Are Aliens Glamour?
Summary: A collection of statements by the Tibetan
"Glamour has oft been regarded as a curious attempt of what are called the 'black forces' to deceive and hoodwink well-meaning aspirants. Many fine people are almost flattered when they are 'up against' some aspect of glamour, feeling that their demonstration of discipline has been so good that the black forces are interested sufficiently, to attempt to hinder their fine work, by submerging them in clouds of glamour. Nothing could be further from the truth. That idea is itself part of the glamour of the present time, and has its roots in human pride and satisfaction. . . . It is illusion on the astral plane." (Glamour: A World Problem, p. 20/1)
"In the process of dissipating glamour, the way of the greatest potency, is to realise the necessity to act purely as a channel for the energy of the soul.. If the disciple can make right alignment and consequent contact with his soul, the results show as increased light. This light pours down and irradiates not only the mind, but the brain consciousness as well. He sees the situation more clearly: he realises the facts of the case against his 'vain imaginings'; and so the 'light shines upon his way'. He is not yet able to see truly in the larger sweeps of consciousness; the group glamour and, of course, the world glamour remain to him as yet a binding and bewildering mystery, but his own immediate way begins to clear, and he stands relatively free from the fog of his ancient and distorting emotional miasmas. Alignment, contact with his soul, and then steadfastness, are keynotes to success." (Glamour: A World Problem, p. 36/7).
"Upon the Probationary Path there comes the swing, consciously registered, between the pairs of opposites, until the middle way is sighted and emerges. This activity produces the glamour of the pairs of opposites, which is of a dense and foggy nature, sometimes coloured with joy and bliss, and sometimes coloured with gloom and depression, as the disciple swings back and forth between dualities. This condition persists just as long as the emphasis is laid upon feeling – which feeling will run the gamut between a potent joyfulness, as the man seeks to identify himself with the object of his devotion or aspiration, or fails to do so, and therefore succumbs to the blackest despair and sense of failure. All this is, however, astral in nature, and sensuous in quality, and is not of the soul at all. Aspirants remain for many years, and sometimes for many lives, imprisoned by this glamour. Release from the world of feeling, and the polarising of the disciple in the world of the illumined mind, will dissipate this glamour, which is part of the great heresy of separateness." (Glamour: A World Problem, p. 79).
"The battlefield (for the man who is nearing accepted discipleship, or who is upon the path of discipleship, in the academic sense) is primarily that of glamour. That is the major problem, and its solution is imminent and urgent for all disciples and senior aspirants. It will be apparent, therefore, to you why emphasis has been put, during the Aryan age, upon the study of Raja Yoga, and the cultivation of submission to its discipline. Only though Raja Yoga can a man stand steady in the light, and only through illumination and the achievement of clear vision, can the fogs and miasmas of glamour be finally dissipated. . . . Therefore, I would counsel you to pay more attention to your meditation, cultivating ever the ability to reflect and to assume the attitude of reflection – held steady throughout the day." (Glamour: A World Problem, p. 80/1).
"A deep distrust of one's reactions to life circumstances, when such reactions awaken and call forth criticism, separativeness or pride, is of value. The qualities enumerated above are definitely breeders of glamour. They are occultly 'the glamorous characteristics'. Ponder on this. If a man can free himself from these characteristics, he is well on the way to the relinquinshing and the dissipation of all glamour. I am choosing my word with care in and effort to arrest your attention." (Glamour: A World Problem, p. 82).
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