Know thou that Knowledge is of two kinds: Divine and Satanic.
- Baha'u'llah -
- Baha'u'llah -
Dear Angels,
Taken from a lecture given by the Master, Abdu'l-Baha, in London in 1911, the following statement will be explained here as best we can, for it has spiritual implications which, if not properly understood, can easily lead one astray in view of its secretive but alluring aspect.
For six thousand years we have been walking on the left-hand path; let us walk on the right-hand path now. We have passed many centuries in darkness, let us advance towards the light.
For your information, "the left-hand path" refers to the obscure archaic practices of Babylonian origin to gain esoteric knowledge by methods that are commonplace today, despite the stern warnings of the Holy Scriptures, including Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord...
As noted in LIGHTS OF GUIDANCE, the Guardian also warned us about certain occult practices, although he did not specify them:
For me, it is undoubtedly the raising of the Kundalini and its possible consequences, as evoked below by a source lost over the years.
But what exactly does that mean, you ask?The friends also should be warned not to indulge in such activities that draw their inspiration from Hindu occultist sources, as these do not only lead them away from the Cause, but can cause them considerable mental harm, and thus permanently injure their mind as well as their body.*...indeed, such occult practices as certain Hindus have introduced in the States, and which some superficial and superstitious individuals have adopted and are trying, by all sorts of devices, to popularize are absolutely foreign, nay positively opposed to the very spirit and letter of the Teachings, and the believers, therefore, should strictly and at all times avoid the company of such people, lest they may unconsciously and inevitably fall under their baneful influence and become gradually alienated from the Cause.
For me, it is undoubtedly the raising of the Kundalini and its possible consequences, as evoked below by a source lost over the years.
You can learn telepathy, see auras and move things mentally but be a hateful person simultaneously, what certain criminals and psychics with inflated egos precisely do in order to gain power over others. It is certainly possible to become clairaudiant or clairvoyant through certain technics aimed at raising the Kundalini, that electric center in the vertebral column, the 'serpent force'. However, once the channels of communication between the worlds opened without real spiritual preparedness, what awaits is a living hell. The sounds and sights of both the physical and psychic worlds are received without the capacity to recede from the often scary, unpleasant material that flows within. Torn in two directions, the person is helpless to control or avoid this undesirable phenomenon.We certainly don't want that for ourselves when submitting to such practices while ignoring their effects, do we? That such have been touted since the 60s as a royal road to calming the mind, get rid of stress or conditioning, find healing, or attain cosmic consciousness, is no guarantee of their safety. Listen to more of the Guardian's warnings:
The fact is that certain esoteric practices can indeed lead to trances and euphoria (mistaken for true mystical states), where opaque entities from the lower astral can infiltrate the personality and suggest "vain and obscure thoughts" or transmit misleading messages, of which there are too many examples in the 'channelling' world. By appealing this way to spiritual pride or naivety, the mystical, gullible, ignorant or infatuated minds are put under the influence of alienating forces suggesting a nonjudgmental attitude which, in reality, means moral relativity and passivity, a common subterfuge to control minds and bodies claiming to be spiritual, but "not religious".To tamper with psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. These forces are real, but are not to be active on this plane.*There is no ambiguity about the Master's attitude towards psychic forces. He very strongly warned the believers against using them.
Do your own research, and in this supermarket of neo-gnosticism, you will discover that it proceeds electively through a gradual initiation that slowly suffocates the consciousness of God, suggesting an implicit pantheism (everything is God, and I am God by consequence), that is to say idolatry, the personal and transcendent God of the divine Revelations gradually supplanted in people's minds by the "bearer of light", the rebellious angel of the NEW AGE. Be aware that the tentacles and manipulations of such pseudo-spirituality are numerous and dangerous.
The tree of such teachings can yield no result except iniquity and rebellion, and beareth no fruit but hatred and envy. Its fruit is deadly poison; its shadow is consuming fire.Better let the dead bury the dead and take refuge in the right hand of God, the BAHA'I FAITH, where the steps are always secure when following the Covenant.
- Baha'u'llah
O party of the Covenant! Verily, the Beauty of El-Abha hath promised the most great assistance to the beloved who are firm in the Covenant and to confirm them through the mightiest power.
- Abdu'l-Baha
Be wonderfully blessed!
Loesha
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