Re: Step 2 : elements

["hilikus77" <hilikus77@...>]

well, thanks a lot for your answer. It really helped me.

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> Dear Hilikus77,
> 
> >> I have a question for all of you, concerning the elemental 
balance.
> Since elements are associated with senses, if we had success with 
all
> the mental exercices of step 2, does that mean we have the elements
> equilibrate enough to switch to step 3 ?
> I would answer yes, but i'd really like to hear what you think as 
i'm
> not really sure. I think this test (to see if you are equilibrate) 
is
> much more accurate than using the soul mirror. What do you think of
> that ? <<
> 
> This alone is not a suitable gauge. Please look at what Bardon had 
to
> say about it in his very first paragraph of "Magic Psychic (Astral)
> Training (III)" [p.79 of the Ruggeberg edition and p.101 of the 
Merkur
> edition] --
> 
> "Before starting on the training for this step, the astral 
equipoise
> of the elements in the soul has to be established by introspection 
and
> self-control unless you wish to do mischief to yourself. If it is
> absolutely sure, that none of the elements is prevailing, you ought 
to
> keep working on the refinement of the character, in the course of 
the
> development, but you might as well go on to work with the elements 
in
> the astral body."
> 
> In other words, he suggests the Soul Mirror as the gauge, not one's
> success with the sensory concentration exercises. Remember, the 
Step
> Three work with the Elements is an *astral* exercise, as is the Soul
> Mirror work. The sensory concentration exercises, on the other 
hand,
> are *mental* exercises, and while they do impact the *astral* 
equipoise
> of the Elements, their main transformative value is in regard to the
> mental equipoise.
> 
> As always, in order to progress to the next Step, one must first 
master
> the exercises in *all three* sections of the present Step. Mastery 
of
> the sensory concentration exercises alone is not sufficient. One 
must
> also have progressed in the character transformation to the degree
> Bardon indicated (i.e., one must have transformed the strongest, 
most
> influential negative traits and *know* from the evidence provided by
> their Soul Mirror that "none of the elements is prevailing").
> 
> There is no "test", per se, of this other than your own self-
knowledge.
> Either you know that you have achieved this rudimentary equipoise 
or you
> know that you haven't. It's really that simple. :)
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 06 May 2003
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