Therefore, those who study religions, are surrounded by thousands of peculiar symbols, from six-winged seraphs to a beast with seven heads and ten horns. More sorrowful is the fact they all forgot about: those symbols originally had meanings, which have very little in common with what they concocted as the explanation of their meanings. Many of those studying the Sacred Writings, do not even have an idea of what a priceless gift they own.
Here is what Nicholas Roerich wrote on the subject:
“It seems impossible that people could willingly forget the best possibilities. People lost the Keys for rig veda symbols. People forgot the meaning of Qabalah. People mutilated the wonderful word of Buddha. People lowered the Divine simplicity of Jesus Christ. And they forgot, they forgot the best Keys of the Gates”.
“People lose easily, but how they find? Ways to find give one the hope.
Now, when time is really running out, people – still a few of them – start remembering treasures they possess for long time. Keys of Trust start rattling by the belt. Dreams distinctively and imperatively call to the abandoned yet still existing Beauty.
Just accept. Just take, and see how your inner life changes. How the Spirit will thrill in the mind of unlimited opportunities. How easily the Beauty will enlighten the Temple, and a palace, and every fireplace, where a human heart is warmed”.
To summarize the words, one may conclude that, as Exoteric is for initial studying of the Spiritual World, based on parables or fables, which formulate the basics of religious teachings, Esoteric is for higher stages of the spiritual development, for those who mastered specific methodological approaches for better comprehension of the Spiritual World and possible interaction with Him.
When an individual fails to resolve a complicated situation, and already tried many different ways, the individual approaches esoteric teachings. With appropriate patience, the result will be obtained.
According to the Wisdom, a human created after the image and likeness of God, and God is almighty. A human needs to recall what he is and behave according to the knowing.
It is then, when harmony enters our life, the harmony with oneself, and with the world around.
In Islam, in addition to exoteric teachings, as formulated in Quran, there is also the esoteric trend of Sufism. The very basics of Sufism were formulated by the Prophet Mohammed, and were reflected in Hadiths. Sufism predicates ascetic life and Esoteric practices to improve one’s spiritual qualities. Sufism adherers are called Sufis. For Sufis, Mohammed the Prophet, rasul Allah, himself showed the ways to spiritually train an individual and the society.
In Judaism, the Exoteric teachings are in Torah, in the five books of Moses, which are Book of Genesis, Exodus, Book of Leviticus, Book of Numbers, and Book of Deuteronomy. As for the Esoteric teachings in Judaism, it is in Qabalah, which interprets the sacred knowledge of the Devine Revelation, which Torah comprises. Qabalah is based on the following books: Sefer Yetzirah, Sefer HaBahir, Zohar, and there are also the writings of ARI’zal. The Qabalah relates to understanding the Creator and the Creature, the role and the intentions of the Creator, as well as the human nature and the purpose of the human existence.
Thailand, Buddhist Temple
Buddhism in Sanskrit means “enlightened”. According Buddhism adherers, every living creature, which achieved the top holiness, might become Buddha, i.e. “enlightened”. Buddhism teaches that one builds one’s fate oneself, as well as the form of the one’s transformation. The power, which defines the transformation features, is called Karma.
Karma is the sum of all intentions and actions of a creature for all its previous transformations. In Buddhism, a human being is free to select, regardless Karma, and this partial freedom defines the Paths to Liberation in Buddhism, particularly, Bodhisattva path, or the path to enlightenment.
According to Buddhists, our mind draws for us an illusory world around us. The mind consists of billions of microscopic particles, or elements of mind, or Dharmas, which, being influenced by our Karma, create the individual conscious of the present transformation, and also the world, which surrounds us therewith.
It is the understanding of the true picture of the world around us, which brings us to spiritual liberation, resulting from which, an individual no longer feels helpless. Those practicing Buddhism, gain peace, satisfaction and the inner power.
Leaving his body at the advanced age, Buddha said:
“I can die peacefully. There is no teaching I hid from you in my fist. I gave you all that can help you. Be the leading light for you yourselves”.
Such statements prove that Buddha’s teachings are focused on human matureness and meaningful life.
Whereas Christianity prevents its followers from direct contact with Spiritual World, Buddhism teaches various Esoteric methodologies for transforming one’s mind, with its subsequent Enlightenment and direct communication with the Spiritual World.
Spiritual World
Throughout the entire history of the humankind, there was controversy on where that Spiritual World is. There were treatises, which were describing this world, in every detail, as some material formation, somewhere far from the Solar system.
Modern authors reasonably argue, that having it in another galaxy, or even beyond the Universe, which we are aware of, would not be correct. It is more likely, that the Spiritual World, or the World of Light, might be some parallel world, a different reality beyond the limits of our perception.
Stuart Hameroff, a well-known scientist, a professor, told on the matter, that it has been known for more than one hundred years, that there are two worlds: the world of the classical physics, and the quantum world. We all live in the classical physics world, where everything seems “normal” for us. Everything around has form and location, and everything is made from one or another substance.
The quantum world is bizarre and strange, and it has nothing in common with what we call the common sense. Modern science knows very little about the quantum world, still there are signs allowing considering it as the Spiritual reality, which is separated from our world with some sort of a curtain.
Yes, the quantum world does not possess any stable forms, and, what is even more important, the Spiritual World, too, does not assign any specific location to any event. Time is not counted there! Therefore, the Spiritual World simultaneously reflects our past, present, and the future, which Prophets had their visions about, the visions they might obtain from the parallel reality counting no time.
Can we penetrate behind this Curtain, which is almost impenetrable, yet existing between our material world and the Spiritual World that is identified as the world of the Divine Light?
The Spiritual World is multilevel, with its lower part prevailed by low vibrations, which invoke malign instincts in us.
Here is what the Wisdom says on the matter:
“What is the purpose of our life? Are not we malign beasts only capable of eating, mating and dying? Why are we given intelligence and feelings then? Why are we given Wisdom?
The answer: to let us fill the Vessel with the Light, which is not behind the Curtain”.
What can we set against all human malice?
It turns out, that we do have powerful means capable of resisting all those wrong things. To feel the Divine Spark in one’s soul, one has to feel it with Love, which is from the Divine Light, the Love to the whole World around us. It is the feeling of Love that allows us