Subtle Deception

2004-9-23 05:57:00

JJ:

When one achieves soul contact does this mean that he will no longer be deceived by falsehood? Why or why not?

Susan writes:

"The easy answer is achieving 'a' soul contact is not the same as being in soul contact at all times. So yes, a person who has received A soul contact could be deceived at a different time. The difference is that he will have a genuine soul contact to compare it to and when the false one 'blows up in his face' and he wonders where he went wrong, contemplation of all the experiences will show where the error is. It is a learning process where one learns one [painful] experience at a time. Then the contact becomes 'sure' and the disciple can discern rather quickly if something is true or not."

JJ:

Good point Susan. There is a great distance of time between the first soul contact and becoming soul infused.

In between these two points the seeker moves in and out of the light which makes it seem to the inner eye that the light sometimes shines brightly and other times does not.

I've given the example several times before of what happens when a person is in a room where the light slowly dims. The light has to get very low before you notice that much of the light is missing.

On the other hand if the light is slowly dimmed to 50% strength and then instantly turned on to full strength the person is startled as to the intensity. He had no idea he was missing so much light.

The beginning disciple moves in and out of soul contact, but the movement is gradual and so the loss of light is not seen as a loss. When the disciple is thus in a dim light of the soul he can then be deceived. Sometimes he can be deceived more than the person who never had soul contact at all.

This is illustrated in a parable of Jesus:

"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." (Matt 12:43-45)

One of the reasons the beginning seeker faces this danger is this: He achieves some true soul contact and in doing so is absolutely positive he is in tune with the will of God. Then the ego, lower desires and glamour all vie for his attention and he shifts his eyes away from the light to the magnetic pull of the lower world. As he does this the light of the soul begins to dim. Because it dims gradually he does not notice. Soon he is faced with new decisions, but he is now making a judgment in a dim light and makes a bad decision.

Now this is the Key to which we must pay attention:

He still believes his consciousness is in tune with God and sees his decision as one with the Will of God. He is certain he is doing the right thing -- much more certain that he would have been if he had never had soul contact to begin with.

He thus plunges forward into error with seven times the determination and strength as he would have if he had never sought the light of the soul to begin with.

We thus see the sublime importance of the statement: "Keep your mind centered in the light."

This is indeed an occult truism, but attempting to do this is not enough. All beginning and intermediate seekers fail at this from time to time. Something else must be done to insure safety.

And this is today's question:

What is that something else?

"In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath."
-- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)