Post by Mysti on Jul 7, 2007 14:54:10 GMT -5
Spiritual Training Manual
For Warriors of Light
by Grail Sword
BOOK ONE – BASICS
Copyright © 2001 Quinten Lance Corbenic
~Management's Note~
I have found Grail to be a very gifted teacher. He incorporates all paths into his teachings, including Christianity. In these pages you will find reference to many different paths. In the meditations and prayers you can subsitute your deity for those listed. Take from this what you wish and leave the rest w/ respect.
A Spiritual Training Manual
For Warriors of Light
by Grail Sword
1. INTRODUCTION
Spiritual Commitments
This course is not oriented to any specific religion, but designed for anyone who is on one or another of the many mystical or spiritual paths. While information and content in the lessons in this manual will be useful to a wide spectrum of readers, the thrust of the manual is directed toward those individuals who "Seek the Light"— those who have made a conscious choice and commitment to enter upon a spiritual or mystical path. This course is intended to help all these who consciously do seek the Spiritual Light, whether you see your spiritual path as leading to God (by whatever Names you use), or to the Universal Mind, or to "the Power That Is," or, in whatever terms you prefer to use, to some ultimate presence or ultimate reality which is found beyond ordinary human perception.
This class should be most helpful to those on the paths of earth service who encounter and, indeed, often are required to deal with the darker side of mankind: Not only clergy and psychic readers, but all who give religious and spiritual counseling; those who are in the healing professions; those who often encounter both good and evil; and especially to all those who know inwardly they are called to be Warriors of Light.
Those of us who have set forth on the Path of Light, the Path of Return, the Path of Spiritual Service, do have to encounter and deal with the darker side, not only in our own natures, but with that darkness which seeks to impede and even reverse the evolution of the world at large. So, we need to become warriors, not only to move forward, to progress on our own personal individual spiritual paths, but as well to help move mankind as a whole into the Light. We need to become "Warriors of Light." Even as the Knights Templar were pledged to assist wayfarers on their pilgrimages to Jerusalem, so we will find that we are being called both to assist others who are seeking their own spiritual paths and, as well, to rescue those who have gone astray and are now seeking to escape from the snares and entanglements of that darker side of life.
This material is intended to be broad-based. Whether your personal path is based on a Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Wiccian, Vedantic, Buddhist, or American Indian tradition or on any of the other spiritual traditions, and whether you consider yourself to be a Jewish or Christian mystic, a Sufi or an American Indian Medicine Person, a Celtic Shaman, or one from the Old Religions, the basic principles and techniques of spiritual advancement remain the same. Even the atheist who feels his spiritual goal is to be of service to humanity and to promote the evolution of mankind should benefit from the materials in this course. This course is not intended to tie or persuade or convert anyone to any specific religious path, motif, or "ism." You don’t have to be or become a Christian or a Druid or a student of Vedanta. For myself, my own path is tied to Christian Gnostic and Western Esoteric traditions. I'm sure that most of my examples will be drawn from those themes. But I will show how we can use these same patterns and principles and transform them into the forms and usages of your own special path, whether you are American Indian, a Celtic pagan, a Druid or a Sufi mystic or even if you are an atheist in your outlook. I can only hope you will not take offence, if the bulk of my examples will be drawn from my own traditions and experiences.
For Warriors of Light
by Grail Sword
BOOK ONE – BASICS
Copyright © 2001 Quinten Lance Corbenic
~Management's Note~
I have found Grail to be a very gifted teacher. He incorporates all paths into his teachings, including Christianity. In these pages you will find reference to many different paths. In the meditations and prayers you can subsitute your deity for those listed. Take from this what you wish and leave the rest w/ respect.
A Spiritual Training Manual
For Warriors of Light
by Grail Sword
1. INTRODUCTION
Spiritual Commitments
This course is not oriented to any specific religion, but designed for anyone who is on one or another of the many mystical or spiritual paths. While information and content in the lessons in this manual will be useful to a wide spectrum of readers, the thrust of the manual is directed toward those individuals who "Seek the Light"— those who have made a conscious choice and commitment to enter upon a spiritual or mystical path. This course is intended to help all these who consciously do seek the Spiritual Light, whether you see your spiritual path as leading to God (by whatever Names you use), or to the Universal Mind, or to "the Power That Is," or, in whatever terms you prefer to use, to some ultimate presence or ultimate reality which is found beyond ordinary human perception.
This class should be most helpful to those on the paths of earth service who encounter and, indeed, often are required to deal with the darker side of mankind: Not only clergy and psychic readers, but all who give religious and spiritual counseling; those who are in the healing professions; those who often encounter both good and evil; and especially to all those who know inwardly they are called to be Warriors of Light.
Those of us who have set forth on the Path of Light, the Path of Return, the Path of Spiritual Service, do have to encounter and deal with the darker side, not only in our own natures, but with that darkness which seeks to impede and even reverse the evolution of the world at large. So, we need to become warriors, not only to move forward, to progress on our own personal individual spiritual paths, but as well to help move mankind as a whole into the Light. We need to become "Warriors of Light." Even as the Knights Templar were pledged to assist wayfarers on their pilgrimages to Jerusalem, so we will find that we are being called both to assist others who are seeking their own spiritual paths and, as well, to rescue those who have gone astray and are now seeking to escape from the snares and entanglements of that darker side of life.
This material is intended to be broad-based. Whether your personal path is based on a Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Wiccian, Vedantic, Buddhist, or American Indian tradition or on any of the other spiritual traditions, and whether you consider yourself to be a Jewish or Christian mystic, a Sufi or an American Indian Medicine Person, a Celtic Shaman, or one from the Old Religions, the basic principles and techniques of spiritual advancement remain the same. Even the atheist who feels his spiritual goal is to be of service to humanity and to promote the evolution of mankind should benefit from the materials in this course. This course is not intended to tie or persuade or convert anyone to any specific religious path, motif, or "ism." You don’t have to be or become a Christian or a Druid or a student of Vedanta. For myself, my own path is tied to Christian Gnostic and Western Esoteric traditions. I'm sure that most of my examples will be drawn from those themes. But I will show how we can use these same patterns and principles and transform them into the forms and usages of your own special path, whether you are American Indian, a Celtic pagan, a Druid or a Sufi mystic or even if you are an atheist in your outlook. I can only hope you will not take offence, if the bulk of my examples will be drawn from my own traditions and experiences.