On Talking to God and
Developing Occult Powers
 
 
Carlos Cardoso Aveline
 
 
 
 
 
A friend and reader wrote to us and said that, as he talks to God in meditation, he feels an involuntary contraction of muscles in the area of the so-called “third eye”.
 
He asked for commentaries.
 
The topic deserves careful examination, and its importance is great if we want to get rid of pseudo-esotericism.
 
In classical theosophy, there is no belief in any personal monotheistic God. However, mystical Christianity has many important points in common with theosophy. There is an inner, esoteric reading of Christian and Jewish Scriptures that transcends words, and paradoxes are part of human spirituality. The Masters of the Wisdom were kind enough to clarify the issue of “monotheistic gods” in several texts, two of which can be easily found in our associated websites:
 
 
 
As to the development of the second, third and other levels of sight, an article might be useful:
 
 
Illusion is to be avoided.
 
In our century, safe contact with divine realms takes place above physical symptoms. It occurs beyond words and outside the noisy world of the five senses or personal sensations. External symptoms should be rejected as lower-self level astral tricks, apt to delude good-willing yet ill-informed people. Independence and self-responsibility are essential factors: no uncontrolled “occult” process can be accepted in legitimate theosophy.
 
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The above article was published in the associated websites on 3 November 2019.  An initial version of it was included – with no indication as to the name of the author – in the August 2017 edition of “The Aquarian Theosophist”, p. 3.
 
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