Higher to Lower

2006-4-26 06:00:00

My Friends,

I just have a few minutes this evening so I thought I would make a few comments on a quote that is causing some controversy.

Earlier I wrote:

"Those beginners on the Path may relate enlightening facts to those farther along than themselves, but they can never directly teach them principles. Principles are only passed down from higher to lower. If any of us achieve enlightenment on any principle, it is either inspired by a person who is further along the path than ourselves or from our Higher Selves. What we are saying here is, in fact, a principle: Enlightenment proceeds from the top down, never from the bottom up."

This does not imply that a lower initiate cannot teach a higher one anything. As I said anyone can teach anyone else facts for none of us have all facts available floating around in their heads.

Notice carefully my wording. I was talking about the beginner on the path who has yet to grasp what a principle is. The seasoned travelers have an understanding of principles and it is possible that a lower initiate may have concentrated on a principle or two that the higher initiate has not. However, the higher initiate will understand what the lower is saying around a principle before the conversation is finished. Initiates see principles in a flash if they are paying attention.

Since the beginner cannot grasp what a principle is he cannot effectively teach it to anyone.

It is a true principle that spiritual knowledge flows from the higher to the lower but the soul of man is a master on its own plane so whether we are high or low, a revelation from the soul is sublime and inspiring to all. A revelation through the soul is definitely a flow from the higher to the lower even if it be that a first degree initiate receives it and gives the knowledge to a third degree.

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