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The Initiation and the Tests

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Conference No. 7 - Phase B.

The Initiation and the Tests

THE INITIATION

Initiation is our very own life intensely lived with Rectitude, Wisdom, and Love; it is something very intimate to the soul. The defect does not receive initiations or degrees. The Intimate is the one who receives the initiations and it must not be told to anyone. There are five important initiations of Major Mysteries.

These initiations cannot be achieved without sexual magic and the Kundalini.

All the initiations and degrees conferred by many Schools of the Physical World, they truly have no value in the Higher Worlds. The masters of the White Lodge only recognize the initiations of the Soul as true and legitimate. They are entirely internal and are related to the completion of each of the solar bodies in the First Mountain.

The Masters of the White Lodge are not interested in the degrees and hierarchies of the physical world. They are only interested in the Kundalini. They examine and measure the spinal cord. If the candidate has not raised the serpent, to them, this person is a simple profane individual like any other, even if they hold some elevated position in the physical world.

  • The Five Initiations of the First Mountain
  • The First Initiation is related to the raising of the first serpent, which corresponds to the Solar Physical Body. When the Fire reaches the magnetic field at the root of the nose, this initiation is completed. It confers power over the elementals of the earth, the Gnomes and Pygmies.
  • The Second Initiation is related to the second serpent, which corresponds to the Solar Vital Body. When the Fire reaches the magnetic field at the root of the nose, this initiation is completed. It confers power over the elementals of the water, the Undines and Nereids of the water.
  • The Third Initiation is related to the creation of the Solar Astral Body. When the Fire reaches the magnetic field at the root of the nose, it must descend to the heart through a secret path. When the Initiation is completed, the astral of fire is born. The neophyte must go through the entire drama of the passion of the Christ in the Astral Body. They must be crucified, die, and be buried; they must resurrect, and they must also descend into the abyss and remain there for 40 days before the ascension.
  • It is necessary to know how to love a woman to achieve this initiation. The sexual union must be full of immense love; every kiss, every word, every caress must be completely free of desire. Upon completing this Initiation, the initiate receives power over the Salamanders of the fire.
  • The Fourth Initiation of Major Mysteries is related to the creation of the Solar Mental Body. The Fire rises to the space between the eyebrows and descends to the heart. The mind must be crucified and stigmatized in the Initiation; in the World of the Mind, the universal Fire sparkles, each of the thirty-three chambers teaches terrible truths. Upon completing this initiation, one receives power over the elementals of the air, the Sylphs and Sylphids of the air, as well as the voluntary management of the Solar Astral and Mental Body.
  • The Fifth Initiation of Major Mysteries is related to the creation of the Body of Solar Will; the Fire rises to the space between the eyebrows and descends to the heart. Anyone who completes this Initiation becomes a true Man with a Soul. We learn to do the Will of the Father. In the Fifth Initiation, we must decide on either of the two paths: the path of Nirvana and the Direct path. In the Fifth Initiation, the body of Conscious Will is born.
  • THE TESTS
  • Tests of the details
  • When one enters the Initiatic Path, when one is already starting to work, a series of terrible tests come to them, because they have to test the initiate in every sense, to see whether or not they deserve to continue climbing. They test them for months and even years, throwing tests at them daily.
  • It is a rigorous discipline. To succeed in these tests, the psychological work of "death instant by instant" is fundamental. Because anyone can pass the big tests, but the tiny, minuscule tests, no. And that is where the majority of initiates get stuck, because they do not believe that something is a test, such as picking up 10 cents from the ground, and what are 10 cents worth? With that, a test is lost.
  • One is tested in every sense: in the economic sphere, with family, with honesty, ambition, pride, lust, anger, etc.
  • For men, the Second Initiation of Major Mysteries brings prison, accusing them of a crime they have not committed.
  • What each person earns is paid to them in degrees or initiations; it is hard-earned work, no one is given anything for free, everything must be earned.
  • These tests are thrown both physically and internally.
  • Tests of the Guardians
  • Guardian of the Astral World:

One finds oneself facing a horrible monster and confronts it by throwing oneself at it to defeat it. He who flees is of no use as an initiate because he remains a slave to the Ego. This test is thrown once, and if one loses it, it is thrown up to two more times. If one does not pass it, they leave the Knowledge.

  • Guardian of the Mental World:

We must know that the mind of man is not human; it is in the animal stage. Everyone has in the mental plane the physiognomy that corresponds to them according to their character. The cunning person is there a true fox, the passionate person looks like a dog or a male goat.

The encounter with the guardian of the umbral of the mental plane is more terrifying. This is the great guardian of the world umbral. In this larva, our mental crimes are personified. Those who fail remain enslaved by the horrible monster.

  • Guardian of the World of Will or Guardian of the Paths:
  • In the encounter with this guardian, we must decide on the Direct path, narrow and difficult, or the wide and easy path of Nirvana. The guardian says to the initiate: "You have done good work up to here, but now you must choose one of these two paths; that narrow and difficult path that leads to the Absolute, or this wide and paved path that leads to Nirvana." He who is not willing to do the Will of the Father chooses the path of Nirvana, the easy path. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand initiates choose this path. Anyone who is willing to do the Will of the Father leaves it to Him to choose the path. Only one out of every thousand initiates choose this path.
  • Tests of the four elements

The tests of Ground, Fire, Water, and Air are placed upon one from moment to moment, because in those tests of the four elements, the Hierarchies know how the initiate is doing spiritually, whether they are practicing or not. These tests serve to temper us.

Ground*: They are related to poverty; the person sees themselves placed between two rocks that close in threateningly, one feels trapped. If the candidate screams in horror, they inevitably lose it.

We have to learn to take advantage of the worst adversities. The worst adversities offer us the best opportunities. We must learn to smile in the face of adversities. That is the Law.

Those who succumb to pain before the adversities of existence cannot victoriously pass the tests of ground.

Water*: The candidate is thrown into the ocean and believes they are drowning.

Those who do not know how to adapt to all the varied social conditions of life, those who do not know how to live among the poor, those who, after shipwrecking in the ocean of life, reject the struggle and prefer to die—those weak ones inevitably fail.

Fire: This test is to know the serenity and sweetness of the candidate. The irate and choleric* inevitably fail this test. The candidate sees themselves persecuted, insulted, reviled, etc. Many are those who react violently and return to the physical body having failed. The flames horrify the weak.

Air: Those who despair over the loss of something or someone, those who fear poverty, those who are not willing to lose what is most dear* to them, fail the test of air. The candidate is thrown to the bottom of the precipice. The weak one screams and returns to the physical body in horror.

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