CDT007
Mastering from Above
MoC, Top52
(3) CDs: 17.95
What is the objective purpose of human life? Becoming subject to higher laws and the sacrifice of Eternal Peace. This talk also explores the question, "Does God really suffer?" This talk has just been recently re-mastered to save this aging recording and also to restore and improve in a high fidelity professional recording studio the sound quality available for the serious student.
Synopsis
The talk explores the nature of mastering spiritual work "from above," contrasting it with incremental, piecemeal approaches. The speaker emphasizes the necessity of aligning oneself with a higher law to attain true mastery and transformation. This alignment bypasses the arduous task of mastering individual powers, integrating them instead through surrender to a greater obligation. Central themes include the role of suffering, the nature of choice, and the ultimate purpose of human existence in alleviating divine suffering.
Summary
This in-depth discussion examines the path of spiritual mastery by surrendering to a great law, a process that grants immediate access to higher powers and transformations while fundamentally reshaping the individual's purpose and relationship to the divine.
Key Points:
1. Fragmented vs. Unified Mastery:
- Traditional efforts focus on mastering individual powers or attainments, but this path is inefficient and incomplete.
- True mastery arises from aligning with a great law, which integrates these powers effortlessly and comprehensively.
2. The Role of Suffering:
- Human suffering is tied to subjective attachments and lower laws.
- By aligning with the suffering of the Absolute (God), one transcends personal pain, exchanging it for a higher form of suffering that serves a cosmic purpose.
3. The Nature of Choice:
- The choice to align with a higher law is singular, irrevocable, and reverberates through eternity.
- This choice requires giving up personal desires, including the possibility of union with God, in favor of alleviating divine suffering.
4. Objective Conscience and Obligation:
- Objective conscience compels individuals to prioritize the alleviation of divine suffering over personal or collective gain.
- The great work is a lifelong and eternal commitment, requiring complete surrender and unwavering conformity to the chosen law.
5. The Problem of Fragmentation:
- Fragmentary teachings focus on isolated attainments, leaving individuals incomplete.
- A holistic approach, driven by alignment with the great law, reveals the interconnections and ultimate purpose of these fragments.
6. Practical Implications:
- Individual attainments become tools for the work rather than ends in themselves.
- Preparation involves cultivating self-knowledge and detachment from subjective desires and identities.
The talk concludes with a challenge to participants: to discover whether God suffers, as this question forms the foundation for all subsequent spiritual understanding and alignment.
Keywords and Key Phrases
- Mastering from above
- Great law
- Divine suffering
- Objective conscience
- Fragmentary teachings
- Alignment with higher laws
- Spiritual integration
- Eternal reverberation of choice
- Alleviation of suffering
- Objective will
- Union vs. service
- Cosmic purpose
- Holistic mastery
- Crystallization and permanence
- Relative vs. Absolute suffering
Graphic Prompt for Visualization
"An ethereal depiction of a human figure standing before an immense cosmic structure, symbolizing the Tree of Life, with radiant spheres interconnected by luminous threads. The figure is bathed in golden and silver light, representing alignment with higher laws, while the surrounding space reflects both harmony and tension. A vast, abstract representation of suffering radiates from the top sphere, intertwining with vibrant threads that descend toward the figure, illustrating the exchange of individual suffering for divine purpose. The atmosphere is a mix of profound serenity and intense focus, blending celestial and terrestrial elements."