EXERCISES
EP 7
An exercise involves a series of successive
movements (using visualization) towards developing the conditions for an
intimate exposure to sacred energies and spheres. Meditation is more passive as
it involves reflection and introspection. The difference is not great and often
an exercise will lead into a meditation.
EP 10 It is a most dangerous situation when
uncontrolled hunger for psychical experience moves a seeker to
engage himself in strong exercises without first laying the
groundwork within the personality to cope with the ensuing
experience. The damage is often irreparable when an
emotionally immature student opens certain etheric centres
(Sanskrit: chakras) and has neither the means nor the strength
to re-collect himself. We must be well grounded, rooted
in love and faith.
EP 39
Question:
What is the best time of
day to engage in this work?
Answer: Any time you feel most
comfortable. We should only say that at sunrise etheric vitality abounds
and exercising at this time can be beneficial. Conversely
it is prudent to avoid meditation during sunset when many
harmful energies are active. We recommend the practice of one
exercise in the morning, complemented by engaging in another
in the evening.
If you find time at midday to do a short
exercise so much the better. Depending on your individual
focus choose which line of work you wish to pursue during these
periods. After nightfall we advise against the practice of
exercise beyond daily introspection. Daily introspection,
the most valued exercise, is the best practised when
preparing for sleep.
Question: Is routine valuable?
Answer: Commitment is a necessity, but we never ask any of you to
meditate when you are not inclined to: nothing good will come of that. You
cannot force this work on yourself. If it is possible and you feel comfortable
with it, try to exercise at least once a day. What is most vital is that you
allow and preserve for yourself some time in your daily life. Certain exercises
require daily practice to properly succeed (e.g. developing etheric hands,
light balls, daily introspection).
EP 40
Question: Does
fasting help to concentrate?
Answer: Joshua said, "Not that
which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of
the mouth, defileth a man"
(Matt.15:11). On the other hand a full belly can be quite a distraction. We are neither
for asceticism nor overindulgence.
EP
40
Question:
Is it better to sit in a chair, cross-legged on the floor, or in some other position?
Answer: Find whatever position makes
you most comfortable: in a chair, on the floor, or even lying on a
bed. Remember the Soul is always in a state of worship and
reverence. Try to relax your body in whatever position suits
you for productive work. As much as possible,
and without discomforting yourself, try and keep your spine straight to
assure the proper flow of energy.
Question:
In a few of the longer exercises I have difficulties
remembering the sequence. Have you any advice?
Answer: This is understandable. If you feel comfortable with your own
voice, or with that of a friend, try recording the longer meditations on tape,
or have them recited to you.
Question: Should there be silence in
the room, or does music help?
Answer: As you like. Music, as long as it has a calming effect on the
psychical body, is a nice device to measure and mark movements within a
meditation. Quiet instrumentals prove to enhance meditations for many.
Question: How can I gauge when to move on to more complex work?
Answer: You will know when it is time. Remember, this work takes time,
much time and patience, so do not expect great results early on. A good measure
of your readiness to move on is the level of success at each stage. Master each
stage as you go along and do not be in a hurry. Your Guardian Archangel will
always be there to assist you in your work and will encourage you when it is
time to move ahead.
EP 41
Question. I would like to know what
exercise are good for children to practise and at what age they
should begin?
Answer: Children come into this world
with distinct personalities, gifts and directions. This,
coupled with the extent to which parents and culture encourage
or limit the child, determines the degree to which the
child is inclined towards meditation. Some children are more
introspective, while others are extroverted. We have to
remember that we are more clairvoyant when we are young and are
more in touch with the greater order of things. This enables
youth to enjoy heightened states in meditation.
Children are also in closer communication with the Guardian
Archangels and guiding spirits, and through meditation they can keep
this vital communication open as they grow older
and more involved in the world. All types and exercises
and meditations are suitable for children,
yet we must never require our children to meditate. It has to be their
wish.
EP 41
Question: If someone is burdened with great confusion is it advisable that they should meditate to sort
matters out?
Answer: If a friend or someone you know
is in a state of internal upheaval we strongly advise against any exercise. For someone battling with psychical turmoil
the etheric energy centres need calming and balancing. We
have to be in control when we exercise lest we do further
damage. Prayer, and a basic exercise of flooding oneself in
white light, are the best approaches for restoring order.
Friends and family can be of great help to those in crisis, with
their prayers and by sending balls of white light.
EP
42
Question: How
can I differentiate between actual psychonoetical forms and those which I imagine?
Answer: We must be vigilant against
imagination interfering with our work. Psycho-noetical forms are real
and will continue to live after a material form is
dissolved. We have holy authority to create psycho-noetical
images, but not forms. We can only invoke the Divine forms. In
our visualization we reflect Absolute Beingness' work, and should not allow ourselves to be overrun by our
fantasies. When we work we must shape elementals and fill them with
the appropriate ethers.
In time, as we grow more able, these shapes will be filled with the help of the Archangels and
become faithful to the universal forms.
Question:
I am having difficulties separating times when I am
experiencing my psychical body from times when I am working with my noetical
body. How can I tell the difference?
Answer:
Intoxicated by matter, humanity is only able to see things in
material terms when, in fact, our psychical and noetical bodies have greater
realities - far greater than the material body, for " it is the spirit
that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing" (John 6:63). All of us can
determine when we are motivated by a desire or an emotion from the times when
we are guided by an idea or an ideal. These are our separate bodies voicing
themselves through the personality. Learn to hear their voices (i.e.
elementals) and it will soon become clear that each body is distinct with
specific needs and purposes.
EP 42
Question: In many exercises we are
asked to "raise or lower our vibrations to different
levels". Could you explain how this is done?
Answer: Every form owns a vibratory
pattern which regulates its existence. In order to
come in contact with specific forms it is necessary to
adjust our vibration to correspond to the frequency we desire
to come in contact with.
Often this means lifting ourselves up to
Divine energy, while at other times it may mean gauging our
rhythms to "lower", less complex forms of life
(e.g. flowers, fruits, birds, etc.).
EP 43 This is something that has to be experienced.
During meditation you slowly rid yourself of heavy emotions and wayward ideas.
As water reaches a boil at a certain temperature, so we can learn to let go of
the lower self during a meditation in an effort to reach higher states. When
the time comes to return to our present-day personality (i.e. lower our vibrations)
we learn to recompose ourselves.
VISUALIZATION
EXERCISES
EP 49
Basic
Breathing Technique
EP 53
Drawing
and Visualization Exercise
EP 54
A
Lemon (exercise)
EP 55
A
Rose
EP 57
Doves
EP 59 A
Pastoral Landscape
EP
61 Concentration &
Observation
ETHERIC (DOUBLE) EXERCISES
EP
72 Finger Concentration
EP
74 Sensate and Kinetic Ethers
EP
76 Vitalizing the Body
EP
81 Developing your Etheric Arms
EP
83 Etheric Hands and Coloured Balls
EP
85 A Candle Flame
EP 87
HEALING WITH
BALLS OF LIGHT EXERCISES
EP
90 Balls of Light and Healing Hands
EP
92 Creating Balls of Healing Light
EP
94 Balls of Light for Self Healing
CLEANSING AND PROTECTING OUR
THREE BODIES EXERCISES
EP 97
A Shell of Light
EP
99 Good Health
EP
101 Health and
Subconscious
INTROSPECTION AND THE COMMON
SELFHOOD EXERCISES
EP
109 Daily Introspection
EP 110 Learning to Love an Enemy
EP 112 Loving your Enemies
EP 114 Three Suns
EP 118 Creating Peace
EP 120 Communal Prayer for Peace
CIRCLES OF POSSIBILITY AND
PROBABILITIES EXERCISES
EP
126 An Almond Tree
EP 128
A Rosebush
EP 130
In All the Works of
Thine Hands
HE WAS LOST, AND IS FOUND EXERCISES
EP 137 Ye Have Been with Me from the Beginning
EP 139 I Am in My Father and Ye in Me, and I in You
EP 142 I Am with You Always, Even Unto the End of
the World
EP 145 An Essene Prayer of
Joshua
(A meditation given by
Joshua Emmanuel the Christ, our Lord, in the synagogue of the Essene
Brotherhood, to His disciples before sending them into the world to work as
teachers and healers.)
"You shalt love the
Lord Thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. (Luke 10:27)
ET 170
Now let us take as an
example a flower. We see that it has shape, size, form, colours, and so on. We
hold this flower - let us say it is a rose -
in one hand and take careful note of every detail of its appearance. Now, with
our physical eyes closed, by using the imprint ether, we can create an exactly
similar noetical image of this flower in the other hand.
With the help of kinetic
ether, we turn our creation around and notice all its movements with close
attention. We have a complete feeling of noetical movement, as long as our
concentration is sufficiently intense.
If now, holding the visual
picture --which contains the movement as well-- we concentrate on the noetical
image, using sensate ether, we will experience the aroma too and will feel the
movement of the stalk in our fingers.
Now, let us say that in
place of the red rose we want to visualize a white rose, of exactly the same
size and shape. The only difference we wish to make is in the colour. We draw
from our subconscious the form of a white rose, which we have retained from
previous experience, and taking only the colour, we apply it to our existing
image. Now we are holding a pure white rose in our hand.
In the same way, we can, if
we wish, keeping only the colour, change the whole flower and have, for
example, a white carnation instead of a white rose.
FH 102 104 Meditation
exercise (Revitalizing your body)
FH 222 Exercise to prepare for Exomatosis (3
properties) -see MS 55
FH 248 Exercise
to become aware of Daskalos' presence
FR 252
Exercise
to alleviate pain in the world
FH 280 Exercise to overcome depressions
HS 56
About exercising to
develop your psycho-noetic body
HS 58
Experiments with
Etheric Doubles
HS 79 Sensate, kinetic, imprinting property
HS 138 Meditation exercise (Etheric and physical arm
raising)
Exercise for protection
HS 142
Awakening the Guardian Archangel
within.
MS 43
Overcoming a phobia
(fear of an animal e.g. a snake)
MS 44 Creating an object (an
orange) in the psychonoetic world
MS 55
Exercise to prepare
for exomatosis (3 properties)-see FH 104
MS 89
The effect of
exercising
MS 186
Exercise for the imprinting property of ether