15 Major Tests of the Spiritual Path

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15 Major Tests of the Spiritual Path

 

Power

 

The first major spiritual test for every Light worker is the issue of

power. The lesson here is either not owning it enough, or when you

get it, letting it go to your head. Personal power is the fundamental

first key to psychological health and spiritual growth. The ideal is

to own it all the time in a considerate manner never wavering. It is

through owning your personal power that Self-mastery over your

energies takes place. You either own your power or give it to other

people and/or your subconscious mind, negative ego, inner child,

thoughts, emotions, desires and physical body.

 

On the other side of the coin one must have power but not to the

repression of the yin aspect of one's self. There must be the proper

balance between the masculine and feminine sides. They must work

together as in a beautiful dance. The real test of power comes when a

person moves into leadership. Do they use their power in service

totally of the Christ Consciousness and love, or does it become a

manipulated power by the negative ego to control others. In essence

does the power over others in the leadership they have go to their

head. It is how many spiritual teachers, gurus, channels and psychics

fail this first most fundamental test. One of the tests is to see if

you treat people exactly the same as you did before you got the power

you now hold.

 

Money

 

The next great test of the spiritual path is that of dealing with

money. Each of these tests is like a false god and idol, in a

metaphysical sense. The key question is whether Light workers will

put the true presence of GOD always first, and put these other lessor

gods on the altar of sacrifice. This is the true test of a Self

realized being. How attached are you to money? I am amazed to see

Light workers who are very much of the Christ Consciousness, except

if you cross them over money. The Christ Consciousness goes right out

of the window. It is like they are of the Christ Consciousness as

long as you are paying them a client fee. This is not true

spirituality.

 

What happens to you when someone rips you off over money? How do you

respond? I am not saying that money is not important, for it is. It

is not however more important than GOD and the Christ Consciousness.

If all your money and material possessions were stripped away, how

would you respond? Would you retain your faith and righteousness in

GOD? Many of these fifteen tests dove tail together. When a Light

worker or even non-Light worker moves into the position of having a

lot of money, the key question is does your personality change?

 

Do you still treat people in the same loving manner? How do you look

at people who do not have any money? Do you judge them or love them

as you would GOD and the Ascended Masters? If you don't then the

negative ego's interpretation of money has a hold on you.

 

GOD wants every person to have an abundant amount of money. It is not

good to be poor. Being poor is a product of negative ego poverty

consciousness programming. There is no judgment in being poor, but

GOD would like everyone to be millionaires. The reason why, is so all

His millionaires can give their money and lives to help those in

need. What does having a lot of money do to your personality? How

does this dovetail with the issue of power? You will pass or fail on

the spiritual path with such issues.

 

I would like to share a personal story that really brought this home

to me. I went through a lesson recently where I was potentially being

ripped off for an extremely large amount of money. This came as a

total shock to me. I had worked incredibly hard to develop this

certain project and I was looking at losing everything that could

ultimately be as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars. After

recovering from a state of shock, I went through all the possible

reactions. It took me a little while but I got myself to a rather

divine indifferent attitude about the whole situation. I let go of my

attachment and discussed the matter extensively with the Masters. If

I had to sue this person I would. Ultimately, however, I really just

surrendered the situation into GOD's and the Master's hands and put

my service work and the Divine Plan first, over the money. My feeling

was as long as GOD takes care of me, even though I may get ripped off

in one place, GOD will make it up to me in another. I was actually

surprised at my level of detachment over such a big lesson.

 

About three days later I had a dream where I was walking on this path

kind of like in a fairy tale when I came to a metal platform where

there was a deep cavern below me. I became aware in the dream that

this cavern was an oracle as in the Oracle of Delphi. All of a sudden

I heard a voice that said, " This is the anointed one the world has

been waiting for " . In the dream I was really taken aback by such an

amazing statement. I was then guided to step off the platform and

before me was a table where I was guided. I had to pick one item,

Kind of like the child who was the Dalai Lama had to pick to make

sure they were the true Dalai Lama. In my dream at the time I wasn't

aware that this was a spiritual test I was going through.

 

It turned out that the object I picked was the right one. I then

found myself walking with this very lovely woman and I was aware that

I had chosen GOD over money and material concerns. This dream had a

very profound effect on me. When I woke up I immediately had an

association to this real life situation where I had let go of my

attachment to money. I know for a fact that the dream was reflecting

this on some level.

 

At the time of going through this real life lesson, I was not

coneciously thinking about it as a spiritual test, but it was. As

Iwas moving into major planetary leadership I was being watched to

see how I would respond to such lessons. It is easy to forget at

times that everthing that happens in life for everybody is a

spiritual test.

 

I would much rather have GOD than attachment to money. This dream and

lesson has really imprinted this lesson on the core of my being and I

feel much more ready now for all such future lessons. These fifteen

tests I speak of in this chapter remind me in many ways of the

lessons that initiates went through in the Great Pyramid of Giza to

become a Ptah or seventh level Meldhizedek. These are ardhetypal

lessons we all must go through.

 

Fame

 

The next great test of the spiritual path is the issue of fame. The

three great tests of power, money and fame are all very

interconnected. The question here is what happens to the personality

when fame and worldly recognition is achieved? How does this change

the personality? Does one start treating others differently? Does one

start treating others like lower class citizens? Does the fame go to

one's head and just inflate one's ego? How does one use the fame -

for self-glory, or as an opportunity to be of greater service? Does

the fame allow for an opening for the negative ego?

 

The problem with Earth life is most people who move into fame and

worldly recognition are not equipped psychologically to deal with it.

This applies to both Earthly personages and a great many of the

spiritual leaders. They often are highly developed spiritually or

psychically but not as developed psychologically in terms of having

control over the negative ego, inner child, desire body, emotional

body and the likes. The key with all these tests is to remain exactly

the same as you were before power, money, and fame were achieved.

These blessings by GOD should be used for His purposes. Know that

they are on loan and if they are misused they will be taken away.

 

Attachment

 

To achieve Self-realization, happiness, inner peace, success, happy

relationships, and GOD-realization all attachments and addictions

must be let go of. As Buddha said, " All suffering comes from

attachment. " It is amazing all the things we get attached to. All

negative emotions can be traced to attachment. All failed

relationships can be traced to attachment. To pass the fourth

initiation, in its fullest sense of the term one must become

a " renunciate " , which means living in this world but not of this

world. One must learn to have super-strong preferences in life but

not attachments. The nature of preference is that you go after them

with all your heart and soul and mind and might but if you don't get

them you are still happy.

 

In matters of love, that which you share and then let go of will come

back if it is meant to be. If it doesn't come back it is not GOD's

will. This is the law of life. That which you try and hold onto you

lose. This is one of the key principles in understanding the laws of

manifestation.

 

Whatever you are attached or addicted to in life no matter what it

is, be it people, material things, future events, sex, money, ad

infinitum, change these things to preferences. Some go too far in the

other direction and become totally detached with no preferences. This

is not good either for they are not involved in life. It is important

to have a total passion for life and for all your goals, preferences

and priorities, but the key is to be happy and have inner peace

regardless of what happens, instead of fighting life. This whole

lesson is truly the fourth great spiritual test of the spiritual

path.

 

Sexuality

 

The fifth great test deals with the issue of sexuality. Are you the

master of your sexuality or is it the master of you? Does the flow of

your sexuality serve the lower self or the Higher Self? Who comes

first GOD or sexuality? Are you moderate in your sexual practices?

Does your sexuality serve love and intimacy or just materialistic

animal pleasure? Does your sexuality serve just a selfish purpose, or

a selfless purpose? Is your sexuality being used also for the raising

of your kundalini and brain illumination or just for a second chakra

release?

 

These are all key questions Light workers need to ask themselves with

devastating honesty. There is no judgment if it is being slightly

misused. As you become aware of this just make the appropriate

adjustment and spiritual vow to correct the imbalance. Life is

nothing more than making continual adjustments and attitudinal and

physical corrections to bring oneself constantly back to inner peace

and the appropriate Tao. Mistakes are not bad, only uncorrected

conscious mistakes become a problem. The idea is to learn by grace

instead of karma. To learn the easy way instead of by the school of

hard knocks.

 

Sexuality is a wonderful thing and was created by GOD to be enjoyed

as a communication device in service of love. Sexuality is not bad.

It becomes negative however when it is used by the lower self, or

carnal self, or negative ego. Use it in service of the Higher Self,

and love, and it becomes a most sacred consecration.

 

One of the great tests of the spiritual path in regards to sexuality

also comes when one achieves power, money, fame. How does one deal

with their sexuality then? A great many spiritual teachers have

fallen when confronted with this lesson. They use their position of

power to have sex with their students and/or devotees. We have also

seen several Fundamentalist ministers fall in this way. This lesson

applies to Eastern and Western Masters alike. We have all heard

stories of well-known New Age and Eastern masters who have degraded

their standing in this regard. Let this be a lesson to us all!

 

Desire

 

The next great test of the spiritual path is the transcendence of

desire. This is the main precept of all Eastern teachings and the

main precept of Buddhism as well. This is a confusing point for many

Light workers. What is meant by this is that one must transcend lower

self desire, for it is the mother of all negative ego qualities. All

lower self desire should be transformed to Higher Self desire. Many

Light workers being confused on this point try to block all desire

which is not appropriate or good. It is good to have a desire to

ascend, or a desire to achieve liberation, or to be of service. Even

Melchizedek and all the inner plane Ascended Masters continue to

strive for greater and greater levels of spiritual growth. Transform

lower self desire into desire for GOD-realization. This is the ticket

to Paradise!

 

Anger

 

The definition of anger is that it is, " A lack of control and attempt

to regain it. " If you think about it this is really true. The misuse

of anger deals with the misuse of power. The late, great Edgar Cayce

in his source channelings spoke of positive anger versus negative

anger. Everyone needs what might be called positive anger. This is

like being the spiritual warrior in life or manifesting tough love

with self or others when needed. Anger in essence is ego and this is

a fact. Instead of getting rid of anger, it should be channeled

properly, for there is enormous power in anger. This is what is meant

by positive anger. It is anger channeled in Christ Consciousness

directions.

 

Anger when not used in a completely unconditionally loving manner is

an attack and for that reason it is wrong. It is never appropriate or

right to attack a brother or sister. To hurt another is to hurt GOD

and in truth oneself. People who are angry all the time are

demonstrating lack of true personal power and consistent Self-

mastery. Anger creates separation. The purpose of life is to retain

oneness at all times, not separation. Cultivate personal power, a

spiritual warrior attitude, and toughness in life but not anger.

Chronic anger will debilitate your liver function, among other

things. Anger stems from attachment and not looking at things as

lessons in life. It also stems from an inability to transcend

duality.

 

When things bother you in your relationships most definitely share

them, but do it in a loving and respectful manner. Anger without

unconditional love is negative anger and should be controlled at all

costs. There is no such thing as righteous anger. Righteous anger is

a delusion of the negative ego. Anger is such a critical lesson in

life for it comes up every time life doesn't go the way we want it to

go. We all know how often this occurs. The anger is developing as

Buddha said from, " Wrong points of view. " It is not in life, it is in

our attitude towards life. Someone who is angry all the time is angry

because they are fighting life instead of working with life and

learning from life. Anger is caused by faulty thinking as all

negative emotions are.

 

When one moves into positions of power, fame, and money the proper

control of this energy is even more important, for a great many

people are in your spiritual care. When anger arises channel it into

cleaning your house, exercising, transformative journal writing,

meditating. Use the enormous power in anger as an alchemical process

to create GOD-realization. Do not judge self when anger arises but

take responsibility that you are creating it. Do not take it out on

others or self, or " karma " will be incurred!

 

Transcending Fear

 

This lesson should have been first on the list. If there had to be

one word that describes negative ego more than any other it is fear.

If there is one word that describes the Christ Consciousness more

than any other it is love. There are in truth only two emotions in

life: love and fear. All other positive and negative emotions at

their core have these as their basis. To understand fear is to see

that it is projected attack. When we attack others we live in fear by

the Law of Karma operating in your own mind. This is why A Course In

Miracles says to give up all your attack thoughts. Probably the

greatest test of the spiritual path is to learn to release all core

fear and to replace it with core love. When you have released all

fear you have released and transcended negative ego consciousness.

The releasing of fear is also tied to having faith in GOD and Self.

This is why Edgar Cayce said, " Why worry when you can pray. "

 

A Course In Miracles says there are no neutral thoughts. All thoughts

are either fear based or love based. This is why it is of the utmost

importance to deny all thoughts not of GOD to enter your mind. It is

also why it is so important to affirm and visualize only thoughts of

GOD and the Christ Consciousness to enter your mind.

 

One of the great dispensations of the 20th century given to us by the

Ascended Masters has been the " Core Fear Matrix Removal Program " . I

spoke of this in my book Beyond Ascension. With the Ascended Masters

help this advanced technology can remove all the core fear programs

from this life and all your past lives in a matter of months if you

will work with this tool on a regular basis. No lesson in life or the

spiritual path is more important than transcending negative ego

consciousness and replacing it with the Christ Consciousness!!! The

transcending of fear is the great spiritual work of the spiritual

path!!!

 

Selfishness

 

The next great test of the spiritual path is the transcending of

selfishness and selfcenteredness. This is truly the scourge of the

Earth. It is amazing to me sometimes to see how some of the major

spiritual teachers and very high level initiates still see life

through the lens of selfishness. This stems from their high level

development in spiritual things. but weak development on the

psychological level. They often have not learned to parent their

inner child properly. When one allows themselves to be run by the

inner child they are going to be very selfish as all children are by

definition. This also stems from also just not ever being trained in

the difference between negative ego thinking and Christ thinking. In

my experience I have found most Light workers being extremely weak in

this area. This is not a judgment just a clarion call I am putting

out to my readers to develop this as high as possible within Self and

then train others to do the same. We don't have enough spiritual

counselors doing this kind of work.

 

We all must learn to let go of our own selfish lens, and see the

bigger picture. We must learn to wear the moccasins of our brothers

and sisters. We must learn to embrace the opposite of selfishness

which is selflessness and helping others. The quality of total and

complete selflessness is the sign of the true spiritual Master. This

doesn't mean that at times the true spiritual Master isn't

spiritually selfish. The key principle here is that they are

spiritually selfish, not negative egotistically selfish. This may

come into play in terms of having proper boundaries, or the need to

be impersonally loving at times, or just taking care of the physical

body so one doesn't burn oneself out in doing service work. The true

spiritual Master's consciousness sees everything out of the group

body and not out of the lens of just the inner child, negative ego

and physical body.

 

False Pride

 

The lesson here can be summed up in the biblical statement, " After

pride cometh the fall. " This is one of the great tests that comes

with power, fame, and money. Will the ego become inflated? Will the

personality fill itself with self aggrandizement and

selfglorification? It is in my opinion the number one cause of all

fallen Light workers. It is a danger no matter what your level of

initiation, and whether you have achieved your ascension or not. It

is something every Light worker on planet Earth must be constantly

vigilant against. What we are dealing with here is really the

superiority and inferiority complex. Fritz Pearls coined this " The

Topdog-Underdog Complex " .

 

The other side of false pride is what I call negative humility. It is

just as bad as false pride. More Light workers are caught up in the

bottom side of the negative ego than the top side. This is

inferiority complex, low self-esteem, lack of self worth, poor self

concept, feeling undeserving and the likes. It is as much an illusion

as false pride is. The key to inner peace is to transcend duality in

this regard. Both the superiority and inferiority must be transcended

to release oneself from the negative ego's grasp. As Fritz Pearls

said, " Laugh them off the stage. " To be stuck in either one is to

stay stuck in both of them.

 

The issue of transcending duality is one of the least understood

concepts of the spiritual path. There is another way of thinking

beyond the duality of ego which is called Christ Consciousness. It is

so unfortunate to see on this Earth incredible spiritual teachers,

seventh degree initiates, and fantastic channels, be taken over by

this self-aggrandizement and self-glorification. No matter how great

these teachings, channelings or books, it completely poisons the work

and creates a push-pull dynamic among the students. These great

spiritual teachers who are bringing through some incredible enegies

and information, become synonymous with ego instead of the glory of

GOD and it is tragic. It is something we all need to learn from and

we all need to constantly be on guard for. The negative ego is

incredibly tricky and seductive and can enter in the slightest moment

any one of us goes on automatic pilot.

 

Greed

 

Greed is truly a vile quality. Instead of being satisfied with our

puzzle piece that GOD has for us, the negative ego quality of greed

would have us try to acquire other people's pieces in GOD's Plan.

This can be in relationship to money, but in truth goes far beyond

just money or material things. It can be greed for power, fame,

spiritual things, even greed for spiritual growth. There was a book

by Trungpa that was called Spiritual Materialism that spoke of such

things. The negative ego and the spoiled inner child always wants. It

is a product of being run by the negative ego or astral body.

 

Instead of focusing on what one can give, the negative ego focuses on

what it can get. It can apply to spiritual information, trying to

greedily save it for self and not share it with others. It usually

connects with competition, jealousy and envy. In truth that which we

greedily hold onto we will ultimately lose. In truth we retain only

that which we giveaway. This is the law of life.

 

Transcending Duality

 

Transcending duality goes far beyond just transcending the topdog-

underdog complex. It applies to all aspects of life. As I have

already stated, in my opinion it is the least understood concept on

the entire spiritual path for Lightworkers. The key here is to see

that third and fourth dimensional consciousness focuses on duality

and polarity.When one moves into fully realized fifth dimensional

consciousness and beyond, it is seen that there is a way of thinking

called the Christ Consciousness or Buddha Consciousness, that can

transcend dualistic thinking while still being fully involved with

life. Negative ego always has two sides to it. This can be seen and

most clearly understood inthe Eastern teachings of such Masters as

Sai Baba, ParmahansaYogananda, and Lord Krishna. In the Bhagavad Gita

Krishnastates that when you have profit or loss, pleasure or

pain,sickness or heath, victory or defeat, success or failure,

remainthe same.

 

Sai Baba calls this equal mindedness. Krishna calls it evenmindedness

ans equanimity. In learning to transcend duality we don't have to be

tossed around on a continual rollercoaster of emotional highs and

lows. There is a way of thinking called the Christ Consciousness that

allows one to be unceasingly the same, always in your power, always

loving,always happy, always evenminded, always equanimous, always in

joy, in inner peace, forgiving, and unchanging regardless of the

fluctuation of the dualities of life. This is the consciousness of

the GOD Self. This allows you to remain the same whether people

praise you or vilify you.

 

This is possible because the negative ego does not become engaged.

The storms and fluctuations of outer life do not effect the stability

and evenmindedness of your thinking process. It is not what is going

on outside of life which should be your concern but rather our

attitude towards what is going on inside of life. One person can lose

a million dollars and jump out the window of a building. This is the

power of onesimple thought. Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Do you

see the donut or the hole?

 

Everything in life is perception, interpretation and your belief

system. The whole purpose of this book is nothing more than a course

in attitudinal healing, to create a pole shift or shift in your

thinking from fear based thought and emotions, to love based thoughts

and emotions. Your salvation is up to you, not up to GOD. GOD has

given you everything from the beginning.The question is will you give

yourself salvation by releasing your negative ego completely and

fully 100% embracing theChrist Consciousness!

 

Jealousy

 

Jealousy stems from insecurity and attachment and hence the need to

compete with others instead of to cooperate. Jealousy is totally of

the negative ego and should be released at all cost for it is not of

GOD. It is connected also with the negative ego quality of envy. We

have all heard the term " green with envy " . It is very much connected

with greed and selfishness. The main point here is to again be

connected to group consciousness and one's identity with all

creation. One's true identity is the Eternal Self, not the physical

body and personality. This connects one with all creation, and all

creation with oneself. In realizing this truth every happiness and

benefit another achieves is your happiness. Every suffering of

another is your suffering and vice versa. One's identity is GOD

rather than self. This is a great lesson of the spiritual path.

 

The spiritual path is really quite easy to understand. If you want to

be with GOD in heaven then act like Him. Would GOD be jealous if

another had more leadership, power, fame, or money? I think you can

see the absurdity of such a thought and the absurdity of such

emotions. Would GOD compete with another over a relationship? As I

said earlier, you state your preferences in life and then let go. If

it is meant to be it will come back, and if it isn't meant to be,

then so much the better. Be happy for another person's joy. The key

to life is to recognize your puzzle piece, for GOD created each

person differently and for a different function!

 

Vanity

 

Djwhal Khul guided me to add the negative ego quality of having too

much vanity. There is nothing wrong in life with taking care of one's

physical body and wanting to look nice and attractive. The key lesson

here is whether this desire to present an attractive appearance is

governed by the soul or the negative ego. Truly examine your deepest

motivations and intent in this regard. It is important to have good

grooming habits, and to be clean, and present a nice appearance, and

to wear appropriate clothes. Are you doing it to stand out and be

better than others? Are you doing it as a seduction of some kinds Do

you spend too much time looking in the mirror and too much time in

the bathroom over vain pursuits? Some people don't spend enough time

on these matters and others spend too much time. They are both

mistakes of omission and commission. Be moderate in this regard. Be

clear on what you are trying to present. Are you presenting Godliness

in your appearance or slovenliness or glamour in the extreme. Be

honest with yourself in this regard with no judgment and make

appropriate adjustments whereneeded!

 

Egotism

 

The final major test of the spiritual path is that of egotism.

Egotism goes beyond even pride to really encompass all negative ego

qualities and emotions. There really is only one problem in life for

all incarnated and non-incarnated souls and that is egotism. There is

only one answer to all the problems of humanity and that is the

Christ/Buddha Consciousness. This is why Sai Baba states that the

definition of GOD is, " GOD equals man minus ego " If you want to

realize GOD you must transcend your negative ego with all its

negative attributes, qualities and emotions.

 

Your ego is the source of all the spiritual tests I have mentioned,

and the source of all lower self desire. It is the source of all

separation, fear and selfishness. It is the source of all disease. It

is the premiere lesson every soul must learn. The key to inner peace

is to deny every thought that is not of GOD or is of the negative ego

to enter your mind. Affirm and place your attention on every thought

and emotion that is of GOD and is of the Christ/Buddha Consciousness.

It is through this practice of attitudinal healing that your

subconscious mind and conscious thinking will be reprogrammed and

form a new habit. Your subconscious mind is as happy to be programmed

with the Christ/Buddha Consciousness as it is the negative ego

consciousness. It doesn't care because it has no reasoning. It is

your job as the conscious mind to reprogram your subconscious mind in

this manner.

 

Many Light workers spend too much time focusing on the Ascended

Masters and do not spend enough time cleansing their minds and

emotions of the psychological or negative ego thoughts, emotions and

attributes. The Ascended Masters and angels will not get rid of your

negative ego. That is your job. It is done very simply by not giving

your attention to it. You don't need to get mad at it for in truth it

doesn't really exist. It is not really there. You just think it is.

It is nothing more than a bad dream. It manifests on the mental plane

as illusion. Its manifest on the astral plane as glamour and on the

etheric plane as maya.

 

It has been called many things. In some schools of thought it is

called the lower self. In other schools of thought it is called

the " dweller on the threshold " . In still other schools of thought,

the personality and in others just " ego " , as opposed to " negative

ego " . In my personal opinion I think the best term to call it is the

negative ego. If there is just one quality that describes it most

succinctly it is " separation consciousness " . A Course In Miracles

states that there is only one problem in life and that is separation

from GOD. In truth we have never been or will ever be separate. This

is illusion. The law of the mind however is that whatever we think is

the reality we live in. The world is living in a mass negative

hypnosis of separation that does not exist in reality. As A Course In

Miracles says, " The fall never happened, we just think it did. " This

is the great law of life. In this moment wakeup from the bad dream

and nightmare you have lived for many lifetimes and realize the truth

that passeth all understanding.

 

" Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of GOD. "