#path of initiation

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

“Those who take a first step along a new path but still want to hang on to a little of their former life will end up being torn to pieces by their past.”

–Paulo Coelho, Maktub: An Inspirational Companion to The Alchemist

[santmat]

An Introduction to Sant Mat, The Path of the Masters -- Recommended Reading: Chapter Seven of the book, The Harmony of All Religions, titled, Sant Mat -- PDF File: http://www.spiritualawakeningradio.com/Harmony12-ChapterSeven-santmat.pdf

The book, Naam Or Word, which is online here: https://www.ruhanisatsangusa.org/naam/contents.htm

Also see, Requirements for Initiation in Sant Mat (Surat Shabd Yoga: The Inner Light and Sound of God, Inner Light and Sound Meditation): https://groups.io/g/SantMat/topic/requirements_for_initiation/24165052?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,24165052

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

Samael, by investigating the situation humanity is in, and by being an awakened person, was able to describe for us exactly where we are and what we need to do to change. If you are in the middle of the jungle you cannot see the way out. But someone who has already escaped, who is up high and can see everything around, can tell us, can help us. This is exactly the situation here. We are lost in the jungle with a cheap map. The problem is, the map we had before was made by someone who had never been where we are trying to go. Even if the teaching we study came from a fully enlightened being, over time, all teachings degenerate. It is inevitable, as the knowledge is handled by people who are full of defects, thus the knowledge becomes defective. We are very fortunate to have in this teaching a very pure, very fresh teaching. We have over sixty books written by Samael, as well as thousands of lectures and talks. We have direct disciples who worked under his guidance for many years. These are tremendous things, whose value we are absolutely unable to estimate. Sometimes, we don't like to hear the truth of our situation. Sometimes it can sound very harsh or exaggerated to us, or very cold. Or we have such faith in ourselves, such pride in our mind, that we believe we already know what we need to know. There is only one way to really know if we are working properly: by examining our lives, our hearts. Questioning ourselves, deeply, honestly: Are we becoming free from suffering? Do we have such equanimity that when someone screams at us we do not react with anger? Are we deeply understanding the psychological problems that afflict us? Are we deeply understanding the problems that affect others? Are we becoming more compassionate? More patient? For most of us, growing in this way is difficult. It is hard to accept suffering, to be kind in response to fury, to be peaceful in response to violence. It is easy to imagine ourselves being that way, but to be that way spontaneously is something else altogether. We must be clear with ourselves, honest with ourselves. And this is difficult, painful. If you have a bullet in your heart, the surgery will be unpleasant. Often, to fix the problem is as painful as the wound was in the beginning. But there is no other way to heal. There is no other way to cure ourselves, to become whole again. We have to bear some difficulty, some suffering in order for the disease, the wound, to be eliminated from within us. Likewise, in order for us to escape from the jungle before we die in it, we must be willing to accept that we are lost, that we are in danger, and we must stop assuming that we know how to get out. We don't. If we knew how to get out we would not be here. If we knew how to get out we would not suffer any more. We must stop assuming that we know ANYTHING. We must open our hearts and minds, and listen. And then, with maturity and internal silence, we will be told, from inside, what we must do in order to continue onward in our process to achieve the Self-realization of the Being.

Gnostic Instructor

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

Lectures by Samael Aun Weor

“In my book The Three Mountains, I did not speak about the Minor Mysteries; I only spoke about the three mountains (the First Mountain belongs to that of initiation). I spoke about the initiations of Major Mysteries, because the nine initiations of the Minor Mysteries are the kindergarten, belonging to the conditional disciples, and because the three mountains are basic fundamentals, I spoke about the accepted disciples. The Second Mountain belongs to the resurrection; there we find the nine grades that go to perfection in mastery. It is obvious that in the First Mountain one achieves mastery, when one get to the top of it, the goal. In the Second Mountain one achieves perfection in mastery, and in the Third Mountain one achieves the grade of great elected. The great elected and perfect master is the maximum aspiration of every adept…

It is clear that the five initiations that I was talking about are the fire initiations. After that comes the Venustic Initiation that has eight grades. The first Venustic Initiation is just the superior octave of the first initiation of fire. The second Venustic Initiation is the superior octave of the second initiation of fire. The third Venustic Initiation is the superior octave of the third initiation of fire. The fourth Venustic Initiation is the fourth superior octave of the fourth initiation of fire. The fifth Venustic Initiation is the fifth superior octave of the fifth initiation of fire; after this come the three initiations (the total is eight) that are related with the First Mountain (that is the First Mountain). In the Second Mountain one has to begin the work with the Moon, with Mercury, with Venus, with the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, to then achieve Perfection in Mastery (it is the Mountain of the Resurrection), and the Third Mountain is the Ascension, to finally crystallize (in oneself) the Second and First Logos, and to receive the Inner Atomic Star.

The person who attains the top of the Third Mountain is not just a perfect master, but a great elected.”

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

Initiation is your own life, and everyone will have to bear the weight of their own cross.

Samael Aun Weor