THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE -- PART ONE

The Mother / Mater is created from the four basic elements -- Fire, Air, Water and Earth. It is the lessons of these elements that we, as children of the Mother -- which means God´s children on planet Earth -- must master. We must experience and master the challenges that the four elements present to us. 


Influences Of The Elements

A short resumè of the influences these four elements have on humanity are as follows : The Fire element teaches us about "Unconditional Love"; the Air element will teach us how to exist and behave with "Brotherly Love and Compassion"; the element of Water is to teach us "Self Control over our emotions"; and the Earth element will teach us "Service unto others in a spirit of goodwill".

The four elements are also connected to four layers of consciousness. These planes of consciousness belong to and function in our "mater cosmos". But we can achieve the necessary mastery over these elements by experiencing, acknowledging and expressing God (or goodness) through their challenges and qualities.

Four Planes of Consciousness

The four planes of consciousness are : Unconsciousness, Subconsciousness, Consciousness and our Higher Consciousness. All these levels of consciousness are "part and parcel" of the same package -- God Consciousness!! This God Consciousness begins to unfold within us as our spiritual development expands.

To achieve the freedom and advancement from Earth´s schooling, it is necessary for each soul to experience and master the various disciplines the elements of this planet will teach us. In this way we can grow and expand our consciousness further. And this is why we continue to incarnate here on planet Earth.

We must understand that God has given a portion of "Itself" into our material world. Just consider now the word "Mater--ial". Mater = Mother. Our world is the world of "Form" and thereby the term the Mater / Mother Cosmos. The Father aspect of God is Spirit, and is therefore known as the Spiritual Cosmos.

Our Teacher

It is quite natural that one would first identify with the Divine Mother´s aspect and Her principles. Before we do we won´t be able to understand the Father aspect of God. The Mother is our teacher, filled with compassion, intelligence and wisdom. We identify with Her in our hearts, where the Mother Flame (or the God Spark) burns constantly. In the heart chakra and base chakra (over tailbone) God has placed this Feminine Energy or part of Itself.

Having placed a portion of Itself in every human body, it should go without saying that we should respect our "temples", keeping a high standard of purity both within and around us. In this way we can radiate and manifest the Divine here on the Earth plane. With a close and conscious contact with the Divine Mother we will achieve the wisdom and enlightenment necessary to break our karmic wheel and "imprisonment" here on Earth and, by doing this, enabling us to continue our evolution through God´s eternal Cosmos.

The Mother´s Function

The Mother is the personification of the basic elements. She is the Holy Spirit itself that moves across and influences all life on our planet. This Divine Mother´s very essence are the waters of life, wisdom, love and peace.

Now the Mother will show Herself in many disguises. She is our teacher and examinator. She will appear in many forms and situations to test us, and yet to strengthen our souls through these tests. She does just this out of Her Cosmic Love to prepare us for our final initiation. This final initiation is our "at-onement" or union with the Light or God, known as the Sacred Marriage with the Cosmic Christ. This sacred union is the result of our achievement of Cosmic Consciousness, and that is the final victory over death and rebirth.

The Greatest Task

The Mother´s greatest task is to teach us not to become attached to earthly things or relationships. Not to become reliant upon life on this earth plane or third dimension under any circumstances whatsoever... and that includes even the effect of Earth´s four elements and their corresponding levels of consciousness.

The Mother would like to teach us how to achieve complete dominion over these basic elements with their corresponding challenges and "lower bodies". In this way we will be able to master life in the material world -- the world of form -- and thereby complete our schooling for the soul here on planet Earth. We will then be eligible to continue our soul´s evolution throughout God´s fantastic creation.

The following will illustrate how the four elements correspond with our four lower bodies which make up the aura.

Element: Fire -- Body: Etheric/Memory -- Lesson: Unconditional Love
 Element: Air -- Body: Mental -- Lesson: Brotherhood / Co-operation 
Element: Water -- Body: Astral -- Lesson: Selfcontrol over Emotions
Element: Earth -- Body: Physical -- Lesson: Service with a Goodwill


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THE PSYCHIC LAW -- PART THREE

There are, of course, many manifestations of the Psychic Law. The ones of which Humanity is perhaps most aware are those of "physical" and "mental" mediumship.

Physical & Mental Mediumship

Physical mediumship is mediumship which takes place outside the realm of the medium. The most common demonstrations of this are Levitation, Materialisation and Apportation. Mental mediumship is mediumship which takes place within the realm of the medium. The most common demonstrations of this are Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Psychometry, Automatic Writing and Drawing and Trance Mediumship. Many psychic experiences are to be had by those who do possess psychic ability, but to possess this ability requires that your soul-consciousness has practised and used these talents in other lives.

As I have said before, psychic talents have to be earned, and therefore it is true to say that anyone who possesses them is an old soul. They have practised and used those talents many times, for they are not talents that can be picked up and learnt easily. Therefore, because it is only old souls who possess psychic talents, one can expect a psychic person to have a strong personality. That is why there are people who say that they know of mediums who possess strong personalities, whom they consider to be unpleasant, even unspiritual people. Nevertheless, people who possess psychic ability have earned the right to possess it through their actions in other lives.

In Harmony

If you would truly seek to be psychic then you must practise your particular psychic talents and you must harmonise yourselves, for until you as individuals are in harmony, consciously or even subconsciously, you will not become psychic. To harmonise yourselves with your surroundings is therefore your first objective, and you will discover that as you begin to achieve this, as you begin to become aware of your fellow human beings, your physical bodies, Nature, the individual petals in a rose, the water flowing in a stream, the new-born lamb in spring, then that psychic ability will reveal itself to you without you even knowing it.

Yes, suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, as you sit beside a flower one day, you will look down and there you will see a little elemental. It may be for only a brief second, but that will be enough. To see an elemental requires little conscious effort. All that happens is that you lower your rate of vibration, with the correct motivation and with love, and that the elemental raises its vibration so that you meet on a common plane of matter below the normal physical range. Someone along-side you would not see it.

Advance Your Consciousness

The way to become psychic, therefore, is to advance your consciousness and to place yourself in harmony with matter around you. There are many short cuts which you can try to take. It is your choice whether or not you do so. I will say no more than this: that to use this Law, this power, before you are ready for it incurs great risk. You can tap into forces, you can see visions, you can see life as it exists way beyond your consciousness, but if you cannot comprehend it and grasp it, if you cannot understand it, it will unbalance you and will confuse you even to the point of madness. Your Creator has protected you: do not pull down that protection.

Your Motivation

It is very easy to want to possess the ability to use the Psychic Law, to wield psychic power, but I would ask you to examine why you want to use it, what your motivation is. Remember that you can influence many people with that power. Recognise that just as you are influenced by the demonstrations of psychic power by the great Masters and Teachers so you too can influence less evolved souls, and that the moment you begin to use the psychic power to try and help your fellow human beings you risk incurring great karma, for you can easily mislead them. Therefore use the Psychic Law, the Soul Law, with responsibility.

If you possess this power, then remember to use it with discrimination. Do not cast pearls before time. It is a personal talent to be used according to your own spiritual motivation. It does not have to be shared with anyone, and in most cases should not be shared.

Humanity must motivate itself and the use that it make of psychic power. It is a power far greater than any atomic device that Humanity has ever exploded. The true degree of the Psychic Law and psychic power is not that which you see demonstrated by the every-day person or medium in the street. It rises far higher. Remember the demonstrations of the Nazarene. So, once you have had your first psychic experience, once you have begun to understand the elementary principles of this Law, realise that you still have a long path ahead of you, before you truly understand the all-embracing, all-important, Psychic Law.

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE PSYCHIC LAW -- PART TWO

Many people on the Earth today do not possess psychic ability because inherent in the structure of the human physical body is the limitation, wisely placed there by their Creator, which ensures that they are restricted to an awareness of only the physical plane, and this, of course, is with good reason.

Necessary Limitations

If an unevolved person were able to use the Psychic Law, to wield psychic power, to any great extent, they would not be able to cope with all the extensions of their senses and would be confused. Many of the people who today are considered to be insane, who have hallucinations, are people who are suffering from a fault in the mechanism of their brains which permits psychic influences to enter. Medical science today has not yet discovered that in the brain there are little shutters, little doors of minute valves, which control the entry of these psychic influences into the human brain.

While you are awake these little "doors" are closed, unless opened through the development of the spiritual centres, but while you sleep the "doors" are opened and psychic influences can come in. However, while you are asleep your consciousness is dimmed and you are not aware of what your super-consciousness sees. Even so, you can still experience dreams or nightmares, visions of confusion, which register on your conscious brain. These are caused by the astral body returning to its physical shell after travelling on other levels of existence whilst you are asleep, when the little "doors" into the brain are partially open. This permits a distorted vision of other realms to be momentarily recorded on your physical brain.

Hallucinations

A similar thing also happens when a person is kept awake for many, many hours and is not allowed to sleep. The etheric body, the energy producing body, which is the body that generates the life force within Humanity, has to withdraw from the physical body every twenty-four hours in order to regenerate itself with cosmic forces. Therefore it withdraws through the little "doors" I have previously mentioned whilst a person sleeps. But if that person is kept awake, when the etheric body withdraws and the shutters open they will see what would normally have been concealed. These visions are sometimes called hallucinations.

Great Responsibility

So, you see, the psychic experience is available, and can be had, but only by overcoming the protective mechanism of your Creator. Your Creator has wisely decided that until you have evolved to a certain level, when you can fully understand the Psychic Law, you may not use it. Therefore you would be most unwise to experiment with psychic powers until such time as you can achieve them naturally through the evolution of your own consciousness.

The reason why you incarnate on this Earth is to advance your consciousness, through the exercising of your own choice, along the path which you and your Creator have chosen. If you wish to be aware of, and to use, the Psychic Law you have to earn that right. It is not to be given to you as a gift from above. Like everything else on this Earth is has to be earned the hard way: through experience, through sacrifice, through personal achievement, through hard work.

If you desire to develop your psychic abilities you must be aware that it is something which you yourselves have to achieve. It is not something which will descend upon you like rain from the clouds. I would also point out to those of you who do desire to develop your psychic talents that any spiritual achievement carries with it great responsibility, for as you evolve up the ladder of spiritual progression, as you advance from class to class in this school of life and evolve your consciousness, so hand in hand with that goes the responsibility to use your consciousness wisely. Again, if you do develop psychic ability, then you should always use it with responsibility.

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This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala"

THE PSYCHIC LAW -- PART ONE

The Psychic Law, or the Soul Law as it is sometimes called, governs Humanity on all levels of its existence. In the Age in which we live today little is known about this Law. Little is understood about the powers and the influences which those spiritual beings who exist beyond the frequency range of physical matter can and do wield.

A Typical Question

Humanity is entering the Aquarian Age when, due to the nature of its evolution and to the changes in its physical body, it is to become a more psychic and a more spiritual being, and is to live its life more in harmony with this power.

Many people, who accept in faith the existence of beings such as elementals, fairies and nature spirits, would like to see them and have their beliefs confirmed. They would like to see devas and angels. They would like to see an astral form and to travel in their astral bodies and to be able to remember what they saw and experienced whilst they travelled in them. They would like to see, to hear, to smell, to feel, to taste beyond the limits of the physical body. They say, "I try, I pray that I could experience any one of these influences, and yet I see, feel and receive nothing. Why is this? Moreover, I consider that I lead a harmonious and balanced life, and yet people whom I know to be psychic appear to me to be living in disharmony and making great mistakes in their lives. Why should they have this gift and not me??".

The Explanation

Let us therefore begin to examine the Psychic Law. Firstly, remember that there is no division between spiritual and physical Man. It is Man who creates, even demands, this division. Man has limited himself to his physical body and to his physical Earth. It is Man who has said that he cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch beyond the limiting frequency range of physical matter. Man accepts these limitations, is content with them, and seeks to investigate no further. Sometimes I think that Man deliberately buries his head in the sand, for he is ignoring the many people on this Earth who do possess and use extra-sensory perception who can see, feel, taste, touch and hear beyond the range of most people.

Extra-sensory Perception

As Man investigates the Animal Kingdom he becomes aware of the fact that animals can and do hear, see, smell and communicate outside his own frequency range. On another level, Man is aware of the power of electricity and of the presence of radio waves which he cannot see but which he knows do exist. There is, therefore, much that Man uses without actually being directly aware of through his five senses, but when the concept of extra-sensory perception is suggested to him Man usually cannot, or will not, consider such a "ridiculous" proposition. Only a few therefore, experiment with, and investigate, the Psychic Law.

Maybe you do not know of anyone who is psychic, but that does not mean that this ability does not exist, for many of those who possess psychic ability, recognising it as a spiritual talent, do not seek to profit from it in any way and use it only for the purpose of their own inner development and to fulfil the Greater Plan. The few so-called psychic people that you do meet and hear about are not necessarily the only, or the most evolved, psychic people in this World.

A Spiritual Birthright

To use the Psychic Law, to have extra-sensory perception, is Humanity´s spiritual birthright. It was not intended that just a few people should have this ability. Every evolved person, and I stress the word "evolved", who incarnates on the Earth should possess this ability. This was one of the demonstrations of the Nazarene when he incarnated on the Earth, for many of his miracles which are described in the Bible are merely extension of the Psychic Law.

The ability to walk on the water, to multiply the loaves and fishes in order to feed many people, to turn water into wine, to heal, to raise from the dead, to appear in a physical body after death. In such demonstrations Jesus was showing Humanity that for those who can advance to the consciousness to recognise, to understand and to wield such power, the Psychic Law is a reality.


Part Two follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE 5TH COMMANDMENT? -- PART TWO

It is so important for people to realise and understand that all creation, all life and objects in this material world are, of their basic essence, simply energy. Energy is the bottom line. We all vibrate energy.




The Effects of Energy

Consider this... When an animal or human is faced with being killed or slaughtered, with what kind of energy, caused from the fear and terror, do you think these individuals vibrate?? It is this energy of fear and panic that is passed on to the consumer whilst eating the flesh of ones fellow creatures -- be they birds, fish or 4-legged animals.

Not too many people would disagree if I were to point out the fact that the worst and most negative condition our Human Race is suffering from today is FEAR and ANXIETY. What people don´t realise is, we are bringing it upon ourselves. It is in the food we eat which ultimately affects the way we think and finally influences the way we feel and behave. And although this information may sound ridiculous to some people, I would suggest, before casting it aside to give it careful consideration, as it is a Universal Truth.

Special Circumstances

Of course there will always be circumstances and places of living where it may necessitate the eating of meat. Not all countries are climatically suited for the growing of fruit, vegetables and grain. At the same time it can occur that certain individuals have been medically advised to continue eating meat as their bodies are not receptive or are resisting taking in the necessary alternative forms of protein. So be it. Either/or... it all boils down to ones attitude and gratitude for the sacrifice the animal has made for the benefit of that individual´s well-being.

The Necessary Change

A great Master has explained it so well for us... "If the energies of the physical body of the terrestrial human are not changed from the animal status to the state of the true Human (Higher Universal--man), and if the same being does not change his animal consciousness to "cosmic consciousness" where all vibrates with Universal Love, he can never become a perfect subject in the Higher Universal Kingdom. He must then still belong to the zone of the killing principle in the animal kingdom and there remain, still subject to its darker form of existence".

A Divine Message

To remind each of us about the importance of this 5th Commandment, a divine message to Mankind explains as follows :

"Blessed are they that turn away from the killing principle and have begun to make love a vital necessity, for they are on their way towards a glorified existence. Through them the Kingdom of God will arise on the Earth".

This article was inspired by the teachings of Martinus. For further information I recommend his book "The Ideal Food" from the Martinus Institute.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE 5TH COMMANDMENT? - PART ONE

Although each of us is blest with free choice, it really is time for Humanity to become aware of just how precious all life is, and to realise that all life contains, in one form or another, the presence of God. Once aware of this fact one must begin to question ones attitude toward the various life-forms and not least, our attitude toward the Animal Kingdom.

Humanity´s Awareness

Let us start with people´s behaviour toward the Animal Kingdom. If we agree that our Creator is "Omnipresent", then we would have to acknowledge that God is present in every animal lifeform. This acknowledgement leads one to ask why it is that Mankind continually harms or injures or kills these wonderful fellow creatures. Surely the answer is lying in the fact that people are still ignorant of the Divine Presence in all creation.

Most people have always experienced great difficulty with change. So to release the old habit or paradigm that animal flesh is a natural and necessary part of the Human diet has never really caught on, let alone been accepted. Furthermore, most people still maintain their animal nature which is the oldest and most familiar to them. Its manifestation has long since been transferred to the consciousness of the individual as firmly ingrained habits or tendencies which, in turn, would require much effort and willpower to change. One should perhaps know and accept that everything that comes under the term "Love" will stimulate this willpower.


Different Digestive Systems

Looking at this situation from another perspective, we will observe that the Human digestive system is simply not created to consume the flesh of fellow beings. Unlike the carnivorous animal, which has an extremely short intestine and digestive system, the Human intestines are extremely long, thereby demanding a lengthy digestive process in comparison.

These carnivorous animals digest and excrete their meals quickly thus minimizing the chances of contracting any likely disease. The Human digestive system is created for a vegetarian and fruit diet which requires a longer process of digestion for distribution of nourishment throughout the body.

Now this information should help people to appreciate the fact that the consumption of meat is extremely unsuitable for the Human constitution. The time it takes for animal flesh to pass through the human digestive system is far too long to be considered healthy or beneficial for the body. Often disease will eventuate as a result of the prolonged digestive process which can cause extreme discomfort or an unsuspecting illness.


A Higher Idealism

Approaching the subject from a spiritual aspect, there is an urgency abound through the new or cosmic impulse which is at present sweeping the Earth. A perfect spiritual science, a purer and higher idealism and morality or culture than the present one will be created. Humanity´s nutrition-consciousness will likewise be perfected so one will attach far more importance than before to the 6th Commandment.

We should also be aware that Mankind has now advanced so far forward in evolution that it literally cannot get any further until it has learned to respect and properly observe this 6th Commandment. It does not, as we know, read "Thou shalt not kill people" but states purely and simply, "Thou shalt not kill", thus implying absolutely no form of exception whatsoever.


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LAW -- PART THREE

Humanity´s whole attitude towards the law, crime and punishment, has to change. The only laws that will be respected and obeyed by an evolved soul are Natural Laws.

The Need For Change

There are, of course, always going to be certain individuals who will not learn through their own actions. They kill or steal because they do not think it is wrong. They do not desire to work because they would rather obtain money the easy way. These people will, naturally, reap the effect of Natural Law, but, in that they are potentially dangerous to society, society must take action against them and must isolate them until such time as they have been re-educated.

What happens today is that such people are isolated as a punishment, are not re-educated, and are then released after so many years of punishment to carry on exactly as they had done before. If you look at the crime records in the World today you will see that very often it is a few persistent offenders who continually appear before the judges; but Humanity does not seem to learn from this and to appreciate the need to change its present systems.

A Reflection of Natural Law

Humanity´s whole attitude towards the law, crime and punishment, has to change. The only laws that will be respected and obeyed by an evolved soul are Natural Laws. Now I am not saying that you should ignore all of Humanity´s laws, because many of them will reflect in some respects the greater Law. Obviously it is wrong to attack or kill another person. It is wrong to steal, to slander or to bear false witness against another person. All these aspects, for they are only aspects, of Natural Law appear in Humanity´s laws and should be obeyed. However there are some of Humanity´s laws which are not correct, and these should not be obeyed.

Humanity needs to make its laws more spiritual, more a reflection of Natural Law. Humanity has to recognise that when a person breaks the law, not punishment but re-education is required. Humanity must realise that most people commit crimes only because of the environment which has led them to think and behave in that way, for the sum total of a person´s physical consciousness is the life they have lived, the things they have seen, the people with whom they have associated, what they have practised and done, the whole vibration of the country in which they live.

Help Not Punishment

Humanity must look at its forms of punishment and see if they really are having the desired effect. Remember that fear, fear of being punished, fear of being imprisoned, will in no way restrain a person who is determined to do something. Even in war, when they fear death, people will risk their lives if they believe that what they are doing is just. Humanity must examine its prisons and ensure that they become not punishment cells but schools of education and learning. It must ensure that the standard of life inside these prisons is of a higher standard than life outside, for here are people who need special treatment, who need a special atmosphere, who need individual attention. People who are placed in prisons need help, and help is not given by imprisoning a person within four square walls, sometimes in solitary confinement, our of sight of the sun, of nature and of life.

The Greatest Law

Finally, Humanity must realise that the greatest law that exists in the Universe is Natural Law. What Humanity does will always have an effect no matter what form of punishment Man-made laws decrees. The punishment of Humanity in no way transmutes the effect of Natural Law, and by punishing a fellow brother or sister Humanity is very often only incurring karma for itself.

The greatest Law of this Universe, which has been demonstrated to Humanity by so many Masters when they have incarnated on the Earth, is that you do unto others as you would have others do unto you. If you break the laws of God you expect to be forgiven, you expect to be helped, you expect to be gently shown the error of your ways: you do not expect to be punished. Should not a person who breaks Humanity´s law expect the same treatment??

Humanity has advanced beyond the age of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It is slowly beginning to recognise the sanctity of life. Let it now begin to understand the purpose of God, the rule of God, and let the Laws of the Universe, not the laws of Humanity, govern life on the Earth and then perfection, harmony and brotherhood will return to this World.

This article is from "The Fantastic Teaching of Ramala".