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== Strategies == | == Strategies == | ||
All of these forces work together as the “legion” that opposes man’s spiritual progress. They work zealously to preserve the entrenchment of social systems that enslave the race to a ceaseless round of economic drudgery, making materialism the goal of existence and justifying it by the philosophy of [[dialectical materialism]], while attempting to strike from the records of memory itself the knowledge of the soul concerning her origin in God, Good, and her ultimate return to the Father through the ritual of the ascension. | All of these forces work together as the “legion”<ref>Mark 5:9; Luke 8:30.</ref> that opposes man’s spiritual progress. They work zealously to preserve the entrenchment of social systems that enslave the race to a ceaseless round of economic drudgery, making materialism the goal of existence and justifying it by the philosophy of [[dialectical materialism]], while attempting to strike from the records of memory itself the knowledge of the soul concerning her origin in God, Good, and her ultimate return to the Father through the ritual of the ascension. | ||
The most skilled among the false hierarchy (who abide on the [[astral plane]]) appear regularly to receptive channels in embodiment. They impersonate the ascended masters with such cunning that many sincere seekers have been fooled; thinking they were in the presence of one or more of the ascended masters, they have dedicated themselves unwittingly to the cause of darkness and chained their energies to the wiles of the masters of deceit. | The most skilled among the false hierarchy (who abide on the [[astral plane]]) appear regularly to receptive channels in embodiment. They impersonate the ascended masters with such cunning that many sincere seekers have been fooled; thinking they were in the presence of one or more of the ascended masters, they have dedicated themselves unwittingly to the cause of darkness and chained their energies to the wiles of the masters of deceit. | ||
It is the policy of the false hierarchy to trap mankind by imitating the dictations of the ascended masters. This they accomplish by parroting truisms. When they have lulled their listeners into a state of false peace and utter self-satisfaction, they introduce bits of doctrine that are in absolute contradiction to cosmic law. These deviations from basic Truth are couched in glowing terms and rationalized to the ego by appeals to pride and the desire to be thought wise among men and superior to others who do not have contact with the invisible world. | It is the policy of the false hierarchy to trap mankind by imitating the dictations of the ascended masters. This they accomplish by parroting truisms. When they have lulled their listeners into a state of false peace and utter self-satisfaction, they introduce bits of doctrine that are in absolute contradiction to cosmic law.<ref>If they cannot succeed in trapping the innocent through manipulation and imitation, they follow the course of pure Truth and logic for a time, until their followers are so sure they are on the right track that they are no longer careful to examine each release.</ref> These deviations from basic Truth are couched in glowing terms and rationalized to the ego by appeals to pride and the desire to be thought wise among men and superior to others who do not have contact with the invisible world. | ||
Seekers for Truth must ever be mindful that curiosity, pride and the desire for attention to the personal ego, as well as hunger for strange phenomena, open the door to [[psychic]] intrusions which when once “turned on,” like the sorcerer’s apprentice, are difficult to turn off. Whereas, unswerving devotion to the Presence of God in all life, dedication to the immaculate concept and a thorough, ready knowledge of ascended master law are spiritual bulwarks of defense that provide infinite protection from all that would oppose man’s individual self-mastery and his ultimate [[ascension]] in the light. | Seekers for Truth must ever be mindful that curiosity, pride and the desire for attention to the personal ego, as well as hunger for strange phenomena, open the door to [[psychic]] intrusions which when once “turned on,” like the sorcerer’s apprentice, are difficult to turn off. Whereas, unswerving devotion to the Presence of God in all life, dedication to the immaculate concept and a thorough, ready knowledge of ascended master law are spiritual bulwarks of defense that provide infinite protection from all that would oppose man’s individual self-mastery and his ultimate [[ascension]] in the light. | ||
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{{PCA}}, chapter 3, “Antichrist.” | {{PCA}}, chapter 3, “Antichrist.” | ||
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