The meaning and significance of metanoia in esoteric writings. Because the word has been mistranslated for so long it's extremely difficult to blast through the wrong meaning embedded in race consciousness.
Coming to terms with esoteric ideas as relating to our internal world takes some time and effort. We're so turned outward that we ordinarily think in the language of the outer world. What's out there is only a reflection of what's inside us.
A startling look at the creation of our seen world and the two unseen worlds above our physical plane. The trap into which the soul falls and is kept, bound by the laws of virtues and sins.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed seques surprisingly into the phrase in the Lord's Prayer, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The meaning, at first shocking, becomes crystal clear as we begin to understand in a new way.
What's to keep us from imagining that we're developing when imagination is so powerful, satisfying every center? Are we really struggling against imagination? Is there a way to test our work on ourselves to find if it's true work?
The story of creation, according to Kabir, is much like many creation stories. The names are different but as usual it shows that pride goes before a fall. The esoteric poem lines out the arc of our path from above to below and how to get out of the mess in which we find ourselves.
Under the surface of the Parable of the Sower we find three types of man and where esoteric truth falls on them. The depth of this Parable is truly profound.
One of the wonderful things about the Infinite is it's infinite. There's no end to it. To grasp this idea with the sense mind is impossible. Another mind is needed. A mind built by higher ideas, not data from the senses.
We begin with Kabir's story of creation and its esoteric meaning. It's still slow going as we struggle with the vocabulary and difference in culture and tradition. Nevertheless there is an underlying truth that feeds the soul of those who are able to allow it rather than resist the differences.
The three categories of man, where the teaching of esotericism is sown, and how the teaching is received.
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Esoteric Talks are about learning to apply the universal truth of esotericism to ourselves, where we find ourselves in the Universe. Applied anything is more difficult than theoretical anything. Our…
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