take up the various points, dwelling briefly upon each, and remembering that words but limit and confine the true meaning.

The revelation of the "Presence."

Right through the later periods of the cycle of incarnation wherein the man is juggling with the pairs of opposites, and through discrimination is becoming aware of reality and unreality, there is growing up in his mind a realisation that he himself is an immortal Existence, an eternal God, and a portion of Infinity. Ever the link between the man on the physical plane and this inner Ruler becomes clearer until the great revelation is made. Then comes a moment in his existence when the man stands consciously face to face with his real Self and knows himself to be that Self in reality and not just theoretically; he becomes aware of the God within, not through the sense of hearing, or through attention to the inner voice directing and controlling, and called the "voice of conscience." This time the recognition is through sight and direct vision . He now responds not only to that which is heard, but also to that which he sees.

It is known that the first senses developed in a child are hearing, touch, and sight; the infant becomes aware of sound and turns his head; he feels and touches; finally, he consciously sees, and in these three senses the personality is co-ordinated. These are the three vital senses. Taste and smell follow later, but life can be lived without them, and should they be absent, the man remains practically unhandicapped in his contacts on the physical plane. On the path of inner, or subjective development, the sequence is the same.

Hearing —response to the voice of conscience, as it guides, directs, and controls. This covers the period of strictly normal evolution.

Touch —response to control or vibration, and the recognition of that which lies outside of the separated human unit on the physical plane. This covers the period of gradual spiritual unfoldment, the Paths of Probation and of Discipleship right up to the door of initiation.

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