Re: [BardonPraxis] Swirly stuff and ether

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

Dear Allen,

>> Sometimes I think it is a wise idea to not encourage spiritual
awakenings unless the how and why are fully comprehended. <<

You've raised an important point, especially in relation to Bardonism.
When there is no understanding, no comprehension of what an experience
means, then it is not a "spiritual awakening".

Spiritual awakenings result from a *balanced* progression. Throughout
Bardon's work he emphasized the need to a) start from the beginning and
b) to progress evenly in all three areas of the human context. When one
does not start at the beginning and/or when one progresses in one arena
while neglecting the others, one will inevitably encounter experiences
that defy comprehension. This leads to imbalance, misunderstanding and
confusion -- all of which are the opposite of true initiation and
spiritual awakening.

Bardon's system is designed to give the student the tools necessary for
understanding and the progression is structured in such a way that the
student's experience doesn't out-pace their level of understanding. But
this works only when the student sticks to the structure. When the
student doesn't stick to the structure and, for example, starts
performing exercises from advanced Steps, then a gap develops between
their experience and their ability to understand those experiences.
This causes imbalance, especially if the character transformation has
been glossed over and the Astral Equilibrium of the Elements has not
been attained.

Initiation is not about having wild experiences that you don't
understand. Without understanding, such experiences have no intrinsic
value.

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
01 Feb 2004
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