In freemasonry in all the great mystery schools the first thing you’re asked when you walk through the checkerboard floor what do you want here you are standing between the two pillars of the objective and subjective sides of your mind see the two pillars jacob and boaz is the objective and subjective world
And that world is inside your consciousness and you’re standing on the checkerboard floor and that checkerboard floor is the duality of the matrix in which you live in so here you are blindfolded walking between the objective and subjective sides of your mind and you’re asked the question what do you want
The way of the mystic is the way of entering into divine communion with the god self within now you want to experience your god self that’s the whole point of being on the hero’s journey but you don’t know it’s your god self until you get to the end you see on
The hero’s journey you think you’re after a god somewhere out there you know and you’re trying to please this external deity but when you finally reach the the end of that journey you will discover that there’s there’s only one god and that god is inside you it is you
So through purification of your lower self and the activation of your higher self you’re done and the lower faculties are purified then a realization of an elevate elevated state of consciousness begins to emerge wherein consciousness enters into union with the higher mind and ultimately into universal mind it’s
Called cosmic consciousness this is the goal of all the great traditions you surrender the lower self in the first degree and then you surrender the higher self in the second degree and in the third degree you experience your god self and that’s what makes you a master adept
As light transfers to light the individual and the universal become one and this is the alchemical marriage The first degree of initiation dealing with the physical nature of man is associated with the alchemical process of calcination the first stage involves refining your gross sense nature killing off your desires for material attractions and developing indifference to the lures of the outer world The second degree of initiation the fellow craft corresponds to the alchemical process of disillusion the second stage involves clarifying our mental thoughts until they become pure and strong enough to respond to the light and wisdom of our consciousness this vision is followed by the desire to wipe away from your life all obstacles
To complete union with god The third and final degree of master mason corresponds to the alchemical process of separation the third stage the last and greatest trial involves a voluntary death of the sense of separation from universal divine mind as your limited personal ego dies you become conscious of the omnipresence of god illuminating everything
So the goal of the wisdom schools was to go through a physical purification and then to go through a mental purification and finally go through a revelation knowledge or a gnostic revelation of the knower or the true self or the i am and that’s that was the only three
Stages there is you are consciousness but you have a physical part you have a mental part and then you have the observer and those are the three degrees that every school should take you through i’m sorry ancient masonry is like stepping into dracula’s castle and you know something’s gonna happen
You know if you step into a lodge and it’s just a good old boy’s club you’re in the wrong place you need to step in somewhere where it’s going to grab a hold of you something that’s going to maybe frighten you a little bit because see illumination
Returning back to your source is the most frightening thing there is for the ego the ego does not want to return to the god source or self within so you better know it’s going to be frightening at first when you first step foot on the checkerboard floor you’re going to be blindfolded
That’s going to be creepy for you for the ego the ego doesn’t have any reference for being blindfolded and led around by strange men that are that they don’t even know the ego does not want to be awakened put it this way the ego or the psychological self the psychological personality of you
Does not want you to awaken and of course that’s the beauty that’s called facing your dragons in the tibetan teachings you have to slay the dragon well that’s the goal of freemase true masonry mystic masonry so check it out the greek word gnosis here you will come to experience the intimacy of an
All-inclusive divine presence dwelling at the shrine of your very own being whoever thought that the true altar was not in some circus shrine or some church somewhere the true altar was in your own consciousness and being who would have ever thought that god was inside you they looked everywhere else see
We look here we look go we go to and fro and we go from church to church from lodge to lodge all the while the god-self the christ is inside you what does masonry mean to you it means illumination it means awakening through a spiritual transformation aspect of
Oneself that goes from the gross physical to the spiritual and the mental aspects of one’s being in other words in the first degree you purify yourself on the physical level it’s called the outer court in the temple uh wisdom in in the solomon’s temple it’s the outer court
And then when you enter past the outer court into the holy place that’s the mind and you purify the mental aspects of your being that’s your second degree of freemasonry and then you enter into the most holy place in solomon’s temple or moses temple as well you go beyond the veil
Where the holy of holies is the tabernacle of god where the cherubims guard that holy spot again this is all inside you and that’s your third degree of masonic initiation at least it should be if you’re not experiencing that in any lodge or any mystery school then you
You’re missing the whole point it’s about moving through those three temple realms those temple areas from the outer court to the inner court to the most holy place so you’re moving through the first degree second degree third degree for the purification of the mental illumination of the mind and then
Finally the god realization of the spirit or divine spark within you and that’s the blazing star that everybody wants to find in the lodge in the lodge in the third degree you discover that blazing star well that star is not anything outside you it’s inside it’s the divine spark it’s the god self
The perfect you prior to body mind and senses it’s before your human birth who are you and this alchemical process is also called the mystical ascent within mystic christianity looking at this diagram of kabbalah we notice on the right hand top the column of mercy which is all the
Active activity within the universe the column of severity on the left contains all the passive restraining disciplinary principles and these are in fact the two pillars within freemasonry that one walks through as he enters into the lodge and the middle pillar that is the column of consciousness itself holds these two
Within perfect balance and as we can see there are four large circles drawn around the different areas that is the circle of the physical the circle of the psychological the circle of the spiritual all the way up to the divine the physical the psychological and the spiritual are in fact the three degrees
Of freemasonry and the divine being at the very top of the kabbalistic tree which is where we find the letter g and this is in fact the entire process of faith hope and charity and if you look at this chart at the very bottom you see the rough ashlar
And then as we move through the alchemical process of ascension we find that that rough ashler becomes a perfect bachelor that is the perfect man through faith hope and charity and this is in fact the entire layout of the masonic lodge as well as the initiation process itself
To be free and to be a mason is to be a master builder of the inner temple of the soul it’s about the science of soul illumination and to be a freemason means nothing else it doesn’t mean that you’ve joined some social order or that you belong to some lodge or some political
Agenda or conspiracy that’s taking place in the echelons of of the world no to be a freemason is to me be exactly that to be free and to be masonically building that temple within yourself and according to the egyptian term it comes from pre-med sin which is an egyptian
Term meaning children of light just like in the teachings of jesus christ taught the light in fact christ in you is the light of the world so to be a freemason is the same i mean a true freemason now what does that contain what is the process listen
The ideal of mystic masonry now listen to this there’s a difference between social lodge masonry and mystic masonry the ideal of mystic masonry is self-realization which is the realization of the true self so mystic masonry the ideal is self-realization by means of initiation the craft was founded upon three
Fundamental degrees the inner apprentice the fellow craft and the master mason and the entertainments of this process is purification illumination and self-mastery subsequently these are also the same three stages of the mr mystical ascent in mystic christianity that’s right it’s the same identical three stages as mystic christianity that the
Christian mystics speak of Within christian mysticism the ultimate goal of the mystic is to attain theosis and in the same manner as all the ancient wisdom schools the process of theosis is threefold the first stage on the mystical ascent is the purification of our psyche that is the noose and the subduing of our earthly passions
The second stage is the illumination of the psyche and the attainment of spiritual vision or the vision of christ and the final and last stage deification is the direct experience of mystical union with god which is the ultimate goal of the christian life and this is in fact the only process of
Transformation there is within any spiritual teaching on this whole earth plane in the east they call it the dharma and in the orient they call it the dao and of course within freemasonry it’s called the first three degrees of the mystical ascent this is the mystic quest to develop a
Soul and to raise yourself to awaken your higher faculties and you awaken your higher faculties through a process called initiation or the development of a soul the science of soul development so listen to this what happens in freemasonry when one goes to that mystical ascent of the three stages of illumination purification and
Self-mastery the candidate was first called an aspirant or a seeker of truth and the initial ceremony which he underwent was a purification by water same as we see in christianity today when you become a christian and join the church you are first purified by water baptism and in that watery grave of
Baptism you go down as the old man and you are buried with christ and you rise up a new man resurrected in christ and this is also in every initiation mystery school and right all the way back to the ancient chaldean phoenician and egyptian temples this is in fact the zoroastrian magi’s way
Of salvation and enlightenment it doesn’t belong to any lodge or grand lodge of england or france or any any other lodge in this world it predates modern day freemasonry in freemasonry has a compass and a square with a g in the center this is not a modern day freemason symbol this
Is an ancient alchemical symbol representing that within every initiate your heaven the compass and square your earth must be joined and united and when you become whole the g which is the number seven in numerology you is resurrected in you that is the divine spark that awakens within the
Human soul in other words this is the development of a soul the science of soul development is when your heaven and your earth are united and you become illumined are born again in christ and that’s what it means to be a true master mason so that’s what makes
One a mason a mason is someone who’s awakened to his higher self where that true moral behavior comes from beloved and this is what it means to be masonically raised as a master mason so i’m going to read to you today from my book know thyself and just try to
Share with you a little clarity of the spiritual teachings and the actual beautiful process of becoming a master mason and what that’s all about now if you’re a christian i’m sure you went through a baptismal death burial and resurrection with christ that’s the whole christian path well freemasonry offers a very similar
Uh ritualistic process of dying to the old elders man self and then going into that second degree and fellow craft degree and then being raised as a master basin or a master adept now master mason is just someone who’s mastered their lower self their lower faculties
A lot of people have a problem no ego is a master and what mastery simply means is that you have now overcome your false self and you’ve raised your consciousness to your higher self and you’re now operating out of that that’s what it means to have self mastery that’s what self mastery
Means and that’s what it means to be a master mason just to clear that up so here from the book mystic masonry a handbook to higher consciousness it sees this every degree within freemasonry is a manifestation or an expression of something that’s happening naturally already in your life everyone’s already a
Mason and don’t even know it if you’re building character within yourself developing a soul within yourself which is why you are here then i’m you’re a man you’re a master builder you’re building the masonic temple that is the temple of christ within man so there’s only one great life and it is
The life we all share everything else the world of separation religious intolerance human perception all of this is a temporary dream from which all must eventually awaken the whole world is a dream beloved it’s a dream that you must eventually awaken listen to this those who have received
The light those who have reached illumination by living the true life know the true god see those who have discovered the light and now in freemasonry you come in dark as you come in blindfolded which represents man and his ignorance in his dark state of mind
And you come in and you go through those three degrees seeking the light what light there’s only one light it’s not like there’s a light over here and a light over there no there’s only one light it’s god and that light is going to be found in you so those who have received
This light those who have reached illumination within their minds or in their consciousness these are the ones that have found the true life this is the whole teachings of jesus you got to know the true god the way the truth and the life that’s it and only through illumination
Through finding the soul consciousness within you it’s the christ the christ within you by only finding the christ in you can man know himself truly remember the great teaching know thyself know thyself as the whole of the law beloved know thyself is the only really call there is
And christ has given us this way this truth in this life and is depicted in the three degrees of freemasonry so listen only through illumination through finding the soul the christ can man know himself when illumination is accomplished man is no longer of the world but of the inner soul essence because he
Knows the soul and has attained soul consciousness see the soul is the sun it’s the logos it’s within you you are the soul logos or the son of god that s-u-n son of god dwells within your very being this is what freemasonry is all about freemasonry is about the
Mystical ascent beloved in christianity it’s called the mystical ascent and it’s three degrees purification illumination and mystic union look it up it’s called the mystical ascent and it’s depicted as purification first degree illumination second degree and mystic union third degree it’s found in the eastern orthodox church as well as the
Catholic mystics as well but those three stages of life are throughout the bible in paul’s term it was justification sanctification and glorification those were the three stages that every christian must go through in the book of solomon in the old testament it was depicted as the outer court of solomon’s temple it was
Depicted in on the inner court of solomon’s temple as the second degree and the third degree is symbolized by the holy of holies or that most holy place in the temple where the presence of god dwells yeah the outer court the inner court and the most holy place those three stages
Of life and this is where you’re going to discover the soul consciousness or the sunlight and its rays within you god’s presence the presence of god dwells in the most holy place and since you are the temple of god it’s going to be with inside you beloved see how biblical freemasonry is
Freemasonry is totally biblical for all the christians out there you think freemasonry worships the devil and all that it’s complete nonsense never heard anything about no devil when i was in the lodges and in fact through all the degrees i can explain every little symbol that i went every symbol that i
Went through i can explain it to you and ain’t none of it got to do with it it has to do with christ christ christ consciousness christ in you the hope of glory your christed nature the holy spirit’s presence and developing the holy spirits of the spirit which is developing a soul that’s
What freemasonry is about and that’s what every little symbol represents so when you wake in your mind you become soul conscious or soul consciousness now you have found your whole purpose for being here beloved listen there is only one truth behind the universe there’s not two truths
Behind you there’s one there’s one truth behind the whole universe the various religions have different names different perceptions you know religions just have different perceptions they call it god allah brahma you call it whatever you want they’re all talking about the same thing they’re talking about the same being god is god
No matter what people say about it god is still god you see it is the same god that is sought and worshipped in all the world’s great religious traditions contact with the one being is the core of all religions in the esoteric mystery schools so we’re talking about a syncretism here
A syncretism between all the world’s great spiritual traditions something that you have to understand before you could ever step foot on the masonic journey all the principles herein are based on a single truth knowledge of this truth is innate within everyone but not until it is found and brought forth into our consciousness
See truth you can find i mean until you find truth within your consciousness it’s called gnosis until you have a gnostic revelation of truth it’s just words on a book see books are written of ink paper and whatnot this is just paper and ink what good is it even if it’s the bible
It doesn’t matter only when it becomes a revelation experience within you does it is it brought forth into your consciousness so you have to give birth to these ideas the principles in these books in the bible you have to give birth to them they have to be something that you gnostically
Experience within your consciousness so that you can have a revelation of it and not just mere belief see freemasonry or all the mystery schools is about leading one to that final stage of gnosis that is divine revelation knowledge and not just mere belief in some external religion
Hence the portals of the ancient mystery schools bore the saying man know thyself that’s what we just said earlier or as jesus said seek ye first the kingdom of heaven within you remember that in luke chapter 17 and verse 21 jesus says seek ye first the kingdom of heaven which is within you
This is the whole gospel of jesus the illumined gospel of jesus christ is the gospel of the kingdom of heaven within man that’s his gospel and of course the ancient mystery schools are taught man know thyself it’s the same idea you see the the similarities of the prince not even similar they’re identical
It’s the same message in matthew 6 33 he also said that and so this is in the holy bible beloveds if you don’t believe me go turn and look at those scriptures and who attains this knowledge has found the key that unlocks the door to everything you see there’s a key jesus
Said i am the door but you got to have the key to that door and the key to that door is revelation knowledge remember jesus said flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my father which is in heaven has revealed this to you so
Without the the key which is the revelation knowledge the gnosis without gnosis you’re not going to enter that door i’m sorry you can’t go through the door if you can’t even recognize it and you don’t know where to put the key so here we go it says here
You will find mystical truths of higher consciousness in these teachings and the deepest realizations of spiritual light you will discover and explore the inner dimensions of spiritual wisdom coming from the hidden levels of your unconscious depths you see calling you to a memory of who you always already are in the primordial
Light of spiritual wisdom you see this people say well why do you want to do ritualistic work with some lodge or anything now here’s why i did it because i i i grew up watching joseph campbell the hero’s journey the power of myth i’m sure if you’ve been on the path
Long enough you’ve seen that the power of the power of mythology or the power of myth is everything to do with freemasonry you see symbolism and rituals reach the subconscious planes or the subconscious mind more than just mere concepts see concepts concepts stay on the level of the intellect concepts
Go into the mental and they stay there and they don’t go any deeper than that i mean they can if you go into deep meditation with an idea if you take a principle and go into meditation with it you can have some fruit from it but true fruitage that comes from developing your
Consciousness can also come from these rituals because rituals tap into and myth myth also taps into the subconscious planes within yourself and therefore brings forth that which is unconscious into consciousness you see it takes everything that’s hidden in your unconscious and brings it conscious see everyone’s a divine spark a divine
Being so when they read mythology or teachings about jesus or about krishna or stories about buddha it activates that that spiritual principle or spiritual truth that is within you that that represents something that’s already true about you in other words it reminds you of who you truly are
Man know thyself and there’s no other way to know that self better than to find a story a mythology uh when i say a story i’m talking about mythology and or a ritual a ritual that actually brings that forth from your consciousness throughout your day
And this is why i say even if you’re just studying these books if you study them daily and feed on the word and let the word go in and cultivate and they call it uh i forget what kind of prayers contemplative prayer contemplative prayer contemplative prayer on one bible verse
One scripture will go into the subconscious and it’ll reach you there and this is the whole purpose of myth this is the whole purpose of allegory and this is the whole purpose of masonic initiation it’s to reach that subconscious plane within you and bring forth the light now
On the initiatic path you will practice the necessary spiritual principles that truly benefit you on the inward journey illumination on the mystical path is the way of entering divine wisdom of your god-self within you hear that the way of the mystic is the way of entering into divine communion with the god self
Within now you want to experience your god self that’s the whole point of being on the hero’s journey but you don’t know it’s your god self until you get to the end you see on the hero’s journey you think you’re after a god somewhere out there you know
And you’re trying to please this external deity but when you finally reach the the end of that journey you will discover that there’s there’s only one god and that god is inside you it is you that’s right omtat said thou art that now i’m not talking about in your ego
No one in their ego is god no one in their human personality is god so when we say we are god or divine we’re saying that what god is we are we are a manifestation of the one life the one being the one universal self the one mind we are that
What else could we be you think god created us over here and god’s over there no god extended itself as us here in the mortal plane for this very purpose of going through the hero’s journey and returning back to our source that’s why we’re here that’s why we’re here
So illumination on the mystical path is the way of entering into divine wisdom of the god self within the wisdom or the divine wisdom is called gnosis here we are again revelation knowledge in the greek is called gnosis by the aluminum mystics then of the lumen mystics this is all they taught gnosis
Here you will come to experience the intimacy of an all-inclusive divine presence dwelling at the shrine of your very own being you see we’ve been worshiping at the shrine of other gods and other altars without ever realizing we were praying to our own true self the whole time
God is us beloved it’s manifesting here in the earth plane we are that all the great mystery traditions tell us that the lower self must be submitted to the higher self here’s your whole purpose for the first three degrees of freemasonry the lower must be submitted to the
Higher and then the higher is submitted to god in that order and let me say it slowly so you can hear it in an initiatic way you surrender the lower self in the first degree and then you surrender the higher self in the second degree and in the third degree you experience
Your god self and that’s what makes you a master adept so all the great mystery traditions tell us that the lower self must be submitted to the higher self and the higher self then will realize its oneness with god in every true mystery school this process is accomplished only by three
Stages or three degrees through spiritual consciousness alone is this seen and known as illumination comes only from the higher mind and its vision illumination does not come from the carnal mind is this not biblical i’m telling you the same thing that christians have tried been saying
For all these years is that the carnal mind is the enemy against god it’s enemy of god the carnal mind cannot perceive the things of god the natural man cannot know the things of god it is only the christ in you when fully awakened or activated then it begins to know and
Return back to the father see you don’t go to heaven the divine spark inside you goes back to heaven this whole thing about a lot of these christians and my brothers and sisters believe they are going to heaven that means their ego most all religions have this outer exoteric belief
That the ego is going to be saved well i’m telling you the ego is not going to heaven no ego goes to heaven beloved it’s the divine spark inside you it’s the christed nature of you it’s that buddha nature inside you that’s what returns back to the source in the end
And that’s what we’re doing here you see now through spiritual consciousness alone is this seen and known illumination comes only from the higher mind see you’ve got to live from your higher mind that’s it when you activate your higher mind you’re heading home it’s just like that it in other words
Living in your lower self is like holding a beach ball under the water it takes effort you gotta you gotta hold it down if you don’t hold it down it’ll pop up you know it takes a lot of strength and a lot of energy to hold a beach ball down under
The water does it not well when that beach ball is let go when you let go of the beach ball that is your lower self then suddenly your higher mind is activated and guess what boom you ride the waves you start riding the waves and you’re not drowned by them you’re not consumed
By them you’re not overtaking you’re just riding the wave as a mystic visionary this is what it means to be a master mason a master mason rides the waves that’s what it means to be enlightened too by the way so through spiritual consciousness we’re going to activate our higher mind that
Is we’re going to let the lower self go boom and then the higher mind naturally returns back to its source see you start to live from your nasty natural state this is why i love zen buddhism zid buddhism is a natural state path it’s a path of natural enlightenment see enlightenment is natural
Unenlightenment is the most unnatural thing that you’ll ever know it takes a lot of effort to be unenlightened and it takes no effort at all to be fully enlightened you’ll see this you’ll see this in other words as your higher consciousness gradually develops through study and meditation and in freemasonry
You meditate on the ritual work and things like that it leads your mind in alignment with the new creation realities where nothing is impossible and everything you need is already supplied now that sounds like something doesn’t that sound like something that you would want it’s definitely something that i would
Want because in freemasonry in all the great mystery schools the first thing you’re asked when you walk through the checkerboard floor what do you want here you are standing between the two pillars of the objective and subjective sides of your mind see the two pillars jacob and boaz is the objective and
Subjective world and that world is inside your consciousness and you’re standing on the checkerboard floor and that checkerboard floor is the duality of the matrix in which you live in so here you are blindfolded walking between the objective and subjective sides of your mind and you’re asked the question what do you want
And you pause for a minute and you say the light i want the light i’m seeking light what is diagnosis gnosis that’s the light and that agnostic revelation is the very thing that sets you free and then you remove the blindfolds and you enter in a
Whole new realm now you live in an entirely different dimension beloved the divine wisdom is called gnosis as we’ve already said the final objective of all this is the purification of the lower faculties and the realization of an elevated state of consciousness so you’ve got to be purified the only
Way is to purify the lower and activate the higher this is what the mystery schools are going to do by the way this is what christianity is all about christianity is about purifying the lower self the carnal mind you purify it by letting it go and giving it to god offering that lower
Self to god on the altar of truth and then the higher self is activated so through purification of your lower self and the activation of your higher self you’re done and the lower faculties are purified then a realization of an elevate elevated state of consciousness begins to emerge wherein consciousness
Enters into union with the higher mind and ultimately into universal mind it’s called cosmic consciousness this is the goal of all the great traditions self-revelation is the ultimate metagoal of all initiation schools whether that be freemasonry the rosicrucians or the gnostic nazarene s scenes the ancient mysteries itself this is the
Goal as it is and it far surpasses the endless jungles of religious theology so you can get stuck in theology in religion or you can break down and enter into a mystical path or a mystical ascent you can do this like i said you don’t
Have to join a lodge you can do this in your own home just go into meditation and prayer every day you know don’t get stuck in your head through theology theology can block you from the truth theology is still based on perception and perceptions is what blinds us to the
Spiritual vision of the spiritual reality of the christ within us yeah how many christians have you ever heard arguing and fighting each other over over a stupid scripture just a one scripture can you believe it no you got to put the book aside and let love flow from you
And then discover christ in your brother and then pick up the book and find that in there you find the experience in that so you have the experience of christ’s vision in your brother you experienced the consciousness of god in your heart you experience the kingdom of heaven
Within and then you go to the book and think ah it makes sense now and then you don’t fight anymore because you found it you found the truth the truth that’s in you and the truth that’s in the other guy as well see no one wants to see it in the other guy
And that’s what i find that’s the problem i have with fundamentalist religion fundamentalist christianity and religion don’t want to see the truth in the other guy he’s a buddhist so truth can’t be in him he’s a hindu truth can’t be in her truth is in everybody beloved the truth
Is in everyone and when our false self dissolves there is no more questions once we find the pearl of great wisdom the self-contraction or the ego self-contraction disappears and all our seeking comes to an end see it’s only by way of self-revelation beloved and i’m gonna close it with this
Paragraph right here the final step is when our conscious mind is absorbed in the omnipresent light when the divine spirit of our s when the divine spirit of god is finally recognized as the one spirit of our true self and the self we share let me say that again when the divine
Spirit of our spirit is finally recognized as the one spirit then we have found perfect realization as water is poured into water as milk into milk our spirit then begins to merge with the spirit of god as light transfers to light the individual and the universal become one
And this is the alchemical marriage that’s the purpose of the first three degrees of freemasonry subsequently is the same purpose for all the ancient mystery schools as well as gnostic christianity hinduism buddhism and all the rest beloved there’s only one path and that path is the purification of the
Lord and the activation of the higher and remembering your heavenly father mother god that’s it and that’s the way we teach it thank you peace
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