This post continues to look at some of the spiritual challenges that those at the 5th subplane of the Mental Plane including how they are learning the necessity for right thought and speech, developing the capacity to see things metaphorically and to produce a synthesis of ideas, and some of the emerging problems that take place when there is too much emphasis on the mind and looking into the subtle worlds.
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This post starts to detail some of the spiritual challenges that those at the 5th subplane of the Mental Plane go through including discerning between what is known as the “astral light” and the “light of the soul,” beginning the process of recognizing what Bailey calls “glamours,” the process of mastering emotional reactions more, and working with criticism.
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This post begins to take a look at the 5th subplane of the Mental Plane that I have associated with what Bailey calls the Accepting Discipleship stage and her Chela in the Light stage of spiritual development. Here the mind is being trained to be increasingly receptive to the Light of the Soul leading to going through what Bailey calls the First Initiation and later in another post I show correlations with the Integral model.
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This post speaks about rules 7 – 9 that the Bailey teachings imply are helpful for the the Probationer Disciple to follow prior to taking what Bailey calls the First Initiation (or major expansion of consciousness, or enlightenment experience).
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This post gives a quick summary of Group 7. Few people on the planet are within this group, however it represents those that are on the spiritual path in a more serious way finally emerging. Continue reading “Quick Summary of Group 7”
This post gives a quick summary of Group 6 who represent those who are able to dominate others and fulfill their desires for better or worse. On the light side, they become humanitarians. On the dark side, they become sociopaths. However, whether working for the light or the dark they are still immersed in the world of the five senses, something that will only be overcome more in Groups 7 & 8. Continue reading “Quick Summary of Group 6”
This post gives a quick summary of Groups 4 – 5 representing the majority of human beings who are driven by desire, immersed in the world of the five senses, highly emotional, reactionary, conformists, and easily led by others.
This post gives a quick summary of Groups 1 – 3 who are not very prevalent on our planet today. All three groups find it difficult to survive and navigate the world around them, though Group 3 is learning to get what they want more by recklessness and force, since they lack the emotional control and intelligent activity to get their desires met in other ways.
This post concludes Chapter Ten by bringing correlations of Group Seven with the Crisis phase of the Technique of Integration, and how Group Seven and the ideas of Alice Bailey match up with the models of spiritual growth and evolution as put forward by both the Theosophical and Integral movements.
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Soul to Spirit: The New Spiritual Psychology 