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PROPER USE OF PSYCHIC POWERS

The development of the psychic powers is basically due at this time (for the whole problem shifts into changing fields as evolution proceeds) to the psychic becoming aware of a field or fields of phenomena which are always present but which remain usually unrecognised because the inner mechanism of perception remains latent or quiescent.

The only rules which I can give you are so simple that those who are occupied at this time with teaching and proclaiming that which they have Astrally contacted may not like to follow them. The attitude of mind which will guard the mystic from Astral delusion and error is:

1. The cultivation of a Spirit of true humility. There is a Spiritual arrogance which masks itself behind a cloak of humbleness and which is very prevalent at this time. It leads people to regard themselves as the chosen of the Hierarchy to save the world; it leads them to look upon themselves as the mouthpieces of the Masters or of the Christ; it tends to make them separative in their attitudes to other leaders and teachers, refusing to recognise the many aspects of the one work and the many methods which the Mind of God has devised for reaching the masses.

2. The refusal to accept any contact or message which has personality implications or which sets its recipient apart, thus tending to the development of a Messiah complex. I like that phrase. It is simple and concise and illustrates dramatically the state of mind and describes the assured nature of the consciousness of many of the present teachers of humanity. A true contact with the Hierarchy and the true accolade of service carries with it the conviction of the existence of the many servers in the one Service, of the many messengers carrying the one message, of the many teachers of the many aspects of the one Truth, and of the many and various ways back to the Heart of God.  

3. The freedom from emotional appeal. The true disciple and mystic is ever mentally polarised. His vision is free from the deluding reactions of the Solar Plexus center. His vision awakens the Heart center and evokes the response of his personality energy (focused in the Ajna center) and produces eventually a "centering in the place of light". This indicates the growing activity of the Head center. He may, later, use controlled emotional appeal in dealing with the masses but he himself seeks to remain free from all emotional control.

Speaking again generally, there are three major controlling factors in the career of a human being:

1. The Solar Plexus, corresponding to that stage wherein the play of the forces is physical-Etheric-Astral. This is the stage of psychic development.

2. The Ajna Center between the eyebrows, corresponding to the period of integration and of personality control, wherein certain areas of the brain become sensitised and used. This is the stage of mental development.

3. The Head Center, involving the entire brain area around the pineal gland, wherein the Spiritual man assumes control. This is the stage of Soul control.

It is in this latter stage that the higher psychic faculties come into play and the lower powers can then again be used, if deemed desirable. The initiate has full control of all faculties and powers, and knows both when and how to use them the most profitably and with the least expenditure of energy.

            Physical           Psychic                Higher Correspondence                                                                          

1. Hearing        Clairaudience        This leads to mental telepathy and finally to Spiritual knowledge.

2. Sight                Clairvoyance                This leads to Spiritual vision and finally to Spiritual identification.

3. Touch        Sensitivity                This leads to Spiritual aspiration and finally to Spiritual impressibility.

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