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With this installment we launch into the practices and teachings belonging to the third level of the Modern Order of Essenes. As discussed last week, you need to know your way around the Cabalistic Tree of Life to make use of this material; last week's post includes links to a series of instructional papers that will teach you the basics. In more general news, a number of people have expressed interest in receiving the Apprentice attunement, and I have tentatively set aside time on Saturday, April 8 for this purpose. If you're interested in receiving the attunement, please confirm that you will be available at some point that day; we can settle the time a little closer to the date.
With that said, let's proceed.
ESSENE HEALING PRACTICES - PART ONE
Practice One
Relax and become very calm and quiet. Imagine you’re the Tree of Life because that’s what you really are. See the Ten Emanations shining brightly in your vibration and see the shimmering paths between them according to these instructions:
Above your head and penetrating it is a sphere of intensely bright colorless, sometimes called white, light. Beside your left ear and penetrating your skull is another sphere of intensely bright colorless light. Beside your right ear and penetrating your skull is a third sphere of intensely bright colorless light. Three shimmering paths connect these three spheres.
These represent the Divine Creator (above), the Divine Father (left) and the Divine Mother (right) in that order. The three of them together represent the Trinity in Western theology. The Creative Energy flows from the Divine Creator to the Divine Father and thence to the Divine Mother though a path also connects the Divine Mother to the Divine Creator. The Creative Energy flowing between these spheres is the color of silver.
Another way of saying the same thing is to say Creator God is Above, Father God on our left and Mother God on our right. When we're looking at another person, we see Father God and Mother God reversed - we see Mother God on the left and Father God on the right as we're looking at the other person.
In addition to being called the Trinity, this triangle on the Tree of Life is also called the Supernal Triangle or the Supernals. These three spheres are also referred to as the capstones of the three pillars that form below them. They’re also depicted as a triangle containing an open eye, the All-seeing Eye of the Divine. They comprise the First World, the World of Assiah, the World of Archetypes or the World of Air. This is the home of our Spirit and the beginning of our individualized Life.
Visualize this triangle of three intense colorless spheres and the flow of the silver Creative Energy from the Divine Creator to the Divine Father to the Divine Mother and then back to the Divine Creator. Continue with this practice several times each day until you can vividly visualize these things and feel this energy flowing through you as it travels from sphere to sphere.
When you can do all of this, proceed to Practice Two.
Practice Two
Once you’ve mastered the first practice, visualize the Supernal Triangle and its inverted mirror of three more spheres forming a downward-pointing triangle beneath the Supernals. You now visualize six intensely bright, colorless spheres. The sphere below the Divine Father is called Love by the Essenes though it can also be called Compassion, Charity, Mercy, or Benevolence. The sphere below the Divine Mother is called Power by the Essenes though it’s also called Judgment, Trepidation, Fear, Righteous Anger or Severity. The lowest sphere in this second triangle is beneath the Divine Creator. The Essenes call this sphere Harmony though it’s also called Peace, Beauty, Balance, Heart, the Heart of the Heart, the Prince of Peace or The Son of the Divine. It’s also referred to as the Christ Center.
Love is located beside our left shoulder and there it penetrates our physical vehicle. Power is located beside our right shoulder where it also penetrates our physical body. Harmony is located right in the middle of your body where it penetrates and surrounds your heart. This second set of three spheres reflects the first three. As above, so below.
This second set of three intensely bright, colorless spheres is connected by three shimmering paths as are the Supernals. A shimmering path also connects the Divine Father to Love and the Divine Mother to Power. Finally, each Supernal is connected to Harmony by a shimmering path. Thus five paths connect the upper triangle to the lower. One path connects the Divine Creator to Harmony. Divine Father is connected to both Love and Harmony. Divine Mother is connected to both Power and Harmony.
The flow of the Creative Energy in the second triangle comes from Divine Mother to Love, across to Power and diagonally down to Harmony. This flow of Creative Energy is also called the Lightning Bolt, Lightning Flash or the Flash of Lightning. The energy coming from Divine Father originated in Divine Creator and came to Divine Mother by way of Divine Father. The energy flows down and through these spheres, from one to the other, instantaneously as a continual flash of light.
This second set of three spheres is called the Reflective Triangle or the Reflection of the Supernals because it reflects the first. It represents the World of Water, the Second World, the Second Creation or Briah. As Life entered the First Creation it formed the Spirit and now as Life and Spirit enter the Second Creation they form the Soul. The Divine Creator, Divine Father, and Divine Mother are Life. Life and Spirit join together in the Supernals. The second triangle, being a reflection of the first, is also life, but on a lower level. Life and Soul join together in the second triangle.
Visualize the flow of the silver-colored Creative Energy flowing into and from the Divine Creator to Divine Father to Divine Mother to Divine Love to Divine Power to Divine Harmony and then out from your heart into the Divine Creation. When you can consistently and continually maintain this visualization, you’re ready to begin the third practice. Please don't get ahead of yourself. Master the first two practices before continuing further.
Practice Three
The Path of Return starts with Manifestation (located at the bottom of our feet) and flows backward to the Divine Creator. We move upward on a path opposing the Creative Energy to return to our spiritual source. But we flow with the energy and do not oppose it. When we oppose this flow it’s like swimming upstream against the current. But when we surrender to the energy we rise up through the Creative Energy and it supports us.Here's a Glyph of the Tree of Life, which is what we're really speaking about as we develop our Bridge of love:
Keep in mind that the Tree of Life is a blueprint for creation. Each of us is built upon a Tree of Life. Everything in the creation is built upon a Tree of Life. Everything is a Tree of Life. What you're looking at though is not your Tree of Life. It's the Tree of Life for another thing. What you see on the right is what you have on your left side. Please keep this in mind as you look at the glyph and read the lesson.
Here's a list of the names we've been using for the spheres on this Tree of Life:
1. White sphere = Divine Creator = Kether (The Crown) = Awareness
2. Gray sphere = Divine Father = Chokmah (Wisdom) = Intention
3. Black sphere = Divine Mother = Binah (Understanding) = Belief
This is the Supernal Triangle, the World of Archetypes (Air). The names we use for each sphere are given in the order of first the esoteric name which we use in our teachings, secondly the common name used in the Jewish Kaballah, and thirdly the modern name also used in our teachings.
4. Blue sphere = Love = Chesed Mercy) = Compassion
5. Red sphere = Power = Giburah (Severity) = Rules and Laws
6. Yellow sphere = Harmony = Tiffereth (Beauty) = Christ Consciousness
This is the Reflective Triangle, the Creative World (Water) where we create our own emotions.
The Formative World (Fire), the Second Reflection where we form the things we're going to create, is composed of the following spheres:
7. Green sphere = Desire = Netzatch (Splendor) = Determination
8. Orange sphere = Intellect = Hod (Glory) = Focus
9. Purple sphere = Foundation = Yesod (Foundation) = Astral or Matrix
The final sphere on the Tree of Life is the World of Manifestation (Earth). It is the physical world as we know it. This is where all things created finally become. This sphere is called:
10. Final sphere = Manifestation = Malkuth (World) = Matter
So, we continue...Beneath Love, beside and penetrating our left hip is the sphere which the Essenes call Desire but which is also called Splendor, Inspiration or Intuition and it represents the Element of Fire. It is here our Intuitive or Psychological Body resides. It is here where we Energize our thoughts, ideas and emotions to prepare for creation.
Beneath Power, beside and penetrating our right hip is the Sphere which the Essenes call Intellect but which is also called Glory, Cognitive, Rational, Normative or Thinking Mind and it represents the Element of Air. It is here our Mental or Intellectual Body resides, where we focus our attention.
Beneath Harmony, Below our belly button is the sphere the Essenes call the Foundation of the World but it can also be called the Lunar Plexus or Astral World and it represents the Element of Water. It is here our Astral or Emotional Body resides.
Manifestation receives energy directly from our Intuition, Intellect and Emotions under the supervision and control of our Ego. It can be said that the energy Manifestation receives from our Intuition, Intellect and Emotions is colored by our Ego. This means our Ego filters the messages we receive and to an extent controls this information flow.
Visualize the World of Fire as a downward pointing triangle composed of three spheres with paths connecting them. Visualize the World of Earth as a sphere below the triangle with paths connecting it to each of the three spheres above. See the energy flowing from each sphere to each of the other three spheres through the paths connecting them. Then see the energy flowing from Desire to Intellect, then to Foundation, then to Manifestation and outward into the Universe. Finally, visualize the energy coming into Manifestation and flowing upward to Foundation, then to Intellect, then to Desire and upward toward Harmony.
When you can do this visualization convincingly and continuously, you’re ready to move onto the fourth practice. It’s important you master the first three practices before continuing to the next stage. Mastery will result in the gift of healing while lack of mastery results in ineffective and inefficient healing for all concerned.
Practice Four
Using the techniques taught in the first three parts, we'll now build a Bridge of Love. To begin this practice decide upon an person, place or thing to be the object of your healing energy. If you can't think of anything, use yourself by allowing the energy to flow all the way around the world back to you. Select an object for healing.
Sit or stand erect and relaxed. Visualize the movement of the Creative Energy in your personal Tree of Life, down from Divine Creator to and through Divine Father, Divine Mother, Divine Love, Divine Power and Divine Harmony in that order. See that energy come in through the top of your head, flow down to the left side of your head, across to the right side of your head, to your left shoulder, then your right shoulder and down to your heart. Do this part of the visualization on an in-breath.
Bring the Divine Healing Energy in through the top of your head (White sphere), down to your left ear and left brain (Gray sphere), across to your right ear and right brain (Black sphere), down to your left shoulder (Blue sphere), across to your right shoulder (Red sphere) and down to your hear (Yellow sphere). Do this on an inhalation.
At the end of your inhalation while pausing briefly before exhaling, visualize the rise of Creative Energy on the Path of Return up from the Earth to and through Manifestation to Foundation, Intellect, Desire and Divine Harmony in that order. Do this part of the visualization after you inhale and just before you exhale.
Bring the Divine Healing Energy up through the bottom of your feet (Bottom sphere), up to the Foundation (Purple sphere) at your lower belly, over to your right hip area (Orange sphere), across to your left hip area (Green sphere) and up to your heart (Yellow sphere).Practice this much of the technique until you can visualize the energies from above and below flowing through your body from sphere to sphere to your heart on each inhalation. Then allow this energy to fill you and overflow you as you continue to breathe.
Continue visualizing the energy flowing through you as instructed in part one. Visualize the two energies from above and below meeting in Harmony (your heart) and mixing together as you gently and calmly release your breath after pausing for a second or two at the end of each inhalation. Then allow this energy to fill you and overflow you as you exhale. At the end of your exhalation, pause slightly while you watch the energy continue to flow through you. The energy continues to flow as you continue to breathe.
Please practice this technique until you can do it very well and then proceed to the next lesson.
Practice Five
Continue visualizing the energy flowing through you as instructed in Practice Four. Now instead of allowing the energy to fill you, send it our through your heart as you gently exhale after you inhale and pause briefly. We send this Divine all-loving, all-healing energy out from our heart into the world. We continue this process until we reach and envelope the object to which we're sending this healing energy. When we reach the object of our healing, we've formed a Bridge of Love.
Once you've mastered these steps, put it all together by breathing in the healing energy, filling yourself with the first few breaths and then send the healing energy out to the object of your healing to form the Bridge of Love. Strengthen this Bridge of Love by continuing to breathe for a few more rounds. When you feel a strong connection through the Bridge of Love, the healing energy can continue to flow unhindered by us and our activities. Thus we establish a Bridge of Love.
As you continue this meditation, become aware you are healing your own Spirit as the healing energy moves through the World of Air, your own Soul as it moves through the World of Water, your own Ego as it moves through the World of Fire and your many Personas as it moves through the World of Earth.
Continue this meditation practice until all of these things become second nature to you. Know this is the most powerful healing technique because each time we use it, we heal the whole of creation a little bit more. We raise the vibration of the whole creation as we continue to use the Bridge of Love healing technique. We raise our own vibration and make ourselves more and more spiritual as we continue our practice.
As a Master Essene Healer it becomes our responsibility to help heal the whole of creation and every creature within it. When you feel ready to continue your studies, decide if you want to accept this responsibility for yourself or not. If you do, please continue.
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Date: 2023-03-16 06:28 pm (UTC)As always, thanks for the very helpful work you do. I noticed a couple of things:
1. The Tree of Life glyph is not showing up, at least for me.
2. In the third to last paragraph of Practice 4, it says "over to your left him area (Orange sphere), across to your right hip area (Green sphere)". I believe the 2 hips are flipped here.
Cheers,
adara
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Date: 2023-03-16 10:30 pm (UTC)We can’t let this be forgotten.
April 8 works for me, I am available any time that is convenient for you. I live in the east coast (USA)
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Date: 2023-03-16 11:28 pm (UTC)I have really enjoyed the course so far
Recent comments have talked about the healing practices in your DA book and I'm thinking in looking at that. I have all of your other druid books Is DA also Kabala related?
Cealin
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Date: 2023-03-17 07:00 pm (UTC)cOUNT ME IN.
Date: 2023-03-17 09:29 am (UTC)By the way, as someone who did a lot of work with the wheel of life and your Ogham paths, it's a pity that there aren't more spiritual systems based onto it.
I have some ideas of what can be made of the Wheel, and you for example provided a chackra correspondence table with the wheel spheres in the DH. This particular practice brings some future ideas and posibilities to my awareness...
Re: COUNT ME IN.
Date: 2023-03-17 02:58 pm (UTC)Re: cOUNT ME IN.
Date: 2023-03-17 07:01 pm (UTC)Re: cOUNT ME IN.
Date: 2023-03-17 09:44 pm (UTC)Apprentice attunement
Date: 2023-03-17 12:41 pm (UTC)April 8
Date: 2023-03-17 01:04 pm (UTC)Thank you very much.
Justin Patrick Moore
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Date: 2023-03-17 03:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-03-17 05:08 pm (UTC)Ron M
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Date: 2023-03-17 08:05 pm (UTC)I been practicing just stage 1 and I want to do this for a few days before going to the next stage
Does this has something to do with balancing the 2 hemispheres of the brain?
I been noticing my right side (mother creator) weaker than the other 2.
Been noticing that after a few minutes brings a lot of peace ,silence and the space feels bigger.
Wow
Date: 2023-03-17 09:56 pm (UTC)Can I check if this needs correcting:
"The flow of the Creative Energy in the second triangle comes from Divine Mother to Love, across to Power and diagonally down to Harmony. This flow of Creative Energy is also called the Lightning Bolt, Lightning Flash or the Flash of Lightning."
Should that be from Divine Father to Love?
-JH
Re: Wow
Date: 2023-03-18 05:05 pm (UTC)-JH
April 8th
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Date: 2023-03-19 09:02 am (UTC)Which of your books does feature the most physical /breathing work?
Vaen-Jeiviv
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Date: 2023-03-20 03:42 am (UTC)