Rosicrucian Exercises: A Foundation for Daily Living III - Hugh McCague: transcript

greetings everyone it's great to be with you thanks so much for joining us joining with us today it's great to be learning with you again our presentation today is entitled rosicution exercises a foundation for daily living three I'm going to put up a slide to help get us uh inspired for these series of exercises now you see before us we image of the 1968 route July issue of the rosicrucian Digest on it you'll see a work by the celebrated rosicrucian artist Nico Mendez Gomez the work is entitled cosmic energy it's also been referred to as uh the creative word we'll zoom in on and have a closer look here

the way of introducing the presentation will say that the rosicution studies systematically guide us in developing self-mastery and ways to be of service part of this process is the crucial practice of rosicrucian exercises we will do some of these mystical exercises in an integrated manner including meditation visualization metaphysical Aid and more will be guided through this series of exercises in an educational enriching and rejuvenating way for our experience of the rosicrucian teachings as the foundation of our daily living you know I enter into these series of exercises and looking upon this wonderful work by nicomendus Gomez cosmic energy you'll notice there's a suggestion of what rosicrucians refer to as the cosmic keyboard the entire sea of vibrations that have guided through a

number and Order symbolized here by the notes and you'll notice on the right hand side and towards the bottom the special sacred vowel sound om which will apply during our series of exercises there are certain other intriguing symbolism and notations on this uh picture to reflect on as well and you notice at the center there's a cosmic energy that's radiating out from it that we'll tune with uh in our exercises and there's a triangle forming the flame or energy rising up and feeling that great sense of being re-energized recharged on the mystical ah music has that suggestion through his this through the rosicution order and traditional art and sort of being the original Angelic language as well as poetry and other art forms through music we can sense that deep interconnection with our God within the divine within and we'll apply that in our rosicrucian exercise today

today the presentation is consist of one long integrated exercise and we'll conclude with that uh those exercises descending from the heights of the celestial sanctum uh close to when they are our hour is up today you know you may be used to doing the physical culture of going to a gym and doing a workout and so forth in a way we'll give a workout today which will be physical but it'll also be uh psychological mental psychic and overarching mystical as well now let's prepare ourselves for mystical exercises in our series of meditations taking in this inspired image in a way we find sense the inspiration of the artist nicomendus Gomez in a way that draws us back just as he had a cosmic impression and attuning with this work and observing it

closely it helps us attune us with the cosmic just as the artist was attuned with the cosmic and expressingness but we're going in the opposite direction his from his Cosmic experience and then emulated in this profound work that made its way to the cover of the resolution digest we'll retrace this from seeing the emulation but back into that inner Cosmic experience I invite you now to close your eyes as we prepare for our mystical exercises and to help Inspire us with the work and worship of the rosicrucian order and Mark today let us recall the threefold charge of the August master Martinez Pasquale now with your eyes closed let's hear those words the master which then draws us to the master Within first

to Aspire without ceasing towards God the divine two to grow from virtue to virtue and three to labor for the universal good in a way the entire picture of of living in existence is laid out before us and that three-fold yet unified charge with the inspiration of the work Lord and recommendous Gomez and the August Master Martinez plus quality let us Begin by taking deep breaths just enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath I invite you now to do what rosicrucians referred to as negative breeding that is when you have exhaled

don't breathe in right away just hold the exhalation out as long as it's comfortable this will cause a special charging in our body of a negative polarity which is part of the balance not negative in terms of any judgment but in just in terms of the two polarities that are important in our body just hold the exhalation out and when you need to just inhale again don't hold the inhalation in though we'll do that later and then just exhale and just hold the exhalation out not breathing in right away I think you'll start to find a rather novel tingling going on in your body that's the vital life force it has two polarities and we're experiencing more of that negative polarity of that vital life

force right now having those in balance is very healing for us foreign breathe back in again and hold the exhalation out and I suggest two throughout you keep your eyes closed just to let go of visual stimuli just to be all the more sensitive to what's going on inside the Holy Temple the body wondrously made and constructed the wondrous microcosmering the macrocosm by the law of Correspondence As Above So Below

so just continue a little while yet with the negative breathing now we're going to switch over and do what will be in certain respects be the opposite exercise we're going to do positive breathing continue to apply the

law polarity now instead of holding the exhalation out you're not breathing right in again breathe in and hold your inhalation and don't exhale right away just hold the inhalation as long as it's comfortable we know we'll work more with the positive polarity of the vital life force foreign just continue to hold the inhalation as long as it's

comfortable and let let go just continue to enjoy the holding of

the breath feeling that increased charge of the Cosmic acids the positive polarity the vital life force final life force allows us to be a living body a living entity with the soul we're connected to the one Soul through the master within our Cosmic connection and it will stop the positive breathing and we'll do neutral breaths neither holding the inhalation or holding exhalation this will apply the law of polarity the law Duality but

also the law Unity your balance our two previous exercises so it'll just take some deep deeper rests than usual you may wish to prolong the exhalation a little bit longer to help stimulate the vagus nerve the great nerves that helps connect the brain with the gut and all the important work they do and sensing our what's going on within without us and sensing those both as one Unity just enjoy the gentle rhythms of the breath and if it's comfortable for with you for you may wish to just concentrate in breathing in and out through the nostrils with the mouth closed if that's comfortable because it tends to take the one to take even deeper breaths to a prolonging the exhalation of the breath also

but not holding it allows a little more of the chemical elements to be released bringing the fresh vital life force and fresh air all the more deep within and you'll feel the wonderful system and Order of the Holy Temple the various flows going on in the body the vital life force but the flow of the blood flow through the nervous system all these actions and movements in the body flowing all intimately connected to the vital life force and the spirit energy the human body Spirit energy is a term that rosicians use to refer to the physical manifestation how it comes about through the vibratory nature of the spirit energy the spirit Energy United with the vital

life force imbued with the one's soul because it's a living entity all the different forms of consciousness ultimately expressions of the cosmic consciousness just to continue to enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath you don't necessarily have to breathe deeper now than you usually do if you find your mind wandering from the breath just gently bring it back no judgment it's all part of the process of meditation for this is a particular type of meditation and as you exhale I think you'll find the experience in the relaxation response which activates as mentioned the vagus nerve and that relaxation also helps

healing to play take place need to be relaxed for healing to take place properly just think of this as time to have a mini retreat to be recharged rejuvenated and remade it's true you may be lying or sitting still but a lot is going on in some respects every minute as much if you're at a gym working out physically because there's lots of physical actions going on in the harmony of the body as well as the deeper recesses of Mind consciousness just continue to enjoy the gentle rhythms of the breath foreign which more technically can be expressed as part of it as the sympathetic nervous system in the

parasympathetic nervous system being moving towards balance meditation is a profound Act of non-avoidance that is metacognition or metacognitive non-avoidance nothing to get swept under the rug just note whatever arises but then return back to the gentle Rhythm of the breath just keep letting go or surrendering so you can move more deeply and deeply to the contact with a master Within our Cosmic connection with the one soul and the cosmic mind slots arise just note them but then just

let go if there's any strains or stresses from the day just let them go this act of Letting Go will actually mean that they can get much more dealt within a more mature more resourceful manner that may be surprising to the other self because often we think we have to stay focused on something to resolve it but the human is made of various levels which are a form of unity there's a wondrous resources of our intuition through the master Within our long-term memory various other faculties we learn and are carefully graded lessons week by week in the resolution monographs but letting go we can return to things with new insights new energy New Perspective working a more integrated manner due to

the meditative practice just continue to enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath if you're feeling any pain in your particular parts of your body and may wish to picture yourself breathing through that part of the body foreign things that have been demonstrated about meditation both scientifically and through other means that it leads to an anti-inflammatory action that is pain reduction one of the most helpful things we can do when we have pain is to meditate and I know it can be sometimes challenging when we're in pain to meditate but just keep returning to the gentle Rhythm of the breath and the meditative process will take place and help reduce the pain I'll give you some quiet time now we'll

apply to Lost silence as we concentrate on our breath and the gentle Rhythm of the Holy Temple in harmony with the cosmic soon Fighters and swords and participants we'll continue our meditation

arising to the heights of a Celestial sanctum and apply the instructions of the booklet Libre 777. applying a new form of meditation but it's all one integrated meditation today we'll apply that inspiring image cosmic energy the artist nicomendus Gomez by Antoni now the sacred vowel sound om and while you're doing this you may wish to picture the pineal gland the endocrine gland at the where's the center of your brain it was a Christian is referred to as a psychic Center there of an important nature that helps dampen down the highest rates of vibration of the cosmic keyboard that we can have a realization of them in our subjective consciousness while you're concentrating on the pineal

gland I invite you to entone on with me now three times I wish to inhale now oh [Music] listen hail to my tone for the second time oh [Music] for the third and final time will inhale all Fridays and swords let's continue to

apply a lot of purification with the following invocation in prayer to prepare us to rise to the heights of the celestial sanctum and in tune with the cosmic May the Divine Essence of the cosmic cleanse me of all impurities of mind and body that I may commune with the Cathedral of the Soul the celestial Sanctum may my mortal Consciousness be so enlightened that any imperfections of my thinking may be revealed to me that I may be given the power of will to correct them I humbly petition that I may perceive the fullness of nature

and partake thereof ever consistent with the cosmic good SoMo to be now fritters and sorrows and participants let us rise up fusing our inner psychic faculties and our imagination see ourselves rising up from the room where we're situated up over the home or dwelling or building where we are up over our neighborhood enjoy the exhilaration of the ascent feel this new freedom and flexibility can with our inner nature and see below the geographic area or their town or Village or City where you dwell and the wonderful system in order there and how things are laid out through mind and through Nature's intelligence and keep rising up and see below you now the state or Province where you dwell see the great weather systems maybe some

that are spiraling in the great landforms applicable to your Province or state the deserts or the mountains or the hills or the lakeshores of the seashores Farmers Fields whatever is applicable see the beauty of it all and keep rising up and see now your entire great nation or country see it's wondrous land forms and structure and keep rising up use great inner spiritual strength not of an outer nature but inner nature do not be passive now we'll surrender and be passive when we reach the heights of the celestial sanctum keep rising up transcending space and time so we can go Way Beyond the speed of light see now the hemisphere where you dwell and in at the Greek continents the one

you dwell in other continents and even now the entire oblate spheroid of the Earth the beautiful blue Jewel of the Earth the Temple of the Earth where we dwell and see how it's rotating about its axis from the North and South Poles see the beauty of the oceans and the land whereas landforms like astronauts see from outer space but we're going even beyond that us where space probes have gone let's continue further and look up and see the beautiful rings of Saturn the wondrous hexagonal storm formation at its top and see the huge planet of Jupiter the smaller planets and their Beauties such as mercury Mars and Venus and feel the bright psychic vibrations from them and return by them back to those planets and see their wondrous elliptical orbits revealed through the traditional rosicrucians Sir

Isaac Newton and the great fiery ball of the Sun and let us continue up from our solar system and see Myriad other stars some smaller and some larger than our star of the Sun and various Stellar phenomena supernovae the binary Stars and other phenomena such as Interstellar gases and the rogue planets and planets the comets asteroids the beauty of it all the system in order the Divine music they've been spoken of since ancient times and that artists on Earth seek to imitate and let us keep rising up and start to sense the vastness of our even larger home the Galaxy the Milky Way galaxy and its great spiraling arms keep going and sense it's huge Beauty and colors since not only physically but through psychic senses the psychic site

aesthetic sounds of the Beautiful music the harmony of the Spheres and let's go right out Way Beyond the speeder light beyond our home the Milky Way galaxy and look back at its wonderful in spiraling arms rotating and orbiting in its way just as various elements in our bodies such as electrons of orbit the planets around the sun earth rotating around itself and our moons rotating around our planet and other planets such as Saturn and Jupiter and since now the greater structure beyond the our galaxies the other galaxies in nebulae see many many galaxies We rise faster and faster some gathered together in what astronomers and astrophysics is called clusters of galaxies and there's even super clusters of galaxies we see now many Gala galaxies

within them many many clusters of galaxies within the superclusters and they're all revolving about the great axis of the supercluster but since now even as we go Way Beyond the speed of light and all the individual galaxies you know great but individual clusters of galaxies but many many super clusters inspired by this awesome sight reminding us of the vastness of the cosmic it goes even Beyond this vastness into the from a finite plane into the infinite whereas As We rise up we apply the law of Correspondence to go deeper and deeper to the Divine mind within us and imbued throughout the cosmos where the rosicrucians use the term Cosmic to mean all natural and spiritual laws but the great Universal intelligence back of the cost that system and order because we rise up we increasingly experience these and things not in a theoretical fashion but in a first-hand direct way which is

mysticism let us keep rising up join the ascent this is our Birthright As We rise we come into closer and closer contact with our true nature which will turn back with us all the more in realization the master within our Cosmic connection with the one soul making of all other sentient beings keep rising and take in the great beauty of the cosmos and at a certain point I think you'll sense the cosmos as those whole I mean a great Cosmic axis spoken of since ancient times and this Cosmos is revolving about the axis just about as the Earth revolves above its axis in this great Cosmic axis mirrors a is a microcosm mirrors our micro microcosm a holy Temple in our being of our specifically the axis of our spine

detour is a great Pace using great inner spiritual Force give it all you've got towards the center or midpoint of that Cosmic axis and slow up when you come to it foreign just dwell there for a Time and awe the great Beauty all around you mirroring all the interconnection and laws within the Holy Temple of the body here you're seeing the body of the Divine the great icon of the Divine the Great cosmogram or mandala of the Divine before us Take It All In give you some time and silence

to absorb it and be it now let us further follow the instructions of the booklet Libre 777.

and visualize at the heights of the celestial sanctum the center of the cosmos at the center of your being your personal Celestial Sanctum but you may just simply wish to make the Cosmos on this before you on this occasion or maybe some inspiring sacred place in nature I recall from back on Earth in your memory maybe a sacred grove of trees are an inspiring expansive view by a lake Lakefront or Seashore seeing the vibrations of the Waves lapping and reminding you of the great oceans of vibrations throughout the cosmos referred to as the cosmic keyboard or maybe an inspiring metal or a high vantage point from a hill or Mound suggestive of the cosmic View or maybe a human-made temple back on Earth such as the grand Temple at rosicrucian Park the Grand Lodge of The Resolution order

San Jose California our Cathedral or Basilica or a church or Gurdwara a prayer hall or stupa or a mandir or a synagogue fill in the sights and sounds of this place you may wish to picture incense Rising suggests of our great Ascent raising our vibrations to the Heights with a Celestial Sanctum may wish to picture sparring stained glass with beautiful rosicrucian laws and mystical laws and principles symbolized there for our edification fill it in all the sights and sound both physical and psychically make it real make it vital feel an exhilaration to be there just like the exhilaration to rise up into the cosmic and you may wish to picture two there others on this webinar call today and all Seekers and all visible invisible Masters the

grand masters of our order the imperator who may be conducting special ritual at the heights of your Celestial sanctum now take time to fill it in and when you're ready further surrender to the divine within knowing you're at the heights of the celestial Sanctum a tune with the cosmic apply the Lost silence now just continue to dwell in the Deep

silence the center of your being at the heights of the celestial Sanctum cognitive of any messages that may come forward from the master Within and just return the gentle rhythm of your breath the Stillness now as the past imperator

Chief Executive Officer of the Rose Kushner and Christian Bernard has mentioned to us there are many reasons to rise to the heights of the celestial Sanctum one as we've just been doing now is for General enlightenment there could be also the opportunity to perform other spiritual operations imperators mentioned to us as our weekly lessons guide us in there may be a particular question we'd like to ask that is not readily answered by any other means than through the infinite resources of the cosmic mind if you have such a question now You may wish to strongly visualize it with the emotion of its importance to you a master within is our true guide in life it will guide us both through meditating for General Enlightenment things will come to us both during the meditation and at other

times to what others will say things that will come to our mind from what we see to close the Impressions to the outer mind but sometimes we can explicitly ask the question so if you have such a question now make it simple and direct You may wish to picture it as fiery letters before the screen of your consciousness and once you've pictured and said the question and repeated it several times just release it by breathing out exhaling knowing that it's gone through the subjective consciousness subconscious into the cosmic mind and an oppression may come during this meditation session or later today or later this week and you can return to the question then as well this is an important time to let go

and let the inner resources take over once you've asked your question let us dwell in the Deep silence again receptive and sensitive enjoy the enrichment of communing with the cosmic mind so flood in the rest of our day make us all the more capable to discharge our duties now let us continue with the further

spiritual operation and rosicution exercise that of metaphysical Aid I invite you now to work as part of the silent Council in conjunction with the Council of Solas of the Grand Lodge or the resolution order and Mark to radiate love and well-being to all those who've petitioned the Council of Solace for guidance and healing and all those who have petitioned your affiliate bodies of the Rose cushion or landmark for guidance and healing and all those that you know are in need of guidance and healing and all sentient beings throughout the cosmos who are in need of guidance and healing You may wish to at first picture them before you in your Celestial Sanctum if it's helpful to use one person at a time at

first that is fine to get the love and well-being flowing and forward Master Johann kelpius suggested in his book an easy and comprehensive method of prayer particularly the interior prayer that he emphasized which is meditation that will get the kindling of love going just like we have small kindling wood paper to get a fire going in a fireplace You may wish to picture some loving experience or uplifting experience you've had or the mystical nature recall that deep sense of love where someone you've loved deeply and in a selfless way picture them to get that love activated and coming up from the divine within there's a master room he said would you experience love it's essentially a

matter of Polish of Letting Go the blockages to let it flow so picturing some loving experiencing let that love flow out from you to those in need the idea of the healing forces of the Cosmos and Cosmic are going with it to those before you in your Celestial Sanctum radiating love and well-being to them all in need let it unfold now at a certain point I think you'll find

writers and stories and participants but the great flow of the love and well-being will continue without conscious effort and when that's occurring just further surrender to divine within let this great flowing go through you think of certain points too it'll speed up and you know all the more that you're making contact I think you'll find too as you've given so you received without intending it you'll find the vital life force and the cosmic attune will increase Within You by this act of service following a law of service thank you and the law of karma used

for all in need including your ourselves soon we'll conclude this period of metaphysical aid but assured but the love and well-being will continue to flow through us as a way of life

fulfilling the law of service fulfilling the law of love as our mission as mystical and rosicrucian students in conjunction with the other forms that our mission takes in life unique to each of us to form a clue we'll say now providers and Source we will continue our meditation but to conclude this work a council of Solace through the silent Council invite you to stay with me if it is the will of the cosmic it is done so mode it be now while at the heights of the celestial Sanctum this conduct another special exercise of

a mystical nature describe in very specific Ways by the rosicrucians in our teachings out of visualization visualization is something that we can apply as an exercise many times each day easily 10 or 20 times some smaller things some larger things maybe something we need to present something we need to do is a challenging nature helps draw your resources all the more or some larger career matter or some larger matter in our lives can apply visualization to larger and smaller means in visualizing we work as a co-creator with the cosmic as a cosmic the Divine creates so we as a microcosm create and through this practice of working as a

co-creator we more and more realize our underlying Union with the divine now if there's something you'd like to visualize before your mind not only with visual imagery if you're not so blind to visual imagery with sight you can also use in addition to sites you can use sounds taste and touch picture what you'd like to have come in to manifestation on the Earth plane something that is not only for your value but that of others and that it passes the test of your conscience that's still a small voice within us that it is proper to proceed with if you have something of that nature you'd like to proceed with now or have been visualizing earlier today or this week take some time now to visualize it and I'll indicate when to release it

but make it real make it vital because as much of your senses as possible and any psychic or mystical spiritual Impressions to build into the visualization all those things are involved and can help spiritualize its manifestation on the Earth plane visualize it now but uplifting emotion in it and spiritual upliftment in it again you can Kindle the fire by thinking of similar uplifting experiences you've had

build that into the visualization but also we can think why is this visualization important to you that will instill emotion to get this visualization ultimately in motion when we release it now if Riders and sores will soon release this visualization I will indicate to you when think of it like mailing a letter in a mailbox when I say to release release it on your exhalation so breathe in release the exhalation if it is the will of a cosmic it is done as we release it now return back or visualize just experiencing your breath

at least the visualization as we continue our meditation at the heights of the celestial Sanctum just enjoy the exhilaration being at the center of your being now let us continue our meditation applying a special application of the law of cosmic Attunement associated with assumption at this time the Deep Stillness of your being since your mind merging with the cosmic mind You may wish to visualize entire Cosmos this intelligence back of it merge your mind into the cosmic mind experiences the cosmic experiences be the cosmic

assume the cosmic now foreign one with the one

be the cosmic mind this way we fully are ourselves who we've been all along you put them in this way we're fully at home and feel all the more home throughout our lives soon we'll begin our descent from the

heights of the celestial Sanctum but let's continue to dwell the center of the cosmos the center of our being enriched and Noble all the more aware of the master within the divine within all the more identified with it our true nature now and always now prayers and stores before we begin

our descent from the heights of celestial Sanctum we've applied various rosicrucian laws of in this series of integrated exercises let us play now the law of gratitude You may wish to Express gratitude to all those who've gone out of their way to assist you all those who have sacrificed for you your well-being all those who have taught you well for the teachings of our order and mystical guidance to the officers of our order foreign counselors Grand Masters the imperators and other officers and all you know who wish to be grateful for and all you wish to be grateful to radiate that gratitude and love and

well-being to them now and invoking the law of gratitude also causes a law of Attunement to be applied all the more strongly now let us begin our descent from the heights of the celestial Sanctum as a period of work and worship of the rosicrucian order and Mark thankful for this opportunity to be of service to fill our Birthright and Cosmic attuning that has passed now a tremendous Speed Way Beyond the speed of light Beyond zooming past the super clusters of the galaxies see the great system in order and

rotation of the cosmos the Wonder and beauty of it all grand architect the universe designed this by the super clusters and individual clusters of galaxies and seeing the distance is supercluster that is our home and enter into it see the Myriad clusters of galaxies rotating within it and see in the distance the cluster if that is our home great cluster of galaxies and enter into it and see the Myriad galaxies and Stellar phenomena stars and there's Stiller gases and how the great webs connecting the galaxies and the rogue planets and planets and asteroids and the supernovae binary Stars and see in the distance the

to our Milky Way galaxy all the Myriad Stars and even further in the distance the great solar system that is our home see the beautiful elliptical orbits the fiery ball of the Sun the beautiful blue Jewel of the Earth continue down to the hemisphere where you left off a continent the country or great nation Province or state the city or geographic area and let us say together another prayer and invocation include this period of the work and worship of the Rose Christian order amwark May the god of my heart sanctify there's a tune in itself with the cosmic

the celestial Sanctum so might it be let us continue down into our neighborhood to our home or dwelling or building where he left off the room where we left off since the Holy Temple of the body if you recharge remade rejuvenated all the more ready for the work and worship the day and discharging duties and when you're ready you may wish to open your eyes and I thank you so much again for all that you're doing seen and unseen it's greatly appreciated peace profound foreign