Defining Hermeticism

[Robert Spaulding <firstrobroy2000@...>]

Dear Rawn:

You stated in your correspondance under "Defining Hermeticism" the following:

"In order to grow in the ability to effect external changes, the student MUST 
learn the ability to control their own self. Self-control (i.e., the ability to 
define one's own responses to external and internal stimuli, instead of those 
stimuli being the determining factor) is an essential ingredient to attaining 
an Elemental Equilibrium."

Could you expand on this? 

My interpretation of this is that as Elemental Equilibrium takes place, the 
individual's attitude and outlook toward the external changes and, he sees 
things differently than he did when the elemental forces were unbalanced. An 
example of this would be one who takes a seemingly negative circumstance and 
changes it into a positive one and uses it as an opportunity to advance on the 
evolutionary ladder. Another example would be one who loses his/her job, but 
uses the circumstance as an opportunity to find a better one.

Perhaps one would see other people differently. It has been said that where one 
is bound, none are free. And to realize that we are all tared with the same 
brush or in the same boat, so to speak, we begin to see why people act the way 
they do. I am beginning to experience a tolerance toward other people that 
wasn't there before and the absence of criticism that previously occupied by 
attention is no longer in control.

I am also aware that change that takes place at the subconscious level has a 
decided change on the external, through the way we act, although we may not be 
conscious of this.

It is my understanding that when we observe changes in others, we are actually 
seeing the change in ourselves.

If you can add to this in any way, I would appreciate it.

Your article on Defining Hermeticism expanded my understanding of Hermeticism. 
I have not seen it explained before in such a clear and practical way.

Thanks.

Robert










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