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The
Mystery School of Life
By Dr.
Asoka Selvarajah
Author of 7
Golden Secrets of Knowing Your Higher Self
"A Mystery School is a university of the soul, a school for the study
of the mysteries of the inner nature of Man and of surrounding nature.
By understanding these mysteries, the student perceives his intimate relationship
with divinity, and strives through self-discipline and devotion to become
at one with his inner god." -- Grace K. Knoche
The reason the Mysteries are expressed in symbolic language is because
they are an attempt to describe what cannot be described in human language.
Therefore, the description is presented in symbolic picture form and is
learned intuitively. Our lives are similar. We experience many situations
and meet many people. All of these interactions can be seen as having
deeply symbolic meanings. They are presenting to us the lessons we most
need to know in this complex interwoven fabric of existence.
Therefore, a Mystery School is a place where you perceive life much more
intensively, seeing the pattern and meaning there that is invisible to
other people. Within this school, you may well learn a range of esoteric
arts; such as Astrology, Tarot, Kabbalah, Healing, and so on. However,
this is not all that is on offer, and one should be cautious of getting
focused on these to the exclusion of the greater purpose. There is a whole
other depth that you will never reach by remaining fascinated with these
subjects alone.
The whole point of these disciplines is to work upon, and improve, your
inner being; your connection with Source. All too many people become fascinated
with the mechanics, and become extremely expert in working with them too,
but miss the central point to which they all point.
The whole point of your life is to create a perfected vessel in which
the Divine Source can reside. Within the Mystery tradition, mind training
was paramount. The curriculum focused upon transforming the inner world
of the student. It was no less rigorous than any modern university course
that we might attend. So what would the results of such intense inner
training be upon the aspirant?
It is no less than a miracle. You learn to meet the strains and challenges
of daily living, and to remain a master of your thoughts; in control and
in tranquillity at all times. Wherever you are right now, and no matter
how things are, you greet it all with an attitude of total acceptance.
No matter how imperfect things appear, you perceive all to be as it should
be.
To think otherwise is to be at odds with what is. Such an attitude is
to be against the divine plan, and to judge from an imperfect and limited
position upon things that transcend your understanding. So, the graduate
of the Mystery School accepts all without judgment or question. This is
certainly a revolutionary mindset for most people. Few of us are capable
of sustaining such an approach for more than a few minutes. That is precisely
why the mental training that the Mystery School provides is so intense.
At the same time, it is not a purely passive approach to life either.
Wherever there is imbalance, the Mystery School graduate brings harmony,
and where there is sorrow, love. Thus, we become co-creators within the
higher purposes of the Source of All, and perform the spiritual work that
we have been sent to do.
It is important to know that the Mysteries often seem paradoxical at the
human level of understanding. Indeed, we see fiery conflicts between the
major religions. People are even willing to die for their version of spiritual
truth. It almost seems as if where you are born in the world determines
whether you believe in the absolute unity of God of the Moslem, or in
the Triune nature as described by the Christian, or indeed in the many
faces of God as followed by the Hindu. Each teaching gives totally disparate
and seemingly irreconcilable "truths". Yet, each has provided
the world with its own share of enlightened initiates and gurus.
Within the Mystery School, you do not merely learn tolerance for these
disparate views. You learn to resolve the paradoxes. Moreover, this is
not achieved by reaching a compromise; one that may be invisible to the
uninitiated. Instead, your consciousness moves to such a level that the
paradox no longer exists because you see spiritual reality as it really
is.
Copyright 2003 Asoka Selvarajah. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Asoka Selvarajah is an active author/researcher on personal development
and esoteric spirituality. Asoka's work helps people achieve their full
potential, deepen their understanding of mystical truth, and find joy
in their true soul's purpose. The above article is based upon the new
course "The
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