Humility – Dissolution of the False-Ego and Masterful Liberation of the Soul
What has historically been called the ego may be more correctly referred to as the false ego, because the term ego is synonymous with identity and is used in many spiritual texts interchangeably as meaning the same thing. Our identity is formed by whatever we associate with, and how...
The Art of Detachment – Freedom from Illusions, Transcendence, and the True Nature of Compassion
The idea of what it means to detach from something can seem confusing because, like most ideas, it has both positive and negative connotations, based on how it’s being looked at, applied, or done, or how it comes about naturally. In all forms of spiritual development, detachment from the...
Self-Mastery: Metamorphosis, Self-Creation, and the Art of Becoming
The true meaning of what we call self-mastery is our ability to master our own nature and resume conscious control over our higher capacities for creating ourselves. The fact is we’re always in the process of creating ourselves in every moment based on what we enter into relationship with,...
Mind-Body Medicine: Developing a More Effective Style of Practicing by Employing Psychological Skills
One of the most common mistakes we make when practicing medicine of any kind, is that we take a system that operates as a whole unit and we separate it into parts, and then proceed to treat only one part as if it’s independent of the system itself. We...
Self-Awareness and How We Become Who We Are – Realizing the Nature of Relationships and Exercising the Power of Choice to Self-Create
We’re all in the process of becoming in life through a constant interaction as an outer stimulus that causes an inner response of a like nature. From the time were born, we’re subject to a constant form of outer stimulation from others, our environment, and the conditions of our...
The Subconscious Mind as the Vehicle for the Cosmic Soul
The Secret to the Manifestation of Cosmic Will The aspect of the mind known as the subconscious mind is also what we can think of as our body consciousness and is symbolized in Esoteric Sciences by the Moon which acts as a “ship of the sky” that serves as...
The Threefold Nature of Our Mind & the Art of Self-Perfection
The True Nature of Choice, Imagination, and Higher Will One of the problems we have in realizing the true nature of not only our mind and selves, but of reality in general, is that we have a hard time not thinking in separative, dualistic terms, while trying to comprehend...
Mastering Your Own Mind – Will, Intuition, and Our Relationship with Our Higher Self
In order to learn how to master your own mind you have to form a working concept of it in practical terms. To do this we have to look at each aspect of the mind and how it functions as a dynamic part of the whole mind. What we...
Archetypes as Laws and Principles that Provide Tools for Personal Transformation
In order to gain an understanding of how archetypes work in our psychological make-up, we have to start by defining what an archetype is. An archetype is what’s used in the most primary sense to illustrate or represent natural principles and laws. An archetype represents a kind of prototype,...
Alchemy and the Process of Initiation – Transformation and Growth Through Challenges and Ordeals
The ancient art known as Alchemy dealt with the idea of soul purification and self-creation through masterful use of the will. It works through Universal Laws that govern all of the material world as a primary form of mind-over-matter, or the minds ability to willfully direct the behaviors of...