Spirituality

So - what is Spirituality?

The teaching of the Wisdom is found in many places - It is perhaps most clearly defined in Theosophy, Gnosticism and Hermetica - the understanding of these paths lies behind our personal concept of the Wisdom.

As a starting point, we need to understand that with most religions and spiritual paths, there is an Exoteric part of the teaching, which is that which is made available to most followers – and an inner Esoteric part of the teaching that is only made available to those who are capable of understanding it.

Whilst all the teaching is presented in a manner appropriate for the time and place, the inner Esoteric teaching stresses that access to divine Wisdom cannot be achieved by reading books or listening to others -

it can only be achieved by the personal experience of working with spiritual practices

And from this direct experience, developing an individual, subjective, method of understanding and accessing the Divine and working with the higher levels of consciousness that are available.

In this website, we are expressing a personal point of view and we ask readers to accept that there is at least a possibility of reality in what is being put forward. But it's not a proven fact - indeed what we are talking about is unprovable by intellectual or scientific methods – it can only be proved by direct personal experience.

If any reassurance is needed, this experience has been achieved by hundreds of individuals over thousands of years.

The Buddha said that we should not accept what we are told by another -

‘Only accept my statements if they feel to be right in your heart’

Spirituality can only be fully understood through practical personal experience.

It cannot be fully understood through the written or spoken word. As this experience is gained, it is up to the individual to devise their own ways of accessing the various planes of being and the entities to be found on each of these planes. what is intellectually 'unknowable'.

Here we are giving one person’s concept of spirituality

But this is not necessarily appropriate to anyone else – each of us has to find our own way

Here we give a brief outline of our subject. which we expand in the appropriate pages,

• Cosmos – The esoteric view of the Universe
• Individuality - the experiences of an evolving, reincarnating soul
• Personality - the experiences of one individual incarnated life
• Guidance – ways of accessing the Wisdom available
• Tests – problems experienced and their positive value

Each of the concepts we look at could be expanded into a book - and over the centuries, hundreds have been produced. It is up to the individual to decide which of these ideas resonate with them - and to explore them in more detail through research in other books and websites.

Have a look at the Information section of this website for a few ideas.

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