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		<title>Kalachakra 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama is presenting what may well be his last Kalachakra Initiation from July 6-16, at the Verizon Center, in Washington D.C.  Those who are planning to attend will learn much about what they will experience in Washington. Those who are not yet planning to attend will surely be inspired to do so. http://www.kalachakra2011.com/ Here is a marvelous U-Tube Video featuring a lecture by Ageless Wisdom Scholar David Reigle with video production by Mar Sorell in collaboration with Justin Wilkenson. This video focuses on the meaning of the Kalachakra in relation to Shamballa and to the writings of the Master Djwhal Khul. The basis of the video is a captivating lecture presented by David Reigle at the 25th Annual International Conference of the University of the Seven Rays and Seven Ray Institute in early May of this year. David&#8217;s voice continues throughout as we are treated to many profoundly evocative, illuminative images which accompany his presentation. This is a video (and a lecture) not only to be enjoyed but to be studied! David Reigle is co-founder of the International Kalachakra Network, and author of the book,&#8221; Kalachakra Sadhana and Social Responsibility&#8221;. He is co-author of the book, &#8220;Blavatsky&#8217;s Secret Books: Twenty Years&#8217; Research&#8221;.  His other writings [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The Dalai  Lama is presenting what may well be his last Kalachakra Initiation from  July 6-16, at the Verizon Center, in Washington D.C.  Those who are  planning to attend will learn much about what they will experience in  Washington. Those who are not yet planning to attend will surely be  inspired to do so. <a title="Kalachakra 2011" href="http://www.kalachakra2011.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kalachakra2011.com/</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfqraGndG8" target="_blank">Here is a marvelous U-Tube Video</a> featuring a lecture by Ageless Wisdom Scholar David Reigle with video  production by Mar Sorell in collaboration with Justin Wilkenson. This  video focuses on the meaning of the Kalachakra in relation to Shamballa  and to the writings of the Master Djwhal Khul. The basis of the video is  a captivating lecture presented by David Reigle at the 25th Annual  International Conference of the University of the Seven Rays and Seven  Ray Institute in early May of this year. David&#8217;s voice continues  throughout as we are treated to many profoundly evocative,  illuminative images which accompany his presentation. This is a video  (and a lecture) not only to be enjoyed but to be studied!</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: medium;">David Reigle is co-founder of the International  Kalachakra Network, and author of the book,&#8221; Kalachakra Sadhana and  Social Responsibility&#8221;. He is co-author of the book, &#8220;Blavatsky&#8217;s Secret  Books: Twenty Years&#8217; Research&#8221;.  His other writings can be found on the  Eastern Tradition Research Institute website, </span><a href="http://www.easterntradition.org/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.easterntradition.org</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> . His lifelong research on the Book of Dzyan is currently finding expression on the Theosophical Network website.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">This Talk was given at the 25th Annual SRI/USR  Conference held in Mesa, Arizona in 2011.  The presentation was  sponsored by The Seven Ray Institute (</span><a href="http://www.sevenray.net/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.SevenRay.net</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> ), and The University of the Seven Rays, under the direction of Michael D. Robbins. (</span><a href="../../"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.Makara.us</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> ) </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">This Video was edited and produced by Mar Sorell (</span><a href="http://www.sorellfx.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.SorellFX.com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> ), in association with Justin Wilkinson, and Alignment Media (</span><a href="http://www.theagelesswisdom.net/"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.TheAgelessWisdom.net</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> )</span></div>
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		<title>Bodies of Fire, by Malvin Artley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Classified Ads: Inquire Within</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of pioneer projects, which would be useful to the applicant while providing a real service to some ongoing and new projects. If you have interest, let me know by making some comment, and we&#8217;ll see what we can work out. The benefit is that you&#8217;ll be working directly with the Agnisuryans of mAkArA, and that can only be a good thing. Agnisuryans give perhaps the best testimonials on the planet to a prospective employer about your stellar performance at a creatively challenging responsibility.) The positions are numerous, and you may think them up on your own and make suggestions. Here are some, in this format: Position: Qualifications: Responsibilities: Commitment required: ___________________ Position: Science Video Collector Qualifications: Morya Federation student or faculty preferred. Ease (or willingness to be made at ease) with youtube, downloading and uploading files, primarily to wordpress blog interface (easy stuff). Responsibilities: Find videos latest best videos for various esoteric and exoteric science courses. Commitment required: Whatever you can provide could be quite handy. Ditto Position: Video Collector (Other topic collectors also invited) Position: Astrology Sparky: For someone well-versed in esoteric astrology. Qualifications: &#8230; tba, take a guess &#8230; Responsibilities: Commitment required: Position: Physiognomy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a list of pioneer projects, which would be useful to the applicant while providing a real service to some ongoing and new projects.  If you have interest, let me know by making some comment, and we&#8217;ll see what we can work out. The benefit is that you&#8217;ll be working directly with the Agnisuryans of mAkArA, and that can only be a good thing. Agnisuryans give perhaps the best testimonials on the planet to a prospective employer about your stellar performance at a creatively challenging responsibility.)</p>
<p>The positions are numerous, and you may think them up on your own and make suggestions. Here are some, in this format:</p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong><br />
<strong> Qualifications:</strong><br />
<strong> Responsibilities:</strong><br />
<strong> Commitment required:</strong><br />
___________________</p>
<p><strong>Position</strong>:  Science Video Collector<br />
<strong>Qualifications</strong>:  Morya Federation student or faculty preferred. Ease (or willingness to be made at ease) with youtube, downloading and uploading files, primarily to wordpress blog interface (easy stuff).<br />
<strong>Responsibilities</strong>:  Find videos latest best videos for various esoteric and exoteric science courses.<br />
<strong>Commitment required:</strong> Whatever you can provide could be quite handy.</p>
<p><strong>Ditto Position</strong>: Video Collector (Other topic collectors also invited)<br />
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<p><strong>Position:</strong> <strong>Astrology Sparky:</strong> For someone well-versed in esoteric astrology.<br />
<strong> Qualifications:</strong> &#8230; tba, take a guess &#8230;<br />
<strong> Responsibilities:</strong><br />
<strong> Commitment required:</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Position:</strong> <strong></strong>Physiognomy Head<br />
<strong> Qualifications: </strong>Knowledge of skull anatomy; knowledge of rays and astrology; knowledge of photoshop or other program that provides sophisticated cropping and output to .jpg, and basic html, ideal.<br />
<strong> Responsibilities: </strong>Think the project through in consultation with MDR and VSK and then do something major to help make it happen. Likely, at a minimum, creating a method for coherently organizing current and new photos for physiognomic research, so writing may proceed on each individual and special facial configuration in terms of rays and astrology, in a clear manner.<br />
<strong> Commitment required: </strong>Whatever it takes.</p>
<p>(Vicktorya would like to be closely involved on this one, and needs keen powerful right arm to do most of the heavy lifting, and this is Michael&#8217;s Tapestry of the Gods, volume V; see what is on the website about this so far.)</p>
<p><em>Other areas, not yet articulated, but &#8212; try me.</em></p>
<p>Ecommerce: how to advance your own passive income, or donate to good causes, while assisting others to get word out about their products and services.<br />
Ecommerce: how to advance your own passive income, or donate to good causes, while providing or CREATING your own products or services.</p>
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		<title>3 Zodiacal Signs for each Ray</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vicktorya version charts of the 1, 2, or 3 of the 7 Rays which are associated with each of the 12 Astrological Signs, and to the Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable crosses. Each Ray expresses through three signs, so each Ray has a triangular astrological signature. Study of these charts and diagrams will accelerate your understanding of the basics of the trans-Himalayan system. Slideshow also includes Interior Light Charts, showing Soul Ray descent through sign to planets to chakras.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vicktorya.com">Vicktorya </a>version charts of the 1, 2, or 3 of the 7 Rays which are associated with each of the 12 Astrological Signs, and to the Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable crosses. Each Ray expresses through three signs, so each Ray has a triangular astrological signature. Study of these charts and diagrams will accelerate your understanding of the basics of the trans-Himalayan system.</p>
<p>Slideshow also includes <a href="http://www.makara.us/portal/?p=63">Interior Light Charts</a>, showing Soul Ray descent through sign to planets to chakras.</p>
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		<title>Morya Federation: Education in Esotericism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The Morya Federation offers two streams of study. The Great Quest stream with a lighter workload. The Great Quest is a two year program, and consists of two courses – The Preparation for the Great Quest (6 months), followed by the Great Quest. “Preparing for the Great Quest” is a course designed to help students gain a solid grounding in esoteric meditation, and an overview of the occult principles of the Ageless Wisdom.  (An outline of the courses are provided below.) The Quest Universal stream of study consists of a five-year program with a heavier workload consisting of four or more courses running simultaneously and is targeted for those with some background in the ageless wisdom teachings and Alice Bailey books in particular. Quest Universal begins with a class group each Capricorn ingress, 21st of December, and is divided into the first half of the year (through to June) where the student reports monthly on intensive study. The last six months of the year the student creates final projects for each course, which are reviewed by the mentor and course faculty. One may, however, enter the Quest Universal Stream at any time of the year, and the option [...]]]></description>
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<div>The Morya Federation offers two streams of study.</div>
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<li><strong>The Great Quest</strong> stream with a lighter workload. The Great Quest is a two year  program, and consists of two courses – The Preparation for the Great Quest (6  months), followed by the Great Quest. “Preparing for the Great Quest” is a course designed to help students gain a solid grounding in esoteric meditation, and an overview of the occult principles of the Ageless Wisdom.  (An outline of the courses are provided below.)</li>
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<li><strong>The Quest Universal </strong>stream of study consists of a five-year program with a  heavier workload consisting of four or more courses running simultaneously and is targeted for those with some background in the ageless wisdom teachings and Alice Bailey books in particular. Quest Universal begins with a class group each Capricorn ingress, 21st of December, and is divided into the first half of the year (through to June) where the student reports monthly on intensive study. The last six months of the year the student creates final projects for each course, which are reviewed by the mentor and course faculty. One may, however, enter the Quest Universal Stream at any time of the year, and the option to self-pace throughout the courses is available.<a title="Morya Federation " href="http://www.moryafederation.net" target="_blank"> More information about this comprehensive program may be found at Morya Federation website, where the invitation and applications are also found. </a></li>
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<p><strong>OUTLINE OF PREPARATION FOR THE GREAT QUEST COURSE</strong> (6 months course)</p>
<p>Preparing For the Great Quest Outline of monthly studies.</p>
<p><strong>Basic Propositions and Meditation: Concentration</strong></p>
<p>The primary focus in this first month, is upon meditation, and particularly upon the <em>concentration</em> aspect of meditation. This is vital and foundational &#8211; meditation is  extended concentration. So students are encouraged to make the most  of this month and the exercises which have been set. The student is also  introduced to Basic Propositions &#8211; governing principles of the  universe, and of humanity; and the Constitution of Man. These are vast  subjects, and the purpose of this section is just to give the student a  tiny sketch or overview of these topics.</p>
<p><strong>Seven Planes of the Cosmos</strong></p>
<p>This  month we examine the planes of the solar system in relation to the  consciousness of man. Man&#8217;s task is to raise or evolve his consciousness  from the lowest plane to the highest, and we study an overview of this  process.</p>
<p>In meditation study, we examine the very important  meditation technique given by the great Vedanta teacher Patanjali, as  the basis for true occult meditation. Students are encouraged to commit  to memory the various highlighted passages, and so gain a good  understanding of how the technique works and what it is designed to  achieve.</p>
<p>The meditation set for this month focuses on the  purification of the physical-etheric body. Exercises are given, and the  student is encouraged to make an effort to bring about a greater degree  of physical plane &#8221;purification&#8221; in this densest body.</p>
<p><strong>The Path of Purification and Creative Visualisation</strong></p>
<p>This  month our focus turns to the spiritual Path, specifically the  Probationary Path or Path of Purification. This is the point of  evolutionary development where many thousands of people (perhaps  milions) in the world are entering at this time. We also examine the  differences between mystics and occultists.</p>
<p>In our inner work we  examine the purpose of creative visualisation, which is a very powerful  instrument in creative work. Magicians &#8211; both black and white, are  master <em>visualisers.</em> And continuing our meditation <em>study</em>, we examine Contemplation and Illumination. Then in the <em>practise </em>of  meditation our focus is upon the purification of the astral nature. For  aspirants this is a tremendous task, and it covers many lives, but we  spend this month applying techniques which will assist this process.</p>
<p><strong>Initiation and the Dangers of Meditation</strong></p>
<p>We  touch upon two major themes this month. Firstly  we examine the process  of &#8220;forced&#8221; spiritual developmen called &#8220;initiation&#8221;, which is simply  the expansion of consciousness, the entering into a wider world of  seeing and being. Looking at the topic another way, the various  initiations measure the degree to which consciousness is less ego driven  or earth-bound, and the degree it has opened up to the streams of  light, love, wisdom and spiritual power, emanating from divine sources.</p>
<p>Secondly we study the dangers of meditation which are very real. Occult  meditation opens up the floodgates to the &#8220;fire&#8221; of the mental plane.  As this fire courses through lower mind, with residual impact upon the  whole nature, problems can arise if due preparation has not been made.  Students have been asked to keep the entire meditation period to fifteen  minutes throughout the course to help avoid this problems. Meditation  focus this month is upon the mind. The great initiate Helena Blavatsky  said that &#8220;the mind is the slayer of the real&#8221;, and this is so in  ordinary mankind. The task before students is to begin the task of  disciplining the mind, and an exercise is provided to this end. It is  equally important when going into this work, that the healthy  functioning of the mind is not impaired by the use of an over strong  will, misapplied. The advice in the workbook - <em>the Inhibition and Atrophy of the Mental Body</em> section, should be carefully followed.</p>
<p><strong>The Spiritual Hierarchy and the Antahkarana</strong></p>
<p>The  spiritual Hierarchy is a gathering of the most spiritually advanced  Beings upon our planet &#8211; &#8220;Masters&#8221;, initiates and their disciples, who  carry out the will of God on Earth, by wise and loving means. We examine  the personnel of the Hierarchy, and the Spiritual Government of our  planet.</p>
<p>The antahkarana or bridge of light is also examined. The  four-step meditation technique which Patanjali gave &#8211; and which is  practised in this course, was cleverly designed to help the student  cross the physical, astral, and mental planes &#8211; and enter the buddhic  plane field of experience, if correctly applied. The mental-analytical  stage in particular, is that part of the technique which trains the  student to build the &#8220;bridge of light&#8221; across the higher reaches of the  mental plane. Mind concentration and the building of a bridge of lighted  thoughts from the particular to the universal, is the key</p>
<p><strong>The Solar Angel and Essay Writing</strong></p>
<p>We  complete our meditation work in this 6-step course at the level of the  soul and with the Solar Angel. The Angel is the great teacher, who  guides man through the whole process of the evolution of consciousness.  Poetically we could say that the Angel constantly bathes our auric  field with divine love and wisdom, and cultivates these qualities within  us. The ultimate result is that we are enabled to grow into our full  spiritual heritage, and stand forth as fully awakened souls ourselves.</p>
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