The journey of the soul
[…] To that purpose, appropriate steps have to be taken. There are different levels in the depths of the heart, a first and superficial one, and a deeper level: the level of the soul. Then will start the journey of the soul through various points, the chakras, in the naqshbandi tradition as well as in the Sahaj Marg tradition.
The first stage of the heart region involves the five elements we are made of. Purifying that area completely is what concerns what we are at the time of our incarnation. Our practice is there to help us doing it: maintain a good mental balance and keep control over our emotions so that they may not overwhelm us when we are meditating, contemplating God or offering a prayer to God. That first step is quite essential and is also the one when we need a Master who will teach us how to do it, who will help us doing it and who will also intensify our purification, even though we maintain our daily practice. […]
Excerpt of Transmission and Masters
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[…] The Elder – The Way represented by the six chakras has been open by the Master. Each centre has been cleaned. The siren voices for earth, water, fire, air and ether can no longer gain a grip on the soul’s being, which has been ‘liberated’ (jivan-mukti), but that is only the beginning of the way to be travelled.
Theo. – To my understanding, the first stage of liberation consists in the soul being liberated from the karmic effects of samskaras and from having to be reborn.
The Elder – Exactly! When at the second stage, man keeps thinking of liberating God, who is within him. Babuji has illustrated it by drawing the eleven circles of the ego.
The esoteric symbol.
Theo. – I can’t understand. I thought the ego concerned the region of manifestation and of the elements it is made of. Any releasable yogi has already crossed the first star. (cf. article 022 Part 1, about yatra and the esoteric symbol.) He has reached the ajna-chakra, the gate to the cosmic region. So why should the ego still be active, let alone detrimental? Didn’t you tell me that many further spiritual failures were possible at that level, though it concerns beings who are considered as masters, or even as saints?
The Elder – Babuji wisely had his disciples enter the cosmic region via Chit lake, or point 7, because point 6, ajna-chakra, is the point where flows the cosmic force, which is an immense source of power put at the aspirant’s disposal. […]
How to achieve liberation? What different stages of liberation do we have to go through on the Initiation Path? How to approach Universality and achieve our union with the Divine? In this article, Theophile the Elder traces the soul’s progression towards perfection and its merging into the Divine. […]