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The Goddess Sekhmet
The Way of the Five Bodies
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Way of the 5 Bodies
The Sekhmet Project
Robert Masters
-- Neurospeak
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SAHU:
THE "SPIRITUAL BODY" The SAHU'S world exists in closest proximity to the world of the Neters -- more exactly, to the realms of the Evolutionary Order, or "Spirit," and of the Divine Metaeidolons, representations of the Gods and UrGods of Cosmos. The "black" magician, by means of his magic, reverses this positioning of bodies and worlds, so that his own SAHU world is in proximity to the realms of Disordered Matter and the Demonic Metaeidolons, representations of the Evil Gods of Chaos. Thus there can occur the most complete interactions between the SAHU magician-priests or -priestesses and the respective Forces which they serve. In The Way of the Five Bodies the Neters interacted with directly at KHU -- and SAHU -- level are the Goddess Sekhmet and The Eight (Gods and Goddesses) associated with Sekhmet, as well as the demigods, demons and other entities. The antagonist is Set, UrGod of Chaos, and Set's associated Powers and Principalities. Some of these Forces contend in each of the human dimensions and they are always present in body and mind, personality and essence, of every individual. Only at the higher levels of awareness and Work can they be known to some extent for what they are, can be differentiated from one's own psychophysical and psychospiritual self, and be allied with or opposed. The Neters, through their representations, reveal themselves only gradually, first to the KHU and then to the SAHU body and its imaginal senses and consciousness. The human must be sufficiently prepared for such contact with the self-declared Other, strengthened and otherwise made ready by progressive Work cumulatively affecting every part and aspect of his or her being. There can be brief, approximate experiences of the higher realities in the absence of such preparation. Many people are given "intimations" and, for them, powerful experiences of the Forces with which KHU and SAHU do their Work -- examples of "incursions," "paranormal phenomena" sufficient to call into question the "consensual reality," and the "Grace" of religious experience -- these are "reminders" of a Something Beyond the ordinary world, and "lures" which beckon and sometimes impel towards cognition of that at which they hint or which they flashingly disclose. But the undeveloped person could never endure the continuous occurrence and numinous qualities of such manifestations as a part of the Work of the KHU and the SAHU -- the intensity and range of energies, feelings, overpowering Otherness, preternatural beauty and grisly horror -- in the uncanny and awful dread -- allure of the love -- wrath and other aspects of the Presence of the Neters. The KHU, when its Work is sufficiently advanced, receives an initiation and performs operations to make the SAHU conscious. The SAHU's Work differentiates it from the KHU and the other bodies and it becomes functionally integrated with them. Then the "highest" Work can be accomplished in each of the five human dimensions -- the realms of the Five Bodies. Not that the Work is ever completed, or the human potentials ever made fully accessible, but there is an approximation to the ideal which exceeds what could be accomplished by means of any lesser effort. Not just decades but centuries of Work by the integrated Five Bodies would be needed to completely actualize and master the richness of a human being's potentials. The SAHU continues much of the Work begun by the KHU and adds to this other Work which the KHU could not have done. This "Spiritual Body" is, above all, an adept of self-regulated "movement" along the continuum of consciousness, becoming eventually able to experience states of consciousness which otherwise can only be given by the Neters. Foremost among these is what some schools call Kundalini, an "energy system" which, in the Egyptian metapsychology, is identified with the Goddess Sekhmet. By "raising Kundalini" -- which only the SAHU can do, although lower bodies counterfeit the experience -- the brain of the physical body is altered and much more of it comes into use, increasing the powers of all the bodies. Then the SAHU, if proper Work is done, can acquire SEKHEM (Power or Might). SEKHEM is the most formidable of the human potentials and allows its conscious possessor to function both in the human dimension and in the interaction with Neters in ways that would, if they were known, appear "superhuman" to non-initiates. The SAHU body, when not deliberately altered, is transparent and luminous, so that its symbolic centers and energy systems can be clearly seen. Like its world, it is of the subtlest substance to be found in the dimensions of the human and thus the Soul (BA) is in the SAHU body. This extreme subtlety allows the SAHU to be dissolved into, and to merge with, the substance of its world. This is the authentic "mystical experience" -- again there are counterfeits and approximations -- which some religious and spiritual disciplines misinterpret as a merging with the Divine Substance, God, or Ground of Being. It is not that, but it is a powerful and sometimes tranformative experience. After "dissolution" the body may reorganize in a way that is superior to its previous organization, affecting not only just the SAHU but one or more of the other bodies also. The authentic "mystical experience" is of itself beneficial and is one aspect of the psychospiritual alchemy practiced by KHU and SAHU to the end that the radical transformation of the person is achieved -- higher integration and greater subtlety in each of the "lower" bodies. The SAHU also self-directedly "moves" into other states of consciousness and realms of experience described in the literatures of various world religions. These include what we know as Samadhi, Nirvana, Satori, and many others which also strengthen the SAHU and further both its Work "in the world" and with the Neters. Such experiences, when not misunderstood -- not regarded, for example, as ends in themselves -- give a larger perspective on reality, help to break down limiting belief systems, further the psychospiritual alchemical process, and yield other benefits. The efforts required to attain to these experiences do, however, expose the SAHU, and the whole person, to suffering and dangers -- at least some of which are unavoidable. The so-called "Dark Night of the Soul" and various other experiences of Dread, Despair, Confusion, and sicknesses of body and mind (in one or more of the bodies, although in fact not in the Soul) are examples. Yet these too, assuming they are overcome, will strengthen the person to "Stand at One 'Time' in Five Worlds." The SAHU can perceive, although not enter into, the nonhuman realms of Evolutionary Order and the Disordered Particles, and those of the Divine and Demonic Metaeidolons. KHU and even HAIDIT are sometimes given "visions" of these, but the SAHU can choose to perceive them with all its senses and, interacting upon its allegiance, strengthens its love for Cosmos or Chaos, and its abhorrence of the Antagonist, by means of its perceptions of them. We speak of the SAHU as doing these things when it has not as yet achieved integration with the other four bodies. Subsequent to integration, it is the person who acts, although he or she does so still in one or another of the human dimensions -- in this case, the SAHU world. Despite the extravagant claims made by some religions, the human being never goes beyond the human dimensions and could not survive contact even with the appearances or representations of the Neters in their far more subtle worlds. To speak of direct and immediate knowledge of God or of the Divine is a gross absurdity and born at best of ignorance and self-delusion. After the differentiation/integration of the Five Bodies has been finally achieved, the priest-magician or magician-priest continues learning and other Work, advancing through the Hierarchy to whatever levels of initiation he will ultimately reach. He may Work mainly "in the world," possibly as a Teacher, or in some mundane position where his magico-spiritual powers can exert useful influence -- business, politics, communications, whatever -- or he may Work almost entirely with the Neters, doing the so-called "Inner Work." In any case, unless he or she be otherwise instructed, the magician-priest or -priestess will Work secretly. Those close to the person may have some inkling of what she or he does, but it will not be a "public" Work. An occasional Teacher or, far more rarely, a designated Exemplar will be the sole exceptions. If human beings were not "sleeping," they would recognize at once the person well-advanced in the Work. That they do not is a helpful safeguard which, however, it is the Work's purpose to remove. The search for a real School and a KHU -- or SAHU -- level Teacher is made much more difficult by the fact that those advanced in the Work do it quietly and almost always secretly. Further, there are always many false claimants to the Knowledge of the Work, and others who are so self-deluded that they actually suppose themselves to have the Knowledge. For every Gurdjieff -- the only publicly known, authentic Teacher of this century -- there are thousands of the others, and millions to believe them until their "teachings" are proved empty. There are a few guidelines that can aid in recognizing real Teachers. Such a man or woman can be known, for example, by the conscious manner in which he or she lives out the profound and powerful "myth" or "work of art" chosen. (The criteria just mentioned would exclude such powerful but somnambulistic magicians as Adolf Hitler and Aleister Crowley.) The integration of the four (or five) bodies will invest the Teacher with recognizable Presence and Force. Even if one is only slightly self-observant, it can be recognized that one's consciousness alters when in contact with a Teacher. One is affected in a way that is obviously "different," one may "go into trance," or "awaken," or experience other "altered states," and the Teacher will not, as others do, speak to the KA of a person, but rather to HAIDIT -- not to the conscious mind, but rather to the unconscious. And the Teacher can also speak directly to the AUFU, to its brain and nervous systems, or to the physical body as a whole, thus producing important beneficial (or destructive) changes in it. This is Teaching; it gives pain as well as pleasure, forcing into consciousness various contents which had been repressed or otherwise excluded. It exposes limits to freedom and to growth, and it stirs a hunger for the "something more." One can give some of these powers to false teachers, but at a cost to oneself that self-observation can detect. The authentic Teacher may "accept" or "take" power from others, but he or she, at the appropriate time, returns much more than was given and/or taken. One who meets such criteria may be a Teacher, but those who are "searching" should pursue the matter further. One must also find a way to determine whether it is Cosmos or Chaos that he serves, and choose according to one's predilection. Above all, however, do not expect "perfection," but heed that Scripture which says "it is nowhere to be found." The highly developed human being will be found to have large faults accompanying great virtues. This is inevitable in one who has become "larger than life." Nor should one expect "perfection" even from "the Gods," which would mean being foolish enough to "judge" such Beings as the Neters by human standards. The Egyptian metapsychology, set forth in The Way of the Five Bodies, brings the aspirant to levels -- I'm sending Marianne's Global Meditation for Peace. It feels pretty appropriate right now. Especially if you don't have a favorite prayer for peace to say with us during the next seven days as we continue to hold a space for peace. (Remember our meditation/prayer is held at 6 - 6:05 pm EST) (clip) Here's Marianne's beautiful prayer. Dear God, I enter now the Silence wherein Your power lies. Prepare my mind to contain Your glory, the Love our world so sorely needs. May Your mercy shine forth upon us all, particularly on those who suffer. May those whose hearts are filled with hate, towards us or anyone else, now miraculously be filled with Love. Pour down the Light to fill their hearts, pour down forgiveness to wash us clean. May the innocence in all of us now be made clear for all to see. Open my heart, dear God, that I might be a channel for Your peace. Forgive us all our trespasses. We atone for our errors. We pray for forgiveness. In the name of God, may violence leave all hearts. In the Silence which follows, please do these things. Use me, Lord, and grant us peace. Amen. those of KHU and SAHU -- where the Teaching is done not by humans but by the Neters, and primarily by the Goddess Sekhmet. As the Egyptians recognized, no human Teacher, however remarkable, can carry the Work into the Higher Realities where it can only be effective when done in interaction with Beings whose grasp extends beyond the human. There are other ways of making KHU or SAHU, although not both, partly conscious and which thereby give power, sometimes formidable power. But the magical, occult or spiritual Path which stops short of effecting working with a Higher Force is inadequate. The person remains but a pawn in The War in Heaven and cannot effectively work for humanity's necessary transformation. He will lack essential protection and guidance and will commit many foolish and dangerous mistakes. For these reasons the metapsychology speaks, with both compassion and harshness, of magical or spiritual disciplines done without the guidance of the Neters as "Paths of Fools." CONCLUSION The knowledgeable reader will be aware that what has been given in these pages sets forth with a most unusual completeness essentials of Work in a Mystery School. There are also many important details concerning magico-spiritual practices -- applications -- for those who can fill in between the lines. And enough has been said to allow a few persons, those of sufficient maturity, knowledge and daring, to begin the Work even without School or Teacher. Thus some of those might reach that condition where "When the pupil is ready, the Teacher will appear."
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