The Rose Path
“I gave you the Path, the Rose Path, covered with roses and
thorns.
And there is no
other path, to follow through which
you may reach the
Kingdom of your Father in Heaven.”
Beloved Jesus
Introduction
My task, as the
Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood, is to give the fullest understanding
of the Path, which the Masters of Wisdom or the Ascended Masters, or the Great
White Brotherhood teach humanity.
Therefore, I intend
to make an attempt to present to your attention materials that reveal the theme
of the Path of Initiations or the Inner Path, or the Rose Path as fully as
possible, as much as internal and external circumstances will allow me.
The Dictations,
which the Masters have given through me, as well as other publications, which
from my point of view, reveal the theme of “The Rose Path”, will comprise the
foundation of this publication.
Tatyana Mickushina
Love and Light!
“What a paradox
that in spite of so much suffering and misery only one among thousands of men
is shrewd enough to seek God; and that among such true seekers, perhaps only
one will cultivate the unceasing spiritual tenacity to neutralize the effects
of bad karma and of cosmic delusion and thus attain the Reality - God.” [1]
Paramahansa Yogananda
“And so
the Path that we are to study is the short though difficult way by which
man evolves more rapidly than in the ordinary course of human and natural
evolution. It is the Path by which, instead of going round and round the
mountain by an ever-climbing spiral, man climbs straight up the
mountain-side regardless of cliff and precipice, regardless of gulf and chasm,
knowing there is nothing that can stop the Eternal Spirit...”[2]
Annie Besant
A warning to those aspiring to enter the Path
“There is but one road to the Path; at
its very end alone the voice of the
Silence can be heard. The ladder by which the candidate
ascends is formed of rungs of suffering and pain; these can be silenced only by
the voice of virtue. Woe, then, to thee, Disciple, if there is one single vice
thou hast not left behind. For then the ladder will give way and overthrow
thee; its foot rests in the deep mire of thy sins and failings, and ere thou
canst attempt to cross this wide abyss of matter thou hast to lave thy feet in Waters of Renunciation. Beware lest thou
shouldn’t set a foot still soiled upon the ladder’s lowest rung. Woe unto him
who dares pollute one rung with miry feet. The foul and viscous mud will dry,
become tenacious, then glue his feet unto the spot, and like a bird caught in
the wily fowler’s lime, he will be stayed from further progress. His vices will
take shape and drag him down. His sins will raise their voices like as the
jackal’s laugh and sob after the sun goes down; his thoughts become an army,
and bear him off a captive slave.”[3]
H. P.
Blavatsky
Recommendations to aspirants seeking to enter the Path
“Kill thy desires, Lanoo[4], make thy vices impotent, ere the first step is taken on
the solemn journey.
Strangle thy sins, and make them dumb forever,
before thou dost lift one foot to mount the ladder.
Silence thy thoughts and fix thy whole
attention on thy Master whom yet thou dost not see, but whom thou feelest.
Merge into one sense thy senses, if
thou would’st be secure against the foe. ’Tis by that
sense alone which lies concealed within the hollow of thy brain, that the steep
path which leadeth to thy Master may be disclosed before thy Soul’s dim eyes.
Long and weary is the way before thee,
O Disciple. One single thought about the past that thou hast left behind, wilt
drag thee down and thou wilt have to start the climb anew.
Kill in thyself all memory of past
experiences. Look not behind or thou art lost.
Do not believe that lust can ever be
killed out if gratified or satiated, for this is an abomination inspired by
Mara. It is by feeding více that it expands and waxes
strong, like to the worm that fattens on the blossom’s heart.
…
The Pupil must regain the child-state he has
lost ere the first sound can fall upon his ear.”[5]
H. P. Blavatsky
What is your motive, aspirant?
It is well known
that the motive that drives us sets the direction of our movement. That is why
it is very important to understand our motives at the very beginning of the
Path, to determine the right direction. Because even if we have a huge food
reserve, a strong horse and a lot of strength, we will never reach the goal if
we go in wrong direction.
There are certain
aspirations and internal driving forces in a person, which are formed in more
than one incarnation, which allow him or her to unmistakably choose the Path
and start to advance along. Other people who do not have sufficient internal
achievements will read the same books, the same dictations, listen to the same
words, but all these seemingly right actions will only lead them further away
from the Path into the wilderness of illusion.
It will not help if
you hear somewhere which motive is right, and you begin to convince yourself
that your motive is the same. The human psyche is organized in such way and the
carnal mind is so crafty that sometimes a person has one motive, which is true
and which is determined by his level of consciousness at the current moment,
but he hears somewhere that the right motive should be different, and convinces
himself that he has exactly such a motive. In this case, his actions will still
be driven by the real, hidden motive, regardless of the fact that the person
sincerely believes that his motive is different, the motive that he proclaims
openly to everyone, including himself.
This explains why
people who begin to follow the Path, after some time, turn off or get carried
away with something else. This explains why very few people go along the Path
and only a few people in a century reach the goal.
A few answers to
the question, “What motive are you driven by when you enter the Path?” are
listed below. Psychologists advise to answer without thinking. Only then is
there the possibility to find out the real motive. Because when the carnal mind
gets involved and you begin to think and analyze, then most likely your answer
will not point to the real motive, and you will mislead yourself.
So, what drives you
when you aspire along the Path:
-
Desire
for communication with the Higher worlds
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Striving
to improve your health
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Improve
your financial situation
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The
desire to help your neighbor
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The
desire to realize yourself in this world
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To part
with the unreal part of yourself
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Service
to God
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Service
to all living beings
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Self-perfection
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Love
for God
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Other...
T.
Mickushina
