Fire – Esoteric Education 1

Fire – Esoteric Education 1 – (1649)

Introduction

Esoteric Education

I want to use this post to prepare for a talk I am going to give in a retreat coming up this Easter.

The theme of the retreat is Esoteric Education.

Reference Points and Balance

I feel that with regards to esoteric education there are two important points. These two points being the use of the correct reference points and balance.

With the correct esoteric reference points, we can orient ourselves correctly and make the right decisions in our path and esoteric work. Our life is the result of our decisions.

By coming to balance we come to learn the complete lesson about the area of life and or esotericism that we are concerned with. Balance is the intelligent synthesis of both sides and the two sides are the completion of the subject, there is nothing more than two sides.

Truth is Never Far from Nature – Fire and Water

Master Samael said that truth is never far from nature. So I am going to take nature as a reference point to approach some themes of the general topic: esoteric education and culture.

The elements of nature that I am going to use are fire and water.

Why fire and water? Because these are two very primordial elements that are at the heart of our constitution and the work with them is a large part of the path.

If we are like fire in our conduct, and work according to an intelligent balance we are going to do well. Because the nature of fire is of the spirit. Our essence and our Being are closer to fire. It is the nobler element of the four. Because it is in constant contact with the higher principles that reign more predominantly in the superior worlds than in the physical.

In summary, the whole message behind this talk is to become like fire or to at least use now and then fire as a reference point.

End (1649).

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