Understanding the Overshadowing
Comment: your teachings on the overshadowing are hard to believe.
When I first read DK’s teachings of the overshadowing principle, I had difficulty in accepting them but then as I contemplated the teaching I saw the principle behind it and that it fit in with the Law of Correspondences. Finally, I had some experiences that verified it beyond doubt.
DK explains that the Master can save decades of time by using the overshadowing principle. He can interact with the world without having to be born and growing into an adult. Makes sense to me.
Question: Does the disciple lose his freedom when overshadowed?
There is no loss of freedom for the disciple when he is overshadowed. He is still the one in charge of the body and the one who makes final decisions. He is willing to cooperate with the Master because of an intimate knowing and harmony.
Question: Is overshadowing and being one with your inner Christ the same thing?
An overshadowing has nothing to do with being one with your Christ nature. This will have already happened before the overshadowing. A Master and your Christ nature are two different things.
Why did Jesus need to be overshadowed? He explains:
“If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me Philip? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: But THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, HE DOTH THE WORKS.” (John 14:7-10)
“I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me IS WITH ME: THE FATHER HATH NOT LEFT ME ALONE…. I speak that which I have seen with my Father….” (John 8:25, 28-29 & 38)
He needed to be overshadowed by one higher than himself because he did not have the knowledge and the ability to complete the mission on his own.
Question: Does this mean that the Christ cannot manifest in us, if we are not overshadowed?
You are confusing the Christ consciousness with the Christ. It is as DK explains that Christ is an office that is held by one entity at a time. The person holding it now will continue for about 1000 years. Then it will be held by the Master KH.
In the meantime, all of us are expected to manifest the inner Christ in our own hearts and consciousness, but that does not elevate any of us to an office.
Question: Do you have to be overshadowed to be enlightened?
There are many degrees of enlightenment. The seeker can receive much enlightenment through his own soul. The purpose of the overshadowing is not enlightenment, but enhanced ability to serve. All will be overshadowed to some degree when they are ready and are usable in the hands of a master.
Question: Does the overshadowed individual lose the sense of self?
There is no sacrifice of individuality with an overshadowing. Such an event only happens when the will of the two entities is one to begin with. For instance, if two people want to build a house and work together on it there is no sacrifice of will, for they both desire the same end. There would only be a sacrifice when the laborer is forced to build a house he does not want to build or work contrary to his will.
An overshadowing is a much different step than separating the physical from the divine in us. The latter happens through personal effort. An overshadowing happens through invitation. You can’t just make an effort and have one happen. It will only happen if you are useful for a divine purpose.
There are many degrees of spiritual contact with higher beings and overshadowing and divine possession are the most intense among humanity. To say that higher contact is not needed because we are divine is folly for without stimulation from teachers and higher lives we will stagnate. This is illustrated by the fact that when a child is denied human contact that his learning and growth just stops. We need each other to move forward. “No man is an island….”
Comment: I think you are taking DK writings and the Bible on overshadowing too literally.
If you are a student of DK then you have to know that he taught a literal overshadowing and not a figurative one.
I do not teach by literally quoting DK or any other person in all things. I teach from the vantage point of seeing the principle through the soul. Even so I do not see any contradiction between my writings and that of DK.
Yes, there is much symbolism in the Bible, but there are also many events which literally happened and words that were literally spoken and written down.
In the book “The Light of the Soul” DK and Alice A. Bailey commented and analyzed the mysteries and writings of Patanjali. Are you OK with that? If so then you should be OK with doing the same thing with the Bible and the words of Jesus.
That which is a mystery to the seeker is only hidden knowledge waiting to be discovered.
Some knowledge is discovered through trial and error, some through teachers, some through the emotions, some through the heart, some through the mind, and still others through intuitive levels and higher. However, when knowledge comes accept it and rejoice — believing you will receive more.
Question: You have written a lot about the Molecular Order as used by the Brotherhood of Light. Aren’t you giving away important knowledge that can be used by the dark brotherhood?
The Molecular Order is no secret among the Dark Brotherhood. Most of their members have been on the path at one time or another and have learned teachings passed down from various masters.
Disciples of the Dark Brothers may not understand it and to them it may be exciting knowledge, but the actual Dark Brothers have molecules of their own.
When the Dark Brothers use violence against disciples of light they do so more for the purpose of stopping them and discouraging their work rather than stealing their secrets. When they do interrogate them for knowledge it is often to find out what they know so they can assess any danger to themselves.
There is one more thing. All the principles known by the Dark Brothers came to them from the Brotherhood of Light and this brotherhood is always becoming and discovering and revealing new knowledge. The Dark Brothers always want to acquire this new knowledge as it is given out. Rarely is there a time that a spiritual teacher is not betrayed and his inner teachings revealed to dark circles.
The Molecular Order of the Brotherhood of Light taps into high spiritual energy and feeds it to disciples. The Order of the Dark Brotherhood taps into the energy of matter and feeds this to their group. We thus have the forces of matter and materialism arrayed against the forces of Spirit which encompasses both spirit and matter and represents wholeness, or holiness.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. – Martin Luther King Jr.
June 8, 2008
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