he is still incarnated in a physical body. The non-initiate, on the
other hand, will have to wait until death to discover what is on
the other side.
Moreover, when certain ‘clicks’ occur on the path of initiation, you
realize that you are accomplishing at that very moment work that
will be completed by others only at the time of their death. And
your subtle vision is suddenly boosted. It is like an explosion. You
know that when the time comes for you to die physically, a great
deal of the work will already have been done.
There is nothing grim about this aspect of the initiation process.
Think of the serenity and opening of the dying person. Once you
start crossing the thresholds of initiation, a bit of this serenity
remains with you, always. Even if you are caught in the agitation
of the world, the soft feeling remains in the background. And
because you are both dead and alive at the same time, you can start
to live for good. The Spirit is the source of magnificent paradoxes:
having gone through a death-like process you become much more
alive. Before, you were animated and nothing more; now you are
alive. It is so simple that it becomes extraordinary.
In a quest for initiation, there is always a search for the
threshold, the gate that opens your vision to the non-physical
worlds. But to the clairvoyant eye, it appears that it is not only at
the time of death that the gateway is crossed. Every day, all
human beings pass by, missing what the western tradition has
called the ‘guardian of the threshold’. It happens at least twice a
day (four times, if you have a nap): each time you fall asleep, and
each time you wake up. But the tragedy is, the guardian of the
threshold remains unnoticed. It is common to fall asleep and ‘fall
awake’ as fast as slipping on ice. You are walking, and suddenly
before you know it you find yourself on the ground. It happens so
quickly that you have absolutely no idea what took place in the
meantime, nor how it took place. This means that twice or even
four times every day, a fantastic opportunity for self-
development is lost.
Thresholds are always essential. The day is yang, the night is yin,
and what is twilight? Twilight is a time when pairs of opposites
can be transcended. That is why so many sages and enlightened
people will tell you that they had their first flash of illumination
at twilight.
barré
(Barré)
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