Baptism – Transfiguration – Contemplation

These next three stages of life occur repeatedly. I compare the process to that of a blacksmith, creating a sword. If the metal is too soft, is will be useless in cutting through anything. If too brittle, it will shatter under the weight of the first blow.

The metal is tempered. Cast into the fire, hammered, then quenched, repeatedly.

Imagine our Personalities like fuses and the Gifts of Spirit, currents. We steadily increase the size of our fuse, so it won’t blow as the current is turned up. If I hooked up my toaster to a high voltage transmission line, it would literally fry my toaster. Then it’d be of no use to anyone except the scrap metal collector.

It has been esoterically called ‘the Rod of Initiation’. It’s this rod that if supposedly spared, spoils the child. Not one that leave welts. The Rod of Initiation doesn’t leave welts. Nor bruises. Nor any hard feelings.

Baptism

It is when we begin our quest for God. It is our first expression of our desire to change our 3d ways. This quest for God and Truth begins as we begin searching for what is true for ‘me’. This is usually the end result of many long frustrating searches for God and Truth externally.

It starts as the moment of making a conscious choice of walking as a Child of God and nurturing our inner connection to our Christ Self. By putting this thought in motion, we start to alter and shift the vibrations as to allow more of the Light of God to filter in, past our barriers and blockages and, fill our Hearts with a Knowingness of One Mind, of One Source, of One Whole Truth. This Truth is the water of Life in which we immerse ourselves in for our spiritual baptism.

Once we have had a glimpse of our own Divinity, a natural process follows and we are filled with such a sense of Gratitude, that we naturally feel prompted to bow in Reverence to the Almighty Giver Of Life.

When we start to seek within our Hearts, through awareness we come to find ourselves looking straight into the face of God. God the Companion. God the Friend. God the Lover. As we come to deepen our connection, we learn the Love that’s always been there, as the sustenance of our Life. The Reverence of God deepens our Love of Self, for what Reverence Is, is a profound Respect mingled with Love and Awe.

We learn that we are Divine and all the beings around us are Divine and equal, all beings above us, all beings below us. We come to understand that we are all just merely reflections /expressions of God. Simply faces…facets.

The 4^th ray, representing the quality of Purity as expressed through the Initiations. The desire to continually purify our connection to Self, to God. It’s also the quality of Resurrection and Hope, expressing itself as Clarity. It’s color is White, it’s jewel the Diamond and, represents the Universal Law of Vibration.