Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Glamor - A World Problem - The Mode of Awakening
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Glamor - A World Problem - Certain Preliminary Clarifications
There are four phrases which have for long been bandied about
among so-called occultists and esotericists. They are:
glamor,
illusion,
maya and the expression,
the dweller on the threshold.
They all
stand for the same general concept or some differentiation of that concept. Speaking
generally, the interpretations have been as follows, and they are only partial
interpretations, and are almost in the nature of distortions of the real truth, owing to
the limitations of the human consciousness.
Glamor has
oft been regarded as a curious attempt of what are called the "black forces" to
deceive and hoodwink well-meaning aspirants. Many fine people are almost flattered when
they are "up against" some aspect of glamor, feeling that their demonstration
of discipline has been so good that the black forces are interested sufficiently to
attempt to hinder their fine work by submerging them in clouds of glamor. Nothing could
be further from the truth. That idea is itself part of the glamor of the present time,
and has its roots in human pride and satisfaction.
Maya is oft regarded as being of the same nature as the concept promulgated by
the Christian Scientist that there is no such thing as matter. We are asked to regard the
entire world phenomena as maya and to believe that its existence is simply an error of
mortal mind, and a form of autosuggestion or self-hypnotism. Through this induced belief
we force ourselves into a state of mind which recognizes that the tangible and the
objective are only figments of man's imaginative mind. This, in its turn, is likewise a
travesty of reality. [21]
Illusion
is regarded rather the same way, only (as we define it) we lay the emphasis upon the
finiteness of man's mind. The world of phenomena is not denied, but we regard the mind as
misinterpreting it and as refusing to see it as it is in reality. We consider this
misinterpretation as constituting the Great Illusion.
The Dweller on the Threshold is usually regarded as presenting the final test of
man's courage, and as being in the nature of a gigantic thought-form or factor which has to
be dissipated, prior to taking initiation. Just what this thought-form is, few people know,
but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the
sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's
Master to test his sincerity. Some regard it as the sumtotal of a man's faults, his evil
nature, which hinders his being recognized as fit to tread the Path of Holiness. None of
these definitions, however, give a true idea of the reality.
I would point out here that (generally speaking) these four expressions are four
aspects of a universal condition that is the result of the activity - in time and space -
of the human mind. The activity of MINDS! Ponder on this phrase for it gives you a clue to
the truth.
The Problem of Illusion lies in the fact that it is a soul activity, and the
result of the mind aspect of all the souls in manifestation. It is the soul which is
submerged in the illusion and the soul that fails to see with clarity until such time as
it has learnt to pour the light of the soul through into the mind and the brain.
The Problem of Glamor is found when the mental illusion is intensified by
desire. What the Theosophist calls "kama-manas" produces glamor. It is illusion
on the astral plane. [22]
The
Problem of Maya is really the same as the above, plus the intense activity produced
when both glamor and illusion are realized on etheric levels. It is that vital unthinking
emotional MESS (yes, brother of old, that is the word I seek to use) in which the majority
of human beings seem always to live.
The Dweller on the Threshold is illusion-glamor-maya, as realized by the
physical brain and recognized as that which must be overcome. It is the bewildering
thought-form with which the disciple is confronted, when he seeks to pierce through the
accumulated glamor of the ages and find his true home in the place of light.
The above are necessarily only generalizations, and the result also of the activity of
the analytical mind, but they serve to embody a part of the problem in words and to convey
to your minds a definite thought-form of what we shall later discuss in detail.
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