What Is Required to Connect with a Spiritual Guide?

Posted on December 8, 2023 by George Boyd

Q: I’m not having experiences of guides—not Mudrashram® guides or those of other spiritual traditions. How do I prepare myself to commune with a spiritual guide?

A: If you are initiated into Mudrashram®, one of the Multiplane Masters of our tradition looks after your spiritual progress. He or she sponsors you and guides you through your entire spiritual journey from where you start to the Infinite Stage. We call this Master, your Supervising Initiate.In other spiritual traditions, the Master on their Path plays a similar role. We point out that those of your who are currently studying with Mudrashram® may often see the guide forms of Masters from other spiritual traditions, who operate at different levels of the Continuum of Consciousness—it is common to encounter them if you were affiliated with their Path in your current or past incarnation, or if they play a role in helping you develop some aspect of your Soul Purpose or your Aeonic spiritual mission.

Many meditation students are not aware of this Supervising Initiate, in our spiritual tradition, despite regularly practicing the core techniques of Integral meditation. The same may be said for those of other spiritual traditions, who likewise practice the meditations that have been imparted to them, but they also are not contacting the Master that supervises spiritual development on their Path.

Several factors facilitate contact with this inner teacher:

Devotion – Meditation students who have devotion and love for God create a “magnetic center.” This lets a Master know an aspirant is sincere about making spiritual progress and drawing closer to God. It is said that the Masters readily work with those who have an active magnetic center.
Ability to contemplate – Those who have honed their ability to concentrate and contemplate can, in time, successfully discern the guide form of the Master. The Master’s guide form may appear to the attentional principle or the spirit; it may manifest as a Ray of Attunement anchored in a nucleus of identity or an ensouling entity.
Requisite depth of meditation – Aspirants need to be able to move their attention to the level on the Continuum of Consciousness where this guide form dwells. Those who get waylaid in the bands of the Conscious, Subconscious, or Metaconscious mind aren’t able to go to the inner location in the Superconscious mind where the guide can be contacted.
Selfless service – Seekers who contact the guide have pure spiritual aspiration, and dedicate themselves to the service of humanity and God—asking nothing for themselves. Those who are critical of the Divine and the spiritual Master of their tradition may believe they are entitled to immediately have all of their needs and demands met; these individuals have difficulty transcending their ego.
Accurate meditation – Meditators who gain mastery over the three core techniques of Integral Meditation—Mantra Yoga, Nada Yoga, and Raja Yoga—improve their chances of communing with the inner guide form of a Master. Those who do their meditation practices robotically without giving their full attention have decreased probability of contacting the inner guide.
Good ethical character – Developing holiness and virtue purifies the mind, and makes it more likely the aspirant can qualify for the inner sight of the radiant form of the Master within (darshan).
Achievement of inner silence and stillness – The inner Master’s presence dwells in great stillness and silence; having emotional reactions and projections, and cascading waves of thought do not allow the aspirant to reach the state where he or she can behold the Master within—and where he or she can hear the Master’s voice.

To the degree you are able to make progress on these seven factors, the more likely you are to encounter the inner Master. We invite you to reflect upon these seven factors, and to see which ones you can begin to implement.

If you are able to incorporate one or more of these skills and qualities, it will be easier to contact the Mudrashram® guides and those of other spiritual traditions.

A Functional Scale Revisited

Posted on November 16, 2023 by George Boyd

Q: At what level are people able to do spiritual work?

A: We can conceive human functioning as an eleven-point scale:

-5 Gross physical dysfunction – Catatonia or paralysis, inability to use the body

-4 Etheric body dysfunction – Chronic debilitating illness, not having the energy to carry out the activities of living

-3 Mental dysfunction – Cognitive disorganization and delusion, deficits in intellectual ability

-2 Emotional dysfunction – mania and depression, inability to form normal human relationships

-1 Egoic dysfunction – Anxiety, personality disorders, inability to experience integral Self

0 Integral Self – Normal adult functioning, having the capacity to make congruent choices, to plan for the future, and to achieve one’s objectives

+1 Aspiration and idealism – Dedication of one’s life to a cause greater than oneself

+2 Creativity – Expression of the Soul’s gifts through the operation of the transpersonal will

+3 Altruism and service – Living a life of love and compassion, charity, and caring for others, which expresses the unconditional love of the Soul

+4 Inner awakening – As one awakens the three immortal principles—the attentional principle, the spirit, and the Soul—one gains the ability to work on the personality and to awaken and transform one’s spiritual potentials

+5 Thaumaturgy – This grants the ability to minister the Light, and to guide, teach, and initiate others—this expresses the Illumined Mind and the Divine Spirit

We can find common characteristics for those who operate at the levels that exist within the personality (-5 to 0) and those that transcend it (+1 to +5):

Physicians and mental health professionals assist people to get to level 0, where people can function optimally in their lives.

People who join causes—military, political, and religious—follow beliefs and perform behavior to dedicate themselves to something greater than themselves. These individuals operate at level +1.

Those that develop a gift that comes from their Superconscious mind—athletic, scientific, artistic, philosophical, metaphysical, or psychic—tap into their creative nexus at level +2.

Those who awaken as their attentional principle, spirit, and Soul are capable of working at level +4. This is where we begin our students in Mudrashram®. This is where one gains the ability to do spiritual work.

Those who become spiritual Masters or who work directly with spiritual Masters are able to engage in spiritual ministry at level +5.

We observe that people who operate in levels -5 to -1 typically have difficulty with adult functioning. If they try to transcend the Self—without working out their issues—through forays into spiritual levels +1 to +5, they experience difficulties maintaining their rationality and balance.

If they attempt this jump into the beyond before they have achieved the Integral Self stage, they often bring their emotional, cognitive, or egoic dysfunction with them. This yields distortion of spiritual concepts, belief in conspiracy theories, and fanatical behavior.

Before you can safely transcend the Self, it is important that you reach stable functioning as your Self—and are able to carry out the activities of adult functioning.

Those who dedicate themselves to an aspirational agenda at level +1—if they still have unfinished resolution of cognitive, emotional, and egoic issues—are more likely to succumb to demagogic and cultic manipulation, making them prone to believe in conspiracy theories and to adopt fanatical behavior.

We suggest that you study this eleven-point scale of functioning, and identify the factors that will allow you to stably move to higher levels of functioning and to ready yourself for conscious spiritual work.

Rays from the Soul

Posted on November 16, 2023 by George Boyd

Q: How does the Soul overshadow our life and personality?

A: The Soul has seven channels through which it interfaces with the personality and with the second, third, and fourth Poles of Being:

Ray to the Self – this appears as direction to the will
Ray to the ego – this takes the form of comforting and calming the ego’s worry, sadness, and fear
Ray to issues in the unconscious mind – this reprograms and works out karmic issues that affect personal and spiritual growth
Ray to the attentional principle – present in Initiates, this gives the ability to guide the attentional principle on the inner Planes and send the Light that the attentional principle can minister to others (Dhana). This operates on the fourth Pole of Being.
Ray to the present time on the Akashic Records Subplane – this injects the Soul’s intention into human life
Ray to the spirit – present in Initiates, this gives the ability to manifest a guide form to the spirit and teach it. This operates on the second Pole of Being.
Ray to the Kundalini – present in Initiates, this gives the ability to awaken the Kundalini in Self and others. This operates on the third Pole of Being.

As the Soul begins to awaken aspects of its Purpose, it begins to overshadow the Self and the ego. At a higher station on the Path, it can minister on the second, third, and fourth Poles of Being.

Typically, these abilities to interface with these different aspects dawn at discrete levels of the Soul’s spiritual evolutionary journey:

The Ray to the Self (1) usually awakens during the Third Planetary Initiation, but in a few rare individuals, it may occur as early as the First Mesoteric Initiation—in a more limited way than when it dawns in the Third Planetary Initiation.

The Ray to the ego (2) normally opens when the Soul enters the First Exoteric Initiation, where it gains the ability to invoke the Holy Spirit. Those in the Psychic Realm and Wisdom Plane can begin to make attunements with the ego through radiative healing modalities and using evocative meditation techniques and prayer, but this does not directly draw down the Holy Spirit, as those in the First Initiation are able to do.

The Ray to the issues in the unconscious mind (3) begins to activate when the Soul reaches the Dynamic Creation Subplane of the Abstract Mind Plane. This work with these issues is commonly done using techniques like tapping, hypnosis, affirmation, or process meditation.

The Ray to the attentional principle (4) dawns in the Mudrashram® tradition, once the Form of the Disciple is empowered on the Bridge Path. Those who are Initiates in other traditions may also give this attunement—Adept Masters, Yogi Preceptors, Cosmic Masters, certain Gurus on Supracosmic Paths, and Initiates on the Bridge Path can work on this fourth Pole of Being.

The Ray to the Wave of the Present Time (5) first appears when the Soul moves onto the Akashic Records Subplane, when the Soul’s intuitive and volitional streams begin to interface with human life. The ability to make this attunement is significantly enhanced as the Soul moves into the Dynamic Creation Subplane and the Universal Mind Subplane of the Abstract Mind Plane, and the Materialization and Dematerialization Subplane of the Psychic Realm.

The Ray to the spirit (6) arises in the Mudrashram® tradition, once the Form of the Disciple is empowered on the Bridge Path. Those who are Initiates in other traditions may also give this attunement—Light Masters of the Second Cosmic Initiation, Gurus of selected Supracosmic Paths, and Sat Gurus of the eight Transcendental Paths can minister to the spirit and guide it on the second Pole of Being.

The Ray to Kundalini (4) begins in the Mudrashram® tradition, once the Form of the Disciple is empowered on the Bridge Path. Those who are Initiates in other traditions may also give this attunement—Ascended Masters, Adept Masters, Yogi Preceptors, Cosmic Masters, Supracosmic Gurus, and Initiates on the Bridge Path can work on this third Pole of Being to raise this energy of awareness.

The emergence of these Rays grants you new abilities:

When the Ray to the Self starts to operate, the Soul can lead the personality to carry out its Soul Purpose.
Once the Ray to the ego is established, you can begin to self-soothe, to calm yourself down, and to pacify upsets.
Activation of the Ray to the unconscious mind allows you to work on the issues in your unconscious mind and resolve them.
Access to the Ray to the attentional principle lets you to act as a guide to the attention and the attentional principle on the inner Planes.
Turning on the Ray to the Wave of the Present Time enables you to manifest the Soul’s volition into your human life, and you can begin to design your life through the Soul’s guidance and direction.
Switching on the Ray to the spirit permits you to guide the spirit, as it opens the channels of the Nada.
Becoming empowered to awaken the Kundalini bestows on you the ability to open awareness into a spiritual essence—to a selected nucleus of identity or an ensouling entity—and to purify and animate your vehicles of consciousness of the Subconscious, Metaconscious, and Superconscious mind.

Realize that these Rays from the Soul do not all develop at the same time; they arise at different stages of the Path:

Someone in the Psychic Realm can utilize the Ray to the issues in the unconscious mind and the Ray to the Wave of the Present Time.
Those that reach the form of the Saint in the First Mesoteric Initiation add the ability to send the Ray to the ego.
Those that evolve into the Third Planetary Initiation additionally gain the ability to directly overshadow and guide the Self.
Those who rise to the state of Mastery in their spiritual traditions—depending on which spiritual Pole they operate—may gain the ability to make attunements with the attentional principle and/or the spirit, and/or raise the Kundalini into the nucleus of identity or ensouling entity that dwells on their Path.

We encourage you to study these seven different Rays that come from the ensouling entity, and notice which ones are currently active in you. Those who elect to embark on the Teaching Empowerment track in our spiritual tradition and become empowered can make attunements with all four Poles of Being—not only with the spirit, the vehicles of the Superconscious mind, and the attentional principle, but they can also directly minister to the ensouling entity on the first Pole of Being. We train and empower our advanced meditation students to do this in our Teacher Training One.

Expanding Consciousness

Posted on October 27, 2023 by George Boyd

Q: People talk about expanding their consciousness. If consciousness operates in the brain, how is that possible? What the heck are they talking about?

A: There are several viewpoints on what expanding consciousness is. There are two major types of this change in perception that occurs when consciousness expands:

Attentional – This type is predicated upon the movement of attention and the concomitant opening of awareness.

Transformational – This type looks to the unfolding of the Soul and the changes that occur in its vehicles of consciousness: this is most pronounced in the brain center of the Soul’s essential vehicle.

In both types, there is a new perspective:

In the attentional type, your attention moves to a new place on the thread of consciousness and views from that standpoint.

In the transformational type, your ensouling entity moves, and it opens an area of the unconscious mind that was formerly behind the ensouling entity, and can now clearly view the contents of this reclaimed level of the Superconscious mind.

To bring about attentional expansion of consciousness, we teach Raja Yoga in our intermediate meditation classes—the in-person Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation and the by-mail and online Accelerated Meditation Program. To generate transformational expansion of consciousness, we impart to you a transformational mantra in our intermediate meditation classes.

In the waking state of consciousness, which is the ground state of your attention, you witness the activity of your brain. Many people mistake this activity of consciousness that operates in the living brain as consciousness itself; those who meditate, however, learn to isolate the attention and discover this inner witness. This collection of your attention leads to the isolation of the “attentional sphere;” this is the state of witnessing mind—or as the Buddhists call it, mindfulness.

The Spectrum of Types of Spiritual Development

Posted on September 1, 2023 by George Boyd

Q: In your writings you talk about balanced spiritual development, imbalanced spiritual development, and ascension. Can you clarify what is the difference between these different types?

A: We can identify three levels of development that correspond to the imbalanced platform; five that correspond to balanced development; and two that correspond to the ascension work.

Level	Scale	Characteristics
Imbalanced Development
-3	-2.0 to 2.99	Soul is present. Selected vehicles of consciousness are misaligned with the axis of being. There is re-identification with the spiritual essence in that vehicle of consciousness, with ascension of this essence to Mastery on that track. This grants the ability to awaken this spiritual essence in others.
-2	-1.0 to -1.99	Soul is present. Selected vehicles of consciousness are misaligned with the axis of being. There is re-identification with the spiritual essence in that vehicle of consciousness. The spiritual essence has moved along the track towards the inner horizon that demarks completion on this Path.
-1	0 to -0.99	Soul is present. Selected vehicles of consciousness are misaligned with the axis of being, but there is no re-identification with the spiritual essence in that vehicle of consciousness.
Balanced Development
+1	0 to .99	Soul is present. All vehicles of consciousness are aligned with the axis of being. Identification is with the ensouling entity at the cutting edge of spirituality.
+2	1.0 to 1.99	Soul is present. All vehicles of consciousness are aligned with the axis of being. Identification is with the ensouling entity at the cutting edge of spirituality. The Soul is aligned with its crown of purpose.
+3	2.0 to 2.99	Soul is present. All vehicles of consciousness are aligned with the axis of being.Identification is with the ensouling entity at the cutting edge of spirituality. The Soul is aligned with its crown of purpose. The White Lotus of Immortality is building a bridge to the Light of Nirvana.
+4	3.0 to 3.99	Soul is liberated in the Light of Nirvana. All vehicles of consciousness are aligned with the “service point.” The Initiate ministers through the Soul’s essential vehicle, which is attuned to the “service point,” via a ray emanating from the Light of Nirvana.
+5	4.0 to 4.99	Soul is liberated in the Light of Nirvana. The Initiate liberates selected vehicles of consciousness, retaining only those vehicles of consciousness germane to his or her ministry.
Ascension Track Development
+6	5.0 to 5.99	Soul is liberated in the Light of Nirvana. The Initiate liberates selected vehicles of consciousness, retaining only those vehicles of consciousness germane to his or her ministry. The Initiate begins tuning up the vehicles of the personality to attain full conscious ascension.
+7	6.0 to 6.99	Soul is liberated in the Light of Nirvana. The Initiate liberates selected vehicles of consciousness, retaining only those vehicles of consciousness germane to his or her ministry. The Initiate has tuned up the vehicles of the personality to attain a terminal conscious ascension form [Ascended Master, Maha Siddha, or Maha Avatar].

The bulk of humanity’s collective spiritual development nests between -.99 and +.99: they are either meditating upon a spiritual essence outside the cutting edge of spirituality without re-identification (-1) or they are identified with the ensouling entity at the cutting edge of spirituality (+1). This first cohort encompasses approximately 68% of the ensoulment profile of humanity. In this cohort, we can estimate that about 37% are in the (-1) group and 41% are in the (+1) group.

About 41.7% of humanity’s ensoulment profile is in the range of -1.0 to -1.99: these have identified with a spiritual essence outside the cutting edge of spirituality (-2). Many of those who are identified with this spiritual essence are actively developing it along its track.

Of the remaining .3% of humanity, the largest group operates in the +1.0 to +1.99 zone: these are individuals who are aligned with their crown of purpose (+2) and are carrying out the Soul’s preordained mission.

The scenarios for Mastery at the level of imbalanced spiritual development (-3), and the liberation profiles for the ensouling entity at the cutting edge of spirituality (+3 to +5) are exceedingly rare: there are perhaps only about 1,200 individuals on the planet who operate from one of these platforms.

Only those who are Initiates at the level of the Planetary Hierarchy (Adept Masters) or above have the ability to activate platforms +4 and +5: they have the ability to operate through the Soul’s essential vehicle through the “service point” when the Soul is liberated (+4) or to liberate vehicles of consciousness on selected Planes (+5).

As for the Ascension platforms (+6 and +7), only a handful of individuals in human history have allegedly developed themselves on this final track. Legends say that Jesus, Saint Germaine, Enoch, and Mahavatar Babaji embarked on this Path, and attained full conscious immortality.

The Multiplane Masters of the Mudrashram® lineage describe the Ascension track in great detail in our book, Discoveries on the Path. We go into greater depth in the consequences of imbalanced spiritual development in our book, Religions, Cults, and Terrorism: What the Heck Are We Doing?

You may read about an overview of the progression of imbalanced spiritual development in our article on the Open Stacks page, “The Cutting Edge of Spirituality.” This article is also in our book, A Mudrashram® Reader: Understanding Integral Meditation.

We encourage aspirants to reflect upon what is the difference. between spiritual development at the cutting edge of spirituality and the different varieties of imbalanced development. Those who are interested in this subject may wish to read the books and article we have mentioned to gain greater understanding of the spectrum of types of spiritual development.

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