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Liara Covert
Alice Bailey is often viewed as a prolific writer, mystic the founder of an international esoteric movement. She wrote extensively about what she termed, 'the etheric body' as the mould of the physical body. Another way to put it is that on which the dense physical form is built. Imagine what lies beneath what you may see. Consider these six key points:
1) Everything in the universe is energy. This etheric level can be subtle and invisible, yet controls, governs and conditions all things in the manifested physical world.
2) This etheric body creates, changes and qualifies what you perceive. This etheric is subject to ceaseless change. This being true of the Macrocosm, human beings, the microcosm. It can mysteriously prove true of all the subhuman kingdoms in nature. Of this, the animal kingdom and the vegetable kingdom are already widely perceived.
3) The etheric body is composed of interlocking and circulating lines of force. They emanate from one or other, or from one or many, of the seven planes or areas of consciousness of our planetary life. Some human beings evolve to view this as a grid.
4) This energy system has seven focal points within the etheric body. These centres are related to certain types of incoming energy. When the energy reaching the etheric body is not related to a particular centre, then that centre remains unawakened. When it is related and the centre is sensitive to impact, then that centre becomes vibrant, receptive and develops as a controlling factor in the life of the man on the physical plane.
5) The physical body is perceived based on how you discern your energies. Your dense physical body, composed of atoms (each with its own life, light and activity) is held together by and expresses energies which compose the etheric.
6) The etheric body has many centres of force, responsive to the inflowing energies of our planetary Life, but we shall consider only the seven major centres which respond to the inflowing energies of the seven rays. All lesser centres are conditioned by the seven major centres. Knowledge of the ego and of the personality rays is useful.
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Each of us go through a process to figure out who we really are. Some people do not figure it out during this lifetime. That doesn't have to include you. Decide you will go the distance to tap into your soul. Your choice of mentors makes it easier than you think!
1) Notice how your mentors change. Through the process of researching and writing a manuscript, I have read hundreds of stories of people who have influenced my thoughts and behaviors at different life phases. Some people left a lasting impression in person. Others captured my attention with action and what I sensed to be their appealing qualities. Aspects that stand out encourage me to realize I can tap into my hidden self.
2) Discern why you label mentors. I unconsciously put each of my mentors into categories, from nationality, to gender, profession or contribution to society, and based on my upbringing, morals and values. I intially felt this simply helped me to organize my ideas, then concluded a significant, underlying message. My feelings about different labels became a gauge. Recognizing why I judge empowers me to transcend destructive labels I had adopted myself. We may project and attract what we don't want or what we're not.
3) Identify traits of your mentors. How you judge others reveals how you secretly view yourself and the world. If you commend or admire other people in ways that reinforce what you lack, wish you had or could do, you may be highlighting weaknesses, self-doubt and things that distract you from your truth. Your mindset, priorities and principles are highlighted by certain traits and views of success.
4) Discern value in undesirable mentors. Even people you find annoying offer you valuable wisdom about yourself. You can see these irritants as teachers and a means for overcoming facits of ego. This clouds your authentic self-view and blocks you from recognizing what is truly important to your innermost soul.
5) Look beyond the obvious. Underneath it all, you don't desire to mimic or shapeshift into your inspirational mentors. You are actually creating an inventory of the skills related to your own transformation. Your mentors enable you to pinpoint not only the emotions you feel about what they do, but also your inner beliefs that caused those emotions. These clues reveal the path to reclaim your authentic self.
I'm writing a manuscript on inspirational mentors. These kinds of people reveal qualities, behaviors and convictions that empower others to reframe their lives. And yourself?
Have you ever thought about your own inspirational mentors? Readers of this blog would like to hear your views. Who are some of the people who have helped you evolve and view yourself differently? What have you gained? What advice would you offer to others now?
Don Miguel Ruiz is a Toltec master who reminds us humans are conditioned to think and act based on systems of reward and punishment, external approval and rejection.
To move beyond the image of perfection we create and imagine is out of reach, that causes us to reject ourselves and judge others, Ruiz invites us to make four agreements within ourselves. How many resonate with you? Why encourage new self-awareness?
1) Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using words against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in directions of truth and love. How often do you diverge? Where does this path take you?
2) Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dreams. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
3) Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4) Always do your best. Your best will change from moment-to-moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret.
George Bernard Shaw quote from "Maxims for Revolutionists", Man and Superman (1903): "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
You might believe that pioneers, explorers, inventors and other non-conformists would all be unreasonable. They may lead lives that go against your views of what is safe, possible, desirable, comfortable or comptible with your conditioning or genetics.
Upon closer look, people viewed as unreasonable are the sort who "rock the boat," raise a standard, shatter a myth, challenge the status quo, and encourage others to stretch ther perception and imagination. Take a look at three reasons to review 'unreasonable':
1) What do you gain from being unreasonable in your life?
2) How has hearing about unreasonable people affected positive change your life?
3) Why could they be some of your most powerful teachers and motivators?