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ThephilosophyofSemaRekh,theYogaofWisdombringsforththeunderstanding

thattrueabidinghappiness,thatisunwaveringandunaffectedbyanyoutercircum-

stancesandconditions,canonlybeexperiencedwhenthemindremainscalm,

peaceful,andlovingonacontinualbasis,evenasoneparticipatesintheworldasa

seemingly“normal”person.Whenthemostpeoplehearandconsiderthisteaching,

especiallywithrespecttotheirownpersonalexperiencesinlife,theyoftenfeela

senseofdisbelief,andusuallyconcludethatthisissimplynotpossible.Theyoften

citecircumstanceswheretheyfeltthesituationwassooverwhelming,thateventhe

mostEnlightenedsaintwouldhavebecomeaffectediftheyweretheonewhohadto

beinvolvedindealingwiththatsituation.However,thisiswhytheteachingsalso

giveinjunctionstotheneophyte(beginner)spiritualstudentthattheymusthave

threefoldfaithiftheywishtoprogressintheprocessofgainingsupremecontrol

overthemind,andbecomeEnlightenedbeings.Theymusthavefaithinthespiritual

preceptor’sabilitytoleadthemalongthepathoftruth,intheirownabilitytoaccept

thetruth,andintheirabilitytoactwithwisdom.Inotherwords,onceyouhave

found an authentic teacher and teaching, you must trust the process.

StoriesofBuddhatellthathewouldnotallownewstudentstoaskquestionsforthe

firstyearoftheirstayathisspiritualcenter.He,liketheKemeticsages,knewthat

studentsfirstneededtodeveloparelationshipwiththeteacherandteachingsinthe

environmentofthespiritualcenter,todeveloptrustandfaithinboth.Healsoknew

thatthedepthoftheteachingsthatwerebeinggivenwouldbebeyondtheirgrasp,

duetotheirlackoffamiliaritywith,andinsightintothem.Thus,thequestionsthey

wouldaskwouldexpressdisagreementwiththeteachings,ratherthanunderstand-

ing.Heknewthatintheenvironmentofthespiritualcenter,theywould,alongwith

theolderstudents,practicethemysticaldisciplinesofpurification,suchasvegetari-

andiet,selflessservice,meditation,compassion,forgiveness,etc.,inanintegral

fashion.This,heknew,wouldallowtheseedofaspirationintheirhearts,thathad

gottenthemtothispointofstrivingtoseeksomethingmorethanthesocalled“nor-

mal”valuesofworldlylife,tosprout,grow,andeventuallybloomintointuition.

Practicingthedisciplinesofmysticalphilosophyalongwithlisteningtotheteach-

ingswouldallowtheirquestionstobeansweredinamannerthatwouldbeeffective

forthem,thatwouldleadthemtounderstandingratherthanargument.Intime,they

wouldfindthattheirquestionswouldbeanswereddirectlybytheteachingsasthey