The Work of the Co Creator: Visualization II - Hugh McCague: transcript

welcome everyone it's great to be with you and learning with you thank you so much for joining us our presentation today is entitled the work of a co-creator visualization 2. the practice of mental creation or visualization is one of the central rosicution exercises for the Mastery of life we will continue to review this practice and consider some more questions about it begin we'll have a period of meditation but also visualization and let me first share inspiring images with you to prepare us for those exercises you'll see now before you a painting done by George Friedrich kerstein okay his subject is that of the renowned

German romantic painter Casper David Friedrich in his Studio the painting dates from 1819. and you'll notice around it you'll see various materials that the artist Casper David Friedrich is using as he begins to paint on his easel you'll notice the like the play of light and Shadow that gives a three-dimensionality whereas by the law suggestions as we say the residitions works with the Shadow the light and the Darkness to give it a three-dimensional effect we can see linseed oil he's got his brush has a long stick steadying his hand he's about to go to work this is a lot like how when we go to visualize something we have to work a lot like a painter and I zoom in here to take a closer look in a way this is an inspiring image of the creative process because we both have to have the vision it was visualize but also the follow

through to execute and this is analogous with the work and the crafts and various lines of skill that we have in our own lives but a painter shows this very well because often visualizations talking about forming the picture we'll elaborate on that in this presentation so bear this image in mind as when we go to do our visualization in a way you'll be like painting a canvas will be on the screen of your Consciousness when you have your eyes closed as the painter fills in the canvas lo and behold it starts to take shape like here I'll work another renowned artist Robert S nokinson this work is entitled landscape with rainbow it dates from 1859 it's oil on canvas and it's at the Smithsonian American Art Museum foreign mother was African-American

and his father was Scottish Canadian he's a renowned member of the Hudson River School of painting he lived part of his life in the Cincinnati area of Ohio and indeed the painting evokes The Covington Cincinnati region you notice in it if you look very closely there's a lot of things here so it's like when we do our own visualizations the various elements to put in to make it real and make it vital you notice there's a dog over here and is just off the center lower area there's a couple and they're walking towards a house at the end of the rainbow Paradise is suggested through the harmony of the subject matter its colors and composition similar when we form a visualization in our mind we can work similarly so now let us prepare ourselves for our

meditation period including a visualization I invite you now to sit in your seats comfortably or however you're situated if you see to have your hands and your laps Palms down feet flat on the floor about eight inches or ten inches apart a right angle formed at your knees so we collect connect the Holy Temple of the body with the Holy Temple of the earth as we work in harmony through our meditation and our lives spine upright particularly important to be able to breathe in an unencumbered way because an important part of meditation and indeed the Mastery of life is the proper use of the breath as we will apply now I invite you to have your eyes closed and let go of the cares of the day

just view this as a time for a mini retreat take some deep inhalations and some deep exhalations neither holding the inhalation or holding the exhalation what rosicrucians refer to as neutral breaths just enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath coming in going out as we learned in our rosicrucian studies through the concept of a cosmic keyboard that we live in a great ocean or sea of vibrations just like with our breath and that helps us connect and be associated with all vibrations throughout the cosmos the great Unity of it all breathing is a surprisingly simple act but it's a very profound one or as we breathe in You may wish to

picture your mind or sense in your mind the increasing presence of the divine within as we turn more inwardly to sense that deeper maturity within us our inner self as rosicrucian speak of we invite you two to prolong your exhalation longer than your inhalation that'll even more activate the vagus nerve important nerve on our body goes from the lower brain to below the gut Orton Communication Center between the brain and the gut in our heart and the activation of the vagus nerve causes the relaxation response automatically and that relaxation response allows us to heal so we see the breathing as an important part of healing and no matter how well we feel there's more

healing that we can do becoming a greater and greater realizations of wholeness that is true health and when we have that healing we're all the more able to assist others in service and be with others and sensitive to them and their needs just continue to enjoy the gentle Rhythm of the breath and will spiritualize this activity as we breathe in sense the increasing presence of our true nature and guide in life to master within the divine within I think you'll find in the Holy Temple of your body that there's a tingling it's a very enriching tingling of a vital life force the courses through our body particularly its positive polarity Cosmic essence so as we take time out now

just to dwell on the breath in the Holy Temple we become increasingly sensitive to what's going on within our body and mind they may wish to take time now to take a take some time to check in with yourself how are you feeling what's been happening just accept it it's all part of the process and the mystical path increasing maturity the master within will come increasingly present to help give us proper perspective and refrain to understand what we need to do today after this mini retreat of the meditation in the presentation during the breathing just sense of increasing

depth of your being will intensify that as we've soon continue our meditation As We rise to the heights of the celestial Sanctum but just feel whatever there is to feel no need to rush anything under the rug just fully accept if you find your mind wandering just lovingly and gently bring it back to the gentle rhythm of breath it's all part of the meditation process no judgment no self-negativity deep down we're doing the best that we can with the success of breasts and focusing on the divine within it's the way an act of purification and we'll continue that purification As We rise to the heights of the celestial Sanctum following the instructions the book of

Lieber 777 which will give you a reference to paste it in the chat later by Anna so by way of applying the law of purification and continuing our meditation you can repeat after me the following prayer and invocation May the Divine Essence of the cosmic Infuse my being and cleanse me of all impurities of mind and body and I may enter the celestial sanctum and attune in pureness and in worthiness stomote be now frotters and sorrows and participants let us use our imagination and our inner psychic faculties to picture ourselves rising up from the

room where we're situated up over the house or home we're building where we are up over the surrounding neighborhood look down and see the the system and Order of it all the thoughtful construction keep rising up now over your geographic area such as your village your town or your city and see its great system and Order and people going about their duties and All Creatures below fulfilling their lives and let's rise up even higher now to take in the grand expense of the province or state where you dwell and see down below the various weather systems and the rivers Lakeshore the seashore the mountains or Hills the deserts the high hills whatever is applicable to your Province or state and then continue to rise faster and faster

and sense your entire nation or country see it's great structure and various regions and error areas that are known for different things culturally and geographically and continue to rise up as we go faster and faster not limited by any physical constraint your joy enjoy the exhilaration of the ascent and see now not only your country or Nation but the great continent where you dwell and as you rise up faster and faster see the hemisphere you dwell and now the entire beautiful blue Jewel of the earth re rotating about its axis from the North and South Pole we see the great weather systems and the great bodies of water and land masses and radiate love and well-being down to all sentient beings creatures and humans aren't there the Great temple of the Earth

now as we rise up faster and faster going Way Beyond the speed of light since we're not restricted by physical constraints because we're working in our spiritual and psychic forces now rising up the octaves the great Cosmic keyboard since the Great range of vibrations coming into us not only from our physical senses but our psychic senses taking in all the vibrations and the great system and Order of it all and see the great solar system our home and the great fiery ball of the Sun and the huge planet of Jupiter and the Beautiful rings of Saturn and the smaller planets such as Mercury Mars and Venus and since their great motions of elliptical nature around the Sun these planets course around all these spinning and orbiting actions throughout the cosmos and let us Rise Up from the solar system

and see other stars in addition to our sun and various Stellar phenomena As We rise up faster and faster use great inner spiritual energy not outwardly but inwardly through the assistance of the divine within to rise with great ease do not be passive now or surrender we'll do that when we reach the heights of the celestial sanctum we continue up with great inner spiritual Force past Myriad Stars nebulae Interstellar gases various Stellar phenomena like quasars and pulsars binary Stars the great burst of light or the Supernova enjoy this tremendous beauty of display just like don't consent inspiring suggestion of paradise let us reach up into the paradise that is our Cosmos the great handiwork of the creator which we seek to imitate on Earth as

co-creators with the Creator and let us continue to rise up sensing the great structure of the Milky Way galaxy our great home and it's spiraling arms and go right out of the Milky Way galaxy and look back at one of the great spiraling arms which is our home and since it's greater action and beauty and range of colors and vibrations and let us rise up again sensing the great web that goes from the Milky Way galaxy to other galaxies and then and since the nebulae and Myriad Stellar phenomena going faster and faster way beyond the speed of light enjoy the exhilaration of the ascent you can see other galaxies some spiraling in other shapes the other planets rogue planets the Comets just keep going faster Beyond them all start to take in more and more of the cosmos you can see the local cluster of our galaxies and we're rotating about their great access let us go right out from

the cluster of galaxies that are local to us and see other clusters of galaxies in Stellar phenomena continue to enjoy the exhilaration of the ascent sensing now looks astronomers in the astrophysics called the supercluster of Galaxy that's local to us the great collection of the cluster of galaxies all revolving about its Great Central axis and let us rise out from that super cluster of galaxies and continue rising up straight up all the way up seeing many other galaxies and clusters or galaxies and super clusters of galaxies the great webs connecting them the galaxies keep rising up faster and faster until you start to sense

the structure of the entire Cosmos itself were evolving about a great Cosmic access spoken of since ancient times by Mystics and philosophers and continue to take in this stupendous Harmony and Order of the entire Cosmos as your eyes faster and faster towards the midpoint of that great Cosmic axis and as you come to that midpoint of the cosmic axis slow up there and dwell there let us continue to apply the instructions the lead booklet Libre 777 .

you can look all about you and see the great Harmony and order the cosmos gradually we'll start to let go and surrender but first picture there your personal Celestial Sanctum it may be simply the spectacular view all around you the center of the cosmos the heights of the celestial Sanctum or it may be a sacred built structure such as a seat kadara a Buddhist prayer Hall or stupa a Hindu man deer or a Jewish synagogue or a Christian Shrine or Basilica or church or Cathedral or possibly the grant Temple at rosicution Park in San Jose California or some other sacred built structure or you wish to picture some inspiring and

sacred place in nature and sacred grove or by a seashore or Lakeshore picturing the waves coming in suggested of the great sea of vibrations in the cosmic keyboard or maybe it's a high vantage point from a Hill or a mountain on Earth taking in that expansive view suggestive of the cosmic sense fill in the sights and sounds with all your senses and psychic senses You may wish to picture stained glass windows depicting inspiring mystical and rosicrucian laws or incense burning and sense its smell is it rot incense Rises up it suggests the great journey upward that we took in raising our Consciousness to the heights of the celestial Sanctum You may wish to picture other Seekers with you such as the participants on this conference call the grand Masters and officers of the rosecrushin order also be the imperator the Chief Executive Officer of our order conducting inspiring ritual and

convocation fill in the sights and sounds make this visualization real and vital continue to fill it in and feel exhilaration of being at the heights of the celestial Sanctum with the increasing presence of the divine within soon we'll release this visualization and dwell in deep Stillness at the heights of the celestial Sanctum manifest our visualization when you're ready release the visualization and dwell for a Time and deep peace peace profound as a resolution say a great Stillness the release of your visualization

Just Surrender let go to the Deep Stillness and increasing presence of the divine within your true guide now and always just continue to surrender thank you allow the divine within to come forward

to enrich in a noble and regenerate us I invite you now too to picture your mind expanding to fill the cosmos to become the cosmic mind since your mind filling the entirety of the universe becoming the cosmic which rosicutions refer to as all natural and spiritual laws the universal intelligence back of the cosmos merge your mind with a cosmic mind experience as the cosmic experiences

assume the cosmic mind be the cosmic mind now now as we continue in a state of being one with the one being the cosmic mind let us radiate love and well-being

to all those sentient creatures throughout the cosmos who are in need of healing and guidance all those you know who are in need of healing and guidance all those who have petitioned the Grand Lodge of The Resolution order for healing and guidance all those who have petitioned for healing and guidance affiliate body of the rosicrucian order that you may belong to radiate love and well-being out to them now in the depths the divine within you filling the cosmos the sense the presence of mind but the love and well-being to all those in need let it flow from the depth of your being the center of the cosmos let it flow over with you tremendous speed use for a time a great inner spiritual Force Through the divine within

just as you use to rise to the heights of the celestial Sanctum to radiate out to all those in need now foreign feel the exhilaration of the flow from the divine within at a certain point you may experience you no longer need to make any conscious effort for the flow of love and well-being to continue and when that happens just continue to surrender be one with the cosmic mind a presence of the divine within as a love and well-being flows to all the need as an act of service now soon Fighters and stores and

participants we'll conclude this sending of metaphysical aid but not our meditation period sending this metaphysical Aid we participated as a silent Council in conjunction with the Council of Solas of the Grand Lodge of the rosicrucian order landmark we'll now conclude the metaphysical Aid period by saying if it pleases the cosmic it is done so motiv B assured that the ray rays of healing and well-being following the great forces of healing of the universe will continue to radiate from us let us continue to dwell the heights of the celestial sanctum in peace profound a while longer had one with the one assuming the cosmic mind now soon we'll begin our descent from

the heights of the celestial Sanctum we may ask to Express gratitude for this opportunity to be of service in the practice of sending metaphysical Aid for our Birthright to attune with the cosmic through the master Within for those who've taught us well who loved us and encouraged us express our gratitude to them now let us begin our descent from the heights of the celestial Sanctum moving with great rapidity as the super clusters of galaxies a great system in order is there evolve about the great Cosmic axis Pastor Myriad stars and nebulae near Stellar gases us clusters of galaxies

let's make her way to the supercluster that we dwell in and once in it past the myriad clusters of galaxies as we move towards the cluster Galaxy that is a local to us and then it passed and once we're in it past many galaxies see the Great colors and sense a great range of vibrations great Harmony of the Spheres the celestial music that is imitated I mean musicians and composers on Earth and see in the distance the great spiraling Galaxy that is our home the Milky Way and plunge into it the great arm where we dwell past Myriad stars and Stellar phenomena and nebulae rogue planets and planets and asteroids see in the distance the beauty of our solar system fire Ebola the sun

with the planets revolving about it and Home in on the beautiful blue Jewel of the Earth rotating about and come to the hemisphere where you left off and then your great nation or country Province or state your city or geographic area before we conclude let us stay together May the god of my heart Sanctified as Attunement of self with the celestial sanctum so would it be and let us continue down further to your neighborhood your home or dwelling or building the room where you left off and when you're ready you can open your eyes and stretch

feeling rejuvenated regenerated reintegrated rebuilt all the more we're ready for the work and worship of the resolution order this day and fulfilling your mission in life thank you so continuing now with our meditation period kind of finished now in our presentation the work of the co-creator visualization 2 we'll first review some points on visualization then get into our particular questions for the day that could be asked first in reviewing what it what is it what is visualization we can think of it as mentioned earlier as painting a picture on the screen of your Consciousness just like this wonderful work but don't consume before us here painting representations of what is

desired such as in the painting here we see the cattle we see the dog we see the couple moving towards their home the rainbow the lake in the mid ground in the background another dwelling and the wonderful Sky the upliftment that it provides and the harmony of the colors there's also details in the foreground a little Brook and stream here various types of bushes and trees similar when we visualize something we desire we need to work to fill it in now it needs to be something that is not just for us but of value to to others it needs to be something that is in core in accord with our conscience it needs to be something clear to us so we can make it very definite when we visualize it now larger goals may be something that'd be best to be divided up into parts or steps to visualize in stages such as including the developed the

the development of individual virtues if we wanted to have as an overarching goal of self-mastery so we take we may wish to break down the larger goal individual parts to to visualize on in a successive period over days or weeks or months as as needed and those parts are as those up parts are successfully done it's important will act on them in successive stages leading to the ultimate unity of the overarching goals such as self-mastery we need to see in the Mind's Eye gradually building up the picture just like the painter at the blank canvas we showed earlier but when it's complete when we have it before us like the image we see here we need to dismiss the picture entirely that's then when we apply certain rosicrucian laws and principles an important nature you'll see before you

hear a simplified form of the rosicrucian schematic diagram of mental processes that we study as part of our weekly lessons in the monographs of our order you notice as we visualize we take in various sense phenomena that we've already observed and we have uh in our memory from the subjective and subjective the subjective Consciousness and the subconscious but that's good when we're observing well it helps us to visualize well and we build up the imagery and then have the focused thought and then we release through the subconscious into the cosmic the cosmic is the overarching mind that is imbued in all these other forms of mind now the positive thought then is submitted or transmitted to the cosmic like mailing a letter sometimes it's good to have that type of

analogy in place to allow us to release properly because we don't want to dwell on the image once once we've released it we don't want to keep coming back to it until we wish to visualize again and we use the Law of Attraction by which conditions and situations will be drawn to the picture so that is manifested in objective ways now the image on the screen of Consciousness must become so realistic to be actualized that's why it's important to have a motion for example in the visualization to help give it charge for the joy and well-being or give to oneself and others and before and after the release of the picture or the image we need to avoid dictating to the cosmic how the manifestation will take place you need to be open to the infinite resources of the cosmic which may include resources or opportunity

opportunities we never dreamed of or new were available after the release we need to concentrate on the Fulfillment of the visualization by crucially acting on Impressions we receive on how to realize the manifestation our intuition and our reasoning and the match within will help us in those impressions now maybe ask and review how and when is visualization to be done you have to sit comfortably like we did in our meditation we integrated a visualization exercise when we're sitting comfortably we're lying comfortably close the eyes and picture using all the senses as applicable and able give emotional strength to the picture in terms of its value

when the picture is filled in release it to the subconscious mind and into the cosmic mind and say if it pleases the cosmic it is done so Mota b or similar and then go about your regular activities and let the Law of Attraction work have complete confidence that it already exists what has been image and pictured and there's only a matter of manifestation then we need to switch to being on the lookout for ideas and Impressions and actions needed for the Fulfillment of the metal creation now in this regard it may be asked if we're not able to create a visual mental image can we still do mental creation and the answer is yes we can use the other senses such as the

pictured in our diagram here a sound or hearing touch smell taste indeed in general oh use all the senses we're applicable to make the mental creation even more real also use emotion and thought in some current cases a person may be able to develop their capacity to work with visual imagery by practicing various rosicrucian exercises such as the close observation of our surroundings and then closing our eyes and picturing and checking how much of what we have seen we can recall inwardly on the screen of our consciousness however if needed just as we as we can sense the human aura not only by psychic sight but also by other inner Sensations our mental creation can be non-visual and when they are visible they still

need to be more than visual through other sensual Impressions emotion thought and spiritual awareness similar to what we did when we visualized our personal Celestial sanctum as part of our meditation exercise now what is visualized may have a material component such as a house when a new home is visualized and as we know a home is both material and in material in nature the mental creation of the no new home can still be well built up with or without being visual in it in the in the visualization what is visualized may be strongly immaterial in nature such as the attainment of a particular virtue which can be visualized in thought and emotion at the same time that virtue will have

an immaterial and material expression that can be included as part of the visualization in terms of human relations for example again the visualization of The Virtue can still be well built up with or without the visual another question for us to consider is how do we ensure the proper release of the visualization because I know one of you asked me about that now a commonly used analogy as mentioned earlier is that of mailing a letter in a mailbox and walking away assured that the letter will be delivered so that we let go of the task at hand so we allow that release into the cosmic mind now

some people find it helpful to stand up immediately after the visualization go about their other daily duties it shifts the mind to other tasks and allows the release of the mental creation through through the subconscious mind into the cosmic mind to take place in an unencumbered fashion so you don't want to be like reaching back into the mailbox I want to take that letter out and make an adjustment I need to release it adjustments to visualization to be done later later but just let it have its activity in the deeper recesses of mind now other analogies in the mailing a letter in a mailbox can be used if if they're effective for you for example sending an email message or throwing a baseball or a cricket ball or a football if you find those work as long as they release and sending is dignified and you get a sense that it's going to the subconscious into the cosmic mind with practice these things become easier and it can be

if one's getting more familiar with uh visualization Deuce two smaller goals um that you want to try try out um uh maybe a parking spot it may be a conversation you're going to have with a person that that may be a little challenging in nature of picture and uplifting then later one could take on larger goals to visualize and sometimes as I mentioned earlier it's good to take individual Parts if that's definitely logicliness part of it it can also be asked as one of you did ask me what emotions need to be built up into the mental creation process and how were they activated now emotions associated with love joy well-being satisfaction happiness are all very valuable to have in our visualization as appropriate when we're building up the mental creation we can recall similar experiences we had with

such enriching emotions just as when we're radiating love and well-being it may be helpful uh to picture someone you've had a very loving relationship to get that sense of Love flowing in service to others but here too when you build up your mental visualization if you want to have that Joy of satisfaction of having this manifest maybe a new relationship and maybe a new job picture earlier when you've had a satisfaction job job or a particular satisfying experience Build That Emotion into when the fruition of the or manifestation of visualization takes place now if you're planning an event recall another event and how it felt to yourself and others to have it successfully completed be a joy satisfaction lover similar if you're going to an interview since calm confidence the joy of service or similar think of why the visualization is

important to you if it is important it will have a motion already with it emphasizing the importance go with and amplify those constructive emotions in the visualization the constructive emotions will help the visualization to be received by the subconscious mind and Propel it through to the cosmic mind as the wording suggests emotion gets things in motion including a mental creation now constructive emotions present in the present in the visualization will also assist those very same uplifting emotions being present in the ultimate manifestation of the visualization so they have a dual value there in terms of efficacy and sending but also in the

Ultimate Experience of the manifestation now deeper spiritual awareness that goes beyond emotions and thought and images can also be placed in the visualization for the most uplifting manifestations you may find it helpful to recall or recollect those Touchstone spiritual experiences from earlier in your life in order to activate them in the visualization in this manner the the vet the manifestation of the visualization will be even more spiritualized and we will truly fulfill our role as a co-creator with the cosmic mirroring its action throughout creation now it may also be asked in visualizing an event is it best to visualize the activity happening

or the result now visualizing the result or culmination of the event is effective and needed I can also add though that visualizing the activity happening in our harmonious manner seeing it unfolding infused with the realization of the underlying purpose building to the result is quite effective too the mental creation does not need to be static it can be a dynamic living reality now maybe ask well how does visualization or mental creation work well we've given some Clues on that already there are various rosicrucian laws and principles that are being applied in mental creation mental creation works with the objective mind the subjective mind the subconscious mind and the overwhelm I

mean for sure the overarching and infusing Cosmic mind is a Unity the law of vibration The Law of Attraction among other laws are strongly activated what we're picturing is a vibratory living reality that then will attract things to it through the cosmic mind and help things manifest on the finite plane an infinite plane is needed now the middle creation passed from the finite plane to the infinite plane will attract conditions and opportunities for the manifestation but we've got to be vigilant to them the fact that the visualization is something that is of value not to not only us but others as well that is done in good conscience allows it to pass through the subconscious mind to the cosmic mind

and not be blocked that is for it to rise in vibratory rate on the octaves of the cosmic keyboard we then need to be on the lookout which is to be sensitive and vigilant and ready to act and work as we receive Impressions and how to bring about the manifestation of what all already exists in the infinite plane crucially we need to shift our Focus From the building up and releasing the visualization to concentrating on its fulfillment and manifestation the master within an intuition will guide us there may be clues or important pieces of the puzzle that we see if we are alert when we are walking riding or driving we may see things that we have never noticed before

or maybe something someone says to us in a seemingly unrelated conversation or maybe an interopression to go to a particular place or consult a particular book or so forth piecing these parts together we will enact the manifestation now it may also be asked what are some of the ways that metal creation relates to meditation and mysticism meditation helps us determine what is to be visualized the regular practice of meditation helps us to be more sensitive to conscience and the guidance of the master within in general but also specifically for getting ideas to what to as to what to visualize and

to check that is harmonious to visualize and also to be sensitive after we release the visualization also some forms of meditation involve visualization as we did today where we visualize the personal Celestial sanctum and released it and then manifested it in Cosmic Attunement additionally if we so choose the visualization can be done during a meditation can be done during a repetition period And even be assisted then when we are raised not raised state of consciousness as a microcosm of the macrocosm our mental creation matches the work of the cosmic and the divine are being a microcosm this is part of

our faculties to do visualization it's our Birthright now visualization is one of the examples of a human being in the image of God the divine in a way this is going to give us a whole new understanding of what visualization is as being as a being in the image of the Divine we have corresponding capabilities with God or Divine in this manner we increasingly sense our Oneness with the Divine the one and can increasingly act for the welfare of all as an increasingly act like the Divine and move in our hearts minds and focus towards the Divine in response the Divine will wonderfully move towards

us this profound mystical process is called deification which with the mystical marriage draws us into the full realization of mystical Union and self-mastery before we conclude I will ask at this time for Anna to post the resources of the presentation in the chat and he can also include them as a PDF attachment for you if you wish to follow up on what we've been talking about in addition to the instructions in the weekly monographs the recession order on visualization and many other exercises so in conclusion what I'd like to mention to you in summing up that we have continued to explore our rosicution exercises laws and principles

increase our well-being and capacity for service the practice of mental creation or visualization is one of the central exercises of the rosicrucians along with meditation metaphysical Aid vowel sounds and many more it is a practice that we can become very skilled at in daily living in a habit that is invaluable for the Mastery of life thank you