Post by Mysti on Jul 7, 2007 14:43:48 GMT -5
4. WORDS OF POWER AND ASTRAL IMAGES
THE MAGICAL IMAGE
Let me talk first about the astral or inner planes image. What we are concerned here with is to establish and develop a firm image or three-dimensional picture of yourself that you will use and project as your astral body. It is my hunch, my best guess, that the astral image, when established and locked in will not only be the form you take for your excursions into astral, but will be your form or appearance in the astral plane at your departure from this world at death. It will be an enduring form or appearance you will carry into the astral. So you do want to think carefully about what you may want as a magical image. If you create and use a specific magical or astral image, it will gradually grow in strength, becoming something that you will carry with you constantly as if you are wearing a sort of invisible suit.
For those of us not concerned to establish a magical image, the appearance we carry into the astral is usually pretty much what we look like now or perhaps looked like just a few years ago. And, even after death, we’ll appear very much as we appeared in the physical. You don’t need to pick a magical image. In this latter case, the image you carry into the astral will be simply you as you are, very probably as you looked a few years before death. Among the spiritual guides you may come into contact with are the ancient wise men from the American Indian tribes. These teachers most often elect to simply appear much as they did towards the ends of their lives, simply as wise and venerable old men. They are frequently seen in spiritual visions as sitting together around a council fire. However, many on the Path of Light will want, even require, a magical image that reflects their own special spiritual path.
If your path is that of a Celtic Shaman, you might want to establish the astral image of a wizard like Merlin. You might find the image of an angel or of a witch like Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, or of a princess to be more appropriate to your true inner self than is your ordinary everyday "street"appearance. You might be drawn to appear as a prophet or a wise man or as an Indian Medicine Person. If your life purpose is to be a healer or a spiritual counselor, a spiritual reader or a teacher, you may not be drawn to any magical image. Or, you may wish to appear in a simple white robe or toga.
Almost all who are drawn to the warrior path will find that they do want and will need some form of astral warrior image. This image will include the weapons that the individual has picked to carry. If you are on the American Indian warrior path, you might
carry a tomahawk or a bow and arrow or even a spear. However, American Indian warriors do generally pick an animal as their astral image. And, then in astral excursions they may appear in the form of that totem animal. There’s nothing wrong with that as I see it. Do you feel that you were a soldier or knight in a previous life? Are you still called to that path? As astral combat usually involves the attempt by the opponent to impose his mental projections on you, it is well to have a very strong image of your own astral body, an image that cannot be distorted or altered by your opponents.
So you do get to play "dress up" if that feels right to you. But the image you pick should be in close harmony with your own special spiritual path and should reflect the dharma or spiritual call of your own inner being. Again, you are seeking to fulfill your destiny, to embrace your dharma, with deliberate, conscious effort. You are accelerating your spiritual progress and taking matters into your own hands. You are in fact saying "I'm not waiting for karma to push me along, I'm reaching to my dharma, my spiritual destiny and I can't be bothered with karma any more." But, it is not necessary to select a magical image. It is merely a suggestion, but something very useful for those who expect to do much astral travel.
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This is my own thinking and I could be dead wrong on this. But, it seems to me that when we pass away to "the other side" we are not in physical bodies anymore and, therefore, do not have physical eyes and ears, etc. So, we no longer have the stability that a physical body gives us. The new world is mental and we need to carry an image of ourselves firmly implanted into our minds. Most who have died do carry an image of themselves, usually as they were a few years before death. But, perhaps, you might wish to carry an image that is significantly more dynamic than the one your present body presents. So, maybe, you might think about how you’ll like to look in the afterlife.
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NAMES OF POWER
We will definitely need to discover our own personal words, names or phrases of power. If you are Islamic, at least one of the hundred names of Allah should work well. If Christian, certainly "the Lord Christ Jesus" or "the Light of the Christ" will be a most effective power name. If you are Catholic, perhaps "the Blessed Virgin Mary" will work as well for your power name phrase. Those on the American Indian path will find that the Name of the Great Spirit said in their own tribal language or dialect will be a powerful Word of Power. Any of the ten Hebrew names of God found in the Torah, that is, in the first five books of the Old Testament, may be used by Jews and by Christians as well. For those of Jewish background even "Ha-Shem" (which translates as "The Name," referring to the sacred, not to be spoken, Name of God) can be a powerful word of power. For the atheist, a phrase like "Bountiful Universe" or "Ultimate Source" or "My Own Inner Being" may work quite well.
So that you can understand the need to discover your own particular names or phrases of power, let me jump ahead to show how these Names of Power will be used. In future lessons, I will be teaching you a large number of spiritual affirmations. Each of these affirmations will utilize those Names or Words of Power which work for you, which are compatible with your own chosen soul path or your Path of Light. These spiritual affirmations are, in general, to be said standing erect and aloud, even forcefully (like any Army Drill Instructor would speak out). The universe is releasing to you the right to take command of your spiritual growth. And, now it is up to you to take command and to issue your commands.
The Spiritual Wall of Fire
Here is a strong affirmation called "The Spiritual Wall of Fire." In its generic form, it looks like this:
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In the NAME, through the POWER and by the WORD of [the Power Name you select], I call forth a Wall of Living White Spiritual Fire to surround me and my loved ones and to protect us from all harm whatsoever. And I thank [the source of your Power Name, or the Power Name itself] that whatsoever I ask [in or using the Power Name] is granted, AMEN.
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In the Christian context it can take this form:
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In the NAME, through the POWER and by the WORD of our Lord Christ Jesus, I call forth a Wall of Living White Spiritual Fire to surround me and my loved ones and to protect us from all harm whatsoever. And I thank the Father that whatsoever I ask in His Son’s Name is granted, AMEN.
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When you say this affirmation aloud and dynamically, much like an Army Drill Instructor, and if indeed "our Lord Christ Jesus" is your power name, you will feel a tingling sensation, a very strong tingling sensation or perhaps a very dynamic shivering feeling. Some will feel it throughout their bodies, I feel it up and down my spine. This is really a signal that your little one inside is saying "Wow, now that is power!" If you don't feel a strong tingling then that's not your power name or phrase.
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For those psychically gifted, you may see this wall of spiritual fire circling whatever you are protecting. It may appear as a solid ring of dancing pure white or bluish-white flames ranging from about four to six feet in height. You will probably also see flickers or flashes of the various rainbow hues here and there, moment by moment, within the flames.
THE MAGICAL IMAGE
Let me talk first about the astral or inner planes image. What we are concerned here with is to establish and develop a firm image or three-dimensional picture of yourself that you will use and project as your astral body. It is my hunch, my best guess, that the astral image, when established and locked in will not only be the form you take for your excursions into astral, but will be your form or appearance in the astral plane at your departure from this world at death. It will be an enduring form or appearance you will carry into the astral. So you do want to think carefully about what you may want as a magical image. If you create and use a specific magical or astral image, it will gradually grow in strength, becoming something that you will carry with you constantly as if you are wearing a sort of invisible suit.
For those of us not concerned to establish a magical image, the appearance we carry into the astral is usually pretty much what we look like now or perhaps looked like just a few years ago. And, even after death, we’ll appear very much as we appeared in the physical. You don’t need to pick a magical image. In this latter case, the image you carry into the astral will be simply you as you are, very probably as you looked a few years before death. Among the spiritual guides you may come into contact with are the ancient wise men from the American Indian tribes. These teachers most often elect to simply appear much as they did towards the ends of their lives, simply as wise and venerable old men. They are frequently seen in spiritual visions as sitting together around a council fire. However, many on the Path of Light will want, even require, a magical image that reflects their own special spiritual path.
If your path is that of a Celtic Shaman, you might want to establish the astral image of a wizard like Merlin. You might find the image of an angel or of a witch like Glinda in The Wizard of Oz, or of a princess to be more appropriate to your true inner self than is your ordinary everyday "street"appearance. You might be drawn to appear as a prophet or a wise man or as an Indian Medicine Person. If your life purpose is to be a healer or a spiritual counselor, a spiritual reader or a teacher, you may not be drawn to any magical image. Or, you may wish to appear in a simple white robe or toga.
Almost all who are drawn to the warrior path will find that they do want and will need some form of astral warrior image. This image will include the weapons that the individual has picked to carry. If you are on the American Indian warrior path, you might
carry a tomahawk or a bow and arrow or even a spear. However, American Indian warriors do generally pick an animal as their astral image. And, then in astral excursions they may appear in the form of that totem animal. There’s nothing wrong with that as I see it. Do you feel that you were a soldier or knight in a previous life? Are you still called to that path? As astral combat usually involves the attempt by the opponent to impose his mental projections on you, it is well to have a very strong image of your own astral body, an image that cannot be distorted or altered by your opponents.
So you do get to play "dress up" if that feels right to you. But the image you pick should be in close harmony with your own special spiritual path and should reflect the dharma or spiritual call of your own inner being. Again, you are seeking to fulfill your destiny, to embrace your dharma, with deliberate, conscious effort. You are accelerating your spiritual progress and taking matters into your own hands. You are in fact saying "I'm not waiting for karma to push me along, I'm reaching to my dharma, my spiritual destiny and I can't be bothered with karma any more." But, it is not necessary to select a magical image. It is merely a suggestion, but something very useful for those who expect to do much astral travel.
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This is my own thinking and I could be dead wrong on this. But, it seems to me that when we pass away to "the other side" we are not in physical bodies anymore and, therefore, do not have physical eyes and ears, etc. So, we no longer have the stability that a physical body gives us. The new world is mental and we need to carry an image of ourselves firmly implanted into our minds. Most who have died do carry an image of themselves, usually as they were a few years before death. But, perhaps, you might wish to carry an image that is significantly more dynamic than the one your present body presents. So, maybe, you might think about how you’ll like to look in the afterlife.
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NAMES OF POWER
We will definitely need to discover our own personal words, names or phrases of power. If you are Islamic, at least one of the hundred names of Allah should work well. If Christian, certainly "the Lord Christ Jesus" or "the Light of the Christ" will be a most effective power name. If you are Catholic, perhaps "the Blessed Virgin Mary" will work as well for your power name phrase. Those on the American Indian path will find that the Name of the Great Spirit said in their own tribal language or dialect will be a powerful Word of Power. Any of the ten Hebrew names of God found in the Torah, that is, in the first five books of the Old Testament, may be used by Jews and by Christians as well. For those of Jewish background even "Ha-Shem" (which translates as "The Name," referring to the sacred, not to be spoken, Name of God) can be a powerful word of power. For the atheist, a phrase like "Bountiful Universe" or "Ultimate Source" or "My Own Inner Being" may work quite well.
So that you can understand the need to discover your own particular names or phrases of power, let me jump ahead to show how these Names of Power will be used. In future lessons, I will be teaching you a large number of spiritual affirmations. Each of these affirmations will utilize those Names or Words of Power which work for you, which are compatible with your own chosen soul path or your Path of Light. These spiritual affirmations are, in general, to be said standing erect and aloud, even forcefully (like any Army Drill Instructor would speak out). The universe is releasing to you the right to take command of your spiritual growth. And, now it is up to you to take command and to issue your commands.
The Spiritual Wall of Fire
Here is a strong affirmation called "The Spiritual Wall of Fire." In its generic form, it looks like this:
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In the NAME, through the POWER and by the WORD of [the Power Name you select], I call forth a Wall of Living White Spiritual Fire to surround me and my loved ones and to protect us from all harm whatsoever. And I thank [the source of your Power Name, or the Power Name itself] that whatsoever I ask [in or using the Power Name] is granted, AMEN.
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In the Christian context it can take this form:
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In the NAME, through the POWER and by the WORD of our Lord Christ Jesus, I call forth a Wall of Living White Spiritual Fire to surround me and my loved ones and to protect us from all harm whatsoever. And I thank the Father that whatsoever I ask in His Son’s Name is granted, AMEN.
</DIR></DIR>
When you say this affirmation aloud and dynamically, much like an Army Drill Instructor, and if indeed "our Lord Christ Jesus" is your power name, you will feel a tingling sensation, a very strong tingling sensation or perhaps a very dynamic shivering feeling. Some will feel it throughout their bodies, I feel it up and down my spine. This is really a signal that your little one inside is saying "Wow, now that is power!" If you don't feel a strong tingling then that's not your power name or phrase.
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For those psychically gifted, you may see this wall of spiritual fire circling whatever you are protecting. It may appear as a solid ring of dancing pure white or bluish-white flames ranging from about four to six feet in height. You will probably also see flickers or flashes of the various rainbow hues here and there, moment by moment, within the flames.