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: (4) that the way to this liberation is through living the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right understanding or views, right thought or aspiration, right speech, right action or conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration or absorption. | : (4) that the way to this liberation is through living the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right understanding or views, right thought or aspiration, right speech, right action or conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration or absorption. | ||
Gautama explained that by avoiding the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification, one gains knowledge of the “middle path” which leads to insight, wisdom, calmness, knowledge, enlightenment, and [[ | Gautama explained that by avoiding the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification, one gains knowledge of the “middle path” which leads to insight, wisdom, calmness, knowledge, enlightenment, and [[nirvana]]. He advocated the Middle Way because he had learned from his own experience that the two extremes of sensual indulgence and harsh asceticism do not lead to liberation. | ||
== The Eightfold Path and the rays == | |||
In the ascended-master teachings, the first step of the Eightfold Path corresponds to the first (blue) ray of the will of God. '''Right Understanding''' requires self-analysis and the conviction that the Four Noble Truths are true. It is discovering and examining the problems if life—recognizing that one is out of alignment with the cosmos and making the decision to follow the Path back to integration with God. This involves faith and determination; it is the impetus, or power, of the Buddhic way. | In the ascended-master teachings, the first step of the Eightfold Path corresponds to the first (blue) ray of the will of God. '''Right Understanding''' requires self-analysis and the conviction that the Four Noble Truths are true. It is discovering and examining the problems if life—recognizing that one is out of alignment with the cosmos and making the decision to follow the Path back to integration with God. This involves faith and determination; it is the impetus, or power, of the Buddhic way. | ||