What is Esoteric Science

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What is Esoteric Science?

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• Esoteric Science covers a large and exciting
  range of subjects aimed at dealing with
  questioning, considering and searching for
  answers to questions that continue to plague the
  human mind. The Inner Confidential Private
  Specifically for those on a Path of Personal
  Unfoldment, Knowledge and Understanding.
• Who am I?
• Where do I come from?
• Why am I here?
• Where do I go from here?
• Why must I suffer pain?
• Students find that practical application of what
  they learn may be applied immediately and many
  lives are positively changed forever.

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• Esotericism simply means that which is inner,
  contrasted with that which is outer or
  'exoteric'. Esotericism is therefore the body of
  knowledge or wisdom about all aspects of life
  which are within, behind, or beyond the outer
  appearance, form, or expression of life's many
  aspects.
• True knowledge or wisdom is not something we can
  acquire solely by using our minds and brains,
  learning it in an academic way. It can only be
  gained by experience. Experience does not imply
  doing something physically, but rather
  necessitates a direct contact between one's
  consciousness and a state of energy. For example,
  if you meet someone who has just suffered a
  severe loss and you attune to that person,
  feeling what they feel, you have an experience
  that can make you a wiser person, knowing more
  about the nature of loss and its consequent pain.
  If, however, you are able to experience that
  person at a deeper level of being, you will gain
  the wisdom of knowing the real purpose of the
  loss and its meaning in that person's life.
• To have this deeper experience requires the
  ability to have conscious awareness of Soul, or
  Higher Self. To take this example even further,
  if you have conscious awareness of the Planetary
  Soul you would be able to experience the person's
  loss in the light of all losses that everyone
  experiences and see what place loss has in the
  unfolding intelligent and loving life of the
  planet. The wisdom derived from such experience
  would be very profound.

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• What is esoteric cannot, as you see, be neatly
  and simply defined or confined to narrow
  parameters. There are many levels of what is
  inner, and many dimensions of energy states that
  can be experienced.
• Behind every phenomenon exists a 'world' of
  energies. It is energy which produces phenomena
  or forms when it descends or manifests in the
  lower three worlds of thought, feeling, and
  physical matter. Beyond these worlds are other
  formless but real worlds or dimensions of life
  energy.
• All of that which exists is some type of energy
  that has its source in ultimate simplicity or
  purity of formless energy. For reasons beyond our
  comprehension, we perceive this simple energy
  manifesting itself by degrees in greater
  complexity. As it does so, it descends through
  many levels of expression, first formless and
  then formed. When it is formed, we perience

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• experience it with our form nature our bodies,
  emotions, and brain-minds. When it is still
  formless we can, however, also experience it with
  the formless aspects of our individual
  consciousness namely our higher minds,
  intuition, Soul, and Spirit.
• Every stepping down of energy from a higher
  (simpler and more inclusive) state to a lower
  (more complex and particular/exclusive) state is
  cause-producing-effect. It is the higher state of
  energy, being cause, that is the purpose and
  meaning of every lower state or effect. If we do
  not relate to or search for the cause, if we do
  not attempt to experience beyond phenomena, we
  cannot know the higher purpose or meaning of
  anything, least of all ourselves.
• It is also this level of cause which is the
  quality of a thing or person. Quantity is a
  measure of the outer characteristics, such as
  size, physical features, weight, etc. Quality is
  an indication of the energy which produces the
  form. It is through the experience of quality
  that we are able to direct energy, including our
  own, and actually become it to the point where we
  are able to function as conscious causes rather
  than unconscious effects of life. This ability
  enhances our power, enables us to love
  unconditionally, and opens the door to true
  understanding.
• What makes us who we are is our individuality. We
  usually equate our individuality with our
  personality (physical body, emotions,
  brain-mind).

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• The personality is only the outer or exoteric
  expression of individuality. The Soul is the
  inner or esoteric expression of individuality.
  Being esoteric, it is of a higher energy state
  more inclusive, more creative and causative, and
  therefore more real and central to our being.
• As consciously aware Soul beings, we can and do
  serve in our capacities as Redeemers, Saviors,
  and Interpreters. We function as the mediating
  principle between higher and lower, bringing the
  energies from higher sources down to earth,
  anchoring and grounding them. We relate the
  formless causes to the formed effects we embrace
  the form worlds as meaningful creations of our
  unconditional love, and we bring clarity and
  purpose to all that happens.
• The principal means whereby the higher energies
  are grounded is by incorporating them consciously
  in ourselves and expressing them through our
  thoughts, feelings, and actions as virtues and
  qualities of being, such as kindness, sharing,
  sacrifice, discipline, unconditional love,
  forgiveness, acceptance, patience, etc. in
  short, all quality reflective of truth, goodness,
  and beauty, producing ever-increasing oneness or
  unity.

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Esotericism as a Way of Life

• Esotericism as a way of life is an art. It is the
  art of living from the inner reaches of one's
  being. As art it is based on sensitive, intuitive
  perception, open to inspiration. And as true art
  it is a creative way of being, expressive of true
  universality. But it is also a science -- a
  science of the soul of things. It has its own
  terminology, methods of procedure, and laws.
  Esoteric science, for example, reasons from the
  universal to the particular, as opposed to
  materialistic, exoteric science which reasons
  from the particular to the general -- seldom even
  reaching the universal.
• Esotericism involves an effort to live attuned to
  the inner realities of life. We need to look
  beyond the quantitative and discover the quality
  latent within every form. We need to view the
  apparent meaninglessness of so many events and
  uncover the meaning behind them. We need to
  realize that behind every human expression or
  natural occurrence lies the presence of
  unconditional love. If we do this, our lives will
  be immensely enriched, led by the attractive
  power of purpose which animates every cause and
  every effect.

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Esoteric Practices

• To help us live esoterically there are several
  suggestions that can prove beneficial
• Make a decision to know yourself more in terms
  of the qualities you are that is, discover your
  uniqueness.
• Begin a dialogue with your Higher Self, the Soul
  that you are, to develop discrimination between
  the personality 'voices' that are limiting and
  illusory, and that 'still small voice' that is
  your own inherent wisdom.
• Conduct a daily review of motives before
  retiring for the night. Mentally go back over the
  day (in reverse order, if possible) and
  acknowledge your motivation in the various things
  you said or did. Some will have been motivated by
  selfishness and separatism. Do not label or judge
  any thought or action as good or bad. The point
  of the exercise is to become conscious of
  unconscious motives. By becoming conscious, you
  increase your freedom and power to choose in the
  future.

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• Practice concentration or focusing the mind. Just
  as the Soul is the link between life and form, so
  the mind is the link between Soul and
  personality. The vast majority of humanity cannot
  control the mind and direct its searchlight for
  understanding where it wants. Living more in
  emotions and the past, the individual usually
  finds the mind to be controlled or conditioned by
  these. If the mind is to be the vehicle for
  higher exploration and deeper penetration, we
  must learn to control it. We can learn to do this
  by voluntarily directing our attention to what we
  choose and holding our attention on it for as
  long as we decide, always returning to the object
  of focus when the mind wanders. A simple way of
  practicing this is to keep your mind on what you
  are doing.
• Start a routine of daily meditation.
• Look for meaningful connections between
  Apparently uncon-nected events and Parts and the
  whole
• When you experience something, ask your Self why
  you are experiencing it that is, what is the
  cause? What is the meaning? What is the purpose?
  There are many levels of response to all of these
  questions. Keep asking 'why?' to take you to the
  limits of your awareness. Do not become overly
  preoccupied with this exercise as too much
  questioning will rob you of the enriching
  possibilities of pure and simple experiencing.

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• We hope you have enjoyed this presentation.
  Should you desire additional information on this
  subject we suggest you investigate our Esoteric
  Studies courses.
• You can find a complete listing of our courses on
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• The College of Metaphysical Studies (CMS) has
  been a leader in esoteric education since 1986.
  CMS was formed after extensive evaluation of the
  educational needs of the Metaphysical, New Age,
  New Thought, Neo-Pagan and modern spiritual
  communities.
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