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ARTArticleThe Need and Significance of Psychic EducationOur educational systems focus on training of the body, the life-force and the mind, essentially fixating the individual on the life in the exte
al world and his role in that world. He is trained on social expectations and customs, and the use of the tools of mind, life and body in the pursuit of the successful achievement of the goals that the society presents to its members. Very little, if any, attention is paid to helping the individual to understand any deeper significance to his life, to find out why he even exists, what his deeper purpose may be and how to understand the larger universeARTArticleThe Need for Preparation of the Being Before Exploring Occult Worlds and DomainsWhen an individual leaves the relative safety of the physical being and traverses other domains and interacts with other beings, including vital beings both beneficent and maleficent, he is faced with the reality that the vibrations which he carries with him, or that resonate with him, draw to him beings and forces that are themselves able to respond on those levels. Thus, if an individual goes into a vital domain with all kinds of desire, passions or fears, he is bound to interact with beings who either feed upon such vibrations or who act to stimulate such vibrations.ARTArticleThe Need for Serious Review of Other-Worldly or Supe
ormal ExperienceIt is convenient, and perhaps comforting, to simply deny reality to experiences that people have, rather than to grapple with the implications of those experiences. We stick convenient labels on certain phenomena and believe by doing so, we have understood and defined those phenomena. Delusion, hallucination, mental illness, drug-induced visual or auditory confusion, traumatic triggering of complexes, physical brain damage, confused dream interpretation, PTSD, breakdown of body chemistry in near-death events, — there are countless ways we discount experiences that people have.ARTArticleThe Need for Understanding the Power of Thought FormationWhat is thought formation? For many people, the constant stream of haphazard ideas, thoughts, reflections and perceptions represents thought. Their minds are constantly bombarded by thoughts of all types without a consistent flow or theme. They jump from one subject to another without even a transitional link. They have not discovered the true power of thought, when it is organised, focused and directed.ARTArticleThe Need to Develop New Powers of KnowingTo explore the hidden forces, both in our own lives, and in the larger framework of the universal manifestation and the evolution of consciousness over time, a new way of ‘knowing’ needs to be developed, one that can experience and interact with these hidden forces on a more direct and aware manner. We can see the direct responsiveness of the vital nature as it experiences life with what we call ‘instinct’ or ‘habit’.ARTArticleThe Need to Prepare the Being to Receive, Hold and Utilize the Influx of the Higher ForcesThe raw power generated by an electricity power plant is far greater than any single house can sustain. Thus, the utility company utilizes step-down transformers to systematically bring the power down to a level that the homes and the wiring to the homes can sustain.
A similar principle is at work with regard to the universal forces and the ability of any individual to receive and hold those forces. This is the reason that much of the work done in any yogic practice is to prepare the being to receive and utilize the force that descends.ARTArticleThe Occult Action and Power of Vital Beings and Forces in Human Activities and InstitutionsFor the most part, people live on the surface of their being, and do not see into the occult or hidden beings and forces that exist and act upon them, unseen, invisible and essentially unregarded. Many things that occur in the world are hard to explain without an understanding of the occult forces at work. Western medicine made a great progress when it finally opened up to the action of invisible entities and forces that are causative factors in disease.ARTArticleThe Perpetual Effort Required for Transformation of Life in the WorldAscent and integration. Relentless effort. What many do not appreciate is that any attempt to achieve individual perfection or transformation is limited by the readiness of the world and the rest of humanity in particular, to accept those changes that are needed for this to occur.ARTArticleThe Position and Role of the Soul in Human LifeAs long as we recognise the body-life-mind complex and identify with it through the development of and focus on a specific ego-standpoint, we are able to function in the world, and carry out the basics of existence. Yet, as we easily can appreciate, we do not know the meaning or purpose of our lives. Many feel like it is just meaningless and we should just find ways to enjoy our lives, taking advantage of material, vital and mental powers that help us aggrandise that exte
al personality. Others believe this is a training ground for us to learn how to follow specific moral rules or religious cARTArticleThe Potential for Emergence of the Subliminal Powers of MindWhen we begin to recognise the inherent power of the mind, independent of any reliance on the physical senses and the nerve pathways that link them to the mind, the question then arises as to how to become aware of, bring forward and train the use of these powers that are currently subliminal within the human being. Yogic practitioners have described the inner psychology and psychological landscape and have identified the basic mind, or Manas, as well as the higher intellect, Buddhi.ARTArticleThe Potential for Transformation of the Human BodyARTArticleThe Potential Occult Influence on Consciousness of Relics, Photographs and Reading of BooksAn experiment some years ago showed that stones that came from a temple where ongoing worship had been taking place, held and radiated an energy not found in stones that had not been subjected to the influence of constant prayer. Just as stones absorb heat vibrations and then radiate them back later, the psychic and vital energy of the prayers get absorbed and radiated back. Many people have reported a deep spiritual or religious experience when visiting certain temples or viewing certain icons.ARTArticleThe Power of an Integral ImmobilityThe general concept of ‘immobility’ in the face of exte
al pressures is actually not a new discovery. Stoicism encouraged people to develop ways to withstand the pressures of the exte
al world and accept those pressures without wilting or breaking under them. For the most part, however, the stoics still struggle with the forces that assail them. They work to restrain their outer nature from reacting and with considerable practice, they gain a measure of resistance.ARTArticleThe Power of Auto-Suggestion for Health and WellnessAuto-suggestion is constantly active, although we generally do this more or less unconsciously. For example, when we anticipate a meal at a favorite restaurant, our mind sends signals to the body that generates feelings of hunger, begins to develop saliva, and prepares the body for enjoyment of the meal. It is often said that the mind is the most erotic organ as it is through mental attention that the sexual drive is most frequently activated and energized.ARTArticleThe Power of Imagination and Visualisation Can Aid in Coming into Direct Contact with One’s Psychic BeingThe power of visualisation has been recognised as an aid in healing from illness, in excelling in sports, and in helping an individual achieve results in the exte
al world. The spiritual seeker also can put this power to work to achieve results in the inner world. Practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism are trained on how to utilize visualisation in their spiritual practice and considerable focus is placed upon the techniques involved.ARTArticleThe Power of Immobility in ActionThe Bhagavad Gita has an interesting verse that provides a clue to the secret of action and inaction, between ‘static’ and ‘dynamic’ power, if you will: “He who in action can see inaction and can see action still continuing in cessation from works, is the man of true reason and disce
ment among men; he is in Yoga and a many-sided universal worker” [translated by Sri Aurobindo in Bhagavad Gita and Its Message, Ch. 4, V. 18]ARTArticleThe Power of MasteryWe operate on multiple levels at the same time. There is the exte
al level comprised of actual physical, vital and mental actions we undertake. We speak, we express ourselves through gestures and body language. We undertake physical activities. At the same time however, there is the unspoken energetic vibration that we create and send out, which impacts others without words, without physical gesture, simply by vibrating and interacting with the vibrational field of others.ARTArticleThe Power of Occult ‘Seeing’There is a long tradition and history of individuals who have utilized a variety of methods for the purpose of obtaining ‘visions’ of events, past, present or future. The action generally takes place through creation of a state of trance that allows the surface mental consciousness to recede and the wider subliminal consciousness to emerge.ARTArticleThe Power of Silence of the MindWe are habituated, particularly in the modern world, to the mind constantly interacting with its environment, with sensations, with media and with ideas. We are also addicted to the activity, the energy, of the mind’s engagement and when the mind is not engaged somehow, we either sleep, or seek distraction. Modern technology provides us the distraction and many people nowadays are addicted to their devices, television, cinema, radio, or internet and social media.ARTArticleThe Power of Suggestion Working Through Personal ConnectionsThere is a serious rationale behind the many spiritual paths that counsel the true seeker to abandon his family, his friends, his social life, and live secluded in a cave, in the forest, in the desert, to practice his spiritual discipline. All of these connections and social interactions bring with them vibrational patterns that express the forces of thought, the forces of emotions, the forces of desires, the forces of physical and vital demand, that automatically enter into one and raise those similar vibrations within oneself.ARTArticleThe Power of the Inconscient and Subconscient Levels in Our LivesOur physical bodies operate complex functions without active oversight or intervention of the mind. We are essentially in the dark as our organs function, as our immune system automatically responds to pressures, as breathing, brain function and much more go on absent our supervision or control, for the most part. It is true that certain functions can be affected when we turn conscious attention to them, but even this level of intervention is limited and rare.ARTArticleThe Power of the Psychic BeingWhen most people think of ‘power’ , it is within the context of some overt ability to accomplish something in the setting of the exte
al world within which we live and act. This may be political power, economic power, physical power, moral power, the power to persuade, the power of an idea, the power of motivation, whether through speech, writing, or through some other medium. It may be the power to uplift and inspire, such as the power of art or music that touches something in the being.ARTArticleThe Power of the Psychic Being to Guide the Direction and Focus of One’s LifeWhen we look back on our lives, with the benefit of hindsight, we frequently can identify a change in direction that took an individual from a normal path of societal acceptance, career, marriage, family, social interactions and entertainment, to a life that is dedicated to some cause or purpose or inner growth. For some this change comes somewhat naturally as they mature and reflect on what they are here on earth to do.ARTArticleThe Power of the Quiet Mind and Vital to Resolve Problems We FaceWe are habitually conditioned to try to solve problems with our mental capacity. We are taught to observe, organize, classify, compare and contrast, and examine similar past circumstances in order to determine a solution to whatever we are facing. This is the normal pattern for a mentally developed individual. Those who function primarily on the vital level do not necessarily go through this detailed process, but respond through what may be called instinct, feeling or emotional reaction. In either case, we oftentimes find that the result is less than satisfactory.ARTArticleThe Power of the Soul in Relation to the Other Parts of the BeingThe development of the human being takes place in several successive stages and as individuals mature they begin to manifest and express the powers of the nature as they successively come to the fore. Not every individual develops and expresses all the powers fully in a particular lifetime.ARTArticleThe Power of the Spiritual Consciousness Is Needed to Overcome the Limitations of the Mental Approach to ExistenceAs the mental consciousness awakens, particularly if there is an influence coming from the psychic being or from the spiritual planes pressing down on the mental being, we become aware of virtually endless problems, issues, difficulties, imbalances, disharmonies and outright conflicts in the world and how we interact with each other and our environment. Those with a positive attitude and energy naturally want to “do” something to help straighten this out. They try many things.ARTArticleThe Power of Thought to Shape Our Exte
al Existence and Its SignificanceWhen we begin to reflect on the role of thought in the creation of forms in the world, it becomes clear that it is an important part of the process of converting pure conscious awareness into the world of vital action and physical substance. Thought is a tool of consciousness. When properly utilized, it has the power to shape matter and life. We see this in the way we manipulate material substance in the modern world.ARTArticleThe Practice of Yoga and the Development and Use of Psychic PowersWhen an individual undertakes tapasya, the concentration of conscious force, in any manner, it is certain that the results will bring about new powers for that individual, whether an accentuation of powers that the individual already possessed and exercised to some degree, or the development and expression of new powers that were latent but not actively present, for that individual. The concentration may be in the physical realm, the vital realm, the mental realm, the psychic and spiritual realm, and the impact may manifest powers at any level of the being.ARTArticleThe Process Behind Communicating Thoughts from One Person to AnotherWe utilize speech to communicate with other people. Speech however is a translation into vibrational patterns a specific thought content developed with a particular pattern of electrical impulses. When it is effective, the hearer receives the vibrational energy of the speech he has heard, and converts that speech into corresponding electrical impulses in the brain, triggering understanding of the content of the speech.ARTArticleThe Process of Illness Invading the Body and the Means to Reject ItThe vital envelope sends us signals if we are able to perceive them. Sometimes we begin to feel run down, tired, exhausted, or stressed out. We may begin to feel a little feverish or feel the beginning of what we might call a cold or sore throat occurring. This is prior to the full expression of an illness, and may just be the feeling or sense the individual receives. This is an early warning signal that something is trying to break through the first line of defense of the body and manifest an illness.