Daily Meditation: Thursday, October 1, 2009

Those who approach an initiatic teaching wanting to acquire …

10/01/2009

Those who approach an initiatic teaching wanting to acquire knowledge that will give them power, money or glory are exposing themselves to great danger. They don’t realize they are playing sorcerer’s apprentice with the powers of the soul and the spirit. And what will happen then? They will set in motion formidable forces, affecting even their physical body, and they will soon be unable to control these forces. There have been cases in history of people who devoted themselves to the occult sciences and came to a sticky end, amazing everyone. For years these people had presented themselves as the very image of wisdom, seeming to be solely occupied with study, reflection and meditation. And then one day, as if some uncontrollable force had taken hold of them, they began indulging in insane acts of debauchery or violence. The few successes they had achieved had gone to their head. They didn’t realize that the higher you wish to rise, the more exacting you must be of yourself, and the more disinterested and humble you must become.